Monday, November 28, 2011

Nightly Roundup #170 - SHOCKING

That drawfriend earlier sure was epic.  I can't decide on what to use for this roundup.  I think I'll settle for Fluttertree.

Have some news!



Advertising Age Reports on Pony

Another crazy news article has popped up, focusing primarily on the marketing aspect of FiM.  It's a pretty good read, and totally mentions us and Bronyville.  Check it out here!


Scootaloo's Singer When She's NOT Forced to Sing Badly



Just in case you guys were curious and all that. Shes pretty awesome.


Haiku is Magic project

This crazy person is writing a massive string of haiku's for all the pony episode summaries.  Currently it has finished off the first 4, with more on the way.  Check out the google doc here!


Skyrim Shield Mod 
Whoever designed Mare-Do-Well's costume is a genius.

Check the mod out here!


Pony Genetics Document

The Ace of Spadez over on Deviant Art has written a massive document about pony genetics, complete with diagrams and images. 

Check the entire thing out here! It's way too big for blogger.


Bronies Perth Meetup


Looks like 40 of them showed up, but a bunch went fluttershy mode and hid behind stuff. Those foals.

Check out their site here.

The video here.

And the photo album here.


Groups/Meetups/Guilds Looking for More

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 Pony Party at Holiday Matsuri 2011

Wow, this is a badass banner.  I have to admit, OC ponies are growing on me.

Where: Orlando FL.
When: December 16-18

Website

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Bronies of Phoenix Meetup

Another awesome banner.  This is how meetups SHOULD advertise!

When: Saturday, December 17th (7:00 PM)


Website

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WoW Guild 
Name: Elements of Harmony
Server: Moon Guard
Faction: Horde
Description: We will be an RP guild and hopefully a raiding guild. Please join!
Ask "Selinisa" for invite.

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Central Wisconsin Meetup

Website

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Merch/Ebay Stuff
100% Charity Painting
Keyrings, Charms, Ect
Painting Custom
Chainmail Bracelets


78 comments:

Jelfes said...

Wait, why's it shocking?

DeeperMadness said...

Yeah, that was a pretty damn good Drawfriends earlier, wasn't it? I love this fandom! You guys make it all complete.

I'm gonna have to take a glance at that pony genetics bit; sounds very interesting.

OnTheMoonah said...

Frist? Anyway it 2:10 I going to bed

Bombedrumbum said...

@Jelfes look at the picture

derpy dash typhlosion said...

fluttershy is best tree i will give her that

ZettaLux said...

And all the more reason for me to regret getting Skyrim on console.

Laurence Brown said...

Worry not, Seth -- I made sure to properly ground myself before clicking on the link, thus averting any possible damage to myself or, more importantly, my computer.

I just need to say
Twilight is the best pony
Sorry, Applejack

Bombedrumbum said...

Scootaloo is NOT trash

Bombedrumbum said...

Applejack is best pony. She's also my favorite

BigMacintosh said...

(sarcastically) yes very shocking seth. Fluttertree never been done before. Nope never.

Flutterfan said...

Margaret Loesch, Margaret Loesch, Margaret Loesch.

I'll remember that name for the day when I need to badger her to continue My Little Pony.

Jelfes said...

Well, it certainly is shocking how awesome Scootaloo's singer is.

@Bombedrumbum I'm guessing because an animal attacked Fluttershy?

Nyxilis said...

It's shocking because Scootaloo isn't a bird at all, but a dog~

SgtGarand said...

Scootaloo sure does sing better than how they make her in the show.

Chainmail and MLP, interesting combination. (inb4 full Luna chainmail suit)

Bombedrumbum said...

@Jelfes its in the sky, Scootaloo looks dying with a tree jutting out of her back, the world.is covered in what looks like Rainbow Dash hues.......think....

bestpony? AJ ;) said...

Applejack is always best pony. Just had to post that.

Obscurica said...

The genetics writeup is linked to an earlier work. The actual link is at http://theaceofspadez.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4hjid0

Jango-Fett said...

The round up was...nice

DeRockProject said...

A tree is growing out of Fluttershy's corpse or something. Of course it's shocking.

Desmond said...
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naahdude said...

I will never look at trash the same way again.

Jelfes said...

