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Kray 06-10-2012 19:22

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Oh god. This was DEFINITELY not expected. These days, you cannot join a forum with there being an abundance of bronys
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ThaineP 06-10-2012 20:53

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Originally Posted by Kray (Post 1189380)
These days, you cannot join a forum with there being an abundance of bronys

You make it sound as if that's a bad thing. :]

AaronLeondar 07-10-2012 23:29

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Originally Posted by Kray (Post 1189380)
Oh god. This was DEFINITELY not expected. These days, you cannot join a forum with there being an abundance of bronys

Implying this is a new thread, and hasn't been around for about ten months.

rl1806 08-10-2012 11:04

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Kray (Post 1189380)
Oh god. This was DEFINITELY not expected. These days, you cannot join a forum with there being an abundance of bronys
.

This is not very different than FIRST; I have seen people referencing FIRST Robotics at various places on the internet and in real life. Not expecting to see things makes life more interesting.:)

By the way Rainbow Dash and Luna are my favorite ponies.

aeniug2 09-10-2012 23:32

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Originally Posted by rl1806 (Post 1189571)
This is not very different than FIRST; I have seen people referencing FIRST Robotics at various places on the internet and in real life. Not expecting to see things makes life more interesting.:)

It's interesting that so many bronys are involved in FIRST... When mentioning FIRST in a group of bronys, I often get far more replies than in a similarly sized group of non bronys...

rl1806 10-10-2012 11:47

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Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1189801)
It's interesting that so many bronys are involved in FIRST... When mentioning FIRST in a group of bronys, I often get far more replies than in a similarly sized group of non bronys...

In the YouTube video Ballad of the Brony (Remastered) at 54:39 Saberspark speculates that a majority of bronies are geeks. This is just speculation and I have not seen demographic information about bronies to be able to say if this is true or not; it makes sense, from what I have seen both communities are very interested in learning more about what everyone else does.

I also see a number of similarities between FIRST and MLP FiM. Acceptance of others from diverse backgrounds, people with different skills and personalities working together to solve a problem, and both provide positive role models to name a few.

aeniug2 10-10-2012 19:01

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Originally Posted by rl1806 (Post 1189849)
I also see a number of similarities between FIRST and MLP FiM. Acceptance of others from diverse backgrounds, people with different skills and personalities working together to solve a problem, and both provide positive role models to name a few.

This^

Keyreaper 02-11-2012 23:27

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Hey guys, I'm baaaack. After having so many brony friends come up and chat to me at cowtown throwdown, I'd thought I'd poke my head back in here! Shout out to all of those that spoke with me, the guy in the DJ-PON3 shirt and wearing the button that aeniung2 and I worked on. :D. It was loads of fun today and I can't wait for tomorrow.

AaronLeondar 10-11-2012 22:00

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SEASON THREE HAS BEGUN!!

DISCUSS!

Keyreaper 11-11-2012 11:31

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Season premiere was . . . interesting. The villain was slightly less role than I expected. But self-levitation is now cannon and reverse gravity spells mean MULTI-HOOF DRIFTING. lul. So I wasn't as moved as much as the first two episodes, but it did introduce cool concepts, so I'm sure there's more to come.

Oh before I forget, GAK.

AaronLeondar 12-11-2012 03:11

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Oh god, Gak...

Honestly, I loved the season premiere. I thought that the villain was a lot more sinister and creepy because he didn't have many speaking lines. I mean, the show needed a good villain who actually wants to conquer something (unlike Discord) and who doesn't think about things biting them in the butt later (like Chrysalis did).

Now bear in mind this is a personal feeling.

Camren 13-11-2012 08:01

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HASBRO Y YOU MAKE SEASON THREE DURING FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KiwiMuncher 13-11-2012 09:32

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I was really happy with the season 3 premier episode, I thought it was GREAT, but I did find the last part a bit rushed. Did any of you think the same?:o

Keyreaper 17-11-2012 19:11

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Lul. Pinkie you so silly. (Ep. 3 is pretty great)

rl1806 18-11-2012 22:52

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Funny episode; Pinkie is best clock.

AaronLeondar 25-11-2012 13:27

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Thoughts on Babs Seed?

I personally thought she was an alright character, but her voice bothered me ever so slightly.

come-at-me-bro 03-12-2012 14:12

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Hello Friends! I'm going to attempt to be more active! I can't wait for robotics to completely kick off! Also, I just turned 16!! May the pinkie twitch be with you my brony friends

aeniug2 05-12-2012 17:11

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Originally Posted by come-at-me-bro (Post 1198318)
Hello Friends! I'm going to attempt to be more active! I can't wait for robotics to completely kick off! Also, I just turned 16!! May the pinkie twitch be with you my brony friends

Congrats on turning 16.

I can't wait for kickoff either... I feel like this season is going to be really epic...

moogboy 05-12-2012 22:25

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Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1198924)
Congrats on turning 16.

I can't wait for kickoff either... I feel like this season is going to be really epic...

+1. FIRST is like Daniel Ingram's songwriting for MLP: the standards are so high and yet there is no doubt that they will be met and exceeded.

AaronLeondar 06-12-2012 21:42

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Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1199081)
+1. FIRST is like Daniel Ingram's songwriting for MLP: the standards are so high and yet there is no doubt that they will be met and exceeded.

