My Little Progress : Technology Isn't Magic - Thread 39

First for science rules magic drools

>>29365011
dito

>>29349348
Reminder LP may soon return to these threads

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>>29364451
What hell is this thread? why are you guys trying to argue against magic or even explain it?

Are you out of your mind, it's a little girl's show where magic exists. there is no point.

Aren't you tired of arguing with Theists about god? why do you have to go here to keep arguing about stuff.

>>29366076
You're mistaken. This thread is about not about actual argueing but about stories involving technology meeting and affecting equestria.

>>29366127
I don't believe you, show me proof show me the green.

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>>29366140
>it's literally in the OP

>>29366293
die phone fucker.

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>>29366297

Rampant semi-strong AI in Equestria when?

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>>29366653
I could personally go for some Glados in equestria

EVE capsuleer in Equestria when?
>capsuleer is exploring wormholes in his top of the line cruiser
>one weird wormhole tosses him a few AUs from Equestria
>wormhole collapses leaving the capsuleer stranded

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>>29366297
no u

>>29366001
hopefully that wasn't just some anon who was doing that for a laugh

>>29368641
???

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>>29368641
>french poner green is ded
this kills the anon

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>tfw you've been busy and tired this past week so you have to post your update here later in the week
I'm only at 1.7k words this update, and I'm having a tough time filling it with juicy writing. Still, I'll get it done ASAP

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>>29368641
For what purpose?

>>29370139
Ash was best poner.

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>>29370139
>>29370477
soon

>>29370139
you feel it too?

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>>29370477
Sadist pone has none of dat booty.
Besides, she's now an ugly abomination sustained purely by magic, as well as a magnet for incessant baneposting.
>>29371183
We all feel it.

>>29370598
wait.. yoohoo is that you? are you really returning?

We better bump for green

Should we consider updating the OP text? Many of this thread's greens don't use that prompt.

>>29373767
Hence why the anon who made it updated the description?

>>29272288
just throwing the idea out there again

>>29370141
Everytime I see that pic I momentarily think at first that it's Mrs. Puff from spongebob

>>29374055
i'd love to see that

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>>29374055

>29343243
just had the time to read this update
i like your story.

>>29375366
Little piece of advice it's 2 >> to link a post

>>29343243

>>29372793

I want to read comedy technology.

>>29377830

>>29378879
might want to check some of the early threads in the pastebins. I think I remember a few comedy stories there that didn't get pastebins.

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>>29364451
why would you use a pic of a pop pseudoscientist for a technology thread?

>>29379960

Wanna know how I can tell you've never read a scientific paper in your life?

>>29380214
feel free to enlighten me

>>29367272
That would be nice

>>29381091

>>29380545
Not him, but yeah. You're retarded. Steven Hawking was the one who was mathematically able to prove the theoretical nature of black holes, on top of discovering a type of radiation named after him, along with other achievements in physics.

>>29381970
>mathematically able to prove the theoretical nature of black holes
lmao and people like you claim they know anything at all about science

>theoretical
>mathematically prove
exactly. he's not even a scientist

>>29382347
Theoretical work is still hugely important in science. Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for explaining the photoelectric effect, previously an experimental result lacking a theoretical formulation. Just because you are capable of repeating something doesn't mean shit unless you can can explain what is actually happening.

>>29382536
you clearly misunderstand my point. einstein got a nobel prize for it because he created a mathematical model for the observed effect, not because he wrote math fanfiction

there isnt even conclusive experimental evidence for the existence of black holes. Im not trying to say that they dont exist but explain how worthless mathematical guessing about black holes is

>>29382567
>theoretical
>mathematically prove
exactly. he's not even a scientist

Can you see how that might cause confusion about what you're arguing about. In your post it sounds like you're arguing against all theoretical work by saying it's not real science.

Anyway about the validity of studying the theoretical properties black holes. Black holes are important to study because based on what we know about physics it says they should exist and how they should behave. They exist at such an extreme end of the spectrum that understanding how they work or if they even exist would have huge ripples in our understanding of reality. However we also need to know where and how to look in order to find out the truth of the matter. That's why theoretical work such as Stephen Hawking's is so important. It can help guide our efforts on what to look for. If something we observed about black holes does not match what our theoretical work says than that is also important because it allows us to know our assumptions about reality are wrong and can provide new insights about reality.

can we go back to enlightening cute little ponies?

>>29382867
Don't bother, he doesn't seem to realize that applied physics come from theoretical work first.

>>29382927
you clearly don't understand the scientific method. it follows the basic principle of observation > approximation through mathematical models, NOT the fictive modelling of the unobserved

>>29382867
as the string theory was slowly rotting towards irrelevance its supporters demanded that mathematical "beauty" shall suffice as scientific evidence

this is an extreme attack on science's very foundation and ever since I strongly oppose theoretical physics and remind people that it is not science

but I will admit that I am poorly educated in physics so I lack the competence to properly judge Hawking's contributions except that I know they are of neither scientific nor technological nature

anyway, thanks for your post

>>29382926
I would very much like that but it would seem the writefags are busy

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>>29366001
>>29383109

>>29382567
>there isnt even conclusive experimental evidence for the existence of black holes
Don't you know we have directly measured black holes before.

>>29384110
From what little I understand it's a bit more complicated than that. Basically we have measured things that could be black holes, but it's possible for them to not be.

>>29384576
Possible, but also extremely unlikely.

Especially the gravitational wave measurements.

>>29382964
You just agreed earlier about Einstein modelling the photoelectric effect after it was observed in order to explain it. What do you think that is if not theoretical physics? General relativity and special relativity haven't been proven, do you discount his work in those? Einstein was not a scientist. He was a theoretical physicist.

Hey
Hey /sci/

EMdrive

>>29385045
more like mEMe drive lmao

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>>29370139
French mare was a qt.

>>29385110
adorable

>>29385045
Hey
Hey /diy/

Storage Containers

>>29386689
I feel like this is some sort of inside joke I'm not getting

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>>29379960
>Has 100 plus publicans
>Several books
>Has actually had sex despite looking like a deflated punch dummy.

Vs

>Kissless virgin on mlp reading fanfiction about horses.


AHAHAHAHAH

>>29384598
Oh shit, general relativity was proven? When was this?

>>29385045
After taking a quick look on wikipedia that's some weird science-fictionesque looking shit

Why don't we switch over to something more on-topic. Chapter 7, hastily delivered.

>Sometimes, the hardest thing to do is to say "Hello."
>-Charlie Andrie, The Triumvirate
-Applejack-
>"This sure ain't where I'd want to spend my evening."
>Although it was still sunny in the forest, the afternoon sun was quickly falling below the horizon and would disappear in a matter of hours. Applejack knew that they would have to stop soon; if they didn't, they wouldn't have enough daylight to set up camp. Plus, this part of the forest was quite dense with foliage and underbrush. They would have to sleep on the branches, since the forest floor would be filled with creepy crawlies and dangerous wildlife. Setting up their cloth sleeping bags would take a lot of time - time that they wouldn't have if the sky went dark.
>"Uh...Twi?"
>"What is it, Applejack?"
>"I think we should stop for the night. It'll get real dark soon, and we don't wanna run outta daylight."
>"Good idea. I think I've had enough walking for a day. Let's set up camp."
>The three ponies stopped in the middle of a ring of oak trees, their coffee-brown bark standing in contrast to their orange and red autumn foliage. The leaves that carpeted the ground were the same shade as the ones on the trees, and they crunched as Rainbow Dash took off with a rope between her teeth. Soon, with the help of Applejack's lasso-tossing skill and Twilight's magic, three sturdy rope hammocks were strung up across the branches of three different oaks. A few more minutes and their packs were hung from the trees, safe from the creatures that prowled the forest floor at night.

>>29388306
http://www.ligo.org/ Ligo detected gravity waves just last year

>>29389145
>Applejack took a look around her surroundings as she climbed up her tree. Having hooves made the task quite difficult, but her earth pony strength allowed her to tightly grip onto the branches and pull herself up to her bedroll. As she ascended, the leaves gave way to the blue and orange sky. The setting sun over the orange and yellow forest canopy made for a breathtaking image, and Applejack paused for a moment to take in the scenery before settling down in her bed.
>As she pulled up her bag to get some food, she noticed Rainbow Dash and Twilight pulling out books from theirs. Rainbow Dash, unlike Twilight with her magic, couldn't just make light, so she pulled out a tiny metal lantern from her bag as well. She held it with her wing as she grabbed a flint and lighted it. Dash strung the miniature lamp above her head just as the last red sliver of Celestia's sun slipped beneath the horizon, taking its life-giving light with it.
>Applejack, however, didn't have a book with her. She was a simple pony, and though she could read and write decently well her interests were elsewhere. Earth ponies were born to care for the land, and literacy was rarely a concern for an apple farmer such as Applejack. Besides, it was always important to get enough rest for the next day. Pegasi and unicorns always seemed to be out of time with nature, and they didn't seem to have the same connection to the world that earth ponies did. Applejack, on the other hand, knew that sleep was always a well-appreciated commodity, whether on the farm or away from home. After she swallowed the last clump of Pinkie's food and took a sip from her canteen, she simply turned away from the other two ponies and closed her eyes. The wild cadence of crickets and owls quickly put her to sleep.
>With Celestia's warm sun gone, the bright, white crescent of Luna's moon soon took over the sky...

