More Nightly roundup, and more Lyra! Sadly It's a bit late tonight, but I had a lot of emails to dig through.
On with the show!
After the break.
New Comic Artists Converted to Bronydom
A few new comics have shown their brony colors. It seems really popular among this demographic.
First off we have HijinKS ENSUE, who is now sporting a very...interesting pony avatar. At least it's not a mary sue!
The second one is Sinfest, with a very small shout out to pony right at the begining of their June 16th comic. I'm still surprised Penny Arcade hasn't popped any pony outside of that g1 version that was forced on them during PAX. You would think an army of 20 somethings obsessed with colorful equines would be something to make fun of for them!
More Yi-Gi-Oh Cards
You know, I tried the PSP version of this game once and just couldn't get into it... Maybe I'll give it another shot with pony cards now that there are so many of them.You can find the new set here! Sadly this one has a huge lack of Great and Powerful Trixie, and it's generally much smaller than the others... but hey! That's what Nightly Roundup's are for!
Metal Pony Pins Set #3 Pre-orders are now open!
For those of you who missed out on the first two rounds, or if you are just interested in picking up some of the new ones, head on over to Ponyorders and check out the new selection! World of Tanks Pony Skins
The bronies over in those World of Tanks guilds have created a bunch of pony skins for their mechanized behemoths. You can now sport a luna on your turret as you blast your enemies to smithareens.They also created this recruitment poster! Oh Derpy, you so silly.
You can find the forum post with the mods here!
Everypony Radio FiM Episode Reruns
In an attempt to emulate the magic of season one, Everypony Radio will be running each episode in order every Thursday at 6:00 GMT.
If you want to join in, you can find the stream here!
Custom Dress from Custom Dash Fabric
Remember those fabric posts a while back? Well someone going by the name of Rapidash actually went ahead and made something out of them using this guide! If you are curious about making your own, you can find the pony fabric here!
Brony Fan Letter Project
Last night we apparently raided a radio station or something for insulting bronies. Now we are apologizing after being banned. I blame all of you for this! I think! Or something! Anyway you can find the site for the letters here. The main focus is to paint the brony fandom in a different light than what we are currently being branded with.
Victoria II Pony Mod
Apparently someone has added all of Equestria to Victoria II. I've never played the game before, but maybe some of you have! You can find the link for it here!
Tabletop Pony RPG Beta
A Brony is building a tabletop RPG and needs people to test it out with him. If you are interested, you can find the template and all information here!
And that is all for tonight's news post! That took forever to make.
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Played the Tabletop RPG - it's great fun and well thought out!
VastaKustutaThanks for the links Seth. :)
VastaKustutaAlso played the Tabletop RPG. Despite its still being incomplete, It's still a pretty fun game!
VastaKustuta"Last night we apparently raided a radio station or something for insulting bronies. Now we are apologizing after being banned."
VastaKustutaAnd rightly so. Swarming places isn't going to win us any friends. I can understand standing up for ourselves when we're insulted, but that only needs a few well spoken bronies, not a whole herd.
Hey all, I'm the admin at the forum he linked. The main point of the letter project I'm organizing is pretty much to write something up that shows the fandom's reasoning behind liking the show, and give those outside of it some insight as to why we like a show for little girls.
VastaKustutaI wanted to make it a fan project because one person speaking for a really big group is much less powerful than a group speaking for themselves, so the more bronies we have contributing and backing this the more weight it'll carry.
The raid that was mentioned was the spark that led to the idea, and it will be mentioned, but it's far from the main focus, so if you want to possibly contribute to a project that might give some good PR to the fandom, we'll be happy to accept your input.
Peace
The Vicky 2 mod is actually making progress beyond the initial stages? Oh... Yes.
VastaKustutaHe had the raid coming. Anyone who uses "queer" like its an insult, or endorses that use by a caller, deserves ALL of they hate they get.
VastaKustuta@Anonymous
VastaKustutaI agree that using queer as an insult is bad, but to paraphrase an enormous wall of text I messaged someone on Facebook, we're the dark horses in the public eye. They already have negative views of us, so no matter how justified we may or may not have been, it was in no way the smartest move we could have made regarding our image and getting accepted.
