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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #30 on: August 09, 2018, 08:20:32 AM »
G1 bashing is just about insecurity. It is also about people making up their mind to mock and hate without actually knowing anything about it. (Don't get me wrong, they don't have to like or research g1 but to vocally trash it it helps to at least know what you are trashing.)

But I think it reflects an insecurity in the community that if they are not the best mlp gen then they don't count or something. Really there are a lot of g4 fans who are not like that though. It is just some.

Maybe age demographic also has a role. Not that I think all younger fans are a problem or all older collectors are saints...but I remember how hostile things were when g2 xame out and in hindsight I think a lot of that was because many of us were angsty teenagers.

I actually liked g2 when it came out. I thought they were weird and funny. And I liked the g3 toys (And Ponyville, I didn't much like the merging of the two though). 

What I didn't like was the g3 cartoon.  If I had been 5 when it aired, it still would have annoyed me because that is the type of child I was.  I was always more of a fan of the toys and making up my own stories than the stories Hasbro and Hasbro affiliates came up with for them. Because it basically embodied the type of play/stories that had been forced on me since I was a young child and I never really liked in the first place. So I've almost always lived in a world were someone was telling me I'm not a real fan because I didn't keep up with the cartoons of one fandom or another.  And I have always lived in a world where I did not properly like the predetermined "girly" stuff in the way I was expected to.

At this point it's just kind of funny, because I took it seriously when I was, say 7 and it was other 7 year olds.  It's way harder to take seriously after decades of dealing with the behavior, and suddenly you're being told by people in their 20s you're not enjoying a cartoon made for an all-ages audience, which includes 7 year olds, properly.

I have definitely typed the words "I have been an Applejack fan since before you were born, so stuff it".

I really liked G2, yet I only have a few figures lol.
I had a pc game with G2 and I played the ever living daylight of it. I wonder if I still have it and can still play it *w*
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #31 on: August 09, 2018, 08:43:40 AM »
I played that game when I was little too ! I wish I could find the CD somewhere in my house. I miss that game. :(
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #32 on: August 09, 2018, 09:04:19 AM »
 Ah the game with the annoying butterfly! I liked g2 as well.
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« Reply #33 on: August 09, 2018, 09:05:34 AM »
"The annoying Butterfly". This cracked my up. :rofl:
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #34 on: August 09, 2018, 09:12:25 AM »
The thing I remember most is "you have to move your pony out of the way!" constantly. ..
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« Reply #35 on: August 09, 2018, 09:28:49 AM »
I always fed my pony green apples to test the game's limit. Well, i concluded that whatever you do, you pony won't die. It's a thing, I suppose.
I never sent my pony to the castle ever again when I realized you'd loose it. That was so heartbreaking, I thought there would be more stuff out there, or the possibility to get your pony, but no, it was gone forever, game over. That was so sad to me.
I think I was a very weird kid. '-' Kind of cruel. Thankfully I'm not like that anymore.
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #36 on: August 09, 2018, 09:30:31 AM »
I always fed my pony green apples to test the game's limit. Well, i concluded that whatever you do, you pony won't die. It's a thing, I suppose.
I never sent my pony to the castle ever again when I realized you'd loose it. That was so heartbreaking, I thought there would be more stuff out there, or the possibility to get your pony, but no, it was gone forever, game over. That was so sad to me.
I think I was a very weird kid. '-' Kind of cruel. Thankfully I'm not like that anymore.

I remember having a similar issue with the "gone forever" aspect of the game. I think it's one reason we stopped playing it. That and the fact I clearly had poor mouse control because of that stupid butterfly every few seconds :)

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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #37 on: August 09, 2018, 10:24:31 AM »
The End of the World - a Parody of the Carpenters song

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
'Cause Hasbro don't love me anymore...

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
It ended when they kept selling same ponies over and over againnnn.

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Discord became a bore...

Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Starlight Glimmer became Twilight Sparkleeeeeeeee...