>>29389156
-Luna-
>It had been a long time since Luna had felt fear in the dreamscape. When she had been banished to the moon so many centuries ago, she had still been able to visit her dear ponies in their dreams. Her separation from Equestria, though, had prevented from going any deeper into the dreamscape, where the real night terrors resided. Even when she had returned several years ago, she hadn't faced anything that would have truly had her shaking at her knees. Now, however, she was staring into an enigma. These beings might be harmless, or they might have hostile intentions. They could be laughably weak, or devastatingly powerful. If she wasn't careful, there was the possibility of serious consequences. She couldn't just ignore it, however; from what she had seen, not acting could have just as disastrous results. She was worried - so much, in fact, that she had had some difficulty in slipping into the right mindset for dreamwalking.
>Many ponies would have entered the military mind first had they been in Luna's position. Luna, however, knew that repeated excursions into the same mind would cause her to become more noticeable - the exact opposite of what she wanted. The blue light was the ideal choice that night for one reason: it was the least explored. Whatever was in it might be immensely important or of trivial significance; it was still the best choice for Luna. With the same gentle slip she had learned to employ over the past few days, she dived into the mind.

>>29389166
>The same blank space that she had encountered in the past two consciousnesses came into her view, and Luna looked around for something to examine. She quickly spotted the shelf behind her, its wooden panels holding all manner of planks and tools, and stepped closer to examine the legs and the shelves. The wood was quite straight and well cut, though its unvarnished exterior and lack of carvings meant that it wasn't built for appearances. Nicks and cuts were evident everywhere, and paint marks occasionally dotted the wood.
>The top three shelves were occupied by planks and some sort of white tubing, whereas the bottom two held an assortment of tools. Some, like the nails and wrenches, were quite familiar. Others, however, were more obtuse, such as a rather heavy tool that seemed to be a drill and a hammer with a claw on the back of the head. On top of all that, the tools were clearly of advanced manufacture. The nails were as straight as a line, and it would take the finest blacksmiths in Equestria to produce screwdrivers of such high quality.
>As she passed her eyes over the tools, she couldn't help but notice a small wooden ruler with a crayon scribble decorating its length. "Property of Andrew", it proudly announced in a crude, child-like scrawl. Although it was a lot of information to take in, Luna only continued to survey the shelves and push the questions further back in her mind. She could think about what she had seen later; for now, her priority was looking for objects to examine.

>>29389172
>Though she could gloss over them for days, Luna soon ran out of things to look at. The pipes were smooth and strong yet flexible and light, and the planks were well cut but otherwise uninteresting. Even the tools, once she had committed them to memory, were nothing to fawn over. There was not much reason to stay, and Luna prepared to leap out of the dream and back to her office. She would have much time to think about her observations.
>Something caught her attention, though. In the corner of her eye, she saw a black mass ominously floating just outside of her vision. Luna turned toward it - and found a squat, grotesque figure hunched over a bloody, mutilated corpse. The monster was completely pitch black, with tentacles and insectoid limbs spurting out from its body at oblique, unnatural angles and glowing white eyes randomly scattered across its amorphous body. It snacked on the body with a series of demonic, malformed teeth as Luna stood in pure shock and terror.
>Then the monster noticed Luna and turned its eyes towards her.

>>29389177
>Although it was about thirty meters away, the creature quickly scuttled towards Luna at a frightening pace. With each uneven step, the monster dripped a black, frothy goo on the floor. Luna, though she had once fought greater dreamdemons, was shocked by the sudden appearance of such a ghastly creature. Never before had she encountered a creature like that in all her years, and Luna didn't know how dangerous it could be. She backed away from the approaching creature, slowly withdrawing before turning around and galloping at full tilt. Wasting no time, she quickly opened a gateway back into reality and leaped through, immediately closing it once she was through.
>Luna woke up sprawled on the ground, her head pounding like a hammer and anvil. The high ceiling was blurry and hard to make out, and her headache didn't make it any easier to gain focus. She felt ill and queasy, and Luna only barely managed to keep from vomiting all over her beautiful rug. Abruptly leaving a dreamscape without easing oneself through the magical field takes a harsh toll on the body, but Luna was no mere pony. Whereas the average unicorn would have been in a coma, alicorns could get away with just a bit of discomfort.
>Still, Luna couldn't help but cough and sputter as she lay spread-eagle on the floor, and thirty minutes passed before she could gather enough strength to stand.

>>29389183

-Noah-

>Noah twiddled a pencil around in his fingers as he sat on the aluminum folding chair, his gaze staring somewhere past the plywood walls of the house. Crickets droned on through the night, a mind-numbing backdrop that dominated the forest's soundscape and ground against his ears. The late night moon cast a dim glow onto the rotting remains of the mutilated hydra just outside of the house, highlighting the poor choices that the group had made just a few hours ago. Without anything to distract him, Noah couldn't help but stew in his regret as the night pushed on. He was supposed to be keeping watch - they had started to sleep in shifts so as to always be ready for threats - but the boredom of the night had left him with no choice but to wallow in self-pity and misery.
>In retrospect, nuking the dead monster was a bad idea. Noah had known about the people who had tried to blow up whales before - it just hadn't occured to him that something similar would happen. Even though they had gotten off scot-free, the potential damage they could have caused wasn't a laughing matter. What was worse, they had expanded some of their precious materials. Sure, high-explosives weren't exactly in high demand as of now, but they couldn't just needlessly use it. Lord knew when they would return...if they would return to Earth.
>Every nagging detail, every overlooked mistake and consequence swam around in Noah's mind, aggregating into an enormous mass of worry. What - or who - had heard the explosion? How much longer would they have to survive here? How would they handle a much more serious disaster?

>>29389188
>"Are you alright, Noah?"
>Leah had gotten up from her desk and walked over to Noah, the concern in her eyes evident even in the dim lighting. Her laptop was brightly glowing on her table, its screen too far away to discern any details. Without any warning, Leah wrapped her arms around Noah and gave him a big bear hug.
>"Yeah, I'm fine, thanks. Don't worry yourself over me."
>"I'm not going to stop until you tell me what's wrong, you big doofus."
>Leah could be a bit childish at times, but Noah appreciated her ability to maintain an upbeat attitude all the time. It was one of the things that kept him going throughout this entire mess.
>"Well," he sighed, "I can't help but think about the mess we've gotten ourselves into. I mean, we haven't been making the smartest decisions since we've arrived. Andrew and I should have spent more time thinking about our plan before we blew up the dragon thing and almost destroyed our house. Seriously, someone could have been injured, or killed..."
>"You're the one who needs to stop worrying. We might have made some mistakes, but we can't change them now that they're all in the past. Just suck it up and be more prepared in the future. I can't believe I'm telling you this," Leah huffed. "You're a grown-ass man!"

>>29389197
>"I understand. Thanks, for-"
>The two turned towards the sudden shuffling that came from somewhere in the other room. They were startled by the sudden movement, but not scared. Leah casually walked through the doorway and into the other room to check on Andrew as Noah sat and listened.
>"...Ugh, that was a freaking scary dream."
>"You awake? Tell me about it."
>"Alright...you know that movie? The, the one with the freaky spider monster," Andrew stuttered out.
>"Crawler?"
>"Yeah. That one. I was in my old middle school, and that thing was chasing me through the hallways. I tried to run, but I was slowing down, and..."
>"And what?" Leah sat down on the floor, intrigued by his recollection of the dream.
>"I don't know. I mean, I saw what happened, but it didn't make sense. All of a sudden there was this white room, and I was the crawler. There was a dark figure in the room...I couldn't make it out. But she was next to my childhood tool rack, and that made me mad for some reason."

>>29389202
>"Wait, she?"
>"Yeah. For some reason, I knew it was a she. I remember that really well, maybe a bit too well for a dream. Anyways, I was mad, so I chased her down. She ran away and disappeared, and then I was sad..."
>"Then?"
>"Then I woke up. Weird, huh?"
>"Yeah, for sure. Maybe it's because of all the weird stuff that's been happening recently."
>Leah nodded. "Want to get up now, since you're awake and all?"
>"Why not. I think Noah could use some sleep after all he's gone through." Days on the alien planet were surprisingly uniform with those of Earth, and the humans managed to effectively sleep in shifts without any ill effects. Each day was an hour longer than back home, but it wasn't hard to adjust. Noah slept from the equivalent of 4 in the morning to noon, Leah from then to 8 in the evening, and Andrew from 8 to 4 through the night.
>"What are we doing today?" Andrew asked.
>"Moving more dead beast," Leah replied as Andrew pulled himself off the plywood floor, throwing his space blanket off of his body.
>"Fun."

Well, things have been hectic so I've had to cut this one short. Not one of my better chapters either, since I've had a lot of stuff on my plate. Still, I hope you guys are okay with where I'm taking this. Let me know what you guys think.

>>29389172
>such as a rather heavy tool that seemed to be a drill and a hammer with a claw on the back of the head.
Ok are you describing one tool or two? The wording/grammar a bit weird

>>29389148
That's heckin cool.

>>29387740
90% of threas on /diy/ are:

>How do I maek shipping container house
>How do I maek tiny home
>How do I maek underground bunker
etc.

