Hey, horse idiots! Come join an online pony con on October 2!
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Hey, horse idiots! Come join an online pony con on October 2!
Pony conventions are getting canceled left and right and we're having to move all sorts of business onto the Internet, so why not do the same with a convention? PonyFest Online is rapidly coming this Saturday, March 28! It'll mostly take place on our Discord server, with streamed panels, an Octagonal Pasture-type video hangout, gaming servers, channels for vendors with merchandise they would've brought to a con in person, and VIP guests soon to come!
Dexanth, I, and a couple dozen other pony convention veterans are rapidly working to make this a reality. We'll have a link to the Discord server soon and updates coming hot and fast on our Twitter feed!
Dexanth, I, and a couple dozen other pony convention veterans are rapidly working to make this a reality. We'll have a link to the Discord server soon and updates coming hot and fast on our Twitter feed!
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Re: Hey, horse idiots! Come join an online pony con this Saturday!
Cool!
Probably not able to attend though.
Probably not able to attend though.
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I will host a panel on how to photoshop ponies into photos of historical events. So we can finally feel again.
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We're going to have VIPs appearing!
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Perry also drew some art for the con.
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PonyFest Online's Discord server is now open. Most of the con's events will be happening there.
https://discord.gg/nSDGJCg
https://discord.gg/nSDGJCg
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Well I've followed my other standard of attending while under the influence.
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So this pothead went to see PonyFest OnlineToastGhost wrote: ↑Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:17 amWell I've followed my other standard of attending while under the influence.
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I didn't say under the influence of what!
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Bumping this thread because it's beginning in about an hour. You don't have to join the Discord server for the main panels; they'll be streamed on https://ponyfest.horse/mane-events.
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Best. Online con. EVER. And we're doing it again in four weeks!
Now excuse me while I pass out.
Now excuse me while I pass out.
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I'm legitimately impressed at how well this worked. Bravo and well done to everyone involved in setting it up and running it.
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wanna just say the con's mascot is a cutie
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I'd say she's generated an insane amount of art, but this con has gotten far more attention than I ever expected in general. Like, when I drew those two pictures of Bit Rate last week, as far as I know those were only the second and third pictures of her to exist, ever. And even then I was working off of a design which wasn't finalized, so there is one little difference (aside from my style vs. everyone else's) that you might be able to spot!
But really though, a week ago I thought this event might get 500 people if we promoted the hell out of it and had some good luck. That's why those became the first pictures I've ever published more publicly than here or on Discord, since I thought we'd need all the PR material we could get just to reach that number. Perhaps everyone else involved had that same mindset and that's exactly why this all worked in the end.
But really though, a week ago I thought this event might get 500 people if we promoted the hell out of it and had some good luck. That's why those became the first pictures I've ever published more publicly than here or on Discord, since I thought we'd need all the PR material we could get just to reach that number. Perhaps everyone else involved had that same mindset and that's exactly why this all worked in the end.
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After only a few hours of sleep before dawn on Sunday and feeling the rest of the day, I slept for somewhere between 10 and 11 hours last night. I can't even do that at a real con since all the walking I'd do up and down the BCC, for example, exhausted me too much to stay up much past midnight any night.
I've updated the thread title for our next event. We had over 4000 people this time, going by Discord server members, and I wonder if we'll get more.
I've updated the thread title for our next event. We had over 4000 people this time, going by Discord server members, and I wonder if we'll get more.
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We just announced our first VIP for the second event:
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Three more guests announced! Mitch Larson, Bill Newton, and Amy Keating Rogers will be there tomorrow.
I also did another drawing promoting the con.
I also did another drawing promoting the con.
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Vincent Tong and Gillian M. Berrow are also going to appear at PonyFest Online. She even got announced with art from Perrydotto!
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Hi frenz! We're live lol
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We're done with this one, but guess what: we're doing it again! The next event will be on May 30. Stay tuned for some possibly interesting new stuff, perhaps to be determined once we've all recovered from staying up this late for multiple days in a row.
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My birthday, cool.
("Don't try to reform me, Hag, because I'm made of cold stone.")
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Our schedule's out! Now including an early-morning, Europe-friendly programming block that puts us at 23 straight hours of content! https://ponyfest.horse/schedule/
Also, here's a 7-page comic about our mascots that Dexanth wrote and Kefka lettered.
Also, here's a 7-page comic about our mascots that Dexanth wrote and Kefka lettered.
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PonyFest 3's on now! https://ponyfest.horse/
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No, as it's my job to ban regular idiots.
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Good thing I only post here irregularly
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PonyFest 4 is coming on September 19th! That's International Talk Like A Pirate Day, too.
As always, we'll be conducting the majority of our events via Discord.
As always, we'll be conducting the majority of our events via Discord.
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The schedule's up.
Our VIPs this time are Devyn Dalton (Ocellus), Giles Panton (Flash Magnus), Ian Hanlin (Sunburst), and the return of Big Jim Miller. Something new we're doing this time is virtual autograph sessions with the first three of them!
We have another pile of vendors from around the fandom, including for the first time Factory Factory's wife!
Click here to join! It's free!
Our VIPs this time are Devyn Dalton (Ocellus), Giles Panton (Flash Magnus), Ian Hanlin (Sunburst), and the return of Big Jim Miller. Something new we're doing this time is virtual autograph sessions with the first three of them!
We have another pile of vendors from around the fandom, including for the first time Factory Factory's wife!
Click here to join! It's free!
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There is no guarantee that the wizard selling you that bag full of magic sand is wearing pants underneath his robes.
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We're back at it again!
The fifth full-fledged PonyFest event is coming this October. Why so far out? Because hopefully the movie will have dropped by then and the fandom will be at maximum hype!
The fifth full-fledged PonyFest event is coming this October. Why so far out? Because hopefully the movie will have dropped by then and the fandom will be at maximum hype!
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This is on today! Click here for the schedule.
Of particular note, IMO, is that Dexanth will be interviewing Imalou at noon today (EDT; the schedule automatically updates to your time zone). Imalou was one of the character designers on the G5 movie, so we're bound to get some cool info.
Of particular note, IMO, is that Dexanth will be interviewing Imalou at noon today (EDT; the schedule automatically updates to your time zone). Imalou was one of the character designers on the G5 movie, so we're bound to get some cool info.