Anyone on the thread at the moment play the original Rayman? Amazing game, I must say.

edited 20th Jul '12 2:15:56 PM by SuperGex

I'm back! What I miss?

@Gex: Yep. Good game. Very difficult, though.

Hi, Applelight. An old friend contacting you like that is awesome!

Not much love for the crazy Pinkamena pic, I guess.

Evening Ponyfolk.

Applelight, that's fantastic that your old friend reached out to you! I wish him the best of luck over in Disney World.

@ Sydxelia Caption for that pic: "Welcome to the Herd"

Thank you guys.

What crazy pinkamena pic?

Hey, Applelight, didn't you say that you would take care of me after I said that I was shagging your waifu?

Also, which is better, Madagascar 3 or Amazing Spider-Man?

edited 20th Jul '12 2:20:37 PM by SuperGex

@ Applelight: Here.

@ Gex:

@Nom I'd suggest P Ming Mousa the pic.

The troper drawings thing started a while ago, it just got added more to last night.

Syd, didn't you catch my caption?

I did, thanks.

Oh, yeah, for Pinkie's party, which inanimate guest was supposed to map to each pony?

Like the flour sack being Rarity and the rocks being RD, I think.

edited 20th Jul '12 2:26:12 PM by crowlover

I expect Madame Le Flour mapped to Rarity and rocky was either meant to replace Dashie or AJ.

@crow I don't think they were supposed to be expies of the mane 6, considering that some of them were "male" and that Rocky was an obvious expy of, well, Rocky.

edited 20th Jul '12 2:28:41 PM by PerpetualLurker

I'm still working on my Pony Emblem idea. I've got a basic plot outline for the first two acts now, done a couple crummy character sketches, and am starting to think about side quests. Right now I'm thinking about how to turn Sonic Rainboom into a mission. I'm thinking something like this:

The map is made up of a long twisty valley with a throne at the end and mountains on either side of the valley. Rainbow is supposed to be competing against those three guys that kept hassling her in the episode, who were previously established in an earlier chapter to have been part of the same squadron as her, but she went left them to protect a village from Nightmare Moon's forces when they wanted to bail.

The fliers are supposed to be competing to reach the throne first, but bandits have attacked the competition to try and claim the prize for themselves, and have set up ballistas on the cliffs surrounding the valley. Your ground forces have to move along the cliffs taking out the ballistas while Rainbow and any other fliers you have move down the valley fighting bandits and trying to reach the throne before the three jerks do (who are neutral NPCs and also fighting the bandits on the way).

If you reach the throne first, you win a Red Gem (or some ponified equivalent), which can be sold for a nice sum of gold (bits). If you reach the throne first, and keep all three of the jerks alive, the jerks will apologize to Rainbow and give her an Elysian Whip, the upgrade item that gives Pegasus Knights like Rainbow a class promotion.

This sidequest would probably take place early in Act 2, when things have calmed down after Luna's restoration and Celestia is sending Twilight around to collect magical artifacts for no apparent purpose.

@ Gex

Oh yeah...

I have to say that Pinkie's breakdown in "Party of One" was pretty freaky.

Still, I would say that carnival music is Pinkie Pie's leitmotif - even creepy carnival music!

So, it seems I've got the whole apartment to myself the weekend. Now I just need to figure out what to do with the freedom. I mean I could watch ponies all night, but I should probably go out and do something more productive. What say you, ponyfolk?

edited 20th Jul '12 2:47:10 PM by Drenius

Go out and do something productive while watching ponies.

I have to say that Pinkie's breakdown in "Party of One" was pretty freaky.

If I was Rainbow Dash, I would have Sonic Rainboomed my plot out of there.

Kind of hard to do both without a portable media device, crow... Besides, people might mistake me for a creep.

edited 20th Jul '12 2:50:02 PM by Drenius

I think the music is what really sells the breakdown. Even without any of the dialogue, the bgm makes it clear that pretty much all of her brain screws are coming out of their sockets.

Fine.

Do something productive, but leave enough time for ponies.

edited 20th Jul '12 2:52:21 PM by crowlover

I'm back from my epic long quest full of setbacks to see The Dark Knight Rises.