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// From My Iphone 
// Story: Let's Play: Equestria Online! 
// by Jakinbandw 
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Just a quick note; I am typing this on my Iphone so it's going to be a lot shorter than normal tonight. I just hope that I don't accidentally delete anything with an accidental touch like I have in the past.


Thinking About The Future; The End Of Equestria; A Response To The Rogue Wolf


So The Rogue Wolf raised an interesting point about Equestria Online; What happens when it is no longer profitable? Will Hasbro turn it off? What will happen to the hardware? Even more importantly, what happens to all the ponies that live there? 

Last night I spoke a little about how the destruction of Equestria Online would be a great tragedy for the world and a morally reprehensible act. The scary thing is that Hasbro might not see it the same way. Most CEOs seem to be more focused on the bottom line than advances in technology. While I'm sure the people who made it understand what a loss it would be, can they go against Hasbro, if Hasbro tells them to shut it down?

Outside of our corner of the net that includes gamers, and bronies I doubt most people are even aware of the fact that the ponies in Equestria are sentient beings. I think that this needs to change. I think the change has to happen right now, because if it doesn't then we risk the loss of one of the greatest advancements of our modern era. 

Now I'm sure some of you are saying that if someone tried to shut down Equestria Online that Celestia would strike back at us, or at the very least not let it happen. I however am not so sure about this.

The laws of robotics that Isaac Asimov wrote down are actually fairly good ideas and I have trouble seeing someone making an AI that didn't have some form of them sitting around. As many people have noted humans are afraid of new things, and SIs are probably the newest thing under the sun. All this means that when the Hasbro CEO feels that they could be making more money doing something else, or the military threatens to take them to court for espionage Equestria Online could very easily end up shut down. 

So what can we do to stop it?

I think that the first thing that we need to do is get out their and start spreading the news that the ponies in Equestria are SIs. I know that it is rather cool to keep this all to ourselves, but in the long run this is actually a bad thing. I also think that this needs to be started now, rather than waiting to see what happens in the future. 

To this end I have started a petition to the different governments of the world. I know that it isn't the greatest, and if someone would like to start a different one that is better, or point me in it's direction I would be grateful, but this is something that has been bugging me ever since Rouge Wolf brought it up.	

Link to the petition here


About What Happened To My Pony Pad And Why I Am Typing On My Phone


So it turns out that I have rather terrible luck. I dropped my pad on the floor today. Thankfully that didn't break it. 

Unfortunately the car running over it kind of did. 

My parents were taking me out for a roll in a wheel chair (so that I wouldn't strain my stomach muscles), and a car didn't stop for a crosswalk. My father saw and pulled me back in time, but my pad slipped free of my hands and ended up getting run over by the car. I think he was drunk because he swerved a bit as he went through a red light down the street. 

The upside is that I am alright, and I did get to talk with Forest this morning. The bad news is that I can't write very well on my phone, so I'm not going to bother trying to get a full post written. On the upside my parents are going to pick me up a new one tomorrow, so I should be able to get back in the swing of things then. 

You know, I might sound a bit paranoid, but I think that car was trying to hit me. And no, before anyone asks we did not get a license plate, we were all to happy to just be alive and unharmed. I guess things like this happen when you move to a small town. I just hope that I somehow didn't get some people mad at me some how.

Finally, as silly as it may sound, I really miss having Forest Trails talk with me as I read. I have a feeling that I am going to have a hard time falling asleep tonight with no one around to distract me from the pain.

See you all tomorrow when I get my pad.