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Welcome to Discord Graphic Design, please enjoy the memes. A bit of forum history for ya'll noobs who only joined in the time since early 2015. Back in the days of the early empire, a bright-eyed sectional moderator named (for the sake of keeping privacy we'll refer to him as '=Cleotic Mimcard=') had the bright idea to create a chart of alignments for the most active of the forum's daily staff. And so, working alongside the Octavia's Hall moderator at the time, the two made a chart for the ages that detailed the various kind of magical horses that ran the empire - from the mighty alicorns to the modest of fillies. *Le Click Me* I wonder how many names you can recognize~ Well, it's 2018, and since bringing things back is such a hit media idea, we decided it was high-time to make an updated list. This time, our dear friend =Cleotic Mimcard= needed no help in creating such a chart. Sure, he's no artist, but one can accomplish quite a lot with a lot of patience and a copy of 'Graphic Design for Dummies'. *Please, Sir, Can I Have Some More Click?* And now for some boring disclaimers! 1: Neither chart lists all staff members on the forum. Only staff notably active in the daily staff chats (then Skype, now Discord), and/or display daily forum activity are chosen. If one doesn't regularly show up to work, how can they expect to be included in spontaneous after-work shenanigans? 2: No, the quotes are not real. But Jeric and I like to think they're pretty accurate. Love you, Passion. 3: Vector insert credits: 'Discord as the Mad Hatter' by CloudyGlow 'Discoshy Pillows' by TimeyMarey007 'Blue Flu Discord Lamp' by punzil504 'Pinkie's Friend, Madame LeFlour' by Vectorshy 4: Mentions, seeing as I don't trust people to find this on their own I'm a caring friend and love making things easier for people~ @LadyMercury, @PathfinderCS, @Dark Horse, @Jeric, @Artemis, @Derplight Sperkle, @Lightwing, @Passion, @Randimaxis, @Venomous, @Trix or Treat?, @Ganondorf8, @TwilySparky, @Quinch, @Clod, @Mesme Rize Ah, do you hear that, lads? The rightful king of the Lounge has returned~
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Sometimes MLP Forums is good on staff. It does happen. Just not often. Right now? Right now is not one of those times. Currently we're short staff in three sections. Canterlot Roleplay FIM So, what does this mean for prospective applicants? First, let's break down the jerb: A sectional moderator is a volunteer position in which members of the community get a bit more responsibility here on MLP Forums. They proactively report problem threads and posts, move, merge, and retitle, and make sure that ever'thang generally stays within the rules global rules on the forums. They work with global moderators, team leads, and administrators to keep all of the things in tip top shape. Global moderators, team leads, and administrators? What do they do? Most of us (not all, but most) started out as a sectional moderator. From there we were promoted to global. Globals usually also have an area of focus, but also add input on all reports that sectionals send, and carry out the decisions of those reports. Team leads are global moderators that help focus the section, assign tasks if need be, and often will train new and incoming staff. Administrators are broken down by tech (unbreaking the broken) and community. Community admins organize all of the things aforementioned, respond to tickets, work on permissions, do announcements, etc. I've had warnings in the past. Will that affect my chances to become a moderator? It can. We look at many factors when deciding if a member is accepted as a moderator or not. Among them being of course the application, past warning history, age (more on that below), how long you've been a member, and maturity. Age? What?! Whelp, you have to be at least 13 to join the forums, right? We also generally try to make sure that applicants are within a few years of 18, since moderators can often see some pretty disturbing content. While the sectional position isn't necessarily a stepping stone to that purple badge, many sectionals are promoted to global moderator. That said, we don't want a sectional sitting at that level for ages just because we want a full moderator to be 18. Therefore we generally look for applicants to be at least 16. Everything you just said sounds kind of awful. Why would I actually want to be a sectional after everything you've said? To be honest, I've met some of my closest friends through MLP Forums. While they may no longer be moderators, I'm still incredibly close with them. And those who are still, I have an incredible respect for. We have some good times, a lot of laughs, and are generally pretty close. The camaraderie is truly the best part about being a mod. Fine. I'm interested. What's next? Here's the app. Yay! Great! That's done. Now what? Wait. Seriously. We get a lot of apps. We'll do our best to reply to everyone, but some people may slip through the cracks. We will also turn a lot of people down. If you are turned down, don't take it personally. We encourage you if you're still interested to wait a few months and apply again. If you wish to know why you were turned down, feel free to contact an admin and ask. We're friendly enough. We'll stop taking applications when we feel we've gotten enough people, so uh... Apply on. Interested in a section that's not listed as being open? That's cool too, but don't get your hopes up too much, as we super need people for RP, FIM and Canterlot.