See: >>>/diy/1124148

>>29388306
LIGO detected the merger of 2 black holes that, for a moment, released more than 50 times the power of all the stars in the observable universe combined

>>29389709
I mean I guess shipping containers are versatile, but it feels like something that should be incredibly niche due to the costs involved

>>29390566
Pretty much. It's mostly people who can't understand WHY you can't bury your shipping container and turn it into a fallout bunker. Or use it to store 1/3 of a ton of imitation crab meat.

>>29391060
sounds like people with more time than sense

page 9

>>29392487

>>29389220
I enjoyed it, but there was something about AJ that rubbed me the wrong way

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Writefag_,
I love you and your masterpiece, keep working on it.
If you're ever to get cancer, ill try to ship atleast a thousand eurobucks man.
You are the best, i love your story and P L E A S E give us moar.

>>29394176
boop

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>>29394205

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Question from last thread: How would you design a rifle for ponies to use?

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>>29396128
well first of all: smaller than for a human

Been away for awhile. Looking through the thread, LP is well and truly dead and the promising Airship story is now also dead?

Why must you hurt me so?

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>>29396333
>filename

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>>29397027
here are the rest

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>>29397014
>>29366001

I hope to have something ready for tomorrow. I've had lots of IRL issues that kept me away from writing. I don't even remember where I left off. I look forward to entertain my readers (if there are any left) with more awkward bookhorse shenanigans.

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>>29397346

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Don't worry. I'm coming back soon enough. It won't be too soon. Maybe not even within this month. But expect more french poners

>>29398695
Friendly reminder Ash is best poner.

slaany

>>29399999

>>29400038
LIES!

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>>29398695
>>29397346

>>29364451
>>Growing tired of Twilight's berating, you go out into the world to prove her wrong.


Growing tired of Twilight's berating, you beat the shit out of her with a lead pipe.

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>>29400038
That reminds me didn't PeteQ say he would return early 2017 to continue his RD science story?

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>>29397837
Thanks for that picture Anon! Made my day.

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Previously on Rise of Nova Rohan: http://pastebin.com/JQrFNRxF

>Ring Type comes out from a door.
>”Welcome to the Flange Sister’s humble shop, what do you…”
>As soon as she notices you her face goes bright.
>”Princess Twilight! Is it really you?” She says with an incredulous tone of voice.
“Yes! Good to see you Ring Type.”
>”It’s been so long! One year afterwards, are you here to celebrate our Independence Day?”
“Your what now?”
>”The next week we will celebrate our first annual independence day! Anon and Moondancer are preparing the event already. Glory to Nova Rohan!” She happily says as she waves the flag of the country.
>It’s a red, white and black flag.
>You don’t like it.
>Ring Type giggles.
>”Don’t you remember? Almost one year ago, you and the princesses signed a document that recognized us as an official country. We’ve been busy with the newcomers. But plenty decided to stay! It’s unbelievable how Anon could make another country based on his previous civilization. That sure brought lots of visitors here!”
“Really? You mean there are things in Nova Rohan that don’t exist in Equestria?”
>Ring Type nods.
>”He’s quite the visionary. Huh? Fast food that you can order at a speaker while using a what he calls a ‘drive thru’ instead of waiting? Genius!”
>Interesting…
>”Anon is more like an idea guy and most of the time we don’t understand what he’s trying to say. There’s this project we’re working on, remember the telephone project?”
“Huh?”
>”It works like this,” Ring Type grabs a pair of cans with a string tied between them, “Hold this can near your ear Princess…”
>You do as told, and once Ring Type walks away a few ‘hooves’ away from you she holds the can and starts speaking into it.
>[“TESTING”]
“Whoa!?! What was that!?”
>[“Can you hear me?”]
“Y-yes I can!”
>[“Try talking to me using the can genius…”]

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>>29402616

“Uh, hello?”
>[“EEE! I can hear you as well Princess! This thing is a project we’ve been trying to figure out…I wish Anon wasn’t as busy as he always is to help us.”]
>She grabs the cans and puts them behind the counter.
“Really now…well that’s exactly why I’m here for. To learn more about Anon, has he been doing a good job?”
>https://youtu.be/CgwsV_K_Io4
>”Um, what do you mean?”
“Anon is the head of state isn’t he?”
>”Yes?”
“Has he, you know…used his power in a way most of his citizens find unpleasant?”
>”Mmm…there was this time he forced all ponies, diamond dogs and griffons who wouldn’t look for a job at the Ministry of Labor to join the military.”
>Your eyes go wide.
“H-he forced them?”
>”Yeah…but it turned out okay. The soldiers enjoy defending their country. A couple of stallions even earned their cutie marks after slaying beasts all day.”
“That’s’…quite disturbing, tell me more about these policies.”
>”Alright then Princess. He also ordered a literacy program. Well, it was mostly Moondancer’s idea after learning most diamond dogs don’t even know how to read and write. Laika was down with the idea and volunteered to become a teacher.”
“Hmm…well, I’ll give him that for being so thoughtful.”
>”Yeah…Moondancer was happy when he authorized that edict after he kind of messed up relations with Yakyakistan delegates.”
“HE DID WHAT?!”

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>>29402642

>”He did his best I swear! But the Yaks would just get angry over every little detail, they considered everything Anon did to them as an insult…then they declared war on us.”
>You gasp.
“What did Anon do?”
>”Anon got angry and told them to uh- kill themselves. Then he ordered his guards to kick them out.”
“GAH! ANON! YOU ABSOLUTE MADMAN!”
>”It’s okay Princess. They haven’t bothered us once again, I wonder why…perhaps they didn’t want to be at war with us after hearing how the soldiers take care of the monsters. Believe me, Anon ordered us to make more weapons.”
>Ring Type points her hooves at some boxes with the letters H, S, F, G.
“Weapons that fit in that tiny box?”
>Ring Type grabs the box that says H with her teeth. And it looks quite heavy.
>”This is a Heavy Machine Gun. Anon ordered to make five hundred of these just in case. This is the prototype…Socket Weld made it herself.”
“Sheesh. What’s inside the others?”
>”A shotgun, a flamethrower and a grenade launcher. Anon’s world must’ve been extremely violent. But we’re glad our soldiers haven’t killed their own people or any other sentient species. As for the monsters they can either crawl back into their holes or die.”
“Well, I don’t want to know more about this gruesome stuff. But I’ll let it slide since I know myself how dangerous the monsters in this valley are.”
>Ring Type shrugs.
“Anything else?”
>”Oh yes, he’s allowing Saddle Arabians to stay in the country. Apparently, there’s something big going on over there. No one knows a thing about the queen or king of Saddle Arabia; since they are getting attacked by a group that is getting stronger every day and wants to enforce their outdated policies on the world.”
“Really?”
>”Yes, although Anon didn’t want to do it first he finally said yes after learning how awful things were according to the mares Laika rescued. Each month Insaf and Katya go in missions to rescue at least twenty mares, their husbands and their offspring from those savages.”
"Oh."

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>>29402660


>Ring Type shrugs.
“Anything else?”
>”Oh yes, he’s allowing Saddle Arabians to stay in the country. Apparently, there’s something big going on over there. No one knows a thing about the queen or king of Saddle Arabia; since they are getting attacked by a group that is getting stronger every day and wants to enforce their outdated policies on the world.”
“Really?”
>”Yes, although Anon didn’t want to do it first he finally said yes after learning how awful things were according to the mares Laika rescued. Each month Insaf and Katya go in missions to rescue at least twenty mares and their offspring from those savages.”
“And what about the stallions?”
>Ring Type scowls.
>”What do stallions see in those mares? They might be taller and…prettier, but they speak a funny language and don’t work as hard as we do!”
>You let out an awkward chuckle.
“Anyways Ring Type. What do you think of Anon overall?”
>”Well, he’s quite a good guy. All the stories he talks about the last presidents his country had before you ehh…’abducted him’ makes him, in my eyes, the best ruler I’ve ever seen. I bet his former country would’ve been a true utopia if he had been its president. So I’d give him a 9 outta 10.”
“Come on now, he can’t be better than Princess Celestia.”
>She shrugs.
>”Eh. I love to think of Anon as my closest friend rather than someone I should bow to. Plenty of ponies think of him as if he was his best friend and someone they can rely on.”
>You sigh.
“Alright then, if you don’t mind I’ll keep asking questions. I need to know if Anon is capable of taking care of such responsibilities like diplomacy. Although he failed his first test.”
>”Err…goodbye Princess. I hope you stay for the celebration next week.”
>She doesn’t know about Moondancer and Anon’s wedding?
>Weird.
>You exit the store and fly somewhere else.

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>>29402616
>"Ooh, a story i haven't read yet"
>open paste
>it's another "author has no idea how humans interact with each other" episode
>close tab

>>29397346

That's a pudgy pony.

10/10 would squeeze.

>>29402886

>New story

Nigga what?

>>29402942
>"Ooh, a story i haven't read yet"

>>29402957

My bad. But seriously, you've never read the story that got this thread started?

>>29402886
>author has no idea how humans interact with each other
I've heard this way too many times. Seems like a complaint everyone uses, no matter what story it is, and yet they never explain why they say it.

>>29403136
nope
when i first popped in here, i didn't bother reading through any of the inactive bins because i knew they probably won't be updated
>>29403162
i didn't read much beyond the first paragraph or so of the bin, but that whole exchange was just really exaggerated and forced and honestly painful to read

>>29403187
such is an opening that begins with an argument. Sadly, without something else to go on, it can feel a bit empty. Especially without knowing Anon's character, it does look forced.

