Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Nightly Roundup #144

It's news time! I don't have anything interesting to say here tonight, so check it out after the break.



Guilds/Meetups/Groups Looking for More

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November Albany Meetups

Saturday, November 12th - Laser Tag and Board Gaming
The "Albronies" Meetup group is getting together at noon on Saturday, November 12th for a great afternoon and evening of laser tag, gaming, and of course, ponies! We'll meet at Zero Gravity, a laser tag and arcade place at 1240 Central Avenue, Albany, New York. The fee for laser tag is $6/person, but plan on bringing extra for what you want to spend at the arcade and at lunch and dinner. We have quite a collection of awesome board games, but if anyone has anything they'd like to contribute, they're more than welcome to bring it.

Zero Gravity is accessible by the 1 and 905 buslines in Albany, and carpooling is also available.

Saturday, November 12th - Laser Tag and Board Gaming
The "Albronies" Meetup group is getting together at noon on Saturday, November 12th for a great afternoon and evening of laser tag, gaming, and of course, ponies! We'll meet at Zero Gravity, a laser tag and arcade place at 1240 Central Avenue, Albany, New York. The fee for laser tag is $6/person, but plan on bringing extra for what you want to spend at the arcade and at lunch and dinner. We have quite a collection of awesome board games, but if anyone has anything they'd like to contribute, they're more than welcome to bring it.

Zero Gravity is accessible by the 1 and 905 buslines in Albany, and carpooling is also available.

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Battlefield 3 Platoons

Server:

Full Platoons:
There is a 100 member limit so the following platoons are full and can no longer be joined, however you can still become a Fan of these.

Non-Full Platoons:
These are not full, at least as of this writing

Official Website: http://poniesofwar.net/

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Running of the leaves Meetup

Location: Meet at Sherlock park on campus (The football park next to Prescott Hall)
Then carpool to Cane Creek Park for the run.

Details: While we're calling this is the running of the leaves, you do not have to run. Consider it voluntary competition.
We're going to Cici's afterwords for lunch.

Time: Saturday Nov 5th, Noon

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 Starcraft 2 League

Website


MLP Card Game

The MLP Trading Card Game is still under way.  They have set up a buunch of pages for everyone to follow for daily updates on it.  Check them out below!

Facebook

Dev Blog

Ponychan Thread


Pinkie Pie Ornament Now Available at Toys R' Us



The American Greetings Pinkie Pie ornament is now available at Toys R' Us for those looking to pick one up.  If you are still too scared to hit the store up for one, check out the website for it instead!


Pony Sweepstakes in France


Some crazy sweepstakes is going on in France to win a trip for six to a a place called "Center Park".  That is the direct translation at least.  All you have to do is answer "Who is the rainbow maned blue pony".  I'm assuming its not supposed to be difficult.

But look at those vectors! That's the real news right there. It's about time!


Artist of the Week #2 Interview! 

Newb the Vector Artist takes the spotlight this week! Check out the copy paste below!


"Greetings again, pony fans! Gendid, aka Dr. Henry Killinger aka Rarity is back with another addition of Artist of the Week! This weeks artist is Newb, a vector artist who also does isolating the background music of our favorite FiM episodes on YouTube, in collaboration with Senn555, also known as Infinity Dash. This week's presentation is a video interview, which you can find at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmwcG48c_nc !

Please support Newb at is Deviantart account (http://junkiesnewb.deviantart.com/) and at his YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/user/JunkiesNewb)! Also, Newb told me to give a special shoutout to Senn555 (http://www.youtube.com/user/Senn555)! Remember to tune in next week for another exiting edition of Artist of the Week! And remember, if you would like to be on Artist of the Week, or know somepony that does, contact me at gendidlezu@yahoo.com!"


New Zealand Meetup


Pokemon?! Get a pony shirt! Yeesh...


Merch/Ebay Stuff

$25 Pony Plush Commissions
Lyra and Joker Pinkie Pie Custom
Fluttershy Plushie
Brony Wrist Bands
Framed Cross Stitch
Fluttershy Plushie
Lauren Faust Pony Sculpture
Nightmare Moon Plushie
Deadpool


51 comments:

SIaanme said...

Woo, NZ meetup! Wish I'd went...

Dr. Henry Killinger said...

Editors Note! I said in my interview that Senn555 and Infinity Dash are the same person. I don't know why I said it. The devil made me do it. Let's go with that.

Anyway, visit Infinity Dash at his youtube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wFSX7hH3Io.

Sparky said...

Holy cow I'm awake for one of these.

OminousTen said...
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8ftmetalhead said...

now join our group, NZ people!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/NeighZealand/

PhantomBadger said...

"Centre Parks" is a resort-type thing here in Europe c:
Also that Pinkie Pie Ornament is only available in US D: Dammit, I'm still waiting for the Blind bags to come to England.

Scary Scott said...

Decidedly not first


Good update.

wikisome said...

confound these ponies invading my BF3

ultra8 said...

Happy 64 Million!

Jango-Fett said...

Damn that's alot of battlefield ponies

Venbrou said...

"Sherlock park next to Prescott Hall..."
Mother of god, I have a view of that park from my dorm room window...

Jordan said...

When are you going to include the recent Sabrina Online comic strip that mentioned ponies?

(By the way, I finally figured out why I haven't been able to comment on this blog. Yay!)

mycutiemarkisagun said...

Laser Tag?

See, I'd go to a meet-up if it had Laser Tag.

Instead, ya'll were all "Hey, we're meeting 30 miles away from the city and we have some potato chips and we're gonna watch a episode and we'll have you tazed if you so much as think the word 'cupcakes'." Bleh. Lame-o's.

