PonyCons Application hits the App Store!

Wah! I'm pretty impressed here. Wasn't expecting this tonight! So a few guys over on the twitter have made a damn nifty iOS application that lists ALL pony conventions in the world, past and upcoming. It has links to all of their websites and social media and even gives you the ability to check by show guests and see what cons they have previously gone to and will be going to next!

This is some great stuff. I'd highly recommend checking it out just for the sheer interest of it. Seeing the little pins on the world map showing each con is pretty special.

Check it out in the appstore here!

MarePlay UK 24 Hour Livestream Fundraiser!

Everyone's favourite pony retailer, Mareplay UK is hosting a live stream event this Saturday at 12 mid-day until 12 mid-day Sunday. That's a whopping 24 hours of live stream.

The live stream is to help Mareplay's founder, Bunny to raise money for a van. Which is not only a big dream of his but also will benefit his business greatly, since he'll be able to get around to even more events with all the pony goodness. Mareplay will truly be the traveling Pony Sales place of the UK!

The event will obviously be all about gaming, there'll be a ton of viewer participation wherever possible and a ton of chances to grab some freebies, which you'll have to watch the stream to find out more about!

<<<Go and Follow Mareplay's Twitch Channel Here>>

Also, embedded after the break! But you're best off watching it straight from his channel!

Poll Results: Best Princess?

Looks like the usual contender has won the Best Princess poll. It's no surprise anyway, with how dark and edgy everyone is. Sadly poor little Cadance has lost, seriously though guys she had the best singing voice in the Season 4 finale, not Luna, surely that has to amount to something!

Though it is funny how close Celestia came, she's not too far behind Luna. I bet Twilight would come a lot higher on the best Mane6 poll, guessing she's not quite ready yet to be crowned "Best Princess".

Season 4 Comes to an End, and What a Fantastic Season it's Been!

Season 4 has been incredible, it truly has been the best Season so far. It's an odd feeling really, as it's been somewhat different than Season 2, back during the height of the fandom and where everything felt fresh and new. We've definitely settled into things now, but I do think Season 4 has brought the hype back to many people. I saw myself at the Manechester Finale Showing last Saturday not wearing a brony shirt nor sporting any merchandise. But by the end of the night I was regretting not doing and I know for a fact next time i'm at a brony meet i'll gladly be 'bronying' it up as best I can.

I've been pretty damn busy over at BronyScot since for past few months have been really critical in terms of planning with getting tickets on sale yesterday and all sorts of other stuff. We'll be welcoming our volunteer team later this week, which is great news. Even though the next few months are probably going to be even more hectic i'll be making sure I post other stuff here more often, I already have a few articles in draft I need to finish up, though they'll need updating now Twilight's Kingdom has aired.

There should be plenty to come from this site over the next few months. The hiatus before Season 5 will not be as boring as you might think, with Equestria Girls 2 and all the awesome conventions happening this summer. I'm considering extending this site and looking for more authors in the next few months, i'm unsure how I am going to go about doing this but if you think you'd be interested be sure to get in touch.

BronyScot Opening Ticket Sales on Thursday 15th May!

Now for the second most exciting announcement of this month, you know after the big Pokémon reveal and all. We know you've all been waiting for this and the wait is almost over. Yes, you heard that right! We are to be releasing tickets to BronyScot 2014 on Thursday the 15th May at 7:30pm. They'll be available on our website over at www.bronyscot.org.uk.

All tickets grant you access to both the Saturday and Sunday, they also include the party on the Saturday night. Get your tickets quick for a tasty discount with the Early Bird Tier, for only £29. After that they'll be £35.

There's also Nessie's Treasure Trove Tier, which has a bunch of extra goodies for anyone who's wanting to give a little extra to make the event successful! For £99 you'll get entry to the con, entry to the party, exclusive t-shirt, a badge set and art print.

Vendor tickets will also be on sale, so for you guys who are eager to sell your wares at BronyScot make sure you check the ticket page over on our site this coming Thursday for the full scoop.

BronyScot Announces Mareplay UK as Sponsor!

Yes, I had to make Super Smash Bros. reference there, it was the will of Sakurai.

BronyScot are pleased to announce they are now officially sponsored by Mareplay UK, the largest UK retailer of My Little Pony Merchandise! Be sure to check out their stall in the vendor hall. They'll also be hosting a raffle of epic proportions during the convention where a ton of great prizes will be up for grabs.

Check out Mareplay's website to see all the awesome stock and be sure to add them over on Facebook for all the latest updates.

SteedHunters: Bronies That Like Cars.

Apparently some Bronies like cars, who knew? So there's this new blog here called Steedhunters, go check it out. The guy behind it, if you've ever attended a Manechester meet should have already guessed, is Shaunnnnnnnnn (sure there's an ever changing amount of N's in his usernames). He'll be doing a bit of a brony car fan meet over at the upcoming Silverstone round of the World Endurance Championship.

Seriously though, driving tests are awful, I once did one without any sleep and I didn't even crash once. Though I drove too close to a bus evidently. My best advice would be to have a hearty breakfast before you go, because energy drinks and microwaved bacon isn't your best bet.

BronyScot Now Accepting Volunteer Applications!

Something I know many of you have been waiting for! BronyScot, Scotland's first Brony Convention are now accepting applications for their volunteer team. Head over to the website to check out the roles and fill out the simple form. Becoming a volunteer is a great way to get involved with the community and will help make the event fully enjoyable for all.

Fill out your Application Here!