I never had an issue with something like that, so maybe that's why it didn't bother me.

Hello TimM

My name is Idea Anon. I can't write too well. I do have many ideas though. I thought I could share them here with you all.

I will start with one idea and a prompt with a bit of world building to get you started. You in this case being any anon that would like to take the idea and write a story with it.

Let's start with something simple.

>Anon is the first human to appear in Equestria. However there is no Equestria yet. He has appeared before the tribes united. He is found by a group of minotuars.
>While living with this group he discovered they have no knowledge of pottery.
>Anon invents Pottery and teaches the minotuars.

The world itself will focus mainly on Anon and the minotuar group. The environment is up to you. Assume that minotuars are the most advanced species, living inside caves and making stone tools. Anon solves a crisis that can be fixed with pottery.

Anon the Pottery Master is born in the legends of the Minotuars.

-Idea Anon

>>29403554
See, I wouldn't mind something like that or similar instead of "Anon can make anything and everything known to man, and build cities in practically no time."

>>29403566
The ideas that I have involve Anon "inventing" one advanced technology. Each prompt is a separate story in the same universe. After pottery comes mining, after mining comes, animal husbandry, after animal husbandry comes farming. Though each of these are the fundementals of civilizations, the anon you write about only has advanced and in depth k owl edge of one "Advanced Technology"

Our Anons come from a civilization where specialization is key. That's why an NFL linebacker may not know anything about blacksmithing.

>>29403590
So after Anon Pottery Master lives and dies in Equestria a new Anon comes along with another technology. When that anon dies another anon comes along with another technology.

>>29403554
I think I should mention this before anyone writes to clarify things.

>Assume your Anon speaks the same language as the minotuars. Example: Minotuars speak Romanian, therefore Anon is from Romania. It's a convenience. Keep the writing for the story in english.
>Assume all other species don't live in caves, don't use spears, have no control over fire, etc
>Bows are not a thing that anyone has (Yet)
>Cooking meat is an alien concept to be "invented" after the stove
>The vocabulary of the Sapients is limited. (Tree is Tree, there is no Oak Tree or Birch tree, just tree )

>>29404325

>>29402616
>>29402741
Nothing new. You posted this in August.

What is happening in chanland? I follow quite a few threads. Random dead writers come back saying that they continue, then just repost their last part of their story.

>>29403566
that's why I liked Yoohoo's Anon. He hasn't built anything of note
it's more like a celebration of the tech other pones have made instead

I have another idea.

>Anon is a rancher. He raises cattle with his new puppy
>When Anon ends up in Equestria, he is found by a primitive hive of changelings.
>Anon "invents" Animal husbandry
>Changelings get food somehow by raising animals.
>Anon the Rancher is born in the myth of the hives.

A bit of information about the world.

Assume that changelings are isolated from the rest of the world. They are not the most advanced species.
They don't have stone tools, they don't have writing, and they don't have archery.
This event happens before Equestria is founded, even before the three tribes are called the three tribes.

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>>29405352

I wounder who those "animals" was.

>>29405561
Did you make that? That's pretty good.

>>29405561
The animals were puppies. Puppies give unrequited love in return for feeding, playing, and grooming them.

>>29405723

I photoshoped it, for the original google:

"caveman_science_fiction"

>>29405761

What happens when it grows-up? Also i can imagine it, is it would be like those ants that cut plant matter and chew it down to feed fungi deep inside the hive?

What food puppies are consuming by the way?

>>29403566

I started writing a thing based off the prompt, and it was all set thirty years in the future because I also hate the whole "Anon builds a city in a year" concept. I mean, with LP, it's just part of the story, and I'll roll with it. It just seems jarring.

Trading post

>>29406044
When the puppy grows up it stays loyal as dogs imprint on the thing that cares for it.
The loyalty is love of course as love and loyalty go hand in hand.
You can feed the puppies many things. Raw fat is good for a snack.

>>29402741
>>29404922
You know, Dubs anon has a point. This IS old stuff. Considering how old the story is i could understand you reposting the newest oft he old stuff, but if you're the real LP you should probably get a trip and add the new stuff to the paste. It would be sad if you werent the real deal, i re read the entire story and i would love to see it continued.

>>29406068
Can you tell me more about your story?

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>>29409235

I doubt I'll ever have in shape to present, but the idea starts like the original promt: Twilight kicks him out, and he promises to found a new, better city. He travels to "the New World" to join Sir Walter Ralneigh's expedition.

Fast forward thirty years: Anon has built his own country in the new world. Anon has kept diplomatic ties severed... until now. The story picks up with Anon arriving for the first visit to Equestria since he left all those years ago.

Finally back again, and picking right up where I left off.

>Your breath immediately leaves you as soon as you step into the Entrance Hall.
>It’s decorated in whites and golds, with ornate columns separating you from the Cross Hall across the room.
>You stop and take a moment to look up at the crown moulding before heading into the Cross Hall.
>It’s decorated in the same colors, and you don’t pause like you did in the Entrance Hall as you move into the East Room.
>The sun streams in through the large windows and gives everything a sort of ethereal gleam.
>It’s largely empty, with a few chairs on each corner and pictures of the Arcadian landscape above the four fireplaces.
>A grand piano sits in one corner of the room, the dark, rich wood immediately drawing your eye away from the ubiquitous whites and golds.
>You step through a small passageway and, soon, you’re in the Green Room.
>The whites and golds still carry over, but green is naturally the dominant color here.
>There’s an assortment of chairs and tables, most of which are angled towards the fireplace.
>The Blue Room, through another small vestibule, is as empty as the East Room, with some chairs on one side and a small white piano on the other.
>The Red Room is laid out much like the Green Room, with another painting above the fireplace, this time of your house on South Street.
>The State Dining Room, just one door down, is a more formal room, decorated in greens and browns, with dark, rich wood paneling and a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling, with ornate designs carved in the plaster.
>Another painting rests above the fireplace, and one more is hung on the far wall.

>>29410092
>You know the ponies who painted all these, a few of them having come to Lancaster on the wagon train you led almost a decade ago.
>You wouldn’t have trusted any other artists to decorate the walls of your home.
>It’s almost amusing how, despite Arcadia’s limited territory, there are so many different paintings to be painted.
>You wish you could study them all for hours, but you can’t stop for too long.
>After a quick peek in the Family Dining Room, you head upstairs, making idle conversation about various architectural details with North Point and Garrison.
>Besides your private living quarters, which include a sitting room, a study, a library, and a dressing room, the second floor hosts two smaller bedrooms and two much larger suites for formal guests, along with a private kitchen and dining room.
>The third floor is mostly empty rooms, but there are a few storage rooms, a few bedrooms, and a glassy sun room as well.
>The three of you, after reaching the top of the building, then take the elevator to the bottom to examine the ground floor.
Because the front of the house sits on raised soil, a few more public rooms take up the back half of the ground floor, but this floor is certainly utilitarian as well.
>There’s a formal Reception Room, sharing the same oval shape as the Blue Room above it, and a Map Room, which includes a complete map of the world, gifted to you by a few of Arcadia’s explorers and pioneers as a small wink towards expanding further.
>They’ve even given you a pencil along with it so you could add to it yourself, as they put it.
>Beside that is the China Room, which houses an ornate set of China that none other than Princess Celestia brought to you as a sort of housewarming gift.
>You appreciate it, because you didn’t know what else to do with that room.

>>29410097
>The Gold Room behind it is another formal lounge, and the Billiards Room down the hall houses a pool table custom-made by one of Arcadia’s finest artisans, a griffon who shares your love of a good game of billiards.
>Besides those rooms, there are some small offices, storage, and a large kitchen.
>The North Hall takes you underneath the portico, where there are several more rooms to explore.
>There’s a small swimming pool, included at your request, a garage, and a workshop.
>Your A-8 has already been brought around and garaged, and North Point’s roadster is right beside it.
>Your A-6 has been put in storage near AMC’s first factory, along with the rest of your personal cars.
>Something something posterity.
>Your workshop, however, is a blank slate, perfect for building whatever you dream up in the future.
>Your mind is already swimming with ideas for the empty rooms on the third floor.
>This is going to be fun.
>But your tour isn’t over yet!
>There are three other buildings to get through: The Capitol Building, the Cabinet Building, and the Supreme Court Building.
>You exit the Executive House (your house!) and make the short walk over to the Capitol Building.
>It’s quite a bit larger and more stately than the Executive House, the large dome grabbing your attention almost immediately.
>You walk up the steps and open the front doors, and you’re blown away once more.
>The Entrance Hall is vast, stretching to the other end of the building, and is decorated in light wood paneling and white tile with gold accents that makes the whole building glow.
>The large, circular space in the center of the hall that’s open to all three floors is even more impressive.

