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Luna seems less than thrilled about guiding the sleigh on Christmas night. She really shouldn't have taken that bet...
Anyways, hi! If you missed Roundup 183, you might not know that I joined the EqD team to help with the . You might call me the Coordinator. Hmm... I like that. Sounds official. I wonder if Seth will let me have that title.
Spitfire is best pony.
Luna seems less than thrilled about guiding the sleigh on Christmas night. She really shouldn't have taken that bet...
Anyways, hi! If you missed Roundup 183, you might not know that I joined the EqD team to help with the . You might call me the Coordinator. Hmm... I like that. Sounds official. I wonder if Seth will let me have that title.
Spitfire is best pony.
158 comments:
First and you did great
ReplyDeleteYOU'RE FIRED
ReplyDeleteCome on I need this!!!
ReplyDeleteI posted this comment earlier than first!
ReplyDeleteGood job so far.
YOU'RE HIRED AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteAnd then there were streams... In a bit.
ReplyDelete@Cereal Velocity
ReplyDeleteSo can I take over?
I SQUEE'D EVERYWHERE ITS A REAL MESS IN MY HOUSE RIGHT ABOUT NOW
ReplyDeleteYou joined EQD?! Awesome! And for the first post it was cool. Kinda sad I can't give you five stars though
ReplyDeleteYOU'RE HIRED AGAIN.
ReplyDeleteNow I can yay!
ReplyDeleteThis episode totally crushed the fanfics! hurray!
ReplyDeleteAw Yeaaah, more blog ponies
ReplyDeleteYou did fine, don't worry about it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new title Stream Coordinator.
Stop acting like a schoolgirl which puts his own random opinion in everything, we have enough Pinkie Pies. That's all.
ReplyDeleteI approve of this new addition to the team.
ReplyDeleteAnd [email protected]
CANT WAIT LOAD FASTER DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHi XyroTR1!
ReplyDeleteyou'll do fine, just don't useless-post-storm us like someone else did.(even if she was awesome at doing it)
ReplyDeleteWelcome aboard.
ReplyDeleteYay! XyroTr1! You have just joined the greatest website for pony material! How does it feel?
ReplyDeleteStream coordinator sounds right. Congrats XyroTR1!
ReplyDeleteJust make sure you don't cross the streams.
ReplyDeleteI demand satisfaction...
ReplyDeleteI demand that all spare CPU cycles on the internet be dedicated to the YouTube conversion so that I can watch.
They have [email protected] and other distributed computing platforms. I say someone creates [email protected] I have an old Mac G4 to dedicate to the cause.
did great, love the image! :)
ReplyDeleteYou did great.
ReplyDeleteFirst new episode and then this?!
ReplyDeleteI thought Christmas was NEXT week! ^^
XyroTR1!!!!! Awesome!
ReplyDeleteCereal, I heard there was some good Rarity pics on that one web site...you should go scope them out
ReplyDelete...
Quick XyroTR1, ask seth to hire you again while Cereal is Distracted!
Welcome aboard Xyro! I've watched a few of your quality MLP:FIM uploads. I'm suire you'll do fine here as well.
ReplyDelete@RinellaWasHere
ReplyDeleteDoh ho ho!
I must say I'm jelly. I want an invitation to the EqD team. D:
Also, gimme my 1080!
@Rohit Eligeti
ReplyDeleteI keep seeing comments like this from you. What do you have against fan fiction?
WELCOME TO EQD!
ReplyDelete@RinellaWasHere
ReplyDeleteWe have a winner!
All hail the Stream Coordinator! A well deserved title for Xyro
ReplyDeleteWell done XyroTR1, so glad you're joining Equestria Daily! This is just going to be all kinda of epic. ><
ReplyDeleteWARPSHIELD STABILIZED
ReplyDeleteer
wrong game.
Welcome Xyro!
You did excellent.
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Now, take over the site.
*sigh* This sucks I hafta wait for the YouTube links >:/
ReplyDeleteHAI XYRO.
ReplyDeleteAnd of course, I shall be uploading the song when you're done uploading the episode.
"Posted by XyroTR1"
ReplyDelete^
How'd you do? Not bad.
Of course, I imagine that If you plan on being a mod on the site for a long time, You'll need to choose a best pony:
Seth -> Trixie
Cereal -> Rarity
Phoe -> Lyra
Tek and PK didn't have a best pony: have you seen them around recently? Of course not; Having a best pony = success.
