Seriously, I'm completely stumped.
On with the news, where I break every journalistic rule on the planet.
Forbidden Planet Stocks Ponies
A store over in New York that usually specializes in Geek culture merchandise has started stocking Friendship is magic stuff! Looks like we are creeping even further into the mainstream. Forbidden Planet is known for following all sorts of nerdy trends, be it Star Wars or Doctor Who. The fact that My Little Pony is worthy of cultural status outside of Know Your Meme is pretty huge.
Ponies in EGS
Actually, this page looks familiar! I think ponies already have popped up here previously. But regardless , Egscomics has dropped a pony tattoo on to one of their characters. You can find the page here!
Celestia Medium Redux .5 Font Released
Not much to say here! Another version of Celestia Medium has been released. You can find the link for it here!
Dungeons and Dragons Pony Analysis
A blog called Lurking Rhythmically is currently digging in to each of the mane six and assigning them dungeons and dragons classes based upon their different personality types. If anything, it's a fun read. You can find it all here!
German League of Legends Pony Clan
Another brony clan is looking for more! this time straight from Germany. You can find their hang out in this thread!
Singapore Releases McDonalds Ponies
Looks like Singapore is being invaded by the surprisingly awesome Mcdonalds toys that all of us over in the states were clamoring for a few months ago. Good luck guys! You can find guides buried in that search box somewhere!
More Ask X Pony Blogs!
Apparently there are a few more blogs out there dedicated to the questions and art thing! You can find them listed below!
Big Mac
Twilight Sparkle
Fluttershy
Blind Bag Boxes Come with One of Each Pony
Apparently the actual boxes for the blind bag ponies don't come mixed like traditional "blind" style collectables (Trading cards, pogs, ect). Each box comes with exactly 1 of each of the 24 ponies. I guess this could be useful for you collectors out there!
You can also find the fronts/backs of the cards included with every single character here!
Another MTG Pony Set
>Sacrifice the Great and Powerful Trixie
Yah, like that's gonna happen.
There are some pretty cool cards in the set, but the best character of all sure did get shafted!
You can find all of them here!
Over 9000 Pony Images on Know Your Meme
Sounds like my pony folder... hell the number of images uploaded to this site alone has already broken 8k. You ponies and your drawing! Madness I say! There was a pretty massive boost thanks to the training grounds though.
Official Pony Fair
Tomorrow is the day of the official My Little Pony Fair at the Hasbro Headquarters in (on? Its a state, does it cheat?! I dunno!) Rhode Island. Apparently there are a whole bunch of bronies attending this one. I know three personally who were on their way over there today. Hopefully you guys can dig up some neat news for me to post!
Team Fortress Two Ponyville Map Updated
Apparently I was sent the wrong version for that Team Fortress Two map earlier in the day. The new link can be found in the thread here!
Also a new video!
Equestria Daily News
The Newly named Q&Neigh earlier was pretty ridiculously successful! Almost too much so. I wasn't ready for that, at all.
Next time I'll have a template ready to drop things into. Sorry about the chaos of it. Either Cereal or Phoe are up to bat for the next one. I haven't seen Tek on in a few days, so no telling when he will do one! He does that though, crazy Tek. I thought he died last time! Pretty scary!
And that's it for the news! Hope everyone enjoys the ridiculously cute ponies blushing image after last night's DEMONSHY fiasco.
61 comments:
The BB ponies are kind of annoying, actually. Only 4 body types FFS.
ReplyDeleteAnd that map still needs work.
Go EGS! Dan Shive is the reason I got into ponies.
ReplyDeleteCute picture, my mind instantly races to the gutter though.
ReplyDeleteCant wait to try out the TF2 ponyville map
ReplyDeleteMan Seth, when you choose something to obsess over you go full throttle huh?
ReplyDeleteAnyways, that Q&Neigh (TEE HEE) thing looked pretty awesome, I never got a chance to ask a question as I was late but I won't be next time! Oh Cereal and/or Phoe, imma probe your brain so good >:)
WHY THE FUCK IS FLUTTERSHY A RECOLORED RAINBOW DASH!??!!?
ReplyDelete>There are some pretty cool cards in the set, but the best character of all sure did get shafted!
ReplyDelete1) Trixie is the third-worst character, not the best.
2) If you think that's a terrible effect to have, you've never played magic and should refrain from commenting on things in which you have no experience.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteNot everyone has played magic if they`re nerdy.
Who would create such a picture?
