starswirlthebearded

I kinda see Matt Smith as a new version of Tom Baker, at least IMO.

4th doctor is the best doctor. Tom Baker was brilliant.

Pegasus ponies are witches! Fluttershy turned me into a newt!

I haven't used an iPod in years. My current portable set up is a Cowon J3. When I tested out the xb series it was the Cowon D2. As for home testing, I have an audiogd nfb-11. Do believe me when I tell you I give headphones every shot I can. And the bass felt from full sized speakers (my friends paradigm speakers set up) was incomparable, and I honestly could not recall feeling those sub bass frequencies in any headphone I have ever tried. Perhaps when I get HE-500s that will change. However, for now they improve the perceivable frequencies, but aren't powerful enough at a comfortable listening level to actually feel the true bass (by comfortable, I mean feeling no pain, I went as loud as I could without having that level). Even when testing for volume distortion at max I couldn't feel it. perhaps it's because I'm used to feeling it through speakers. But I haven't felt those frequencies though headphones, or if I did I did not recognize it due to knowing how it feels through speakers. I don't really know.

Headphones, in my experience don't have the power to effectively feel those sub bass frequencies. That said, I agree, if the ability to go that low is there, it usually improves the other frequencies. In a moderate price range, I cannot recommend the Sony MDR-V6 enough. They don't have as much bass or go as low iirc as the xb series, but the overall sound is top class in its price range. And there is a reason why the MDR-V6 was a standard studio (as in a large amount of studios used the V6) headphone until it was replaced with the MDR-7506.

Please tell me what pairs you tried, because I cannot believe that skullcandy out performed anything for any purpose, unless you are talking about the aviators or the mix master Mike headphones. Seriously, besides those two, I cannot think of a single redeeming feature for any skullcandy headphone I have ever tried. Ever. I have tried out hundreds of headphones (I mean that quite literally, I've run the gamut from cheap $5 headphones to top tier $1800 headphones) and at least a dozen home and portable set ups (most expensive set up used was $5000 approximately), and the two worst companies for headphones I found were skullcandy and wesc. Skullcandy only recently redeemed themselves to me with the two aforementioned headphones. If you want headphone advice I can certainly help there. I will say this though... Sub bass frequencies in headphones is nearly useless. All it means it's that the 20hz frequency might be a bit stronger/cleaner (might is the key word). Humans can't hear below 20hz usually, it can be felt though, but that requires full sized speakers. Headphones might be able to produce those frequencies, but you will not be able to perceive them using the headphones.

yeah, but there is also a rating. The current rating of mlp:fim is 4.5/5. You could easily say that after hearing about it on the internet so much and seeing the oddly high rating on Netflix got you curious, and decided to watch an episode or two.

Fraud does not need to be deceitful. It does have to result in an unfair advantage of the party doing the defrauding though. They used "sharp practice" to garner an "unfair advantage" in a contest that would gain them a farm, which is profit.

Iron Will is totally Mr Satan from DBZ Twilight is a lot closer to Sheldon than Rarity is, without the OCDness. Though really... the mane 6 are character archtypes. They are seen in many shows all over. RD is the tomboyish athlete, AJ is the friendly country gal, fluttershy is the well... shy one...

Except that they weren't. Up front would have been meeting the apples in confidence instead of bringing in crowd mentality, forcing the Apples hand in the entire matter. Again, this is one form of con that involved a scheme to steal the Apples farm. It is indeed a con. and them not selling the cider was a post of their scheme, because it again, brought the crowd into it. They used the crowd as a part of their scheme. That is in no way up front. Also... Fraud: deceit, trickery, sharp practice, or breach of confidence, perpetrated for profit or ,to gain some unfair or dishonest advantage.

Not to mention twilight is accident prone. Even if it was safe, she'd still probably get injured somehow. I could see pinkie do it in all of her physics defying glory though.

I wonder... Speaking of Equestria as a whole... How many residual fans does Fluttershy have from her brief modeling career...?

