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Video Games Archive / LoL Discussion!

2013 Feb 15, 09:17:55

So, I've been wasting my life on this game a lot lately, and wondered if anyone else happened to play it. Feel free to post all things League here if you do, because that's what this thread is for! 

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MLP: FiM SD Archive / Magic concerning the latest episode...

2012 Dec 01, 21:26:42

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So, in the latest episode, we discovered that Zebras posses more magic than we first thought, and I'd like everyone thoughts on it. Do you support it? Find it lore-breaking? Or something completely different?

Personally, I found it fascinating and rather interesting, and I'd like to know the full extent of what exactly Zebras can do. Especially since one of my OCs was partially raised by them, this really intrigued me.

So yea, post your thoughts, I just felt a need to discuss this. 

just use spoiler tags
McSleuth

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The Retirement Home / not sure if anyone heard but...

2012 Sep 06, 09:59:35

...Season 3 is at the moment confirmed to arrive on the 22nd of THIS MONTH! 

That's all. 

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Pony Off-Topic Archive / Pony Documentaries!

2012 Aug 09, 11:32:13

So, we all know about john de Lancie's highly anticipated documentary on bronies, but has anyone heard of this documentary?

I personally found it very entertaining; a home-made documentary to watch while we wait for the other one!

Just thought I'd share it if no-one else has yet. 

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Video Games Archive / TF2 discussion!

2012 Jul 04, 18:49:55

A thread for posting anything from funny pictures to sharing stories in possibly one of the best games ever. 

I'll start with favorite weapons and classes! 

I have a strange eternal reward named "My Little Backstabber"; just got it yesterday and I'm already at 90 backstabs (yes, spy is my favorite class... ).

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The Retirement Home / Quick Question

2012 Jun 01, 13:20:36

So, I know I'm still a bit of a noob on these forums, and I probably just didn't see the news post or whatever, but does anyone else know what happened to the reputation power thing we used to have on our profiles when we posted? Just curious. 

If this is in the wrong section and you're a moderator, please move it (if it's not too much trouble... ).

Thanks! 

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Original Characters / My two-and-a-half OCs!

2012 May 22, 20:23:49

---if you rate my OCs under a 7, please leave a detailed comment on why---


Name: Silver Flask
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Race: Pegasus

History:

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"Why can't you be like us? Why can't you be normal?"
Silver grew up at a strictly earth pony only farming town, far on the other end of Everfree, beyond any thought of a town like Ponyville. Being populated by earth ponies, the town was obviously agricultural, and specialized in exporting lemons, hence the name of the town, Sourfarms.
In one of the largest and most respectable farming families, the Lemons (descendants of the founders of Sourfarms) lived quiet and tightly-knit lives together.
One of the bad attributes of the town however, was that every earth pony there never did and never will welcome a "deformed earth pony" like a pegasus, or a "stuck-up know it all" like a unicorn. Because of the general opinion the town shared on this, the only different ponies they really ever accepted were the Royal Princesses, merely because they needed the sun and moon to grow their crops.
One fateful day, due to either genetics or a strange twist of fate, the Lemons' middle son was born a pegasus. Immediately seeing the consequences of having a pegasus in the family, they hurriedly had their young son wear a vest that constricted and hid his young wings, making him appear to be nothing more than a skinny earth pony. What aggravated them even more was how outgoing and friendly their son was, unlike the rest of them. The Lemons tried their best to discourage this behavior, but with little success.
One day, after living for years of not being allowed to work at the farm with his family or even take off his vest, he was confronted by concerned citizens of the town, who wanted to get him to stop being so "strange" and making friends with their own children, giving them "strange ideas" and "odd behavior". At this confrontation, Silver's vest was caught on a pointy wooden fencepost, tearing his vest open and revealing his young wings to the entire town.
Obviously, this took little time for the council to debate, and before long the young colt stood outside the closing gates of the only home he ever knew, with nothing but the expanse of Everfree in front of him.
not being able to fly due to his fragile and thin wings, he walked through Everfree for days, desperately hoping to find a town where he could work for some food.
By sheer luck, he ran into a group of traveling Zebra, who readily gave the young colt assistance, letting him live with them while they traversed Everfree. During this time, they taught him their secret art of Herblore, and he showed special proficiency in it, earning his own cutie mark. It is here that he ditched his old Lemons name, and took on the new one given to him by the Zebra; Silver Flask. After some time, he matured and became a valued member of the tribe, being the only "pony-folk" among them, along with being very skilled at their art of herbal remedies. For a few years he traveled with his new family and was happy, and even took some time to practice flying, which took him some time to perfect it. 
Eventually, the time came where they had to part, and for the second time in his life, the still young pegasus had to leave his family. He eventually wandered into the vicinity of Ponyville, and set up a cottage in the woods between Ponyville and Canterlot, ready to give help, a warm bed, and a pot of his best soup to any passers-by.

