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Your first reply was basically Dawny's way of saying 'Please try again.' the ball has been in your court ever since. so... Please try again. The contest idea is a fairly new thing that we came up with as an attempt to keep the place active between replies. The response so far has been a tad disappointing... Nice.

Hey guys, the costume contest ends At midnight tonight, so be sure to submit your pics, It would be a shame if Pink Mist wins by default just for being the only one to enter! Especially considering the the amazing prize I have in mind!

THe Picture can be from any year, It's not like I'd be able to to tell how current they are anyway.

Did you reply? If you did I didn't see it... would you mind re-posting? I'll need a character sheet and the password, but other than that sure!

*Crosses arms* *Taps foot* Why you slimy no good deserter! You've got a lot of guts coming here after what you pulled! *Hugs you* *Laughs* Welcome back! Of course you can rejoin! I mean, We've still been using the planning thread that you set up this whole time, so I couldn't lock you out completely even if I wanted to. Alright everything appears to be in order, welcome aboard! You can post your first... well, post... at your convenience.

Apologies, but I just checked back through the last few pages and I can't seem to find it. please Re-post it and I'll get you a reply ASAP.

Sure! you can have someone else draw it if you want, and I'll allow everyone... oh... 3 entries each max.

ANNOUNCING THE FIRST ANNUAL AAPOD COSTUME CONTEST! (ooooo! Comic sans! scaaaary!) In the spirit of the season, I will be running a costume contest here In the OOC thread, Here is what I want you to do: Post a picture of yourself in your Halloween costume OR draw a picture of your OC pony in a costume. The deadline is November 1, and the winner will receive... well... I can't tell you yet but I Promise it will be worth it!

