The Round Stable

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:39 am

More in context (now that Firefox has stopped being a derp and let me look at the whole PDF), it sounds like there's a contingent of fans at Valve who annoy their coworkers by making references to the show during whatever their equivalent of water cooler conversation is. I wouldn't expect anything less.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:44 am

Well, TF2 does have a really big MLP Fan base. So I'm sure the workers hear it from the clients and it gets passed up the ladder.

Then again it could just be Gabe passing it down the ladder as well. :gotcha:

(?) · by **Momar** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:47 am

Scuderia Ferrarity wrote:Holy balls Valve hired Michael Abrash.

He's a computer graphics optimization wizard that worked alongside Carmack on Quake and consulted on the design of the original XBOX.

Optimization is a wonderful science and a sorely underappreciated art. This can only do good. Look for Episode 3 to look twice as pretty without changing the minimum requirements.

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:01 am

I read that as "Look for Season 3 to look twice as pretty" :vogue:

He Also wrote this
http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Graphics-Prog ... 1883577896

Basically if you did computer graphics for games in the early 90's you'd have read this.

MetalSonic wrote:I just wanted to say that I love Valve´s overall style. Dunno if this book is real

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/1690 ... omenon.php

Maybe it's a recruiting tool? :rariwhat:

There are holes in the ideal of the flat structure where most everyone is a generalist. But off topic. :ponydrugs:

E: eeesh I see a fair amount of pony avatars on gamasutra and another game dev forums.

(?) · by **Doctor Wheeze** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:23 am

Crow wrote:I want Twilight Sparkle's Element Crown as a wearable hat in TF2.

"Big Crown Thingy" would be a pretty good name for the Demoman's crown.

(?) · by **HuffyTheMagicDragon** (?) » Wed Apr 25, 2012 4:28 pm

Pocket wrote:More in context (now that Firefox has stopped being a derp and let me look at the whole PDF), it sounds like there's a contingent of fans at Valve who annoy their coworkers by making references to the show during whatever their equivalent of water cooler conversation is.

You mean the... water 20% cooler conversation, right? :iamapony:

*all the co-workers glare*

(?) · by **Aihwa** (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2012 6:58 am

Doctor Wheeze wrote:"Big Crown Thingy" would be a pretty good name for the Demoman's crown.

I might actually let that hat stay in my game files.

(I'm a TF2 hatophobe, I know I know, burn the heretic...)

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:08 pm

Hatophile or Hatophobe?

Oh this! I know what this is.

Click here to view video.

A bean to cup experience users won't find anywhere else.

The left hopper is regular, the right is decaf. Nobody drinks decaf so it's seldom refilled.

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:58 pm

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:06 pm

why the fuck did i post about a coffee machine :facehoof:

(?) · by **diribigal** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:15 pm

Aramek wrote:[photo]

I like the contrast between "My Little Pony" and no fewer than 18 knives visible in the same shot.

(?) · by **Throbulator** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:17 pm

Who's that guy?

(?) · by **tdkgunghoul** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:20 pm

Why does the ipad image (it is an ipad right?) look all blurry? :starity:

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:35 pm

Throbulator wrote:Who's that guy?

A guy worth about 1.2 Billion.

:fluttersmith:

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:57 pm

tdkgunghoul wrote:Why does the ipad image (it is an ipad right?) look all blurry?

Camera seems to be shaking a fair bit, you can also see it on the toolboxes in the background. :pinkieshrug:

I wonder if Gabe is one of the top-tier backers for the documentary. :smirk:

(?) · by **ROBOT B9** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:59 pm

He looks like a obese Bill Gates.

(?) · by **Crow** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:12 pm

Everything I've heard about Gabe N points to him being a pretty cool dude to work for and a cool dude in general.

(?) · by **LiamA** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:16 pm

ROBOT B9 wrote:He looks like a obese Bill Gates.

Well considering the company that made him a very rich man...

(?) · by **Paperback Writer** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:35 pm

Venusy wrote:I wonder if Gabe is one of the top-tier backers for the documentary.

Gabe could probably fund the entire documentary with his pocket change and write it off on his taxes.

I wish Hasbro would lend out licenses to good developers like Valve and not to makers of Facebook-gaming junk like Zynga. I would totally buy Portal: MLP Edition many times over. :allears:

Of course, it might take ten years to come out, considering how Valve Time works... so maybe that's not such a good idea.

(?) · by **Stuff** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 8:47 pm

The team behind Firefox recently mentioned ponies. I wonder if some of them are fans of the show.

(?) · by **Scuderia Ferrarity** (?) » Sat Jun 02, 2012 10:38 pm

Heh -
for a period of time in the early to mid 80's Microsoft gave away stock willy-nilly to all its employees as part of compensation.
It was still a young upstart company so, eh, why not?
This is before the era of giant high profile IPOs. Anyway - a co worker of mine started working there a few months after the "willy nilly" phase. No one back then would have guessed O hay the stock would have split ten times before the bust of 2000.

