Yep, except I personally played the game for several hundred more hours after beating it the first time, seeing how hard NG+ was and what character builds were effective, and then making a PVP-centered character.

Well, I've actually beaten it two more times.
I've thought about NG+ and PvP as well. For PvP, should I shoot for a 120 SL cap, and what is your preferred covenant for PvP?

I got to 120 and camped out in the oolacile township for pvp, which got me a crap ton of action, not sure if it's still the same today though.

I never really experimented with the covenants. I only ever went into the warriors of sunlight covenant, and that was only for my cleric build.

a popular covenant for pvp are the darkwraith covenant, since they can do infinite invasions.

So I just looked up Oolacile Township, and I had no idea there was a DLC for the game. I guess that's something new there.
Yeah, I figured Darkwraith was the go to, but I was thinking of trying out the forest hunters. I also considered the dark moonblades, but I hate that son of a bitch Gwyndolin too much.
Also, I was thinking of picking up Demon's Souls. Have you ever played it?

yeah, oolacile is pretty significant, I recommend doing that portion of the game. If you're playing the PC version of dark souls, I believe you got the DLC for free.

never played demon's souls.

What's up?

nothing much, just listening to some music
you?

I'm alright, watching some star trek.

cool

oh boi... here we go

Yo mate I don't care if you mess with me but this is my friend don't screw with him.

He's also my friend

funnyjunk.com/funny_gifs/4281886/Fuck+you+I+m+a+horse/523#523

So go fuck ya self... yo

Little creepy to ask me to masturbate, and really dtox is this true?

First off, merry christmas to you too, I was busy earlier today so I couldn't respond.

Second, what? is there something up between you and davidavidson?

You've never mentioned anything pony related unless it had to do with what I was talking about, and I never asked because I didn't want to seem like I was pushing you to like it.

Welp, sorry about that. I assumed that you knew this whole time.

Does finding this out clear anything up?

I already saw you as a nice guy, this just added the pluses that you're an artist and a brony to the list making you an awesome person in general.

Well yeah he trolls me daily, I don't really care that he does but I really didn't want him messing with my friends.

You don't need to worry about anyone "messing" with me, I'm fine on my own lol.

If you're sure, just be careful he was one of the ones who helped t_soper troll me when they were spamming my name everywhere.

You kindof made yourself a target, in all honesty. People who standout often gain the animosity of others.

Also that Applebloom is amazing.

Fair statement

That's why you are the only brony I can get along with :)

Thanks.

Well I didn't make myself standout on purpose I just decided one day ponies were my main emote and it went from there.

I'm sure your intention wasn't to just garner negative attention, but it was certainly a plausible outcome.

I didn't know about their animosity to ponies on this site, I didn't see a single one for the half a year I was here, then I watched the show fell in love and I already told you the other part.

Yes, I understand.

So do you know what happened? with the bronies and stuff all I know is one day they were shoved into their boards and their channel and never posted outside them on penalty of a red thumb ban?

funnyjunk was hit with a wave of MLP traffic, including posts that would make the front page daily. as well, people wanted a place where they could talk about MLP, and this was before any of the boards existed.

Ponytime channel was made, and a.d.m.i.n created the very first board, the pony thread, which didn't even have a direct link in the site's interface.

The fact that people were enjoying ponies unironically was a factor in the anger towards fans. But, of course, the times when fans would spam didn't help the situation either.

It was just a clusterfuck of back and forth conflict, some haters wouldn't leave the bronies alone, and some bronies wouldn't shut up about their hobby (it was an often thing where some bronies would spam ponies to troll, much like spiderman threads, except pony spam would get an immediate angry response).

lastly, pony posts would frequently hit the front page, and even when they wouldn't, a couple of pages would be SATURATED by ponytime channel. back then, ponytime reached a peak of several hundred posts daily. And, since ponies are pretty much regarded as being on the same level as things like politics and religion, there were frequent shitstorms.