That, and the whole deal that being a brony is all about love and tolerance. That alone should be all we need think about to regret the raid. But if it's not enough, just remember that we need to put forth a good image if we want the haters to be learners.
Well... eh. Some folks went to their facebook page (for good reason) and loved and tolerated the shit out of them.
VastaKustutaI don't see what they did wrong.
As for the project to paint us in a different light, maybe for the sole purpose of spreading friendship & love. Otherwise, why is someone else's opinion so important?
Though, I understand. It's all with a good heart. I won't stand in the way; just voicing out an opinion.
@Anonymous
VastaKustutaI think that's a little harsh. The guys have a show to run, and they can't go picking a fight with every intolerant caller. However, I don't recall them ever using homosexuality as a slander themselves.
I'm on the fence on the whole apology thing too, they did trash us pretty hard.
VastaKustuta@Anonymous
VastaKustutaAs I said above, regardless of whether what we did was right or wrong, it only furthered the negative image those people had of us. Whether you believe we were justified or not, it didn't help our standing at all.
And yeah, I'm not sure about everybody else's reasoning, but the biggest reason I want bronies to gain a good reputation is to possibly spread the whole 'love and tolerance' ideal to people who don't want to give the show or the fandom a chance. A bit cheesy, maybe, but it's one of the main reasons I'm doing this.
@Sethisto
VastaKustutaAs I mentioned earlier, the apology is not really our prime concern. And again, even if they could be argued to have deserved a raid, it honestly made us all look pretty immature.
Plus, if it counts for anything, I emailed them my complaints, admitting to being one of the raiders and apologizing for my actions, and they were pretty cool about it all. Said something along the lines of "No worries, it's all good." Interpret that as you will.
awwwww yeah /b/ronydumb forevurrr
VastaKustutaI did see this happening, though I didn't hear the reason for it. I've never been one for raiding people but hell, if they slagged off the pony community we should let em know they're mis informed. Just not through raiding them. Since that merely proves their point. (presumably, anyway)
VastaKustutaHence I reckon letters might be a good idea.
I mean everyone's entitled to an opinion but yeah if this helps form it in a positive manner then go for it.
I myself plan to write an article for my uni magazine, which should be interesting if they accept and publish it. We'll see.
I'm in the middle too, with Seth and Nick lol like.. they DID say a lot of crap to us that WAS uncalled for, but how we solved the issue wasnt THE best way to deal with it, even if the had it coming XD I think we'll show them were more mature than that and HOPEFULLY the maturity will rub off on them(in a sense) :3
VastaKustuta@8ftmetalhead
VastaKustutaThe reason was a particularly nasty 5-10 minute segment in their morning show where they, as Sethisto so aptly put it, trashed the hell out of us. It was biased, prejudiced, and pretty closeminded. That's what drove me to participate in the raid myself.
Then, I realized that not only did that sort of retaliation go against the "Brony Code" as I think of it - love and tolerance and all that jazz - all it did was make us look bad.
And when you get that article finished, I'd love to see it. Should be an entertaining read.
Ponies in Vicky II? Epic!
VastaKustutaI am all for making the fans look good
VastaKustutabut I think weather that raid was right or wrong shouldn't affect anything.
It shouldn't have happened to begin with but there are always going to be haters about anything like it or not.
The best action is to simply ignore the hate because hate only has power if you let it and if you let hate have power over you you already let it win.
The best thing to do is set a good example so the haters don't have fodder to rip on us with without pulling shit out of there asses and making themselves look dumb in the non biased public and brony eye When they do use arguments pulled out of thin air with no facts to back them.
Think about it if a person bashes us really hard but there argument doesn't sound very strong the people that stumble onto there rant will look into mlp and hopefully if we all set a good example learn that there is nothing wrong with it.(possibly becoming bronies as well)
However if they look into it and all they see is drama they will assume we really are all closeted homosexuals that are butthurt about being outed by a radio station.