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Hi everyone! This is a very long time coming but I'm finally on it. Everyone's noticed the Golden Oaks Library and the readers therein. There have been quite a few readings since we opened up, but what many may or may not know is that the readers are themselves staff and you know what that means around here. First I want to introduce the readers who were already staff members. We have quite a few- there was no shortage of people on staff who liked the idea of the library. TheTaZe: TaZe is actually the first person to become a reader which I think is a pretty neat distinction to have. Today is also his birthday so please leave him a lot of love on his profile. ^ ^ Jeric: And then there's this guy... > > J has been involved in so much you may not have expected to see him pop up on this list, but he did! Our very own MLPF force of nature has no shortage of hands to stick into the many cookie jars around the staff washroom. PathfinderCS: You're probably expecting a deer pun. I'm almost expecting Path's first story to involve Spyro the Dragon. Or Bambi fanfiction. Or Something pertaining to King Sombra. Hard to say since he's been so busy. What do you think? Dark Horse: Mr. D. Horse, Esquire himself! I hear he likes ponies. And tea! Batbrony: The plot thickens! You want to know how meta having Batbrony on this team is? He approached me outside of the application thread and after a short back and forth very quietly snuck his way into the reader staff chat. Yep, that's Batbrony alright. cx From our community, however, we had a relatively decent turnout of applications. From those applications we've managed to find a few incredible people, if I do say so myself! Quinch: Quinch is one of our more levelheaded readers and I'm actually pretty thankful for that. He also has a really interesting voice. I have a lot of recommendations for him, but we'll see if my slow drip of Twilight Sparkle fanfiction drive him crazy. (Or recruit him... as planned... > > ) Clod: So... I was listening in to what I thought was Quinch's reading session yesterday and I needed to step away for a while. I came back and Clod was reading the US constitution... Expect anything from this one! Mesme Rize: Expect sneks. Lots of sneks. Seriously, the very first story he told me he's be reading involved snakes and hypnotism. I guarantee you know what you're coming for when Mesme is reading even without looking at the story beforehand. cx I'm very proud of and thankful for all of you. This was originally just a silly thing I did with ponies elsewhere before I came to MLPF but I'm really happy to see this starting to gain a bit of traction here. I know this announcement was a long time coming but I hope that everyone knows how much it means to at least me having you all here. Thank you all very much. <3
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To go with our brand-new forum section, we will also be introducing a new staff role- the Golden Oaks Readers! A library isn't much of anything without a person with their nose in the book is it? The reader is a person who will be reading fanfiction and other forms of literature over the microphone on a special channel of the Poniverse Discord. That channel will be open for all to listen in to, but only readers will be able to speak. Readers will be able to set their own schedules provided that schedule includes at least one biweekly reading (concessions will be made for those who are having troubles in-person or experiencing burn-out). All readers must also have access to the Reader Schedule and post their blocs 24 hours ahead of the desired date. This is just to give other readers an opportunity to schedule their own time around yours and to give listeners a date and time to be ready for. This is a fun and unique way of interacting with the community here at MLPF, and readers will also have the opportunity to work on their speech and public speaking skills as well. I'm really looking forward to listening in on as many readings as I am able to, that's for sure! This is very new to MLPF, and because of this there are very likely some things we have overlooked in the explanation of this position, but if you have questions or comments, please feel free to leave them here. Applications are CLOSED for now!
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"Looks like we might be due for a big ol' storm of chaos!" Or at least... I hope so. I'm new to these introductions, but I will do my best for the sake of the person I want you all to meet (or in the case of many of you who have been here for a while, reacquaint yourself with). One thing I've learned since we've opened the Golden Oaks Library is that it's going to take a lot of effort from more than just me to make it fun and accessible to everyone, including our readers. So for that purpose, I'm hiring up someone to help me run it co-operatively. @~C. Discord~ , the master of chaos himself, has volunteered his services once again to MLPF and I personally couldn't have been happier to see another former staffer return to us. And a writer no less! Here's hoping Golden Oaks isn't too set on it's current design and direction of gravity. "But Rosie!" you scream, "Isn't it irresponsible to hire a spirit of chaos to look after something as organization-heavy and quiet as a library?!" Let me ask you this; have you ever even tried reading upside down in the fourth dimension with your story's words constantly shifting in font? It might actually be fun! Thank you very much for coming back to us, @~C. Discord~! We're gonna have all kinds of fun.
