Pre Season 7 Episode Ranking #3

An example response for would look like this:

1 2x03 Lesson Zero
2 2x04 Luna Eclipsed
3 5x12 Amending Fences
4 5x18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark
5 6x08 A Hearth's Warming Tail
6 1x23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles
7 4x12 Pinkie Pride
8 2x09 Sweet and Elite
9 2x18 A Friend in Deed
10 6x26 To Where and Back Again Pt. 2
11 6x25 To Where and Back Again Pt. 1
12 1x11 Winter Wrap Up
13 1x26 The Best Night Ever
14 6x06 No Second Prances
15 6x21 Every Little Thing She Does
16 6x24 Top Bolt
17 1x14 Suited for Success
18 6x19 The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
19 2x11 Hearth's Warming Eve
20 2x02 The Return of Harmony - Part 2
21 2x01 The Return of Harmony - Part 1
22 2x26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2
23 4x26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
24 4x25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
25 4x21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3
26 5x26 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 2
27 5x25 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 1
28 1x08 Look Before You Sleep
29 4x14 Filli Vanilli
30 1x25 Party of One
31 5x24 The Mane Attraction
32 5x02 The Cutie Map - Part 2
33 5x01 The Cutie Map - Part 1
34 5x14 Canterlot Boutique
35 5x13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
36 2x14 The Last Roundup
37 5x08 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
38 5x21 Scare Master
39 1x15 Feeling Pinkie Keen
40 2x05 Sisterhooves Social
41 2x23 Ponyville Confidential
42 5x16 Made in Manehattan
43 6x09 The Saddle Row Review
44 6x13 Stranger Than Fan Fiction
45 6x12 Spice Up Your Life
46 4x18 Maud Pie
47 2x15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
48 1x09 Bridle Gossip
49 1x06 Boast Busters

>>29929667
50 4x02 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
51 4x08 Rarity Takes Manehattan
52 4x01 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
53 1x10 Swarm of the Century
54 5x20 Hearthbreakers
55 1x07 Dragonshy
56 1x16 Sonic Rainboom
57 6x05 Gauntlet of Fire
58 3x06 Sleepless in Ponyville
59 3x05 Magic Duel
60 3x13 Magical Mystery Cure
61 5x03 Castle Sweet Castle
62 2x10 Secret of My Excess
63 6x07 Newbie Dash
64 1x20 Green Isn't Your Colour
65 2x19 Putting Your Hoof Down
66 4x09 Pinkie Apple Pie
67 2x22 Hurricane Fluttershy
68 6x22 P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
69 5x07 Make New Friends but Keep Discord
70 2x07 May the Best Pet Win!
71 1x17 Stare Master
72 6x02 The Crystalling Pt. 2
73 6x01 The Crystalling Pt. 1
74 5x15 Rarity Investigates!
75 2x25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
76 6x16 The Times They Are a Changeling
77 6x03 The Gift of the Maud Pie
78 6x18 Buckball Season
79 3x04 One Bad Apple
80 1x19 A Dog and Pony Show
81 4x03 Castle Mane-ia
82 4x19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
83 2x16 Read It and Weep
84 4x11 Three's a Crowd
85 3x02 The Crystal Empire - Part 2
86 3x01 The Crystal Empire - Part 1
87 5x05 Tanks for the Memories
88 1x13 Fall Weather Friends
89 4x06 Power Ponies
90 3x07 Wonderbolts Academy
91 1x22 A Bird in the Hoof
92 1x05 Griffon the Brush-Off
93 4x04 Daring Don't
94 5x09 Slice of Life
95 6x11 Flutter Brutter
96 3x11 Just For Sidekicks
97 1x02 Friendship is Magic - Part 2
98 1x01 Friendship is Magic - Part 1

>>29929673
99 3x10 Keep Calm and Flutter On
100 5x11 Party Pooped
101 5x22 What About Discord?
102 2x20 It's About Time
103 4x20 Leap of Faith
104 2x24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express
105 2x21 Dragon Quest
106 4x07 Bats!
107 6x20 Viva Las Pegasus
108 3x08 Apple Family Reunion
109 4x10 Rainbow Falls
110 3x12 Games Ponies Play
111 2x12 Family Appreciation Day
112 4x15 Twilight Time
113 2x06 The Cutie Pox
114 2x13 Baby Cakes
115 5x19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows
116 1x03 The Ticket Master
117 4x22 Trade Ya!
118 6x04 On Your Marks
119 1x04 Applebuck Season
120 4x23 Inspiration Manifestation
121 1x21 Over a Barrel
122 4x16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
123 3x03 Too Many Pinkie Pies
124 5x04 Bloom & Gloom
125 1x18 The Show Stoppers
126 4x05 Flight to the Finish
127 2x17 Hearts and Hooves Day
128 5x06 Appleoosa's Most Wanted
129 1x12 Call of the Cutie
130 5x23 The Hooffields and McColts
131 4x24 Equestria Games
132 6x23 Where the Apple Lies
133 6x17 Dungeons & Discords
134 4x17 Somepony to Watch Over Me
135 6x15 28 Pranks Later
136 6x14 The Cart Before the Ponies
137 5x17 Brotherhooves Social
138 1x24 Owl's Well That Ends Well
139 4x13 Simple Ways
140 2x08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well
141 Mx01 Rainbow Rocks
142 6x10 Applejack's "Day" Off
143 Mx02 Friendship Games
144 5x10 Princess Spike
145 Mx03 Legend of Everfree
146 Mx00 Equestria Girls
147 3x09 Spike at Your Service

2) 25 M
3) 9/20/11
4) 8
5) 8

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This is how I'm thinking the final product will look like. The explanation will be changed to just be for the lists.
Any kind of last minute comments or suggestions are appreciated if you have them.

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And here's the episode ranking so far to >>29923630 with 41 Anons.

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For comparison purposes, I'll dump all the other episode rankings so far too.

Starting with the only one I've done that I don't count in the table since it was more of an experiment with a different ranking method than anything else.

>>29929659
>>29929659
>That's a little under 7 hours from now, so still enough time to make a list if you stay at it for an hour or so.
>an hour or so
>implying

I need to make a choice about once every 30 seconds for the next 7 hours.

>>29929738
Anon pls. I even had this one go an extra week compared to usual.

>>29929755
I'm trying so hard right now.

>>29929659
1 2x01 The Return of Harmony - Part 1
2 2x02 The Return of Harmony - Part 2
3 2x04 Luna Eclipsed
4 5x26 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 2
5 5x25 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 1
6 5x01 The Cutie Map - Part 1
7 5x02 The Cutie Map - Part 2
8 1x11 Winter Wrap Up
9 6x09 The Saddle Row Review
10 5x17 Brotherhooves Social
11 6x26 To Where and Back Again Pt. 2
12 6x25 To Where and Back Again Pt. 1
13 3x10 Keep Calm and Flutter On
14 2x15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
15 5x13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
16 5x12 Amending Fences
17 5x09 Slice of Life
18 6x11 Flutter Brutter
19 4x18 Maud Pie
20 3x13 Magical Mystery Cure
21 4x12 Pinkie Pride
22 1x25 Party of One
23 5x05 Tanks for the Memories
24 6x06 No Second Prances
25 1x02 Friendship is Magic - Part 2
26 1x01 Friendship is Magic - Part 1
27 3x07 Wonderbolts Academy
28 5x18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark
29 1x26 The Best Night Ever
30 1x20 Green Isn't Your Colour
31 1x23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles
32 2x20 It's About Time
33 2x07 May the Best Pet Win!
34 2x03 Lesson Zero
35 2x22 Hurricane Fluttershy
36 1x18 The Show Stoppers
37 2x19 Putting Your Hoof Down
38 3x05 Magic Duel
39 4x01 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
40 4x19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
41 4x14 Filli Vanilli
42 4x07 Bats!
43 5x16 Made in Manehattan
44 1x14 Suited for Success
45 5x14 Canterlot Boutique
46 3x03 Too Many Pinkie Pies
47 1x06 Boast Busters
48 1x09 Bridle Gossip
49 4x26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
50 4x25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
51 5x20 Hearthbreakers
52 2x17 Hearts and Hooves Day
53 1x04 Applebuck Season
54 5x24 The Mane Attraction
55 4x20 Leap of Faith
56 5x03 Castle Sweet Castle
57 6x17 Dungeons & Discords
58 Mx01 Rainbow Rocks
59 6x24 Top Bolt
60 4x11 Three's A Crowd