Holy Canola has time gotten away from me! I’m sorry about this but I’m going to have to officially reschedule the tread to replies once a month until things calm down, since that's what’s been happening anyway. In the meantime, Let’s have a contest! The poetry contest last time was fun, but hardly anypony participated, so this time I’m saying it here, Once you’ve responded here, Head over to the OOC and check out the contest announcement! But first... Replies! Pink continued to look confused at the Doctor. Uh ok then, doesn't matter. So you say it looks like a blue box? She noticed the Doctor walking back the way she came. She followed him and saw that there was a wall blocking the path. That's strange I don't remember this wall being here. Wait hang on. She noticed a large garbage bin next to the right wall of the alley. Alright let's see if we can jump to the other roof using this thing. It's not too high. From up there we could probably find your, um, ship. The Doctor looks at the garbage bin and then back at you. “Odd, I didn’t see that there.” He goes over to the garbage bin and hops up on top of it. using it to clamber over the wall. you follow to find yourself faced with... another wall. “It seems Somepony, Or something. Doesn’t want us to leave.” The Doctor muses. "Gust it you and me since your friend went on a date. So let go and I will pay for the food Bon." Fireblaze saying as he holding his wing towards her and smiles too. While he was ready to go and going to have a good time with Bon Bon. While he was looking at her and smiles. “Alright, lead the way,” she says with a smile, taking his wing. There’s a small *Bing* noise, and you are teleported to a spaceport, much to the bewilderment of your date, and yourself. A purple, female unicorn grins at you, and presents to you a wrapped gift. Upon opening, it contained (*Insert the sum total of your meal*) and party favors. You’re teleported back to the restaurant with your date looking as confused as you do. Windy grinned nervously and tore his eyes away from Flitter. "Uh, yeah, yeah, that sounds great to me!" he said, swallowing somewhat subtly. After a moment, he added as a hasty afterthought, "And oh, no, I'd never do anything 'funny' with you two mares!" Windy said, refusing to even look in Flitter's direction as he said it, instead addressing his statement to Cloudchaser. "But by Luna, do I wish I could do funny stuff with these two...." he added in his brain. “It’s decided then!” Flitter slaps you on the back. “We’ll all go help you move in tomorrow, now let’s... what are we doing again?” Zuri awoke, startled for a moment. She sat up slowly and stretched. "Yeah, I mean I had nothing better to do anyways. Hehe." She looked up at the night sky, it was beautiful, as always. A fact popped into Zuri's head. "Did you know that Luna takes her stars away one by one? It's a beautiful sight, like she's ending her show for you, but making it interesting." She continued to stare at the sky a little bit longer. It would end soon. She shook her head and looked to Pip. "So, what would you like to do?" You couldn't tell but Zuri was blushing. “Yes, Our Princess of the night is quite spectacular.” Pip agrees as the two of you stare up at the stars. “In fact, the only reason I was able to get this position as a member of her personal guard is because she remembered me from when I was a Foal.” He smiles at the memory. when you ask him what he likes to do he has to think for a moment. “Reading mostly.” Pip says. “I don’t usually have a lot of free time.” "O-okay, Fluttershy. If you want me to stop calling you beautiful, I'll stop. It's still true though." The train comes to a stop and DJ opens the door for Fluttershy. "ladies first." After Fluttershy exits the train, DJ takes a big breath of air. "So Fluttershy, where would you like to go?" Fluttershy looks around. “Oh, I don’t know... There’s just so much... why don’t you choose first?” she says meekly. "Maybe I should put the apple pie in the kitchen before I deside to fallow the tracks" Luna said to herself. "Well I might as well bring the apple pie with me because I don't know if the other are here" Luna said to herself as she started to follow the set of cartwheels and Big Mac's hoofprints. (Gotta find him before the situation changes enough to write more. Sorry. You should just be able to follow the tracks a ways and see the cart. He won’t be far from there) There’s a loud bang and you drop the pie. It disappears, much to your dismay.In it’s place, a scarf appears with your name on it, for you to wrap around your neck. When you do so, the name disappears. Having done this, you realize that giving Big Mac a whole pie for you two to split may have been coming on too strong, especially since you just met. I wipe my lower lip and say, "Hey, Spitfire. You are a pretty good actor. But are you a pretty good flier? And if you are, can you do a thingy in the sky up there?" He points up. "Can you do a Sonic Rainboom thingy? Remember... There are boys watching..." Pointing out the obious ponies she's trying to impress. "Not to mention Rainbow Dash, your biggest fan." “Rainbow Dash is the Only Pony Who’s ever pulled that off, Do you really think you can goad me into doing a trick like that?” Spitfire sneers “Remember... There are boys watching..." you say, "Not to mention Rainbow Dash, you're biggest fan." Spitfire grinds her teeth as she thinks it over. “Alright.” she says finally. “Somepony get me my flight suit!” Instantly, Rainbow dash is at her side, Holding out Spitfire’s flight suit. “Hi. Big fan.” Spitfire takes the suit from her. “Why wouldn’t you be?” Spitfire Dons her suit and launches herself in the air. She flies straight up so far that eventually you can’t make her out at all, after a few moments she reappears, now rushing toward the ground as fast as she can push herself. a mach cone forms around her, and begins to narrow. just as it seems like she’s about to pull it off, she suddenly comes to a stop, her eyes widen. “Oh.” and then the mach cone around her inverts, bouncing her back into the sky. “Wow. She totally bailed.” Rainbow Dash says. “Yeah!” you pump your hoof in celebration. “Did Vinyl see that?” you scan the crowd for your marefriend, but you can’t see her. “Nope, she totally bailed.” Rainbow Repeats. A folded Flightsuit appears in the air in front of you. ‘New Item unlocked! Level 100 Wonderbolts Flightsuit. (equippable by pegasus only)’ “Aww!” you groan. “I can’t use this!” Rainbow dash points at it. “Do you mind if I..?” MEANWHILE Spitfire crash lands in a