And then the red thumbs got so high that bronies were finally pushed into the boards by them by fear of banning.

Don't think of it like that, many fans were desiring a place where they could freely chat and go back and forth with their fandom, especially since ponytime has long since slowed down (it still gets a consistent 20+ posts a day, which is far more than what could be said for other fandom based channels on FJ).

people get tired of things when they see it so often, which is why even doctor who and anime related things get some hate from people.

MLP still gets hatred due to bias and ignorance, but a decent portion is also due to it being something popular.

Actually I rarely see the fandom as active as it is now, not on fj but everywhere, you should see some of the amazing art that has been made recently.

The thread ended.

How could you NOT tell I was a brony!? I've been engrossed with the fandom for well over a year and a half.

Have I not shared with you some of my artwork?

Oh, trust me, I know ALL about that.

I didn't know you were a brony, I can usually detect t from a mile away.

He called me "his troll" when I was le dr. lens, if that means anything.

I think the guy is ok tho.

what, do you relentlessly pester him or something?

No, I just let him know posting mlp reactions all the time isn't very necessary.

and you do this often?

once a week it seems

That doesn't sound too bad, you guys made it seem like it was every moment possible.

Lots of people despise Darkjustifier because of his mlp turrets posting.

I'm guessing I'm about to get one right now

most people seemed to have stopped caring, honestly.

turrets posting?

That's a caption I made a LOOOOONG time ago...

Are you lolspoon or something?

Yeah Lolspoon got banned a while back when magical fairy princess went ban crazy and I just now realized I have the account back. I went though the "What people are saying about Lolspoon" section of my profile too. Never knew I gained so much popularity for pretending to hate bronies.

hehe, I remember making that caption for a reply to one of your comments, which made me think "there's somethin about this guy, but I don't know exactly what," but I never posted the image, or a reply.

Then one day you just straight up said "I like ponies," and I was all like "CALLED IT!"

And yeah, I'm not sure if I just have a good memory, but you were infamous, at least to me. I always saw your name with some sort of belligerent comment. Never would have connected roliga with lolspoon, though.

Stuff like this.

Jeez man, you're amazing..

Thanks lol.

Hey thanks a lot.

I like your artwork as well, especially pictures like that broly of yours.

Thanks :)

Doesnt compare to your stuff though

Uh, just send phantoma a friend request. Not difficult (unless you were blocked for whatever reason).

And I like friendly, ya slack jawed faggot.

My anatomy and sexual orientation aside, do you honestly think I didn't try that? I sent him a request weeks ago. He's neither accepted nor declined it. I tried bargaining with him, but phantoma didn't even bother replying to me.

I'm inquiring about it on the board itself, maybe someone (a moderator or whatever) will help.

Tell them I'll try not to crack suicide jokes this time.

What, you were on the board before?

Yeah, the first week after it was created. I tried convincing them that there's no reason for the boards to remain divided. Then I commented a bit and they kicked me out. There wasn't even a particular reason. They just generally disliked me.

welp, we'll see what happens.

He accepted my request.

Hm, I don't really speak with phantoma, like ever, but I could send a message and see if he'll respond in some way.

And yes I had assumed you didn't (or were having some sort of trouble).

Hey, what's up?

not much, yourself?

I'm doing alright, working on a drawing right now.

Sweet, love your stuff

Thanks.

This picture I've been working on has been taking too long lol, but it's nearing completion.

Ah, true.

Hai there.

Just to make sure, you're the guy who posts the image macros with aku, right?

I've been meaning to friend you for a while lol.

Which image?

I just mean I recognize you from how you often post aku reaction images, and that you frequent the MLP board. So I decided to add you.

Unless I'm thinking of some other user who has Aku as their avatar...

Nope it me, I'm the only user that uses Aku as far as I know. Glad you added me.

Ah, good.

