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oh yes, I had just seen that one today! there is a year one of that style as well.

Yes, my optimism is based in the hope that we learn why they were off, and that much of the strangeness is explained. You bring up good points, but note that even if it can't be explained, the fact that they felt wrong is enough to hurt the story. If you have to think about it to justify them not breaking character, then the author either failed, or has something planned and wanted to call attention to it. If it turns out to be important, great, it will redeem this issue. The hardest parts of watching Rarity were the sweating, the cringing, clenching her eyes, and the unsteady voice. The whole last page didn't feel right. Her pose was beyond awkward, and being tied up wasn't necessary. Since it is a new writer, it is more challenging to give the benefit of the doubt. If we had seen great characterization of the mane 6 and THEN this issue, it would be intriguing, rather than confusing.

Heh. You see what happen? Characters acting out of character? The tone taking a dive to the deep end?

What formula do most stories follow? I thought I was describing deviations from standard formulas that made for a poor start. Oh weird. I hadn't noticed that.

Status: cautiously optimistic Luna didn't have the presence she should have, or else she is royally freaked out and trying not to show it. Rarity seemed similarly out of character. It seems like a gimmick to get us to fear those creatures, but it is tough to take because terrified (and tied up) ponies are not "fun" to watch. The first series worked because the CMC were completely unafraid. There is just too much that we don't know at this time. They have a great deal of power, but how much? Someone had a comment on the Rainbow dash miniseries to the effect of "This reads like bad fan-fiction". It is too early to call this the same, but the thought came to mind. The issue wasn't enjoyable, but it sets up the four issue series to be strong. If they can follow through.

A big problem with this is if someone misses the window. Then suddenly an artists is writing of vice versa. If everyone signs on knowing that they will be doing both, then it isn't shocking to have to switch. I'm not seeing a huge amount of support for "hardcore mode" in which everyone participates everyday. Could I get a general idea of how many concurrent games you would be interested in? Whether it is just one extra, or perhaps half as many games as we have people?

Yes. Let us not forget where we have been.

Brained, can you imagine a version in which you could put in 10 minutes a day over the course of 10 days? Actually, anyone who has suggestions, please weigh in.

Guys! Let us discuss Telephone Pictionary the Tenth. Proposal: Run the game like a traditional game of Telephone pictionary, in which each party participates each round, and there are a number of games equal to the number of players simultaneously running. For instance, Each participant would write a line for the first day, and pass it to the next person. On the second day each participant would draw a picture and pass that picture to the same person they passed the line to. Each story would thus traverse the circle. The individual participation requirement is higher, but the results are more prolific. It would also be possible to increase the time limit to two days, or run fewer, say 4-5 simultaneous games. Before we make a decision, I would like your reactions to a shake-up of the game...

Indeed. The preferred expression is one of high quality and excellent aesthetics. So THIS and THIS are among my favorite designs. Less is more.

For your sake, I hope AJ gets a great issue. As someone who wanted Rainbow to get fair treatment, this was exceedingly disappointing. Can you not sympathize with the RD fans, even while you enjoy the strong AJ showing in this one?

Is that official merch? That is pretty nice.

I legitimately forgot about those. Well, it is nice that you enjoyed it. I saw Rainbow getting belligerent, desperate, and coming undone at the seams. Failure absolutely got to her. And when things looked bleak, she was STILL trying to do it alone. Then after succeeding she moped around her house until Applejack snapped her out of it. It was more depressing than uplifting.

So far. Tell us what you liked about it. My scale is a bit different from yours, but story is critical. Story: [0% - 90%] Art: [-90% - 10%] Most of the time, the art would neither add nor subtract from the rating provided by the story. But the art can be so bad that I will stop reading a good story, or it can be so good as to push it over the top. Ouch. You stopped ten pages from the end? And this was a short one too. A fast read since there are so many pictures and so few text bubbles. That is a daming indictment.

Ouch Not going to disagree with that either. What is a weighted or unweighted score?

Not going to disagree... But there were a few amusing things: The picture on the first page with Rainbow playing a flying V was pretty great Tank had good moment's including the "sign" that he was alright : ) "the goggles, they do nothing" is a painfully overdone meme, but I still smiled

New Comic is Available! Yay! A cover that doesn't suck! I wish they would explain why the legos didn't work. Legos solve everything...