Updates from modulusshift on Rainbow Dash Network!
modulusshift: @carcino Actually, no. You know what? Night!
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:20:27 UTC
@carcino Actually, no. You know what? Night!
modulusshift: @carcino Heh. Ok. That's sufficiently awesome enough for me to agree. I can't help but stay in the corner of your eye, though.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:19:52 UTC
@carcino Heh. Ok. That's sufficiently awesome enough for me to agree. I can't help but stay in the corner of your eye, though.
modulusshift: @carcino Feels too much like "Death to all that behold me." And I hated that game.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:15:00 UTC
@carcino Feels too much like "Death to all that behold me." And I hated that game.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:13:10 UTC
@sparklepeep :D
modulusshift: @modulusshift @sparklepeep I'm so sorry, you had too many cues in that post.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:10:16 UTC
@modulusshift @sparklepeep I'm so sorry, you had too many cues in that post.
modulusshift: @sparklepeep ..."Hey, I just moved here, BronyCon was crazy, So here's my username, Any meetups, maybe?"
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:09:05 UTC
@sparklepeep ..."Hey, I just moved here, BronyCon was crazy, So here's my username, Any meetups, maybe?"
modulusshift: @modulusshift I imagine it also works a lot better when I get some sleep... Nah.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:07:10 UTC
@modulusshift I imagine it also works a lot better when I get some sleep... Nah.
modulusshift: Yeah, ok it works a lot better when people actually talk. I've got 5 minutes. Failed experiment.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:06:23 UTC
Yeah, ok it works a lot better when people actually talk. I've got 5 minutes. Failed experiment.
modulusshift: @pony "It's SOO [i]AWESOME[/i]!"
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:02:35 UTC
@pony "It's SOO [i]AWESOME[/i]!"
modulusshift: Alright, listen up everypony! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to reply to posts only in quotes from the show for the next 5 minutes! Original posts are exempt unless they have an @[i]username[/i]. Go!
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 04:01:19 UTC
Alright, listen up everypony! Your challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to reply to posts only in quotes from the show for the next 5 minutes! Original posts are exempt unless they have an @[i]username[/i]. Go!
modulusshift: @scribus "Sense? What fun is there in making sense?"
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:58:05 UTC
@scribus "Sense? What fun is there in making sense?"
modulusshift: @scribus Now wait, Scribus and the Quills, or Scribus and the Sofas?
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:55:52 UTC
@scribus Now wait, Scribus and the Quills, or Scribus and the Sofas?
modulusshift: @scribus Check out the new album by [s]LIMOZEEN[/s]Scribus and the Quills.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:54:38 UTC
@scribus Check out the new album by [s]LIMOZEEN[/s]Scribus and the Quills.
modulusshift: @hoit21 That it was. But it's a lot better when you're playing it on a computer that syncs up the Portal 1 ending with the music. I don't even know what could cause that glitch.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:51:57 UTC
@hoit21 That it was. But it's a lot better when you're playing it on a computer that syncs up the Portal 1 ending with the music. I don't even know what could cause that glitch.
modulusshift: @hoit21 Well, I got it when it came out, and installed it on a Macbook that was fine at playing it. I got to the 1980's levels, and then when I was taking a break I accidentally it. I only bothered getting it back when I got my new gaming computer this past month, and beat it.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:50:06 UTC
@hoit21 Well, I got it when it came out, and installed it on a Macbook that was fine at playing it. I got to the 1980's levels, and then when I was taking a break I accidentally it. I only bothered getting it back when I got my new gaming computer this past month, and beat it.
modulusshift: @redenchilada Yeah, you can't be bested. Oh well. I've been beaten by worse.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:46:43 UTC
@redenchilada Yeah, you can't be bested. Oh well. I've been beaten by worse.
modulusshift: @hoit21 You know I only finally beat that game in the past month? I got it when it came out, too.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:46:08 UTC
@hoit21 You know I only finally beat that game in the past month? I got it when it came out, too.
modulusshift: @redenchilada Ah well. I remember you, you can't be bested...unless... Ok, then, what is the name of the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" according to their cards? No cheating!
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:44:18 UTC
@redenchilada Ah well. I remember you, you can't be bested...unless... Ok, then, what is the name of the episode "Feeling Pinkie Keen" according to their cards? No cheating!
modulusshift: @communistprime @redenchilada Ok, how about that the official Enterplay trading card for Tank has Pinkie as the owner's portrait?
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:42:10 UTC
@communistprime @redenchilada Ok, how about that the official Enterplay trading card for Tank has Pinkie as the owner's portrait?
modulusshift: @redenchilada ...I've still got something!
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:41:28 UTC
@redenchilada ...I've still got something!
modulusshift: @communistprime Umm... Did you know that a ?! is an interrobang?
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:40:26 UTC
@communistprime Umm... Did you know that a ?! is an interrobang?
modulusshift: @communistprime Ooh, ooh! What is it!?!?