Gaben must have been at the point where 1. Retire forever ( :cheese:

boooooring! ) 2. Still youngish and smart and in a pile of cash - self funded startup :crack:

I think it's part of the fact that they WERE self funded that they were able to delay Half Life 1 for a year and then taking it from good to great. Still, it's a risk he took. Hire a staff of Twenty and see how fast a few million lasts.

Stuff wrote:The team behind Firefox recently mentioned ponies. I wonder if some of them are fans of the show.

Eh. Any population that has heard of a LOLcat might have heard of ponies.

(?) · by **Venusy** (?) » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:42 am

Bit of a difference between just mentioning the show and making their own OC:

EDIT: Also, sadly, Valve's employee handbook reveals why they will never make a pony game: owning their own IP is really important to them. Makes sense; I don't think they want to end up in a situation where they have to remove a game from sale due to the license expiring, like Sega were forced to do with OutRun Online Arcade, for example.

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Sun Jun 03, 2012 5:44 am

Sorry Mozilla, someone kinda beat you to it. :gotcha:

(?) · by **Pocket** (?) » Sun Jun 03, 2012 4:54 pm

Venusy wrote:Bit of a difference between just mentioning the show and making their own OC:

I think I've seen that somewhere before. I don't think they were responsible for it.

(?) · by **cathead** (?) » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:38 pm

Aramek wrote:

This appears to be fake. Here's what seems to be the original:

(?) · by **LiamA** (?) » Sun Jun 03, 2012 8:43 pm

The screen did look too clear to be true.

(?) · by **Gravenstein** (?) » Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:10 pm

deadmau5 is a fan of ponies? :pinkieshrug:

(?) · by **Lazy** (?) » Thu Jun 07, 2012 9:27 pm

deadmau5 seems to be a fan of most big nerd things. Minecraft, ponies, whatever. Probably just because he's such a huge nerd himself.

(?) · by **Nox** (?) » Thu Jun 07, 2012 10:44 pm

playing minecraft and not being a brony = impossible :pinkieshrug:

we're everywhere.

(?) · by **MasterOfKnees** (?) » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:11 am

Nox wrote:playing minecraft and not being a brony = impossible

we're everywhere.

Tell that to my little brother... or pretty much any other person I know who plays Minecraft.

Maybe they're still in hiding? I'm off to investigate...

(?) · by **Nox** (?) » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:12 pm

More than 50% of my friends in minecraft are bronies, so that makes sense :-P

(?) · by **Aramek** (?) » Fri Jun 08, 2012 1:20 pm

MasterOfKnees wrote:Maybe they're still in hiding? I'm off to investigate...

You going to "out" your brother?

(?) · by **Throbulator** (?) » Fri Jun 08, 2012 4:29 pm

Let him enjoy his minecraft in peace. :glare:

(?) · by **ixnay** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:24 am

Andrew WK is now a guest and presenting a panel at a September pony convention in Ohio :starity:

https://www.canterlotgardens.com/guests

Andrew W.K. and Ponyville's pink purveyor of smiles have more than a few things in common, but primarily they like to party - and party hard. More than just a great way to have a good time, Andrew makes it into a lifestyle, making his job as fun as his party, and making his party as important as his job. Be sure to catch his panel on how he lives the life of Pinkie Pie herself, and learn all his party secrets by following @AndrewWK on Twitter!

(?) · by **Gravenstein** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:04 am

He should do a pony-themed tour with mc chris :awesomedash:

(?) · by **Stuntwoman** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:05 am

ixnay wrote:Andrew WK is now a guest and presenting a panel at a September pony convention in Ohio

https://www.canterlotgardens.com/guests

That's it, I'm going to a pony convention. I don't care how much money it takes, I will see Andrew W.K. talk about :ponydrugs:

(?) · by **Herr General** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:06 am

Fun fact: That convention takes place less than ten minutes from my house. But I'll be off at school by then so :pinkieshrug:

. That's also the convention where they're going to show Fighting is Magic.

(?) · by **Stuntwoman** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:11 am

Herr General wrote:Fun fact: That convention takes place less than ten minutes from my house. But I'll be off at school by then so . That's also the convention where they're going to show Fighting is Magic.

Cut school. It'd be worth it.

(?) · by **Lazy** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:13 am

That is surreal.

(?) · by **blasmeister** (?) » Wed Jun 13, 2012 3:16 am

Lazy wrote:That is surreal.

It really is. And yet somehow, oddly appropriate.

The Round Stable

Oh god. Time to add a BIG name to the brony list.

Re: Oh god. Time to add a BIG name to the brony list.

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