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The Story Thread - "Happy Hearth's Warming" Edition Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 12/19/24 (Thu) 19:46:16 No.1181213 [View All]

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We used to write stories together!

You can find them here: http://fndkp.jimdofree.com

Nowadays, we just sit around the fire and enjoy the holiday. Feel free to join.

We also have some 8-bit desktop ponies here: https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies/releases/download/v1.68/Desktop.Ponies.v1.68.zip

And more are here:
drive.google.com/drive/folders/1aNQL0zy_pIk-DrX9R7DAWqlNcyaUitjh?usp=sharing

Check out the deviantART community:
http://desktop-pony-team.deviantart.com

Your can find the program source code on github:
https://github.com/RoosterDragon/Desktop-Ponies

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Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/03/25 (Fri) 19:33:23 No.1181947

>>1181946
Now I really do feel old.

Positively Pinkie 01/03/25 (Fri) 19:43:32 No.1181948

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>>1181947
No worries.
With clarity and me around, you're basically a toddler still by comparison.

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/03/25 (Fri) 19:44:52 No.1181949

>>1181948
I am mentally half my age.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/04/25 (Sat) 05:16:44 No.1181954

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Arise!

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/04/25 (Sat) 09:26:14 No.1181959

Had a bit of a setback this morning.
Had to poop around 7 and after a particular cough, had to throw up.

But it's the first after quite a few days since I last had morning sickness, so I won't dwell on it and see it as progress than a stumble.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/04/25 (Sat) 18:38:01 No.1181964

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Hope you're all having a nice evening.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 05:28:49 No.1181973

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Arise!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:07:54 No.1181974

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Funny how that Scootaloo edit is still being used all these years later.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:11:11 No.1181975

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>>1181974
The pony spirit of old lives on!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:18:06 No.1181976

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>>1181975
In a way, since we are not now that strength which in old days moved Earth and heaven.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:22:32 No.1181978

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>>1181976
That's one way to put it.

How are things with you?

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:30:40 No.1181979

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>>1181978
Not terrible, realistically speaking, but I am hoping for better things to come. The current lack of quality sleep just does not help.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:34:25 No.1181980

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>>1181979
Yeah, lack of sleep is really not good - I know that first hand. Do you find it hard to fall asleep?

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:42:48 No.1181981

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>>1181980
I surmise you are glad that there are no more holidays to be used as an excuse to cause more auditory chaos out there.

My problem is more related to staying asleep, as I tend to wake up every hour or so, making me feel frustrated that rest time is running out.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:49:14 No.1181983

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>>1181981
I wish I could go straight on the next vacation. I have plenty of open vacation days after all.

I wake up whenever there's a loud noise.

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:55:10 No.1181984

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>>1181981
>>1181983
let's all take a january vacation!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:56:01 No.1181985

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>>1181983
Everything will collapse should you take a day off. I know of no one more crucial to the workforce than you.

Do you find earplugs ineffective because you can hear your own heart beat?

>>1181984
The entire month?

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 06:59:28 No.1181986

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>>1181985
hell yeah!

we can go down to australia and enjoy the summer time again, go surfing, and throw some boomerangs!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:01:04 No.1181987

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>>1181986
Sounds like an act of lunacy. I like it, as long as we stay clear from Brisbane. There are some people there who would be happy to see me depart this dimension.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:02:40 No.1181988

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>>1181984
Sounds like a plan, I'm for it!

>>1181985
You're not even totally wrong with that...

I just find earplugs uncomfortable, I must be really tired to fall asleep with them.

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:05:32 No.1181989

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>>1181988
Well, there you go. You hold the fort while Jade takes me to Crocodile Dundee land.

I guess what you really need is one of those sensory deprivation tanks.

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:05:40 No.1181990

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>>1181987
well that's fine by me, i've never been, so i'd be chill seeing the other sites in australia and not having other people get shanked near me

>>1181988
hell yeah! happy slussletag everyone!

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:08:51 No.1181991

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>>1181990
I have only heard most places are decent apart from Perth and Darwin, and to be careful of the critters.

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:11:53 No.1181992

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>>1181989
oh cool! jades comin with us? that would be hella fun!

>>1181991
oh yeah, definitely don't want to be bitten by some random spider and then just instantly dissolve into goo ><

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:15:19 No.1181993

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>>1181992
I think she wanted to go, but I could be misremembering.

No way for a person to die. A parachute not opening, that's a way to die. Getting caught in the gears of a combine!