Bronies The Extremely Unexpected Review: Part 1

For some reason I had never previously seen the documentary, aptly named Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony. I remember back before the first BUCK in 2012 hearing about John De Lancie's fondness of our community. It was pretty uplifting that such a notable actor had really expressed his interest in something as seemly obscure as male fans of My Little Pony. This was when he went on to quickly announce that he was working with a brony owned film company to create a Documentary all about our 'little' subculture. The response was ecstatic in the US,  but interest didn't really come to the UK until De Lancie announced he was intending to come to our first ever Brony Convention, BUCK. The Kickstarter donation drive shot through the roof with UK bronies eager to get the Draconequus' VA to make an appearance. Sadly he couldn't make it but he did nicely leave us a lovely video message and of course, the film crew still managed to come and get some cracking footage of BUCK.

Jan Animations Receives C&D

It is a massive shame to hear about Jan Animations receiving a C&D from Hasbro's underground and shady law makers. But as we all expected, it was bound to happen. Let's hope the team has had a plan for this up their sleeve for because it'd be a complete waste of talent to see them stop. Maybe it means a different art style? Change Button into a Ferret? Yeah I think that's the best idea there is. My Little Ferret sounds like the best dodge of IP infringement.

Obviously Hasbro was well in their right to do this, but lets hope something can be worked out among them. I remember seeing Jan over at Galacon last year where their premiered Button's Adventure. Was a great experience, very glad I got the chance to have it before it was too late.

Maud Pie Does Not Like Gummy's Shenanigans!

You guys remember a few weeks back when Weird Al visited Ponyville?  Well not only did he have all the bronies singing along to his Polkas (and a few tumblr artist's buying new fangled musical instruments!) the episode in question brought up quite the interesting headcanon crashing topic of, who's Pinkie's new sister than was photoshopped into that photo from back when she got her cutiemark, never mind who took the photo in the first place!

Well, turns out she was indeed added for a reason. Pinkie's new sister, Maud, is appearing in this Saturday's episode and damn she's looking great. Sort of has an expression like she's just so completely done with everyone and everything. Also that blue coat thing, what's there not to like! I'm gonna assume her special talent is putting up with Pinkie's shit. According to the synopsis of this episode the rest of the mane 6 aren't going to get on with her! Maybe she eats ponies? We'll have to wait till Saturday to find out.

The World Wide Web turns 25

So this means Ponies pre-date the WWW, that's pretty funky to know. But then without the web our fandom would never have reached such levels. Sure they'd be fans but without this fantastic meeting place in cyberspace people's creativity would never have been free to be seen, for many they would have never been able to get the inspiration to start. Not only that but thanks to the web we've been able to meet so many other nutters who love the stuff we do, which is probably one of the greatest things ever. Heck, when I was in primary school I was in a class of about five guys and 26 girls, which might be cool in College but back when you're a kid it's a bit crappy for finding people who have the more geekier interests.

So, well done to the web for living this long, lets hope you keep on going for another 25 years yet!

Crystal Fair Annouces Daniel Ingram

So the Finnish Brony Con, that's been several years in the making and is happening just short of a couple of months have announced MLP's music wizz, Daniel Ingram. This is the first convention he's ever been to outside of the US, and as far as I aware he's quite the elusive one with Hasbro denying him from attending cons last year.

If you aren't already going to Crystal Fair, this surely this has to sway you to swim across the pond, battle the Frenchies and walk across Europe, because missing Daniel Ingram is simply not an option.

Check out their official press release after the break!

Rainbow Dash Joining the Wonderbolt Reserves, Finally!

A synopsis for an upcoming episode has revealed that Rainbow Dash will be taking a test. I wonder if she'll forget her pants? Well, this isn't a written test, or at least I wouldn't expect it is since if Dash passes she'll become a member of the Wonderbolts Reserves.

Honestly, I'm so pleased with this small announcement, even if the episode doesn't turn out all that well it's just the character development there in just one line of text, it's brilliant. I don't know why it has never occured to me before, the only way Rainbow Dash could be a Wonderbolt is by being on the reserve list! Since, she's damn good, we all know that, she's saved the Wonderbolts on many occasions and has time and time again showed them how capable of a flyer she is. Heck she's proved to be probably better than most of the current members. But she could never really become a Wonderbolt as it would take her away from Ponyville, ultimately taking her away from the show for the most part. So her being on the Reserves makes a ton of sense, she'll technically be a Wonderbolt (finally!) and she'll still be able to continue being the weather pony for Ponyville and going on all those crazy adventures with her friends.

Really can't wait for this episode now and I'm not even the biggest fan of Dash episodes. Also as a side thing, I love every time it is confirmed that the Wonderbolts are in fact a military organisation, rather than show flyers.

Dark Skyes: Yeah, It's Bogus.

As it's my duty as a journalist to a report on whats correct (such as the time aliens landed in Covent Garden) I am obliged to mentioned, though you should have known the get go, that the Pony Dating Sim game posted a few days ago happens to be a huge scam by a "comedy troupe" Million Dollar Entertainment. Good ol' /mlp/ decided to go on a rampage to properly expose the scam, and well they did just that. This has caused the Kickstarter to drop massively from 4200 dollars to around 1500 and is expected to drop further.

One of the guys behind this scam came forward with a damage control video, which though hilarious in many ways I won't link to on here as it contents less than savoury material, though it won't be hard to find it if you want a few laughs.

As it happens, the Game Devs, I mean Scam Artists are being shamed as massive failures in all sense of the word. Now, if someone would make a real dating sim with horses, that'd be pretty nifty right? Remember, they're meant to be like Professor Layton, I am pretty damn sure of it.