Saturday, September 24, 2011

Nightly Roundup #107


Breaking News: Ponies, Sea Ponies Reach Historic Accord
Coastal towns can rest easy, as the late summer summit lead by one Lyra T. Unicorn and her Seapony doppelganger ended in what witnesses described as "a frenzy of hugs and excited squealing."

"What else was I supposed to do?" Said Lyra, "She's just so gosh darned adorable. Finally, somepony who understands me. I mean, just the other day I was saying to Bon Bon, I said... hey, wait! Where are you going with that microphone? I'm not finished yet!"

The meeting is expected to usher in a new era of friendship between the two estranged cultures while preserving the all-important Bridle Shores fishing and marine industry. More news after the break.

Pony RPers Declare Nightmare Moon Alive and Dangerous
A dedicated group of game-savvy folk have begun to stake their claim in a world where Nightmare Moon lives on through her armor and corrupts ponies in the night. To save the world from this terrible influence, they've invited others to play along. "It looks a little bit like Mafia/Werewolf, except not quite", says one reporter. Find them here.

Rainbow Dash Sighted in Far Off Webcomic
Intrepid explorer and ace stuntspony Rainbow Dash, best known for her stellar victory in the Best Young Flier competition has been sighted on a desk in a comic known as Yosh.Viewers are urged to check it out, and decide if this has any significance to them whatsoever.

Ponies Continue Speaking in German, Blog Authors Continue Needing Subtitles

German sources are reporting seeing Season 1 episodes daily on local broadcast stations. They invite interested parties to check out the recordings thus far on the little-known video sharing service "Youtube". See below for "hyperlinks".


Episode 1/Part2
Episode 2/Part 2
Episode 3/Part 2

Starcraft Races, Ponies Find Common Ground Over Gensokyo
An intrepid brony has released a video of a long running project in which ponies fight various Starcraft units in a Touhou-style danmaku shooter. By request, Applejack took a look at the footage and declared, "Bullets are Heck." Rare and exclusive footage can be found here.

Student Creates Pony Pillow in Sewing Class "Because I can."
You sure can, Mr. Cursorpad. You sure can.




Pen and Paper RPG System Released. Basements Everywhere Experience Sudden Increase in Dice

My Little Pony: Role Playing is Magic, currently in its 1st edition, is a production by one 'Tall Tail'. It promises a rules light storytelling-focused experience with "enough meat for veteran pen and paper players to sink their teeth into" (although this reporter tried and found only ink and paper), tied together with a strong emphasis on canon-centric details and a Seasonal update schedule. Find it here.

Colorado Bronies Plan 'Winter Moon Celebration' Despite Royal Proclamations

A large contingent of bronies in the Colorado area lead by j11 and Spiritofthwwolf have announced preparations for a Winter Solstice celebration (Facebook Page, Events Forum), and are inviting everypony with an inclination to come on the designated date. Her Most Serene Highness, Princess Celestia, had only this to say, "Well. If they like the moon so much, maybe they would enjoy a much closer encounter with it."

Musical Ponies Discovered on Cakes, Then Eaten Shortly After











Vinyl Scratch and Octavia, known roommates and Odd Couple extraordinaire have been spotted on a pair of completely unrelated birthday cakes. One was intended for Bronystate moderator and pony namesake 'Octavia', while the other was found in the home of a shadowy figure known only as 'JC'. Neither pony was available for comment, but reports of frosting covered plates are still coming in.

Brazilian Import Rates Confirmed For Still Being Absolutely Obscene
Brazilian bronies delighted by the appearance of talking pink Celestia figures in local stores were dismayed to find that their country's policy of always upcharging everything by 7 million percent did not make an exception for the Magic of Friendship. The electronic figurine, beloved the world over for responding to having her butt touched by asking the offending party if they are a princess too, retails for $18-24 on the US market. Seen below is a price tag on a Brazilian shelf, after conversion showing a price of nearly $70 USD. What else need be said?

Pony Podcast Titled Fundamentally Wrong
A group on youtube has put together something they're calling the 'Fundamentally Wrong' podcast, a 2-3 times daily showing of pony discussion and music played with permission by the original artists. Those still looking for more people on the internet talking pony are encouraged to explore the issue for themselves.