XD lol, I kid. It is quite a strange correlation though.
@Rohit Eligeti
ReplyDeleteI'm actually kind of glad that my own Ancient Equestria fanfic took a hit from this episode. I love new canon, and incorporating it will be fun.
That said, 'Swordpony' came out miraculously unscathed, at least for the most part.
Heh Heh.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I hear someone say 'You're Fired'
or read it somewhere, I can't help but remember Tuck and Roll from 'A Bug's Life'
YOU FIRED!
YOU FIRED!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for posting the source of the image. I *really* wish everyone else did that too.
ReplyDeleteYOu need to take an arrow to the knee.
ReplyDeleteYay Xyro! Where would I be without thee.
ReplyDeleteI can't express myself properly so I'll just let Fluttershy do it for me:
You rock, woohoo~
What? Two weeks without an episode?! This is horrible! Terrible! Of all the worst things that could happen, this is THE. WORST. POSSIBLE. THING!!! *summons a fancy-shmancy couch and wallows on it*
ReplyDeleteELLO ELLO DEAR STREAM COORDINATOR!
ReplyDelete..... Maybe you should've helped Rarity over the stream... AH-PFFF!
Anyyywaaay!
....I am gonna have to make a Gingerbread house ASAP!!!
YOU'RE DOUBLE HIRED.
ReplyDelete(Can anypony even DO that?!)
Coordinating them streams LIKE A BAWS!
ReplyDeleteNo but really, you did great. And your streams are always the best - no lag, great quality... My crappy computer even runs them flawlessly, and that's a feat right there! What would we do without you? (Watch terrible, laggy streams, that's what!)
Thanks for your hard work!
Welcome aboard Xyro :D
ReplyDeleteAs long as you don't go mad with power as Phoe I think you'll be allright...
ReplyDelete...
I miss Phoe. :l
YAY XYRO!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the team!
HI Xyro! Welcome to EQD! Stream coordinator, eh? just remember... DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS! Oh and as Mike said, you need to pick a best pony ( Fluttershy FTW) and maybe even a favorite ship if you're in to that! (flutterMac for me, they just work so well together!)
ReplyDelete@gato
ReplyDeleteI miss Phoe too. :(
@Mike
ReplyDeleteOh, that's easy. ;)
Thanks for the quick high quality videos!
ReplyDelete@Mike
ReplyDeleteOWAIT xyro? The person who was doing the 1080p stream stuff? Oh wow; this really IS awesome.
I wish I had skills useful to the EqD team, but no one makes games w/ C or machine code these days, mad lego skillz don't count, and I don't even have time to work on that 1/4 of a fanfic I started last year :(
AWESOME MAN!
ReplyDeleteRock the world of the tube with your awesomeness :D
Thanks a lot Xyro. :)
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you on-board!
Thanks Xyro keep up the awesome posts!!
ReplyDelete1080p, and Spitfire as the best pony. This guy has it all :D
ReplyDeleteBy the way, FkNSpitfire here :D
1080...1080...1080! PLEASE! I'm BEGGING!:P
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the team Xyro :D enjoy as many cookies as you like for this awesome bountiful episode post.
ReplyDelete@Salzvatik12
ReplyDelete"Can... can you do that? Can you be hired twice?"
@Sethisto
ReplyDeleteDammit stop tempting me to replay through SC1 for the 2000th time!
brilliantspecter said... [Reply To This Comment]
ReplyDeleteCoordinating them streams LIKE A BAWS!
No but really, you did great. And your streams are always the best - no lag, great quality... My crappy computer even runs them flawlessly, and that's a feat right there! What would we do without you? (Watch terrible, laggy streams, that's what!)
Thanks for your hard work!
December 17, 2011 9:14 AM
You...run your own streams, Xyro? o_O
The more I know...
@XyroTR1
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Well played Xyro, Well Played. Looks like you're here to stay, since you could hypnotize Seth with the REA pics if you somehow end up on his bad side. lol
Good to see you on board Xyro !
ReplyDeleteThis will speed up "communication" a lot so we can enjoy the episode much faster !
Hey Xyro, congratulations on your first post!
ReplyDeleteIt was nicely done.
Awesome, welcome aboard Xyro!
ReplyDeleteAlso thanks for uploading HD ponies so quickly every saturday, you rock.
