Guys... Seriously?

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

So recently there's been a lot of discussion and flame wars about PT (purple tinker) I really honestly don't care, but why is it such heated debate amongst us? This kind of publicity is the wrong kind for our fandom, and we ought to figure all this drama and nonsense out before it permanently scars our image. I know we are supposed to tolerate everyone, but do we really have to put up with this kind of thing? I would like I hear your guys opinions.

[Sunnerino 182]

Well I honestly don't know what this whole thing is about, I've heard mentions of it but I don't know what's going on. I mean, I know about the whole Yelling At Cats drama, but what exactly is the PT drama..? Explain please?

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

I don't fully understand it myself, from what I got from it all is that PT was one of the people who started brony con, an ended up embezzling money from it, and wants Hasbro to take an interest in the fandom, but Hasbro refused so PT is getting a petition signed to sue Hasbro or something... Don't quote me but that's my understanding of it all.

 

In fact if anyone else can shed some light it would be appreciated...

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

Wait a second....

You made a thread complaining about something.....but you don't even fully know about it?

AND its in the wrong section?

/thread

Or Atleast have a mod move it to the right spot.

[NewCalamity 3,454]

This thread appears to be related to the My Little Pony franchise and/or the Bronydom in general. Thus, it has been sentenced to Sugarcube Corner.

 

This is an automatically generated message, by the way.

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

I'm not complaining about the subject itself, but the fact that so many people get so worked up over it, I mean, who cares? It just seems like people starting drama to me, but then again, that's why I posted I'm curios.

[abcdefggggg 34]

I don't understand...

 

What purpose is this topic serving exactly then?

 

and what is it pertaining to anyway? All this is getting me curious now.

[Wubsie 1,123]

Hasbro has already noticed us....many-many times.

I have no idea why these guys are getting so butt-hurt.

Hasbro doesn't need to be sued just because they didn't mention us a 100th time.

[sleepyhead. 174]

PT believes she has been a victim of slander, and wanted to shut down Canterlot Gardens because the people running it were the ones "supposedly" saying those things? She wanted help from Hasbro and a few other Brony organisations I think. Idk.

 

I mean, the reason that some of us like to actively talk about this is because we like being in the loop. PT is pretty well known, a sort of celebrity if you can put it that way.

 

She's really vocal about her drama anyway. How do you NOT expect it to be openly discussed about? I'm sure she has many followers on dA, they read a latest journal entry, shit gets posted everywhere.

[Haven Celestii 9,385]

I'm not complaining about the subject itself, but the fact that so many people get so worked up over it, I mean, who cares? It just seems like people starting drama to me, but then again, that's why I posted I'm curious.

 

Okie dokie lokie!

It just came off as that to me in the OP, is all. ^^

 

But yea, people should just leave well enough alone. They did something bad. Ok, no reason to take it all over the world and make a big deal out of it. Itll do that by itself.

 

Also, I'm now curious as to what this whole thing is about now.

[NostalgicPony 310]

I took some time to look up what was up and this is what I got:

 

http://broni.es/thread-12749.html

 

" I thought I'd just bring up some internal politicking that has been going on with between some of the heavy hitters of the fandom, principally, between former organizers of BronyCon.

 

As you may know, Purple Tinker organized BronyCon and eventually stepped down from its administration following a brief power struggle with the other con's organizers, according to rumors.

 

As for Canterlot Gardens, it's an MLP convention being hosted in Ohio by a few former staffers of BronyCon, and Purple Tinker, upset by their behavior prior to her forced retirement from BronyCon, wants to shut Canterlot Gardens down.

 

Now, you may ask: Where's the proof? Most of this stuff comes from Purple Tinker herself. For example, she wrote a letter to Hasbro urging them to send the organizers of Canterlot Gardens a cease and desist order:

 

http://pastebin.com/PiDEjxjJ

 

Furthermore, Purple Tinker has been vocal on her DeviantArt account, posting her own thoughts on the matter. Since her grudge has received greater attention in the past week, she has deleted her DA account, but Google still has a cached version of one of the blog posts she has made concerning the matter:

 

http://webcache.goog...se...clnk&gl=us

 

Furthermore, some chat logs between her and some associates have been leaked, revealing the extent of Purple Tinker's grudge against the organizers of Canterlot Gardens:

 

http://pastebin.com/bXP8L7sj

 

http://pastebin.com/ZcX4p738

 

Now, what is the moral of this story? While Purple Tinker may have reason to be upset at some of her former associates, the truth is, things can get nasty from a political standpoint when you take a hobby way too seriously for your own good. Purple Tinker did little to help her cause by publicizing this so openly and so fiercely, and as result, has become the object of ridicule from fellow bronies over the past week or so.

 

Moral: Don't let ponies rule your life. "

Edited October 5, 2012 by NostalgicPony

[Nac0n 105]

For interested people, here's her dA post regarding the incident.

 

 

So if you're searching for material. Here's one source of the whole thing.

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

Thank you for the post, it was very helpful. It's sad but I guess it's just part of having such an open fandom. It definitely has its downfalls.

 

 

I may have stated it wrong, I was just hoping to clear everything up, I've had many people ask me, and couldn't answer, so it was more out of curiosity of the subject than anything.