This statement...absolutely perfect!

pokemonmegaman 11-12-2012 04:47

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I'll just leave this here. Goodnight!

rl1806 12-12-2012 23:29

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After seeing the Alicorn Amulet from Magic Duel a few weeks ago I decided to build an Autodesk Inventor model. I am just now getting around to posting it on CD due to finals and other school projects.
http://rl1806.deviantart.com/#/d5n7zn7

aeniug2 13-12-2012 01:34

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So... dat episode 7...

AaronLeondar 14-12-2012 02:08

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Originally Posted by pokemonmegaman (Post 1200839)

Pssssh, that's nothing.

Cupcakes doesn't even scare me, it actually kinda fascinates me (in a psychological kind of way. Not that I actually want to go murder my friends).

rl1806 14-12-2012 12:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1201527)
So... dat episode 7...

One of my favorite episodes…
I can’t say anything else… “Spoilers”

rl1806 18-12-2012 15:25

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Did anyone else get the feeling they were talking about the basic concept behind Gracious Professionalism in episode 7?

Tori Stingray 02-01-2013 14:12

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Is anyone else seriously disappointed that there'll be no new episodes until Jan 19th? I'm seriously bummed.

Also, my facebook is in ponyhoof. Anyone got any suggestions on who I should have it as? Right now I have it on Pinkie Pie, but the Luna one looked really cool......thoughts?

ThaineP 02-01-2013 14:24

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Rainbow Dash's theme looks awesome.

And I'm not really that disappointed about the delay, since I don't want to get too sunk into ponies as build season starts. Besides, that episode is supposed to awesome since [REDACTED].

come-at-me-bro 07-01-2013 16:59

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I'm now using Comic Sans. Because I'm cool. So, yeah just sending a pony update here. Have been watching the new season much (really busy) and will probably be catching up when I get home. The Game this year looks quite interesting. It reminds me a bit of last years because of the whole Shoot in goal idea. Be prepared. Winter is (has been) coming

Tori Stingray 07-01-2013 21:26

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I tried the Rainbow Dash theme, it needed to be about 20% cooler. Isn't Discord supposed to be making a comeback with this new episode. I'm so excited!!!!!

Also, there NEEDS to be a Rarity-centric episode. Just sayin' :D

DevinW 08-01-2013 14:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Tori Stingray (Post 1206532)
Is anyone else seriously disappointed that there'll be no new episodes until Jan 19th? I'm seriously bummed.

Also, my facebook is in ponyhoof. Anyone got any suggestions on who I should have it as? Right now I have it on Pinkie Pie, but the Luna one looked really cool......thoughts?

What brony ISN'T dissapointed with that? Also, try Lyra! I mean, she is best pony. (Yes, I'll start that debate. :D )

come-at-me-bro 09-01-2013 18:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1210749)
What brony ISN'T dissapointed with that? Also, try Lyra! I mean, she is best pony. (Yes, I'll start that debate. :D )

I do love Lyra. But, Dashie and Doctor Whooves (Yes, I know his OFFICIAL name is Time Turner) are gonna be my favs

DevinW 11-01-2013 13:10

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Originally Posted by come-at-me-bro (Post 1211730)
I do love Lyra. But, Dashie and Doctor Whooves (Yes, I know his OFFICIAL name is Time Turner) are gonna be my favs

Not bad choices, but I think Lyra and Octy are best. x3 Everyone loves Derpy, of course. I'm becoming fond of Fiddlesticks, my friend drew her for me. :D

ILikePizza555 12-01-2013 00:31

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I was browsing Chief Delphi to try and figure out why cRio imaging tool was acting up,


found this thread,


insta-join. :p


So, what's up?

come-at-me-bro 12-01-2013 12:55

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Just working on some robots and stuff! Ponies. Robots.

April McShorty 12-01-2013 12:59

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No. Way. :ahh: Do you guys have iBrony accounts too?

ILikePizza555 12-01-2013 14:18

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Originally Posted by April McShorty (Post 1213653)
No. Way. :ahh: Do you guys have iBrony accounts too?

I don't, but I have a ponysquare account that I never use. :/

DevinW 13-01-2013 01:01

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Quote:

Originally Posted by April McShorty (Post 1213653)
No. Way. :ahh: Do you guys have iBrony accounts too?

I don't either, but I've been a member of Manehatten since before it was Manehatten, although I'm never on it anymore. More bronies in FIRST than I thought. :D


Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1213485)
I was browsing Chief Delphi to try and figure out why cRio imaging tool was acting up,


found this thread,


insta-join. :p


So, what's up?

Not much; just ponies, robots, and LoL and TF2.

aeniug2 13-01-2013 01:15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by April McShorty (Post 1213653)
No. Way. :ahh: Do you guys have iBrony accounts too?

lol. nope, no iBrony account here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1213485)
I was browsing Chief Delphi to try and figure out why cRio imaging tool was acting up,


found this thread,


insta-join. :p


So, what's up?

Programming. All of the programming.

DevinW 13-01-2013 01:28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1214163)
Programming. All of the programming.

Oh gosh. This. All of this.



Also guys, new episode comes out in less than a week! :D What do you think it'll be about? Rarity-centric? Not my favorite character, in fact, she's one of my least favorite, but there hasn't been an episode focusing on her recently. Not saying I want one, but not saying I don't, either. It's due.

ILikePizza555 13-01-2013 01:58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214177)
Oh gosh. This. All of this.