Whatever happened to PK anyway?
So i decided to try the 480. it hurt me to much to watch anymore. so I will wait here patiently refreshing the page, until 1080 is ready for me!
ReplyDeleteGreat job Xyro! :D
Hai Xyro, I'd give ye a muffin, but youre probably couple thousand miles away.
ReplyDeleteYe did alright:3
Sooooooong.
ReplyDeletewww.youtube.com/watch?v=EbISs8f1fok
What's the name of this episode's song anyway? Daniel Ingram hasn't posted anything about it yet. D;
Good news is my fic is saved
ReplyDeleteI'm voting either 'Fire of Friendship' or 'Circle of Friends.' Either way, it sounds like the Equestrian National Anthem.
ReplyDeleteClever Clover was a G2 pony! Well played, well played...
ReplyDeletegood episode and good song
ReplyDeletei like it
Welcome, Xyro! Thanks for the links!
ReplyDelete@el_draconoquis
ReplyDeletehmmm...
very good profile Pict you got their
I have one thing to ask of the new stream coordinator.
ReplyDeleteXYRO, DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!!
You're awesome, Xyro!
ReplyDeleteYou here that? That is the sound of hundreds of fanfics burning in the fires of canon.
ReplyDelete:(
THE. MOST. AWESOME. EPIC. EPISODE!!!
ReplyDeleteSnowponies have brooms in their butts.
ReplyDeleteI am now disturbed...
Welcome Xyro! You did just fine!
ReplyDeleteYAY! Welcome to EqD, Stream Coordinator Xyro! :)
ReplyDeleteWhere did Phoe go anyway?
ReplyDelete@PistolePlex
ReplyDeleteWell, by 'streams,' I really meant streams in the sense that these Youtube videos are being called streams. He's always got the best 1080p, every week, without fail.
I don't know if he runs an actual Hub stream during episodes airing.
You did pretty well.
ReplyDeleteThose money you've spent worth the shot, Xyro!
ReplyDeleteHi XyroTR1!
ReplyDeleteAwesome work! Thank you so much for your effort! You are truly a fine addition to the team!
Good luck for the future Mr Stream Co-ordinator!
@XyroTR1
ReplyDeleteThat was a fun topic!
Welcome to the team!
Welcome to EQD, Xyro
ReplyDelete@brilliantspecter
ReplyDeleteOh I see. xD
XYROTR1!!! well.... this just made my day, Both a new episode AND my favorite pony youtube uploader became an admin for EQD, my life is now complete :)
ReplyDeleteYou did great. Welcome Xyro.
ReplyDeleteCant wait for 1080p release
When there be 1080p?
ReplyDeleteSong in 1080p.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CorI4Wq8dSU
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ReplyDeleteXyro an admin? Congrats!
ReplyDeleteWelcome, XyroTR!
ReplyDeleteWaiting impatiently for the 1080p release. I loathe waking up early on Poni Saturdays! 4 more hours or so until 1080p, methinks. D:
Might as well find something to do to pass the time...
@80PercentBrony
ReplyDeleteYouTube reports 1 minute remaining! But they suck at counting, so who knows. :P
A Spitfire fan?
ReplyDeleteYES!
I don't know about you guys, but I'm already writing some sweet, sweet AU Hearth's Warming Fic
ReplyDeleteHonestly, posting the 1080p versions of the episodes is more than satisfying enough for all of us. The rest is just icing on the proverbial cake, and that is awesome.
ReplyDeleteThankfully, I don't tend to over-think MLP. I tend to just enjoy it for being a well made and very fun show. But, today's episode got me head-scratching.
ReplyDeleteIf that was really the founding of Equestria where was Celestia and Luna? The unicorns raised the sun, and presumably the moon, which makes it sound like Celestia and Luna weren't around. But, before Celestia and Luna the world was ruled by Discord. Starswirl the Bearded was also mentioned and Luna knew Starswirl. Also, the Equestrian flag they planted had Celestia and Luna on it.
So... Huh?
Overall though, fun episode. I enjoyed it. The only thing missing was pan out to show it was Celestia (being her usual Trollestia self) outside the window at the end making the windigo noise.
@Eddie Perkins
ReplyDeleteAll that has been poured over by many of us, in detail, over on the episode's post. If you really care to read through it all (or at least the latter half of comments, post-episode) you may find some explanations there.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MykC5PLqy3E
ReplyDeleteHere have the song, in HD WITH LETTERBOXES AND SLIGHT COLOR CORRECTION!