(possibly become haters themselves and harshly judging any bronies that they may find/already have in there family and friends)
This fan base is what we make it I say we make it awesome. Love and tolerance has gotten us through every storm thus far I see no reason it wont work in the future.
even the anonymouses(whut) are awesome :D <3
VastaKustutaSee ponychan, this is why your "love and tolerance" raids are idiotic, you are making things even worse.
VastaKustutaI hope you learned from this and stop with this kind of behavior and just ignore the haters from now on.
We need more bronies to make a WOT EU clan!
VastaKustutaPlease everypony come to PONY chan :)
Yeah, though they were out of line imo...what we did didn't help us in any way. The letter isn't about the apology, but getting this community seen for what it is really.
VastaKustutaDid Dave and Chuck happen to mention the facebook raid on their show yesterday (the 15th)? Also did anyone try to call in?
VastaKustuta*lights cigar*
VastaKustutaAlright everypony listen up. If we are gonna do this, were gonna do it RIGHT! The fellow's over at "World of Tanks" have given us some mighty spiffy tanks. Each featuring a pony of our choosing. Perfect, that way when we come rolling into the next town/city they'll know JUST who is in charge.
Unfortunately, we don't have the funds for actual, live ammo so somepony found these Metal Pony pins that are quite sharp. We will just throw a bunch of them in the tank barrels and cross our fingers. If all else fails we even got some MLP Yu-Gi-Oh cards to give them some serious paper cuts.
*puffs cigar*
Now, as for our uniforms we need something that shows everyone else just who they are messing with. It just so happens somepony found some skirts with our beloved ponies on them. Perfect, nothing says "I'm a Brony, watch out!" like a skirt. And, it will help with keeping your man parts cool in the tanks. It can get quite hot inside those suckers.
Last but not least, we need a strategy! Luck would have it, we got our hands on a MLP table top strategy game. Manipulating the living crap out of it, changing around some of the maps to be replica's of our targets, we should be able to formulate all our attacks to spread and tolerate love and friendship to every last living organism we can get out hooves on.
Now, are there any questions?
*puffs cigar*
Good, now Derpy, get this memo out to every Brony you can find. And if you can't find any more then give them to non-bronies with promises of cupcakes. Everybody loves cupcakes.
Inb4 ten thousand "Yi"-gi-oh fans raging over spelling
VastaKustuta@JaxsonJaguar
VastaKustutaBriefly. They basically said "The bronies are attacking us on facebook, it's awesome" Then one of them joked about retaliation.
Hey Sethisto, I know of two other comics that have brony artists
VastaKustutaHttp://egscomics.com
Http://fulltimeink.com/dino
No apologies from here. You reap what you sow.
VastaKustuta"Demons run when bronies go to war.
VastaKustutaNight will fall and drown the sun
when bronies go to war.
Friendship dies and tolerance lies —
Night will fall and the dark will rise
when bronies go to war.
Demons run, but count the cost.
The battle's won, but the cause is lost."
As much as I would like to say that we can just say sorry and this will go away, I don't think we can. Those two guys were just being haters. Weather or not they deserved to be raided is up to personal opinion but they got what they wanted: a reaction. Its all people like that want and whatever we do now will just be fuel to the fire. It could all just go away, but I doubt that it will.
VastaKustutaI don't really understand why are you all getting butthurt if some radio station ridicules your show and you?
VastaKustutaStop being so sensitive.
So is there any chance I can hear the broadcast?
VastaKustutai thought penny arcade already made comics about loving the ponies?
VastaKustutathe webcomic "least i could do" also has a little pony avatar beneath their comic right now.
Mess with a fandom you get the fan...gs
VastaKustutaA brony raid isn't actually an attack. It's a recruitment drive.
VastaKustutaMost bronies thought MLP:FiM another dumb show for little girls, until they tried it, and got hooked. It's a good guess that any community open to animated television will contain potential recruits, if you can convince them to try it.
Posting YouTube links to Episode #1 (or to Applebuck Season, which is probably a better starting point for skeptics) is a great way to spawn new bronies.