>>29930202
61 2x11 Hearth's Warming Eve
62 1x08 Look Before You Sleep
63 2x05 Sisterhooves Social
64 1x16 Sonic Rainboom
65 1x13 Fall Weather Friends
66 2x09 Sweet and Elite
67 1x10 Swarm of the Century
68 1x22 A Bird in the Hoof
69 1x17 Stare Master
70 2x23 Ponyville Confidential
71 3x06 Sleepless in Ponyville
72 5x21 Scare Master
73 6x07 Newbie Dash
74 6x08 A Hearth's Warming Tail
75 4x10 Rainbow Falls
76 6x18 Buckball Season
77 Mx00 Equestria Girls
78 6x13 Stranger Than Fan Fiction
79 4x23 Inspiration Manifestation
80 5x04 Bloom & Gloom
81 3x08 Apple Family Reunion
82 5x08 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
83 1x07 Dragonshy
84 1x21 Over a Barrel
85 4x05 Flight to the Finish
86 4x03 Castle Mane-ia
87 4x02 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
88 4x15 Twilight Time
89 4x08 Rarity Takes Manehattan
90 4x09 Pinkie Apple Pie
91 5x19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows
92 2x21 Dragon Quest
93 1x12 Call of the Cutie
94 3x04 One Bad Apple
95 6x21 Every Little Thing She Does
96 6x20 Viva Las Pegasus
97 Mx03 Legend of Everfree
98 4x21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3
99 6x16 The Times They Are a Changeling
100 6x23 Where the Apple Lies
101 6x19 The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
102 2x25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
103 2x26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2
104 Mx02 Friendship Games
105 2x10 Secret of My Excess
106 5x07 Make New Friends but Keep Discord
107 3x01 The Crystal Empire - Part 1
108 2x12 Family Appreciation Day
109 2x14 The Last Roundup
110 2x16 Read It and Weep
111 3x11 Just for Sidekicks
112 1x19 A Dog and Pony Show
113 3x02 The Crystal Empire - Part 2
114 1x05 Griffon the Brush-Off
115 6x12 Spice Up Your Life
116 4x04 Daring Don't
117 4x13 Simple Ways
118 6x04 On Your Marks
119 3x12 Games Ponies Play
120 5x22 What About Discord?

>>29930208
121 5x06 Appleoosa's Most Wanted
122 6x01 The Crystalling Pt. 1
123 6x02 The Crystalling Pt. 2
124 6x05 Gauntlet of Fire
125 6x03 The Gift of the Maud Pie
126 6x10 Applejack's "Day" Off
127 1x15 Feeling Pinkie Keen
128 4x22 Trade Ya!
129 1x03 The Ticket Master
130 2x18 A Friend in Deed
131 2x06 The Cutie Pox
132.5 6x15 28 Pranks Later
132.5 6x14 The Cart Before the Ponies
134 2x08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well
135 2x13 Baby Cakes
136 5x15 Rarity Investigates!
137 4x06 Power Ponies
138 4x16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
139 5x11 Party Pooped
140 4x24 Equestria Games
141 4x17 Somepony to Watch Over Me
142 6x22 P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
143 1x24 Owl's Well That Ends Well
144 5x23 The Hooffields and McColts
145 2x24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express
146 3x09 Spike at Your Service
147 5x10 Princess Spike

>>29930217
Don't forget to answer the other questions in the OP please.

>>29930202
>1 2x01 The Return of Harmony - Part 1
>2 2x02 The Return of Harmony - Part 2
>6 5x01 The Cutie Map - Part 1
>7 5x02 The Cutie Map - Part 2
>87 4x02 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
>39 4x01 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
This is weird.

>>29930234
>87 4x02 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
>39 4x01 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
He, uh... Didn't like lazers all that much?

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Bump with the trends so far to >>29930202 with 42 Anons.

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And here's the average proximity to first in each survey so far as well because I wanted to see how that was doing.

>>29930202
Also, don't forget to answer the other questions in the OP if you're seeing this Anon.

3.75 hours left bump.

Battle No.385
53% sorted.
I'm doing well I feel.

Battle No.615
77% sorted.

>>29931819
Going at a good pace. 55ish minutes left.

Battle No.850
100% sorted.

1 5x18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark
2 Mx01 Rainbow Rocks
3 Mx02 Friendship Games
4 4x26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
5 3x10 Keep Calm and Flutter On
6 4x25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
7 5x09 Slice of Life
8 5x24 The Mane Attraction
9 3x13 Magical Mystery Cure
10 2x02 The Return of Harmony - Part 2
11 2x26 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 2
12 2x01 The Return of Harmony - Part 1
13 4x02 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 2
14 4x12 Pinkie Pride
15 6x06 No Second Prances
16 6x08 A Hearth's Warming Tail
17 Mx03 Legend of Everfree
18 6x26 To Where and Back Again Pt. 2
19 6x25 To Where and Back Again Pt. 1
20 4x08 Rarity Takes Manehattan
21 1x14 Suited for Success
22 5x02 The Cutie Map - Part 2
23 6x13 Stranger Than Fan Fiction
24 6x16 The Times They Are a Changeling
25 2x18 A Friend in Deed
26 4x01 Princess Twilight Sparkle - Part 1
27 5x26 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 2
28 6x03 The Gift of the Maud Pie
29 2x20 It's About Time
30 5x01 The Cutie Map - Part 1
31 5x14 Canterlot Boutique
32 5x12 Amending Fences
33 5x13 Do Princesses Dream of Magic Sheep?
34 5x20 Hearthbreakers
35 6x24 Top Bolt
36 4x14 Filli Vanilli
37 6x19 The Fault in Our Cutie Marks
38 2x23 Ponyville Confidential
39 1x11 Winter Wrap Up
40 1x07 Dragonshy
41 1x20 Green Isn't Your Colour
42 5x16 Made in Manehattan
43 5x25 The Cutie Re-Mark Pt. 1
44 6x02 The Crystalling Pt. 2
45 6x09 The Saddle Row Review
46 6x05 Gauntlet of Fire
47 6x04 On Your Marks
48 1x26 The Best Night Ever
49 1x25 Party of One
50 6x18 Buckball Season
51 6x21 Every Little Thing She Does
52 6x20 Viva Las Pegasus
53 4x05 Flight to the Finish
54 3x07 Wonderbolts Academy
55 3x05 Magic Duel
56 2x15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000
57 1x13 Fall Weather Friends
58 2x11 Hearth's Warming Eve
59 2x04 Luna Eclipsed
60 2x03 Lesson Zero
61 1x06 Boast Busters
62 1x19 A Dog and Pony Show
63 1x18 The Show Stoppers
64 2x25 A Canterlot Wedding - Part 1
65 3x02 The Crystal Empire - Part 2
66 3x03 Too Many Pinkie Pies

