My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic Forum Archive (nuked Yack Fest thread)
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#13901 from Arica, Chile
[up] This is like the fourth "Wrong thread" post I've seen here :P
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#13902 from Connecticut
Well, I just got Ocarina of Time in the mail today. It's pretty good, but it makes me feel really stupid. Once, I tried grinding rupees for bombs for an hour before finding out that I din't need to blow up that rock on the Hyrule Castle path! [lol]
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#13903
@storyyeller and/or crowlover: Would translation of the two untranslated stories be possible, or are they not shown clearly enough to be made out?
  • Ein ulösbares Rätsel für Twilight Sparkle I've only found shown in a video; post #170 here seems to include a transcription of the story, but I'm unsure how reliable this transcript is (given that it calls the story by a slightly different title)
  • The other story exists in both French and German; the French version Les surprises de l'amitié I've found partly-blurry photos of, while the German version Das Überraschungsfest I've again only found shown in a video
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#13904 from Connecticut
Awesome news! I just found my Cowboy Hat!
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#13905 from Appleloosa
Well it's a lot more work to transcribe a video, plus it's harder to understand.
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#13906
I don't think they're read in the videos, just shown. The tricky part is pausing them at points when the pages aren't too blurry to read, if such points even exist for every part of the story.
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#13907 from Appleloosa
yeah, I lost looked at the video and you can't even really see the story. I could transcribe what he says if you want but I doubt it'd be interesting.
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#13908
Maybe that post? It might not be the most reliable transcription, but it hopefully wouldn't be too inaccurate...I'll copypaste the part about Ein ulösbares Rätsel für Twilight Sparkle:

Seite 28-31 (ENDLICH) eine Story "Ein unauflösbares Rätsel für Twilight Sparkle" (Ich werde sie mal hier aufschreiben) :

"An einem frostigen Wintermorgen machte sich Rarity gemeinsam mit Spike auf die Suche nach Edelsteinen. Raritys Einhornkräfte und Spikes gute Nase halfen ihnen dabei die schönen Steine im Boden aufzuspüren. Sobald sie einen Fund gemacht hatten, grub Spike ihn in Windeseile aus und lud ihn auf einen kleinen Wagen. Ein stein durfte er immer behalten. "Mhm, ein Rubin meine Leibspeise", rie fer erfreut. Denn Drachen essen natürlich am liebsten Edelsteine. Doch schon bald darauf fanden die Beiden eine kleine Schatulle, versteckt inmitten eines Häufchens Edelsteine.

Die Schatulle sah auf den ersten Blick wie eine Uhr aus. Rarity war begeistert: "Oh wie schön!Wollen wir das Twilight Sparkle schenken ? Es würde ihr bestimmt gefallen ", schlug Rarity vor. Natürlich war Spike dafür schließlich war Twilight Sparkle seine Chefin und zugleich eine liebe Freundin. Als sie am Abend von der Edelsteinsuche nach Hause kamen, packte Rarity die Schatulle in ein schönes Säckchen und sie übergaben es wie verabredet Twilight Sparkle.

"Oh, vielen Dank" , waren ihre ersten Worte als sie ihr unerwartetes Geschenk öffnete. Die Schatulle gefiel ihr sehr und Twilight Sparkle gab ihr einen Ehrenplatz auf ihrem Schreibtisch. Zum Dank lud sie ihre Freunde zu einem Stück Kuchen ein und sie verbrachten einen schönen Abend zusammen. Doch als Twilight Sparkle später ins Bett schlüpfte und Spike in seinem Körbchen längst schnarchte , kam ihr plötzlich ein Gedanke :"Ich hab gar nicht nachgeschat was in der Schatulle ist!"

Das Einhorn hüpfte sofort aus dem Bett und setzte sich mit ihrer Kerze an den Schreibtisch. Sie zog die Schatulle heran und betrachtete sie von allen Seiten an. "Aha!", rief sie und drückte den kleinen Knopf an der Seite. Aber die Schatulle gin nicht auf . "Vielleicht ist sie abgeschlossen", überlegte Twilight Sparkle. Aber sie konnte nirgendwo ein Schlüsselloch entdecken und ihre Freunde hatten ihr auch keinen Schlüssel gegeben.