@Bombedrumbum That's Fluttershy, not Scootaloo. It's doing a joke on the whole Fluttertree thing. I'm going to amend what I said and guess that Seth was just being sarcastic/joking.

Nimbus Buster said...

That pony genetics was totally the wrong link Seth and I wanted to read it too :(

Bombedrumbum said...

@Jelfes Ah, my fried! Its been brain!!

LunaRises said...

Perth Bronies reprosent! :p

Calsan said...

Haiku is easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator.

Jelfes said...

@Calsan You, sir, made me laugh hard with that.

Streamr said...

Dat Scootaloo teaching us about trash

Bombedrumbum said...

@Calsan that's like the

"Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Some poems rhyme,
This one doesn't"

Poem

Unknown said...

The Pony Genetics link is actually incorrect up there, it's located elsewhere on my DeviantArt profile.

Octavia said...

That poor Fluttertree. :(

The Advertising Age article is nice. Doesn't really delve deep into some aspects of the community, but that's fine. It is a positive little article.

Some of the YouTube comments under the Martha Speaks trash video are kinda funny. But yes, she can indeed sing pretty well in reality. :P

Believe you got that link slightly wrong in the Pony Genetics section, Seth. But at least it links to the correct profile on dA. lol That thing really is quite long. Maybe I'll read it later. But I can only imagine trying to sort out their genetics to make scientific sense. :P

Zephyr Flash said...

Yay! My link submission made it in! ^_^

Berli said...

Wasn't it Rarity who designed Mare-Do-Well's costume? Of course she's a genius! ;)

Laurence Brown said...

@Bombedrumbum
Actually, his is a perfectly 'legal' and correct haiku (I actually have a T-shirt with that on it). Your poem there would be more like writing a haiku along the lines of:

I can't write haikus
I can never end them right
I use too many syllables on the last line all the time.

Also, I greatly enjoyed the pony genetics piece (thanks Obscuria for including the correct link!). I've been very preoccupied this last week due to things going on with my family; reading that helped give my muse a bit of a kick, which it needed, so many thanks to the author for that!

Scherzando said...

Oh, so THAT'S what you're supposed to do with trash...

East said...

Ok, who else imagined Scoots singing that trash song? I demand a Scoot VS Sweetie Belle singing showdown! : D

SgtGarand said...

@Calsan Haha, I'll have to remember that one

I don't like Haiku. Because I suck at writing. Way too restrictive.

That genetics...wow. Who would have thought somepony could take a cartoon and create something like that.

Viridian said...

Scoot's got a pretty good singing voice, I must say.

The haikus are rather nicely done, too! Here's one that popped into my head earlier after watching S2E2 again:

Discord dared return.
In for a nasty headache.
LOOK OUT. HERE COMES TOM.

(The mental image that brings to mind may be more amusing to some...)

Benny said...

Who is that handsome devil in the Terran shirt?

(You'll never guess)

QuadICE said...

Wowowow! Old comment system is back?

RainbowLeader 510 said...

A picture of me in EqD is pretty shocking... is that what you're talking about Seth? Perth bronies ftw!

Cylestia said...

>AdAge article

Wow, you guys are fast! That's only been up for a few hours now.

I submitted it but you already had it. :P

P.Slater said...

Holy crap a meetup near me!? Buck yeah!

Wollffeey said...

Pony party at Holiday Matsuri? I can only hope my friends and boyfriend aren't too busy with one of their 9 f*%&ing panels so that I and my boyfriend Dashi can go. Oh, the life of a member of aniRAGE.

Also, if anypony who plans on going to Matsuri also has a Facebook page, I highly suggest joining https://www.facebook.com/groups/146878045402261/ The Central Florida Bronies group. It's the largest (and still growing) organized group of bronies in the region and is the best way of contacting fans who aren't yet aware of EqD.

Chance, EMT-P said...

People still play on Moon Guard? WOW. (No pun intended.)

I left MG five months ago.

LostSaint72 said...

There's never a meetup by me, am i the only brony near Chicago? XD

Firleycat said...

The top image reminds me of Deadly Premonition. Such a weird game.

CityFlyer502 said...

It's funny how a TV show/news article was what tipped me over the edge into "bronyville" (only been at it seriously for 72 hours.) If anyone watches World's Dumbest over here, their Twitter feed posted an article from the WSJ. And then one night after the show, whoever was running the feed started talking ponies. At first I was like "huh?" so I delved a little further into the subject and was never able to pull out, which I think is a good thing.

mrsteroids said...

that pony genetics made my day

richfiles said...