Pony Presence Discovered in Middle East in Advance of Hasbro

As if to prove the ever expanding influence of Friendship and Marshmallows, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic would appear to have found its way onto Middle Easter air waves before any sort of corporate presence by parent company Hasbro.What this means is a matter of speculation, and a highly sophisticated journalistic organization such as Equestria Daily must refrain from such, as it always has and most certainly always will. A digitally captioned version of the advertisement slot can be found here.

Definitely Accidental Seeks Help On Purpose

Minecraft Machinima series 'Definitely Accidental' has gone brony, and is seeking help incorporating ideas to include ponies without running afoul of copyright claims. All parties interested in providing assistance to this effect should report with bright eyes and eager faces to DefinitelyAccidentalScripts@gmail.com
Examples of current work may be found here and here, but Viewer Discretion is advised.

Merchandise For Sale Strong Evidence of Capitalism's Continued Existence

The following ad spaceis brought to you tonight by Brony Cola. Brony Cola: a saucier cola there is none.

Twilight Sparkle Hat (With Horn!) Available At Auction
Painted Princess Luna Sketchbook Available At Auction

All Nightly Roundup Tags Discovered to Start With N.

A conspiracy by Nightmare Moon, or a coincidence of the English language? The debate rages on.

93 comments:

Nals said...

Earlyiest one ever o.o

adddemon said...

a Phoe nightly roundup?

I FEAR CHANGE

Radimir said...

N is the 14th letter of the alphabet.

There are 14 characters in the name, 'Twilight Sparkle', including the space.

This is clearly a conspiracy.

Inform Alex Jones.

Sethisto said...

Confound it Phoe you raised the bar again!

DJnickbeta said...

You did a great job with the round-up, Phoe! This is really a nice change of pace, though the lack of exclamation points is frightening.

Ichiar said...

Not first.
Also, I think the link to the RPG is busted.

Joe said...

This is super fun! But it's kinda hard to get the info out of it. >_>

Tylendal said...

Sorry, but I've never liked the "tongue in cheek" nightly roundups. I prefer it when I can actually understand what's going on just by looking at the headlines.

That being said, kudos for actually having it out at a time when some people might actually be still awake. They really should just call them Breakfast round-ups or something.

Jelfes said...

Oh ho ho, yes, Phoe, you just wrote what is essentially a miniature Equestrian Enquirer. I envy you and your writing abilities.

daddyboom said...

Mini Equestrian Enquirer ftw Phoe!

James Corck said...

Super early (right after I wake up here in Spain, wow) but this was AWESOME!

I hope all Nightly Round-Ups go this way from time to time, because it was wonderfully enjoyable <3

Thanqol said...

Phoe Nightly Round Ups are best nightly round ups.

Denon said...

Sweet. I can still watch MLP while studying abroad in Cairo this spring!

Jelfes said...

*laughs to self* I just got an idea of what a Nightly Roundup from Cereal would look like, anypony have a link to such a thing if it's been done? If it hasn't been done, it must happen tomorrow, err... today.

wadegmc said...

i couldn't get to sleep so i decided to check EqD, and you know what i found? A Phoe nightly round up! i might as well just stay up for ep2 now

Bloomberg said...

I approve of this format.

Snark said...

*Looks at Brazil price*

Ahh, VAT tax, you ravenous foe of foreign businesses.

Ihaveanamebecause? said...

Another Phoe Nightly Round Up!

I demand that this becomes a weekly thing, or something.

What The Hay said...

I like Phoe's writing style! More of a traditional newspaper writing style. Even though I'm the kind that likes their news delivered with the speed of an automatic weapon, you really have to appreciate how well written it is.
And a pony pillow in sewing class? If this is a guy he has my complete respect :D Heck, even if it was a girl, MLP doesn't exactly fly well in most public schools that I know. Yet that damn hello kitty does. Ugh.

Nals said...

Lol Phoe its only 1am were im at, well 1:43 now

Btw great job on the round-up :3

Zamoonda said...

Haha, a nice change of style in news. Cheers!

iastfan112 said...

It was a mildly amusing nice change of pace until this line.....
"The electronic figurine, beloved the world over for responding to having her butt touched by asking the offending party if they are a princess too"

I absolutely lost it at that point.

TheBlackBaron said...

A Nightly Roundup actually posted at night!? What is is this madness?

drcable said...

weekly phoe nightly round up secconded. or more often;)
also awesome work

Dr. Henry Killinger said...