Die ganze Nacht wälzte Twilight Sparkle Bücher über das Öffnen geheimnisvoller Gegenstände. "Ob wohl dieser Zauberspruch funktioniert?", überlegte sie. Aber nein, das Öffnen der Schatulle blieb ein unlösbares Geheimnis. Auch mit der Lupe konnte sie keinen Hinweiß erkennen, um ihr Geschenk zu öffnen. Irgendwann schlief Twilight Sparkle dann am Schreibtisch ein.

Am andeeren Morgen kam Rarity zur Goldenen Eiche(?), um Spike abzuholen. Zusammen fanden sie Twilight Sparkle in ihrer unbequemen Position. Rarity war besorgt : "Was macht sie denn da, das ist doch kein Schönheitsschlaf." Aber Spike beruhigte sie :"Das macht sie öfter, wenn sie vo Neugier nicht schlafen kann." Und in diesem Moment sahen sie auch den Grund für Twilight Sparkles Nachtschicht: " Sie hat die Schatulle nicht aufbekommen !" rifen sie wie aus einem Munde.

Unsanft wurde Twilight Sparkle von Spikes Gelächter geweckt. "Spike warum lachst du so?", fragte sie verschlafen. Da musste auch Rarity lachen : " Du hast die Schatulle nicht aufbekommen , dabei kann das jedes Ponyfohlen. Du musst einfach nur oben drehen bis es`klick`macht". Und tatsächlich ließ sich die geheimnisvolle Schatulle jetzt sofort öffnen.Lachend meinte die verdutzte Twilight Sparkle :"Da habe ich wohl vor lauter Büchern die einfachste Lösung nicht probiert". Dann sahen sich die drei das Innere der Schatulle genauer an. Sie entdeckten viele weiße Kieselsteine und einen kleinen Zettel auf dem nur ein einziger Satz stand : "Freundschaft ist magisch genau wie diese Steine ". Vorsichtig nahm Twilight Sparkle die Steine in die Hand. (Da steht wirklich HAND ?! ). Doch was war das? Plötzlich glitzerten die Steine wie das kostbarste Gold. Glücklich rief Twilight Sparkle aus :"Kommt! Diesen Schatz wollen wir mit all unseren Freunden teilen!"

Fazit : Naja der letze Abstand war schon so ein leichter D´waaa moment. Aber was ich nicht versteh ist warum da HAND steht . Haben Ponys nun Hände? Hat Twilight nun eine höhere Stufe der Pony Evolution erreicht und sie hat Hände anstatt Hufe? Dies und mehr im nächsten Heft. /sarksm off.
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#13909
Terrible News: I'm a worthless fool.
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#13910 from Meganekko University
No you're not!
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#13911 from Trottingham
@ATC What happened?
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#13912
Deathpigeon beat me in an argument, again, and I remembered how I pathetically failed to properly know "ize" from "ise" or the definition of "asexual". I am unworthy of my copy of Merriam-Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Ninth Edition.

I'm no good at language, which is the only thing I'm good at. My skills at language forms much of my self-esteem.

Deathpigeon says that it's okay and everypony makes mistakes and that making mistakes isn't so bad, but I disagree.

edited 9th Aug '12 4:00:42 PM by ATC

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#13913 from Trottingham
Was this in another thread? I haven't seen deathpigeon around here in a while.
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#13914
Yes, it was in another thread.

I have 27 more seconds until the timer on my computer times out...

edited 9th Aug '12 4:05:19 PM by ATC

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#13915 from Trottingham
Beat the clock! With a baseball bat!
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#13916
I suspect it was A Song of Ice and Fire thread.
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#13917 from Arica, Chile
Timer?

Also, ATC, everyone makes that kind of mistakes from time to time. It's nothing to be so ashamed of.
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#13918 from Meinong's jungle
Making a mistake once is nothing. You just have to not keep making it over and over.
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#13919 from Appleloosa
That reminds me. Deathpigeon hasn't showed up in a while has he? What happened? Also, this is the third or fourth time I've tried to submit the post. What's going on?
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#13920 from Trottingham
@story The universe is collapsing, get in your safety pod.