@Obscurica

Holy Guacamole!

I just EXPANDED the pony genetics thing in the dude's comments section! Character count is up to 16469 characters, and half the thing is a chart filled with 2 letter allele codes!!!

WUT HAS I DUN!
LES GO MAK PONIZ! LOLOL!

/)O_O(\

Haileo said...

>Pony party Holiday Matsuri
>Orlando, Florida

HOLY FUCK YES I'M THERE FOR VACATION UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON

>December 16-18

>NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

ChaosDX1 said...

A Skyrim mod for the latest episode already? Slow down, you're making it look too easy!


There's finally a bronie event where I live. Awesome! …I feel like I'm suddenly overcome with shyness though… and I'm over it.
If I'm free I'll check it out. Never was too big on parties.

OtterMatt said...

He blinded me with SCIENCE!!

/Science!

MarkTheCat said...

Too bad there's no AJ Cutie Mark keyring. D:

Kd said...

@ MarkTheCat

The keyring maker does customs :P

Chaoyll said...

Seth, if you post about WoW guilds, you should really post whether they are on EU or US realms as well. Because it gets kinda confusing.

Offtopicrainbow said...

Should've waited till episode 11 to use the science, cause that episode will demolish any theories anyone has or will have till then.

Tomasaki said...

I'm betting Sabrina Alberghetti had a pretty big say in how that costume would look.

Hialiatus said...

Does anyone know if I can get that magazine article in print? I don't wanna buy a reprint from the website though, is that magazine in Books a Million by chance?

ZAquanimus said...

It's shocking that Seth would actually be dumb enough to post a link to anything regarding pony genetics since it has been word of Faust since season 1 that any combination of pony parents can birth any type of pony. (Obviously excluding Alicorns)

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Cylestia said...

@Octavia We only had 250 words, couldn't go very in-depth.

DawnOfTime said...

Someone get that chicken out of the trash!

Octavia said...

@Cylestia

That's fine. I wasn't saying that it being shorter was a bad thing.

Beatfox said...

@ZAquanimus
What's dumb about it? Some people enjoy coming up with detailed explanations for fictional scenarios, and other people enjoy reading them and appreciating (and sometimes debating) the logical work that has gone into them. The purpose of this wasn't to "prove" that different types of ponies can interbreed.

Mattwo said...

A RP WoW guild that happens to share the same name as the Hero half of the supergroup on virute.

O.o

richfiles said...

@ZAquanimus

It's shocking that you have just expressed your own lack of understanding of genetic theory to such a degree, that you just made every geneticist amongst us here to laugh uncontrollably at your comment, all 2 of us.

Through mixed alleles, you CAN have ponies born in a variety of breeds, with expressed breed type of the parent's not necessarily matching the parent (like how eye or hair color can very, or traits skip generations). My analysis puts Pinkie Pie at only a SINGLE allele away from being a true alicorn like Celestia (and seriously... It's just how the list ended up, it was not a guided effort... I was shocked too) AJ, Twi, and RD turn out to be pure Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasus type ponies. Rarity and Fluttershy both end up having some earth traits mixed into their natural breed, and Ironically, it's the EARTH pony genotype with balanced expression of both horn and pegasus genes that serves as the foundation genotype that allows for the trigger of a proper Alicorn, such as Celestia or Luna...

That is... at least according to theaceofspadez's theory, as well as my own expanded theory.

So in short... you are only arguing with yourself because you simply don't have an understanding of the subject matter.

I thought we left the dark ages a millennium ago. You don't need to insult Seth for posting an intriguing thought experiment that really felt good to decipher and understand and expand upon. I enjoyed the theory!

You really shouldn't have such a negative attitude towards creativity. It's depressing.

richfiles said...

ALREADY MISSING DISQUS!!!

Through mixed alleles, you CAN have ponies born in a variety of breeds, with expressed breed type of the parents not necessarily matching the OFFSPRING (like how eye or hair color can very, or traits skip generations).

I REALLY miss that edit comment feature!

SonicRatchet said...

@LostSaint72 No you're not! Well, OK I live 30 minutes away from Chicago, but it's nice to know there's bronies in Illinois :).

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