I love the Phoe roundups, they are so fun :)

As a side note, when is the livestream/whatever info gonna go up for the 2nd episode? Inquiring minds want to know!

Otherunicorn said...

Princess Celestia is US$40-$50 in Australia, so it ain't that brilliant here either.

Luna-tic Scientist said...

Excellent roundup, good fun to read. More please!

Select Few said...

AIN'T NO ROUND-UP LIKE A PHOE NIGHTLY ROUND-UP 'CAUSE A PHOE NIGHTLY ROUND-UP DON'T STOP!

Dash: It kinda does...

Oh. Well then. Still liked it, though.

Atiarotias said...

will there be any sea-pony I wonder? It would look quite funny

Zoronii said...

Haha, nice job Phoe! Loved the Nightly Roundup!

Laurence Brown said...

Poor, poor Seth. He still hasn't lived down the first Phoe Nightly Round up, and now a second, and hopefully another tomorrow??

Raise that bar, Phoe! Yours is the bar that will pier... nah, overdone... hmmm

Eh, I got nuthin.

Yay news!

Dac said...

If any Brony wanna play Starcraft II , team or 1v1 , let me know TdTǂDac.675 :P

Dac said...

@Dac
Omg , sorry , TdTǂDac.805 , code changed after nick change >.<

Calbeck said...

Phoe, I love you. -:D

Rubidia said...

As much as I genuinely enjoyed Phoe's Nightly Roundups... I gotta admit trying to read it all was quite taxing at this time. XD

I'd love to have it as an occasional thing, but I think I would prefer if we stick to the Seth's NR usually. XD

Ryex said...

I want to see a Cereal Nightly Round up!

Hardbeat Acolyte said...

You are now reading the message on the Vinyl Scratch cake in the voice of Paul Denton

Also, loved this nightly roundup Phoe :)

P. Pony Ponyson said...

Read the first few lines... "Eeyup, that's definitely Phoe."

Damn, I hope that's my JC Vinyl Scratch cake. Even though it's six moths late/early. Wouldn't have to hide my MLP after that.

Jayy said...

When will you guys post live streams of episode 2?? Please answer :)

Eytan said...

Mother of god its never taken me so long to read a nightly roundup. I thought these were supposed to be short and concise? Oh well at least theres more humor in it.

jodyjm13 said...

Well, that was unexpected. And fun. The Lyra and Lyra summit report was terrific. :)

jodyjm13 said...

Also, the sketchbook auction depicts a Luna cover (and a very nice one too), but it's for a commission where you can specify what you want on the cover. You can even request a non-pony subject, though why you would want to is beyond me.

Twahlaght Spahkluh said...

Phoe Nightly Roundup?

I'm liking this idea!

SkyrimOrBust said...

Oh Phoe, your Nightly Roundups make Seth's look like garbage.

Also, My Little Pony in Arabic?

NAM! SHUKRAN HASBRO!

Jo said...

Wait, is the Staff asleep!?

I MUST KNOW A STREAM TO GET MLP S2 E2 D:

Nightmare Moon said...

Well, of course I still live!

What, you all honestly thought I could be destroyed by a lightshow? Hardly! I fed off that feeble Luna's powers long enough. I just decided to take my leave in a dramatic fashion.

I've already a plan schemed and plotted. Soon, I will plunge the world all you sun-loving ponies know and adore so much into an eternal night that will last FOREVER!

Lightning Delight said...

Wow. I loved the Phoe-style nightly roundup. She needs to do it more often. That was really entertaining to read.

PhysicallyPossible said...

phoe nightly round ups are like trying to read a newspaper x)

chinlamp said...

Hey Phoe, Cereal, where are our stream links at?

(Don't mean to sound rude, just figured you guys would be putting them up in Seth's absense, need to know if I have to go looking for a stream).

chinlamp said...

And just as I post that, it turns up on the front page.

Darn you blogponies!

Firleycat said...
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John said...

I like this format for the Nightly Roundup. This should be the new standard.

rummuffin said...

I couldn't of asked for a better advert for my RP site. You guys are amazing. XD <3

Firleycat said...

I love it when Phoe does the roundup. Its kind of like that day when that cool substitute teacher comes in and gives everyone muffins for the science class..... My school was weird.

Awesome pony pillow. I don't think we have had one of them before.

Blinky said...

I prefer Seth's roundups, with the gratuitous exclamation marks and all. They're more efficient, while this takes a while to read.

