Preview2. Choices. "The Contract" by Duo Cartoonist
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Submitted February 23, 2017 at 09:13PM by ZenLikeCalm
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No idea what this is about? Get caught up here and here. TLDR: I'm apparently working on hosting a weekly/biweekly Tails of Equestria campaign on Roll20.net after the game releases.
What I need are volunteers for a trail run of the game. After the game launches (from what I can tell) next month, I'm going to set up a trial campaign. This trial campaign would last about 3-5 sessions and be a quick way to test out the system, game mechanics, and general chemistry of everyone and see if this project is even feasable in the first place.
Right now I'm looking for three volunteers who want to be a part of this trail run. Because I can't do a background check on you guys, this will be a first come first serve, but I do have a few pieces of criteria I'm looking for. These volunteers would also be involved in the planning stages of this project since I would be using their feedback of the trial run to fine tune what needs to be done (especially the timing of getting everyone's schedules ready). In order to be eligible, in your post you must mention my favorite pony in your post (this will be provided near the end of the post to prove you read this).
I am looking for people who have...
Familiarity with tabletop/pen and paper RPGs or Roll20.net is a huge plus, but not necessarily required.
Are able to meet semi-regularly at a specific time during a week.
Friendly and capable of working in a team environment
Patient.
Must be willing to offer feedback and accept criticism from others
Have a relatively open schedule and are willing to discuss planning stages with others.
Again, I will be taking the first three volunteers. If all slots are taken, you can still post your interest, and I might reach out to you if any of the initial three volunteers.
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While I do reccomend that you support the official release of the game, please don't spend 40 bucks on the game just for this project. If things don't work out, my schedule/personal life gets in the way, or again, mod intervention says no, then I can't guarantee this will be an ongoing thing. My favorite pony is Rarity. This is something I want to try, and if it works out great. If it doesn't, then no harm done.
It's a small thing, but I was thinking about Rarity in terms of American archetypes and I kept thinking of different New York attitudes, but she never really seemed to fit into any of them.
Then it hit me! See, I come from Texas, easily one of the kindest Southern states, and I grew up with almost every woman I knew calling me various names of 'sweetie', 'hon', 'darling', and other such names. Even when I was well into 16, teachers would call me such names, even cashiers.
If anything, Rarity's attitudes strike me more as, though I imagine she might scoff at this if I said it to her face, something of the Southern Belle archetype, living in a more rural area, as Ponyville is pretty much as a small, semi-rural town, dreaming of far off idyllic court room romance and refinery and attempting to emulate it in her own life. She seems to fit the character mold quite well, though she is most certainly of the kind variety.
Hopefully I'm not just repeating old hash, but I thought it'd be interesting for at least a few people.
So, yeah. I'm working on ideas for my OC pony. As anyone in the pony fandom eventually does. Pretty sure its some kind of law or something.
I've known he was going to be a unicorn and had a basic color scheme and his cutie mark / talent in mind for some time now, but now I'm staring to go into more detail. I was just going to make him a normal unicorn. But then I got to thinking that since his powers are going to be pretty crystal-related anyway, maybe I should make him a Crystal Pony.
But then I got to thinking more, and I realized that I don't recall ever seeing a Crystal Unicorn. And indeed, I went and rewatched all the Crystal Empire episodes, and there don't seem to be any unicorns that are "crystal style". Any of the unicorns in the episodes seem to be travelers from other places in Equestria.
There also don't seem to be any Crystal Pegasi except for the guards in "The Times they are a Changeling" either.
Is it actually the case that pretty much the whole Crystal Empire is all earth ponies? Or are the other two races just not shown as Crystal Ponies for the sake of making it easier on the artists? I have noticed that the Crystal Ponies seem to reuse a lot of assets from one another (lots of recolored manes and identical cutie marks) so I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case, but I dunno. Its weird that there isn't a single unicorn anywhere.
I don't really want my OC to be some one-of-a-kind special snowflake. Nothing against those types of OCs, but personally I'd rather have him just be an average pony. So I'll probably just drop the idea of a crystal unicorn if they don't exist or are super rare or something.