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:38:32 UTC
@communistprime Ooh, ooh! What is it!?!?
modulusshift: I know something you don't. #spoiler
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:35:20 UTC
I know something you don't. #spoiler
modulusshift: Alright, !RDNrefresh is a lot snazzier than it used to be. Cool.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:31:19 UTC
Alright, !RDNrefresh is a lot snazzier than it used to be. Cool.
modulusshift: ...I'm back. Again. However weird that is. Gimme a sec to go grab RDNRefresh.
modulusshift's status on Saturday, 07-Jul-12 03:28:06 UTC
...I'm back. Again. However weird that is. Gimme a sec to go grab RDNRefresh.
modulusshift: I came up with the worst pun today. I strung it out into a terribly long joke. Here it goes: In the DnD universe, there is a race called the halfings. A team of adventurers went out into the far reaches of the DnD world, and found a new race, which were half the size of even halflings. They were promptly called quarterlings. An advocacy group quickly popped up, and demanded that they stop using these demeaning terms for the races. They unified them all into a non-specific fractionling race. Now, since the quarterlings don't live anywhere close to the rest of the races, they don't speak the common tongue. But it has been found that the gnomes make very good translators. So, what do you do when you have a bunch of fractionlings that need to talk? You find the Least Common De-Gnome-inator.
modulusshift's status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-12 04:10:23 UTC
I came up with the worst pun today. I strung it out into a terribly long joke. Here it goes: In the DnD universe, there is a race called the halfings. A team of adventurers went out into the far reaches of the DnD world, and found a new race, which were half the size of even halflings. They were promptly called quarterlings. An advocacy group quickly popped up, and demanded that they stop using these demeaning terms for the races. They unified them all into a non-specific fractionling race. Now, since the quarterlings don't live anywhere close to the rest of the races, they don't speak the common tongue. But it has been found that the gnomes make very good translators. So, what do you do when you have a bunch of fractionlings that need to talk? You find the Least Common De-Gnome-inator.
modulusshift: Hi guys! I need a place to put this next post, it's pretty funny if you read through all of it, but don't if you don't want to.
modulusshift's status on Wednesday, 18-Jan-12 04:10:14 UTC
Hi guys! I need a place to put this next post, it's pretty funny if you read through all of it, but don't if you don't want to.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 So, I've now convinced 2 people on RDN, and lost about 5 times the amount of people I've convinced. (sigh) So, I'm going to make a solid business plan, and see what I can do. At the worst, I'm going to make a big amount of noise.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:31:05 UTC
@ponydude2143 So, I've now convinced 2 people on RDN, and lost about 5 times the amount of people I've convinced. (sigh) So, I'm going to make a solid business plan, and see what I can do. At the worst, I'm going to make a big amount of noise.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 On one point. We could still pull off the core, selling to US bronies. And the internationals will figure out imports, I'm sure.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:19:24 UTC
@ponydude2143 On one point. We could still pull off the core, selling to US bronies. And the internationals will figure out imports, I'm sure.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 I don't think that's possible through the current arrangement. As I understood it, Shout! has complete exclusivity on home video. Which means we can't.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:18:43 UTC
@ponydude2143 I don't think that's possible through the current arrangement. As I understood it, Shout! has complete exclusivity on home video. Which means we can't.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 A certain stroke of genius I had? Amazon is mainly a conglomeration of different retailers. If we could set ourselves up with them, we could have internationally cleared retail, warehouse space, everything.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:17:48 UTC
@ponydude2143 A certain stroke of genius I had? Amazon is mainly a conglomeration of different retailers. If we could set ourselves up with them, we could have internationally cleared retail, warehouse space, everything.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 I don't see why we couldn't work around them. We can get permission from the original owner of the content, I'm sure. We can work it through the channels. Or pay Shout! even more to do it. (sigh)
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:16:23 UTC
@ponydude2143 I don't see why we couldn't work around them. We can get permission from the original owner of the content, I'm sure. We can work it through the channels. Or pay Shout! even more to do it. (sigh)
modulusshift: @modulusshift That would be ridiculous, though.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:15:21 UTC
@modulusshift That would be ridiculous, though.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 If not, then we're f'd on that front. Hopefully, they do. Or, I imagine we would be buying it for them, assuming enough funding.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:15:09 UTC
@ponydude2143 If not, then we're f'd on that front. Hopefully, they do. Or, I imagine we would be buying it for them, assuming enough funding.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 We'll of course check with everybody involved, but I think it can be pulled off.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:14:21 UTC
@ponydude2143 We'll of course check with everybody involved, but I think it can be pulled off.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 It's worth a shot. There is such a thing as region-free DVD's, after all.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:13:50 UTC
@ponydude2143 It's worth a shot. There is such a thing as region-free DVD's, after all.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 If we can pull this off, even better, we can have Blu-ray, and make it worth it even for the stateside bronies. There's no way to buy content over 720p, and that through iTunes.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:13:18 UTC