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Gannondorf8 is well known around here as our resident Sunset Shimmer fan. His quiet and unassuming nature hides a kind individual with a background of working on online events on NSider. Yes that NSider! I don't want to say what he did there, since it make show what is up his sleeves. It isn't just his resume that caught my attention. His ideas, enthusiasm, ability to compromise, and genial nature make him a perfect fit ... a simpatico Sunny if you will. Welcome @Ganondorf8 You can honestly say one day ... "I was announced as a party pony by a talking refrigerator!" I mean ... when a fridge makes your intro ... you know you made it! Back to you Fridge!
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"A city where you can get a happy ending, but only if you pay a little extra." Yep, sometimes you gotta dish out a little to gain a little. It's the hard truth that has been prevalent all throughout history. However, some in particular find themselves in the prime position to... assist you in this endeavour. To lessen the burden by relieving you of one's 'coin'. You see where I'm getting at yet? Well, the chances are that if you've never played Skyrim (despite Todd Howard's best attempts), or indeed any Elder Scrolls game, you are now regarding this post with confusion and/or suspicion. Is this the long suspected announcement that MLP Forums has gone full-on corporate? Are we now to start charging you for profile space? Will we limit your monthly posting allotment to a subscription package? Are new emotes to be made available only via loot boxes!? ...Or perhaps you just want me to shut up and get on with the obvious announcement. In truth; there was once a member of MLPF Staff by the name of "Khajiit". Perhaps to avoid the all too frequent distrust and discrimination against his feline species, however, Khajiit stepped away from his position and returned to the warm sands of Elsweyr, where he could at least operate his totally-legitimate Skooma business without the constant eye of judgemental ponies. However, times have changed, and the Skooma business isn't what it once was. Khajiit has since turned a new leaf and gone legit-legit, even changing his working name to @Passion to show that he is, erm... very passionate about his new line of coin-generating ventures! And what is this new venture, you may ask? Okay, in all seriousness, @Passion's new... passion is for art. Specifically, for the art found in Octavia's Hall, where he will now be based as a Sectional Moderator for the team. I'm always glad to see old faces returning, but we are all supremely confident in Passion's abilities both from his previous experience and 'passion' to help OH grow as a whole into the future! I have no doubt that OH has gained a valuable new stalwart. ...Just remember to keep your thieving Khajiit hands to yourself in there. Best of luck, @Passion, and welcome to the team.
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Jedishy has donned his ceremonial robes and lightsaber to become the second user to join the Event Coordinators. Coming from a military and project focused background, he is perfect for helping us steer the ship of crazy .... crazy fun that is. Congratulations @Jedishy for making it on the team. I love the enthusiasm and ideas that you have already brought to the team.
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As you have noticed in the last month or so, we have taken a renewed interest in community events. From simple events like Baloon Day, to larger events like The Pony World Cup, these events require some planning, creativity, the wisdom to compromise your favorite ideas to fit what we can actually pull off, a genial disposition, and the ability to enthusiastically communicate. We want to continue the momentum of these events going forward, but one or two people don't make for the best idea factory. Mods, Sectionals, and Admins usually have their hooves full with an overflowing plate of issues that it does impact how much time they can dedicate to planning and executing the fun stuff. Enter the Event Coordinator position. MLPF'S own team of Party Ponies focused on working with me on event planning and implementation. The role is an official MLPF Staff Role (complete with its own staff badge and title) though absent the business of actually moderating and policing the site's rules. You would be responsible for helping me plan events, coming up with new ideas, helping to encourage activity in specific areas of the site, and helping me to communicate, promote, and execute the events. If you are interested you can apply here and we will review your application and get back with you in a few days. We are personally excited about this opportunity to keep these events moving at a regular clip, and look forward to seeing your interest.
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The Great and Powerful Trixie Introduces the First Show Pony!