When will we be seeing an online Pony Card Game xD?
VastaKustutaI'd watch out what kinda fans i get if i were you, there are already a shit load of trolls and furries inside this fandom, we need more professional artists which can actually do stuff and not make a bad name for this
VastaKustuta@Anonymous
VastaKustutaA lot of the most proficient drawfriends are well-known furry artists, like Tsampikos.
And henceforth equestria was known as the celestial empire.
VastaKustutaI'm a professional wordsmith, a verbal ventriloquist. If we need to love and tolerate the shit out of anyone without pissing them off, I'd be happy to lend a word or two
VastaKustutaWhat was this radio station anyway? I'm feeling bad right now and I don't even know what's going on.
VastaKustuta@Anonymous
VastaKustutaNo! No! Don't watch out. We are open to everyone. Anyone who wants to love and tolerate sum poni can be in this game regardless of their past transgressions.
We must not hate! Hate is the mind killer, hate is the little death that brings total obliteration.
This is a bad path, we can't start inbreeding ideas and prejudice about anypony.
If those two had done even the smallest amount of research into the show, then they would've known this fanbase has deep roots in 4chan, and should've expected this result. To me they sound uneducated on the topic. Perhaps they need to be showed the magic of friendship, instead of showering them with hatred.
VastaKustutaWhat's this about a raid? Dammit guys, we're all about love and tolerance!
VastaKustutaI never thought it would turn into a raid.....I wish I'd never told folks to send emails....I feel really bad about the whole thing now
VastaKustutaAbout the haters: Don't feed the trolls. Just ignore them and go on our way.
VastaKustutaI was (and still am) so hyped after seeing that Sinfest-Strip. SO AWESOME!
VastaKustutaThe animal within is biting the dormant god.
VastaKustutaThis so called "raid" wasn't even a true raid. As a fellow "raider" I would know. I wasn't trying to annoy or anger Dave and Chuck, just post good pony pics. It wasn't really coordinated or anything(at least I wasn't with ponychan), some of us were just individuals upset by what they said.
VastaKustutaThe letter is a great idea but I don't think it should have an apology just yet.
Am I really the only person in this fandom that can't stand gays?
VastaKustutaWe need boxer shorts patterns for that Rainbow Dash fabric. Just think about it, you're in bed, you whip it off and BAM it'll be so awesome she'll be going "Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh" riding you like a sonic rainboom and your tiny penis will no longer matter.
VastaKustutaI apologize if this is intrusive, but here's what I would have said:
VastaKustutaAs part of the MLP: FiM adult fan community, I, and maybe others, feel that your statements were ignorant. While there are a number of less than family-friendly artists and fan fiction writers, you simply cannot base the image of the community on a single subset.
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is intended for younger audiences, but can be enjoyed by viewers of all ages. That is what I saw in it- in the age of Family Guy, South Park and other vulgar shows, a cartoon an adult can enjoy without the trash humor. Perhaps watching an episode or two, maybe even researching the fan contributions would have helped to form an educated opinion.
While you are entitled to your opinion, it is an unfounded one. We are good, hard-working people that have found a common interest in a cartoon about ponies and friendship. We want our fan community to be seen as a positive one, and your statements do little, if nothing to help that image.
Thank you.
The letter project is a horrible idea. Not only did they deserve everything that those bronies did, even if they did rush in head first without thinking and 'raid" them, but in their biased mind on what the world is this apology will just seem like we are saying, "Hey, you were right and our community is so lame that we can't take being banned for being wrong and we just want to listen to your wisdom on the radio and shit like that. Please unban us we are lame." Those radio hosts are assholes and if you ask me, we should just end it here. No apology, no listening to them again.
VastaKustutaA letter...hmmm...
VastaKustutaChallenge accepted.
Time to write something that makes the fandom look good, them feeling bad for insulting us and implying we welcome them with hugs and cupcakes to join our crusade for love and tolerance.