@ponydude2143 If we can pull this off, even better, we can have Blu-ray, and make it worth it even for the stateside bronies. There's no way to buy content over 720p, and that through iTunes.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 Even better, if we are distributing online, we could get shipping international, and finally the international bronies could have a way of buying ponies.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:12:21 UTC
@ponydude2143 Even better, if we are distributing online, we could get shipping international, and finally the international bronies could have a way of buying ponies.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 Well, you're more qualified than I am.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:09:32 UTC
@ponydude2143 Well, you're more qualified than I am.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 But I'd like to see if we could get a few bronies to do it. Poetically, it works better.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:08:56 UTC
@ponydude2143 But I'd like to see if we could get a few bronies to do it. Poetically, it works better.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 Well, that's my biggest problem. I'm 15. I can't pull any of this off. If I can't get anyone to do it, I might look into getting a relative to help sponsor this, and see what happens. As soon as we look even semi-professional, we'll get a ridiculous amount of PR from EqD.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:08:08 UTC
@ponydude2143 Well, that's my biggest problem. I'm 15. I can't pull any of this off. If I can't get anyone to do it, I might look into getting a relative to help sponsor this, and see what happens. As soon as we look even semi-professional, we'll get a ridiculous amount of PR from EqD.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 And we can promise copies through Kickstarter as an incentive. We set levels at which the final product will be sold at, and basically promise pre-orders to everybody we took above a certain amount of money from.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:06:32 UTC
@ponydude2143 And we can promise copies through Kickstarter as an incentive. We set levels at which the final product will be sold at, and basically promise pre-orders to everybody we took above a certain amount of money from.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 The transaction only goes through if we have enough to do the project. That's the point of Kickstarter. They'll take money off of what does go through, but if nothing does, then we don't lose anything. No money changes hands unless we are absolutely sure we can pull it off.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:04:51 UTC
@ponydude2143 The transaction only goes through if we have enough to do the project. That's the point of Kickstarter. They'll take money off of what does go through, but if nothing does, then we don't lose anything. No money changes hands unless we are absolutely sure we can pull it off.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 I say we should setup a company just for the initial negotiations, get a ballpark figure, and see if we can raise that much through Kickstarter. No obligations from anybody. If we can supply the funding, we can push through the project the rest of the way.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:02:17 UTC
@ponydude2143 I say we should setup a company just for the initial negotiations, get a ballpark figure, and see if we can raise that much through Kickstarter. No obligations from anybody. If we can supply the funding, we can push through the project the rest of the way.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 What difference does it make to them if they're getting paid near the same amount, simply for a smaller run? We'll have to hike up the prices on the consumer-facing end, but the product will exist. In the end, it'll be the equivalent of you simply buying every DVD they make, but with a real promise of the boxset at the end, instead of an implied one like we have now.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 22:00:38 UTC
@ponydude2143 What difference does it make to them if they're getting paid near the same amount, simply for a smaller run? We'll have to hike up the prices on the consumer-facing end, but the product will exist. In the end, it'll be the equivalent of you simply buying every DVD they make, but with a real promise of the boxset at the end, instead of an implied one like we have now.
modulusshift: @colfax @ponydude2143 If we could pay enough to pull it off, I still think it's possible. We have to at least make an attempt, go through negotiations and see what's possible. Because if you're willing to buy all of the 10 or so DVD's simply to pay full price for a boxset afterwards, I think we can get enough money to pull this off from the community, or it wasn't going to happen the other way anyway.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 21:58:24 UTC
@colfax @ponydude2143 If we could pay enough to pull it off, I still think it's possible. We have to at least make an attempt, go through negotiations and see what's possible. Because if you're willing to buy all of the 10 or so DVD's simply to pay full price for a boxset afterwards, I think we can get enough money to pull this off from the community, or it wasn't going to happen the other way anyway.
modulusshift: @ponydude2143 @ponydude2143 The main reason they produce huge runs is because only a fraction of what they produce is ever sold by the retailers. If we could pay for a smaller run, we could get all of the money back on our end, due to not having unsold stock. It's not like we're shipping to stores all over the world, most of which will never sell through that stock. We're producing a smaller run we can sell all the way through.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 21:54:17 UTC
@ponydude2143 @ponydude2143 The main reason they produce huge runs is because only a fraction of what they produce is ever sold by the retailers. If we could pay for a smaller run, we could get all of the money back on our end, due to not having unsold stock. It's not like we're shipping to stores all over the world, most of which will never sell through that stock. We're producing a smaller run we can sell all the way through.
modulusshift: @colfax @ponydude2143 We can supply enough funding to overcome those problems. We could set up a Kickstarter project to get funding from the brony community, which would supply the initial investments. If we don't get enough from that, then we cancel the deal and do it your way.
modulusshift's status on Thursday, 29-Dec-11 21:52:05 UTC
@colfax @ponydude2143 We can supply enough funding to overcome those problems. We could set up a Kickstarter project to get funding from the brony community, which would supply the initial investments. If we don't get enough from that, then we cancel the deal and do it your way.