Also guys, new episode comes out in less than a week! :D What do you think it'll be about? Rarity-centric? Not my favorite character, in fact, she's one of my least favorite, but there hasn't been an episode focusing on her recently. Not saying I want one, but not saying I don't, either. It's due.

It's a fluttershy episode, with discord.

and season 4 is confirmed.

Relevent:
Spoiler for CLICK:

aeniug2 13-01-2013 02:00

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214177)
Oh gosh. This. All of this.



Also guys, new episode comes out in less than a week! :D What do you think it'll be about? Rarity-centric? Not my favorite character, in fact, she's one of my least favorite, but there hasn't been an episode focusing on her recently. Not saying I want one, but not saying I don't, either. It's due.

yes. that. all of that.... Especially because vision tracking.


Rarity episode would be cool I guess, haven't had one of those in awhile...
Honestly I hadn't even thought about it, far too many everythings to read to be thinking.

DevinW 13-01-2013 02:11

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1214195)
It's a fluttershy episode, with discord.

and season 4 is confirmed.

Relevent:
Spoiler for CLICK:


I knew that was coming up eventually, but I didn't know it was the next one.
So cool.


Quote:

Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1214196)
yes. that. all of that.... Especially because vision tracking.


Rarity episode would be cool I guess, haven't had one of those in awhile...
Honestly I hadn't even thought about it, far too many everythings to read to be thinking.


I haven't even thought about the vision tracking yet. It'll be annoying when/if (proly when) we end up doing it. My first year doing robot code, also the lead programmer. Luckily the old lead became a mentor, so I have help if I need it. Only thing is, when I need help, he likes to mess with me. A lot. xD

AaronLeondar 13-01-2013 03:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214156)
ponies, robots, and LoL and TF2.

Very respectable choices.

I've got a good feeling about this season. Our team's already more than two weeks ahead of last year's build season xD,

ILikePizza555 13-01-2013 03:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214198)
I knew that was coming up eventually, but I didn't know it was the next one.
So cool.





I haven't even thought about the vision tracking yet. It'll be annoying when/if (proly when) we end up doing it. My first year doing robot code, also the lead programmer. Luckily the old lead became a mentor, so I have help if I need it. Only thing is, when I need help, he likes to mess with me. A lot. xD

Well, It my first year programming robots n stuff too, but I'm in charge of helping out programming team transition from labview to c++. Although, I should be happy, because from what little I know about labview right now, I'd choose c++ over it any day. I like my variables variables, not vi's and interfaces.

aeniug2 13-01-2013 03:37

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Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1214212)
Well, It my first year programming robots n stuff too, but I'm in charge of helping out programming team transition from labview to c++. Although, I should be happy, because from what little I know about labview right now, I'd choose c++ over it any day. I like my variables variables, not vi's and interfaces.

mmmmmhmm c++ FTW. We transitioned to it a few years ago.

If you're ever having trouble with anything in it and can't find the answer you can always feel free to hit me up on skype. Our team has already had almost every possible problem with it. :P

DevinW 13-01-2013 12:56

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1214208)
Very respectable choices.

I've got a good feeling about this season. Our team's already more than two weeks ahead of last year's build season xD,

Yeah, we've got things started already that we didn't have started til' week 4 in the past four years, according to the former lead programmer. That always makes me feel nice, going to have some extra time to debug and all makes me very happy.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1214212)
Well, It my first year programming robots n stuff too, but I'm in charge of helping out programming team transition from labview to c++. Although, I should be happy, because from what little I know about labview right now, I'd choose c++ over it any day. I like my variables variables, not vi's and interfaces.

We transitioned to LabView a few years ago, not sure if we used C++ before that, but I know we used C for a little while when we first started as a team.


Overall, I think the upcoming season is going to be very cool. The closer it gets the more I hope I'm chosen to drive. :P (We have a 2 year driver, he'll be driving, plus either me or another team member.) I think it'd be neat to drive, and I drove half the matches at last years MARC event.

Oh! And happy week 2 guys! Good luck with your build season! :D

AaronLeondar 13-01-2013 15:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1214212)
Well, It my first year programming robots n stuff too, but I'm in charge of helping out programming team transition from labview to c++. Although, I should be happy, because from what little I know about labview right now, I'd choose c++ over it any day. I like my variables variables, not vi's and interfaces.

Yeah, I think you'll find C++ being a lot more fun to work with. Well, for the most part, at least.

moogboy 13-01-2013 18:42

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I can't tell if my team is miles ahead of where we were last year or light years behind. On one hand, the shooter team is a dynamo and there is reasonable programming being done...but we also barely have a vague notion of what the drivetrain is going to be and we definitely have NO idea whether climbing is going to be a thing or not on our robot...



Week 2 is going to be all crazy Twilight.

DevinW 13-01-2013 22:36

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Quote:

Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1214520)
I can't tell if my team is miles ahead of where we were last year or light years behind. On one hand, the shooter team is a dynamo and there is reasonable programming being done...but we also barely have a vague notion of what the drivetrain is going to be and we definitely have NO idea whether climbing is going to be a thing or not on our robot...



Week 2 is going to be all crazy Twilight.

We have our ideas about climbing, I'll keep them quiet for now because I'm top secret like that, and it's fairly complicated. Also, you live quite close to me, I just noticed.