Trixie posted a topic in Castle Throne Room
It's a working title. BELOLD! The Great and Powerful Trixie has been given the greatest of duties she has done today. Yes yes even more wondrous than upstaging Princess Twilight with giving you your teacup back, though it is certainly close. You all may think that Alicorn Princesses are the greatest job in Equestria. They save the world time and again and keep us Ponies save, right? They do that, yes. BUT SO CAN US SHOW PONIES! Was it not Trixie , with some assistance from her friends, who saved Princess Twilight, the entire Royal Court, and Saviors of Equestria from the vile claws of Bug Queen? Me, a most humble show pony and master entertainer, saved all. So it gives the Great and Powerful Trixie pleasure to announce the first of several capable Show Ponies to take on the duties of planning and entertaining the ponies of this dimension. I present to you @Lord Valtasar as your first Event Coordinator. Of course he has exquisite taste in those who came before him, as he may well be my greatest fan. We show ponies have to stick together, even when the peanut butter crackers are in short supply. I have also taught him all he knows so I have no doubt that he shall be the second greatest and most powerfuler-est ... um ... EVENT MASTER west of Manehattan. Just reminid him that he should always ALWAYS remember who is his inspiration. Oh who am I kidding, I am sure he'll do amazing. Show Ponies are the best after all. CONGRATULATE THE GREAT AND POWERFUL LORD VALTASAR! -
Okay, okay! So, I'm usually not one for these public announcement things. Usually, it's Twilight who's good at all that boring stuff. But, I just had to come here as soon as I heard this AWESOME bit of news! So, look, we all know that I'm the most awesomest pony there is, no competition! But, there are some others who do get preeeeety close. Heck, when you're a Cloudsdale pegasus, you're already more than halfway there, then you just gotta show that you can keep up with the best! To be the Pony, you gotta beat the Pony! ...Now, the thing is, SOMETIMES we get a little, umm... 'out-of-hoof' with our competitiveness. A little too... unsporting. What I mean is; we step outta line. Hey, I'm a Wonderbolt! It's just in our nature! But my point is: anytime we do go a little overboard, there's always been one Pegasus who's been there to bring us back into line. His name is @TheTaZe and he is unquestionably, UNDOUBTEDLY, awesome~! Seriously, he spots trouble like, a MILE away! You could be down in Ponyville and causing trouble, I guarantee he'd be there in 10 second flat! Well, sometimes it's actually his 'OC' that shows up (umm.. whatever that means?) but, trust me on this; you turn around and see this pegasus waving at you: Then you had BETTER make sure that you're not doing anything to upset the other ponies! (Seriously! That wave is your only warning!) But it gets even better! See, I just heard that because he's so cool at what he does, he's been brought on to help the ponies over on MLP Forums as an official Staff Sectional! AWESOME!! So, he'll be helping to moderate things over in the 'Friendship is Magic' section (my favorite!) and you can bet your wing feathers they'll be happy to have him there! So you better watch out, Mares and Stallions, because a new Wonderbolt has just suited up, and things are about to get 20% cooler! (Ha! Can't believe I'm still saying that.) --- All the best in your new role, @TheTaZe.