ReplyDeleteJust forcing someone to look at it causes them to keel over with HNNNNNNNNGGs
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAgreed, this is an injustice to the almighty Fluttershy. :(
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteIf you think that is a good effect, then you clearly haven't played magic at any sort of competitive level. It is just win more, it won't actually win games unless you are already winning and in control. Especially when there is mindlaver which does the exact same thing without the mana restrictions and for 4 colorless less to activate the ability.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteHehe, come on man. Don't get so worked up about it. :)
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteSame here, I became a brony shortly after EGS had the first pony related sketchbook entry with Grace as a pony.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteShe is sacrificed! I'd say that's shafted regardless of how powerful an effect it is!
Ooh, ooh, I want a Blind Bag Box now. :D
ReplyDeleteAnd an official My Little Pony Fair you say? Darn, I really wish I were closer. If I weren't so far away I'd so be there in an instant.
And aww, I liked the other name for the Q&A portions, but that one's good too.
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm pretty sure an 8 mana effect on a 2/2 creature that already cost 6 mana to play is overboard. Almost every competitive deck in the game could deal with that in some way.
Maybe I'm just missing something because I'm tired, but I can't find the pony stuff on Forbidden Planet.
ReplyDelete@Sethisto
ReplyDeleteDies to removal.
Thanks Seth for telling the others about Singapore and ponies. I never thought you'd read mah email. Rarely anyone wants them, so I stand a good chance on getting them.
ReplyDeletePonifying Singapore won't be easy, but Ill try my best.
The DnD articles were pretty interesting. They did match the characters very well. I like the thought of Rarity being a secret rogue.
ReplyDeleteAny brony going to that fair, or any event actually, remember the rules of successful outdoor bronydom:
ReplyDelete1: dont be creepy
2: good manners at all times
3: not everyone likes FiM as much as you, relax and let it slide.
4: srsly, don't be creepy
Have fun!
I really like these "ask x" blogs. The Applebloom one is the cutest so far, though!
ReplyDeleteAww, I thought Fluttershy would be a better artist.
Ponies in Singapore?
ReplyDeletePONIES IN SINGAPORE!
@Alexander Gan Zhong Ping
Don't worry bro, you ain't alone!
@Alexander Gan Zhong Ping
ReplyDelete@Unknown
cool, singaporean bronies!
@Alexander
ReplyDeleteYou mean the Mcdonalds Happy Meals are in Singapore, or just a black market availability thing?
Sweet Celestia, that picture is the most.. There's just not enough words to describe it!
ReplyDeleteNAYC!
ReplyDeleteI love the Ask Applebloom blog, the pic of her writing an abusive letter to Princess Celestia is pretty much my favourite thing on the internet right now.
ReplyDeleteAnd great that Forbidden Planet NY are stocking ponies, hopefully that means Forbidden Planet London will too when they arrive over here. Seems like geek store staff will be more understanding of people hunting through blind bags with the codes looking for a particular pony than a regular toy shop would be.
"...can I help you, sir?"
"Yes, I'm interested in a My Little Pony toy. For my... niece. Yeah, let's go with that."
"Well of course sir, but why are you going through all our boxes with a print-out of serial numbers?"
"My niece... my niece just really likes Fluttershy, okay? She emphatically put it to me that she would like to have Fluttershy. And she gave me these codes she found on the internet. Kids are smart these days, you know? Look, just shut up and help me search."
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteI think you just cracked the code to life, right there.
have ya'll noticed this yet? brony got a little mention on Failblog/Bros
ReplyDeletehttp://bros.failblog.org/2011/07/08/brotip-my-little-brony-crash-course/
@Anonymous
ReplyDeleteMcdonalds Happy Meals are in Singapore.
Just got myself Cheerilee.
Ponies in Forbidden Planet? Finally, A place I can go to by ponies without the risk of being labeled a freak. At least until I leave, and then probably just as much as usually. Now I just have to hope they stock them over here.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Trixie lets you control another [i]player[/], while Twilight is only a scry and draw?! This, gentlemen, will not do. Not at all.
ReplyDeleteStrange...I didn't see anything on Forbidden Planet.
ReplyDeleteI looked over the grab back pictures and I see no Luna or Celestia. I cry foul! They put ponies in there that are not even shown in the show and leave out all of our favorites from the show. FOUL! BOO! Fire your dumb marketing department! Get people who have an IQ bigger then their shoe size and pay attention to what the people willing to spend money want to spend money on.
ReplyDeleteSo, what's with the first picture, and why is it so cute?