What subject of complaints (whether about the show, the EQG series, the comics, the books, the toys or the fandom itself) have you heard that you personally don't feel is a big deal (or maybe you even think that it is a good thing)?
So, because it's No-Pics Thursday (February 23rd, 2017) today, you know what that means...
It's time for the Weekly Fanfic Recommendation LINK-SWAP Game thread to continue!
And we're in week 17 of the Season 6 to Season 7 hiatus.
Anyways, THE RULES (read 'em carefully):
Post a link to a fanfiction you like (can be your own as well - it's okay to self-promote), with or without a short blurb.
Important: Reply to someone else's post with a link to a fanfiction you think they might like, based on their choices.
Put each of your choices in a separate post if you want to make sure to get a recommendation based on each one. You may reply to someone else's reply, either to you or to someone else. Please make long discussion threads, they introduce a healthy bit of exploration and can help us find new interests! And that's it!
PLEASE COMPLETE BOTH STEPS 1 and 2. Don't just show up and ask for recommendations if you're not willing to provide any. I'll start the first few threads myself, and reply with a gentle reminder if you forget. Ready? Set? LET"S GO! Also, feel free to self-promote in here!
If the Mane Six were defense attorneys, what would their demeanor and methods be like during trials?
This is a weekly event coinciding (mostly) with NPT; off-topic and meta threads will be staggered so this week's off-topic thread is being submitted now and the meta thread was posted 12 hours ago. Next NPT will be the opposite! We do not ask that all off-topic discussion be kept to this submission; it is merely here as a courtesy and you are free to continue off-topic discussion in the comments of other submissions (off-topic submissions, however, are still a no-no).
Yes sadly all good things must come to an end. At least Hasbro was nice enough to give us Season 7 as a consolation prize to the Hiatus ending.
With only a handful of weekly themes left to declare I'd like to ask YOU what themes you want to see. Don't like what I'm doing? Now's your chance to run things your way!
One thing that I love about movie news is the fact that fans' imaginations are often stirred by whatever news comes out.
As a fun idea: What are some potential storylines for fics based on the new characters, especially before the movie comes out?
Here's a refresher course of the characters:
The Storm King - The Big Bad, he is an evil yeti/satyr creature with lightning powers of some kind.
Tempest Shadow - One of his minions, she is a purple unicorn with a broken horn.
Grubber - Another of the Storm King's minions, he is a goofy little gopher.
Princess Skystar & Queen Novo - A mother-daughter pair of Seaponies who rule the underwater world of Seaquestria.
Capper & Celaeno - A pair of pirates, Capper is a cat and a former criminal, while Celaeno is a bird and the ship's captain.
Songbird Seranade - A famous pop star.
Stratus Skyranger - A hippogriff guard.
Hello and welcome to another Season 7 general thread!
Every week, this thread will be a place to discuss anything and everything relating to Season 7 and the future of the show! Your hopes, predictions, wishlists, ideas, questions, general hype, anything!
This week, as opposed to the normal Episode Idea Thread, we're coming up with plots for the two revealed episode titles so far of S7, so when you got time be sure to swing over to that thread and contribute!
We actually got a fair amount of exciting Season 7 developments this past week. Including:
And Friendship Is Magic #51, the first issue of the comic arc that ties into Season 7, has been released! You can purchase it in the EqD link or read it here (thanks /u/PonkaDianePie)!
The hype train to Season 7 is speeding up, so with all that said, have fun discussing and happy NPT!
NEXT WEEK'S THREAD
You might notice that this isn't a standard weekly episode idea thread. That's because this week we're doing something a little different.
Recently, the titles of two episodes from, likely early in, Season 7 were leaked via DVD listings.
As such, this thread will be dedicated to guessing the plots of these episodes.
We have two episodes on the table today:
Celestial Advice
All Bottled Up
So, what do you think the plots of these episodes will be?
I look forward to seeing what everyone thinks. Happy NPT!
Hi there! It's Thursday again and that means another chance to talk about what's been happening around here and how you feel about it!
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But some people may not want to talk about comics or anything else that hasn't happened yet, so you should be nice and hide those conversations from those people by using the spoiler tag.
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[It has ponies!](/spoiler)
Becomes: It has ponies!
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