>>29410100
>After slowly walking to the center of the room, your hand grips the railing and you look down to the tile floors of the ground floor beneath you, where records are kept, then up, to the glittering copper dome and the small windows that bathe the area in light.
>You give a thorough examination to both Chambers, one for the House and one for the Senate, one decorated in whites and reds, the other decorated in whites and blues, each with subtle green accents.
>You can’t help but feel a sense of awe as you tour this building.
>It’s, out of all four, the greatest example of the government you have created from the ground up.
>Because of the documents you, admittedly with the help of many others, penned, all this is here.
>You can’t help but feel a little bit of pride as you continue the tour.
>A large plaza on the back end of the lot completes the building.
>The Cabinet Building and the Supreme Court Building are largely similar.
>Both are decorated with the same white walls and dark hardwood floors.
>The Cabinet Building features a North and South Vestibule, each with a large, square light well.
>From above, the building looks vaguely waffle-shaped.
>An E-shaped group of offices anchors either end, and at the center of the building, between both vestibules, are the executive offices.
>Your office is on the very top floor, along with various other high-level officials.
>It’s a fascinating building, decorated with various murals and paintings that give it life.
>The Supreme Court Building is very similar in its layout and ornamentation, except it’s a little bit smaller than the Cabinet Building.
>The wings on either side lack courtyards, the space instead being used for more records storage.
>In the center of the building are the offices for the Justices, and on the top floor is the actual courtroom.

>>29410106
>Like the Cabinet Building, it’s beautiful in its own way.
>You could spend hours wandering around the complex, examining every detail, but you can’t.
>There will be plenty of time for that later.
>Right now, you need to figure out when they’ll actually be occupied.
>You’re not worried about the Executive Departments.
>In fact, they can move in tomorrow.
>You just need to start fleshing out the other two branches of government.
>All the Supreme Court needs to open is a more detailed court system, and the Department of Justice is working on that.
>Everything will be ready by the end of 1910, two years from now.
>Congress is more complicated.
>The United States Congress, which you’re basing the Arcadian system off of, first met with a population of three million and thirteen states in the Union.
>Arcadia, right now, has around 150,000 people and zero states.
>But at the rate the population is growing, Arcadia should have a population of three million by 1920, and that’s a very conservative estimate.
>So you’ll have enough citizens to start pushing for representation very soon.
>States are a different matter entirely.
>Most of Arcadia’s population lives in Lancaster, and you can’t exactly divide up the city into different states to expand the Senate.
>But there’s not much room to grow outside of the city, either.
>Right now, your best estimates have put Arcadia’s territory at just 125,000 square miles.
>That seems like a lot, and it is, but it still makes Arcadia the smallest country on this planet.
>You need to explore and expand, and not just to have enough states to form a Senate.
>You’ve seen how much of the planet is completely uncharted; hell, Lancaster is on the edge of the known world.
>It wouldn’t take much effort to start mapping out the rest of the continent.

>>29410110
>125,000 square miles
That's still pretty big.

About half the size of Texas.

>>29410110
>You’d have more raw materials to work with, more space to spread out, and more influence globally.
>Every bone in your body is telling you that in order for Arcadia to survive, it must expand.
>For the rest of the day, you start the process of moving both your belongings and your government to their new homes.
>You earmark a few townhouses in the small enclave surrounding Capital Square for future government use, specifically one for the vice president’s house, one for, at the request of North Point, a “presidential retreat” next door, and various others for the Cabinet Secretaries and future high-level government officials.
>The staff responsible for maintaining the Executive House arrive in the afternoon, and you spend the rest of the day helping the Chief Usher, an earth pony named Marble Shine, acclimate to his new responsibilities.
>But you never stop thinking about what it would take to begin exploring the continent.
>You can barely sleep that night, not just because it’s the first night in a new bed, but also because the future of Arcadia rests on the decision you make in the morning.

And that's it. Happy late birthday to this green, because, according to the pastebin, January 23 was the one year anniversary of the date that I started writing this. This update was supposed to come out then, but shit got in the way. Honestly I can't believe I've spent a whole year on this shit. What started off as a small little idea grew into a giant, convoluted mess with almost autistic levels of worldbuilding and planning. Here's hoping I stick with it for another year. I've got a lot more stories to tell.

As usual, the pastebin is updated. Link: http://pastebin.com/eufFYFaw

>>29410134
Yeah, it's not really a small country, but almost everything outside of Lancaster is uninhabited desert. Not exactly prime real estate.

>>29410148
It's been a year already? Time seems to fly

>>29410110
>Go West!
MANNIFEST DESTINY FOR ARCADIA!

James?

>>29412729
Clarkson?

>>29413463
Hammond?

>>29364451
>>Growing tired of Twilight's berating, you go out into the world to prove her wrong.


Growing tired of Twilight's berating, you pick up a lamp and smash it over her skull.

>>29413730
Alas! It was just a daydream. She is still lecturing you.

>>29413853

Alas! The daydream was just a daydream, and the reality is that you have killed Twilight Sparkle through blunt skull trauma.

You quickly throw her body into a closet, cover it with whatever objects are nearby and make plans to blame it all on Spike and his murderous dragon rage. Equestria's future...is doomed.

>>29413877
>Spike enters the room.
>Sees dead Twilight.
Aw jeez... not again!

>>29413877
And don't forget to hang yourself nearby so nobody would suspect you!

>>29413877
>>29413954
>>29413730
careful with all that edge

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>>29413877
>>29413954

>>29410148
man, nobody's said it yet. i'm a bit disappointed. maybe this meme is coming to an end?

fuck you scotty.

>>29374055
YES! I'd love to see some Deus Ex Machina-type scenarios. Or something like Transcendence or warnings of automation greatly altering the roles in society and who bares responsibility for deciding, implementing and accommodating all systems and parties affected, you know, pretty much the process and aftermath behind any technological (r)evolution in any field.

>>29417249
>Transcendence
My zigga.
If the show is anything to go by, we could very well see some remnants of, or even the undergoing luddite revolts somewhere closer to the outer lands.

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>>29364451

Growing tired of Twilight's berating, you stab her in the neck with scissors.The blood immediately begins to gush from her neck as a look of horror appears on her face. She begins to stagger and gag, spitting out blood.

"Why!" gurgles Twilight as the life slowly leaves her body.

Quickly she uses her magic in an attempt to stop the bleeding and create a pressure pad using old pieces of material left over from one of Rarity's latest visits and nearby curtains.

You shake your head. Some ponies will never learn, you think to yourself.

Walking up to Twilight you stab her several more times, then kick her to the floor.

>>29417333
Careful there, you might cut yourself on all that edge.

Are you the new despair anon?

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>>29417371
>Are you the new despair anon?
Doubt it. Although he does seem to be DESPERATE for attention.

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>>29417395
That was bad. Not even 'CARLOS' bad. Just bad.

>>29416512
I noticed something was missing but couldn't quite place it.

I have another idea.

>Anon is a bow hunter
>He ends up found by griffons in Equestria
>Anon invents archery
>Griffons worship Anon as the God of archery, hunting, food, and war.

Anon will "invent" archery to help the griffons (is it gryphons?) Assume that griffons are behind in the technology department.
Say Anon "invents" bows for the griffons to hunt with then the story would be about that.
If Anon "invents" bows for war with another species, do that.

Hulkster,

>>29419156
From what I understand griffin, griffon, and gryphon are all valid spellings

>>29417439
That's because it's not the real Carlos, but a changeling poorly disguised as Carlos

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>tfw haven't browsed this thread in a long time
>tfw have a fuckton of catching up to do
>mfw a novel-length update from Writefag_Is_Kill since I last checked the pastebin

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>>29421848
>tfw I check the Fimfiction feed every week
>tfw Project Sunflower hasn't updated in 5 months
>tfw Mente Materia hasn't updated in 3 months

All I have is PortgateAnon to save me from this dead fic purgatory

>>29421848
It's not just an update, anon. He's done.

>>29422422

He said there's enough left for one more update(then admitted it might take two since he tends to drags things out).

Either way this seems to be more of an epilogue of sorts coming up.

Also since it's been a week and a few days since his last update:

>tfw Writefag_is_kill is kill

I cri everytiem

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>>29422422
FUG :DDDDDDDDDDDDDD:DDDDD:DDDDDD

>>29422485
he does have another story planned for these threads if that helps

>>29423182
Oh.
Yeah, that does help. Neat.
I don't even know what it will be about but I'm already looking forward to it.

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>>29422422

>>29424018
secret agents and stuff. it was confirmed last thread i think.

>>29424307
>inb4 anon bond
>James bond's shitty cousin

>>29422485
It's slow going. I've absolutely no motivation to write now, at least not for that story.
I hate Steel Sanctuary. I'm sure anyone who's ever undertaken a creative endeavor will understand why; I'm not the same writefag as I used to be. All you need do is compare the last post to the first 10k words. One could go on about the ways the first parts were terrible, but that really warrants a post all its own.

My disdain for this work isn't why I'm finding it difficult to proceed though. Despite all reason and common sense I don't want it to be over. After who knows how many hours working on this thing I've grown attached to it despite hating it. I can't help but be reminded of the good times I've had with it over the last year and change. Writing this last bit has a dreadful sense of finality that that part of my life is gone forever, that I'll never relive that experience. It's proving difficult to let go.

Oh, and >>29423182 is correct.

BLOG POST OVER.

>>29424416
I can relate to that and understand how you feel. One can see that happen to almost all fiction writers who write long stories, time or lengthwise.

You have improved so much as writer during Steel Sanctuary and I'm waiting impatiently for the next story.

>>29424416
Sup' Hulkster. If it helps, I and I know many others in this thread still love your story. Maybe you can get some joy from it through osmosis? Anyway I know finishing a big project can feel emotionally draining but having it done will give you a new feeling of satisfaction and starting a new one will bring you that old feeling of excitement. So keep-on keeping-on cause I wanna see Spike make Anon genuinely proud.

