G'day Folks!

[rjrgmc28 130]

My Favourite Mane 6 Pony: Fluttershy

How did you find MLP Forums?: I found the site through both Equestria Daily and another forum dedicated to the show known as Bronies Australia.

How you became a fan of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: This may sound a bit strange at first, but how I became a fan of the show is an interesting one. It all started back in November 2011 when I was doing some website maintenance work and I was watching some YouTube Poop (video remix style) videos to help pass the time. While I was taking a break, I came across a video from cs188 featuring clips from the show in a remixed format. From there I discovered the 6 to 10 second clips of the show on YouTube, and from there I watched my first episode (Sisterhooves Social) a few days later.

Hey everypony, my name is Ronnie. I'm also known through my stage name/on camera role as “RJ”, hence the "RJ" in my username. I'm 27 years of age and I come from a small rural village called Tallong, which is part of the Goulburn Mulwaree/Capital Country area of the state of New South Wales. 

 

I became a fan of the show after hitting some rough times in my life. My self esteem was shattered to pieces and I was suffering some major stress and anxiety issues resulting from some hard hitting stuff that happened. This included my Nan passing away three years ago, and very recently my Pop back in May of this year.

 

Ever since I discovered the show back in November of 2011, my life has improved for the better.

 

Outside of the brony community and the show, my main interests/hobbies include photography and video production work, and I'm also a bit of a casual gamer when things get a bit quiet production wise.

 

I also have Aspergers Syndrome (Aspie), a form of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which I've had for most of my life ever since I was around 2 or 3 years old. 

 

So there we go. I hope to join in the discussions and make some new friends as well!

[NavelColt 22,881]

Welcome to the board :3 A great intro. And though you're not currently aware of who is best pony, I'm sure your enlightenment is coming.

 

I'm C.Discord, self-proclaimed leading Discord fan, a huge Dashie fan, writer, moderator, among other things that become increasingly odd as you go along. It's great to have you, glad you found us, and I hope you stay active and enjoy your stay. If you ever need assistance from the staff on something, from something technical to general questions, please feel free to use the 'Help' button found in the top right of the forum, and click 'Contact MLPForums' to fill out a Support Ticket. Support Tickets are the preferred method as opposed to PMing a specific staff member

 

Hope to see you around! You look like an interesting individual, and someone who can add a lot to discussions and our community as a whole.

[goldenHoof 49]

G'day to you too rirgmc28 and welcome to the forum <>

 

Hope you will be liked here and remember love and be loved

 

[Arcanel 3,041]

Wow...finding MLP through YTP's...well, that certainly makes for a nice anecdote when you grow older.

Welcome to MLPForums, and I hope you can enjoy your stay in this wonderful place! I can assure you that friends you will find! And trust me when I say, discussions are NOT in low umbers. Every aspect of the show and other things non-pony related are discussed plenty of times! (maybe even too much ). I hope that we as a community help improve your mood and such as well.

[rjrgmc28 130]

Wow...finding MLP through YTP's...well, that certainly makes for a nice anecdote when you grow older.

 

Indeed! It may be the strangest way of discovering the show that I know off from memory, but it did the trick in the end! 

 

Also as a bit of a side note, before I discovered the YTP vid that cs188 made, I started to see bits and pieces of the show start to appear in my YouTube subscriptions (e.g. liked and favourite videos) from some of my other subscribers a few months beforehand. But I didn't pay enough attention at the time about it until that video came along thereafter and changed everything.

 

Apart from that, thanks for the warm welcome everypony!

[ShyForever 284]

Your story sounds similar to mine, as I found MLP by watching hotdiggedydemon's .MOV videos. 

 

Welcome to the Herd, please enjoy your stay. 

 

Feel free to add me to your buddy list at any time for you seem like a fun individual to chat with.