field several miles away. she pulls out her phone and presses 7 on her speed dial. it rings seven times before a voice answers. “Please tell me it’s good news.” The voice on the end of the line says grumpily. Spitfire winces. “Sorry, He outsmarted me.” “I see, well your job is complete. He won’t fare as well against his next opponent, after all, how do you outsmart somepony who can predict the future?” Most of the group gives a hearty cheer at this. “I’m not sure I’d Call this a ‘Victory’” Jolly points out. “We lost our ship and most of the crew, and we’re stranded on an Island.” “Don’t ruin the Moment.” Salt says. A barrel is opened and soon everypony has a tankard of rum in their hoof. Page looks down at his. “I dunno... I really shouldn't...” Salt laughs at Page’s reluctance. “Yer a pirate now sonny! Startin’ today yer gonna be doin’ a lot o’ things ya really shouldn’t.” “Fair enough.” Page concedes. “Well, bottoms up!” He takes a big gulp of his Rum. Briny downs the whole thing without a second thought, and goes for another. “As is the second, unspoken custom,” she says, grinning widely, “The new guy has a drinking contest. With me. Lets see how much he can hold before he trips himself.” Of course, the crew knew this as an excuse for Briny to drink a lot… but they usually kept that to themselves. Before you a note appears, explaining the situation, and your inability to refuse. It’s rather happy, and appears to be written by yourself from the future. With the note comes some hang-over medicine and a small cookie with a candle in it, which you feel compelled to blow out, and eat without Briny noticing. Aura glances at Spike. Seeing how pale he was; she could tell something was very wrong with him. "What's wrong?" Aura questions him in concern. She looks down onto the rocky filled landscape. She noticed there were several dug up holes that she hadn't noticed until now. "That's wierd. I didn't see those holes there the first time I came here." “We can’t be here.” Spike says. “this land belongs to-” “oh, what’s this?” a guttural voice comes from behind you. “Two little dragons come to steal our precious gems?” you spin around to see a trio of doglike monsters. “-The Diamond Dogs.” Spike finishes. “What do we do with them?” the biggest dog asks, looking at the dog in the middle, who seems to be the leader. “We catch them of course!” the lead dog replies, grinning evilly. He kisses her back, growing weak-kneed. How did I get this lucky again? I think... I don't... Kiss? When she broke the kiss of, he turned his attention to trying to flatten his wings and cover his blush at the same time. "O-okay, I'll try to worry half as much, but I'm still worried. I want to give you the wedding you deserve, not the one we can afford." Of course, hoe-downs are free and fun after parties too... “Sugarcube, What you think Ah deserve and what Ah actually deserve Ain’t the same. Ah’ve already got more than I deserve with a family that loves me and a brilliant stallion who wants ta marry me. I’d be fine with goin’ up to the mayor’s office an’ payin’ 50 bits ta make it official right now.” She Blushes. “But I’m just practical like that I guess.” Okay lucky scarf ready, don't be shy don't get scared. "Hey Spitfire you have amazing athletic abilities only I could ever dream of possessing, would it be okay if you can take a relaxing break from all that flying and just sit on a cloud and watch the stars with me tomorrow night? I will be pleased if you say yes." “Sorry, I’m busy tomorrow night, I have to shoot for the Daring Do movie, but I’m free on Saturday.” Spitfire replies. “I’d love to hang out then, Celestia knows I could use a break.” @, Steel was about to protest that the very fact they hadn't actually "rolled" would make him special, but he bit his tongue as he could see she was trying her best. Then came her question. Steel was dumbfounded. How do you define love? What makes it different between how a mare would feel it vs. a stallion? How would Daring individually define it differently? "That's . . . a really hard question to answer." He said, lifting the brim of his hat to scratch his brow. "Try." Daring responded bluntly. "Love is . . . when you can look into their eyes, see all the possible futures of your life together, and not be afraid. Love is knowing their happiness is all you'll ever need." He walked closer to her. "Love is knowing that, even if the world were crumbling around you, you'd feel safe in their embrace. Love . . . is the ultimate treasure . . . . the ultimate adventure." (The rolling was meant to be implied back on the ship when i used the word ‘cuddle’ you had the opportunity then to interpret that however you wanted.) Daring thinks about that for a while. when she finally speaks her voice is so soft that you almost don’t notice it. “Well, I don’t think I’m quite there yet.” She looks up at you. “I know that isn’t what you want me to say, but I’d like to hold off on all of this until after this little adventure is over. If I decide to stick around afterwards.” Winter gets up again and gets his composure. He wipes off some of the dust on him. He looks around and shrugs then continues waiting for Pinkie. Sitting down on a nearby bench, he looks at the list he made and sighs looking at where Pinkie went off and looks down again and puts "skydiving" by the end of list. “I’m Back!” Pinkie says, suddenly appearing beside you while you were looking the other way. She snaps the hoofcuffs back on. “Okay! As we were!” She Begins walking forward and promptly faceplants as the cuff pulls her hoof out from under her. “This isn’t working, we need to get in rhythm.” she says, bouncing back to her feet. “Follow my outside hooves! Inside hooves! outside! inside! outside! It’s like a seven legged race except we’re not in a hurry!” “Come with me, there’s plenty of time, We walk together, Side by side, I am yours, and you are mine, Whenever we’re together, we have such a good time!!” The song has a slow beat and a predictable melody, and you find walking in time with it makes it much easier. “Step by step, and trot by trot, We will get there in time, Fear not! The destination matters not, Whenever we’re together, it’s the journey that’s hot!” The song continues in this manner for several verses, and you find yourself in awe of how many things she can come up with to say about walking. The song finally ends when you reach the lake. “And now we’re here, the journeys done, It’s time for us to have some fun! I’m with you, out in the sun, whenever we’re together, I feel like number one!”