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After a little bit of discussion, we came to the conclusion that making an all-inclusive “Ask a Staffer” thread would be a great opportunity for members to get to know our team! How it works: Anyone may simply ask a question in here, no matter the subject (so long as it remains appropriate of course) and a random staff member will come around to answer you. The questions can be serious, fun, pertain to certain individual staff members, whatever! All in the name of getting more familiar with our hard-working staff members. There’s no telling who’ll be the one to answer your question, as it will simply be answered by whoever is available at the time. Here is a very handy index of each staffer: https://mlpforums.com/staff/
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𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪! 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓷 𝓜𝓛𝓟 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓾𝓶𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓪 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓸𝓬𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵! 𝓛𝓘𝓖𝓗𝓣𝓢!! 𝓞𝓱, 𝓷𝓸-𝓷𝓸-𝓷𝓸-𝓷𝓸!! 𝓣𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓸𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽, 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓲𝓽 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓽 𝓪 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓳𝓸𝔂 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓕𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪 𝓢𝓾𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻~ -- 𝓕𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓼𝓮𝓮, 𝓓𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼, @The Recherche 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓷 𝓱𝓲𝓶𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓮 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵𝓭 𝓸𝓯 𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓽𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓮𝓯𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓼 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓰𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝓾𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓮𝓭~! 𝓦𝓱𝔂, 𝓽𝓸𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝔀𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓾𝓷𝓿𝓮𝓲𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓷 𝓒𝓵𝓾𝓫, 𝓪 𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱𝔂 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓽𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓒𝓪𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓻𝓵𝓸𝓽 𝓲𝓽𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓭 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓰𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓪𝓹𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓲𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓾𝓹𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓪𝔂 𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓫𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓭 𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓑𝓲𝓻𝓽𝓱𝓭𝓪𝔂. 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓼𝓬𝓻𝓪𝓽𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓾𝓻𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸𝓶, 𝓫𝔂 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓬𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓽𝓼, 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝓼𝓾𝓬𝓱 𝓪 𝓹𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝓲𝓶𝓹𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓼𝓸 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮 𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓼 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓾𝓼. 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓲𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓸𝓭𝓲𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓪 𝓕𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓪 𝓘𝓬𝓸𝓷 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓜𝓸𝓭𝓮𝓵 𝓜𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓽𝔂, 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓼𝓸 𝓲𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽 𝓹𝓻𝓲𝓭𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓷𝓷𝓸𝓾𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓡𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓷𝓮𝔀𝓮𝓼𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓜𝓛𝓟 𝓕𝓸𝓻𝓾𝓶𝓼 𝓢𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷𝓪𝓵 𝓢𝓽𝓪𝓯𝓯 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓶! 𝓗𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓮𝔀 𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓽𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝓑𝓮𝔂𝓸𝓷𝓭 𝓔𝓺𝓾𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓲𝓪, 𝓼𝓹𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓔𝓵𝓮𝓶𝓮𝓷𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓖𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓯𝓪𝓻 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓭𝓮 (𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓱𝓸𝓹𝓮𝓯𝓾𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓰𝓪𝓾𝓬𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓵𝓵𝓼 𝓪 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝔀𝓸 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝓯𝓪𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓸𝓷! ) 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓪𝓼𝓼𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝓲𝓷 𝓴𝓮𝓮𝓹𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓬𝓸𝓶𝓶𝓾𝓷𝓲𝓽𝔂 𝓪 𝓼𝓹𝓪𝓻𝓴𝓵𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓰𝓮𝓶 𝓸𝓯 𝓕𝓻𝓲𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓼𝓱𝓲𝓹 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓕𝓪𝓫𝓾𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓲𝓽𝔂~! 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓷... 𝓱𝓮 𝔀𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓮𝓵𝓹 𝓹𝓾𝓼𝓱 𝓒𝓪𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓼𝓮𝓵 𝓑𝓸𝓾𝓽𝓲𝓺𝓾𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓕𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓸𝓶 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓑𝓔𝓨𝓞𝓝𝓓!! -- Possible takeovers aside; Welcome to the Team, Recherche! Much kudos to you for volunteering your time. I have every faith that you'll do the community proud.
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"And so the Warrior of Ash rises from her tomb to find the forums in need of some guidance. Beset with her trusty glasses, keen know-how, and experiences in Lodran & Lothric (she can't seem to recall Drangleic too well, huh...), she now seeks to do what she can to bring about peace and order...or maybe cause more mayhem for admin, who knows?" Okay, Dark Souls silliness aside, I would like to take this time to announce the arrival of a new staffer to our ranks; @Sunset Rose! A person of great quality with a keen eye, wonderful temperament, and mature mindset, she will be joining the team of Beyond Equestria; which will include the dark dungeons of the Debate Pit! Much kudos to her for volunteering. As such, as there isn't much else to add, please do welcome her as she will be a much appreciated addition to our ranks of sectional mods.
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An egg wiggles, cracks forming in its shell, ready to hatch. The egg opens, and out pops a lovely vulpix! This sweet and warm-hearted creature would bring a smile to anyone’s face, and her six fabulous tails are indicators of her wisdom. With time and training, she’s sure to become a strong, wise, majestic ninetails one day. Obviously such a great pokemon deserves a spot on the MLPForums team, but first she’ll need a nickname. Looking at her, somehow @Stardust* seems like a perfect fit. Stardust* is joining the MLPF staff as a sectional for RolePlay world. Please give her a warm welcome!