In town, they are much higher than that. At least I think so... Equestria as a whole, I wouldn't be surprised if only Rarity and Twilight are known. And not even that well. And RD in cloudsdale of course... Twilight because we don't know what other errands Celestia had her run before Ponyville. She could have ran errands and done tasks for Celestia all over Equestria. She had been her protegee since she was a filly after all. And rarity because of aforementioned reasons. (fashion, hoity toity, and sapphire shores)

I totally forgot about this... Wouldn't that make Sweet and Elite a bit harder to swallow? There is no way Fancy Pants and Fleur were not there and didn't notice one of them. Heck, any of the upper echelon ponies for that matter. I'm sure Twilight who was with the Princess greeting everypony especially would have been taken note of. That is a great honor to stand with the ruler at any event. Even excluding the insanity that they brought (which was apparently Princess Celestia's grand design) each of them were noticed for one reason or another. Rarity was with the prince the entire night, RD was with the Wonderbolts, AJ had a stand (which I'm sure stood out), Twilight was with the princess (hard to miss that), Pinkie was being... well... Pinkie..., and... FS... You don't forget the crazy pony who burst in screaming "YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE ME" with a hoard of animals following. However... wouldn't most of that make the mane 6 more infamous than famous? At least with the Canterlot upper echelon. Naturally it would have been changed regardless when Fancy Pants stepped in at the end of S&E, because he is a boss. As for Fluttershy in Ponyville... I think she is well known as well. Anyone who has a pet probably either got it from her or went to her at some point in time. I bet even the vet goes to Fluttershy for some... difficult... animals. She is pretty much the keeper of wildlife in Ponyville, and is apparently the pet groomer of Ponyville. She just doesn't like to be in the limelight, but that doesn't mean she isn't well known. It's like JD Salinger... He was world famous, won awards, and he wanted to be left well alone. And as for what Weesh said, I'd have agreed if AJ didn't have basically two celebrations for her, one for saving the town and one for the send off. Seems like a lot for just a run of the mill pony. I really think the mane 6 is well regarded in Ponyville, but not made a big deal of because of the close knit community. Twilight has done some crazy things though, and it wouldn't surprise me if ponies went to her to help them with their problems. The town changed when she arrived, when one pony changes everything... you take note more than others. In fact, I think the mane 6 would be better regarded because they ARE friends with Twilight, the protegee of Princess Celestia and all around super powerful unicorn. Though, I'm pretty certain she is also seen as eccentric. I'm pretty sure she is seen as eccentric everywhere. I mean, even in Canterlot the guards weren't surprised to see her sneaking around like that, neither was Celestia. She seems to have garnered a certain reputation, though is still well regarded (so long as she isn't having a breakdown or meltdown).

http://en.wikipedia....onfidence_trick From the above article Yup, tricked into accepting the con man's plan. Seems like what happened here. Though there wasn't anything to gain, except more cider and the town's confidence. Which honestly, to the Apples is worth its weight in gold, as they were hell bent on demonstrating their ability as cider makers as well as INTEGRITY. They had more to lose though, but that is the point of a con, to bring the mark into a disadvantageous deal.

Rarity would probably do salvation army out any other organization that brings clothes to the needy. Twilight anything to do with education or reading. Fluttershy world wild life conservation. The rest I'm not so sure...

They are con artists. Their name says it all... Flimflam... Look it up. They rallied the town into supporting them leaving the apples little choice but to enter into a disadvantageous contest. That is a form of a con, but perhaps one you are not familiar with. If they tried to negotiate down, they likely would have tried leaving which would have created unrest among the ponies. That was their intent. That didn't happen because Apple bloom stepped in and caused negotiations to turn south anyway. They took that opportunity to rile up the apples, which allowed them to get them into the competition that would lose them their farm. They are the classic con men and we're intended to be that way. Just because there was an actual need, does not mean that there is no possibility for a con. If that were the case than mortgage cons wouldn't be cons, but they are.

Welcome to Canterlot Q... erm... Discord... Qiscord? GAH I don't know... I'll just call you Q since its easier. I'm Star Swirl. Hope you enjoy it here.

Pulling strings or not, he ended up featuring her and showed actual interest in her designs the second time around. And also, the second time it looked like Twilight's doing not Spike's (or perhaps they worked together). However, the crowd for the fashion show shows that she is at least well known to a degree at least in Ponyville. And naturally in fashion circles. And now in the upper echelon circles thanks to Fancy Pants (who I still want to see make a return appearance). Sorry, by approached, it looked to me that the Wonderbolts were approached by other ponies, but Dash was the only one they approached, as in initiated a conversation. It was pretty obvious it was the opportune timing, but it wouldn't have happened if the Wonderbolts didn't know who she was and didn't have at least SOME interest in her. Not to mention Soarin seeming familiar with her in this latest episode. I doubt the Wonderbolt captain remembers every Pegasus's name. And I think it was probably on the Hub or Hasbro if it wasn't in series, but I DO remember reading/hearing that he is the leader of the weather pegasus ponies in Ponyville. If not the leader than the main weather mare of Ponyville at least. As for the celebrations... The first was in Ponyville, and it doesn't look like anyone other than the ponies in Ponyville knew what even happened. The one in Canterlot was likely public, but usually elite people don't attend awards ceremonies unless they have special reason to. That and I don't think anypony remembered Discord. I think his magic was illusion based, and everypony was hypnotized, and when it broke, nopony remembered anything. You remember heroes when you remember the disaster, if you don't remember the disaster, even if someone tells you that they are a hero, you won't know nor will you care even if they won a prestigious award because of it.