I think everypony is missing the point of the letter writing project, its more to show us in a positive light then it is to apologize for that "Raid".. Which wasn't a raid, it was a bunch of people posting pony pictures and expressing well written disspleasure with the radio station, kinda like you would do if your local government did something you thought was bad.
VastaKustutaA real raid is where you post pictures of gore and other shock imagery along with shock text and commit ddos etc etc. None of which we did.
Note: reading again, I do NOT support the idea of an "apology" letter, aimed specifically for the radio station.
VastaKustutaHowever I do support the idea of an open letter explaining the fandom the best we can. Such an open letter could be sent to both the radio station AND Wired.com, for example.
If the media is starting to focus on this fandom it is time we step out in the sunshine/moonlight and show ourselves, rather than waiting for outside spectators to spread biased information of us.
This is the final hour. Let's do it bronies. For the fandom, for each and every one of us, for ponies, for Equestria, FOR THE LUNAR EMPIRE !!!....
<.< >.>
Erm...I didn't mean that last part your Majesty, honestly, I was jus-NOOOOOOooooooo !!!!
...
*casually kicks away a moonrock*
Radio hosts are dumbasses anyway, they do anything for attention because if they can't get any, their ego's will burst AND they'll get fired.
VastaKustutaI didn't participate in this 'raid', but I'm supportive of standing up for yourself and your friends. As long as what is done to do that doesn't involve /b/-standard raiding, but more mature and positive actions, then I'm fully behind it.
Forget this 'raid', those guys are just attention-horse, they don't deserve anything.
As for the letter, make it an accurate write-up for Wired.com and other media outlets that are showing some intrigue in the fandom, and you've got my support. I don't think there should be an 'apology' for those DJs, they can deal with it.
How do you know the fandom found its roots within a chan, they 'raided' a critic.
VastaKustutaHow do you the show has gotten through to them, the 'raid' was 'tame'.
How do you know they are awesome, they apologise for going overboard.
I can just imagine some monstrosity hybrid between a troll and fluttershy: "LOL WTF... I mean, if you don't mind explaining yourself.."
Some bronies seemed concerned with the apology part of this letter. It was not meant to be the main focus, and was included because some of our members wanted to do so. As it is meant to be a group project, there is nothing wrong with commenting on the forums and stating you think the letter itself is a good idea, but that the apology should be omitted.
VastaKustutaI think the letter is a good idea. While it's true it wasn't an actual raid, it was spam. Spam will earn us no friends and no respect. I think if we deal with this maturely, we might some people on our side. Will Chuck and Dave apologize? Unlikely, but maybe if we have a letter easily viewable by the press, then perhaps we can avoid non-jerks from comparing us as Chuck and Dave did.
I'm just going to come out and express my disappointment for what I saw on Chuck and Dave's Facebook page. The guys are jerks, and have no clue what they're talking about, but posting on their facebook in an effort to "love and tolerate the shit out of" them isn't going to do anyone any good. There will always be people who don't care about ponies. There will always be people who don't understand ponies. I'd rather those people live their lives without ponies than live their lives hating ponies. In the words of one of the people who posted on Dave and Chuck's facebook page last night, "What's with all the pony shit?"
VastaKustutaIf people like the show, they'll watch it. If not, let them be.
@Walter44
VastaKustutaI know! Not even the Prince if Darkness can resist ponies!
So, after raiding them with pony, we are going to raid them with I'm sorry letters? I LIKE THIS PLAN!
VastaKustutaGuys, you're all forgetting the most important part of this update! Pony Victoria II mod!
VastaKustutaNEW PONY PINS
VastaKustuta@Anonymous
VastaKustutaThat's exactly the kind of mindset we should avoid. Bronies are all about love and tolerance, not getting people with talent to try and make us look good.
@AliceInChains
Wonderful. Feel free to sign up and lend a hand, if you haven't already. We'd be happy to have you.
@Chris Lowrey
I'm not going to clutter the comments section with debate over whether or not an apology is appropriate, but I did make a topic in the forum specifically for that purpose. If you'd like, feel free to pop in and give us your two cents.