67 3x01 The Crystal Empire - Part 1
68 1x16 Sonic Rainboom
69 1x17 Stare Master
70 6x23 Where the Apple Lies
71 6x22 P.P.O.V. (Pony Point of View)
72 2x05 Sisterhooves Social
73 4x20 Leap of Faith
74 4x15 Twilight Time
75 5x06 Appleoosa's Most Wanted
76 5x07 Make New Friends but Keep Discord
77 5x03 Castle Sweet Castle
78 5x05 Tanks for the Memories
79 2x24 MMMystery on the Friendship Express
80 2x16 Read It and Weep
81 2x17 Hearts and Hooves Day
82 2x19 Putting Your Hoof Down
83 4x23 Inspiration Manifestation
84 3x06 Sleepless in Ponyville
85 4x07 Bats!
86 4x03 Castle Mane-ia
87 4x04 Daring Don't
88 2x07 May the Best Pet Win!
89 1x23 The Cutie Mark Chronicles
90 5x04 Bloom & Gloom
91 5x08 The Lost Treasure of Griffonstone
92 4x11 Three's A Crowd
93 5x15 Rarity Investigates!
94 5x11 Party Pooped
95 4x13 Simple Ways
96 4x19 For Whom the Sweetie Belle Toils
97 4x18 Maud Pie
98 4x22 Trade Ya!
99 4x21 Testing Testing 1, 2, 3
100 1x12 Call of the Cutie
101 4x10 Rainbow Falls
102 6x01 The Crystalling Pt. 1
103 5x21 Scare Master
104 6x07 Newbie Dash
105 4x09 Pinkie Apple Pie
106 2x06 The Cutie Pox
107 2x09 Sweet and Elite
108 4x24 Equestria Games
109 Mx00 Equestria Girls
110 4x06 Power Ponies
111 6x14 The Cart Before the Ponies
112 6x17 Dungeons & Discords
113 1x15 Feeling Pinkie Keen
114 1x08 Look Before You Sleep
115 1x10 Swarm of the Century
116 1x02 Friendship is Magic - Part 2
117 1x01 Friendship is Magic - Part 1
118 1x05 Griffon the Brush-Off
119 1x03 The Ticket Master
120 1x09 Bridle Gossip
121 2x22 Hurricane Fluttershy
122 3x04 One Bad Apple
123 5x22 What About Discord?
124 5x23 The Hooffields and McColts
125 6x10 Applejack's "Day" Off
126 6x11 Flutter Brutter
127 6x12 Spice Up Your Life
128 3x12 Games Ponies Play
129 4x16 It Ain't Easy Being Breezies
130 5x17 Brotherhooves Social
131 5x19 The One Where Pinkie Pie Knows
132 3x08 Apple Family Reunion
133 3x11 Just for Sidekicks
134 5x10 Princess Spike
135 2x12 Family Appreciation Day
136 2x14 The Last Roundup

137 2x21 Dragon Quest
138 1x04 Applebuck Season
139 2x10 Secret of My Excess
140 2x08 The Mysterious Mare Do Well
141 6x15 28 Pranks Later
142 1x22 A Bird in the Hoof
143 1x24 Owl's Well That Ends Well
144 1x21 Over a Barrel
145 2x13 Baby Cakes
146 3x09 Spike at Your Service
147 4x17 Somepony to Watch Over Me

>19, M
>immediately after finishing watching season 4, before RR came out by about a week. I started watching on netflix while S4 was airing.
>10
>9

I'm gonna post how I feel the seasons should rank to compare to my stats for fun.
S6>S5>S4>S2>S1>S3

It hurts so much.

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>>29932130
>1 5x18 Crusaders of the Lost Mark
>2 Mx01 Rainbow Rocks
>3 Mx02 Friendship Games
>4 4x26 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 2
>5 3x10 Keep Calm and Flutter On
>6 4x25 Twilight's Kingdom - Part 1
>17 Mx03 Legend of Everfree
>32 5x12 Amending Fences
>48 1x26 The Best Night Ever
>49 1x25 Party of One
Bravo, I am actually disgusted.

>>29932180
>He doesn't like character development

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>>29932180
Nah, I can see where he's coming from.

>>29932130
Now this is one trash opinion. But whatever, your opinion is your opinion.

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>>29932184
>Musical episode with mediocre songs where CMC get shitty cutiemarks
>Musical EqG
>EqG where nothing makes sense and the plot is so fucked nobody even tries to damage control it
>DBZ
>Discord "reformation"
>DBZ:Prequel
>these are the best six picks the show has to offer

Not saying CotLM should be at the bottom of the list but this is some top shelf shit taste if you really think this is an okay list

Before I stop. Is anyone still working on a list?
You've got 15 minutes to say something.

>>29932209
I'm almost entirely sure that you'll discount this, but the EqG plot isn't as convoluted as you might think. Only the first one falls down, and you can make sense of that one with only very minor mental gymnastics. It's one of those things where dumb people and smart people agree with each other and disagree with others. Like about how planes wings work.

What' wrong with what they did with Discord?

CotLM has some of the best songs, I think. Music is probably the most subjective form of media, if that could be a thing. I had more of an emotional response from that episode than any other.

I like DBZ shut your mouth but I don't like Twilights Kingdom because it has abeam fight, I like it because of Discord.

You're lucky I didn't just decide to put all the starlight episodes in the top 6 :^)

>>29932130
>>29932133
>>29932158
im dying squirtle

Do you also want to insult my tastes as of 2 years ago?
>>22619567

I can't find my other results I'm sure exist between then and now in a short amount of time, so I'm not going to.

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Unless someone says something before 12:25 comes up I think we'll be good in 5 minutes.
Until then though, here's the average episode ranking by season so far to >>29932158 with 43 Anons.

>>29932158
Here are your individual stats: S6(84) > S5(81) > S4(73) > S2(67) > S3(65) > S1(58) and top writer Kevin Burke & Chris "Doc" Way.
>S1 behind S6 at last place
Wew lad. Now those are some hot opinions. Match pretty closely to what you have there in your personal opinion though.

>>29930217
Also, if you're around you've got till 12:25 to give me answers to the other questions in the OP if you want those counted in addition to the list.

>>29932301
>>29932264
also
>19 now
>posted 2 years ago

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Alright, that should do it. Give me some time to pull all this together into something that looks nice.

>>29932332
B&.

>>29932332
>>29932343
>underage b& with shitty opinions
Now that's rich.

It actually feels out of character that I would have lied about my age instead of eating the ban. But there you go. One of those 18s in the pre S5 is actually 17.

>>29932258
No, the plot is definitely not convoluted, because it's so simple and never bothers with answering or avoiding most illogical elements. FG is almost offensively bad with how bullshit the plot is.
Discord wasn't even really reformed and the whole episode is just him being himself having a giggle only to at the very last minute go "okay I'm good now", he degraded from the god of chaos into a little bitch for no reason and the episode itself was boring as well
CotLM indeed has the best songs, I mean Vote for Pip was so great the whole S1 and S2 can go fuck itself because a generic feelsbait pop songs are so much better
>likes DBZ because of Discord
I can't even comprehend the train of thought behind that

Starlight episodes at the top would actually be more reasonable because she still has okay episodes

>S6 the best, S3>S1
I've never seen a more garbage opinion than this
Then again you were the target audience when the show started airing so shit taste should be expected

>>26123013
Look more me.

