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Ariamaki


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  • 117 weeks
    End of Year

    Today's chapter will be the last Spike of All Trades upload for 2021.
    I hope everybody has joyous assorted holidays (cheaper by the pound!) and a very happy new year!
    See you in the next one. We've got a long long road ahead of us...

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  • 123 weeks
    Skip Card from IRL Issues

    Due to some personal concerns I am going to be posting no chapter this week. Sorry to break the pace again so soon after the last one, and not to mention so soon after the particular last chapter, but things literally came up this morning and it's just been a lot.

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  • 127 weeks
    Retroactive Week Skip

    Hahahaha guess who forgot he was going to spend the entire weekend at Con on the Cob until it was already long past chapter posting time?

    :disgaea:

    So yeah, no SOAT for this previous week. My apologies for not announcing it in advance. :V

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  • 145 weeks
    Happy 100th to SOAT!

    Celebrating 100 chapters for Spike of All Trades / Spikefic, and also my own impending birthday! Been good having you all along this whole time, and special thanks to the regular commentary crew for all their insight, to Carcino for his regular read-overs, and to Norm for his editing expertise.

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  • 168 weeks
    Welcome to The New Age

    God I hope so. ;_;

    But in all seriousness, it's 2021! Time to ring this thing off with a bang and return Spikefic to operation a week earlier than originally planned. This also kicks off a slight change in presentation and format for the foreseeable future.

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May
1st
2020

Conclusion and Continuation (Q&A #2, REPLY HERE) · 6:43pm May 1st, 2020

TL;DR-- Updates resume in 2-6 weeks, Questions go here, Qs get A'd next week at time of posting.

For those who might have missed it, the significantly larger-than-usual Spikefic Chapter 50 is up and live. With that, we're through the EOA1!

Today is normally when I would push a new chapter live, but I'm making my conclusive decisions about whether to move into a sequel or keep posting to the current fic, and working on the editing and formatting process necessary to get text onto this site. We'll be taking a little break of uncertain length before Act 2 Chapter 1 / Chapter 51 goes live. How uncertain?


At the absolute earliest, Spikefic will resume May 15th.
At the absolute latest, Spikefic should resume by June 15th.

So even in the worst case scenario we'll be updating again in time for my birthday! :pinkiehappy:


If I decide to stick with the existing document throughout, you'll know the time is right when Chapter 51 lands, and the fic's description and cover art both change to the new ones.
If I settle on moving into a sequel, it will be marked as such and the first fic will be labelled Complete. Additionally, there will be an edit to the Author's Note on Chapter 50 to include the clarification.


Either way, there will be an announcement blog post when the time comes. So keep an eye on this space!

Any questions? Now's the time to ask them! Things will be stepping up in speed from here, in scale, in scope and of course, in Spike. :moustache:

Ask Questions For Q&A 2 in the comments of this blog post! The Q&A will go live sometime the weekend of May 8th.

Thanks again, and I hope to see you all next chapter, however that comes to pass.

Comments ( 8 )

You know me, I still vote for a separate sequel fic post, but good luck either way!

Do you like penguins? (This is... not a serious question per se, but I'd still like an answer)

Have you ever played an rpg and started running low on health in the middle of a fight, so you pause and open your inventory to consume the literal buckton of food you've been hoarding for just this situation, thus gaining the edge you need to win that fight?




Is there gonna be something like that? 'Cause I'd l like to see something like that. Or is that not quite how it works?
I mean, I know Spike can't exactly pause real life (yet?), but just imagine it.
Whole cabbages. Carrots. Leeks. Tomatoes. Raw potatoes. Raw onions:pinkiesick:.Seven bowls of vegetable soup. Fourteen loaves of bread. An entire garlic braid (because garlic cures all diseases, in case that is an issue)
Two wheels of cheese. And maybe some cider to wash it down (and provide a stamina boost for extra oomph).

If you weren't gonna do it before, I bet you sure as heck wanna do it now, huh?

Also, is there even gonna be any combat? Because some of his skills do seem to be quite well suited for that.

Well I like the idea of continuing the first story, there's no of spike status in the crystal empire. That always made me wonder when that story took place and that means if you took the second story route.

....Luna shipping?

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Please read the previous Q&A, where the timeline is explicitly laid out. This will be linked in the revamped description / the new fic's description when the time comes, since so many people seemed to ignore it.

You know, I know the Q&A's questions are supposed to be directed at the author, but I thought I'd deviate from that just a little bit. If it isn't too much trouble, I'd like to as one of the characters a question.


Hey, Spike? Now that you have done many things, do you have ideas on what you are going to do to acquire new skills? Also, have you thought about trying to use Unicorn magic?

Any chance of seeing a side story about Twilight's day with Celestia? Or of Spike at least visiting Celestia in Canterlot in future chapters of this story to share the revelation of his newfound powers as The Gamer?

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