I always enjoy it when users choose some sort of mascot to represent themselves with (not something to spam of course, but it adds a bit of flavor to various conversations). I've been thinking of using Jon Irenicus (my avatar) for myself.

You should do it. Just be sure to have a lot of pic for him

Of course, though I'll be making my own, since the game he's in is utterly devoid of anything expressive, just nothing but 2d models.

Well, I'd like to think my artwork is a little decent lol.

dread555.deviantart.com/ here's my gallery, if you'd like to check it out.

Already did. Im a friend of ragingbrony if you wanted to know why im here.

Right, I saw the convo lol.

Thanks btw, for saying my artwork is "amazing," I appreciate the compliment.

Would you take a request from a random person though?

I might, I haven't been in the drawing mood recently, though.

What's your request?

I've always had this idea (but could never draw it) for like, a humanized Vinyl, at her turntables, looking up and to the left at the viewer, with a glowstick between her teeth.

hm, I'll think about it, but I can't make any promises. I WAS working on something in terms of drawing, but that came to a sudden stop as I've felt no desire to do anything else (borderlands 2 has also taken up a bit of my time lol).

but let me get this straight, it's vinyl, with her turn table facing the audience, and the "camera" is looking at her from her left, and she's looking at it? like with her eyes? or is her head turned towards it?

and when you say humanized, do you mean -full- human?

A view exactly like this

Ah, an excellent reference.

again, no promises, but having a reference like that helps get the gears going lol.

No rush. Im trying to learn how to draw using a tablet anyway.

Kinda like an over the shoulder camera, but rotated so you see her from the side. And she has her head turned facing it. Full human, and, no rush.

And slightly aerial. I'll try to find an image with a similar view to what I was thinking

No problem

sure.

if you guys are up for it, we can even do some 3v3s

howdy.

how are you?

I'm good.

awesome

I honestly don't know what to say, since I'm not exactly acquainted with everything involved, and I'd basically be just taking your word for it.

Just some thing I want to know, why are they targeting you? have you always made it a habit of stating an opinion on controversial subjects?

In my defense, he insulted my deceased father, my soon to be daughter, questioned my soon to be fatherly aspect, and said I am a bad friend.

The catalyst of the mass discontinuation of friendship with Mali was because Mali and a girl got into a fight, and they share friends.
Since the cause of the fight was because of Mali's abrasive, unnecessary attitude to her, we assumed that he was not caring for his friends.
He began to victimize himself to The Friendly Board, making people hate this girl before she had a chance to speak about it. This aggravated his previous friends (Most of the people we know as the mods of Friendly).

I know I overreacted, and it was absolutely unnecessary for me to write such a rude message over skype.
From time to time, I look back at his last comments.
I still care for the guy, I was just out of my mind.
I found his DA which he visits daily. It'll be the last time i'm going to track him down to talk.
I just want to apologize.

I'm not sure why you're bringing this up now, when the whole thing was over and done with nearly 2 months ago.

If you're worried about any sort of preconceptions I may have had about you, don't worry about it, I didn't know enough about anyone involved in that little debacle to form any sort of opinion on anyone's character, it wasn't my place to judge or to take sides.

But the fact that you want to make amends for any sort of wrong doing you feel you may have done is commendable, and I hope things work out between you and mali.

Just remember, not everything's your fault. Mali didn't exactly handle things maturely either, so don't be too harsh on yourself.

Coz one person had a bitch at me, then all their friends decided to hate me too

only natural for sheep to follow their leader

Alright, then the next time they, or anyone, gives you shit, I want you to link me to it.

I wont outright say something, I just want to get a look at the situation, such as what was said to start it, how people react, etc.

Ive been banned again

yay...

wow, what for this time?

funnyjunk.com/user_pictures/phantoma/3983084/MLP+Friendly+Board/624111#624111

Not THEM, HIM, what was that all about?

1. That's real shitty of them to ban you for THAT, because it didn't actually take place in the friendly board.

2. why would you say that about them? were you joking? or what?