I have a bunch of pony stickers, our robot may be a Star wars reference(because of things from Star Wars that sparked ideas that we are indeed using.), what if I covered it with ponies? Pony wars. Star ponies. My Little Star Wars.

aeniug2 13-01-2013 22:52

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Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214726)
I have a bunch of pony stickers, our robot may be a Star wars reference(because of things from Star Wars that sparked ideas that we are indeed using.), what if I covered it with ponies? Pony wars. Star ponies. My Little Star Wars.

we covered our bot in pony stickers last year, it was great.
Tons of people at the regional turned out to be bronies. :D

DevinW 14-01-2013 05:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by aeniug2 (Post 1214739)
we covered our bot in pony stickers last year, it was great.
Tons of people at the regional turned out to be bronies. :D

OH, that'd be awesome, and we're going to four events this year! Not to mention possibly States or Worlds. Oh! And at least MARC in the offseason! I think over the course of build season, ponies will appear on the robot. Magically. You know, Friendship IS Magic!

aeniug2 14-01-2013 10:07

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Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214821)
OH, that'd be awesome, and we're going to four events this year! Not to mention possibly States or Worlds. Oh! And at least MARC in the offseason! I think over the course of build season, ponies will appear on the robot. Magically. You know, Friendship IS Magic!

wow, that's a ton of events. We can only afford to go to one regional, and I doubt we would be able to organize ourselves enough to travel anywhere even if we had the money.

moogboy 14-01-2013 15:54

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1214726)
We have our ideas about climbing, I'll keep them quiet for now because I'm top secret like that, and it's fairly complicated. Also, you live quite close to me, I just noticed.

I have a bunch of pony stickers, our robot may be a Star wars reference(because of things from Star Wars that sparked ideas that we are indeed using.), what if I covered it with ponies? Pony wars. Star ponies. My Little Star Wars.

I noticed T.E.M.P.E.S.T. has a real CD presence...I like it! Today our climbing stuff changed YET AGAIN. I've been working on a new part of the robot for a few days that I cooked up and the climbing folk have requested that I modify my design to include a hanger.

But more importantly...PONIES! I think in addition to sponsor stickers I'm going to discreetly put some ponies on our robot when no one is looking. I don't remember now if we met up with you at any time last season, but at the Livonia regional someone put up ponified safety posters. I saluted Celestia every time we went into a match.

Which four regionals are you going to?

ILikePizza555 14-01-2013 19:59

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Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1215073)
But more importantly...PONIES! I think in addition to sponsor stickers I'm going to discreetly put some ponies on our robot when no one is looking. I don't remember now if we met up with you at any time last season, but at the Livonia regional someone put up ponified safety posters. I saluted Celestia every time we went into a match.

I wanna do that. I wanna do that SOOOO badly.

Too bad that most of my team hasn't even heard of bronies, and the ones that do have very strong negative feelings about them.

Found that out the hard way. :/

AaronLeondar 14-01-2013 20:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1215249)
Too bad that most of my team hasn't even heard of bronies, and the ones that do have very strong negative feelings about them.

Found that out the hard way. :/

I know that feel bro. Why are there so few bronies in Oregon? :(

moogboy 14-01-2013 20:23

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1215249)
I wanna do that. I wanna do that SOOOO badly.

Too bad that most of my team hasn't even heard of bronies, and the ones that do have very strong negative feelings about them.

Found that out the hard way. :/

As the team Brony, I get picked on a lot. I feel like Babs Seed, except I'm all like, ORBITAL FRIENDSHIP CANNON on them and they just stare in wonderment.

nickk-knack 14-01-2013 20:49

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Homestuck brony reporting for duty. :3

moogboy 14-01-2013 21:30

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Originally Posted by nickk-knack (Post 1215309)
Homestuck brony reporting for duty. :3

Homestuck...brony...Oklahoma...You sir, have serious winnage. Which part of Oklahoma are you from? And by which part I mean how far are you from the Flaming Lips?

DevinW 14-01-2013 22:21

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Quote:

Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1215073)
I noticed T.E.M.P.E.S.T. has a real CD presence...I like it! Today our climbing stuff changed YET AGAIN. I've been working on a new part of the robot for a few days that I cooked up and the climbing folk have requested that I modify my design to include a hanger.

But more importantly...PONIES! I think in addition to sponsor stickers I'm going to discreetly put some ponies on our robot when no one is looking. I don't remember now if we met up with you at any time last season, but at the Livonia regional someone put up ponified safety posters. I saluted Celestia every time we went into a match.

Which four regionals are you going to?

Hehe, not from T.E.M.P.A.S.T. there are about 5 or 6 robotics teams down here in Monroe County I think. At least 3 of which say they're from Monroe. I'm off of M.T.R. (Monroe Trojan Robotics), which is Monroe High's team. T.E.M.P.E.S.T. is Jefferson High's team, if I recall. There's also Virus in Monroe, which is the community college team. (Other county teams include Bedford Express and Dundee Vibots.)


We're going to the Waterford District, the St. Joseph District, the Buckeye Regional in Cleveland, and the Queen city Regional in Cincinnati. Hopefully States and Worlds, too! :D

Do you guys go to MARC? It's not too far of a drive, only a county away! It'd be fun to have you if you don't. Oh, and next year we may be going to that Bedford district that just started this year. It'd be nice to have a home competition that all my family could go to for in-league play easily. It'd be awesome fun to see you guys around! Actually, it'd be crazy not to, you being so close and all!

Well, I ranted a bit. :P Hope to see you (and your team!) come competitions.