Alrighty then My Ironic friend, Everything seems to be in order. You may begin at your convenience.

Most of the group gives a hearty cheer at this. “I’m not sure I’d Call this a ‘Victory’” Jolly points out. “We lost our ship and most of the crew, and we’re stranded on an Island.” “Don’t ruin the Moment.” Salt says. A barrel is opened and soon everypony has a tankard of rum in their hoof. Page looks down at his. “I dunno... I really shouldn't...” Salt laughs at Page’s reluctance. “Yer a pirate now sonny! Startin’ today yer gonna be doin’ a lot o’ things ya really shouldn’t.” “Fair enough.” Page concedes. “Well, bottoms up!” He takes a big gulp of his Rum.

All of the Birthday messages today have been amazing! Thank you all for making me feel special! Reply tiem! now with 99% more color! Oh, and before I forget. There's an announcement in the OOC thread concerning the anniversary of the thread, Nothing is set in stone yet. But we're planning something really special! Pinkie nods. ”Okay, Off to the lake we go!” She starts walking and begins to drag you, after a few moments you manage to get into step. you notice that ponies are giving the pair of you odd looks as you pass. just before you leave the zoo, Pinkie stops. “Oh! Oh! Oooh! Hold on A second, I have to use the Little Filly’s room!” She Reaches into her mane and pulls out a tiny blue key, which she uses to unlock the cuff around her leg. “Be right back!” She zooms away into a nearby bathroom. Suddenly, Gilda is Beside you. “Hey, How’s it goin? This guy bothering you? Lemme take care of him.” Gilda spins around to face the Raging DJ. “Woah Dude, What’s your Problem?” The DJ Glares at Gilda. “THAT JERK INSULTED MY SET!” He screams, pointing an accusatory hoof at you. “Yeah? So what? Losing your cool like that ain’t cool dude.” “Uh, I... Gah. What business is it of yours?” The DJ Demands to know. Gilda puts a wing across you. and pulls you in close. “We’re together. If you have a problem with him you have a problem with both of us. Do you think you can take on two griffons by yourself? No? Then GET LOST!” The DJ Squeaks in fear as Gilda roars the last two words, then he slowly slinks away into the crowd. Fluttershy hasn't stopped blushing since you started talking to her, but now it’s starting to spread beyond her cheeks. “P-Please, stop calling me that, It’s embarrassing...” She makes an effort to compose herself. “And yes, I have been to the Crystal empire before... I even helped save it. although I didn’t really do much. Twilight did all the work... Oh, and Spike.” She smiles. “Everypony there is so nice, And it is beautiful. Everything is sparkly, even the ponies.” “That sounds nice. Okay, I’ll go to the Silver Horseshoe with you, but first you must tell me your name. I try to make a point of knowing a pony before I let them take me out,” she smiles at you encouragingly. (+1 for being first +1 for not trying to fake something +1 for manners -1 for being unable to come up with a restaurant name.) Applejack scowls as she tries to concentrate on not stepping on your hooves. “Tarnation, This is harder than it looks.” She mumbles as she nearly trips over her own hoof. Cloudchaser looks at you thoughtfully. “I don’t know, I barely know you...” “What if you both moved in with me?” Flitter suggests. “What?” “That way If he tries anything funny to one of us, the other one will be there!” Flitter turns to make eye contact with you. “Besides, You wouldn’t try anything funny with either of us would you?” Her tone is playful, but from the look in her eyes you get the idea that she wishes you would. Cloudchaser doesn’t seem to notice her Sister’s implication. “That sounds perfect actually, what do you think Windy?” “Oh, well umm yeah...” Lyra lowers her head a little. “That doesn’t bother you does it? I mean, I know human stories are supposed to be for little kids, but...” Daring Raises an eyebrow at you. “Getting sentimental Isn’t very piratey.” She says. “And I’m not a sentimental pony, But If you really want to talk serious, I’ll give it a try. You aren’t the first Stallion I’ve had on an adventure with me, and I've had a ‘roll in the hay’ as it were with more of them than I haven’t. Hay, I've even been with a few mares in my time, so in most regards there’s not that much about you that’s special.” She looks down at her hooves. “But in other ways, you are special. It feels Different somehow, I dunno. I had Always assumed that I'd never