DashieInTheDark

4/5 so far, not bad if I do say so myself.

I hadn't actually guessed on this one. I do not view the episodes individually to find the answer, either. I just go from what I remember seeing in the episodes listed, and go from there.

Still, glad I got it right, but by no means did I think I was sure.

Good job everyone! ^^;

So, lately, I've been getting a LOT of nostalgia blasts. I guess I just can't "let go" of the past, and I really miss those days. Of course, I KNOW this is normal, and there's nothing but memories left, I just felt like bringing this up, so it wouldn't have as much of an emotional impact on me.

I've been thinking a LOT about my past, as I moved 4 years ago. We didn't move but 7 miles, but a lot of memories are in our old house. We drive by it often, so I'm reminded of it. I don't WANT to forget the place, as my life is a BIT better where we are now. (By better, I mean I'm older, I've got my own Computer, room, more respect, etc.) I just kind of miss the old days. But who doesn't? Be advised, I'm NOT looking for sympathy here, I just felt like chatting about it, really.

I remember watching Toonami every night at 10:30, which, for us at the age of 10, was late for us to be up. We'd watch Dragon Ball Z episodes, as they aired on CN's Toonami block. This, alone, is something I miss dreadfully. If CN were to bring Toonami back ,my life would almost be 200% awesomer. That, and playing Sonic Adventures with my brothers on the original Dreamcast.

Playing in our porch (was an enclosed, "play" area that wrapped around the front of our house) and having to clean it every 4 weeks, and the job that was. I miss it all. The smell of fresh cut grass, the cars going by, and the night lights. By no means did we live in a "city" but a rather small, "nice" community. We live in the country now, which is a BIG change, but we've adapted. Watching Courage the Cowardly Dog, staying up until what we thought was extremely late. (11:30 / 12:00) and just having a great time altogether. I know for a fact you all feel the same way, too. We've got photos, and videos of our past, of course, but that only deepens the "sadness" of times past. It's hard to personally express my feeling, as you weren't a part of my past ,but I hope you know what I'm feeling. I don't cry every night "hoping" to go back to those times, as we do get older, and learn new things, and make families of our own, I just miss them, is all. Of course, we're making memories here, too, which we must not forget. Though life out here is a dull, same, boring routine.

8:00 AM, School, 12:00, Lunch, 5:00, Chores. (Taking care of our farm animals) and 6:00 / 7:00 dinner. No games / computers / such past 8:30 PM. We usually go to bed at around 11. (Though lately I've been up much later, and getting on the computer much later then I should..) In the 4 years we've been here, we haven't made any "memories" that any of us will remember. Nothing horrific, nothing exciting, nothing happy, anything. It's just the same, old, boring, everyday life. As of now, my life consists of lunch, dinner, (sometimes breakfast, but I usually just eat a good lunch) chores, and school. Mixed in with doing stuff on the PC, and riding my 4 wheeler. Yeah, figure the order of all that.

Like I stated before, I don't expect, nor want any "sympathy posts" because just posting this alone makes me feel a bit better. I'll just have to look at the memories positively, even as hard as it may be to do so.

Who knows what tomorrow holds.

Well, I've gotten all my episodes from youtube and them all look fine to me... I haven't noticed anything particularly of about them... but if you want to than i'm sure no one would complain.

They may look "fine" when you see they all look the same. However, the contrast, brightness, and saturation is off of them, from the actual episode files themselves. (The raw footage from Hasbro)

This is caused by an incorrectly set up HD PVR, which they use to record the episodes. They aren't actually 1080p. They're 1440x1080, which Youtube detects as 1080p. I've got ACTUAL 1080p footage. (1920x1080)

which when scaled down to 720p, looks crisp, sharp, and VERY clean.

The depressing thing is that we've been assured repeatedly that it isn't Hasbro doing this. It's trolls. Still, until they get their rears in gear and start bringing out box set every-pony who's willing to provide us with our fix of technicolour equines should be encouraged. Though I'd make a specific account to avoid everything else being lost if some idiot does jump on you.

Quite the contrary here. "Hasrbo" (or was it Habsro?) spoke out, and the ACTUAL Hasbro said that it was them taking the episodes down. This happened with PonyArchive(?)'s C&D letter. So IS them taking the episodes down.

Either way, I think I'll upload season one, and see how that goes. I'' have the disclaimers and all of that ready. You should find them on my channel before tomorrow!

Edit: My new channel was created. It's called "EquestrianTelevision" on Youtube. I'm rendering episode 1 now.

They videos on YouTube are probably crappy because the good ones have been removed. More views means more people are viewing (obvously), and that makes it easier to find and take down. Someone always gets a 1080p up on Saturday sometime after the episode airs (I know because a friend links it on his FB). You should probably be careful about it. Or, y'know, don't be disappointed if they're pulled by YouTube.

