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Title: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Ellowee on 2014 Apr 01, 01:55:02
Hello everyone!

You may have heard about Facebook's recent shopping spree on everything you hold dear.  Well, we have a very special announcement for you today: they didn't stop at the Oculus Rift!

Facebook has bought Legends of Equestria for $1,000,000 US dollars, and that means we're going freemium!

We have already started the process of transferring our game into a cash generator a casual, entertaining game that you can hook up to all of your social networks and send your friends gratuitous amounts of invites!

Here is a behind-the-scenes screenshot!

(http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/090/1/e/ss2_by_goon_artist-d7cgvbj.png)


We accept Paypal, Rupees, and Dogecoin as payment for all of our great freemium content.

We obtained an ultra-exclusive interview with the Team Directors on what they would be doing with their share of the $1,000,000 US dollars:

Cerebrate: I have already purchased NASA, and as soon they finish my rocket I'll be on my way to Jupiter.

Bloomberg: For the first time since I achieved my life-long dream and became a writer, I will be capable of eating something other than ramen.

Kit: I'm going to China to rebuild the Great Pyramids out of recycled horseshoes. This will provide eco-friendly jobs for unemployed ponies and also serve as my bridge to Valhalla.

AnyaSmash: I will make it so that ponies are actually a real thing, like, I will have horses genetically modified so that miniature horses can physically exist in the real world.

Blue Ink: I will be hiring DHX to create the show: My Little Waifu: Derpy is QTπ.

Ellowee: I really see a lot of potential in this new site called Myspace, I think that if I invest in it, I can be really famous!

Hirosashii: I plan on putting it all in a trust fund for my children, so that they may achieve their dreams~

Perry the Pony: I am going to restart Canterlot Gardens 2013! Or whatever year it is!

Herabek: I think that, if I get all this money in dollar bills, I can carry it around in all of my pockets and that means that women will actually notice me!

SavanaPope: According to these numbers, I can purchase 1,254.33 hot tubs, and I plan on putting one inside the other, so when I get out of my hot tub I can step into my other hot tub for a minimum of 1,253.33 hot tub layers.

Vector: I'm planning on buying my own personal hot air balloon for which I will hire someone to man for me to the swiss alps. Once there I'll build my own personal lodge out of curdled cheese from himalayan goats. The bowling alley will have green Jell-o flooring and 5 flat screen TVs that only play the history channel and cartoon network, and the inner gardens will have plants transported from Papua, New Guinea.

Frankie: I'm going to bury it.


Keep an eye out on our social media for updates to this exciting new development! Due for release very soon, Valve Time!

(http://i.imgur.com/L0E7YYj.png)
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Thunder Jet on 2014 Apr 01, 02:09:05
MUST

GET

lol

Hirosashii is still my fave pony.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Mizuki on 2014 Apr 01, 02:18:44
I can't wait to bombard my estranged family members and former classmates with oodles and oodles of requests from LoE: Freemium Edition! :D

I'd also like to take this opportunity to mention that I am in fact not a female, but a lizard seahorse hybrid from a galaxy far, far away.  :]
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Thunder Jet on 2014 Apr 01, 02:23:22
I also must admit something.

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...

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I ded it.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: alexandas on 2014 Apr 01, 02:32:02
Interesting to know, I will now leak the secret that I am actually 1/3 chameleon and don't actually like potatoes and I'm allergic to bananas.  Oh and also, vectors are hard.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Anton the Shadow on 2014 Apr 01, 02:34:54
At first I was amused, but then I read Ellowee's money plan and proceeded to laugh myself to death.

I MEAN--

What a clever business investment!
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Thunder Jet on 2014 Apr 01, 02:36:53
I really hope this can come true.

Can we add an option so that we can earn [REDACTED] every time we [REDACTED]?
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: GoldenTerrabyte on 2014 Apr 01, 02:48:54
Wow, Facebook bought LOE? Interesting... Veeeerrrryyyy interesting...

But really, that's pretty cool!
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: mk452001 on 2014 Apr 01, 03:20:59
Go home, Ellowee...it's April  lol
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: MrEmu on 2014 Apr 01, 03:33:19
Haha! Funny April fools joke!...right?...r-right??? :s
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Ratchet_Spite on 2014 Apr 01, 04:32:55
I hope this is a joke cuz if this ain't when @#$% all you you bunch of sell outs you just ruined an awesome game
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Ramisha on 2014 Apr 01, 05:21:23
Yay! Can't wait to play Legends of Farmvillia!  :D I'm going to spend all my money on microtransactions!  <3 <3
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: BlazeyE on 2014 Apr 01, 09:16:16
I'll be putting in my two weeks soon, and planning a vacation to New Orleans, since my cut can only take me so far.

Also, I'll still need health and dental.