Quote:

Originally Posted by nickk-knack (Post 1215309)
Homestuck brony reporting for duty. :3

Welcome! I've read a small bit of Homestuck, and liked what I've seen, just always forget to save my place, and always get out of it.


Also! Anypony play LoL, anything Steam, or any other game I can't think of that is MMO for that matter? You can add me if you'd like, just message me on here!

moogboy 15-01-2013 10:59

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1215460)
Hehe, not from T.E.M.P.A.S.T. there are about 5 or 6 robotics teams down here in Monroe County I think. At least 3 of which say they're from Monroe. I'm off of M.T.R. (Monroe Trojan Robotics), which is Monroe High's team. T.E.M.P.E.S.T. is Jefferson High's team, if I recall. There's also Virus in Monroe, which is the community college team. (Other county teams include Bedford Express and Dundee Vibots.)


We're going to the Waterford District, the St. Joseph District, the Buckeye Regional in Cleveland, and the Queen city Regional in Cincinnati. Hopefully States and Worlds, too! :D

Do you guys go to MARC? It's not too far of a drive, only a county away! It'd be fun to have you if you don't. Oh, and next year we may be going to that Bedford district that just started this year. It'd be nice to have a home competition that all my family could go to for in-league play easily. It'd be awesome fun to see you guys around! Actually, it'd be crazy not to, you being so close and all!

Well, I ranted a bit. :P Hope to see you (and your team!) come competitions.

We haven't done MARC yet, though it's one of the things I'm going to push. We will definitely be Bro--hoofing it up at Waterford! I didn't realize Fermi was such a FIRST magnet!

alxg833 15-01-2013 17:00

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I know there will be at least a few bronies at the Baltimare and Manehattan regionals. On a side note, I was thinking of sending something about FIRST bronies (possibly a meetup after a tournament or something) to EQD. Where should we meet, and when?

moogboy 15-01-2013 17:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1215965)
I know there will be at least a few bronies at the Baltimare and Manehattan regionals. On a side note, I was thinking of sending something about FIRST bronies (possibly a meetup after a tournament or something) to EQD. Where should we meet, and when?

At worlds, someone could get together a cadre of Bronies together I'm sure.

ILikePizza555 15-01-2013 19:17

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1215965)
I know there will be at least a few bronies at the Baltimare and Manehattan regionals. On a side note, I was thinking of sending something about FIRST bronies (possibly a meetup after a tournament or something) to EQD. Where should we meet, and when?

Most probably wouldn't be able to go anyways. I know I wouldn't be able to.

Quote:

Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1215974)
At worlds, someone could get together a cadre of Bronies together I'm sure.

I think your idea seems more reasonable.

alxg833 15-01-2013 19:33

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Quote:

Originally Posted by moogboy (Post 1215974)
At worlds, someone could get together a cadre of Bronies together I'm sure.

Sounds like a good idea! When is Worlds, again?

DevinW 15-01-2013 22:57

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1216061)
Sounds like a good idea! When is Worlds, again?

April 24-27
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...3-Schedule.pdf

I might actually be able to attend that. Assuming I convince some family to go, as I REALLY doubt my mentors would all be okay with that right after worlds. They'd be trying to leave as fast as they can!

Edit: I know that's the best time to do it, but as I said, we usually try to get back from events ASAP, so unless I have family with me, I doubt I could join you guys. I'd try, though!

AaronLeondar 16-01-2013 02:39

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I'm curious: How long have all of you been involved in FIRST (not just FRC), and how long have you been a brony?

I've personally been doing FIRST since the 2005 season (FLL), then continued that through 2007, where we switched over to FTC through 2009. Then I switched over to FRC when I got to high school in 2009.

As for being a brony, I've been one since Summer 2011 after being convinced by a close friend and watching several pony videos earlier that year.

I feel old.

DevinW 16-01-2013 06:27

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1216359)
I'm curious: How long have all of you been involved in FIRST (not just FRC), and how long have you been a brony?

I've personally been doing FIRST since the 2005 season (FLL), then continued that through 2007, where we switched over to FTC through 2009. Then I switched over to FRC when I got to high school in 2009.

As for being a brony, I've been one since Summer 2011 after being convinced by a close friend and watching several pony videos earlier that year.

I feel old.

I joined FRC barely over a year ago, as I joined about two weeks before last years kickoff, before that I had no involvement in FIRST.

As far as being a brony, I watched an episode of MLP during season 1, and liked it but was too embarrassed to become a brony, so I stopped watching. After more than a year of confidence boosting (to a point where I don't care what people think.) I started watching again, and still loved it. I became an actual brony right as season 2 ended. I wish I remember what episode I watched during season 1's time. Maybe I'll try to remember what little I can and watch through the entire season again. :P

moogboy 16-01-2013 11:19

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My FIRST involvement started last year at the beginning of the school year. I joined for electronics, stayed for everything else! I've started mentoring two to four FLL teams this year every week this school year.

As for Brony'dom, I was reading the Bros of Failblog every day and saw all these pony maymays and started watching. I didn't become a heavy duty Brony until later though.

Fun story: I joined Quiz Bowl this year. These are usually pretty tame affairs. A bunch of total nerds showing off trivia knowledge doesn't exactly inspire rowdiness. Anyway, at my first event, the question reader starts one question and the end of the first sentence was "...featuring villains Zecora and Discord." I SLAMMED the buzzer and YELLED "MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC!" :D

It was a good day

ILikePizza555 16-01-2013 11:32

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1216359)
I'm curious: How long have all of you been involved in FIRST (not just FRC), and how long have you been a brony?
I feel old.