Could you guys stop publishing links to the song on the day the episode is airing? It's a spoiler. I don't care how little of one, but it is. Finding out there's a song while watching is different from reading there is one.
ReplyDeleteIf nothing else put it after the page break. I realize it's Xyro's first post, but it's been done before, and it's rather annoying to see happen again.
That's how Equestria was made!
ReplyDeleteYAAAY 1080p!
ReplyDeleteDawww, just in time for the holidays. What a sweet episode. Also, all of the ponies are great actors.
ReplyDelete@Illidan
ReplyDeleteTime for me to learn how to add stuff past the break! There isn't a button for it. I'll do some googling. ;)
@Illidan
ReplyDeleteAnd resolved! Thanks for the suggestion. :)
Go Xiro!
ReplyDeleteAnd...my job's done. Time to finally get some sleep! (It's 5:30am, but I don't give a hay.)
ReplyDelete@Illidan
ReplyDeleteI'll stop posting the songs onto here too.
welcome... to Pony!
ReplyDeleteVery good episode this week.
ReplyDeleteI only have one recommendation though.
Rarity has been using the words brute and ruffian a bit too much lately. She needs to buy a thesaurus.
First post in EqD:o
ReplyDeleteAlso, i've just noticed at 5:51 that the pegasus guards hold spears, spears are now canon?
I just noticed the flag at the end. Yeah, guy, I'm afraid I'd have agree with the people saying it's a gaffe. Oh, well, that happens.
ReplyDeleteCongrats xyro . Great episode this week
ReplyDeleteI saw derpy like three times.
@PistolePlex
ReplyDeleteI tend not to read comments until after watching, I don't really care if they're posted here.
Thanks for hiding the songs after the page break now. My apologies if I sounded rude earlier.
@XyroTR1
ReplyDeleteWowowowowowowowowwow! Great episode!
Great timing, too!
You really stepped it up this time. Saw a bunch of artifacts in there, especially during the intro sequence, but I guess they're to be expected by this point, eh?
Thanks again. Glad to have you here.
Maybe it would've been better if the leaders had stayed frozen, and the underlings took over and founded Equestria. The underlings did seem to be better at leading.
ReplyDeleteThey could've even had a legend that if the leaders ever thawed out, their hate would turn them into wendigos.
Here's the part where people might be making a mistake:
ReplyDeleteAssuming a entertaining holiday pageant is a 100% historically accurate depiction of events. Much like pageants for Christmas and other holidays, it's possible the information in it is wrong or altered to be more aesthetic/entertaining (for instance, the shepherds being out with their sheep late at night leads many to believe the actual birth would have had to be in the spring or summer)
@80PercentBrony
ReplyDeleteThe artificting was unfortunately source-level, and I couldn't get it to completely go away. It's much better than it was, though! I may rework it eventually, but that was the best I could do on a time crunch with little sleep. ;)
@XyroTR1 Thanks for the YouTube stream! I just watched the episode for a third time. 8^)
ReplyDeleteI've seen a number of supposed continuity errors that I'd like to address, and hopefully make sense of for others.
ReplyDeleteFirst off, the events of "Hearths warming Eve" predate the rule of Celestia and Luna.
The first bit of evidence is the reference to Starswirl the Bearded. Remember back on Nightmare Night, Luna was the only one who got Twilight's costume as Starswirl. "Commendable costume, even got the bells right." Remember that Luna was also banished for a thousand years, and hadn't yet adapted to the present times in Nightmare Night. This means that Starswirl was relevant as a folklore figure in Luna's time pre-banishment, and therefore places Starswirl (and his apprentice, Clever, played by Twilight) before Luna's time.
As for the flag, watch the scene carefully when the flag is unfurled. People ask "Wait, how could Hearth's Warming Eve take place before Celestia, when Celestia appears on the flag?"
The flag with Celestia on it is not displayed until the scene transitions back into present time. No doubt, the flag had changed over the years. Considering the events of the pilot episode, it would make sense that after Luna's banishment, she would've been removed from Equestria's iconography. The flag shown at the end shows both Celestia and Luna, which indicates that the flag was changed again to signify Luna's return and absolution from Nightmare Moon.