Pilkington

>>29424416
bump for this
btw every creator thinks that what he/she creates is shit
not just writers/artist

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>>29425203
This.
The game that I'm making is shit, but I push on regardless.

>>29425228
What Game you making bud?

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>>29425406
I'm working on a 2D sidescroller game, similar to Mario.

Right now, all the art is placeholder because fuck paying for shit if I end up abandoning it.

>>29425228
>game
lemme see

>>29425427
>>29425424
I can throw up a pony character real quick to make it /mlp/ related

>>29425424
That's just placeholder art?
It looks good to me.

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>>29425751
It's just some tileart that I found online. The guy gave up on it, so it's incomplete and free to use.

>tfw no normal sized pony stylesheets
Have some grotesquely large pony.

10

>>29425921
Jesus fuck, this feels way more complete than other fangames that have been made, even if it's basic and incomplete.

Literally anything is great given the fandom's track record with vidya, of course.

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>>29427014
I always create a checklist of what I need to do at the start of a project. As I go through, I mark off things in order of most important to least, adding anything else that I think of at a later date.

Right now, it's still pretty basic, because I honestly have no idea where I'm going with this, but what I still have to do as of right now are:

-Rework player movement
-Create interaction map (static items such as ladders, item blocks, etc)
-enemies
-items
-score
-audio
-The main menu

Also, I'm writing this from near scratch, with a little bit of SDL. None of that 2D Game Maker shit.

brump

>>29427064
oh man that's actually really cool, i thought it was gamemaker at first, but actually writing it from scratch in C? that's impressive.

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>>29427782
It certainly adds to the complexity. But overall, it's a fun project.

>>29425424
and I just lost.

>>29425203
same anon here

>>29427965
protipp:
separate your interfaces.
for example the player can have the following:
- its a sprite (-> drawable)
- it needs to be loaded -> it owns resources
- it has physics/dynamics -> need to be advanced in every simulation step
- its needs to be cleaned up -> owns unique resources
- and for last -> its a player

Having a drawable interface means you just create a few list or even a tree (layers/groups) from all the objects that needs to be drawn.

Having resource load/destroy interface makes easier to load. Eg a map/layout can be a resource too.

Having physics interface means you just need to have all of those objects in a list to advance them easily -> no need to hardcode what a map contains.

Most of these can have an abstract class too.

Also take a look at the boost library.

Source: I wrote a game engine once for 2.5D from the ground up.
The game engine itself didnt even knew the concept between a level and and the player. Even the camera worked in a way that I tossed an object list saying that I want these visible on the screen, figure out an angle and a dynamic transition to get them visible.

>>29428368
I could see about that, but that would take a lot of work.

>Video game dev in equestria when?

10

>>29428600
architectural decisions has to be made early

canoe,

>>29429236
How would that even work? It's not like there are computers he could work with?

>>29431469
There's canonical electricity so they're probably not that far off from computers.

>>29431469
There are arcade machines so there's that.

>>29431541
Many early arcade machines had mechanical computing parts in certain places. But your point stands, they would have some electricity for the screens unless they were very basic...or very weirdly made.

>>29402096
Will do, yeah. Have a bit more Janitor Anon to write before dumping all that, then the science story is the next priority

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>Zebramancer is death

>>29431478
>>29431591
As a game dev ... no. You would have to re-invent all of electronics, then create an operating system from scratch, then a physic/graphic/game engine, and only then you can start thinking about making something actually fun.
Magitech that shit from runes, enchantment, illusions, or whatever. There must be a way to create a magic device / enchanted thingy that can do something like what Discord created for Big Mac & Spike - just need to find a neet unicorn interested in doing the magical part of the project for you.

>>29432349
Depends what kind of game we are talking about.


If we mean producing some sort of arcade game, then that is fairly simple. Given the limited controls and interactivity most of it can be "automated" and therefore unaffected by the player.


For example, the classic "House of the dead (1-2-3-4-5)" can be done by having a simple system of strings attached to physical targets. When the targets are shot they fall over (out of the player's sight) and pull the string which activates a mechanism. Recording the "death" of the enemy.

By creating a core "computation reel" similar to that of an early automated weaver, you could have a "damage counter" tick up by moving a series of light metal fingers over a reel of tape, metal, clay or any other material.

By "dying" the string is lifted off of the reel or otherwise disconnected, stopping it causing "damage" to the players "health" (represented by having a corkscrew move up and down? Filled with a liquid for displaying health to player?).

When the "health" is fully emptied, it could press on a metal plate, create a circuit or otherwise trigger a sound / gramophone informing the player of their death. The forming of a circuit example could work quite well, if it breaks a circuit instead it would de-power the parts of the game and therefore end the round.


Still this would make reseting it an expensive job without making it a large machine or without using magic but I have proven my point. It can be done with a fairly simple system of parts.


As to producing an actual "computer" game as we know them today? Difficult.

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why everybody die on us godfuckingdamit

>>29432523
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czLYl4fM8yk

>>29432523
because life is suffering

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>>29431938
No, No es cierto solo anduve de pachanga.
I trying to write , but all i can do is writhe.
i will try to deliver tomorrow in the mean time here's the updated pastebin:
http://pastebin.com/pKVfQaXt

>>29433990
That video is the best thing ever.

>>29434389
a real demonstration of human ingenuity

arctic,

>>29433990
Glad to see you're not dead

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>>29432530
holy shit

>>29431838
Alright, looking forward to it

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>>29433990
clock is ticking

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>>29437391
>>29439754
writer block. i will try again tomorrow after some tobacco and coffe

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>>29439781

>>29439781
hope that writer's block goes away soon

b00p

>>29441791

vizor,

>>29389220
Hey Portgate you still alive?

>>29389453
whoops I'm an idiot, it's a drill and a claw hammer
>>29393480
I don't know, mate. Maybe she just doesn't sound country enough?>>29446230
yep, I try to regularly update every 2 weeks now but even that's a bit difficult. Expect some action soon, though - shit is about to go down

29446877
>>it's a drill and a claw hammer
I figured as much but there wasn't a clear separation in description

>>29447816
how did you fuck up that post?

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>>29441223
>>29440200
its getting there
in a slow and unesteady fashion
but its getteng there

>>29449735
Rome wasn't built in a day

>>29449735
>>29446877
as long as you two continue that's what I want

>>29370139
Why are we here? Just to suffer?

10

>>29370139
She has the exact same color pallet as Windranger from DotA.
This pleases me.

>>29453509
huh, you're absolutely right

hozgm

pita.

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bump for riding tanks on top of jets

>>29457575
metal slug equestria when?

>>29444745
10/10 would ogle inner mechanisms.

>>29458239
me too

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still working

>>29459451
damn that's a cool pic

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>>29459451
That's a cool stand

>>29460662

boop

Krump

>>29460662

>>29460855
What would it be called though?

>>29465201
That pic makes me wonder, are there any good and still alive/completed deus ex and mlp crossover stories?

Reminder that PeteQ needs to give us more Twilight Sparkle verbally abusing Rainbow Dash and Anon for doing science.

We were promised a continuation like 2 months ago. I demand results!

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>>29467668
>PeteQ will never write more qt Science Dash
>We will never get more Dashie getting giddy when she learns something new about the world around her

>>29468372
>>29467668
I'm not reading it so do either of you know if he's done writing Janitor Anon yet? He did say he would start after that was finished >>29431838

>>29468372
pig! Hate that show

>>29468372
peteq will surely deliver

plaster kkk

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Cont from
>>29433990

>At last you land upon a hexagonal metal platform close to the center of complex.
>Waiting for you are a crew of Odin-32 alongside a carry hover cart.
>Without missing a beat the drones load the strongboxes onto the cart .
>For a moment you consider riding atop the cart, bud decide against it.
>Better not get lazy, otherwise you'll end up riding that new transport all the time.
>The walk into the core of sector seven is silent, drones don't make good conversation partners.
>Really most of your robots don't even talk to begin with.
>And only a handful of those that can talk are sentient.
>Among them, the one self aware by design is Eden.
>Nowadays you're not so sure shes the only one tho.
>the servant drones like Babylon and Arcadia have their programed personalities, but as the years pass they had begun to show expressions and quirks well beyond what they were built to have.
>there are also some commanding drones like Hector and Perseus than have begun to show a more casual behavior to which they weren't programed.
>You're not worried though.
>the most radical changes occurred centuries ago, if any of them wanted to go rouge they would have long ago.
>If anything you're glad.
>Being only surrounded by robots can get pretty lonely.
>The only living beings that you could call friendly live a few thousand miles to the east.
>And even among them there are some that dislike you or downright hate you.
>Any semblance of companionship is welcome.
>Should you get a mascot again?
>Nah, you already have too many animals in the husbandry modules.
>and you barely take care of them.
>its not like you have to, the vet and farms drones do that.
>But then again, those are cattle ratter than pets.
>What about the reptiles you keep, or the fishes at the aquarium.
>The reptiles are there to maintain the self contained ecosystem, same with bugs and amphibians.
>And the fishes are more decoration than pets, like a potted plant or a bird cage.