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General Questions When can moderator applications be sent
Foxy Socks posted a topic in Site Questions & Tech Support
Is it only possible to do during certain times such as this thread in March, or can applications for moderator be sent inbetween times like that too? -
Look..... this is going to be very hard for me to post. I know the risks of doing so.... but it has to be done. I've felt so guilty all this time and hoped that this might have been resolved quietly without any drama like last time.... like last October.... ironic.. heh... I know there will be a lot of anger with all of this, but I ask people to try to react to this in the most responsible way possible. You all have the right to be angry and outraged, but please, do not let it overtake your behavior here, as we don't want to give the forum staff any extra job of having to do cleanups. I have talked with @PiratePony about this and told him of what I was about to do, I have talked with other members of staff, because I did not want to wade in blind nor did I want them to be taken by surprise when I posted this. They deserve to know my full intentions here.... To give a bit of a context, I was once a Global Moderator on this site (before that I was a Sectional staff member), I worked with the staff on most every matter that I could be working on here on the forums. However, there was one other who also used to do that. His name was Matey, @PiratePony. He was one of the greatest staff members to have ever worked within the forums, having been the treasurer of Poniverse as well at one point. Everything he did, it was so just and he was very understanding with everybody, very engaging and he went by the book..... and for that.... he was terminated within the staff.... See, dramatic things have happened within the staff. This took place back in April. But if I had to think harder about it, this actually took place a bit before that even, when the head of Poniverse, @AppleDashPoni came up with the idea of implementing an NSWF section here on the forums. This was rejected hard by most of us on forum staff, but none were as hard opposed to it as Pirate was.... and I think that is what drew him the ire of @AppleDashPoni. The conversation was not a pleasant one, AppleDash did not seem to understand that we worked as a team and that we reached common agreement before taking an action on something. We did discuss his wish, but in the end, we declined it. Let us now fast forward over to April (even though I did not mention any date previously for the NSFW discussion). Pirate was informing us of the possibilities that we might have in regards to the possible change of leadership. Nothing out of the ordinary, this was information that we should have all been aware about... he was telling us this (and just to be clear, this all took place on Skype)... and then the dreadful message of [5.4.2017 20:01:32] *** Blackjack removed PiratePony from this conversation. *** happened..... this was..... everyone in staff (at least moderators and administrators) reacted negatively to this. And I can safely say here now that no one accepted what AppleDash did and we all protested this harshly. AppleDash had taken the authority to fire Pirate, a Global Moderator, on his own volition without consulting anyone about it, not even the forum's administration. Look..... I am now going to provide you with the log with both the discussion we had about it and the log which @AppleDashPoni himself provided as "evidence" of Pirate "personally attacking" him and "working against the corporation's leadership". Look, when I provide you with the logs of the discussion we had within staff (Global Moderators and Administrators), you will see that some names will be presented as "Anonymous 1" or "Anonymous 2". Those are people who have either requested that their name not be shown or are people I have not been able to contact, so I will show them the dignity and respect for their privacy to not publicize their names. However, the names that will appear there are of mine and AppleDash and of those who have agreed to allow me to show their name. I respect the privacy of people of not wanting to get dragged into some drama, but here come the logs of the conversation we had, though be warned, there will be missing context as I in the end leave the chat, but I have heard that the chat went on, though it was very unfruitful.... I have colored some of the names just to make it a bit easier to keep up with the conversation, on who is saying what. And when there is no space between lines, that would mean that someone is being quoated, for instance when it appears I am saying "And personal attacks, baiting, working against the corporation's leadershipFrom the example you provided, that is false. " this is actually me quoting AppleDash until it reaches "From the..." which is my reply to the quote of his words. Be aware that me editing the "anonymous" parts and putting color to names is the only edit I do. Everything else is completely untouched and raw. Also, another thing to be aware of, AppleDash is actually Blackjack on Skype. That is (or was) his username at least. If you are busy in any way, I suggest you keep this window open still as this might get removed, even though I have talked with the people who would have the biggest say here on the forums and I am in full right to write this. The log: Now, you have read the log of the conversation we all had and you can see it is all hostile. Usually we do not get so hostile, but Pirate's firing came as great shock to us all and it was too much of a surprise, it was just so surreal. To make matters worse, AppleDash did not really want to talk to us or even converse with us as a team, but rather talk to every single one of us "privately". We did not trust that, so we had the discussion within the group chat on Skype anyways because there was no way we were going to trust him with private chats. Better to keep things as transparent as possible. Here is the log that @AppleDashPoni himself provided