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  1. For me, it would have to be Season Two's 'SSCS 6000' ending. That friendship letter gag always gives me a good laugh; one of those moments that truly caught me off guard.
  2. Swoop

    movies/tv Favorite Actor?

    Tommy Wiseau Nicolas Cage Tom Green I'd have to say it's a toss-up between the likes of Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington and Cate Blanchett. Oh, and Bryan Cranston for his performance in Breaking Bad.
  3. Ennui

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      ennui  

      en·nui

      noun

      a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.

  4. I demand more Trixie. Her conceitedness and perpetual use of the third person amuses me to no end, not to mention her facial expressions, comical wizard getup, and voiceover. The Great and Powerful Ego must make a return.
  5. Bipedal ponies? In all honesty, I don't think it would sit too well with me. All out anthropomorphism can work rather nicely in some situations, though under the context of ungulate ponies, the idea of them being capable of comfortably walking upright for prolonged periods of time would appear awkward and unnatural at best. I'd say that ponies possess an ample number of human qualities already; let them keep all four hooves on the ground.
  6. Pescetarian here, though my reasons for being so aren't tied in with any ethical principles or health considerations. Rather, I simply prefer the taste of vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, beans, eggs, and dairy over that of meat, with the exception of seafood. My opinions regarding animal rights, speciesism, and the general ethics of eating meat, are separate to that of my eating habits; a distinction I plan to keep.
  7. Quality ninja right there. Oh, and.. This thread appears to be a forum game, or something spammy of the sort. Thus, it has been sentenced to Cloudsdale Colosseum. This is an automatically generated message, by the way.
  8. Quite a nice little Vinyl paint, particularly those eyes. Though, the small dimensions are a bit of a shame. 7/10
  9. Just walked into the engineering precinct; people wearing junners as far as the eye can see. Get me out of here.

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    2. Marcato

      Marcato

      Don't worry swoop. Nothing lasts forever.

      I hope.

    3. AngryGamer432

      AngryGamer432

      Its true Nothing last forever except time

    4. NeverNeverland

      NeverNeverland

      Welcome to university.

  10. Why lock, when we can simply merge it all together, right? ^^ And while I'm here, have some Ludovico Eunaudi. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhyjLboHu2s
  11. Let the Cannon shipping being to pour on through: With a healthy dose of FlutterDash.
  12. TF2 actually has a story behind it? I never knew. http://youtu.be/utdvpAGMJss

    1. Matackable

      Matackable

      I knew about this story, but the video explains it very well. Hehe

  13. My jimmies are relatively unrustled at this point in time, so all is well. I'm honestly not too sure what I'm reading either, but it seems better than those damn 'ask' threads, so that's good enough for me.
  14. Oh, don't mind me. I'm Just loitering about; watching everything, contributing nothing, silently judging - All that good stuff.
  15. This is why it would suck to turn up from a country wich had an unusual patois of sorts; by abstaining from using a common linguistic symbol within our syllabary, I can consciously grasp such mishaps that immigrants run into by writing in an unfamiliar wording. That paragraph sounds a bit off, though that's all I could think up without pushing that bloody button.
  16. There's some black magic going on with that pig you pass next to the lava at the 22 second point. O_o Sorcery aside, that has to be one of the fanciest automatic abattoirs around. As a pescetarian, you have my wholehearted approval.
  17. Misogynist autocrats, fedora wearing, smile bearing pegasus's, overly verbose Luna wannabe's, permanently glabrous, formidable earth ponies, self-effacing d'aww magnets, and outlandish mares.. This calls for a new forum prefix: ♔ Best Story ♔
  18. Does unrequited love count as a form of shipping? I sure hope it does. http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JWa0kkIRumk And some AppleFire to balance it all out.
  19. Swoop

    Chat is Dead

    Well, with over 300 posts in just over 24 hours, I think it's about time we give this whole ordeal a bit of closure, considering that most have had the opportunity to convey their opinions by this point. Still with us after all this? Well done you if you are; logging on to be met with a distinct lack of a chat, in addition to a handfull of back and forward debates isn't the nicest thing in the world. It's understandable that many folks see it as quite unaccommodating of us to pull the plug on the chat, taking into account not only it's popularity, but also it's functionality. Being able to strike up fun and interesting conversations on a whim was what made the chat work, regardless of how serious or frivolous a topic happened to be. While I wasn't a chat 'regular' perse, by any means, on the occasions I did pop in, the conversations I was a part of were enjoyable and entertaining. To say that 'nothing of value was lost' as a result of closing the chat, is a bit of a flawed assumption - the right people and the right atmosphere led to killer discussions, and it truly sucks to see that go. The main underlying issues associated with the chat didn't present themselves until one looked at the whole picture (ie: the 1,423,100 messages that were logged over a 127 day period; a figure that was continuously rising). By examining the logs, one could easily see that there were recurring times where behaviour and chat conduct, overall, was downright shitfull, and by this I'm not referring to light hearted, jovial conversations, but rather a disarray of senseless messages, which in turn led to the quality of the chat being lowered to a standard below that of which we aimed to uphold. This issues uncovered in the chat logs were directly representative of the sheer number of chat related reports we received, many of which were ambiguous in nature, leaving us feeling quite ambivalent as how to address each given incident. Much of the time, it just as much of an issue to be able to administer a warning to the right people, at the right time, for the right reasons, and with the right interpretation of what occurred, as it was to resolve each influx of reports within a reasonable period of time. Again, many may claim that such issues never occurred during their time in the chat, however bear in mind that a comparatively small sample of time, is not representative of a chat that is active over a continuous 24 hour period. On top of this, comments received from both the forum survey and feedback indicated that we were unable to practically maintain and uphold a quality chat for all.​ Not because we didn't wish to moderate it any longer (considering that we initially recruited a handfull of chat monitors for that sole purpose), but rather because of the equivocal nature of chat conduct - Regardless of the warnings and suspensions we were able to reasonably issue, poor conduct would forever be a perpetual problem that was troublesome to manage at best. Moreover, the fact that this website is predominantly focused towards improving and maintaining forum related aspects, as apposed to the likes of IRC-centric websites such as Canternet, adds to the many components we considered before deciding to give the chat the boot. The MLP Forums chat was implemented on the 5th of December 2011, as a small, barebones feature aimed at providing minor discussion in addition to forum activity, for those who did not wish to utilise the Skype room, as well as a perquisite for reaching a total of 500 members. Over the past months, it grew into something we never intended to become prevalent within our community. We attempted to accommodate for its popularity by means of moderators, terms of service and feedback. In spite of all this, we feel as if the feature has outgrown it's practicality in terms of maintaining a forum wide standard of quality. If you wish to converse by means of instant messaging, by all means opt for the use of the Forum Skype Group, our weekly Synchtube events, or exchange IM details with those you wish to converse with. The chat may be gone, but other methods of communication will forever exist. TL:DR - Go back and read it you lazy bugger.
  20. Swoop

    Chat is Dead

    There was never any restriction placed on the chatroom that forced members to talk about pony related topics. The chat was predominantly removed due to the overall poor behaviour that was occurring in there on a daily basis, causing a whole range of recurring issues. There's the Official MLP Forums Skype Group, which has been around long before the implementation of the chat. And despite closing down the chat once before as a result of poor behaviour, re-opening it with a new set of established rules in an attempt to improve chat conduct, holding a forum-wide survey to receive feedback that included getting members to evaluate aspects of the chat, responding to that feedback with a specific forum to allow users to discuss chat issues such as poor conduct and recurring chat bugs, then yes, we did completely disregard the community and closed the chat on our own accord. We are truly terrible people.
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