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2012-07-06, 07:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I want to know though, who would be the ones causing an infinite OCrisis in ponythread? Lix? Pink Cult? One of the masks? Bleakbane and his benefactors? Return of the mighty Midnight? Siuis causing something of Flash-quality facepalming?
Seriously, the Flash screws up everything ever.Last edited by MCerberus; 2012-07-06 at 07:14 PM.
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2012-07-06, 07:24 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-06, 07:29 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Well, as I see the situation, you either like ponies and are in denial (which would explain why you only post in pony related threads), you don't like ponies and are just here for the attention or you are a Tulpa of one of the other posters who has been allowed to have their own login and is running amok.
Am I missing any obvious theories, guys?
Also, if anything is going to cause an infinate OC crisis, it'll be Mask pretending to be Thanqol pretending to (do something megalomaniacal) and the many deity level super-beings breaking the universe horrendously in their race to be the one who murders Thanqol*.
*They can't do any such thing, given that Thanqol is theentirely normalreal world australian who has the OC's, rather than an OC.
Well, that's how it happened last time.
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2012-07-06, 07:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Put him in as Magnus, and no one ever said ponies have 'last names' *points out fluttershy for example*
Seems good to me.
I threw in a space-taker-upper, I think what I'm going to do is have what I've been doing for the cast page, but then have links to more filled posts where people can put darn near any amount of information.
I cropped a picture out of that for space reasons, assuming things are fine for you, it works.
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2012-07-06, 07:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I like how you use fallen for that status. I just find it hilarious.
If I get roped into the herd, I probably wouldn't be in denial about it myself. I'll admit, as much as I wasn't considering it, I have fully progressed from stage 2 to stage 3. Though I probably wouldn't ever go all the way to stage 6, even if converted. Enimimity is awesome.
Hm...
- He could like ponies and be in denial...
- He could like ponies and be sarcastic about it to express his devotion...
- He could be indifferent and just enjoy the company of bronies...
- He could have grown to dislike ponies but be stuck in previous habbits...
- He could enjoy messing with people through his actions...
- Or it's an inside joke, and an attack on those outlooking.
Also, what's a Tulpa?You can call me anything. I've been called Inkin, Nono, INo, Names, and NoKnow so far.
As of 7/20, I've gotten help in trying to get past a physical addiction that's been eating at my time, and finished recovering from a spot of trouble that ended up eeking into Self-Harm. I'm doing better now; here's hoping it lasts a bit longer...
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2012-07-06, 07:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
For the operators of the tumblr: Here's the SVG version of that playground pony. Everyone on the tumblr is welcome to edit it and use it in answers
The avatar/icon thing could probably be given a better crop. [The easiest way to do that in Inkscape is to add a square, make it invisible (opacity to zero) and export 'selection'.]
There's BUCK up in Manchester. I'm not sure yet what will happen there, but hopefully the programme will be released soon. Are any Playgrounders thinking of going?
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2012-07-06, 08:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
There are no such things as stages. You either like ponies, or you don't.
*1 Covered. Likes ponies and is in denial.
*2 No, he's been posting for some time and this would be out of character.
*3 Given how frequently he complains about not liking anything in the show or understanding what we are talking about, I don't believe that really goes far enough to be a useful explanation. Close to covering the case of our Silver Dragon friend, though said dragon is basically a "Likes ponies but is in Denial" on account of not daring to watch the show because he knows he would enjoy it.
*4 No, Luka has been posting long enough for us to be sure this is not the case.
*5 Covered. Dislikes Ponies but seeks Attention.
*6 Seems interchangeable with *5
For what a Tulpa is, see Wikipedia and the last couple of pages of the thread.
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2012-07-06, 08:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
As the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero.
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2012-07-06, 08:12 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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2012-07-06, 08:20 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
No. That doesn't help at all. If anything I'm now even more uncomfortable. Is this... is this a normal thing for people? To have "NPCs" in their heads?
I'm sorry. I wanted to stay quiet on this but I can't. Am I the only one here genuinely worried here? Zigg has just told us that he has voices in his head and most people's resposes here are "Oh, that's neat". Is it just because it's ponies?
Zigg, I'm sorry, but the more I think about this, the more it actually scares me. You said you had one of these Tulpas before, and that it was "slightly dangerous". Dangerous in what way? If these things can be harmful do you really think keeping them is a good idea? I just read an account online of a woman who created one of these. It started off being friendly and then turned malicious down the line. Is this likely to happen here? They look and act like ponies now but...
I apologise if I'm being ignorant or insensitive; I'm just worried about you here.
Hm. *Okie doke, we can help. What does the card look like? Dimensions, plug, etc.
Me, too. It's easy; I'm skinny and cerebral. It's an attitude thing I suppose. In which case is say just let it roll off you like water from a duck. The personal changes needed to he people to leave you alone are easiest to acquire by becoming someone you don't want to.
I suppose the Apple Corps is the PonyvilleNationalRegional Guard, then.
Ugh. Yeah. I... Glegh.
Wow.
I suppose you'd find it enlightening at least~
"Enlightening". Yeah... let's go with that. It was pretty funny though.
