Antismurf9001

Oh, I saw this on Cracked.com the other day! I'd highly recommend reading that article as well because it's hilarious. It's linked in the above article, but I'll link it here too to make it easier for you all. Note: due to the nature of Cracked, it may contain adult or offensive language. I don't quite remember how bad this specific one is though. See the above Cracked article; it's pretty much all there.

Well, any of the 500 errors have to do with server problems, so my guess that this is a remnant of the recent database crash. Have you (or Inazuma for that matter) tried emailing tech@mlpforums.com? They might be able to help.

It is actually! They even kept the same actors, with the exception of Drew Carrey being replaced by some other person (I think it's some woman?). I've got no idea when it came back or why/how, but it did. I don't even know what channel it's on anymore, I sort of just stumbled upon it one night about a month or two ago, and haven't heard anything about it since.

I see you around quite a lot, so I imagine that you're pretty well known. 9/10

I preferred Drew Carrey as the host, but that may just be my nostalgia kicking in. I've also only seen one episode of the newer ones, so that probably factors in too.

I guess you could say that that's true in a sense. You see, I was actually never taught much about the different harmonic scales. My teachers and professors made sure that we knew that they existed, but never explained their significance. How I was taught was that the seventh scale degree (also called the leading tone) in a major scale has a very strong tendency to move to the tonic. (As an example, try playing/singing only the first seven notes of a scale. It's fairly difficult to not try to mentally finish it.) However, if you change the interval between the leading tone and the tonic (as you would in a natural minor scale), then you lose this tendency to some degree, which also heavily affects how your authentic cadences (V-I progressions) work, most of their power comes from the leading tone (which happens to be the major third interval above the root of a V) moving to the tonic. In order to recapture this power, the leading tone is almost always raised in minor (with some exceptions, but those exceptions are somewhat rare, such as the III chord). Why exactly did they need to recapture this? Because apparently historical composers were compelled to be needlessly complicated I think that it's so that they could create something that was vastly different from the major scale, but had enough similarities that the audience would still enjoy it. That's just my guess though. So yeah, that's sort of an answer, at least as far as I understand it. I don't think that I explained it very well... I hope that it helps you though.

He seems like an interesting and amusing guy, but I honestly don't know that much about him other than that he's the "Oh my!" guy, and I believe that he was on Star Trek. He did some sort of presentation at my university last year, though I wasn't able to go. I'm not even entirely sure what it was about, I just know that he was here.

Alright, don't worry, modulations to the relative minor aren't terribly difficult since the key signatures are the same. The most important part is performing a cadence in the new key, which is typically a V (five) chord followed by a i (one) chord, or a V-i progression. (Since this is a minor pitch class, the i is lower-case to indicate that it is a minor chord. If it were major, it would be notated as I. V is left upper-case because that chord ends up being major, even in a minor pitch class, but I'm getting way off topic here.) In your case, you're looking for an A major chord (the chord based off of the fifth scale degree of D minor) followed by a D minor chord. You can start by moving away from the note F, with an emphasis on D. When you really want the listener to know that you've changed keys, you do the V-i progression and that should solidify it. Just be careful, in the V chord, you have to remember to raise the 7th scale degree a half step (in this case, a C# instead of a C natural). Otherwise it ends up being modal instead of minor. Let me know if you want me to explain anything further. I may have gotten a bit too technical... Hope that this helps! EDIT: PS - I'm slightly over halfway through analyzing Blitz. Expect a response on it before the week's end.

I was just about to say this. In fact, it seems that there isn't really a whole lot other than visiting the forums that I do online... I had plenty to do though, since I'm starting an internship tomorrow I had/have a bunch of stuff to read as training.

Just a quick question: if we want a response from the staff, can we request to have a PM response instead of an email? I know that there are a number of people (myself included) who are hesitant to give out our email addresses. I realize that they won't be displayed publicly, but I can't help but still feel a bit hesitant.

Conflict? No. Harm? Kind of yes. Going through the thread, you can notice people getting progressively more negative and disappointed, followed by periods of inactivity, and the cycle repeats. Fair point, but that's addressing the ratio within the fanbase in general. The ratio within this thread, however, is ridiculously imbalanced, leaning towards heterosexual males. I can't give an exact number, but I can make an estimate of well over 50%, and is likely closer to 70-90%. Again, fair point, and I certainly don't think that it's the OP's fault, but it's sort of like blaming a child for being disappointed because they got nothing at Christmas. That's an extreme example, but I think that it get's across the point. True, very true. I don't really have anything to say against this.

I would argue that that is not the reasoning behind this (and I personally think that it's a little harsh to assume that this is the case). The point isn't that he doesn't like the thread, it's that he sees that the thread is constantly disappointing people who seem to have high hopes for it and doesn't want that to happen anymore. (Note that I'm speaking specifically about the Finding a Special Somepony thread, I have no problem with the other one.) You say that it isn't actively hurting people, but, despite its good intentions, in some cases it is. And yes, it has helped some people; that's a fact that I won't deny. I also won't deny that gambling hasn't helped some people, but the rest are likely to be left disappointed and penniless. I'm honestly not sure where I stand on whether or not the thread should be locked, but I feel like this is a point that should be considered.

Exactly. Even at 21, I personally find romantic relationships to be distracting (or at least that's how I imagine them being, I've never been in one), and I just want to get through school at the moment. There's no need to rush into it. If the opportunity arises, take it, but otherwise, just do what feels right. Oh, and an update I suppose... Forum crush: none? I think? I don't talk to people here often, so there's never been a chance to develop any feelings. Pony crush: if I had to choose, Octavia. IRL crush: eh, basically the same. I don't talk to many people... There's this friend, maybe, but I don't really know, it's sort of really confusing. Then I suppose there was this girl that I'm unlikely to ever see again that worked as an intern with me over the summer. I feel awful about it though, I can't even remember her name anymore... EDIT: I remember the girl from the internship's name! It sort of came to me in a dream last night, which I swear is not nearly as creepy as it sounds.