I've done FLL once in 6th grade, this is my first year doing FRC :P.

As for being a brony, I've been once ever since episode 5 I believe, when I saw a KYM article on it, and watched it just to "see how stupid it was"

I have never been so glad that I have been so wrong in my life.

Sobi 16-01-2013 17:48

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1216512)

As for being a brony... watched it just to "see how stupid it was"

I have never been so glad that I have been so wrong in my life.

Couldn't agree more. This fandom really is amazing, both from a social perspective and an innovative perspective (music, art, cake, etc.)

Keyreaper 16-01-2013 18:13

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FRC - Started Sophomore Year.
Brony - Curiosity got the better of me. Funny how that is.

alxg833 16-01-2013 22:08

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FRC - Joined the instant I arrived in high school, and fell in love with the activity. I'd done computer programming before, but this is just plain AWESOME.

Brony - My mom works for Hasbro, so I saw S1E1 on the airdate, and had to wait a few weeks before me and my 5 friends got some company on 4Chan. I feel like a hipster...

AaronLeondar 16-01-2013 22:45

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ILikePizza555 (Post 1216512)
As for being a brony, I've been once ever since episode 5 I believe, when I saw a KYM article on it, and watched it just to "see how stupid it was"

Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1216910)
Brony - My mom works for Hasbro, so I saw S1E1 on the airdate, and had to wait a few weeks before me and my 5 friends got some company on 4Chan. I feel like a hipster...

Wow, you guys are REALLY old haha. Sometimes I wish I had gone into the fandom back then just to feel, at least for a little while, unique. Like this was something that was completely out of the ordinary and no one would expect it.

DevinW 16-01-2013 23:08

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1216939)
Wow, you guys are REALLY old haha. Sometimes I wish I had gone into the fandom back then just to feel, at least for a little while, unique. Like this was something that was completely out of the ordinary and no one would expect it.

That's one thing I love about my school. I was the first guy that became a brony that I know of... openly, at least. At a school of 2000, that's unique. I've spread it around, and people are starting to watch it more. Now people I don't even know are bronies here and there, so the fandom is growing big time. I wish when I first watched the show I wasn't so embarrassed to watch it and joined the small fandom that was around for mlp at the time. By the time I warmed up to it it was already... should I say, Mane-stream? :cool:

I don't know if it'll ever be "Mainstream", but I love it, and hope that guys can be and do feminine things sometime. If girls can do masculine things, why can't guys do feminine? I'm not going to continue this debate - not that any of you would object - just don't feel like writing another mile of reasons. (Also, this is me saying "There shouldn't be standards for each gender", to put it shorthand.)

alxg833 16-01-2013 23:16

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1216939)
Wow, you guys are REALLY old haha. Sometimes I wish I had gone into the fandom back then just to feel, at least for a little while, unique. Like this was something that was completely out of the ordinary and no one would expect it.

People still don't really expect it. And being a brony back then wasn't as fun as it is now. You didn't have such a huge fan base, and it kind of felt like it was you against the world. Now, it just feels so much more awesome knowing you have such a huge group of people to fall back on. I'd say this kind of large fandom started around BronyCon '12, but that's just my opinion. In any event, age doesn't really matter. If you're a brony now, you've been in the herd forever!

Also, on a completely different note: Does anyone have any ideas for good autonomous programs? My team is just starting the basic target centering stuff, and we got kind of stuck.

DevinW 16-01-2013 23:58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1216969)
Also, on a completely different note: Does anyone have any ideas for good autonomous programs? My team is just starting the basic target centering stuff, and we got kind of stuck.

You started it? You're ahead of us! Our build and electronics are weeks ahead of past years, but our programming's is all rookie programmers, including myself, so I'm teaching myself and 5 or 6 others to do everything. Luckily, the guy that programmed the past four years became a mentor, and I have easy contact with him. Right now I'm teaching myself to program for two cameras at once, as we plan to have multiple. Actually, I just finished installing LabView here at home to program with. Good luck to you! Sounds like we both may need it!


EDIT: We did start the basic code, just haven't really done anything past it. I still need to make sure my basic code's all good, including a check from our programming mentor.

alxg833 17-01-2013 00:14

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1217010)
Right now I'm teaching myself to program for two cameras at once, as we plan to have multiple.

Multiple cameras? Like in... depth perception? *SQUEE* I wish my team was doing that! Sounds epic! Are you coding in Java, C++, LabView? My team's kind of rife with disorganization right now, so I'd be happy to help! Possibly an alliance/code collaboration thing?

Keyreaper 17-01-2013 00:43

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Sigh, even I can't program camera tracking and we've got people on here doing crazy things with TWO cameras?! :3 You're all so smart. :o

Anywho, this is about as much progress as we have on our bot right now.

Vroom Vroom

DevinW 17-01-2013 06:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keyreaper (Post 1217039)
Sigh, even I can't program camera tracking and we've got people on here doing crazy things with TWO cameras?! :3 You're all so smart. :o

Anywho, this is about as much progress as we have on our bot right now.

Vroom Vroom

I've never done anything with the camera before, and we plan to have two, sooooo I'm having to teach myself quite a lot. Yeah, I'll need luck on my side...