That's the thing. They ARE being pulled off of Youtube, so at this point, I'm not VERY well known, so they shouldn't get pulled too fast. So you and the rest of Canterlot could benefit.

Hey, so I'm not entirely sure WHERE this thread should go. I just hope here is alright.

I've got all 42 episodes currently released downloaded, and on my PC. They're all in 1080p, and from Youtube. I won't tell you HOW to do it, but just letting you know I have them.

I've got Sony Vegas Pro 11 installed ,and I was thinking of rendering the episodes in corrected color in 720p, and upload them daily to Youtube.

I noticed the episodes on youtube aren't very "good" quality, and I can correct all of it with Vegas Pro. Color, Saturation ,Sharpness, brightness, contrast, etc.

I just don't want to have this be a waste of time. People need a way to get GOOD quality versions, so I felt like I could be of some help. I even know how to remove the watermarks, too, if that bothers anyone.

If I downscaled from 1080p to 720p, it would look BETTER, NOT worse, guys. So don't worry about that part. OR I could just correct them, and put them in 1080p.

So is this a bad idea?

I only use Skype to voice chat, and that has a mute button anyway. That is why I do not need it at this time. Also I any PC gaming I do is all bah mahself.

Completely regardless. The quality is VERY good on the mic, better than anything else I've ever heard.It's got noise cancellation on it, so you won't be picking up a dog barking behind you. If $100 is too much, I understand. But at this point, it's like you're avoiding the entire idea of it.

Meh, I'm in a super quiet house during the day, so I don't really need to cancel noise.

Sounds convenient, but not totally necessary for me.

Should be obvious I need the mic to be clear, but thanks.

I guess headsets come standard with mics now, because that's what I found when I was looking for a mic (before I moved).

Again, not necessary, but nice if you need it for stuff like that. XD

Volume slider... (Eh, there's are buttons directly on my laptop I can touch to change the sound.)

That means I have to install something, huh? Not that that isn't super easy for me, but I try to keep installed stuff on my comp down.

The extra software allows you to control the 7.1 surround, morph your voice, it has the equalizer on it, et cetera. It is NOT needed, but it's a very handy piece of software. It takes up 600kb of my RAM, and less than .100% on my CPU. So it's smaller than opening your documents folder, so to speak.

You also mentioned you voice chatted sometimes, so I assumed you used Vent, Skype, or played SOME sort of game. So having it built around "gaming" really helps in the quality. If this wasn't suc ha good headset all around, I wouldn't have recommended it to you. But it's done good for everything, really. Voice, music, games, movies, everything. You're paying no more than you would for something else ,but GETTING a whole lot more. In case you would like to have that ability.

Like I said, you can flip up the mic, and it will be muted .So if you're voice chatting, but you walk from the PC, or do not need to speak, you can flip it up and mute it. Rather than doing so via the Windows Audio manager, it's so much easier.

Well, "relatively inexpensive" isn't of much help to me, but I do have ONE great recommendation if you're willing to spend around $100.

It's the Logitech G35 gaming headset. Logitech makes GREAT products, and their durability is amazing.

Here's just a few of the pros for it:

• 7.1 (true) surround sound
  
• Complete noise cancellation (You literally cannot hear anything quieter than a full power vacuum with these on)
  
• USB 2.0. (You don't need the 3.5mm jack for these. That's the conventional green plug)
  
• Insanely good bass.(It's VERY clear, and very deep, it's not a muddy sound, either.)
  
• Only $95 (VERY cheap for this quality of a headset)
  
• The Mic can be flipped upward and be muted, just like that.
  
• 3 Programmable G keys on it, that you can open Media player, games, change volume, etc.
  
• Volume slider / 7.1 surround ON/OFF on the headset itself.
  
• Great software to use it with.
  

That's just off the top of my head. This headset is INSANELY good, and the mic quality is AMAZING. I highly recommend it over ANYTHING else you're considering. (Unless it's better, but like $150 more)

You can order them from newegg here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826104281

And they might have them at a Local Best Buy.

They're quite heavy, but not uncomfortable to wear for a long time. They come with 3 total headbands, in case you've got a small / large head.

Hope this helps!

As of 1:06 in, I need to say this already: 1. You NEED a better mic. The clarity is very low, and often rings my speakers because of the quality of your audio. If you need a mic / headset recommendation, PM me.

Also, I can already tell you're lacking a script. Just the way you're speaking. Ya'll needs a script.

Will edit this post after I'm done watching.

If someone is on IRC right now, can they PLEASE ask my me and CometShot were banned from IRC? If there's a reason, I WANT to know why If I deserve a ban, I deserve it. I just NEED to know WHY.

We shouldn't have to be "afraid" to go to IRC. It'a simple chat room. I don't see "where" your guys' fear is coming from. What about IRC are you afraid of?