This is a nice change of pace, though. It's fun to read, more like something out of a newspaper than a blog.

SupaSpeedStrut said...

Very nice Phoe! I hope you do this again!

SlurryMoon said...

Cool, Equestria Daily posted my cake for Octavia.

I hope that Octavia had a fun Birthday.

It's awesome how someone else also made a music pony related cake.

Psudopod said...

@SethistoI thought it was too wordy.

EL Oso said...

Please don't hate me Sethisto, but this night roundup I have read from top to botom, it is great, very entretaining

Blue Cord Dragoon said...

The Middle East can only benefit from watching MLP, talk about a place in chaos

Knifepony said...

I like discord because he has the same demented humor I have!

SneakyRangerREX said...

I have played evey Pony PnP RPG to come out on this site! looks like my players get another one!
(flutteryay)

Sandoval said...
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cornllama said...

Phoe!! You write so much!!!

Small Talk said...

That Vinyl cake. So freakin' delicious. But yes, the mysterious 'JC', that made me laugh, Phoe. Thanks for the great laugh!

Aquaman52 said...

Even though I slept past the new episode, I still have this.

Today is still starting off well.

jodyjm13 said...

@Firleycat
Was your substitute teacher wall-eyed?

burning-phoneix said...

I'm worried about the Arabic dub of MLP. Arabic dubs are horrible if done by anyone other than Disney.

That and Cartoon Network is like the hub in America, a channel that few have access to.

Pegasus Rescue Brigade said...

So this is what it looks like when Phoe does a nightly roundup.

Quite a different approach then Seth uses. It's quite entertaining, actually.

Gabriel said...

*Brazlian taxes are absurd*
Bah, everyone here knows it

Felipe Martins Fontes said...

I swear to god the worst place to be a brony is Brazil. Nissa commercial? Expensive ponies? McDonalds trolling us with their light up toys and supporting the Nissan commercial idea? Love and tolerate... must love and tolerate...

paradoxador said...

So Celestia wants to banish us to the moon for having a party huh, luna all the way then =b

Zarkanorf said...

Phoe round-ups are best round-ups. It's like the super awesome babysitter that has awesome games to play and lets you eat SO MUCH ICE CREAM and is the best storyteller everrrrrrrrrr.

But then when "dad"/Sethisto comes back, we'll come back to the same routine...?

Altercation said...

Phoe's nightly round ups are the best. Seth, step your game up.

AdmiralCubie said...

"The electronic figurine, beloved the world over for responding to having her butt touched by asking the offending party if they are a princess too"

XD

Me Gusta Phoe!

Quilton said...

The RPG idea is pretty awesome. Too bad I don't have and local Bronies to play with. Need to do some convertin....

Sterling_Facade said...

Phoe why are you being so mean to poor Seth? Now people will except more of him or demand that you take over the nightly round ups.

Favo said...

That's why i prefer custom toys. Hasbro just doesn't seems to make better toys than us, Bronies.

sparko said...

@Quilton

In response to that, you and anypony else wanna try and play over the magic of the internet? I'm ceertainly up for it!

Applejack85 said...

Great read, lots of interesting news going on. Change in format was cool xD

DashAttack said...

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Wait.

The Arabic Cartoon Network is getting MLP, but our shitty Cartoon Network only gets to show Adventure Time and Regular Show and no MLP?

I call shenanigans so hard on that.

Mint Jelly said...

Nightly round up...
Nightmare moon....

O.O

TerraH said...

After an episode of My Little German Pony it starts sounding like the Sims are talking...

But the voices fit, unlike a lot of shows I've seen.

Ryan said...

@DashAttack
Tis licensing purposes. Since Hasbro can't create the Hub outside of the US, in order to distrubute their shows - they must sign deals with TV companies to host the shows for them, and do the translation and such.

For example, Nickelodeon is handling the German dub in that specfic country (that includes translation), and airs in Treehouse TV in Canada (with sutble differences; since the channel unfortunately is targeted to preschoolers).

Ghost Girl said...

Those RP rules... I'm being subtly tricked into wanting to jump in and help them make the rules easier to muddle through...

Octavia said...

I just got back after a weekend full of duel Brony meets. I didn't even know about the cake until someone at one of the meets mentioned it to me. How sweet. I am going to have to find out who made me this adorable Birthday cake. <3

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