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#295476 storyyeller Tue, 23rd Oct '12 2:57:31 PM from Appleloosa

When you say it like that, I can't help but think of Equius now.

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#295477 Super Gex Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:03:18 PM from Free Country USA

I found Ginger on Derpi.

I bet that the context for that statement is hilarious.

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#295478 condottiera Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:04:16 PM from Chicago

D—> Ponies are STRONG.

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#295479 Sydxelia Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:04:37 PM

Say, does anyone think Diamond Tiara is a Changeling?

I heard claims that in "Ponyville Confidential", there's this one shot where her eyes were glowing green...like a Changeling!

I think you're reading too much into it. The glowing green eyes were just to show that Diamond Tiara is one evil little rhymes with "witch."

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#295480 Purple Dalek Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:06:54 PM from the Moon

Stitch?

Beautiful word, shenanigans.

#295481 Super Gex Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:07:45 PM from Free Country USA

Oh come on, why you gotta be so cryptic? We all know you were gonna say 'ditch'.

edited 23rd Oct '12 3:08:00 PM by SuperGex

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#295482 Applelight Limited Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:11:15 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

That's the best idea actually. An EP can be an amazing shot with his legs.

Also, is the name Sea Biscuit trademarked? Might make a good nautical EP name.

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#295483 ATC Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:19:59 PM

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#295484 storyyeller Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:23:59 PM from Appleloosa

I bet that the context for that statement is hilarious.

What context? You're already past me in Homestuck.

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#295485 Super Gex Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:26:19 PM from Free Country USA

@story I meant your statement.

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#295486 storyyeller Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:29:14 PM from Appleloosa

Just look at the bottom of the last page.

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#295487 Sydxelia Tue, 23rd Oct '12 3:32:39 PM

I'm fine.

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Daring Do and Lyra Croft.

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Sparity.

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I'm only buying this if my car can teleport.

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Take them all!

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#295488 Meta Four Tue, 23rd Oct '12 5:21:13 PM from riding the wave

Re: archer ponies. There's at least one native South American tribe (assuming The Mission didn't make this bit up) that used huge longbows by lying on their backs, holding the bow with their feet, and using their arms to pull the string to their chest. A similar tactic could work for ponies.

That would be running a punchline into the ground.

#295489 the Librarian Tue, 23rd Oct '12 5:37:30 PM from his own little world

Yeah, I remember that there was a weapon like that in Hero, too.

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#295490 Seraphem Tue, 23rd Oct '12 5:39:53 PM from Delamare

Archer ponies work in teams of two, on has the bow mounted on their back, the other draws and aims

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#295491 the Librarian Tue, 23rd Oct '12 5:45:16 PM from his own little world

I remember that Equestria-Prevails had ponies using arbalests instead of straight-up bows. I'd concur with that, because it's a lot easier to draw and cock a crossbow with hooves than it is to draw and fire a bow, unless you're a unicorn.

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#295492 Applelight Limited Tue, 23rd Oct '12 5:47:19 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Interesting...real medieval/renascence crossbows didn't have a gun like trigger...they just had a big metal strip...maybe it could work in a ponies hooves.

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#295493 Bluespade Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:01:58 PM from Fort Worth, Texas

There's at least one native South American tribe (assuming The Mission didn't make this bit up) that used huge longbows by lying on their backs, holding the bow with their feet, and using their arms to pull the string to their chest. A similar tactic could work for ponies.

YES. That's exactly how I imagine Straight Arrow uses her bow.

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#295494 Japanese Teeth Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:15:20 PM from Meinong's jungle

That's really the only practical way I could imagine it working. Although I think functionally it would end up being closer to a ballista than a bow and arrow. Slower to fire than arrows (it can't be a quick reload unless you have help), but a lot more power.

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#295495 storyyeller Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:15:59 PM from Appleloosa

Maybe they have special harnesses to operate the bows. Sort of like with cameras.

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#295496 Applelight Limited Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:16:50 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

What about flintlock era firearms? That shoot potatoes?

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#295497 Pykrete Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:19:05 PM from Viridian Forest

The thing is, a foot bow is fine for infantry vs. infantry when you're firing into a crowd at long distance, but it's another thing entirely to aim at a specific target that way.

I imagine Blossomforth would be a showoff and do this:

edited 23rd Oct '12 6:19:43 PM by Pykrete

#295498 Orion Aurora Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:19:27 PM from Andromeda Galaxy

Evening everypony. What's going on?

Yeah, Andromeda is heading for you. You got over 9000 years until it collides.

#295499 Pykrete Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:19:59 PM from Viridian Forest

Pony shoots the bow. How do?

#295500 Kyler Thatch Tue, 23rd Oct '12 6:22:24 PM from the event horizon

I would ask whether they even have gunpowder, but I think Trixie had a stock of fireworks for her traveling show?

I guess there's also Pinkie's party cannon.

Realistically, though, even if you're just firing potatoes, if you launch them at a high enough speed (like, I dunno, firing them out of a gunpowder-filled tube), I can imagine shattering bones with it.

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