 

Yeah now that I know what is going on, I can warn people about it. Internet drama is never good for anything, especially when it defaces our defaces our fandom as a whole, based on a couple people's attention-whoring.

[SongBrony 419]

From my understanding, and I may be thinking of a different incident, the founder of brony con was accused of bringing a knife to brony con at Canterlot Gardens and was accused of intending to murder someone and that she was arrested while high on drugs. The founder, however was in Brooklyn, away from Brony con. They are asking that Hasbro not affiliate themselves with Canterlot Gardens at all.

 

Am I on the right subject? Or did I just ramble about something from a different topic?

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

Thank you! It seems that we are the voice of reason in a sea of baw and drama sometimes... I guess the best course of action is ignoring the matter unless it actually effects anything on a large scale.

 

It's related but I believe your thinking of the Yelling At Cats incident. But your pretty much on target with it, but I think the truth was lost in translation, I for sure will never know 100% what went down.

[NostalgicPony 310]

It seems my post of information may have been flawed, however the rumors still exist. Whether or not what PT claims is true all comes down to what is the facts.

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

I think the leaked chats really speak for themselves on the matter, and have confirmed my fears that such a pure basis on a fandom can be corrupted.

[Guest]

how does one even reply to that...

that's how. im not sure exactly what went on but from what i can tell pt had a grudge against someone and

a) intended to kill the person while being high

or

b ) sent a letter to hasbro telling them to shut down canterlot gardens

both of which are crazy and she hasn't done herself any favors by making it public. also she is forgetting that the attendees of the con will be devastated

Edited October 8, 2012 by Guest

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

Sorry for the awkwardness of the whole thing, things like this don't translate we'll from head to actually typing it. To be honest it's bothersome that people feed off this kind of drama. Oh we'll I don't feel sorry for her/him because they brought it upon themselves.

[SongBrony 419]

Thank you! It seems that we are the voice of reason in a sea of baw and drama sometimes... I guess the best course of action is ignoring the matter unless it actually effects anything on a large scale.

 

It's related but I believe your thinking of the Yelling At Cats incident. But your pretty much on target with it, but I think the truth was lost in translation, I for sure will never know 100% what went down.

 

Neither will I, but I was just relaying information I got from her and other sources I remembered reading yesterday. I'm going to support PT though. Mainly because I can't see someone who founded Brony con to do these things. And since money was involved with those who spread the rumors, Greed is a bitch, and that is the main reason why I'm more inclined to believe PT than teh rumors.

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

I see your point, but I don't know PT personally, I mean who knows? Maybe I would get along with her, but personally I choose not to take a standing because I really don't know who's right on either side.

[HomuraBL 851]

You know, what is going on with all these cons?

 

It seems a little strange to me. All this talk about Purple tinker, and I think I heard a friend of purple tinker also was rude at one of the cons.

 

I feel bad for Purple tinker. She/he (What is she/he again?) is becoming a little too corrupted for her/his own good. If only someone could show her/him the way.

[sqwisgaar.sqwigelf 16]

I believe she identifies herself as a female but I don't know, and yeah I wish I could help a lot of people, but I really don't know what's going on inside her head, so nobody can really help with it, best advice I can give is to just try and talk to them about maybe trying I be more publicly friendly.

[FedoraMemes 582]

Keep in mind that I'm not entirely sure what has happened, but from information that I have gathered, here is what I have pieced together.

 

Purple Tinker was, and stil is in a way, an influential member of the fandom. She was a former organiser of Bronycon, the largest and most popular brony convention. She had stepped down, over reasons that I'm not aware of. However, I have heard that it involved some drama between staff members.

 

Now here is where it is a bit hazy. Rumours were spreading about Purple Tinker that weren't the nicest of things (such as stealing money etc) and Purple Tinker was able to prove these rumours wrong via her DeviantArt account (link:

).

 

So, a ton of other brony conventions start opening up, which is fine, but apparently, Purple Tinker tried to get people to shut down the cons, such as fellow bronies, and even Hasbro. However, her attempts were fruitless, as Everfree and Canterlot Gardens have gone on just fine.

 

However, from what I've heard, Purple Tinker started spreading slander about the cons, saying things about how there were rape jokes made during the CMC panel, and that there was racial slurs in the hallways at Everfree, and all that nasty stuff. The supposed reason is because the organisers were former Bronycon staff members, who had had fights with Purple Tinker in the past.

 

That is why people dislike her, because she was spreading false rumours about the cons.

 

Remember, I'm not sure how much of it is true, because this is all information I have gathered that may or may not be biased to either party, but in my opinion, Purple Tinker shouldn't be spreading slander about the cons, even if she doesn't like the people who run the cons. She had lies spread around her, so she should know what it feels like, shouldn't she? If this is true, then that makes her in the wrong, because she had a responsibility, and a lot of people were on her side, but she threw it all away for her own gain.

 

I'm not sure if the situation has developed anymore, but like I have said, this is based of evidence gathered from her DeviantArt page, as well as Twitter feeds, Tumblr posts, forums and news sites. If I have anything wrong, or there is more evidence, please don't hesitate to tell me.

[Kyoshi Frost Wolf 41,498]

Wow, I cannot help but feel so......apathetic towards this topic. So some person is slandering the cons/Hasbro. Weeeee. The most exciting part of my day is over with.