I haven't had any posting issues, and I assume death is just busy. Or maybe he got bored of ponies since it's the off-season.
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#13921 from Name & Address Withheld
Here's my attempt at a translation at the part in the quoteblock:

Pages 28-31 (FINALLY) a story called "An unsolvable riddle for Twilight Sparkle" (I'll write it here): "On a frosty winter morning Rarity went together with spike to search for gems. Rarity's unicorn powers and Spike's nose helped them to find the beautiful stones in the ground. As soon as they found one, Spike dug it out at lightning speed and put it in a small wagon. He could always keep one stone. "Mmm, a ruby, my favorite!", he cried in a pleased tone, because a dragon's favorite food is, of course, gems. But soon while searching they found a small strongbox, hidden in the middle of a pile of gems. The strongbox looked like a clock at first glance. Rarity was excited: "Oh how nice! Should we give it to Twilight Sparkle? She would surely like it", suggested Rarity. Of course Spike was for this: Twilight Sparkle was his boss and, at the same time, a dear friend. When they came home in the evening from the gem hunt, Rarity packed the strongbox in a nice bag and gave it, as promised, to Twilight Sparkle. "Oh, thank you", were her first words as she opened her unexpected present. Twilight Sparkle liked the stringbox very much and placed in on a special spot on her writing desk. As thanks, she invited her friends for a piece of cake and they spent a nice evening together. But when Twilight Sparkle later plopped into bed and Spike finally started snoring in his basket, a thought suddenly came to her: "I've yet to see what's in the strongbox!" The unicorn hopped immediately out of bed and sat down with a candle at her desk. Sie pulled the strongbox up and looked at it from all its sides. "Aha!", she cried and pressed the small button on the sides. But the strongbox didn't open. "Maybe it's locked", pondered Twilight Sparkle. But she couldn't discover a keyhole anywhwere and her friends didn't give her a key. The whole night Twilight Sparkle looked through books about the opening of mysterious items. "I wonder if these magic words will work?", she pondered. But no, the opening of the strongbox stayed an unsolvable secret. Even with the magnifying glass, she couldn't discover any clues to open her present. At some time, Twilight Sparkle fell asleep at her desk. The next morning Rarity came to the Golden Oaks(?) to pick up Spike. The two of them found Twilight Sparkle in her uncomfortable position. Rarity was concerned: "What's she doing there? It's definitely not beauty sleep." But Spike calmed her:"She does that often, when her curiosity doesn't let her sleep." And then they saw the reason for Twilight Sparkle's all-nighter: " he didn't open the strongbox!" they said as if out of one mouth. Twilight Sparkle was rudely awoken by Spike's laughter. "Spike, why are you laughing?", she asked groggily. Then Rrity began to laugh: "You didn't open the strongbox? Even foals can do it. You just need to turn it on top until it clicks". And, indeed, the secret strongbox then opened. The stunned Twilight Sparkle said laughing :"I tried to puzzle it out rather than try the easy solution first". Then the three looked closer at the contents of the strongbox. They found many white pebbles and a note, on which there was a single sentence: "Friendship is Magic: just like these stones.". Twilight Sparkle put the stones carefully in her hand. (Did they really put HAND?! ). What was that? Suddenly the rocks glew like he most valuable gold. Happily cried Twilight Sparkle :"Come! Let's share this treasure with all our friends!"

Conclusion: Eh, the last bit was just a little D'awww moment. But what I don't understand is why HAND is there. Do ponys now have hands? Did Twilight reach a higher level of Pony Evolution and now has hands instead of hooves? This and more next issue. /sarcasm off.

Had to use dict.cc for some things, but...

edited 9th Aug '12 4:38:33 PM by crowlover

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#13922 from Appleloosa
Don't worry, I have to use dict.cc a lot too.
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#13923
"That reminds me. Deathpigeon hasn't showed up in a while has he? What happened?"

Well he hasn't been showing up in this thread, but he is active in others (and chats/PMs).
Though he did have some stuff go down...

edited 9th Aug '12 5:25:37 PM by Adannor

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#13924
Thanks, crow!

wild mass guess The strongbox was Pirate Booty wild mass guess
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#13925 from Meganekko University
SQUEEEEE!!!

Rainbow Dash's Fighting is Magic theme is up!
Do it, Rockapella!