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Alaborn


Somewhere in the USA. Probably older than you. And something about MLP:FIM makes me want to write stories. Unfortunately, being gainfully employed cuts into my writing time.

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  • 146 weeks
    Retrospective Review: Strong Seconds

    Not an episode review this time.

    PresentPerfect writes about the "Applejack Problem", that a character with everything figured out becomes too boring. Her cutie mark is literally deciding she wants to stay home.

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    1 comments · 385 views
  • 147 weeks
    Retrospective Review: Putting Your Hoof Down and It's About Time

    S2E19 Putting Your Hoof Down

    Watching this episode as part of the whole series is jarring. You have episode after episode of ponies being kind and friendly, then a whole bunch of rude ponies all at once.

    I hate Angel Bunny in this episode. I want to turn him into hasenpfeffer.

    I'd like to know why there just happens to be a hedge maze somewhere near Ponyville.

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    3 comments · 215 views
  • 150 weeks
    Retrospective Review: Hearts and Hooves Day and A Friend in Deed

    S2E17 Hearts and Hooves Day

    The writers have chosen, once again, to feature a holiday or celebration in this episode. Arguably, this is the seventh time (Summer Sun Celebration, Winter Wrap Up, Running of the Leaves, Grand Galloping Gala, Nightmare Night, Hearth's Warming, Hearts and Hooves Day), and the third time directly referencing a major American holiday.

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    3 comments · 204 views
  • 152 weeks
    Retrospective Review: The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000 and Read It and Weep

    S2E15 The Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000

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    6 comments · 290 views
  • 152 weeks
    Retrospective Review: Baby Cakes and The Last Roundup

    S2E13 Baby Cakes

    So this was an episode that came completely out of the blue. There was no indication of Cup Cake being pregnant, let alone with twins. I'm assuming there was a toy involved.

    "That makes sense, right?" Sure, but if you're a pegasus stallion with a beige coat or a unicorn stallion with a yellow coat, I wouldn't recommend dining at Sugarcube Corner.

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    6 comments · 200 views
May
22nd
2013

Number 1, again · 4:21am May 22nd, 2013

It looks like somepony switched a down vote on Applejack's Bar to an up vote. (I seem to remember there being 21; now there's 20.) It's now back in the number one slot on the Top Rated list.

:yay:

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Comments ( 5 )

Seems to be some drifting up and down of stories there. In Celestia We Trust hit #3 at one point, as high as I've ever gotten. (Yes, of course I screenshot it. I have an ego the size of Donald Trump's hair.) :pinkiehappy:

(Ooh! Ooh! I've got one!)
(*sigh* Yes, Rainbow Dash?)
(An earth pony and a unicorn walked into a bar. The pegasus flew over it.) :rainbowlaugh:
(...)
(See, it's funny because the earth pony and the unicorn walked into the bar, while the pegasus flew over it...) :rainbowhuh:
(...)
(Wow. Tough crowd.) :rainbowderp:
(The Great and Powerful Trixie suggests that you do not give up your day job.) :trixieshiftright:

(Um... I thought it was funny... I mean, if that's okay...) :fluttershysad:

1097209 Oh, I have the screen shot from when it was #1 at 1391/18, and I have another screen shot from now, #1 at 1612/20.

And I'd really like to know the formula involved in the rating. Obviously, a down vote counteracts a large number of up votes, but exactly how many?

What are you talking about?

1097229 At the top of the screen click Browse, then under Story Lists, Top Rated. It ranks stories by whatever mathematical formula they use to rank popularity.

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