D:

I was banned (along wit ha few others) from the Canterlot chat room. We hadn't been breaking any rules, either. Artax MAY be the "admin" but there's NO reason whatsoever for someone to ban someone "just because."

He had said "I can't focus on the chat and server, so quit distracting me." because we were mentioning his name a bit, giving him the alert "Yay" sound.So if it was necessary to USE his name, we avoided the spelling of. (Using like Art, Arty, etc.)

A few minutes later, he set the chat to mode -m, and me and (whoever is CometShot on here) were banned, but I don't know who else.

If we broke rules we didn't know about, that's fine, the ban is necessary. However, do NOT tell me that you banned us "Just because." because that only makes YOU a bad person. You can't threaten me with a "ban" because if you're LOW enough to do that, I wouldn't want to go TO your forum. (Keyword being IF you did that, otherwise, you're pretty cool.)

I is sad.

Heh, I looked at the episode, use my photographic memory, and chose one that I think is correct. We'll see. I haven't watched any of the episodes to find it yet, so I hope all of my correct answers can actually be from my knowledge.

"Season 2 - Leaked (but true^{{citation needed}}) episode synopsis: Putting Your Hoof Down."

If this is true (pleasepleasepleaseplease), then awesome. I am quite interested as to how this will happen without dissolving into AB's "But I want it now!", But with Fluttershy.

I am all for fluttershy episodes, so let this have my vaguely-intrested stamp of approval.

EqD confirmed that this is a confirmed episode. So the "leak" was true. What more approval do you need?

So I guess the rumors of the episode were true. I'm DEFINITELY looking forward ot this one ,as I LOVE to see each of the Mane6 get their respective development.

Discuss!

See, kids. THIS is why we can't have nice things.

Watching Alkatraz and American Idol on Fox, dunno why though. Been kind of watching House, watching Bones, and Adventure Time, Regular Show, and of COURSE MLP FiM.

I don't really watch any of these at certain times (except American Idol) so I just watch TV whenever. American Idol has gotten worse by the season, though..

We've got 6 cats. (In our barn) 7 dogs, Six Golden Retrievers, and one Toy Fox Terrier. Three Adult Goldens, and three puppies.

• More basic interactions with backround ponies. (Like asking for directions and such)
  
• More references ot real life things. (Much like the reference in the Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000)
  
• More posters. (Trixie, Wonderbolts, some Fashion shows, etc)
  
• Rarity's clothes on background ponies. (Depends on the place / occasion, though.)
  
• More awesome faces that they make! (Much like the crying face of Rainbow Dash in the newest episode)
  
• Episodes involving all of the Mane6 more.
  
• Great background music that fits the scenes.
  
• A different credits song
  
• A new intro. (Very big, but very minor on it's effect of the show itself)
  
• More Celestia appearances (If need be, of course)
  
• More music scenes! (My PMVs could use more of Pinkie's drumming, or Trumpt, and maybe Rainbow Dash on a sweet guitar.)
  

That's all I can think of off the top of my head.

Probably going, but not sure. If I were to go, I would have to take someone with me. I'll be getting my permit in April, so I could drive. it would be a 9 hour drive, but that just means a 9 hour road trip of ponies.

$65 isn't that bad. Night Under Fire (An NHRA Drag racing event held in Norwalk Ohio) costs $150 a ticket, and they go on sale a day after it is over. (Buy for next year) so it's not too expensive. It would be AWESOME to see you all though. Even if half of you don't know me.

Hey there.

Last night, I got hit with a great idea. A Tech support section, or "Subsection". People have technical problems, be it with their iPod, Computer, or even TV. I myself have in the past, but luckily I know how to fix it. Computers are my passion. so I could be of some help. I was thinking we could get the "Tech Support" subsection added under Chit Chat? Just an idea. If you're thinking that you could just post it in Chit chat, well, if many people have problems, you wouldn't want to sift through them to find normal threads, and vise versa.

Just an idea~

Hm, I can't say either way about my answer. The first contest was easy enough, and the second was difficult, and the third was very easy for me. This one, I'm confident in, but by no means will I be surprised if I have gotten it wrong.

Hint!

There are no hints!

I'd be happy with 3/4.

Another good way to tell is that the corn(?) in the second frame is not in the first. And the barrels are not covered up by the white fence. The shot is zoomed out, and the sign ion the arch in the second frame is not in the first.

I've been watching the abridged series since before August. I REALLY like how well they did it. They re-use clips, but you can't even tell. I am amazed. Vegeta's and Goku's voice are perfect. They match their show counterpart.

My favorite character is probably Goku or Vegeta, depending on their roles in episodes. My favorite so far is the Namek one where Jace(?) is the narrator of the wrestling match. Bucking HILARIOUS!