>>29932380
probably should've known he would enjoy the negative attention from the name m8

>>29932407
It's just the shock that makes me reply. The poll should've ended an hour earlier, we would be better off without an actual underage newfag shitting it up. I'm done and hitting the bed.

>>29932407
Well that's unfortunate, that you think this is even a little bit bait. Not what I had in mind, that. I only use the name because I think one might derive some schadenfreude from watching me hate myself for working so slowly.

>>29932424
I remember that in both the pre and post S4 surveys there was at least one anon who admitted to being less than 18, and it's shown in the results.

>>29932341
ETA?

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While I work on the final chart here's some fluff is any of you want to shitpost about which horse is better then the other based on the data.
I should probably do this with the overall position average chart too.

>>29932522
Not too much longer for just the Pre S7 stuff. 10 minutes, 25 tops.

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>>29932341
Thanks for all your work.

>>29932544
Trixie for S7?

>>29932568
I wouldn't be surprised, but is she really central for that 2nd episode? Seems like it's focused on just Starlight to me.

>>29932603
It's focused on Starlight's interactions with Trixie, the episode wouldn't be the same without Trixie. Most of the shenanigans of the episode were from Trixie as well, look at all the fanart of teacups.

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Here's the final chart. Thanks again too all you Anons who contributed lists, ideas, bumps, opinions, and especially to those of you who helped out with the sorter.
Hopefully this next season makes for a good addition to the series and I'll see you guys back to rank that one post S7!

Here's an archive with the final Excel sheet and thesloppy working Excel sheet, final image, archived thread links, character averages (because why not) and a psd of the final image:
http://www.mediafire.com/file/8lfa12pa3f6dfsd/Pre+S7+Episode+Ranking.rar

If anything seems wrong in here then please tell me so I can look into it and fix it if needed.

I'm going to make a larger archive with all the data I have for the past 7 surveys, 2 of which were done by another group of Anons and I just tried to replicate the results in excel. I'll probably try and see what kind of things I can get out of the position and maximum point proximities too.

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>>29932659
Thanks for your dedication m8. We really appreciate those statistics.

>>29932659
>M: 42
>F: 0

>>29774893

>>29932544
>pinkie second lowest m6
Twilight I understand because of the 2-parters and Rarity ep are fantastic but fucking RD is above?

>>29932659
thanks m8. Hopefully next one will have more participants, especially since the sorter is so much more efficient now.

>>29932544
>>29932659
Any chance you could show what Applejack's rating would be without SayS and ADF?

>>29932714
>ADF
Applejack's Day Off, right?

>>29932721
That's the one, guess I could've added the quotation marks.

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>>29932726
SayS was not included for her, so without Applejack's Day Off she rises to 2950 which puts her above Fluttershy and the CMC.
This is the list I'm using for focus characters in each episode.

>>29932740
Ah, okay.

;_;

>>29932752
Be happy she's as high up she is even with some bad episodes.
If it helps, Twilight's my favorite and is likely never going to beat Rarity. That dress horse just brings too much good out of the writers it seems.

>>29932763
You never know, all it would take for Twilight is a solid episode or two.

All it would take for Applejack is a solid season or two

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Here's the final tables for the last 7 surveys for the proximity to maximum points in each survey as well as the proximity to maximum rank in each survey out of 100.

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Here's the final chart using the proximity to maximum points for the line graphs for the seasons.

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>>29932659
I said it after the last survey, I'll say it again, I'm happy to see 28PL below MMDW again. Considering that the main difference between both episodes is that in MMDW everyone was dumb, but in 28PL only Dash was completely retarded to make the other ponies look better than in MMDW, I'm surprised that in average people with a different favorite pony didn't consider it an improvement.

Your reasons can be totally different, of course, but I'll take this as a "Dash didn't deserve to be treated like shit to make the other ponies look good", and I wanted to say thank you all. Coming from all the hate Dash has always received on the board, small things like this are very touching.

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Here's a bunch of different charts for proximity to maximum points all in one.

>>29929659
Just out of curiosity, if someone submitted the same list for a pre season ranking that they did for the most recent post season ranking and there was no ranked content released between them, would you accept it or have them sort again?

>>29933115
I'd prefer them to go through the sorter, but if it's their honest opinion still then I probably would accept it. I denied someone the right to their opinion once in these survey threads I've done over the years and it was awful feeling afterwards even now.

>>29933126
All right, I was considering skimping out some but seeing what a fresher perspective could bring would be interesting.

What happened, if you don't mind me asking?

>>29933150
There was an Anon with a really contrarian list that Anons were blasting left and right and I eventually caved and said I'd take it out because he must be trolling with something that out of the norm. Turns out he was serious and he showed up the next two surveys to make sure I was reminded of how I fucked up that one time.
I learned a valuable lesson about giving in to peer pressure against my values, and judging based on the norm around when seeing if someone is serious. I usually just poke around with questions to be sure an Anon has good reasoning behind their lists if I feel like something is amiss now.

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>>29932544
LOL you know damn well that "central character" is a subjective opinion. Was Three's a Crowd a Diccord episode or Twilights? Was What about Discord a Discord episode or Twilight? Was Flurry of emotion Twilight episode or Flurry? Was Dungeon and Discord episode Discord episode or Spike?

>>29933170
Oh man, it must be fun to track all of this while heated arguments and the possibility of troll submissions are flying around.

>>29933177
Episodes can have more than one central character, he posted his list here: >>29932740

>>29933177
>LOL you know damn well that "central character" is a subjective opinion.
It definitely is subjective. Which is why I kept it out of the final image in >>29932659. Feel free to blast anyone that reposts it as fact. It's fluff like I said. I posted that for fun more than anything else.

The list I used is >>29932740 if you feel like taking a look. I'll gladly listen to your feedback if you think anything is out of place. Debates about stuff is what makes these threads interesting.

>>29932659
43 Anons is really too little to take into statistical account. 1 autistic anon could as well create half of these lists to make a a fake attempt at making one episode look like shit and his favourite episode going on top.

Any poll need at least 100 people. And a poll that check the IP.

>>29933190
Mate, Twilight Kingdom was obviously a Twiligth and Discord episode. FOcus switched between them and Discord gained most of the development. What about Discord has no Discord development, he was just an antagonist toward Twilight.

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Here's that large archive I promised that has all the data I have for these surveys so far. I tried to organize and touch it up somewhat, but my apologies in advance if any of those sheets trigger you Anons due to their layout and such.

http://derpy.me/MulpEpisodeSurveys

>>29933192
I know 43 isn't a lot. I'm hoping I can get more post S7, but I feel like Anons may be getting tired of filling out the lists or just don't feel into pony enough to go through this anymore. The really nice part about doing the lists on /mlp/ as opposed to something off site is that I can put archive links to prove it's all really from here. Going offsite would take that away.

>>29933195
Discord definitely warmed up to Twilight a lot after that one. He seems to lovingly troll her to teach her lessons now at least. I think my logic in putting it as just Twilight was that that episode is about her learning the lesson and her role as a princess as the primary conflict. Discord being conflicted was secondary and solved by Twilight being kind to him, despite the betrayal, which she got her key for afterwards.
The logic for What About Discord I can't remember as well. I know I debated it with the guy that runs the ranking stuff over on Reddit here when he came by and I had a good reason then. I'll watch the episode again to see if it comes back then dive into the archive to find that argument if not. I'll have to do that tomorrow though since it's 4AM here and I should've slept hours ago.
I put your post in my ideas list regardless, thanks for the thought.