as "evidence" of Pirate personally attacking him and working against the leadership. I will post it in the form of the link he himself provided as when I copy and paste it over here, it just becomes really messy. https://gist.githubusercontent.com/anonymous/29b02ca156c986478be57288b29bdd02/raw/2e1fcccabaa6ccb2b4c92cacd4fd259038d12330/gistfile1.txt Now you basically have full context of what has happened. I just want to say.... I did not expect things to go as they went.... You will ask: "Why? Why now? Why are you bringing this up now of all times and not immediately when it happened?". To be honest.... I thought this might have gotten resolved within staff. I thought that my resignation (and I was expecting more to resign) might put more pressure on AppleDash's leadership and that Pirate would get reinstated.... but... nothing has happened. AppleDash is still the head of Poniverse and PiratePony is still no longer a member of staff. He has not even been apologized to. The people I worked with.... they tried the best they could..... but they were unable to succeed. So things now fall upon the forums as a whole on what type of action they want taken here. I am not trying to start some populist outrage here, but I am doing what I consider to be the right thing to do. People deserve to know about this. Considering that such a gross violation and misconduct of power has been allowed to prevail, the people of Poniverse deserve to know who is leading them. Now.... I intend to lock this commenting section of this blog if I can. Now you will ask why I would do so... because last time, last October when things blew over, when threads were made detailing everything that had happened.... people did not react in the best way in the thread and the anger only grew in those threads with people letting emotion taking more and more over to the point that the staff had to start hiding posts and even hide the thread as it was just so divisive. This is why I ask you, though you can be outraged, to not violate the terms of services of this site.... we all know the rules folks... even if some of our officials and leaders may not.... This might also just be the (former) staffer in me speaking out, trying to conduct public management and trying to contain spread of chaos and... well... you already know guys, heh.... old habits die hard I guess... To summarize this up, Pirate was unjustly fired due to selfish reasons and the current management of Poniverse, or rather, it's current leadership, has shown itself to be untrustworthy and corrupt. Forgive me for using such strong words.... I have tried to stay as neutral in posting this whole thing.... but I think my own thoughts about this whole matter are valid as well. However, @PiratePony If there is anything you wish to say upon this whole matter, I would be happy to unlock the commenting section just for you or to somehow highlight your thoughts upon this whole matter. We are all here for you man.... whether we are just public members or actual members of staff. Btw if I am not able to lock the commenting section here, I ask people to please refrain from commenting here as to keep this clean as possible. Even if this whole thing I am doing here might end up doing nothing, people deserve to be informed. I invite all people who were involved in this matter, please, if you have anything more to add to this, please do so. Don't shoot the messenger folks https://mlpforums.com/applications/core/interface/imageproxy/imageproxy.php?img=https://i.imgur.com/TIJFzgt.gif&key=583a43cee60c40ce3774b3852cf7435fb00ca5ad76acc3452cee94871c8f0b83 Jonas out!
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Staff Prepare your Hazmat Suits (and also Ground Yourself)
Derplight Sperkle posted a topic in Castle Throne Room
Everyone evacuate! We got a nuclear meltdown at Chernobyl! Again! You wonder if they even learned from the last time... Also, watch out for the lightning. Yeah, I may have forgotten to warn you that there is a thunderstorm too. Take it from the resident staff Changeling, don't roll in lightning. I wouldn't recommend it. @Pripyat Pony and @Lightning Roller are going to put on their rubber Hazmat suits and trudge through the RP World as Sectional Staff members. Welcome to the team! -
It's about time we knuckle down with some outstanding staff announcements; so expect a few posts in short intervals! To begin with; we are continuing with our goal of filling up the remaining vacant Team Lead positions on the Mod team, and so now turn our attention to Roleplay World! I'm very happy to announce that our Master of Chaos himself, @Randimaxis, has kindly agreed to take up the reigns of this Section. Randi has been nothing short of a wonderful boon to this team ever since joining us almost 2 years ago, with his uniquely gifted personality and incredible fortitude against even the toughest of times being an inspiration not just across the staff, but for the whole forum as well. I know that with his long and studied experiences into Roleplay (including rumours of Chaotical proportions one April Fools Day ), that there is no better person for the job. Best of luck to you Randi! -- He won't be alone however, because what's a Sheriff without his Deputy? And what better deputy would you rather have than your own personal Changeling? @Derplight Sperkle has been our honorary Changeling representative for some time now, proving once and for all that MLP Forums is an equal-opportunities employer. He's also a heck of a Roleplay enthusiast and Staff Sectional, and so its with a lot of pride that we now whip out the purple paint and announce Sperkle as the newest Global Moderator, presiding over Roleplay World. While his duties will now extend to across the entire forum, his primary focus will remain with assisting Randi through the exciting changes soon to come to the Roleplay section. (Or maybe he'll just change into Randi and stage a secret takeover... ) Best of Luck, Derplight! -- Alright! That's all for this post, but there are still more announcements to come very soon; so keep your eyes peeled!
