Tank the tortoise

Thank you both for your assistance.  It seems to be working now.   Your help has been much appreciated.

So I was updating my signature and all of a sudden my image no longer works. When I add it I get an error saying only 1 image is allowed in the sig but it is the only image I have.

I tried putting it in as bbcode but it just shows up as console text. Is there something we can do about this?

Thank you for your time and assistance.

Regards,

Tank

A quote from one of the threads linked on the site for its "founding arguments."

 

This is a satirical holy book based on the universe of MLP.

So yes it is indeed a joke.  It started apparently in /mlp/.  So that should tell you of its inherent farcical nature.

And I do agree that taking the joke to that extreme is quite offensive.

Holy Necromancy Batman!

What do you do in the game?  I watched the video to 3 minutes in, but dont entirely understand what the point of the game is other than meet up with other real-life bronies of pegasisters.  Maybe I should finish the video.

The game is an MMO but currently due to it being in alpha its just a framework.  The world has been created and there is some rudimentary fighting but until the game gets further into development you cannot play how it was meant to be played.

The reason why the video and the screenshots depict little to no fighting is because that part of the game hasn't been implemented beyond basic attacks.  Once it reaches beta it will likely have far more to do than to just explore as most have already explored all there is right now .

The open server weekend has concluded and you can no longer play.  As for when the game will have its next open weekend, beta, or release I cannot say.  As stated before I am not affiliated with them in any way, however, you can keep up to date on the status of the game and potential playtimes  here http://legendsofequestria.com/.  Also it appears they are recruiting so if you have some of the skills they need that is another avenue.

Hope that answers your questions to the best of my ability!

So this weekend was the open alpha for Legends of Equestria.

You may be wondering one of two things:

1) What is an alpha?

2) What is Legends of Equestria?

To answer the first, an alpha is a barebones test during software (in this case game) development.  This is generally used to work out bugs in the baseline software before adding more complicated layers such as main gameplay and progression.  While this alpha did have some skills available and did have a couple of quests and items it was still threadbare.  This is to be expected of an alpha.

To answer the second, Legends of Equestria is an open source pony MMO in the works.  The team has done a decent job replicating the feel of the areas that are currently available.

But if you are this far you likely already had a bit of interest in the topic.

So without further adieu I shall now descend into my pictures that I took.

They currently are not organized as I have another batch still uploading to imgur.  I will update this post once they are complete.

As for my opinion, while there was little to actually do in the game besides exploring it was extremely well done.  There was a rudimentary combat and skill system as well as a couple of quests, but they clearly were there to give the alpha more to do rather than just fly around (which admittedly was fun).  Ponies were more or less fully animated and flowed smoothly.  One thing that I felt was an interesting touch is that inside sugarcube corner played various brony music.  Another note is that while there was a profanity filter there was not a character name filter so you saw some Woona's, Twilight Sparkle's and Pinkie Pies (all of various spelling). 

Another thing that you may be wondering about was the complete lack of known ponies and all the names of the areas being wrong.  Apparently this was done as a safety measure against copyright infringement.

It is worth noting that while there wasn't much to actually do due to the state of the game, the shear size of the area's are mind blowing.  To give an example Ponydale is the smallest town (if you ignore Sweet Apple Orchards), but even flying at full speed it takes about a minute or so to get from one side to the other.

I tried to vary my shots to give differing perspectives so that you can get a stronger feel for the game.

Just in case anypony asks no I am not affiliated with the creators of the game.  I just felt that a nice comprehensive album of images would be nice for those who didn't get in due to the login troubles.

Okay I'm going to say my feelings on this ep.  Prolly gonna be ripped a new one but oh well.

I thought the episode itself was bad.

That being said there were a great deal of things in it that elevated it to "Meh" for me.

First off was the characterization of Dash.  This coupled with the portrayal of the Wonderbolts were the absolute worst part of the episode for me.  Dash has been shown to be TREMENDOUSLY loyal to the point of giving up her lifelong dream without even a second thought at the mere potential of a Wonderbolt hurting their friends.  That was not the case in this episode.  If they tried to pull a Discord loyalty test I think that would have been SO much better.  The fact of the matter is hometowns mean a great deal to people, and their friends mean just as much if not more.  This would have been an excellent quandry to put our favorite flyer to the test.  But it was not played as a test of loyalty.  It was should I be shallow or should I be friends with my CLOSEST FRIENDS WHO WON"T MAKE IT WITHOUT ME?