>>29933229
Lol i only cared for Twilight Kingdom because of Discord. He was the only one with a struggling beyond good and evil. Twilight was just there to clean everything up and get the castle.

>>29933240
>struggling beyond good and evil
>choosing between friendship princess of forgiveness or omnicidal satan of backstabbing

>>29933229
Discord was a major focus in that two parter. Every Tirek scene was focusing on Discord personality. How he feels conflicted about when Shining called him a traitor and when Fluttershy was hurt. How he feel connection to accessories thanks to Rarity influence when he was still on Tirek side. How he is ashamed to becoming a pony errand boy instead respected ruler of Equestria. Everything was mostly about him while Twilight was just worried what would she do as a princess. She only had like one song about it and then her development was over.

>>29932659
>return of harmony finally dethroned
>by Amending fences
I'm a little bit mad.

Is there a way to show the position EqG would be at if you discounted it's position from lists that put all four of them on the bottom without destroying entire lists?

>>29933503
I guess I could find the average point value they got in every list that didn't have all 4 at the bottom and then see how they fit averaging all the other episodes too.
I can't see it helping much though. Maybe a few ranks for the lower ones and they'll be above the usual worst show episodes. It'll have to wait till I'm finally able to sleep though. Later today most likely.

>>29933503
But why discount a half of the lists just because you don't like their opinion?

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>>29932659
>only 43 anons
Ded board, ded show.
But seriously, thanks for your work.

>>29933803
Because they're opinion is a meme, obviously
Multiple people said throughout the threads that they put all EqG at the bottom because they either didn't watch them or don't consider them part of the series

>>29934177
>disliking EqG is a meme
okay, whatever lets you sleep at night

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>>29933503
So using the logic in >>29933524 I found that 12 lists had all the EqG's last. Taking just the averages of the other lists for EqG's points and the normal average across all lists for the show episodes I came up with this image.
Hopefully that's what you were looking for.

>>29932659
Wut

>>29935211
Something wrong?

>>29934633
Neat. Thanks.

Bump in case other Anons want to take a look at the stats.

>>29936412
Think I'll try and keep this alive till the end of the night and then let it die.

>>29937187
Boop.

>>29937922

Last bump for me.
Thanks again to everyone who participated in this and helped out!

I'll do one more because I want to download all the good stuff when I get home.

>>22619567
>>26123013
>>29932130
for archival reasons. my god reading those old threads makes me look like an attention whore.

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>>29932659

Did any of you have any other curiosities as far as stuff in the data goes? For this one or for the overall average statistics?
I can try and answer questions after I get home tonight if you all have any.

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>>29932659

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>>29932659
Thanks for continuing to do this. Disregard the health hazard in this pic.

>>29941744
That's certainly cute enough to be a health hazard.
My first instinct is to think that's seismic readings in that line graph but I know that has to be chemistry related, so what would that be if any of you know?

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>>29942392
I don't remember anything chemistry-related that could produce a graph like this. The only thing I could find with some quick googling is the Briggs-Rauscher reaction ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs%E2%80%93Rauscher_reaction , see also pic related) or chemical clocks in general, which oscillate and thus produce graphs similar to seismograms (see the first pic in the linked Wikipedia article). So maybe Sci-Twi was able to influence the Windigo(or whatever that black dust is)'s ability to influence temperature and took readings of that.
Another measurement that can look somewhat similar is a spectrogram. It's usually put more in the domain of physics, but she could just have taken one of the black dust, laboratories aren't forced to have only one discipline available.

Unless it's something I simply don't know about and can't find with rudimentary googling, these are my two proposals. Of course, it's just as likely that tomatocoup just wanted a sciency-looking graph and didn't put any more thought into it.

>>29942755
Nice to know that artist put some effort into it then. That's cool.

>>29943093
>Nice to know that artist put some effort into it then
That's not the conclusion I was going for with my post (not to mention the blatant health and safety issues), but OK

>>29942392
The fucking health hazard is that she is drinking in a lab, a no go. She is also standing next to a broken container that has fumes coming out of it. She isn't using proper eyewear and there is a tear in her protective clothing.

>>29943437
>>29943414
>missing the obvious saftey issues
I suppose I'm not a very clever human. My initial thought after thinking about it was maybe magic, but there would be a purple glow off her in that case.

>>29943437
The coffee was the experiment.

If you happen to be around Strawpoll Anon, were you still going to upload the sheets with the data you've gathered over your polls?
I still want to see how that differs with what I have.

>>29945330
bump for answers

Final bump from me.

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>>29929659
>gap between s1/2 and the rest of the series keeps growing larger each poll
>brotherhooves social and many other fantastic episodes near the bottom
figured this poll would be pretty terrible by now, but i never imagined how much so. what a pity.

perhaps you can add a "when did you come to /mlp/" statistic so i can find out what year all the nostalgiafags showed up to start sadjerking with each other.

>>29947055
Brotherhooves Social is overrated. I think Equestria Games is easily in the top 30 of the series so consider yourself lucky.

>>29947055
>abloobloo muh nostalgiafags
>everyone who doesn't agree with me is a faggot
maybe, just maybe, you have shit taste
maybe you should've posted your list instead of bitching
maybe it shows that your kind is the shitty casual crowd that can't be arsed with spending a half an hour over ranking the show
maybe you should go back to eqd so you can hugbox about how trash like brotherhooves is actually really good and people just don't get it
maybe you should just go drink bleach

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>>29947073
>spend 8 hours meticulously sorting 6 seasons of episodes
>carefully considering how you felt about each one based solely on its own merits and your personal opinion rather than hivemind
>get buried under a mountain of retarded memelords who spend 20 minutes upvoting everything with season 1 and 2 next to its name and downvoting anything the hivemind says is bad
im glad i didnt waste my time. the poll reflects the bitching i see the minority around here do constantly but flies in the face of the majority vote strawpolls i see after each episode. it doesnt take a lot of common sense to realize what that means.

while i wont be participating in any of these tedious series ranking polls in the future i will always stop by to mock their existence and their credibility.

>>29947113
>post-episode strawpolls aren't affected by the hivemind effect
>a survey where you compare each episode to every other episode instead of just saying "I love it" or "I hate it" is more biased than a poll about a single episode made in a thread where everyone else is saying their opinion on the episode
Yeah, this is bait. Or you're stupid. Or both.
Most likely both.

>>29947113
>spend 8 hours sorting
>muh hivemind
>you can't actually like the older seasons more
>you're a hiveminded retard if you don't agree with me
oh, I wasn't aware you have debilitating autism
that probably also means that you don't understand that a list isn't a 1-10 scale rating
if you have less taste than the target audience and rate everything 8+/10 that still means you have to put something at the bottom of the list
you're free to shitpost but you're really just walking into the room screaming I DON'T LIKE THIS expecting people to care while they laugh at you, even Flurry was more socially aware than you are right now

>>29947055
>>29947113
What I really wish I could do now is know for sure exactly why so many less Anons want to participate compared to a year or so ago.
I'd appreciate some feedback if you don't mind answering a few questions. For you personally it sounds like having the previous results in the OP is what did you in due to it differing so much from your opinion, correct me if I'm wrong there, but did you only see this thread now or have you seen it floating around /mlp/ for the 5 weeks it's been running? Does it have anything to do with the length of time it takes to participate? How many Anons do you think would have to vote for you to take this seriously since you mentioned this being a minority? And did you ever participate in these threads before by making a list?