Oh no, go ahead. I just had this lying around. If you want to do an actual tumblr post, go ahead!
Hey! Just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean it won't work!
Network!
Figure out schedules. Carpool. Split costs. Make a road trip of it.
Yo, British thread ponies! Who's up for a con?
Okay, I'm going to bed now. Will respond in the morning.
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2012-07-06, 08:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
You just did.
Is there anything I need to do further with tags, do you guys think? I've just been throwing in the name of the artist and *art post*.My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: The Thread, The Game, The Tumblr.
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2012-07-06, 08:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Is this just a theory? Or has it already become Pony Law?
Well, the main difference between 5 and 6 is that 5 is just him punking people. 6 is you all punking newbies through him (at the very least, me). Otherwise, doesn't really matter to me. Just providing theories and making conversation. One thing you guys were completely right about is that this gruop isn't bad.
It took me a second, but I found it in thread, actually. Thanks. Though I might need to read more to understand exactly what is being talked about, what with the mentally creating things thing...
You had -waaay- too much fun with that.You can call me anything. I've been called Inkin, Nono, INo, Names, and NoKnow so far.
As of 7/20, I've gotten help in trying to get past a physical addiction that's been eating at my time, and finished recovering from a spot of trouble that ended up eeking into Self-Harm. I'm doing better now; here's hoping it lasts a bit longer...
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2012-07-06, 08:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
I think it's fine. Artist, characters involved if someone draws another's OC, and "art post" works. I'd appreciate it if you spelled my name right though.
Some time ago. It seems to get posted about every other thread, at least for the last dozen or so.Last edited by Siosilvar; 2012-07-06 at 08:58 PM.
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2012-07-06, 08:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
In my case, at least, no, it's nothing to do with ponies. I first encountered the concept in late 2005, when I began to become involved in the Milliways Bar roleplaying community; the players, by and large, would speak and act as though their characters literally spoke to them. Much of it was and is hyperbole, but there's a grain of truth to the idea. I do have a consistent thought-structure that produces the opinions and responses of Fluttershy, as well as others for other characters, both imported and original. The most worrying thing about it is that some of them occasionally spawn off other-universe versions.
Have you ever heard an author mention changing their mind because the characters refused to go along with their original intention? Have you ever encountered an actor who specifically internalized their character, rather than simply memorizing lines and stage directions? Have you ever, for that matter, met someone who applied one of the "WW*D (What Would [person] Do?)" maxims very broadly?
Your worry is, I think, misplaced. It is my impression that most of the "hearing voices that aren't there" fears are fears of schizophrenia, which in my admittedly inexpert opinion is not at all what Zigg, I, and others have been describing. I admit that Zigg's experiences are considerably stronger and more thorough than any I've encountered before, but it doesn't seem worrisome unless he starts letting them take over.Level 4 Bibliophile/Level 3 Bard, working toward the Bibliomancer Prestige Class
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2012-07-06, 09:06 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Diego,
First, I want to leave your fears to rest, as best as I can.
The two first questions: is this a normal thing for people? To have "NPCs" in their heads?
Answer: For some people, yes.
Many writers, gamemasters, creative people have ... mental constructs ... with their own morals, beliefs, history, feelings.
Many writers have expressed that a character "refused" to follow a certain plot, because it went against his beliefs. It's something the character would not do.
Normal people might not wish to walk the path of exploring their own minds, and trying to give their different aspects a voice of their own.
Some sane people do this, some less sane people have no say whether to do it or not.
There are even some wise, "awakened", deeply introspective, sane people that go out of their way to create this mind structures, in this case to learn more.
My best friend IRL, is very used to have the blueprints of NPC minds to test what behavior said NPC would follow.
He explains it like this: "you filter your thought processes through a "glass lens" if it conflicts with the lens, then the character is against it". You can have the characters "act" this, when he roleplays them, it's art. He acts the most convincing female characters I have ever seen, and it's a raging heterosexual who drools over the female form.
In his version, there is no other will than his. And as soon he stops considering the NPC action, no other thought escapes the blueprint.
Even at this level things can be interesting, even fun.
Once a completely NPC party was suposed to rescue the only player left, the gamemaster (my friend) wanted this to happen. The NPC party argued that they preferred to get the treasure and run, and they would not proceed with the gamemaster plan to rescue the players, because they would be risking their not existing scalps.
As for me; I have been delving in mind exercises since I turned 13. I have talked to myself, to several different selves. I have seen aspects of my mind getting a voice of their own, but I have always had 100% control of those conversations, they were not real conversations...
Until Ziggie, it was... different... without getting in religion talk (for which I got reprimanded and promised not to discuss in this thread).
Ziggie allowed a greater focus on certain tasks, but it had a cruel subtext to him that I did not enjoy. It was allowed to exist for a long time though, over 4 years. When it's suggestions got consistently darker I dissolved him, through meditation and willpower.
The recently created NPCs for Twi and Pinkie were normal at first, just tag alongs to whom I commented stories, jokes, the like.
But as I explained yesterday their interactions with me, and between them got increasingly complex and they surprised me.