Personality:

A kind young pegasus, he likes to forget about his past troubles, facing each new day with an optimistic grin on his face. Sometimes, he can get depressed by losing friends or thinking about his family, and he likes to shut himself up for a little while, to hide his depressed mood from his friends. Always eager to help, you can know Silver will always do his very best to help you, even if it means danger to his own person. For hobbies, Silver loves to read a good book, especially on the history of Equestria. He has a fairly large collection of books and trinkets on the shelves in his cottage, and you need only ask for the story behind each one. He also loves to cook, specifically soups and pastries. When he has spare time, he also likes to go into the cellar, where many an explosion has been heard before, due to his "experiments".

Strengths:

A very talented flier despite his weak wings, he can manage short flights that require a lot of maneuvering with ease. Obviously, he also has a definite grasp of potion-lore, and could cook up just about anything with a moments notice. He's also an excellent baker and historian.

Weaknesses:

With low endurance, don't expect Silver to do anything physical, as he won't be much help there. His fragile wings also make crashing quite an issue. Along with being easily intimidated, he also has a terrible fear of beetles, spiders, and strangely enough, earth ponies.

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By Morning Glory

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By Sugarcup:

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By Johannes:

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ANOTHER EDIT: So yea, I'm feeling pretty good about this OC now. He probably needs some more editing, since I just jotted down the history today as it came to me. I'd like to know how you all feel about him.

Name: Quick Draw
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Race: Unicorn

History:

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Quick Draw grew up with a kind, loving, middle-class family in Canterlot. Being a unicorn, his parents instilled good morals with him, and Quick Draw was trained by his father at a young age in order to apply for the school for gifted unicorns. However, as he got older, the young unicorn began to find out about the way of the world; during his early years, most stronger stallions would pick on him, and he was quickly relieved of the delusion of "everypony getting along with everypony".
In time, he continued his magic practices, getting into the school for gifted unicorns a year early due to superb progress. As a student there, he was wise for his age, and generally kept up his grades, despite his tendency to procrastinate, or, over time, "borrow" fellow students' answers without being caught.
During this time at school, Quick Draw was aggravated to discover yet another troupe of bullies, looking to establish their own shaky confidence of themselves by picking on those smaller than them. When one day, a prank of theirs went terribly wrong; they had deliberately propped a bucket of miscellaneous foul-smelling chemicals from the labs of the school on top of an old bookshelf, which Quick Draw often visited for a good read to expand his spell-knowledge. As he withdrew a new book from the shelf, the bucket toppled over, landing on the unsuspecting unicorn and toppling the entire bookshelf onto him. Needless to say, the bullies fled before they could be found anywhere near the incident. Upon being examined for injuries after the incident, it was found Quick Draw had a severe injury in his leg; the shelf had cracked it, and some of the chemicals had managed to get into his blood stream. With a permanent loss of the use of his leg, Quick Draw was forced to move himself about with teleportation and levitation spells, to keep from having extreme pains in the joint of his leg. Needless to say, the bullies were identified and expelled, much to the...distaste of their parents.
Something changed in Quick Draw after that day however, and it was not uncommon for him to go missing during the night. During these times, Quick Draw discovered his cutie mark: a shining, glowing wand, which he always said represents his specialties in magic. Coincidentally, later that very month, One of the bullies was found curled up outside his house, muttering and crying about a voice, and how a shadow wouldn't stop following him.
After graduating, Quick Draw developed an interest in his signature spells, including invisibility, silent hoof-steps, and others, primarily designed to keep him from being seen. By now his family had heard about his frequent absences during the night, and were worried sick over him, desperately hoping they hadn't gone wrong and led him into the wrong crowd. As of late, he's not often seen, and when he is, he looks tired and frantic, as if he were constantly on the run from someone, or something.
Some say he went adventuring and found out more than he bargained for, but nopony but him knows for certain. Things certainly looked dark for Quick Draw, until one day.