If any other Anons that didn't participate see this and want to chime in as well then feel free. The more I know what problems there are with this, the more likely I can try and fix them.

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>>29947164
im not sure you understand how hivemind works. you stick some weak willed retard into a group of people with differing opinions than their own and the weak willed retard will eventually start echoing the opinions of people around him even if he doesnt necessarily agree with it. get enough people around someone shouting them down and theyll shut up. thats what the noisy minority relies on and it works in instances where theyre allowed time to thrive. these series poll threads, for example. you can actually go back through the history and watch the gaps grow as the hivemind echo grows louder around here. as i pointed out the noisy minority sentiment is mirrored by this poll where hivemind thrives, but not by polls where it doesnt. IE post episode polls where theres not enough time for the noisy faggots to shout down everyone for their opinions. a collection of individual thoughts.

brotherhooves social received 9s and 10s by a wide majority margin after it aired, and yet here it sits at the bottom of the poll. 149 supposed anons. the average stawpoll has 300 supposed anons. while anyone with enough time on their hands could fake some votes for either id bet more autists find the time to shitpost in these threads rather than the strawpolls since these lists seem a lot more important and therefore worth the effort of sabotage. helps that the former would require you to change your IP each time and this one just requires you click through episodes really quick again to get a slightly different list. 30 minutes the previous anon said. 30 minutes if youre not thinking about it at all. the last time i took this poll was season 4 and it took me 3 hours. coincidentally that was the last poll before the gap started growing to ridiculous amounts.

>>29947174
sure would be nice to hear some people tell me about how amazing individual season 1 episodes are in comparison to season 2, 4 or 5 episodes and why. season 1 was mostly just safe mediocre episodes.

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>>29947293

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>>29947288
yes, ive taken these polls before. three times in fact. both the s4 ones and then the first s5 one. the friends of mine ive talked to have similar reasons as me for no longer taking these polls. one factor as i mentioned is time. it takes many hours for someone to take it honestly and almost no time for someone else to just vote up season 1 and 2 episodes for the sake of supporting their "everything is shit now. faust was god. wings. castle. DBZ. glimmer." rhetoric, and potentially and easily doing so multiple times. as the previous anon mentioned, it only took him 30 minutes. thats the other main reason. i believe the time i finally said fuck this bullshit was either the second s5 poll or the first s6 poll where the first dozen or so replies had all 4 EqG movies at the very bottom of their lists and they were all sucking each other off over it.

theres also no way of filtering out people who shouldnt be allowed to have an opinion due to not even seeing the content. people who claim they havent watched past season x, people who havent seen the movies, people who simply base their opinion of an episode on what other people said about it, etc. so you end up with an extremely skewed and inaccurate poll regardless.

it doesnt bother me it differs from my opinion, it bothers me that it differs from majority opinion. if say an episode comes out that gets 10s consistently from everyone and then it ends up at the bottom of some other poll, it calls some shit into question.

i saw it floating around but only clicked this one because it looked like the results were finally tallied and i wanted to see the damage. needless to say i wasnt surprised, but i was still disappointed.

im not worried so much for quantity as quality. theres absolutely no system in place that prevents the same IP from posting multiple polls. theres nothing that makes it annoying or difficult to fake results. theres no incentive for anyone who gives a fuck to actually put forth the effort.

>>29947293
If you were running these threads then how do you think you'd fix that particular flaw? The one of having the weight of a hive mind influencing the vote.

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>>29947323
>my opinion is the majority opinion
>people with different opinions is wrong because opinions are objective
>if two polls get different results, only the one which agrees with my opinion is valid
>people who don't like recent seasons shouldn't be allowed to say that they don't like recent episodes if they don't like recent episodes because I like recent episodes
>clearly people is basing their opinions on the episodes on "what other people said about it", but somehow the results of this poll don't match the majority opinion because potato
>I don't give a fuck about this particular poll, therefore no one else gives a fuck about this particular poll

Oh. Wow.

>>29947326
i know you dont remember but weve had this exact discussion in your previous poll thread. my solution was to rank episodes individually and then let the numbers sort them automatically so theres little to no direct comparison bias. a 1-10 scale might be too small for anything accurate, you could increase it to 1-100. whatever it takes. you wont have any kind of accuracy until you remove group thinking and force individual thinking.

>>29947337
adding to this you might also consider not showing any results whatsoever until the poll is completely finished. if anyone is taking their time to add some fake results itd be less encouraging for them if they cant see the fruits of their efforts in real time.

>>29947323
Goddamn your head is really deep up your ass.
No surprise it's a butthurt EqG fag mad people don't like his monster high rip off over the pony show.

>>29947335
might i ask your rating of ep 701 and 702?

>>29947347
as i mentioned i dont care if someone likes or dislikes something as long as theyve seen it.

did you notice you immediately assumed i loved EqG from me pointing out bias? assumed i love it more than the show, at that. you didnt even ask.

>>29947352
I usually don't rate the episodes in a 1 to 10 scale, so I couldn't give an honest answer, but I'm sure both will be way above The Crystalling in my next list.

>>29947364
>I usually don't rate the episodes in a 1 to 10 scale, so I couldn't give an honest answer
give it a shot. 1 is the worst possible thing, 5 is average, 10 is holy shit that was so fucking incredible. fill in the rest with imagination.

>>29947337
>>29947341
>i know you dont remember but weve had this exact discussion in your previous poll thread
Sorry about that. I'm keeping a list of the ideas so they're not wasted breath and I can remember them to try and take them into account next time if possible.
My main goal with these threads is to attempt to reflect /mlp/'s opinion of the series at the time, so anything that can help towards that is worth some consideration.

As far as that scale goes, as long as I make it very clear what a 1 is compared to a 5 compared to a 10 that may work. Worth a shot for something like a mid S7 survey anyway since clearly something needs to change if a little under half the Anons from before didn't bother with this one.
I just liked the list method since it could give Anons something for themselves too for all the effort they put in and it would be in the thread as opposed to offsite.

>you might also consider not showing any results whatsoever until the poll is completely finished. anyone taking their time to add some fake results...less encouraging for them if they cant see the fruits of their efforts in real time.
That could help if there's any hivemind or manipulation going on, but I'd be afraid of the thread trying to survive with no feedback from my part as far as progress goes. I don't know if talks of what episode is better than another could keep the thread alive for the month I usually hold this over. I assume you mean for me to not post previous resulted either, right?

>>29947323
Would a system like >>29947337 make you feel more confident in the results then? Assuming I do it on something like Google Docs maybe, so I can check IPs?
I don't think there's a good way to filter out the ~31% that don't watch the show, and someone could just proxy or otherwise refresh their IP regardless, but it may be worth it to attempt it for a mid season type thing to see how it works. Kind of like I did to test that All Our Ideas method out mid S6 if you saw that thread.

>>29947293
Stop talking out of your ass so much, Christ.
Yes, I'm sure all the episode sticky strawpolls are much more accurate and less prone to kneejerk reactions when virtually every episode that isn't Princess Spike tier lands on 7+/10. They're also far less useful for making a list because all you end up with is a whole bunch of episodes averaging between 7 to 8/10.
But of course, those are much better than the lists because they actually agree with your opinion, I see.
>brotherhooves social
Look up the strawpoll and stop presenting what you want to be true as the truth.