You do not see the flag they raise in the flashback. The scene goes with them putting in the flagpole, pulling on a rope, and THEN the scene transitions to the present where you see the current Equestria flag adorning the flagpole prop on the stage.
Hopefully this clears things up. Heart Warming's Eve definitely pre-dates the rule of Celestia and Luna, and probably Discord as well. So no continuity has been broken in the timing.
Plus, two other small things to consider. One: the tale of Hearth Warming's Eve is just that...a tale. It doesn't have to be consistent, it's just a story intended to express good morals and the importance of friendship; it's not supposed to be a historically accurate depiction of Equestria's founding. Two: it's just a TV show. You should really just relax.
HASBRO!
ReplyDeleteWhere is my canon explination for alicorns?
Oh well, back to fanon I guess...
Other than that, good show!
That was an absolutely amazing episode, at least now we know that the alicorns aren't older than time itself.
ReplyDeleteHooray! Xyro is best pony uploader.
ReplyDeleteI liked it. I assume that it went this episode-> discord takes over-> Luna and Celly take over.
ReplyDelete@TheIdlingRev
ReplyDeleteThat is unless they were there before and just happened to walk in Equestria and take over (peacefully, of course...)
As for the episode, I didn't expect the play to be the whole thing, but it was very nicely done. Another satisfied viewer.
Also, subtle Derpy appearance is subtle...
ReplyDeleteLoved this episode :)
ReplyDeleteI think we can pretty much officially say now that Discord made Celestia and Luna.
ReplyDeleteLogic train...
Hearthswarming had no mentions of alicorns, Discord, or any mention of any sort of "grand ruler" (only leaders for each tribe)
Discord is the lord of Chaos, what's more chaotic than a mashup of every pony combined... Let alone such a pony that could (in theory) live for ever?
Discord is then defeated by his "creations". It's both poetic and plausible.
Watching it through the YouTube app on the Xbox 360 is glorious. Thanks for the upload.
ReplyDeleteSo it's now canon that Earth ponies inherent ability is growing stuff, yes? The massive fuckstorm over this can stop now?
ReplyDeleteYes?
That pegasus guy who tries to eat the feathery part of his helmet...I think we need art of him. A lot.
ReplyDeleteEpic voice acting is epic. Seriously award people, get this show some awards. Also, I'm in agreement with the people who say that this predates both Discord and the Sisterhood, implying that the Alicorn race was either reclusive or created by Discord himself. Also, the time-frame did seem to snap back to the present before the Alicorn flag was hoisted, so I don't have any problem with time-frame stuff.
ReplyDeleteOh, and Derpy curtain-derping. Yay!
Great episode! Am I the only one who got a "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" vibe from that song at the end?
ReplyDeleteTerrific job, Xyro! Since I don't have the HUB, I have to wait with anticipation as the streams are uploaded onto Youtube, and without fail, yours are the best and the fastest! :D
ReplyDeleteAs for the episode itself, all I can say is "hnnnng!"
FOR OCN! *raises blue flame flame*
ReplyDeleteinb4 day after tomorrow references.
ReplyDeleteDoes this mean that Blueblood is descended from the Unicorn rulers then?
ReplyDeletePuddinghead says that the planet is round.
congrats on the new job
ReplyDeleteSomewhat disappointed that this episode didn't tell us anything about where Alicorns or Discord came from, but interestingly this opens up a new plot element for my fic.
ReplyDeletehave to see it one more time but also have to sleep... fuck me -.-
ReplyDeleteThe uber warm welcome Xyro's been getting is even warming my heart-shaped black hole in my chest cavity. You bronies keep making me want to be a good person, damn you.
ReplyDeletethe equestria anthem is too short. i want moar :(
ReplyDeleteso that is why Princess Celestia makes them study friendship :D
ReplyDeleteSo I'm pretty overwhelmed by everyone being so awesome. Thanks for such a warm welcome! C:
ReplyDelete@MetalBeerSolid
ReplyDeleteFLAME FLAME YEAH 8D
@Koji
ReplyDelete"I think we can pretty much officially say now that Discord made Celestia and Luna."
I doubt it. Looks to me based on this story, that the three tribes decided that rulers were needed who would be neutral between their various sides, so they created them as a chimera. Which would make Discord either a prototype gone rogue, an unexpected side effect, or a disastrous attempt at an even more ambitious attempt to create a ruler acceptable to dragons, griffins and all the ungulate species.
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