He said some pretty hurtful stuff on skype, but of course I didnt take it up with thread

he takes shit to thread, and he gets support for it

fun times

I don't agree with his behavior at all, he's acting very immature.

But I hope you realize that that was a pretty big dick move of you to say that about him, so neither of you are innocent in this.

You still shouldn't have been banned for something -outside- the thread.

[9/7/2012 8:45:47 AM] Newy: Hey there
[9/7/2012 8:46:29 AM] Newy: Just a little notification
[9/7/2012 8:46:32 AM] Newy: You fucking suck
[9/7/2012 8:46:57 AM] Newy: I realize why people hate you
[9/7/2012 8:47:20 AM] Newy: you look back at your mistakes and call them obsolete
[9/7/2012 8:47:28 AM] Newy: because they're the past
[9/7/2012 8:47:54 AM] Newy: yet you lash the people who have done anything even remotely uncomfortable to you
[9/7/2012 8:47:57 AM | Edited 8:48:03 AM] Newy: like inglip
[9/7/2012 8:48:22 AM] Newy: he's a great guy, but that doesn't stop him from making mistakes
[9/7/2012 8:48:54 AM] Newy: Then you start to shun him for that one mistake
[9/7/2012 8:49:14 AM] Newy: and make the guilt look more serious that it should
[9/7/2012 8:49:29 AM] Newy: You harass people to
[9/7/2012 8:49:39 AM] Newy: You deserve it
[9/7/2012 8:49:54 AM] Newy: Treat others the way you want to be treated
[9/7/2012 8:50:07 AM] Newy: You have no respect for anyone who wants to be your friends.
[9/7/2012 8:50:41 AM] Newy: Your so called "Friends" now are only sticking to you because you can draw shit
[9/7/2012 8:51:31 AM] Newy: It's not like you're inept at drawing
[9/7/2012 8:51:42 AM] Newy: You have one thing people are interested in.
[9/7/2012 8:52:15 AM] Newy: Stop thinking that it's your personality. No one gives a rat's ass about how you feel
[9/7/2012 8:53:06 AM] Newy: To wrap things up, I might as well restate why I hate you and why I never want you to come back my way every again.
[9/7/2012 8:53:35 AM] Newy: You're a selfish, lazy, condesending fuck
[9/7/2012 8:54:10 AM] Newy: who has no care in the world for other people's problems and sucesses unless it's your friends.

[9/7/2012 8:54:51 AM] Newy: Even then, you put yourself above everyone, and believe that you are everyone's top priority.
[9/7/2012 8:55:08 AM] Newy: I hope those fears of yours come true.
[9/7/2012 8:56:10 AM] Newy: I want to see you become homeless, and ultimately realize that you aren't our king.
[9/7/2012 8:56:47 AM] Newy: No one has you on a mental scheduele.
[9/7/2012 8:57:02 AM] Newy: Trash your computer
[9/7/2012 8:57:11 AM] Newy: Sit down on your bed
[9/7/2012 8:57:30 AM] Newy: And re-evaluate your life, you worthless sack of ass.

Again, he's being childish about this, just block him and be done with it.

Aside from that, read this from phantoma funnyjunk.com/user_pictures/phantoma/3983084/MLP+Friendly+Board/624351#624351

Apparently this has been something with you for a while, and I can't really argue with the holder of the actual thread.

That is EVERYTING he said to me about a week ago. i was hella upset, but I didnt go to thread and bitch and moan about it

should have told him to fuck off then.

Did your account get banned?

almost so i added all my Tahusauras' friends to have a back up

The URL was deleted.

It's right down there underneath my signature in the picture, on the right hand side.

I shall now watch you on DA... :3

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Not sure exactly, I guess I'm just pretentious in that way that I get joy out of disproving other people.

I see a statement, something loaded with fallacies or just terrible argumentation, and it actually gets support due to bias, that doesn't sit well with me. And so I argue, maybe to inform people, or to possibly convince others of my point of view, but mainly because I detest ignorance.