>>29947323
>if say an episode comes out that gets 10s consistently from everyone and then it ends up at the bottom of some other poll
Really, either bring up an example with some proof so we can move somewhere, or stop hallucinating events that never happened.

>>29947359
>i dont care if someone likes or dislikes something as long as theyve seen it
>spends the last hour being butthurt because people don't like what he likes
You're a riot. I'm glad you came back.

>>29947401
>My main goal with these threads is to attempt to reflect /mlp/'s opinion of the series at the time, so anything that can help towards that is worth some consideration
my first and easiest suggestion would be to compile a list of the strawpolls from the sticky threads after each episode, preferably within 24 hours of it being posted to get the most accurate results from those people who take the time to actually watch an episode on the day it airs.

a 1-100 rating for each episode should give enough wiggle room to mostly allow episodes to naturally fall into some form of order. you could have a backup system that has people give one more rating from 1-10 if two or more episodes have the same rating. so lets say ep 1 you give a 77 and ep 3 you give a 77. after all the other episodes are done it will come back and ask you to rate ep 1 from 1-10, then ep 3 from 1-10 and add that as a decimal. 77.8 for ep 1 and 77.7 for ep 3. if they match again you could just have it put them as the same rank on the overall list similar to what happens now.

>I assume you mean for me to not post previous resulted either, right?
posting previous polls probably doesnt matter, but you kept giving people live updates and compiled data as you collected it which means anyone acting to sabotage it got immediate feedback about how much of an impact they were having.

>>29947434
>brotherhooves social poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/5641858/r
ranked 112 here.
>princess spike poll
http://www.strawpoll.me/4685707/r
ranked 134 here.

how do numbers work in your mind, anon? if i wasnt about to go to bed id find the averages of each for you to show you how skewed the end results here are. at a glance id guestimate the former to be 8.5 and the latter to be 2.5, yet here they are with a mere 22 episode difference, with 111 episode higher than an 8.5. bravo. i guess MLP is actually in really good shape.

>Really, either bring up an example with some proof
i should have mentioned the 10s in question were from the people watching the stream. i dont screencap those results.

>You're a riot. I'm glad you came back.
thanks. im glad you didnt acknowledge my statement regarding EqG. it means you know you fucked up.
have you seen the movies?

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>>29947448
>compile a list of strawpolls
>including for the episodes that aired when strawpoll probably didn't even exist and neither did this board
>time window is only 24 hours if you're busy on a weekend you're not worth having an opinion
>most accurate results
Holy shit.

>rate each individual episode on a 1-100 scale
>implying people won't default to the 1-10 using half points anyway because who the fucks differentiates if an episode was 76/100 or 77/100
>you're required to rate on a 1-10 scale again for every episode sharing the same value, and that somehow creates decimals on the scale
>this is supposed to be less tedious than the sorting system that is used right now
I don't know if you're having a giggle, but I sure am.

>>29947448
>finite decimal numbers
>not using irrational numbers to give a more accurate rating to each episode
>not using the complex plane to rate episodes that can't be rated using real numbers
Dropped.

>>29947465
At very least I think I'll try it during the inevitable mid season hiatus to see how the results look. A Google poll with all the episodes rated on a 1-10 scale perhaps. I know it's a big departure from the method I use here, but it's still worth comparing.

>>29947494
Just to be clear, it would be for more than a week in that case. I know one weekend isn't nearly enough to be a fair participation window of time. Even Reddit's survey is one week.

>>29947463
It's actually 7.7 and 3.6.
Most of the show fits well on the 6-8 scale, with the exceptional going above and only the most garbage beyond. That is reflected well in anons voting the show overall on average 7.64/10.
Let's not forget that sometimes, people's opinions simply change. What was a great episode to watch for the first time that you rated highly on the hype wave of new pony, can turn out to be pretty boring the second or third time, and vice versa. You're taking an impulse rating which most people don't have time to think about, and you deem it better quality over the one people have after the dust has settled, because you don't like its results.

Another thing that is important to point out is that albeit they have only 22 episode difference, BS scored over 3 times as many points as PS. That is obviously a huge quality jump that is reflected even in that strawpoll of yours. Double the points of Brotherhooves and you're reaching top 25 territory.
That "mere" 22 episode difference features a huge jump in quality, this isn't a uniform scale where an episode that is n positions higher is also n times better.

I took a rise out of you because apparently EqG not being treated to your liking was the last straw. And yes, I've seen all the movies. The shorts, too.

>>29947476
>not rating episodes by using the red shades on the pantone color chart
>not thinking Brotherhooves Social was clearly a Pompeian Red episode
You're not even worth my time.

>>29947494
You sure can and I will try to participate, but I'm expecting an even lower turnout and less telling results than ever before because a half of the list will be the same number, depending purely on how well the anon behind that list feels about the show as a whole.

>>29947323
>People who disagree with me are a samefag.
>I'm willingly coming into a thread I don't like and getting mad. How could this happen?
>Opinions I don't like should be ignored.
>A strawpoll that doesn't allow for stepping back and looking at episodes without emotional sway are more valid.
Are you shitposting, or just autistic? If that's the case why has an episode from S5 dethroned ROH for the first time?

>>29947809
That's exactly how it works. In fact, you're actually my samefag. It's obvious. The Hivemind had a formal meeting where they decided not to push for ROH anymore, and a group of weak willed retards settled on voting for Amending Fences instead. Me and my strawpolls are the only one woke, but I can sell you some water filters so you too can see the truth. My truth, the truest of all truths.

>>29932659
Shit, that's way less than what we had in the last survey. The problem is that as get more and more seasons, it's becoming more and more time-consuming to sort the episodes. We really have to find a way to get around that eventually.

Still, thanks for your work, anon. I've been participating in these surveys for years now and it's been a pleasure as always.

>>29947494
You should probably offer both possibilities again though, because one guy thinking he has the superior system all figured out isn't necessarily the best bet. Also while it would be another idea, I also think that rating every episode on a scale, no matter how big, is not the best idea here. As someone said, most episodes fall into probably 5-8 for most Anons, because in the end, the show is somewhat decent or at least we pretend it is. And deciding the individual ranks between those close episodes is in my opinion better by direct comparison than by a scale without a good frame of reference.

As to the overall problem of it taking too much time, I think there's just not much you can do. The mergesort algorithm in the new sorter is probably as quick as it gets, I've wanted to take a look for a while but I doubt other algorithms would provide much of an improvement. As for removing bias or cheating, I'd definitely prefer a randomized starting setup, but otherwise you'd need to run an IP-checking service or ideally have people put in email adresses to be really sure there's no cheating, at which point you'd probably lose 90% of the remaining voters. As imperfect as it is, the current system is probably the best.

>>29948452
From what I understand this would be a mid season hiatus experiment just to see how it would go, it probably won't end up being the post season survey.

>>29948452
This Anon >>29948532 has it right. It would be a week or two long mid season experiment to see how it works out.
Best case this gets tons of votes and turns out to be a good method, and at worst this would satisfy anyone asking why I don't use that method and I switch to the old one. Both ends of the spectrum would be useful for the thread's purpose I think.

>>29947073
>half an hour
End this meme. It takes forever.

>>29947113
>>spend 8 hours meticulously sorting 6 seasons of episodes
>>carefully considering how you felt about each one based solely on its own merits and your personal opinion rather than hivemind
>>get buried under a mountain of retarded memelords who spend 20 minutes upvoting everything with season 1 and 2 next to its name and downvoting anything the hivemind says is bad
I agree with you, but I still did my list. Then everybody said it was awful and my opinions are bad.