@Anonymous
Well, congrats on not really reading any of the comments or looking into the forum at all. The apology is being debated right now in the forum, so we may or may not include it in the final project, but regardless of if it is or not, it's not the main purpose of the letter at all. The main purpose is essentially to make bronies look good.
@crazyredemu
As funny as that plan is, nope. The apology might not even make it in, depending on what everypony else on the forum decide on. The letter isn't going to be directed at anyone in particular, although some parts might acknowledge specific actions some of us have taken.
Idiotic intolerance in the media. Eeeyup.
VastaKustutaI've been around the furry fandom for over a decade, myself, and this just sounds like the same old thing. Cue Floyd's Us and Them now.
I did see that some brony changed his name IRL. The next steps, everypony, are the individuals that are out to get attention for themselves by making this a new 'lifestyle', which will start coming out of the woodwork.
My advice is to be ready to tolerate their kind (or ignore them which is what I tend to do) and ignore the constant flame wars that will occur for a few years to come. Its the only way to survive and still be a fan.
But then I'm a bit jaded which is why I need my MLP: FiM every once in awhile to melt the bitterness.
@Anonymous
VastaKustutaBest comment about that whole issue yet. A shame we have to concentrate on that and not Victoria II.
@Anonymous
VastaKustutaI think so. So far, every brony I've seen were tolerant of everyone, and that's refreshing to see when all the regular sites like Youtube has so much prejudice that it's not even funny anymore. So what's bad about the majority of the fandom tolerating gays?
I don't mean to preach or anything and you're free to judge others as you will, dude, I won't hold it against you. I'm just sick and tired of all the hate debate online.
Love and tolerance has taught me that much. We're all one and the same, after all ;D
You actually linked to my Pony Vicky 2 mod? <3 Thanks seth!
VastaKustutahttp://www.89xradio.com/morningx.asp
VastaKustutaAre these the guys everyone's talking about? I have no idea because I don't listen to the radio.
@Anonymous
VastaKustutaThem's the ones. Dave and Chuck are the folks on the morning show who hosted the segment on it.
@NovaCoru
VastaKustutaYou! I was the one who showed it to Seth, because it's awesome and everone needs to know about it! I've played about three whole games with your pony mod so far, it's pretty awesome. I was even thinking about joining the paradox forums just so I post in that thread my thoughts about the mod.
Well, at least this little raid was more warranted for than Vancouver's riot, though not the best reaction possible. Strange timing with these two events though.
VastaKustutaAnd we should be apologizing to some un-funny shock-jocks WHY exactly?
VastaKustuta@Wheelworld
VastaKustutaHate to come off as short-tempered or anything, but have you looked into this at all? I know I've at least given a short explanation here in the comments, and the forum itself has plenty of explanation, and even a short thread where we decided whether or not to apologize and why.
Still love you, but really now. Do some research before speaking; that's exactly why we had beef with Dave and Chuck.
@Nick
VastaKustutaLooked into this? yeah, some radio people said something unfunny and some bronies decided to spam ponies instead of leaving well enough alone. now they want to send an apology letter. they should never have raided in the first place but if all the messages are deleted they really don't have anything to be APOLOGIZING about. this whole thing is being blown way out of proportion I think.
@Wheelworld
VastaKustutaI'd like to apologize in advance if this post sounds harsh, it wasn't my intention.
It's cool, we both got a tad irritated. No worries. I'll very shortly summarize why we should apologize:
VastaKustutaWhether you try and justify our actions or not, the fact is that the radio station and its viewers saw our response and it solidified their opinions of us as immature. If for no other reason than to counteract some bad PR, we need to apologize to show that we're willing to accept responsibility when we mess up and try to improve ourselves.
If you still disagree, sorry. Not much else I can do to convince you.
Well, if the apology actually changes some opinions, then more power to ya!
VastaKustuta@AFistfulofApples
VastaKustutaThanks a bunch <3 That really means a lot :3
@NovaCoru
VastaKustutaI hope you'll continue to work on the mod! I think I *will* join the paradox forums so I can tell you my experiences with it.