Plus, it helps when people see my point and agree with me, because they too can adopt my arguments and use them to further convince others.

I don't believe in being apathetical either. I do tire of it from time to time, but in general it's just something I'm compelled to do.

I enjoy a good argument as well from time to time, I used to do it quite often in the past actually, but I've found it more fun to just make joke comments in response to them usually.

It is nice to see when people say something like "I see your point"

(don't mind the picture, it's just me tempting you to buy stuff again)

Is that you with the shirt?

your hair is really curly :P

(if I'm gonna get a shirt, it will have twilight sparkle on it...)

Yes, it's more wavy than curvy though, I just haven't washed it today, so what ever it did while I was asleep is still there.

Your choice in unicorn disappoints me!

Bah! twilight is the SUPERIOR unicorn to your PEASANT of a DJ D:<

still, it would be EPIC if there was an episode that included characters like vinyl with a voice.

Yes, I agree greatly!!

I thought for a moment that she was throwing jarate...

suggesting that you play TF2....

My laptop is shitty and can't run games very well...
I once had TF2 installed, but just trying to go through the Single Player tutorial sessions were laggy as hell.

ah, it's the same with my laptop. it can run it alright, but damn does it get hot lol.

that's why I have this desktop to do all of my games on :P

I've only got my laptop, and spending money on another computer isn't really high on my to-do list.

I mostly got this desktop for games, but my interest in playing games has severely diminished over the years since getting it.

I still play games like SWTOR and TF2 from time to time, but I mostly just lie back and surf the web on my laptop. Plus, my laptop has a shit ton of old games on it, all of which I enjoy playing (I survived the move to texas because I had diablo 2 to pass the time lol).

I had myself a good hearty laugh at your comment (I'm guessing you were the anon, if not then my mistake).

couple of people took it a bit more seriously than necessary, yeah, but a lot of your comments quickly became rather condescending.

Yeah, I'm the anons. Like I said, I realize how much of a dick I can be, but it is reasonably fun.

If I learned anything, the most upsetting thing I did for people was to insult the dude with the handlebar mustache.

well, dusty IS a pretty big name in the brony fandom, and is generally a really cool guy.

I was wondering, since a lot of what you were doing was trolling, that little comment of yours describing the fandom as like a "security blanket," referring to pretty much the whole sentence, did you mean that?

I believe that it is the case for a portion, how large I don't know, though definitely the minority, of bronies.
It at least makes some sense in my mind. Social outcasts finding a group that will accept them no matter what. At the same time, that group is defying social norms, so joining them can be a metaphoric finger to the society that rejected them.
The whole "closet" brony thing just adds to the assumption that many are already picked on and ridiculed, so they hide what could be considered more fuel for the fire.

In short, I believe that it is a security blanket for some, but no more than 10%, which would be an understandable aspect of any fandom.

eh, I would imagine a larger percentage, honestly.

There is definitely a sense of acceptance and comfort within the community, a wide range of friendly, supportive groups have sprouted up and, as a result, fans of the show who're generally shut in and, likely, psychologically abnormal have felt more welcomed and out going, especially since "brony meetups" are rather popular.

I can't tell you how many times I've heard the story of how people have turned away from suicide since getting into the community, or how the show has helped others with things such as depression (the creator of the blog "pony confessions" got out of her drug addiction because of it).

Though, as you've said, it's a minority, which was a conclusion even made by sociologists who have been studying the fandom (doctorate holding professors of universities, no less). they've stated that, from their studies and evidence, the fandom is not pathological in nature.

I found that refreshing when I heard that, honestly. I've met so many bronies who have things such as aspergers (something even I have), that I was beginning to wonder if autism really was a factor in liking the show lol.

I saw.

Can you delete the comment? I want to see how many people get butthurt about it before I tell them they're all fucking retarded