>>29934210
Yes, thinking ever EqG movie is worse than shit like Applejack's Day Off and Princess Spike for the sole reason of "LE NO HOOVERS xD" is in fact a meme

>>29947073
>maybe, just maybe, you have shit taste
taste is a meme. people aren't born with a magical ability to determine good and bad things.

>>29950449
Your opinion is bad and your taste is fucking shit
if you can't deal with that go cry on reddit

>>29950418
I don't know what mental gymnastics you're performing for each battle but the longest I've spend on a single battle is maybe a minute or two. I remember the episodes and what they're about, deciding which I enjoyed more/which I would like to watch more is not exactly science. Probably not half an hour, but I think I've done my list in maybe slightly over an hour.

>>29950465
Well sorry anon, I'd rather be watching Princess Spike than any EqG movie. It at least has ponies in it instead of those garbage designs, and the suffering is only 22 minutes long.
But whatever lets you sleep at night. Not liking something is a meme, you're right.

>>29947323
These are valid concerns and I'm sorry you are being met with virtually unanimous strawman.

Somebody suggested ranking the episodes by rating them and then having it sort your numerical rank. I think that that's a system that might very well help to reduce bias based on release date, but only marginally. I also think it would be worse for people like me though, who already have trouble making a list
and actually put thought into every comparison. if it takes you one hour, you are only taking about 4.3 seconds per comparison.. "Give this episode a score between 1 and 100" 150 times is harder sounding than "click the better episode" 800 times. I would give almost every episode a score higher than 85, so it also wouldn't be super useful, but regardless: the problem of one not being happy with their list at the end would be exaggerated further for at least some Anons. By nature of the sorting algorithm, you might put two episodes you had a hard time comaring directly nearly 100 places apart, and be bothered that you gave one such a low rank. I think I've looked at my list after posting it and being upset just about every time. ("why in the world is [episode1] 10 spaces above [episode2]? If I compared them directly Id've chosen the latter"). I suppose that an innate flaw of of ranking rather than rating.

If we were to rate them all indivudually, what would be the point of sorting them afterwards? Just use those numbers for the stats. If humans were perfect, and we all made sure to rate the worst episode a 1 and the best a 100, that might yelid the best results for the purpose of comparing episodes.

>>29947434
>Yes, I'm sure all the episode sticky strawpolls are much more accurate and less prone to kneejerk reactions when virtually every episode that isn't Princess Spike tier lands on 7+/10. They're also far less useful for making a list because all you end up with is a whole bunch of episodes averaging between 7 to 8/10.
>But of course, those are much better than the lists because they actually agree with your opinion, I see.

>explains how they are better objectively
>implies they are worse
>strawman


not a reply:
People are biased, and that's fine. My favorite pokemon gen is IV, because that's the one I actually played. I will still say it's better than the others, but I know my opinion and recommendation should be taken with a pinch of salt.
In a similar way, (but not necessarily because they haven't seen them; don't put words in my mouth) people are biased against things like Starlight, EqG, and Twilicorn.
That's mostly fine. If somebody really doesn't like Equestria Gilrs, that is their opinion and they are allowed to express it. They are also allowed to rave about how much they love it. The problem and evidence of hivemind comes from people not being able to justify their claims. Most positive (or neutral, for that matter) thoughts on EqG or Starlight are immediately mass replied to with "poochie" and "barbie" while you see very little original negative posts. Show discussion threads very rarely if ever spend time talking about how something is bad, but by the time the dust settles it's all the
>the show is bad now
meme with no substance behind it.

>>29947494
I don't think there is going to be a mid-season hiatus though. The movie is only 22 weeks from now.

>>29950596
>Your opinion is bad and your taste is fucking shit
>if you can't deal with that go cry on reddit
>opinions are objective
>implying I was complaining about criticism

>>29950864
According to Jim, the episodes are being "100% completed" only 2 months before they air. Hasbro never really does seem to follow logic that well, so depending on how they feel i think a hiatus is still possible.

This thread sure went in a predictable direction as far as show and EqG opinion go, but I'm thankful for all the input on the ranking so far.
Should give me a good amount to think about this season till the time for the next survey arrives.

The one that's really knocking around in my head is the idea of keeping the results from the thread till the end to discourage hivemind and manipulation, but I'm worried of the thread being a husk made of bumps if no discussion is happening.
Any of you have and idea what I could fill the gaps in discussion and lists with next time, apart from bumps, if I went that way with no data updates?

>>29950449
>I agree with you, but I still did my list. Then everybody said it was awful and my opinions are bad
What list was yours if you don't mind me asking?

>>29950618
That's some of what I'm worried about with that system, but I'm still going to give it a shot regardless. Again, the big thing I need to do is clearly define for a 1-10 system what a 1 is compared to a 5 compared to a 10 so that it's both meaningful and clear to Anons what each number is for.

>>29951659
>What list was yours if you don't mind me asking?
The last one.

>clearly define for a 1-10 system what a 1 is compared to a 5 compared to a 10 so that it's both meaningful and clear to Anons what each number is for.
I've always been bothered that people hear 6/10 as "bad." Almost nobody ever ranks anything of any quality between 2-5, and instead uses 1 for "literally worse than being locked in an empty room" and 6 for "absolutely awful," with 7-10 being varying degrees of good. 1/10 should be reserved for things like Donnie Darko, not used on everything you don't like, esp. if it's a ploy to make sure it's average is lowered more than it would be if you gave it a 4. If I say I give a movie a 7/10, people actually think I didn't like it most of the time. It's a whole two points above the middle. That's liking it.
Do you think it would make more sense to metally tie ones least favorite episode to 1 and favorite to 10, or tie 1 and 10 to the extreme emotions themselves, possibly meaning there will be no 1's or 10's?

Also, something else that is interesting when ranking rather than rating is that there is a whole half (thereabout) of the episodes that could be seen as "bad" ones because they are less than the average score, with no way of knowing at what point in the list the Anon would start considering them bad or <5/10.

How do you Anons feel about this chart's ranking >>29932987 for the episodes compared to the one we currently have for post S7? Think that one is a closer representation of the opinion?
I didn't hear nearly as much out of that one given it's an average of all the rankings so far.

>>29952002
That last sentence is why I'm interested to see how it would turn out. Something like The Last Roundup may be middling in a survey like this, but if it's good among a bunch of other good episodes and is in the same spot with an 8/10 then it says a lot about how liked it is by itself in addition to how it's liked compared to other episodes.

>>29932987
>>29952107
One thing that's always gotten me but I don't know what to do about it is most of the position changes are red because adding more episodes moves episodes down. Difference from top position is what's used there, but what if you used difference from bottom? Or some sort of hybrid? Maybe distance from bottom for episodes below a certain point, like the center?

>>29953042
I've just noticed that that comment doesn't really apply to >>29932987 very much because anything red is actually that episode losing to it's own average. I was talking about >>29932659 I guess.

>>29953078
I can see that.

>>29952107
I definitely like the average ranking, it's interesting.

Just like pornhub's chart's ranking

>>29953078
Am I the only person that thinks the post-S6 survey must have been very polarizing somehow because it's nearly solid read for the bottom half and green for the top half. where the others are mostly green thoughout.

>>29957686
I could say for S6 at least that there's only two surveys to sample from for it, post S6 and pre S7, but for the others it's less clear. You're right that it's very black to white for the bottom post S6 compared to pre S7.