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#11776 kegisak Mon, 25th Jul '11 10:31:02 AM

They would probably restrict Unicorns to their basic telekinesis. Even if you consider magic to be a physical quality, they'd still have to introduce limiters to make sure they're all doing the same thing - more advanced magic would probably be viewed as the same doing tricks, or bringing in other physical disciplines. Although introducing acrobatics into basketball would be hilarious to watch.

Unless, of course, they had unicorn specific sports or leagues.

#11777 blueharp Mon, 25th Jul '11 10:38:56 AM

Two of the male pegasi have ball-themed cutie marks.

Another has bar-bells, which baffles me.

#11778 Death Cloud Mon, 25th Jul '11 10:51:40 AM

In sports propably like in Ponyville Winter Wrap Up magic is forbiden.

They are like the others. Strange, hideous, resisting, fighting. Only these were not like the others. They did not die.

#11779 Kyler Thatch Mon, 25th Jul '11 10:55:53 AM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

That would suck. I get that some sports would exclude the use of wings and/or magic, but certainly not all of them.

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#11780 Death Cloud Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:04:35 AM

Magic, spell magic. They could use telekinesis (just like Rarity used in Winter Wrap Up).

Still some sports will be better for one race of ponies and other will be worse.

They are like the others. Strange, hideous, resisting, fighting. Only these were not like the others. They did not die.

#11781 Fallen Legend Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:11:36 AM from Mexico City! from Mexico City!

Without magic earth ponies Would win easily.They Are the strongest after all.

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#11782 Kyler Thatch Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:14:30 AM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

I wouldn't be that hasty. Rainbow Dash, for example, is still able to give Applejack a run for her money.

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#11783 Fallen Legend Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:34:27 AM from Mexico City! from Mexico City!

Well that's true!. Tough RD was scared oj AJ and she even cheated in some events of the iron pony competition.

edited 25th Jul '11 11:34:58 AM by FallenLegend

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#11784 Turnways Flip Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:37:16 AM from whoof want to know from whoof want to know

I think she was just cheating for the sake of cheating. She's such a cheating cheater she kept cheating after her victory was already guaranteed by virtue of having won more than half the events.

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#11785 Kyler Thatch Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:45:55 AM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

Yeah. Before she started cheating, she and AJ seemed to be pretty evenly matched overall.

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#11786 Rhyme Beat Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:47:58 AM from Eastern Standard from Eastern Standard

I thought it was clearly that RD didn't consider her actions cheating. After all there was no rules fobidding wings like she said. The wings are a part of her body.

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#11787 Turnways Flip Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:53:02 AM from whoof want to know from whoof want to know

It also bothers me that she was counted as having won certain events - like the last one. She went past the edge of the mud hole, she should've lost even if she didn't land in the mud.

edited 25th Jul '11 11:54:06 AM by TurnwaysFlip

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#11788 blueharp Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:53:03 AM

Ain't no rule against using your wings in an Iron Pony competition.

Also, there's no rule that says a dragon can't incinerate the competition either.

Surprisingly, there are ashes in the rule book. That is probably not related.

#11789 Japanese Teeth Mon, 25th Jul '11 11:58:27 AM from Meinong's jungle from Meinong's jungle

My thought would be that they'd have separate leagues for different pony races; like a magic allowed league and a non=magic league. Or just restrict the use of magic to certain circumstances. Like in pony baseball they could have a rule that pegasi aren't allowed to fly around the bases, or that unicorns can't use telekinesis on the ball.

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#11790 Death Cloud Mon, 25th Jul '11 1:05:34 PM

My idea that there are separate disciplines for pegasi, earth pony and unicorn, but also there ones for everypony with special balanced rules so every race will have fair change (it may be team sports). And maybe they have not balanced sports where everypony do their best and can use all race perks.

Confound those ponies, they drive me to talk about sport :P

They are like the others. Strange, hideous, resisting, fighting. Only these were not like the others. They did not die.

#11791 blueharp Mon, 25th Jul '11 1:12:23 PM

Well, obviously there ARE flying competitions, and races.

#11792 gingerninja 666 Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:26:38 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

Yeah RD in Fall weather friends was a cheater to the absolute highest degree, I still don't think AJ did anything THAT wrong, especially with all the egregious cheating RD was pulling out of her ass.

Anyone care to list the ways AJ cheated vs the ways RD cheated

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#11793 Red Savant Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:29:41 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

Even switching the sign didn't do all that much for Applejack... didn't Dash just kind of fly back down the mountain to the track?

Pony sports are an interesting concept. For some, like baseball, I can imagine having exclusively unicorns as pitchers, unless some earth ponies or pegasi want to give themselves whiplash.

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#11794 Rhyme Beat Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:32:21 PM from Eastern Standard from Eastern Standard

It was the other way around. Dash switched the signs and AJ flew back to the course via Pinkie's hot air baloon.

Off Beat Off Kilter

#11795 gingerninja 666 Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:37:03 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

probably the most dickish thing RD did in the entire race.

How do ponies play instruments if they're not unicorns? especially guitars or other instruments that involve the fine manipulation of strings (it struck me because you guys were talking about how hard it would be for ponies to play a lot of our sports)

edited 25th Jul '11 3:39:13 PM by gingerninja666

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Tealove is best pony

#11796 Red Savant Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:49:05 PM from Eastern US from Eastern US

^Octavia manages her cello just fine, and Frederic the pianist does well too. I think that's one of those MST3K Mantra bits; there's really no explanation aside from expedience via Most Writers Are Human.

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#11797 gingerninja 666 Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:58:37 PM from Aboard The Damocles from Aboard The Damocles

It might have been a good way to show off the implied class structure a little more though, with unicorns being the only ponies who can do highly intricate tasks that require a lot of fine precision. I mean it's obvious that unicorns are the superior race in equestria compared to earth ponies (I'm not saying that because i prefer unicorns, I personally think that AJ is the most badass of the mane cast, it's just what seems to be implied given what we've seen of the different races)

"Schneizel! So you ARE the puppet master behind all this!" - Lelouch Lamperouge

Tealove is best pony

#11798 Bagof Magic Food Mon, 25th Jul '11 3:59:27 PM

I remember a couple of Generation 1 episodes actually dealt with sports, one where an Earth pony had trouble finding a game to play when all the other kinds of ponies were playing games that required their special abilities, and one where a sport had a rule against using unicorn magic.

How do ponies play instruments if they're not unicorns? especially guitars or other instruments that involve the fine manipulation of strings

I can usually fall back on "They're very dextrous and can stick tape to their hooves when you aren't looking", but playing the piano concerns me. HOW ARE YOU HITTING MORE THAN TWO KEYS AT THE SAME TIME?

#11799 Kyler Thatch Mon, 25th Jul '11 4:11:12 PM from the bottom of my heart from the bottom of my heart

Dexterous hooves, man. They're the ponies' answer to everything.

But apart, all we are is just a pile of mush and some crumbly dry mess...

#11800 storyyeller Mon, 25th Jul '11 4:12:25 PM from Appleloosa from Appleloosa

Earth ponies have magic but it only works when noone's looking.

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