be able to form a meaningful relationship, but then you came along, and suddenly I have somepony who means more to me than just a vessel to serve my basic needs...” She shakes her head. “I can’t even believe I’m telling you all of this!” She looks up and makes eye contact. “Tell me something Steel, I’ve never felt this before, so I need to know if it is what i think it is. What does it feel like... to be in love?” “But it’s not okay! I break things everywhere I go! That fountain, your back, this railing…”she holds her head in her hooves, nearly bawling. A few partygoers were giving you two strange looks. (See Applejacker’s post. Usually, you guys won’t be meeting each other unless specified [as in your post.]) No points awarded... “Ah, yes, sorry. A ‘ship’ is a sort of transportation device like a train or a balloon, except completely different.” The Doctor answers unhelpfully. “My particular ship resembles a large blue box.” He begins walking back down the alley the way you came only to find another wall. “Oh dear. That’s not very nice. They seem to have trapped us.” “Prepare to feel the wrath of the League of Evil Exes!” Spitfire Declares. “The what?” you ask in confusion. Spitfire stops and raises an Eyebrow. “You mean you don’t know about the League? The seven evil exes? Coming to kick your flank? Controlling the future of Vinyl’s love life?” “Uh... No...” “Oh, well hey man, Don’t even worry about it!” She holds out her hoof to help you up. “C’mon, let’s go get a beer.” You take her offered hoof. “Really? that sounds-” Spitfire suddenly lets go of your hoof and smacks you with one of her wings. she laughs. “Ha! you actually fell for it! I am SUCH a good actress!” You pull yourself to your hooves, and then you notice Rainbow Dash, The only pony to ever produce a Sonic Rainboom... and that gives you an Idea. Applejack stops and looks you in the eyes. “Sugarcube, I Don’t need anything fancy. I don’t WANT anything fancy”. She puts a hoof to your Face. “The only thing I need is You. An’ I don’t rightly care if everypony in Equestria shows up or If it’s just close friends an’ family.” She winks. “Besides, Twi’s Handling all the preparations, I’m sure she’ll get us a good deal. So don’t worry so much. We’ll manage.” She leans in and kisses you. Bon Bon nods, “Alright. We can do that. I mean, if you want Lyra to come along. Or it could just be you and me. It doesn’t much matter to me. Briny completed the conversation with her father, and approached the crew, “Alright, listen up. As is customary for both a new member of the crew AND a victory, let’s open up a barrel of spirits.” She grins wickedly and sits on one of the makeshift benches. As you put your finished song away, you hear the water in the bathroom stop running, and Surprise calls out from the other side of the door. “Is it safe for me to come back out yet?” Pipsqueak nods. “I’ll look forward to it. meet me at the castle gate.” He then turns away, Returning to his nightly task of keeping his favorite princess safe. meanwhile, you exit the castle and find a comfortable looking bench within sight of the main gate. Several hours pass, and you fall asleep at one point. finally. The white and brown pony appears, now out of his uniform and notices you with some surprise. “Oh wow. You actually waited.” He notes. “I honestly Didn’t expect that.” They continued about their business, as normal.Customers often did such things, so they didn’t see anything special in you. (No offense) The confused Carney looks at you. “It’s Five bits for six rings.” The carney says. “The rules are simple, Each red caped bottle is worth 1 point, yellows are 2, greens are 5, and the gray one in the middle there is 10. if you use magic to throw your rings then you must release them before they cross the red line, or it doesn’t count.” She points her hoof at the red line painted along the edge of the booth. Game Time! If you have any RPG dice, get them out now. if not, use THIS. First Roll a d6 to see how many of your rings successfully land on a bottle. Next Roll a d20 the number of times you got on the d6, each number corresponds to a specific bottle on this Diagram: Calculate your score as such: Rings: (d6) Red: (# of times you got red) Yellow: (# of times you got yellow) Green: (# of times you got green) Gray: (# of times you got gray) A set of cartwheels and Big Mac’s heavy hoofprints lead away from the barn. Their depth indicated that it was fresh.