>>29471297
>But you don't keep birds caged. there are few in the underworld and the only one you own are either in the husbandry modules or fly around at the inner sanctum.
>Jeez now that you think about it, you have a few zoo's worth of animals down here.
>Should you make an actual zoo?
>For who? Eden is the only one besides you whom would see it.
>She already check on them from time to time.
>But she had never done it before with her new body.
>With new senses are very different from what she had before,the experience would be very different as well.
>You'll do it, at some point.
>Not yet tho, too busy right now.
>In the mean time you'll get Eden a pet.
>something cuddly, maybe a cotton rat.
>Nah a cotton rat is still a rat.
>Better let her chose.
>Its not like she have much to chose from, tho.
>There aren't many animal that are mascot material.
>The option would be the surface. Really not an option just yet.
>Perhaps you could MAKE a pet for her.
>Not just a robot, it would take some effort but you're sure you can reverse engineer a pet.
>Not a cat though, you not want her to turn into a cat lady.
>You're taken out of you thought train by the security door requesting your voice confirmation.
“Anonymous, Level one access.”
>The thick security doors slide open as you enter the core of sector seven.
>Soon the steel and polymer hallways give way to a the stone and mortar of the the old fortress.
>You decided to keep the necromancer inner fortress mostly the same, out of functionality really.
>The masonry was covered in runes designed to prevent thaumatic leaks and harden the already strong granite.
>The overall design of the fortress was meant to delay any attack and facilitate the capture of any intruder.
>Of course you had upgraded everything and even added a few new thing like turrets and drone dispensers.
>But besides a few metal bits, more complex runes and the fact that its clean now, the place looks pretty much like it did when you found it.

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>>29471329
>You enter what was once the throne room of the necromancer.
>Where once were bookshelves filled with magic tomes and scrolls now res row upon row organic computers.
>Across the room several examination tables each with various equipment attached to mechanic arms and feelers.
>There are several small jellyfish-like drones flying around the room tending to the computers and tables.
>In the center of the room are three massive vats each containing a brain the size of beach ball.
>This is the magical research command center, is from here where the three research brains: Merlin, Medea and Prospero. Oversee, and catalog all experiments related to magic.
>”Welcome again master, to what do we own this visit?” Asks Merlin in his deep and wizened voice.
“We had found several magic tomes and magic gemstones during the raid to the mud hive near mine 3-14b.”
>”And you wish for us to examine then and catalog them, yes?” said Medea eager to begin
“Indeed, send the tomes to the magic library at the inner sanctum after youre done with them.”
>”It shall be done in brevity master.” replied Prospero with his shakeperian voice
“I would also like to know if there has been any progress with the thaum enriched rounds project.”
>”So far Blue Adamantite have shown the highest shield penetration to force, ratio.” said Merlin
>”However I would recommend to stick to Cold iron for now, since production costs and the brittleness of Blue Adamantite would make it a bad material for ammunition.” refuted Medea.
>”Nonsense! All we need to do is to find a proper agglutinative for a blue adamantite coat and it will be as cheap as lead.” reassured Merlin
“You look into that, Merlin. In the meantime, well produce a minor catch Cold iron ammo for the elite defense drones until we find a better alternative.”
>”i will see to it myself master.” replied Medea.
“I will take my leave then, Prospero, let me know if you find something noteworthy withing those tomes.”

thats it for now

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>>29471297
>>29471329
>>29471344
I just realized that i for got my trip
fuck

>>29469548
Don't worry, if you are white and/or male that show hate you too.

>>29471356
dude, you have name, but you never had a trip.

>>29471356
yo thanks for the update zebramancer

>>29471699
You know what he meant

>>29471356
it's not like it was a mystery who you were considering that you were posting the last couple of days about working on a update

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New chapter coming up on Wednesday
I'm real tired but this was a lot more fun to write so yay I guess
Get hyped

>>29474734
Without a name it's hard tell who you are... it's Portgate right?

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>>29475060
>>29474734
fuck me, ZebraMancer fucked up and now I did too?
Anyways, expect guns next chapter

>>29469548
It's actually the most well-written show on television at this current moment, in my opinion.
Look, if you can't get over Garnet's character, that's a problem with you, not the show.

Also never ever delve into the fandom or the staff's twitter. Don't be "that guy" and fail to separate the art from the artist.

>>29382964
>I strongly oppose theoretical physics and remind people that it is not science
You better be fucking memeing, because holy shit you're retarded. I bet you unironically wore a fedora at one point in your life.

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>>29472066
will continue working on it
>>29475084
perdon señor portopuerta
>>29475666
>MFW i unironically wore a fedora almost a decade ago
It was a real fedora not the tribly thing that all neckberds wear tho

Anyone remember a greentext story on pastebin that involved Twilight on a small faster-than-light space vessel with one pilot?

my little meatus

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>>29467668
>>29468372
>>29470312
I'll post something in this thread, then. May not be a huge update, but I have a couple of posts worth prewritten already. I'll get something out for you guys over the next day or two.

>>29469548
I like it. Best show I've seen recently is pic related though.

i want wik

Bottlebanker

>>29477491
It sure is taking him noticeably longer than usual with writing this final update

Continuing an RD science story I've been working on. Pastebin here:
http://pastebin.com/9H8f7A0s

When we left off, Dash and Anon had done an experiment into the speed of sound, and Twilight had given Anon a load of books to read about magic.

>Huh.
>The books Twilight gave you are... heavy, to say the least.
>There's a lot of confusing and often contradictory statements to wade through, but one thing's clear...
>These ponies are pretty committed to this whole damn magic thing.
>It reminds you of all those theories about the Earth being the centre of the universe.
>In ancient history it was a pretty reasonable thing to think. Sun goes up, sun goes down. Moon goes up, moon goes down.
>Slowly, though, people noticed things that didn't quite fit.
>The way the planets moved was off. Eclipses happened at the wrong times.
>So they added things to the theory. Planets didn't just circle the Earth, they actually circled a point circling the Earth.
>Soon other issues were spotted, and suddenly the planets circled a point circling a point circling the Earth.
>Eventually someone looked at it and decided it was all too messy, and that things made a lot more sense if the sun were in the middle with everything going round that.
>Maybe you're simplifying it a bit, but the point is theories get too complicated and a simpler one comes along to replace it.
>You get the feeling that the ponies are right on the verge of that.
>It looks like they've attributed everything in existence to different kinds of "magic". Every action or interaction is magic. Forces, energy, the physical properties of matter. Heck, even time, life and concepts like love.
>Take, for example, fire, as described in the most recent book you've been reading.

>>29478749
>Fire is one of the four fundamental elemental magics, the others being (famously) water, earth and air.
>Take a campfire, for example. According to the ponies, the fire works by releasing latent fire magic from the wood.
>As the fire magic leaves the wood, it causes the 'composition' of the wood to go out of balance, and it returns to its other constituent elements, ash representing its earth magic, smoke representing its air elements and the water elements being devoured by the fire, since those are opposites.
>There's more, though. There are other types of magic to be balanced out. Life, light, dark, 'aromatic'...
>The burning wood spits out all its life magic as light, and its latent 'dark magic' (which normally balances out its light magic) is absorbed into the surroundings as shadows.
>So far so mental.
>And then, somehow, it gets even more contrived.
>The release of fire magic can be triggered by flames or by heat, both of which are expressions of fire magic itself. That explains how fire spreads. But not all objects have the same 'composition' as wood, and fire magic being added or taken from different other objects can have different effects.
>Sand, say, is composed mainly of earthen elements and can produce glass when it has fire magic applied to it. This is because the fire burns out the 'water content' of the sand, which leaves it full of air and earthen components. The air components are what make it transparent.
>Fire's also innately linked with strength, which fire magic brings to metal when it tempers it. It's also linked with nutrition, which is why it makes bread better to eat, and how slash and burn agriculture works...
>It goes on and on.
>And this is just fire, and only the very basics of that. There are whole books dedicated to the behaviour of fire magic, let alone the dozens of other types of magic or the hundreds of pseudo-magical properties things can have.

>>29478766
>Generally speaking, it seems to you like most forms of energy transferal or force are described as magic. The movement of the wind or water, fire, gravity, magnetism...
>And then there's the weird properties. The books seem to differ in how they discuss these. Some call it semi-magic, others call them base properties or fundamentals. They're essentially descriptions of physical properties.
>Weight (or rather, mass), hardness, tensile strength, heat capacity and even permeability are all there, whether obviously or perhaps more subtly. All described through the interactions of magic.
>They're called things like "ground-affinity", "incorporeality", "stability".
>But the cherry on the cake, the real thing that makes your head spin, is that this is only the most widely accepted model of the universe. There are many competing 'theories'.
>These theories, they're not like scientific ones. They're more philosophical in nature. Or perhaps religious.
>Ponies believe whatever they want to believe. Whichever idea most takes their fancy, that's what they take to be true.
>No rational arguments, no evidence, no experiments. Just gut feel.
>So all this crap you just spent the last few hours reading, it's all useless. Sure, a lot of ponies will believe it the world works this way, but plenty more won't.
>Skimming a few other books has confirmed just how different these theories can be. Some mostly agree with a few minor differences, others don't even agree on the fundamentals.
>They don't compete rationally, through arguments and soundly explaining how things work. The authors just explain their belief. No justification, no refutation of the ideas of others, no discussion. Just pages and pages of crap, with the occasional passive-aggressive comment aimed at another author.

