Xortberg Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 What's this about brony meltdowns? My PC was dead for a couple days so I missed it. Well, first there was one new character confirmed to be having VA work done right now, but the big deal is the character he was first seen with was a new alicorn so people are bitching that Celestia and Luna aren't the only ones now. Princess Cadence isn't confirmed, as far as I know, but it's pretty heavily implied to she'll probably be real. Next, Pony Archive received a Cease and Desist order from an email that seems to check out and be legitimately from Hasbro's lawyers, and instead of ceasing, desisting, or being intelligent human beings, two of the admins basically responded with "Fuck you, we aren't stopping." Like, I don't remember their actual response, but they were disrespectful, snarky assholes about it. The other admins, as far as I know, disagreed and left, but it's still a stupid fucking reaction from them and is probably gonna have some serious backlash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Lawl, so they're pissed about a new alicorn? Seems odd given that little Pluto had such a positive reaction. And as for the cease and desist, that's just not smart, though I can understand why they may be like that. Key word being may. The people that had all the pony episodes removed off of youtube a while ago were not Hasbro it seems, but trolls, which sucks as the person I watched the episodes from was getting over a million views on some of the episodes. Assuming they're assuming it's the same people, I can understand the reaction, though still not smart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 The thing is, according to one of the admins, it seems to be a legit letter, and the email address comes from a very legit-looking website. And I mean it when I say they reacted like children. I'll see if I can't find a copypasta of their response, but if I don't, suffice to say they were snarky immature douchebags about it. EDIT: Response below. In addition to behaving like children, their spelling was pretty laughable. I pretty much have no respect for the two admins that thought this was a good idea. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: Infringement of Hasbro Inc.’s MY LITTLE PONY® Copyrights and Trademarks Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:47:32 +0100 From: [CENSORED] Hi Thanks for your consern. Since we are merely spreading friendship and magic we feel that we're protected by princess Celestia herself. Also, we are not based in the US - so US law does not apply to us. Please feel free to download the episodes from our website in order to learn about accepting, friendship and happyness too. Have a nice one :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 16, 2011 Author Share Posted December 16, 2011 Oh, I had no doubt that it was legitimately Hasbro, just saying I could understand someone being skeptical based on that happening. Either way, though, there's no call for such behaviour and it does nothing but harm bronies and fandoms in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesseboyd7 Posted December 16, 2011 Share Posted December 16, 2011 http://generalzoi.de...rsion-254295904 Going through a watched deviant artist's fav and found this. Thought you guys might be interested. Finally got the chance to play around with the program. That pretty much fits me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nope. Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 I know this was on Equestria Daily and it's fan-made, but I felt like posting it here anyway since it was pony-related (well, duh!). I... I mean... if you don't mind... >.> Fluttershy = Ultimate Ass Kicker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 ...Beware the nice ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 Fluttershy and a Zaku II in the same video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxMcCloud Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 So my patches came in a few days ago. Going to attach them to my gear, and the vehicle decals have been placed. Expect pictures in the coming days. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 17, 2011 Author Share Posted December 17, 2011 (edited) So my patches came in a few days ago. Going to attach them to my gear, and the vehicle decals have been placed. Expect pictures in the coming days. Bueno. Oh yeah, I also forgot to post this. DJ was playing this on TF2 earlier, and the entire time it was playing everyone was laughing, and I was honestly seeing this as a real episode inside my head. The guy pretty much nailed the voices. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3T03u_akik Edited December 17, 2011 by Vydrach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Did the brony topic just die? I thought they were supposed to show an episode during the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. N Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Did the brony topic just die? I thought they were supposed to show an episode during the weekend. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpjhiVtECuU You were sayin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deploy Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Can you guys think inside the chimney? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Can you guys think inside the chimney? No, and this makes me a sad colt. On the upside, I am now the proud, legal owner of Season 1 of FiM, and have a season pass for season 2. In HD, in a format that will go onto my iPod. And all it cost was $90. No more youtube ripped episodes for this colt. And as an added bonus, it seems to be giving me the SD versions as well. *Que the royal Canterlot voice* TIME TO MAKE DVD'S SO I CAN HAVE A PHYSICAL COPY, AND WATCH IT THROUGH MY TV! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Double post for actual update. Pony music mod for Skyrim. There's also other mods that change the horses to the ponies from the show, but still the same body shape, just different coat colours with cutie marks. Download is in video description. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mr. N Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm currently in the process of making some pony mods for Amnesia: The Dark Descent...unfortunately because I'm now typing with my 3DS (Cause I ain't got computer access til tomorrow), I cannot post any previews but all I can say is 'Not for bronies that didn't like reading Cupcakes' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 http://www.equestria...arty-calls.html It's official. Germany is the greatest country in the world. Brbgettingapassport EDIT: Moar news. Pony Archive is down for reals, and once again, they're being utter children about it. Their page now reads: Fuck you, Hasbro. Dear Celestia, Today we learned that Hasbro, are no real bros. They are indeed proper wankers. We were only trying to spread the word that friendship is magic, and then these twats came along with their fancy threat-letters. Please, banish HasNObro to the hell-holes forever. Yours truly Pony Mc Archiveington --- Yeah, I'm glad I never used that site, if this is how the administration for it behaves. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nope. Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Wow. Way to go, Ponyarchive. ._. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 EDIT: Moar news. Pony Archive is down for reals, and once again, they're being utter children about it. Their page now reads: Fuck you, Hasbro. Dear Celestia, Today we learned that Hasbro, are no real bros. They are indeed proper wankers. We were only trying to spread the word that friendship is magic, and then these twats came along with their fancy threat-letters. Please, banish HasNObro to the hell-holes forever. Yours truly Pony Mc Archiveington --- Said it before, and I'll say it again. This kind of attitude can only harm bronies. As I haven't gone there, I'm assuming Pony Archive features downloads for the episodes. Quite understandable that it's taken down given that Hasbro now has a retail distribution of the episodes. Quit being greedy, pull a Rarity, go to Hasbro and say, Because Hasbro making money is what keeps the show going and leads to new seasons. Hasbro stops making money, they no longer have a reason to keep the show going, as it's now a cash sink for them. Speaking of, an idea I enjoyed from ponychan about this long ago, if you don't actually want the toys, but want to help keep Hasbro green-lighting ponies, buy the toys, donate them to a children's charity. Hasbro gets their money, poor children get toys, and you can feel good about yourself in the fact you helped give children toys, and Hasbro is that much more likely to green-light ponies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 As I haven't gone there, I'm assuming Pony Archive features downloads for the episodes. Yeah, Pony Archive had direct downloads, streams, torrents, and they accepted donations. It was only a matter of time before someone took issue with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 :/ Might be a matter of time before same thing happens to the episodes on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xortberg Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nah, not as likely. The Youtube episodes are free advertisement for the toys, and the uploaders aren't distributing them or making a profit for it. It's a possibility, but I think if it was going to be done it would have happened LONG before now. Unless this is a precursor to a season DVD release, but that's unlikely for a variety of reasons at this point in time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Well, I'm gonna go check out the show. EDIT: 10 minutes! 10 freaking minutes and I'm hooked already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vy'drach Posted December 20, 2011 Author Share Posted December 20, 2011 Nah, not as likely. The Youtube episodes are free advertisement for the toys, and the uploaders aren't distributing them or making a profit for it. It's a possibility, but I think if it was going to be done it would have happened LONG before now. Indeed, youtube just creates more fans at this point. In order to be a problem for them, people have to download a program that allows one to "rip" youtube videos, which not everyone has and youtube and the uploaders have no control over that. Well, I'm gonna go check out the show. EDIT: 10 minutes! 10 freaking minutes and I'm hooked already! Thought you already watched the show and liked it? Also, I remember when your Steam name had you proclaiming yourself as the anti-pony, iirc. These turn of events lead to my non-mocking amusement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xidphel Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 Oh right! I'm supposed to make sense in life. Anyways, I threw away the "Complaining about shows you don't watch" trope when I realized might not be as bad as I thought it would be. Everything else, I looked up on tvtropes. I just started watching the show and I'm up to that welcome party. Already I find Pinkie annoying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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