Dessa Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 So the finals were a tie. This is the runoff vote, and the last possible official vote in the Best! Episode! Ever! poll. If they tie, that's all there is to it. It would remain a tie, and the two episodes would share the title.The usual text at the top of these things follows:This post is the FINAL final part of a multi-post polling bracket (we swear!), the full details of which are here: http://www.canterlot...&p=25724#p25724Pick a favorite. You may change your vote as many times as you wish, but polling will close 3 days after this posting, after which your vote is locked in, and for that matter, the fate of Equestria of the entire poll.Links to episode videos here: http://www.canterlot...php?f=13&t=1870 (recently broken, as I've been told, either by parasprites, or Hasbro. Let us pray it was the former). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessa Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Ah, not much to say here. Same as before. Party of One. I encourage ponies who favor another episode not listed in this poll to just go ahead and choose one anyway, or we'll get similar results to last time.Vote for: :Pinkie: :Pinkie: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackFang Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 i'll just quote this hereGO RAINBOOOOOOMYOU ARE GOING TO...VOOOOOOOOTE IIIIIIIITTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sonic Rainboom is still the best episode ever, for all the reasons I mentioned before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitehawke Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Ah, not much to say here. Same as before. Party of One. I encourage ponies who favor another episode not listed in this poll to just go ahead and choose one anyway, or we'll get similar results to last time.Vote for: :Pinkie: :Pinkie: Holy crap, I thought you just posted a random assortment of smiley faces, but I just realized that you spelt out "Pinkie".GENIUS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armony Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 While that is a pretty fancy arrangement of smilies, I'm still going to vote for Sonic Rainboom. For the yay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Hoof MD Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 I am sad that WWU did not make this list. I am going to have to go with Sonic Rainboom on this one. It was a great episode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taliesin Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Who's a crazy pony? Pinkie is a crazy pony! Party of one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Heh. 18 votes and it's all tied up.I have to wonder what happens if this one ends in a tie as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessa Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Augh, it's tied up again!This controversy will TEAR THE COMMUNITY APART.In the first post I said they'd share the title, and that's how I've set tie behavior for previous rounds' potential ties. There's no reason why 2 episodes can't be the best.Otherwise, potential tie breakers would include past head-to-heads (they only faced once, and it was a tie), total vote tallies in semifinal rounds (more semi votes would win), and total votes in all polls. But making a call like that after the game is underway is a bit shady. Shared victory is how I explicity said this situation would have been handled in past rounds, so shall it be for this round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWereCat Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Seriously? Sonic Rainboom? Rarity is portrayed horribly in that episode, and is very out of character. As if she wasn't already the least liked pony of the mane six, this episode certainly helped push her to the very bottom of EQ Daily's best pony poll. Just my opinion, but I'm surprised to see this episode is in the top 2.Party of One, on the other hand, is a great episode- Gummy, , and lots of character deveolpment for Pinkie! 'CONFESS!' Plus, who can forget Applejack and Pinkie's stare off? If not the best episode, certainly the best animation in an episode! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 riverhippo's favorite episodes list, from best to worst:1. Friendship is Magic Part 11. Friendship is Magic Part 21. The Ticket Master1. Applebuck Season1. Griffin the Brush-off1. Boast Busters1. Dragonshy1. Bridle Gossip1. Look Before You Sleep1. Swarm of the Century1. Winter Wrap Up1. Call of the Cutie1. Fall Weather Friends1. Suited for Success1. Feeling Pinkie Keen1. Sonic Rainboom1. Star Master1. The Show Stoppers1. A Dog and Pony Show1. Green Isn't Your Color1. Over a Barrel1. A Bird in the Hoof1. The Cutie Mark Chronicles1. Owl's Well That Ends Well1. Party of One1. Best Night EverIt's a 26-way tie for first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuqyoHighsong Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 While Pinkie Pie going completely bonkers was funny, 'Party of One' just seemed a little over the top for me. Shouldn't Pinkie know her friends well enough by now to know they weren't turning on her?My vote goes for Sonic Rainboom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessa Posted August 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Ruqyo, you're killing me. Killing me.Pinkie pie tends to understand friendship in morally stark terms. She tends not to see shades of grey. In "Green Isn't Your Color," Pinkie Pie was obsessed, to a fault, with the idea of secret-keeping. In "Griffon the Brush-Off," Pinkie is so loyal to Rainbow Dah, that she extends Gilda far more grace than most would, because friends try to get along with Friends' friends. In both cases, it took a lot to overwhelm Pinkie's ideological rigidity about what a friendship entail.Likewise, in general a rule about friendships is that friends don't lie to each other, yet Pinkie is increasingly faced with a situation that confronts reality as she understands it. If her friends are running around behind her back and lying, then they must not be friends, because friends are honest with one another. When reality confronts our most deeply held beliefs, it's very difficult to deal with. For pinkie, it puts a break in her reality, and she loses her connection to the real world. While a bit of an exaggerated response, this is the cartoonist character in a cartoon show, this sort of extreme response to perceived betrayal, much less cognitive dissonance, is fairly common.In addition to losing grip with reality, pinkie pie regressed to a mode that helped her feel secure as a child, represented literally By her physical transformation to Pinkamena. She had a lonely and depressing childhood, and in times of stress, reverting to the paradigms of our childhoods isn't terribly uncommon.And this all on the "simplest" character on the show. Party of one isn't just one of the funniest episodes, it's a stylized, but in essence, fairly accurate analysis of well established psychological concepts like cognitive dissonance, regression, psychosis, and of the moral concept of ideological rigidity (which is a common theme in the show, tbh).It's ridiculously well written, and has layers of meaning. AND it's ridiculously funny.Sonic Rainboom is good, but and I like that it adds an unseen dimension to a character that had until then been a bit one-dimensional, but its just not as deep. It may have the best action in the show as well. But IMO, it was more surface than substance (and theres nothing wrong with that at all). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Jaded-Bug Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 As much as I voted for Sonic Rainboom in the last pole, I think that the arguments leaning towards Party of One have won me over. *voted for the latter atleast an hour ago* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 I voted for the one that I LIKED the best, rather than the one that had the best meaning or moral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S008 Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 I'd go with Sonic Rainboom - while Party of One is an important episode and seeing the "secret" unfold through the eyes of Pinkie was certainly enjoyable, it almost didn't feature the other characters at all for the very same reason - that's not bad, but it makes me lean towards Sonic Rainboom for the time being. Besides, the meeting of Dash and the Wonderbolts wasn't overemphasized but was well-presented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger Mint Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 hi hiI'm perfectly capable of accepting a tie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Don't forget: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaconofChaos Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Hmmm....I'm actually gonna go watch both episodes again before I vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted August 19, 2011 Report Share Posted August 19, 2011 Sonic Rainboom has taken on quite the lead. This is going in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessa Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I voted for the one that I LIKED the best, rather than the one that had the best meaning or moral.Same. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Palomino Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I respectfully accept the fact that Sonic Rainboom has won. It was a fine contest, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippo Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 I know this isn't the same thing as favorite character, but I can't help that this vote looks much like a vote between Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash.No question, Rainbow Dash is MLPFiM's most popular character thanks to memes, character development and the whole "she's a lesbian" thing. But she may not be top favorite amongst pony fans, just more than Pinkie Pie.I'm not happy the way the polls turned out, but I'm not complaining, I'm whining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dessa Posted August 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 8 votes down, 2 days left. There are still votes to be made. It's looking grim, but there's a chance that truth and justice will prevail. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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