Update on Equestria Girls UK cinema release!

As mentioned in my previous post Equestia Girls is set to be shown in Showcase Cinemas on the 10th and 11th August. Well, good news for those who might have been unable to go (heck, the fact the Nottingham's train station is going to be closed over that weekend for maintaince wasn't going to help very much!) a ton of new locations have just been added! Including Leeds.

Check out the updated UKoE thread for more information and info on the Leeds meet.

The spread of a phenomenon

How did all of this happen anyway? I mean, honestly, did anyone expect this? Generally most people answer "no idea" and "no" respectfully to both those questions. I think i'll have to go with everyone else on the second one, but the first, well I can give explaining it a shot can't I? Ok, ok, everyone can accept that this fandom happened because of the come together of a group of amazing and creative people, headed by the one and only Lauren Faust. I guess that's it really, could just end the article here and call it a day! Well, I'm not going to do that, since that would be incredibly boring. Hit up after the break, to see why such an interesting phenomenon came to be!

Manechester MCM Comic Con this weekend!

The much anticipated MCM Comic Con will be back in Manchester this Saturday and us lot at Manechester have a few things planned for you bronies!

On the Saturday during the convention we will be meeting at 1pm outside at the steps of the convention centre. We'll hang about, chat and chill until 2pm when everyone can head back into the con! Then at 5:30 til 6pm we'll be meeting at the same place to head off to the upstairs of the Waldorf, that has been privately hired out! There will be a £1 charge for entry. The party will last until midnight!

Then, on the Sunday there'll be a special Muffin Meet, meet at Picadilly Station's Star Bucks between 1pm and 2.

Check out the Facebook event page or the UKoE thread for discussion and more info!

Equestria Girls in UK Cinema!

So, contrary to what news a lot of us had heard, we are in fact getting Equestria Girls in the cinema! Be it only Showcase cinemas and only in Nottingham and Leicester for one weekend. To mark this occasion we are holding a meet in Nottingham for the Saturday showing, on the 10th August.

Nottingham Meet: UKoE Details thread

You know you're a brony when

1. Colourful badges cover more than 68% of your body!

Ok, I think this was a serious side effect of us Brits not getting much merch until this year. I remember back in the day at MCM the one piece of Pony merch you'd find would be badges. Hundreds and hundreds of pony badges, some just with cutiemarks and even some with full ponies on. Some of the best i've seen would have to be the metal pins from PinFilly. Totally making an order soon! Didn't know they were so cheap.

For the rest of the list hit the link below!

Crystal Fair Competition - Ponify Finland!

So for those of you who don't know Finland are holding a convention next year called the Crystal Fair. They're holding a competition since the convention is in a years time. Your job is to Ponify Finland. There are three parts to this competition all lasting three months each. The first being the Digital art challenge, after three months, on the 4th October the next challenge will be announced! Winners will receive a t-shirt and their artwork will be sold in the charity auction at the convention.

For more information about the contest please visit their Deviant Art page!

Two years of Google+!

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You might be wondering why i'm posting about a social network celebrating it's second anniversary. Well, Google+ defined so much of what being a brony meant for me I couldn't not mention this. I remember getting my invite to join the beta back in 2011, it was few months after I first watched FiM, I started with Feeling Pinkie Keen for some reason. As it turns out I wasn't the only brony joining the beta! There were loads of us! We all quickly got to grips with the new social network, fell in love and then Pony+ was born! Back then it was a community of mutually circled bronies. We certainty had fun building the community, with it there were tons of silly memes, trolls and truly memorable personalities. I've seen so many artists start out from just a few sketches and thanks to the hugely supportive community have had the courage to continue and become something really quite amazing. 

So, not just a thank you to Google but a thank you to everyone who's been a part of Pony+, you've made these past two years amazing! Let's hope we can have another good two years ahead of us!

Equestria Girls Review [Spoilers]

It's been over a week now since Equestria Girls hit the big screens and we've all been patiently waiting for our American counterparts to metal gear their way into a cinema and record without getting punched by a soccer mum. For those of you wondering if we're getting an official release here in the UK, we're definitely not, Hasbro has confirmed this.

After running around the house trying to find snacks and being disappointed because we only had a ridiculous amount of oranges in, I sat down and began watching. For those who don't want any spoilers don't join us after the break!

Top 10 Reasons to go to BUCK!

It's almost upon us! The thrilling sequel, the second coming, the empire strikes back or as everyone else knows it, BUCK 2013! In just over two months Bridge Water Hall in Manchester will be opening their doors to the brony fandom for a weekend of awesome. As i've been waiting for this since last year's convention ended and I'm currently dead excited I thought it only fitting to jot up some of the best reasons to attend.

So, here we are! My top ten reasons to attend BUCK this year! List after the break.

Weekly Roundup 1

This is our first ever roundup of sorts. This has been sitting blank in the drafts section for weeks now. For a quick sort of insight into what you can expect from these, I intend to explore things that EQD may have missed or to show them from a different prospective. At the end of the day I don't want to report on news that you'll see else where. I'll only briefly go into common news and focus as best as possible on the strange and wonderful!

So here goes!

Summer Sun Celebration!

The Summer Sun Celebration's website has been released!

Taking place in Manchester Central (formally G-Mex) as part of BUCK, this brony music festival is set to be the largest in all of Europe!

Be set for tons of performers including The Living Tombstone, AcousticBrony, Glaze, General Mumble, RainbowCrash88, Blaze, Addictia, Icky, ClutterviX, TeiThePony, LaserPon3 and an amazing trope of glow performers! This party is going to be amazing, be sure to be there! Be sure to buy your tickets now for only £15, this is a bargain!

BronyDays chairman Q&A!

So, for you guys who just can't get enough pony here in the UK how about attending BronyDays, the French Brony convention to be held in October this year!

Now, it'll be great to get the word out about the convention and to raise awareness in the UK. After the break we have a Q&A with the chairman of BronyDays, containing tons of information about the convention and more!

Anicon Radio!

Recently I appeared on the podcast Anicon Radio! We talked about this site, bronies and various other interesting topics such as Google Glass and Nvidia's upcoming game console. The hosts, Liam and Ed are pretty awesome and are intending to introduce a brony section into their show every week!

You can catch their latest episode here on Mixcloud
Follow them other on Facebook and Google+ for all the latest news and episode releases!

Response to the fandom's negativity

I didn't really want to write about this.. nor am I even really compelled to do so either. I just felt it might be of some interest for some people, or at least something to keep me entertained during this train journey I have found myself on. Now, you all obviously must know by now that the Equestria Girls trailer has been released, if not, here it is again.

My opinions on this? As suggested in my previous post about EqG, I loved it. Looking just slightly deeper than what the trailer gives you there is definitely a pretty good overall story for the movie that relates to the show canon and mythology.

Equestria Girls Trailer!!!!!

Probably the best snap shot! I have to say.. I am speechless. It was pretty amazing! Seriously, there is nothing wrong with it, like at all. The human animation might not be as amazing as what we're used to, it's a little more on the lines of Littlest Pet shop, but the art is far higher quality than the promo shots!

Something interesting is the actual pony scenes were very very cinematic, so even if you dislike the whole highschool setting in the human world I think you'll definitely enjoy the beginning and closing scenes!

Check out the NY Times article here!