Also, we should have our robot in that state come the end of this week, besides programming... I need to organize my crew and start getting crap together.

Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1217021)
Multiple cameras? Like in... depth perception? *SQUEE* I wish my team was doing that! Sounds epic! Are you coding in Java, C++, LabView? My team's kind of rife with disorganization right now, so I'd be happy to help! Possibly an alliance/code collaboration thing?

We use LabView. It isn't exactly depth perception, both cameras are viewing different things for a different purpose. I just hope I can learn enough and code enough come competition. :p

AaronLeondar 17-01-2013 10:10

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1217010)
Right now I'm teaching myself to program for two cameras at once, as we plan to have multiple.

You'll find out that multiple cameras can be your greatest ally if you have the determination to really make sure they are fine-tuned. They were the reason our team was able to win the Seattle (Seaddle?) Olympic Regional last year (along with our amazing triple balance).

May the cameras be with you.

rl1806 17-01-2013 14:42

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keyreaper (Post 1217039)
Sigh, even I can't program camera tracking and we've got people on here doing crazy things with TWO cameras?! :3 You're all so smart. :o

Anywho, this is about as much progress as we have on our bot right now.

Vroom Vroom

How did you get your robot to be that agile?

Also what is everyone planning on doing with two cameras?

alxg833 17-01-2013 17:12

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Quote:

Originally Posted by AaronLeondar (Post 1217150)
They were the reason our team was able to win the Seattle (Seaddle?) Olympic Regional last year (along with our amazing triple balance).

I'd love to see the code for that! Is there any chance I could have a look?

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1217062)
We use LabView. It isn't exactly depth perception, both cameras are viewing different things for a different purpose. I just hope I can learn enough and code enough come competition.

Discord apparently came to visit my team and it's actually pretty disorganized right now, and work has come to a near standstill on the programming end. I'd be happy to help with your code, as I'm currently doing this with my team: http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m5...qq2vo1_500.png

So, how can I help?

Larmahaffy 17-01-2013 17:18

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc543 (Post 1106930)
Hey guys what is your favorite episode?

anything with Discord, (btw who saw the Discord statue in the new preview)

ILikePizza555 18-01-2013 00:11

Re: BRONY THREAD
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1216969)
Also, on a completely different note: Does anyone have any ideas for good autonomous programs? My team is just starting the basic target centering stuff, and we got kind of stuck.

Shoot. You start with 2 Frisbees anyways, I believe.

aeniug2 18-01-2013 01:30

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1216969)
Also, on a completely different note: Does anyone have any ideas for good autonomous programs? My team is just starting the basic target centering stuff, and we got kind of stuck.

This will be our first year doing anything with cameras... As of now it seems like it's going to be a competition to see whether the rest of the team can have the hardware done before we have the programming figured out. (then they can nag us about it... :P )

DevinW 18-01-2013 12:08

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Okay guys, I think I can use a hand from the multitude of you offering. To add a second camera, would I need to just copy pasta the camera items in Begin.vi and Vision Processing.vi? If that's correct, how do I edit the dash to show the second camera? I'm a bit stuck right now, and the teams programming mentor isn't in at the moment. I'll probably be able to ask him soon, but even he seemed a bit unsure of how to have multiple cameras, and he was our programmer for the past four years. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Also! Episode tomorrow! DISCORD!

Keyreaper 18-01-2013 12:54

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Quote:

Originally Posted by rl1806 (Post 1217312)
How did you get your robot to be that agile?

Also what is everyone planning on doing with two cameras?

The robot uses the KOP belts system modified to work with CIM-PLE Boxes. It's running on concrete so its slightly more slick than it should be and it's able to turn easier that way, but we'll see how it does on capret with full weight.

Two cameras bring about multiple advantages esp if you can't see all the way down the field and you have a frisbee you need to pick up, to vision tracking on the targets on the goals. If I am able to get two working, I would have one possibly in a position that would help me align the robot for climing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1217971)
Okay guys, I think I can use a hand from the multitude of you offering. To add a second camera, would I need to just copy pasta the camera items in Begin.vi and Vision Processing.vi? If that's correct, how do I edit the dash to show the second camera? I'm a bit stuck right now, and the teams programming mentor isn't in at the moment. I'll probably be able to ask him soon, but even he seemed a bit unsure of how to have multiple cameras, and he was our programmer for the past four years. Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

Also! Episode tomorrow! DISCORD!

I don't know exactly how to do this, so I may not be of much help here, and I'm sure there are more out there with more experince than me in vision tracking and LabView, but I'll try to do something similar to this tonight (possibly play around with driver station to fit my needs i.e.- another tab for camera viewing, or two windows for the cameras) and report back to you if I get something working. I'm sure plenty of reading and searching is ahead of me tonight :3.

Also Discord/Shy Shipping All Around after this Ep.? XD

DevinW 18-01-2013 13:20

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keyreaper (Post 1217991)
I don't know exactly how to do this, so I may not be of much help here, and I'm sure there are more out there with more experince than me in vision tracking and LabView, but I'll try to do something similar to this tonight (possibly play around with driver station to fit my needs i.e.- another tab for camera viewing, or two windows for the cameras) and report back to you if I get something working. I'm sure plenty of reading and searching is ahead of me tonight :3.