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Those of you who felt content in the knowledge that you were safe from love and that your own ship would never sail, I'm afraid I have some wonderful bad news... For after many moons of faithfully (and for the longest time; single-handedly) serving the Canterlot section with his trusty cupid bow and assuring everyone that "Shhh, it's fine.", @Lightwing has agreed to make his position as resident overlord a bit more official and step into the shoes of Team Lead of Canterlot. Seeing as how that includes lording over the Welcoming Plaza, this essentially means that passing a ship exam is now mandatory towards your accessibility of the forum. Don't worry though; the questions are painstakingly easy: What is best ship? Answer: *(After Jeric x Button's Mom) -- Best of luck Lightwing!
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There was a lone unicorn by the name of Frozen wandering the winter landscape while a blizzard blasted. When he came across a group of ponies that appeared to be lost, he knew that he had to help. Knowing the area like the back of his hoof, he led them to safety and shelter from the brutal storm! The group of wandering ponies then took him in and train him to be one of their own... Enter Frozen the unicorn! MLP Forums welcomes @Frozen The Unicorn to the Beyond Equestria section as its new sectional. Frozen has exhibited much confidence and desire to learn with his training and we feel that he is ready to start. Welcome aboard!
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Ever since the times of old, we shippers have been a proud race. Passing our ancestral knowledge from generation to generation, we have stood strong against any threat, no matter how strong or powerful it was. From the holy capital of Canterlot, we have protected both the forums and the ships, and we have never relented from that. That said, I have been alone for far too long. But there is one person, one person that has proven to me that has the capabilities to be a shipper, and after putting him through many trials, he has proven to be the person I wanted to make my acolyte. But why am I making you wait? @Totally Lyra, present yourself! He makes me so proud ;') Totally Lyra will be our newest addition to the staff team. He has shown to be what Canterlot needed for so long, and now he will have the difficult yet rewarding position of being a sectional staff member. I'm pretty sure that you have interacted with Lyra before, as he has shown to be a friendly, active and helpful member of our community, and he will for sure continue to be so and give us a forum that everyone can be proud to be part of.
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A cool breeze creeps through the night, a frosty chill in the air, the temperatures drop to near freezing. It signals the approaching storm; a glacial wind that gusts through the forum, unassailable in its quest to freeze the paths of those who would do us harm. These are the winds of the (sort of) North, and their presence heralds the appearance of a single card: I SUMMON THEE NOW: GLACIES FROST! Indeed, @Glacies Frost is the newest member to join the ranks of the MLP: FiM Sectional team! A cool and chillaxed individual, Glacies has displayed to us his exceptional understanding of FiM and demonstrated a calm and collected demeanor to moderation that means he now takes responsibility of protecting what is arguably MLP Forums' most important section, and I have no doubt that his talents and personality will be of huge benefit to the team both within and beyond his role! And if you ever have need of some effective Crowd Control spells, well, look no further! (I really have no clue whatsoever how Magic is played..) Congratulations Glacies! I know that you'll do FiM proud as a place for all to enjoy. (With thanks to @VengefulStrudel for throwing together the card art!)
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And I say again: Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! What? A new Batpony has joined staff here at MLPForums, and I wanted to greet her in their native language. (Remind me to show you my lone published MLP story, Miss Reaper, it’s all about my interpretation of batpones.) In any case, @Miss Reaper will be joining us over at RolePlay World as a Sectional. Good luck to her!
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Pleased to announce that Hypn0ticD is back from her leave of absence to patrol the RolePlay World again! Yay! Oh, and don't mind the dust, Hypn0... we're still trying to fix things, I swear..
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