I like the Popeye idea.

Terrifying presence. The best perk in the game.

The one where you can threaten people unarmed and they'll still flee. Of course unarmed is the only way to play that game.

edited 6th Feb '12 2:48:36 PM by Badwolfwho

Thanks Drenius!

Think it should be Spinich?

It would have to be apples.

... What the hell did I miss? Whining over names? Game theory? Huh?

You people are going by too fast for me to keep up when I have to leave. XD

Spinach? Maybe. I like the shout out, but I think I prefer the idea of allowing the P Cs to choose a trademark favorite food of some sort, rather than limiting them.

edited 6th Feb '12 2:51:36 PM by Drenius

Super Apple Power activate!

Food powers:

Carrots give you night eyes, apples make you diease resistant (keeps the doctor away), energy drinks give you a speed bonus...

@Appelight: Thanks.

@Drenius: First century historical religious literature. Long story.

Interesting! Are you majoring in religious studies or in seminary, or was this a lark? You don't have to answer if you'd prefer not to, I'm simply too curious for my own good.

edited 6th Feb '12 3:19:55 PM by Drenius

Well get home to all sorts of great news. Rumor about Derpy staying Derpy for good, and Acustic Brony finally released his Pinkie Pie theme. yay!

Religious studies, yeah. I don't bring it up often because discussing religion on the internet rarely if ever ends well. That and I don't want to come across as proselytizing.

Anyway, back on pony topics: the McDonald's Rarity that I ordered came in this morning. I how have half the mane cast. Also Cheerilee.

edited 6th Feb '12 3:23:41 PM by JapaneseTeeth

Huh, somebody started following my fic that isn't published and requires a password to look at. Dunno how to feel about that.

Cool, though I fully understand the preference to not discuss it. I'll let it drop now, sorry.

No worries. I should probably be paying more attention anyway.

Do all the doctors and nurses from the latest ep have names yet?

The page here says the head doctor featured in this ep is nicknamed Dr. Appleaday.

I'd taken to calling him doctor not-caramel, at my friends suggestion.

Also, talking about the game again? Skills based on cutie marks... actually seems like a good idea, come to think of it. Kind of invalidates a class system though, doesn't it? OR maybe it's a class system in and of itself? Or I suppose it could give you a supplemental set of skills on top of the class skills.

The third optioned you mentioned was probably closest to how I was imagining it would work in the theoretical game. hough I could see a classless, entirely skill-based system.

Well... when I had given my opinion on it last night I had been roughly classless, but thinking more along the line of builds - like, I had suggested the five elements of harmony (excluding magic, because Twilight seems fairly unique in being able to unlock it) each have a skill tree that you can points into to unlock new skills relating to them, and each tree is along a set of skills in a sort of class-esque system. Putting all of your points into one tree makes you essentially that class, but spreading your points around gives you a mixed build. Adding cutie marks into the mix is like... I don't know, I guess sort of like the job system in warcraft? You can make and build stuff aside from your 'class', but it's beneficial to pick a class that supplements your cutie mark. So a person with a chef cutie mark might be able to make healing or buffing foods, and so would want to specialize in the laughter or loyalty branch, which is stat effects and healing, respectively.

Is it me, or was the classic "grabs the hat just in the nick of time before the door falls" trope played REALLY harshly in Daring Do?

I honestly don't think I've ever seen a variation where the adventurer was about to get decapitated by the fucking door before!

Actually, Read It And Weep was a surprisingly violent episode anyway. Actual broken bones. Full body casts (the stallion next to RD) The adventurer stuff, which included arrow, lava and quicksand/snake/spider/crusher DEATH traps. Oh, and not to mention confirmation of mental illness in ponies with Screwy.

and to top it all off: That fucking noise that RD's wing made when she tried to fly with it! (shudder)

edited 6th Feb '12 4:52:01 PM by gingerninja666

...yeah, actually. I guess by the standards of the show anything dealing with a serious injury seems pretty dark, but... still

It really didn't come across as all that violent to me.

Also are we still on the hypothetical Pony MMO topic?

edited 6th Feb '12 4:56:47 PM by Mio

I am if others are.

I guess we are. As long as nobody minds, that is.

edited 6th Feb '12 5:01:20 PM by Drenius

and to top it all off: That fucking noise that RD's wing made when she tried to fly with it! (shudder)

That noise made me cringe. Did she really re-break her wing and not even flinch? I knew RD was a badass, but...