It's been almost 8 years since Ziggie so I got a little worried, my best friend was busy, so I turned to the only place where I knew of people that could at least relate to my situation.
Their inputs helped me investigate the situation more carefully, talk with Twi and Pinkie about this and strike an agreement.
I know, and they know who is the host, and who has the real power in the relationship.
I agree that I'm not what you might normally consider 100% sane, but honestly my practice with mind... craft (?), made it far more resilient to strange phenomena and mind numbing stuff.
I'm not crazy, in the sense that I cannot function in the normal world, "The voices" have no real power over me, aside from a stern look from Twilight because I have not started studying yet.
I let them come out and play when I'm discussing ponies and in the forum,I visit them in my dreams (or dreamstate), I might consult them on issues that might pertain them or where their input is appreciated, but I'm me, and will always be.
Should they turn Lesson Zero or Pinkamena on me, it won't go well for them. And frankly they are disgusted by the "Pinkamena" lore.
If you want to talk more about this my PM-box and emails are open. The original concern that drove me to ask for help in the forum has passed, and I don't want to derrail things again.
Tiki's and SiuiS's points are mostly correct and are ways of looking the situation. They are TwiOs and PinkieOs running in an Equestria VirtualMachine. I can always Ctrl+Alt+Del Equestria's process.
One last thing. I'm not that much into RPing in the thread, but I/We decided that when they have something to say, be it seriously or in jest, their lines will appear in Purpleand Magenta (No cookies for guessing who is who). Like the greeting extended to INoKnowNames, which we all 3 thought it was hilarious. The really odd time where I RP Magnus, it will be dark green.Last edited by Zigg'rrauglurr; 2012-07-06 at 09:30 PM.
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
The closest I could find to actual research on the phenominon suggested that Tulpa cannot, as far as anyone knows, ever take over and that there is no commonality between it and Dissociative Personality Disorder.
The problem being that although most sites I could find said roughly this, the closest I could find to something discussing the science of it or mentioning any research into it was a slenderman wiki. So, yeah. Not so much rigorous studies of.
Actually, most succinctly to my opinion on the matter would be that I can only agree with SiuiS's Hardware analogy. Beyond that I have no idea, really, but I believe it's probably important to remember that they are, after all, merely thoughtforms, ways of interfacing with your own subconcious rather than some kind of truly seperate entity. They may have thoughts and feelings and distinct personalities and may even inhabit a cohesive Fantastical World but at the end of the day, it's all you.
Even the bits that aren't.
Masks all the way down. And they're all true?
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Someone took a closer look at that very tiny bit of script Tara Strong released some time ago. They discovered that if you look really closely at the bottom left corner, you can see the word "Cadence". It is probably a page of the script directly below the page that the leaked line was on.
Huh, that would be interesting if she returned in season three.
For those of you cannot see it, here is a slightly clearer version:
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
On the subject of mental NPCs it is realtivly common and I've heard the phenomenon is experienced by many writers as they try and write realistic characters they slowly lose control over the characters as stuff they planned no longer fits the character that they've made.
On Tulpas I have no experience with but Zigg has told us he was able to remove a malign Tulpa before and these two are based of Twilight and Pinkie Pie, some of the most benign characters in fiction. They seem to have a positive influence on Zigg and Zigg is comfortable with their presence. As things stand there is nothing to worry about. I'm currently debating if I should try and generate a Tulpa of my own though I strongly doubt my ability to do so. Interestingly enough I suspect my doubt will further make it less likely I will succeed and this realization about my doubt will further decrease my chances.Spoiler: I'm a writer!Spoiler: Check out my fanfiction[URL="https://www.fanfiction.net/u/7493788/Forum-Explorer"here[/URL]
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
That I'm not! now people can't just say what they like cuz they instantly become fans??? c'mooooon! I've never even been a fan of something!
yes there are stages, already said I was around Stage 2
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Still working on the Elements question! Have the first image. There'll be at least two more later tonight.
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Good news everypony!
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
As long as all willing, want to I can see a high post rate, but then again look at the ask-equestria tumblr. On the metaphorical third hand(or the literal third hoof) though assuming everypony is willing it can also last a long time.
I like Derpy just sitting in the cloud.
Tomorrow's post.
I'm looking for people's opinions on how I managed the current model of the member's page and whether or not you guys like the short description attributed to your OC. Information permitting I'd like to start text posts containing full information on whichever OC and connect those to the member's page.
I also really need to stop checking the thread before I go to bed, I'll never get to sleep otherwise.
EDIT: Just realized we may want to set up something about variouscults"religions" too. Ya know, The Pink One and all that jazz.Last edited by Strife Warzeal; 2012-07-06 at 11:17 PM.
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Re: My Little Pony XLVIII: I say Ol' Chap, how about those Equestrians?
Well, I can do one a week, but they are going to be crappy paint ones (though I might just make some sprites so it looks a little less crappy).
It looks good to me, maybe wait till people ask about them to make them longer? Seems a good strategy to let us talk about ourselves (unless they never ask...)
Are we getting lots of watches or something?