(Dedicated to all the MLPNewbies out there filled with de dramas - and sadly they probably don't even know who the carpenters are.)
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #38 on: August 09, 2018, 10:39:59 AM »
G4 was dead to me a long time ago.
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #39 on: August 09, 2018, 10:45:29 AM »
I think the fandom will definitely be around for quite some time, but the show kind of needs to end. I don't think anyone would disagree with that? It was a super awesome show for awhile there, but now it's just really...blah?
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #40 on: August 09, 2018, 10:46:50 AM »
-shrug- This sort of thing seems to happen with bigger fandoms nowadays. I've seen some Adventure Time fans act similarly - the whole "will the fandom die when the show does???" sort of thing, I mean. Undoubtedly things will wind down a bit now that there's nothing "new" to discuss, the more casual/fad fans will drop off.. But the dedicated fans'll still be around. I don't get all the panic over fandoms "dying", either. I mean, I sorta understand the sentiment behind it, but y'know.
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #41 on: August 09, 2018, 10:50:54 AM »
The End of the World - a Parody of the Carpenters song

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
'Cause Hasbro don't love me anymore...

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
It ended when they kept selling same ponies over and over againnnn.

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Discord became a bore...

Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Starlight Glimmer became Twilight Sparkleeeeeeeee...

(Dedicated to all the MLPNewbies out there filled with de dramas - and sadly they probably don't even know who the carpenters are.)
Lol  :thumb: Although, I feel the need to point out that I do know who the Carpenters are despite being a Gen Z (or late millennial, depending on where you count the cut-off between those generations).

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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #42 on: August 09, 2018, 10:57:55 AM »
I always fed my pony green apples to test the game's limit. Well, i concluded that whatever you do, you pony won't die. It's a thing, I suppose.
I never sent my pony to the castle ever again when I realized you'd loose it. That was so heartbreaking, I thought there would be more stuff out there, or the possibility to get your pony, but no, it was gone forever, game over. That was so sad to me.
I think I was a very weird kid. '-' Kind of cruel. Thankfully I'm not like that anymore.

Its not mlp but there's a game on the sega genesis called crystal's pony tail. Its short and easy, but nicely animated and cute.

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The End of the World - a Parody of the Carpenters song

Why does the sun go on shining?
Why does the sea rush to shore?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
'Cause Hasbro don't love me anymore...

Why do the birds go on singing?
Why do the stars glow above?
Don't they know it's the end of G4
It ended when they kept selling same ponies over and over againnnn.

I wake up in the morning and I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand, no, I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does!

Why does my heart go on beating?
Why do these eyes of mine cry?
Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Discord became a bore...

Don't they know it's the end of G4?
It ended when Starlight Glimmer became Twilight Sparkleeeeeeeee...

(Dedicated to all the MLPNewbies out there filled with de dramas - and sadly they probably don't even know who the carpenters are.)


:lmao: Great parody. My folks listened to the Carpenters. I could never decide if I liked Superstar or Rainy Days and Mondays more.
« Last Edit: August 09, 2018, 10:59:32 AM by Leave a Whisper »
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Re: g4 fandom paranoia. THE END IS NIGH!
« Reply #43 on: August 09, 2018, 11:00:01 AM »
I've grown to love all gens individually (except 3.5 because... bah!) and Starlight Glimmer has replaced Rarity as my fave pony on the show. But it's been around since 2010, in development when G3s were still in stores.
This is just how MLP works and I am super excited to see the next gen!

I hope it will bring in less internet trolls and more kids. Would love it if they did liveaction musicals again to make sure grown men feel very awkward when watching something with toddlers right next to them :lol:

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« Reply #44 on: August 09, 2018, 11:01:19 AM »
I've grown to love all gens individually (except 3.5 because... bah!) and Starlight Glimmer has replaced Rarity as my fave pony on the show. But it's been around since 2010, in development when G3s were still in stores.
This is just how MLP works and I am super excited to see the next gen!

I hope it will bring in less internet trolls and more kids. Would love it if they did liveaction musicals again to make sure grown men feel very awkward when watching something with toddlers right next to them :lol:

I hope it'll bring more kids and less trolls too.
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