Second annoying thing was the portrayal of the Wonderbolts.  Frankly I was disgusted by their behaviour.  Spitfire especially.  Now before anyone starts going "she's had like 15 minutes of characterization" on me I realize this.  I don't care about the fanon idea of her.  What I care about is the fact that Spitfire had a reason to come off harsh in Wonderbolt Academy.  However, here she wasn't harsh, she was PETTY.  She knew they were going to win regardless, but manipulated her OWN TEAMMATE into getting injured simply so she could have a better time.  That is not good leadership, and thus is my problem with this characterization.  Fleetfoot's manipulative gotta win behaviour I would have been fine with if Spitfire acted as a bit more neutral rather than devil on shoulder +1.

Now... I have stated why this was a VERY BAD EPISODE.  Now that that is out of the way let me get to the good things that redeem it into an alright episode that while definitely the worst of the season is still a decent episode overall.

First, Twilight, while she wasn't participating in the flying things for some reason (my argument is judges have no way of knowing she is a terrible flyer only that she is an alicorn each of which is a borderline deity), she still manages to show what she has learned in a new way.  She didn't give Rainbow the answer despite how obvious and simple it was.  She made her choose and when she refused to choose she criticized her for it.  The fact that she felt that she didn't need to spell everything out for Rainbow was a sign of her OWN growth as a character.  She didn't rush to fix it herself.  Rainbow wouldn't get anything out of that.  So she planted the seed for Dash to figure it out on her own.

Second, fanservice, while many cite fanservice as a negative point I believe it is a positive point when done tastefully.  The inclusion of Derpy/Ditzy was great.  There wasn't any editting of the character and she still had her eye problem.  Giving a background pony such as Bulk/Snowflake the limelight in this episode might also be considered fanservice but by the same token it shows the writers willing to take further risks.  Bulk was without a doubt the highlight of the episode.  I appreciated the fact that despite this being an episode focused on Rainbow with the Wonderbolts acting as the antagonists that the writers chose a non mane 6'er to be the fan's anchor to the ponyville team.  Fluttershy had many d'aww moments which are extremely common when she is on screen but she was a supporting role.  The fact that Bulk had more lines than the rest of the mane 6 excluding Rainbow showed that the writers are getting more comfortable using the tools available to them.

I feel it is important to note that this is not a bad episode overall.  Development standpoint I would like to see fewer character missteps and backpedalling, but I know that not every episode is going to be perfect.  The standards I have been holding this season up to remain, while this episode might have been fine in season 2 its a bad episode given the placement in season 4.  I continue to look forward to episodes in this season and repeat myself when I say one bad apple doesn't always spoil the bunch as this is still the best season thus far.

/endrant

Um mommy... what are you doing? ~Nyx

:'( I shall miss movie night.  I looked forward to it every week.  As for something in the meantime if anypony thinks of anything let me know.  I look forward to the triumphant return of the site however.

I am probably alone in this thought but I personally think out of the mane 6 after Twilight is Dash.  Her devouring of the Daring Do series not to mention all she knows about weather show that she has an amazing capacity for intellect.  However, her natural competitiveness and need for physical activity restrain that side of her resulting in it only coming out occasionally.  Though if we are talking pure knowledge Pinkie.  That is all.  I mean seriously the pony has the answer before it is needed, ALWAYS in fact the one time she didn't the rest of her friends were kinda shocked and she just shrugged her shoulders.

You shall be missed Key.  I wish you the best in your future endeavors.  I also hope your personal life sees a return of happiness and the high you described.  I am glad that you are not abandoning the community as a whole, but if being an admin is more draining than rewarding then it is time to move on as you have done.  Good luck my friend and here's to a strong future and a better life!

I have sent my logo design in.  I hope you can find a use for it .  I am not great at drawing with a mouse so I did what I could to convey the idea.

How come no one's list acknowledges Fluttershy's stare or her friendship with Discord the freaking Avatar of Chaos?

Personally my biggest problem with the list was that if you had some sort of magical eliminator they would all be helpless. 

  We have seen Chrysalis feed on love which literally drained Shining's power, so who is to say there isn't something that could do that in some shape or form to the others on this list?

Also the statement about Chrysalis beating Celestia, I always looked at that as the Superman problem.  You have an immensely powerful being, but they are hampered by the fact if they went all out innocents might be hurt.  She was at a wedding with tons of guests after all.  It would take an immense amount of power to manipulate celestial bodies so she would HAVE to limit herself if she wasn't willing to risk casualties.  Admittedly though this is just my personal opinion and should not be taken as fact unless confirmed by the show creators.