You too? Me and couple of my friends have an elaborate, flexible plan. And it doesn't hurt that all of us are in some way trained in fighting, firearms or both.

I agree with everything here... Just two things... First is Rarity... She seems to be more well known. Remember the fashion show? Seemed to have a big turn out for just a regular successful business owner. That said, in Ponyville, yes, she isn't of particular importance. However, we can assume that she is pretty well known in the fashion world. Hoity Toity featured her work, and the reportedly makes dresses for the Gala every year. Not to mention Sapphire Shores knowing who she is, which would lead to more ponies knowing who she is. (Whenever a musical artist has dresses made, it doesn't take long for the media to take note on the designer) And RD... I could have SWORN that it was mentioned somewhere that she was the head of the weather in Ponyville. Probably the first episode it was implied when TS was looking for her. But yeah... She is pretty well famous. The Wonderbolts even invited her to hang out with them, and every other pony seemed to approach them and take them away from her. However the Wonderbolts didn't approach any other ponies at the Gala, only her. Then you have the best young flier's competition. Then you have the whole MMDW thing (which probably hurt her reputation in the end, but still).... Basically the Mane 6 are all very well regarded in Ponyville. The only one who isn't always taken SERIOUSLY is Pinkie Pie.... and well... that is because she is Pinkie Pie. However, those closest to her (the Cakes, and the Mane 6 mostly) seem to be reconsidering this (Swarm of the Century, Feeling Pinkie Keen, Baby Cakes).

You forgot this.... (I do so love those badges) Thank you ambris

Though they don't top my list of favorites, I do enjoy their music. And I certainly respect them.

It was also made quite clear that Celestia tried reasoning with Luna, but was unsuccessful (due process). Discord was not mentioned to have had such courtesy. Also, Luna was NOT reformed, remember? When she returned as Nightmare Moon she was just as vengeful as ever if not more so, because she was imprisoned for 1000 years. I recall a quote..."Does my crown no longer matter now that I have been imprisoned for 1000 years" or something like that. Yup, certainly seems reformed. Also "You'll NEVER see your precious Princess ever again." Oh yeah... Real reformed, right? The Elements of Harmony purified her evil spirit, something Discord does not have, otherwise, why couldn't the Elements purify him as it did Luna? This would support the notion that Discord is not evil, but just is. The world needn't be black and white. There is more to this. Technically speaking, Nightmare Moon's intentions were far more nefarious than Discord's. No pony was going to die from the chaos. However, every pony would have likely died from lack of the sun (aka eternal night).

Voldemort chose to be evil due to his history and upbringing, and chose to kill all muggle borns (kinda like Hitler... Sorry... Godwin's law >_>). Discord is the embodiment of chaos. Chaos is again, not evil. We see him create chaos, which isn't really evil. No one knows what is going on and everything goes back to normal. The mane 6 don't remember except for twilight whom chose to give up, which is why she changed. He changed the world into one of chaos, it wasn't all that evil. Was it good for Equestria? No. Did he go too far? Yes. But again, he likely went too far because HE WAS IMPRISONED IN STONE FOR 1000 YEARS. Likely without proper discourse. If you were thrown in prison for life without a trial, how would YOU feel? Really? Would you appreciate it and go on your merry way if you managed to get out? I some how doubt you would. You would likely seek reimbursement. But you would never get that time of your life back. Discord had 1000 years stolen from him. We don't know if it was just or not, we only have Celestia's word to go on. We don't know if she tried to reason with him or not, or anything. I really hope if John De Lancie is brought back as Q it is a history, and we get to see what exactly happened. Because as of right now, I find it easier to sympathize with a guy who was imprisoned for 1000 years possibly for no reason, rather than to mark him as the absolute evil. My logic is fine. You are hell bent on painting the world in black and white when it isn't. Doing evil things is not the same as being evil. Everyone does evil things from time to time, intentional or not. We have even stated, though at least partially unintended, Twilight has done evil things as well. Again, neither chaos nor disharmony, the things he represents, are evil. They are not positive, but not negative either. They are neutral if anything. Also, talking about the PAST and the PRESENT are two totally different things. He was born in the past to be the embodiment of chaos and disharmony. He sought revenge in the present for being imprisoned for 1000 years. 1000+ years ago he wasn't out for vengeance, he was just doing his design. Possibly creating a balance between harmony and disharmony.