>>29478805
>Not only are theories of magic incredibly contrived and convoluted, they're not even unanimously believed. With so many competing and contradictory ideas, it seems like any explanation can attract a following.
>Christ, this is a mess.
>One book explains how stones sink because their natural resting place is below water, the natural resting place of which is below air. That's why rain falls, but it doesn't try to explain how rain gets up there in the first place.
>Another book helpfully explains that 'fire and water are two sides of the same coin, with air and earth making the other side of the same coin', which is wrong on so many levels you don't know where to start. Unless there's a 4-sided Equestrian coin you've yet to come across.
>You're starting to get worked up about this.
>These books are drek. They're opinion pieces, and yet there are dozens of different schools of thought on how magic works and what its role in society should be.
>The fact that rational thought and inquiry are considered immature while this crap is touted as insightful is baffling.
>Although, you feel, you should have expected something like this.
>It's kind of silly now you look back, but you expected the books to just say "Everything is magic".
>The fact that there'd be different philosophies and ideas never really crossed your mind.
>You sigh, massaging your temples
>You're going to give yourself a headache at this rate.
>Positives. Positives. What are the positives?
>Perhaps the fact that ponies are so open to hearing different theories of magic could come be useful. If you can start by phrasing the scientific method in terms they're familiar with...
>Could you lure them in with psuedoscience?
>Hmmm
>That might work, but it feels wrong. You want ponies to embrace the scientific method at face value. You want them to see how useful it is, how it can offer better answers than their current system does.
>Maybe that could be your last resort.

>>29478834
>You stand up, stretching out your legs
>It's been hours since you left your desk, being so engrossed in (and enraged by) the books Twilight gave you.
>You decide you need something to drink, so you head downstairs
>What else is positive about this?
>Well, the way they think magic works shows that ponies are at least aware of certain physical phenomena.
>If you can convince a few that the scientific method can explain these phenomena better, perhaps they'll spread the ideas?
>Thinking of Earth and human history, you feel like scientific revolutions happened when people had greater access to the spread of ideas.
>Maybe you could get a printing press?
>That could work. Put out a few pamphlets. There are supposedly ponies out there interested in the scientific method. Maybe they'd be interested in hearing what you had to say.
>You walk into the kitchen, almost slipping on the tiles in your socks.
"Damn!"
>One of your hands grasps at the counter, steadying yourself.
>You should put a rug down or something, you're going to fall over and kill yourself one of these days.
>As you fix yourself a drink, you consider whether Rainbow might know any other ponies who were interested in science.
>Perhaps you could start a club or something.
>Yeah. That might work. Get some material printed, spread it around a bit. Start with less offensive ideas, like the speed of sound. Things people can easily verify for themselves.
>Show them that the simple things can be explained by the scientific method, then build up slowly. Make everything super accessible.
>Standardise it all, the rigour, the methodology. Be a respected source of facts.
>You could teach classes, spread ideas.
>A scientific institute would be great.
>You could call it The Ponyville Scientific Society.
>Has a nice ring to it.
>Though the acronym is PSS, which sounds too much like 'piss'.
>You'll work on-
thud
>-it.
>You blink
>Something heavy just hit your front door.
>Or maybe a giant knocked. Once.

>>29478910
>Water still in hand, you saunter to the front door
>There's a frantic knocking
>"Anon? You in!?"
>Dash?
"Yeah. just coming."
>She shouts through the door, breathlessly
>"Anon!?"
"Yeah, coming!"
>You're two feet away from the door, for heck's sake. What has her so excited?
>It's not unusual for RD to drop in and say hi, but she doesn't sound her usual cool, collected self.
>You open the door
>Rainbow Dash stands there, fidgeting.
"Hey, Dash, what's-"
>"So I was moving a rogue cloud, just a little one, right?"
>Blinking, you take a moment to register her hasty words
>You don't know what a rogue cloud is.
"Uh, wha-"
>"Yeah, so I was thinking about the experiment we did with the sound, and about how you say it's important to repeat experiments and I thought I could do it with the cloud, oh it was sparking, and, yeah that's why I thought-"
>You hope it isn't important that you know what a rogue cloud is, though you can probably guess
>She stops to suck in a breath of air, and you seize your chance to speak
>You guess whatever this is is important enough to skip the normal friendly chitchat
"Sparking?"
>She beams at you, practically bouncing on the spot
>"Uh-huh, you know, making unmanaged lightning and thunder. Well, I was thinking maybe we could use the clouds next time we do an experiment because the thunder's louder and I could go further away and you could wave when the thunder happened and I started thinking maybe I could get someone over to do the experiment but then I thought..."
>She shakes her head as though to clear it, composing herself
>"Look, Anon... lightning and thunder happen at the same time!"
>You nod
"Yeah?"
>She nods back, grinning
>You stare at her blankly, not sure where she's going with this
>"At the same time!"
>She repeats herself, raising her eyebrows
"Uh..."
>"I did an experiment and proved it! I thought you'd be excited to hear!"

>>29478957
>You remember the glass of water you're holding and take a long sip to buy yourself a little time
>This all feels surreal. Either this is some kind of fever dream, or Dash is so excited she's making no sense. Time to clear this up.
"Right. So you did an experiment?"
>She nods
>"Yeah, I thought I could get someone to wave when the thunder went off, but then I noticed the flashes were coming at the same time as the thunder, and remembered how you said there's no delay when you're close to the sound, but further away it takes time to travel. So I thought maybe the lightning and thunder are happening at the same time. I flew away and timed it and the difference between the thunder and lightning was the same as the time it'd take the sound to move to me!"
>Ahhhh
>She worked out how long it'd take the sound to travel using the results from your other experiments and found the time between the thunder and lightning was consistent with that.
>You furrow your brow
>Do ponies not know thunder and lightning are caused by the same thing?
"So you think they happen at the same time?"
>She nods vigorously
>"Yeah! They sound like they're at different times, but that's because it takes time for the sound to travel!"
>You rub at your nose thoughtfully
>Odd, you'd have thought ponies would have noticed that. It's a pretty useful way to-
>You freeze
>Dash did an experiment!
>On her own!
>Forget about the observation skills of other ponies, this calls for a celebration.
"RD, this is great! Come in, come in!"
>You beckon the mare inside, leading her toward your kitchen
>She raises her head, proudly
>"It is pretty great, isn't it? We make a good team!"
"We?"
>She nods
>"Yeah, you helped give me the idea. I'll put you as my co-scientist if I get an award."
>With the way science is perceived here, you doubt she'll get an award. But still, you appreciate the thought
"Thanks, but I think you deserve all the credit. I want to know all about it."

>>29479001
>It's not a particularly interesting result, but still. You want to encourage Dash to do more experimentation.
>And the fact she's curious and thinking about natural phenomena is a good sign.
>"I made a hypothesis, and I tested it and I did it at different distances and I made a discovery!"
"You repeated it at different distances?"
>If RD grinned any wider, the top of her head would fall off.
>Dash never struck you as someone who'd be interested in experiments and nerd stuff, but here she is having kittens over making a discovery.
>Entering the kitchen, you almost slip again on the tiled floor, but Dash steps forward, leaning her body against yours to steady you
>She feels warm against you. Warm and soft
>"I gotcha."
>She lingers for a moment, making sure you're steady before she finally pulls away
"Thanks."
>Your heart's beating a little from the near fall
>Dash smiles at you, and you feel slightly embarrassed. Now you're definitely going to get a rug. Or slippers.
>Best distract her before she can get in a joke at your expense
"It's a pretty great discovery, Dash."
>"Thanks, I thought I'd come straight here and tell you about it, I thought you'd want to know."
"I do, I appreciate you coming."
>She's so flustered about all this her face has gone a little red
>"I'm going to tell the Royal Weather Corps. This could save lives!"
>You grin
>She's being melodramatic
"Oh, it could, could it?"
>She nods
>"Yeah. You're supposed to keep your distance from the bigger rogue systems. There's a couple of ponies a year that die from getting too close."
"Wait, what?"

>>29479021
>"Yep. Especially out near the coast. They get a big rogue system in, someone flies a little too close and BAM!"
>She stomps a hoof
>"They get hit by debris or blown out of the air. You gotta keep your distance, steer it from the edge."
>You shake your head in disbelief
"Sounds really important, then."
>Dash puffs out her chest
>It seems so odd that ponies wouldn't have noticed this before, especially if it was a matter of life and death. It's a simple observation, that the time between thunder and lightning is greater the further away you are.
>Whatever, now's not the time to worry about that.
>"My first discovery! I'm gonna write a letter, and put in the experiment so they know how I know. Then they can try it themselves and-"
>She rattles off on another breathless speech
>You nod along as you grab a couple of glasses, pouring a celebratory drink
>Whiskey.
>You hand her a glass, and she frowns, surprised you're drinking so early in the evening.
"That letter can wait, D. First, we need to celebrate!"
>Your plans for the rest of the day can be put on hold. There's plenty of time to get angry about magic later. It's not going anywhere.
>Right now, you want to celebrate with your friend.
>For a moment, Rainbow Dash's smile fades and she looks you right in the eye, going still. Just for a moment, though.
>She smirks, nodding
>"Darn right, we do!"
>She holds up her drink
>"Cheers!"
"Salud."
>You clink glasses

That's all for now. Updated the pastebin here:
http://pastebin.com/9H8f7A0s

Any errors I've made, let me know and I'll correct them in the pastebin. Otherwise, feedback/thoughts appreciated. See you guys again in about three months just kidding not kidding though.

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>>29479129
Rainbow Dash telling Anon about her experiment made me so happy.

>MFW 3 months until the next update

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>>29479459
hopefully It will be worth the wait

>>29479644
I have confidence it will be