Also he states many times that people are low on the list because we haven't seen them do anything yet the pony he puts at the top hasn't done anything of note on her own yet!  Heck, if the source of her powers comes from friendship then in all likelihood without her friends she would be weaker than any of the other alicorns.

Finally, as others have said I think it should be mentioned that Pinkie's abilities are not simply cartoon gags as other ponies react to and acknowledge them.  That kind of power, while not being Discord level is definitely noteworthy.

1. Celestia/Luna/Twilight (debatable on Twilie)

2. Discord (my belief is that the Sisters are limited by their unwillingness to use their full power, an unwillingness Discord doesn't share)

3. The Mane 6 (each has their own reasons for being on this list that can be discussed elsewhere, though with their elements they are debatably higher on the list)

4. Zecora (her magic stems from a different source and thus would likely be the pony they turn to if such limitations as mentioned above ever occurred)

5. The Wonderbolts (they are a military team that are the best fliers in Equestria, with RD soon to be among their number)

I ended up voting for the Diarchy, cause as bad as things get in the canon storyline just look how bad it got after they both disappeared in the Divided storyline! 

Lunar Republic because personally I think Luna having 1000 years of complete isolation, without going insane, has given her a unique perspective on the changes that have occurred in the land and would have ideas on how to correct any issues that may have cropped up over the years.

Finally, while I will say I kept waiting for a House that one could at least stomach I could not find one.  However, if there is any chance for peace to come back I believe it would be with either Fluttershy or Pinkie.  This led to the disturbing realization that Flutters has gone cuckoo for cocoapuffs and Pinkie is now Nightmare Fuel that makes Pinkamena from Cupcakes look like a swell neighbor.  Still though, from the looks of it all of them have lost their minds which would seem to me to be some form of corruption similar to that of Discord.  For that reason I picked Everfree as Zecora is wise and Fluttershy is kind.  If this corruption that has swept through these nations can be undone I believe they would be the first to be able to pass it along.

Thank you for all your hard work Feld0!

It is unlikely any of you have seen my art as I was mostly focused on 3D modelling about 4 years ago or so, and with my slow but strong shift into writing that has phased out.  This coupled with my unwillingness to generally post writing on the internet means you probably didn't even know I could lol.  However, I shall give this a try.  I am looking forward to the results and have already started with some crude sketches.

One question Feld0, I don't have any professional art tools (save a legal copy of Maya 6 roaming around somewhere, but that wouldn't help me here) so I will likely be using hand drawing in conjunction with MS Paint and scanning them in.  Is that a valid method for submission given the request for source files?

Hello Everypony!  As we all know Feld0 day is coming on Friday.  I was thinking of a way we could all show tribute in a fun loving and humorous manner is to change our various names like we did for April Fools to various forms of Feld0.  For example I plan to be FeldotheTortoise on Friday.  Any other ponies with me?  I think this would be a nice and quirky way to show support for our illustrious and hardworking Administrator!

Cheers .

Key, Marco, I hope you both have a wonderful life together!  I wish you both the very best!

I watched it and I have to say that while it is quite different in style and tone it is still quite enjoyable.  As for those who think that the show can't get dark in the second episode we had blatant

While I am disappointed we are not getting a pure followup to the original I still think it'll be enjoyable (Tara Strong also expressed similar sentiment btw).

Refer to my status.  Incidentally I made that status before even noticing this thread and the irony required I post.    Cloudchaser ftw!

My OC is kinda lame looking but I shall provide him just the same.  Still haven't come up with a name for him.  Though a picture of Tank ironically might be just as accurate for your design lol.

Man, I forgot about this roleplay.

 

Isn't it over a month old? Are we even still doing this? And man, everypoy is asking for Fluttershy but she's already taken, I think.

 

Edit: Okay, she isn't.

 

Since the head of this roleplay is inactive, should we start fresh?

If we are starting fresh I am going to go ahead and re-request fluttershy.  From the looks of the user the original creator hasn't signed in in the past month so starting fresh might be a good idea.

At what point did you come to accept your squid like nature?

And in a more serious note how awesome am I to you?

Lol this is what? the 3rd time at least that Futurama has been cancelled?  Never been a huge fan of the show but I realize it's appeal and feel sorry for the fans of the show.