And severance.

I expect the works.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Buddy Minute on 2014 Apr 01, 09:43:38
Finally...

One thing I've always said, this game didn't have enough carrots. Clearly this was best move.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: chrisalot on 2014 Apr 01, 09:51:46
hold on though..... I'm ok with there being a Facebook game, but My FB account has only personal friends/family, none of which are bronies, and I don't want to have to put up with "oh, you need 3 friend to ____".

More importantly, will the actual LoE game, that you've been putting up open servers for (and was going to on Easter weekend), still come out as a game? or has that been completely destroyed
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: BlazeyE on 2014 Apr 01, 10:43:08
Quote from: chrisalot on 2014 Apr 01, 09:51:46
hold on though..... I'm ok with there being a Facebook game, but My FB account has only personal friends/family, none of which are bronies, and I don't want to have to put up with "oh, you need 3 friend to ____".

More importantly, will the actual LoE game, that you've been putting up open servers for (and was going to on Easter weekend), still come out as a game? or has that been completely destroyed


It's whatever the almighty Mark Zuckerberg decides to do. I think they might be teaming up with Zynga to make "Elements of Harmony Crush."

And to get into the open server, you must find the tin foiled wrapped ostrich egg, or microwave fifteen thousand peeps in fifteen seconds.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: ShadowHeart on 2014 Apr 01, 10:43:57
This tops the moose joke from last year!  lol
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: flutterdashpie777 on 2014 Apr 01, 11:23:59
so wait...the rpg isnt gonna happen anymore? its just gonna be a facebook game?
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Night Pony on 2014 Apr 01, 11:40:29
Quote from: flutterdashpie777 on 2014 Apr 01, 11:23:59
so wait...the rpg isnt gonna happen anymore? its just gonna be a facebook game?


That's right! And everything is going be in white and blue and you will get nonstop facebook ads! :D
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: flutterdashpie777 on 2014 Apr 01, 12:16:28
dang...i was really lookin forward to the rpg.....
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Kit on 2014 Apr 01, 12:22:30
Every Facebook Ad on your screen means another breakfast burrito supreme in my tummy. =P Every time you click Like in the Facebook game fills me with another bucket of southern deep-fried okra oh so yummy. lol Every game invite you send to to a Facebook friend is another triple-glazed banana pudding pie making me plump and gummy. :3

These messages brought to you on April 1st.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Puynsi on 2014 Apr 01, 12:59:33
(http://i.imgur.com/APrWnDd.gif)
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Jenzy on 2014 Apr 01, 13:06:45
Since it's April 1 today, I'm not really buyin' it... lol

But sounds intriguing.




...Awww. You don't-a accept-a Gold Coins?
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Galapagois on 2014 Apr 01, 13:12:45
I say this funding should go towards improving our technology to a point that it is ready for public release.

Like, for example, buying a server for the website that ruddy well works.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Pipkin on 2014 Apr 01, 15:57:32
And this is why I try to stay away from the internet on April 1st
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Itty Bit on 2014 Apr 01, 16:34:24
Will it offer occulus rift support?
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Nala Valor on 2014 Apr 01, 16:53:50
Oh silly April fools. If the moose transfer wasn't enough, LoE gets bought by a company that would not only ruin the game, but probably downgrade the graphic and gameplay AND not to add that it would scare off closet bronies. Also, Facebook doesn't own any apps if I recall except maybe the event app and a few utility others. If they were really bought, it would have been by someone like Zenga or some other company that makes Facebook app. Also, I don't think doge-coins are thing but I can be mistaken on that point.

Boom demistified, you can walk away now.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Weatherboy1 on 2014 Apr 01, 18:28:10
and I will still play it.....
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: GoldenTerrabyte on 2014 Apr 01, 18:45:24
Wait... There's one big error with this whole thing! If Facebook bought this game, it would mean you made money off this game! But you have to make NO money off it to avoid copyright issues! So if this is real, you might just be screwed due to copyright! If I am not mistaken, that is...
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Puynsi on 2014 Apr 02, 00:33:12
Between you and Hasbro 1st April fools joke... I will have my revenge... dont worry ovO
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Minty522 on 2014 Apr 02, 01:53:47
I guess this means no open server weekend this month now for the original game.

It would have been nice to play through and experience the beautifully created world one last time, before being converted into carrot fields.

I don't know, I just, yeah...

Either way, I wish you developer guys all the best with this new direction.


Just one question though, will the carrots have fully customizable manes, tails etc ?
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: elmdor on 2014 Apr 02, 04:45:40
This is beautiful. I love April Fools' day.
Title: Re: Good news, everyone!
Post by: Perry The Pony on 2014 Apr 02, 05:16:17
Glad evryone enjoyed our little prank.  Back to work all ya'll