Happy Thread Adversary Everypony! Can you believe it? we've been doing this for an entire year now! To Celebrate, I'm putting together a big Event Roleplay in the near future, during which we will reply LIVE! so be looking forward to that. on a completely unrelated note, MY birthday is tomorrow.

... Okay... Let's Change the subject. If You were a member of a dating site, and the guy who ran that site asked you for dating advice, would that be weird? Because, There's this girl... I know the following things about her: We are both major nerd/geeks She Is currently in a bad relationship, and is probably going to be breaking up with him soon. She says that she seems to be unable to stop dating jerks. She say's I'm not a jerk. She told someone ELSE before her current boyfriend that no one had asked her out in a long time, implying she wished someone would. BUT not the guy she told this to, She made it very clear she has no Interest in HIM. She told me, (and my sister) all of this. My question to you guys is this: Should I tell her that I like her? I already know that she'll probably reject me, but would it be better to get the rejection over with in the hope that just maybe something good might come of it later? or should I keep it to myself? (Obviously I'm not going to do anything until I know that her current BF is out of the picture.)

I can't leave this thread alone for one day without some kind of shit going down can I? In answer to Fab's Question: The reason I specifically mention M/M and not F/F is a simple one: the majority of bronies are male. I Have had Females asking for F/F pairings in the past, and I have sometimes allowed them, the main difference to me is what I stated in that rule: I am a man who replies to other men in the guise of a female character. I personally am straight, and it's that degree of separation created from my responding in the guise of a female that keeps me from feeling squiky about it. (Not that there's anything inherintly wrong withit, just personal preferance.) Stripping that away and responding with a male voice jeopardises that and leads me to participating in something I'd rather not. On the flip side, Responding to a female as a female bothers me (slightly) less because I am, as stated, Male. If i were female doing this job, I'm sure my point of view would be reversed. I apologise if I this offends you, and appropriate amendments shall be made to the rules. TL;DR: I have as much a right to not be gay as you do to be gay. I respect your lifestyle, please respect mine.

I'm Sorry but no. the M/M thing is only a part of the problem. I have made it quite clear that Married characters are Off Limits, and you don't have a character sheet. Come back when you have a female version of your OC who has a character sheet (one of these), and is interested in not being a homewrecker, and then we can talk. And maybe read the rules a bit more thoroughly while you're at it.

We don't do M/M here. If you had read the OP you would know that (I'm assuming that your character is male) Sorry to see you go.

Congradulations to Half-Note, winner of the AAPOD Poetry Contest. That was fun. we should have another contest sometime.

Huh? Why? Yeah, about that, I'm going to need some sort of reference for what your character looks like, even just a screenshot of a background pony who sort of has the mane style you want.