ReplyDeleteI checked out Fluttershy's blog, and seeing people essentially asking her which CMC she'd save if there were an accident and she could only save one made me really sad. Why would you ask her this?! You monsters!
ReplyDeleteMy GOD, I have not read EGS in a millennium or so.
ReplyDeleteHmm.
ReplyDeleteapprently that ask twilight has links to other ask blog thingies
the only one i saw that was working was ask derpy.
PINKIE PIE, Y U NO NOM TAIL?!
ReplyDeletePony conga line!
ReplyDeleteSorry my mind is so deep in the gutter i can't stop laughing at that picture. RD is like "WTF Pinkie Pie I don't swing that way!"
ReplyDelete@Unknown
ReplyDeleteHow ironic. I too got Cherilee. Feel like selling it on eBay. I would've asked for Twilight Sparkle, but then again. Anyway, glad to see SOMEONE in Singapore who's a brony.
@Anonymous
No, they're official McDonalds toys. Sold with Happy Meals alright.
OH MY GOD PONIES IN SINGAPORE
ReplyDeleteBRB BUYING A HAPPY MEAL TOMORROW
@Alexander Gan Zhong Ping
ReplyDeleteThere's probably a schedule for them, selling each ponies for a certain amount of time.
I hope they have the full set! :3
I don't know if this counts as news but I'm in a mlp:fim guild on neopets. It has about 11 members and it was started on the 6th. This is the only active mlp:fim guild that I know on neopets xD
ReplyDelete(I'm Princess Luna in the guild and my username is skypaw298)
awesome map, w/ dem flying ponies YO!!!!!
ReplyDelete(HuffytheMagicDragon)
Twilight is thinkin' "WTF?"
ReplyDeleteApplejack looks completely enamored
Rarity looks like she thinks she's posing with the others
Fluttershy thinks "everypony else is, I should, too"
Rainbow Dash looks like she's just trollin' for teh lulz
And Pinkie Pie is just being Pinkie Pie
@Sethisto
ReplyDeleteTrixie has been Updated!
ALL of the cards will be updated today, in no particular order.
I do listen to your comments, and do take your suggestions.
Man I really need a blind bag box. I keep checking online retailers and Hasbro's site everyday to no avail. I need to find a shop where I can import from the UK
ReplyDeleteSilly Yotsuba, you're not a pony
ReplyDeleteOMG, when Fluttershy tells that dragon off, I just melt. I fall in love with her all over again. Rarity is my fave pony, but man...Fluttershy is the SH*T (manure?)
ReplyDeleteEquestria Daily linked to my blog!
ReplyDeleteOH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH!
Thank you so much for noticing my efforts and mentioning them. I've tried to be good about crediting artists by linking to their art instead of just copying it, but if anyone feels they need a shout-out by name just tell me and I'll be happy to do so, because I'm all about giving credit where due.
I hope you have as much fun reading the series as I did writing it!
+1 totally need a Blind Bag Box.
ReplyDeleteNo MLPFIM merch on the website.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.google.com/search?q=my+little+pony+site%3Afpnyc.com
Is Equestria Daily trolling us? or tricking us to head to Broadway and 13th Street just to get laughed at? I suppose I'll find out when I go there this week.
@Fallin' Winter
ReplyDeleteThanks, I'm glad you liked my interpretation! It seems to have caused a lot of arguments on various forums, though.
But I wonder if my interpretation of Dashie will cause more controversy.
What a great read on D&D ponies. I agree with his perception of the mane six as a functional party.
ReplyDelete>You control target player during their next turn.
ಠ_à²
And people complain that WotC write the worst cards. Thankfully it's not in the hands of fans.
@ProfesorRod
ReplyDelete...Really?
Trixie is just the creature version of a card made bu WotC which does the same thing for less mana.
http://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/details.aspx?name=Mindslaver
:/
There's only one of each in the boxes? Great, now I'll feel guilty for depriving someone when I grab than #4....
ReplyDeleteThe McDonaldses here (Ireland) are doing Kung Fu Panda at the moment. Next up is Smurfs.
Woo just went to Forbidden Planet. They had all the regular ponies including cheerilee and then they had the posable shine bright ponies. Bought a Rarity and Pinkie without shame at the register. The cashier looked like he aged 10 years when I bought them and tried not to say anything.
ReplyDeleteOn the EGS thing:
ReplyDeleteOne, it's only a gag for the Q&A;
Two, he has drawn pony art before, something to do with Fallout and Daria.