Personality:

Quick Draw can be nervous or calm, brave or cowardly, kind or rough. In his work, he is usually on the run and backstabbing others before they get to him, keeping him constantly on edge.
Nevertheless, he's unnaturally clever for his young age, and is generally kind to the few ponies he actually trusts.
Since he was young, Quick Draw always enjoyed a good read; generally mystery novels or the like, and can often be found enjoying a good book, when you can find him that is...

Strengths:

Quick Draw, being a unicorn, long ago discovered his favorite brand of magic. Most of his field involves teleportation and infiltration magic, with a small knowledge of healing spells. As much as it would not be considered a "good" strength, Quick Draw has always been an excellent liar, especially after the problem's it's gotten him out of. The only problem is, it takes time to know whether he's actually deceiving you or honestly confiding with you.  He's also very perceptive, often reading lesser ponies like a book, not to mention his quick reflexes (which some say justifies his name).

Weaknesses:

Due to an injury in his childhood, Quick Draw has a limp in his back-right leg, which is held by a weak brace. however, his injury greatly influenced his perfection of teleportation and levitation magic.
Quick Draw often can't help being a little too aggressive to ponies he doesn't know; sometimes he's even a bit suspicious of his own family, which is often only caused by too much stress and too little sleep.

Attacks (for classic style RP games):

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Attacks:

Shadow Dance - Quick Draw rapidly teleports across a small area multiple times, becomes untargetable and immune to effects during this time, lasts for one turn. PP 5/5

Backstab - Quick Draw fires a powerful bolt of magic, which strikes critically. PP 10/10 (Can only be performed from behind)

All In The Cards - Quick Draw shuffles his deck, and selects a green, blue, or yellow card. Green card heals Quick Draw or his target for 10% of their maximum health. Blue card restores 10% of target's mana/PP. Yellow card removes one debuff on target. PP 15/15

Final Destiny - Quick Draw unleashes his true shadow magic, becoming one with the shadows and unleashing a barrage of magical attacks upon a single target. PP 1/1

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So, this will be fun. I've always wanted to try making this type of character, so here goes. 

Name: Professor Traiborne Honeydew
Gender: Stallion
Age: 89
Race: Unicorn

History:

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Since childhood, Traiborne was the adventurous type. More than once, his parents would be worrying sick about random disappearances, only to find their son at the doorstep the next morning, hooves covered in mud with a grin on his face, going on a mile-long tangent about what he'd discovered this time. during one of these many treks, he came home to show his parents a shining new cutie mark (one of the few parts of him that was not covered in some form on mud or plant life), a focused sextant, symbolizing his love for exploration and adventure. When he was old enough, his parents had him enrolled in colt-scouts (they never said they don't exist, so hah.). He quickly rose through the ranks, seeing every badge and every reward as a new challenge to face, and of course, new bragging rights. Upon graduating from the colt scouts, he was old enough to venture out on his own, making a goal to see as much of Equestria as possible during his lifetime. Over many years, he traveled from the highest peaks to lowest deserts, bustling cities to small, nearly deserted towns. Each new place one again giving him that thrill he first discovered in his own back yard. Not until he was a quite elderly stallion did he finally settle down. He now lives outside of Ponyville, enjoying a quiet and restful life. He quickly became a local storyteller for foals on that end of town, and the often flocked to his home to listen to a tale or two, every trinket and bauble in his home with a story behind it.

Personality: Although a kind, pleasant pony at heart, he can (and often unintentionally) boast about himself. Particularly when relating a trip or two of his, not to mention being a little....eccentric sometimes. He also has a fond love of hot chocolate, with a good book by his side, content to spend the rest of his days at home.

Strengths: Although only average among unicorns for his magic prowess, his knowledge of the world, maps, measurements, and lore is nearly unparalleled. He is also relatively fluent in dragon and griffon native speeches, respectively. 

Weaknesses: After many years of travelling, Traiborne is a bit old and slow from his journeys. He also has a bit of a tendency to boast about himself, often without meaning to. To a new pony, he can often seem harsh, but many learn to ignore his militaristic tendencies.

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Video Games Archive / RuneScape (oh yes I did)

2012 May 22, 20:12:39

So, just curious.
Any other scapers out there in the LoE community?

If you don't like RuneScape, please just don't post about it; remember the love and tolerate motto please! 

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Introductions Archive / Ohaider

2012 May 17, 19:07:44

Er...Hi!
I'm Link, a newbie to posting on these forums (I prefer to just read other people's posts, so I've been reading these forums for a while now =D)
Soooo....yea.
Hi again?

~Link