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:17:40 No.1181994

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>>1181989
Well... I don't feel like going to Australia, so here I must remain.

>>1181990
I don't even know what that is!

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:18:30 No.1181995

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>>1181993
well we should plan a trip then! once i have actual money, then we will have an incredible time down under!

>a parachute not opening, that's a way to die. getting caught in the gears of a combine!

ouch... that would definitely be a way to die!

my plan is to make it to 100, then to be pushed out of a helicopter into a volcano

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:23:08 No.1181996

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>>1181995
Better get to writing that screenplay, in that case. Make sure to include me as a co-writer, naturally. The spec market is a wasteland, but I have faith in you—I mean us.

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:25:00 No.1181997

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>>1181994
It might be a blessing in disguise, honestly. That way you will not be infected with Chimera. It is everywhere down there.

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:30:27 No.1181998

>>1181994
it's the holiday in January where we put out the sluzzle wurst for sluzzle dude when he comes out of the toilet to give us our regifted gifts!

now don't forget to listen to some Grindcore to get into the holiday spirit!

>>1181996
hey, i got 1 script sold, i can do it again!

just give me some... a lot of time :P

Anonymous 01/05/25 (Sun) 07:35:54 No.1181999

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>>1181998
Well, damn, I was already preparing for the trip: packing the bags, listening to the soundtrack of Baz Luhrman's Australia, and all those necessities.

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 09:01:16 No.1182000

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Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 15:03:04 No.1182003

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>>1182000
Happy birthday!

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 15:08:21 No.1182004

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>>1182003

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:13:35 No.1182005

>>1182004
How are your celebrating?

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:40:00 No.1182006

>>1182005
Honestly, a day like any other.
However, my mother is working on my Birthday cake and I don't want to trouble her with dinner, so around six I'll go out for takeout.

Other than that, I've been browsing for a new VR headset to buy.
https://steamcommunity.com/app/250820/discussions/0/597389143875525347/

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:46:20 No.1182007

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>>1182006
Sounds like my birthdays used to be way back when.

A new VR headset sounds like a good idea.

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:52:02 No.1182008

>>1182007
Yeah. I have a sneaky suspicion that Meta has sabotaged my Oculus Rift S in order to get customers to buy their newer Meta Quests. Given Meta are the same people behind FaceBook, I think it's fair to break trust with them.

But I don't know what's the "in" VR headset right now other than Meta Quest 3 so I;m surveying my options.

So far they're:
* Vive XR Elite
* Vive Focus Vision
* Valve Index
* Valve Index 2/Deckard (in development / unknown release date)

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:55:55 No.1182009

>>1182008
I can't comment on that, I don't know anything about VR.

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 16:57:37 No.1182010

>>1182009
That's fine. I don't expect I'd get many replies to it.

PonyPuristv3.0!sdon3VH28c 01/05/25 (Sun) 19:33:11 No.1182012

>>1182008

...the last time i researched them over a year ago, i think that generally different ones are better at different things as well as have different kinds of media available to them

--would definitely avoid anything by facebook/meta, as they have already tried putting ads directly into the headset, only removing them after backlash

Epic Mount!Hero.tYu2g 01/05/25 (Sun) 19:37:30 No.1182013

>>1182012
Yeah, I only got Oculus Rift S at the time because I believed it was the leading headset.

I mean, it was, but that's because Meta had most of the monopoly on VR at the time. If I had known of the Valve Index at the time, I probably would've gone with that instead.

Right now, I'm leaning between Vive Focus Vision and Valve Index... but I would like more information on "Valve Index 2" if there is any.

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/06/25 (Mon) 04:55:40 No.1182019

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Arise!

Anonymous 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:02:58 No.1182020

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Rather not.

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:07:08 No.1182021

I BOLIEVE!

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:21:20 No.1182022

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>>1182020
Well... I guess then don't.

>>1182021
Hi Noelle, how are things?

Anonymous 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:23:58 No.1182023

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WELL NOW I WANT TO

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:24:42 No.1182024

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>>1182023
You have to make up your mind!

NoelleHoliday!XMasPNWEiU 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:24:46 No.1182025

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>>1182022
The Broncos broke their playoff drought with a dominant 38-0 beatdown of the Chiefs!

i'm on fucking cloud nine right now!

Clarity!EGL9GiOd9k 01/06/25 (Mon) 05:26:50 No.1182026

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>>1182025
I remember when the Chiefs were really bad. When did they suddenly get good?