Before we begin, I just want to say that this is the most astonishing and unexpected episode of season five. Or the series overall. I am so shocked I cannot breathe right now.

And we open with the Crusaders...crusading. Again.

A song in the cold open? We haven't seen that since the season three finale!

Poor Pip.

...Ponyville has a school board?

Hi Button!

So Diamond Tiara's mother, Spoiled Rich, is president of the school board.

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"ONE VOTE?"

I've been seeing a lot of people comment on how Diamond Tiara lost to Pip by one vote, and then confronted Silver Spoon about not voting for her.

A lot of people seem to have forgotten how secret ballots work.

Folks, Diamond Tiara didn't lose by one vote.

Diamond TIara only GOT one vote.

Her own.

That's how she knew Silver Spoon voted for Pip.

Because nopony voted for Diamond Tiara except Diamond Tiara.

The episode opens with Twilight being a big nerd and having a nerdcation.

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Season 5 started after a lengthy hiatus, had lots of highs and lows, took a ridiculously long mid-season break, and had the season finale spoiled by the last scene of Friendship Games. We've seen some incredible changes to the status quo this season, including the Cutie Mark Crusaders finally getting their Cutie Marks, character development for Diamond Tiara, and the announcement of Cadance's pregnancy.

And now, here we are, ending the season the same way it began:

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Warning. This post is all over the place.

And with the finale, Season 5 comes to a close, and the hiatus begins today. But how did Season 5 stack up in comparison to the others, and why do I like it so much? Who wants to see Emerald talk to herself because no-pony reads these, but she likes posting them anyway? In short:
5 < 2 < 4 < 3 <1

In long? Well, here I go.

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Already mentioned this in my weekly gaming blog, but I felt it deserved further comment. I wouldn't exactly qualify this as a P5 spoiler since if you don't know who this dude is on sight, it can't exactly spoil anything for you.

It's not just me, right? Right?

Goodbye, Grifball.

Hammer Storm update hit Halo 5 today. Dove right into Grifball. First game we won 5-0. Very fun. Game is no longer reset after a goal.

Second game, I was booted for betrayals.

Yep. You read that right. Betrayal booting in Grifball.

Great job, 343. Just when I think you guys are finally on the ball, we find a reason to put the dunce cap back on.

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My 500th game also bumped me to Level 60.

Split right down the middle, too. 250 Arena games, 250 Warzone games.

Now that I've had a week with this game, and 130+ games played, I'm ready to review the first week of my experience in this game.

I know that 343 desperately wants to create their own identity, but there is so much that has made Halo great that isn't here.

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The mid-season hiatus is upon us. So, how was the first half of the fifth season?

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First off, let me tell you something. I really dislike Twilight’s Castle. Why? I don’t want to be one of those people who say that it was just “merchandising” because it is the accepted idea. However, I think that this is true. As we have seen from the Season 5 premiere, the castle could be of major relevance in the future.

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I'm not entirely sure what competitive rank I was expecting when I finished my 10th game of Breakout, but Platinum sure wasn't it.

I hope the game got it right, because I can't drop down to Gold if I'm out of my league here until December. Rank resets every months, and you can't drop a division to prevent de-ranking, which was rampant with bored high-level players in Halo 2 and 3.

I don't know about you guys, but I kind of love the new-gen preview, it looks really cute!

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so with gen 4 being over I was wondering what everypony's thoughts were on Gen 5?
Tell me what you hope for and what you expect.

Hey guys.
For those of you who may be wondering, no, "Solo Run" isn't a dead fic.
I have evey future chapter planned out and have got the next chapter started.
Real life has just been kicking my ass recently.
Between being sick, having writer's block, and entering my irl busiest time of year, fics have just had to be put on the back burner.
I appreciate everyone being patient with me.

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Pony Point Of View

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That happened.

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So I've finally gotten off my rear and started properly catching up with the show. Let's see what we've got from the third and fourth episodes of Season 7!

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So, another season has come and gone. Season 5 went out with a very fanficcy bang, as we see an episode that could well have been a piece of fanfiction.

Unfortunately, it wasn’t a particularly good one in some respects, while it was fairly decent in others.

The overall idea behind this episode was actually a fairly good one – Starlight Glimmer going back in time to make it so that Twilight Sparkle and her friends never got together.

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The DMR takes me back to my Halo Reach days.

And if the Season 6 premiere synopses are anything to go on, these two episodes might make me melt.