Octavia said...

Seth doesn't have anything to say? End of the World! lol Nah. That'd be Phoe. If Phoe couldn't come up with anything to say, I'd say that were as close to Armageddon as we're going to get. :P

I still need to pick up that Pinkie Pie ornament. Haven't even seen one in person yet. I remember looking for them once or twice, but they were out. Good to see them being sold in more stores now.

Ooh, pony sweepstakes. Too bad it's just France. lol Nice vectors. AJ even has her hat. That's an accomplishment right there by itself. :P But that question is indeed easy... it's totally Fluttershy! Now where's my free trip? :)

nettick said...

3 full platoons. Preparations for world wide brony take over are underway..........

Jelfes said...

Cool stuff, not much in this one though. Lots of stuff for groups.

JitteryJoe said...

Judging from your translation, the sweepstakes are for a holiday at Center Parcs, a European Holiday Camp-ish-thing chain. Not exactly a stunning prize, really. May explain the agonsingly simple question.

Jonathan said...

Oh man that Fluttershy plushie is beautiful, why must happiness require so much money. >.<

geressen said...

the price is a stay in one of the bungalow parks from a company named "center parks" not going to a place named center park, they have loads of bungalow parks near sites of interest and nature, most come with a spa and swimming pool too.

geressen said...

in case my explanation of center parks was not clear

you should look here: http://www.centerparcs.com/EN/GB/home

d3f5d530-0543-11e1-b4ad-000bcdca4d7a said...

Pony Sweepstakes in France- Under the Digimon thing
"Pervs"

moocow1452 said...

Come on, Internet. I wanna trip. What was that Rainbow one called again? The one that's always been in style?

jmcconnor said...

Totally jealous of that running of the leaves event!

Lorventus said...

Whoa! Albany! That's... Almost close to me also, looks like I'll be going to Toys R Us this week. Anyone know if Pinkie Pie is made of glass or acrylic in her 'holiday' ornament form?

Background said...

Yeah I'll be headed to ToysRus as well, for the ornament and for the wrapping paper.

Chaoyll said...

It's 'Center Parks'. I've been there, it's pretty damn awesome, especially if you take some friends with you.

Faron said...

Hey ponies, I got two of these Ornaments at K-mart the other day as Toy's R Us was a no-go. They are in the greeting card section, mine was on an end cap. The K-Mart ones did not come in a box, just a cardboad holder.

Also, heard you can get them are Carlton cards as well.

@Lorventus

She is made of acrylic.

Dustin Coleman said...

I'll definitely try and find that ornament. Sadly my local Toys R Us is horrible at getting pony stuff stocked.

@Dr. Henry Killinger "I don't know why I said it. The devil made me do it."

Wrong, I made you do it. I've put a curse on you and your insipid interviews. Obsession Is Magic and the Hall of Pony will always be the best! (Laughs maniacally)

twilightstitch said...

Hey all, the starting bid for the cross-stitch of the mane cast has been *significantly* reduced. Hope somepony likes it!

Takata said...

Why is that question for the sweepstakes so easy?

Lorventus said...

Excellent! Thanks Faron. Now to seek them out and obtain at least one. With Great Prejudice!

Cassie Truman said...

@Takata Because all such things are easy. A) It's designed for kids, and B) there are laws in Europe on holding raffles. You have to put in a question to be exempt from them, which is why there's such an easy one.

Back on topic, Centerparcs is a chain of holiday camps across western Europe. They're pretty alright, except when one is being drowned underneath a fat man on a lilo.

98abaile said...

Silly Americans.
http://www.centerparcs.co.uk/

thattagen said...

Derp! The Running of the Leaves is planned for about noon. By then, most people will have had a chance to see the new ep. We'll probably end up rewatching over pizza at Cici's as well.

Hope to see all the TTU bronies there!

mrjoshmacintosh said...

Wow that Albany meet-up is like a 15 minute drive for me! I might actually have to check it out because Zero Gravity does kick ass as a laser tag place... it's HUGE!

Pyrobug said...

It's ornament hunting time!

Aha! A raffle, time to steal prizes from small, European children! Also: That Applejack vector's too cute. Look at her. D'aaw, I just wanna hug her.

*gasp* Finally, I could have a Nightmare Moon of my very own to hug and cuddle!

AceBriggs6 said...

FINALLY a meet-up in my area!

Vermillion Twilight said...

Running of the leaves? WHHHHAAAAATT???

Members of a widespread cartoon fanbase actively promoting exercise and good health on my internets!? UNHEARD OF!!

But I approve wholeheartedly!

Salculd said...

@moocow1452 I think it's Applebloom.

Mark said...

@PhantomBadger Yup still wating for those blind bags to come to the netherlands aswell

Draconic Quill said...

Oh finally a pony group for SC2! I've been having a ton of trouble finding any pony groups for games I actually play, so this is nice. Other than that, seems like everything else is happening on other parts of the world...

hurristat said...

Hey, Pokemon is cool! If it weren't for Pokemon, I wouldn't be a brony in the first place (long story).

Venbrou said...

@thattagen I assume we'll be paying for our own lunch?

200_Dollars said...
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200_Dollars said...

I am so getting that Pinkie ornament.

RedEnchilada said...

Rainbow maned blue pony? THE ANSWER IS OVBVIOUSLY PINKIE PIE

Cátsy said...

PERVS IN THE BACKGROUND IN FRANCE!

Derptastic_w00t said...

@SIaanme
Ahh damn I meant to go to this and I totally forgot :S Maybe next time!

DemureGirl said...

Been trying to convince my boyfriend to take me on a holiday to Centre Parcs . . .

IDEA! ^.^

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