Also Discord/Shy Shipping All Around after this Ep.? XD

Alright, thanks. I'll be doing research tonight for this as well. I think I may make a topic later in the programming/LabView section. That'll be in a little bit. So yeah, maybe we can chat about it sometime. (Add me on Skype if you'd like: Devintheroaster) Good luck with whatever research you do, and good luck this year with your bot!


Oh gosh, don't doubt it! xD Meghan McCarthy (Her name is something like this, if I typed it wrong.), a writer of MLP posted on Twitter how Discords voice actor is going to say something that will destroy the internet. #Speculation #inb4ucanthashtag #inb4opcantinb4

Really though, what could break the internet? xD

Keyreaper 18-01-2013 13:28

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1218003)
Alright, thanks. I'll be doing research tonight for this as well. I think I may make a topic later in the programming/LabView section. That'll be in a little bit. So yeah, maybe we can chat about it sometime. (Add me on Skype if you'd like: Devintheroaster) Good luck with whatever research you do, and good luck this year with your bot!


Oh gosh, don't doubt it! xD Meghan McCarthy (Her name is something like this, if I typed it wrong.), a writer of MLP posted on Twitter how Discords voice actor is going to say something that will destroy the internet. #Speculation #inb4ucanthashtag #inb4opcantinb4

Really though, what could break the internet? xD

I already have you added. :3. Heheh. And yeah I've seen that tweet. So excited. :D Too bad it will have to wait until after our FIRST meeting is over.

DevinW 18-01-2013 14:53

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Keyreaper (Post 1218010)
I already have you added. :3. Heheh. And yeah I've seen that tweet. So excited. :D Too bad it will have to wait until after our FIRST meeting is over.

Oh, yeah, you do. I was looking at your username rather than your actual name. :P I'm home from school, left my code at school. Memory, activate! I really didn't write any difficult code. Yet.

Meetings on Saturdays? I meet every day Mon-Fri, but not on weekends. :3 How early is it that you'll miss mlp?

Keyreaper 18-01-2013 20:47

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1218038)
Oh, yeah, you do. I was looking at your username rather than your actual name. :P I'm home from school, left my code at school. Memory, activate! I really didn't write any difficult code. Yet.

Meetings on Saturdays? I meet every day Mon-Fri, but not on weekends. :3 How early is it that you'll miss mlp?

We meet Mon,Tues,Thurs,Fri, and Sat (Full Day of School Basically).
It might be in your interest to set up a dropbox account so it stay synced with all your computers if you use multiples of them.

TheMartianJim 19-01-2013 14:58

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Long time lurker and omg this thread is still going on!

DevinW 19-01-2013 15:24

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMartianJim (Post 1218629)
Long time lurker and omg this thread is still going on!

Welcome to the thread. :P And Yup, it is!

So, what did everyone think of the Discord episode? I thought it was pretty awesome. "Friendship is magic!"

Gonna paste something I said to a teammate (who is a brony) on Skype:
[12:38:45 PM] Devin Wiley: I want to see future episodes where Discord becomes evil again, like he's an addict, and at the end of the episode(s) he realizes he hurt his friends, and would rather be their friends than do evil
[12:39:02 PM] Devin Wiley: but because of his addiction, he continues to do it every now and again


I want that. So, season finale predictions? SEA PONIES, PERHAPS? You heard it here first.

alxg833 19-01-2013 22:18

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Hate to be needy, but, um, my team is still at a standstill, and I really want to help! Can I help in any way?

Keyreaper 19-01-2013 23:02

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1218875)
Hate to be needy, but, um, my team is still at a standstill, and I really want to help! Can I help in any way?

Go ahead and add me on skype (cyrus.duong). I'll do my best to help you when I'm not busy myself. :]

wlmeng11 19-01-2013 23:03

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1218639)
Welcome to the thread. :P And Yup, it is!

So, what did everyone think of the Discord episode? I thought it was pretty awesome. "Friendship is magic!"

Gonna paste something I said to a teammate (who is a brony) on Skype:
[12:38:45 PM] Devin Wiley: I want to see future episodes where Discord becomes evil again, like he's an addict, and at the end of the episode(s) he realizes he hurt his friends, and would rather be their friends than do evil
[12:39:02 PM] Devin Wiley: but because of his addiction, he continues to do it every now and again


I want that. So, season finale predictions? SEA PONIES, PERHAPS? You heard it here first.

Fluttershy made a promise on the condition that Discord would fix everything, but he didn't, so she shouldn't have felt an obligation to withhold her promise.

AaronLeondar 21-01-2013 21:43

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Quote:

Originally Posted by alxg833 (Post 1217437)
I'd love to see the code for that! Is there any chance I could have a look?

I unfortunately don't have it now, as I had to nuke my copy of Wind River and all the adjoining files in order to properly install this year's version.

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMartianJim (Post 1218629)
Long time lurker and omg this thread is still going on!

AAAAAAAAAA I KNOW YOUR TEAM! YOU GUYS GO TO OUR REGIONALS! It feels so nice knowing that there are others. :3

Larmahaffy 22-01-2013 15:40

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Quote:

Originally Posted by DevinW (Post 1218639)
I want that. So, season finale predictions? SEA PONIES, PERHAPS? You heard it here first.

I heard there's gonna be alicorn!Twilight stuff with like alternate futures and magical remedies *excited*

wlmeng11 22-01-2013 18:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Larmahaffy (Post 1220101)
I heard there's gonna be alicorn!Twilight stuff with like alternate futures and magical remedies *excited*



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