Mock-up "CD Case" for the Aether! Created by our talented artist, The5.
Hey guys! If anyone wants to come discuss the Aether mod, you can come over to the IRC channel #aethermod on esper.net. Come chat with the dev's and other Aether-lovers!
If you do not have an IRC client here is how to join the channel with your web browser:
1. Go to http://www.esper.net.
2. Click on "Chat now!" in the top right hand corner. This will go to another page with an input box which has "#" inside it.
3. Inside the input box, type in #aethermod and press connect.
4. The mibbit client will then request for your username, type it in.
5. Have fun chatting!
See you there!
Enjoy and stay tuned!
This mod has literally taken 4-5 months of SOLID development to come to fruition, and we have wasted thousands of hours of our free time to complete this mod. A good way of saying thank you to the developers is to not only download the mod and support the project, but donating a bit of spare money really helps motivate us. Like I said, this project has been developed for an insanely long time, the donations would be VERY much appreciated for our hard work. Thanks!
Hello everyone!
Sorry for the delay in the patch; the team has been very busy wrapping things up with the new mod version, and of course some of us have to attend to real life. However, we have finally finished the patch, and it is now available for download! Not only have we fixed a huge amount of bugs, but we've also added new features, tweaks and balance changes to freshen up your Aether experience. We've worked very hard on the patch, and so we hope you enjoy what it has to offer.
If you have yet to see the change list for Patch 1.02 of the Aether, you can see it below:
Sorry for the delay in the patch; the team has been very busy wrapping things up with the new mod version, and of course some of us have to attend to real life. However, we have finally finished the patch, and it is now available for download! Not only have we fixed a huge amount of bugs, but we've also added new features, tweaks and balance changes to freshen up your Aether experience. We've worked very hard on the patch, and so we hope you enjoy what it has to offer.
If you have yet to see the change list for Patch 1.02 of the Aether, you can see it below:
Tweaks:
- Dungeon Rewards are now hidden in TooManyItems by default. However, if people would like to spawn them for any reason, you can now disable the hiding code for the rewards by changing "TMIhidden = true" to "TMIhidden = false" in mod_Aether.cfg file. This file can be found in your /.minecraft/config/ folder. DO NOT change "#TMIhidden (boolean:true)" as this will not actually affect the config file, and immediately resets upon opening Minecraft. Instead, change "TMIhidden = true".
- Completely restructured Sound files for the Aether.
- When riding a saddled Moa, a "Jump Meter" will now appear above your Armour defense. This Jump Meter will show you the amount of mid-air jumps your Moa can perform, and also how many are left before it can no longer jump. Thanks to Penumber for the idea.
- Saddled Moas no longer wander around. They stay on the spot when you are not mounted on them.
- Ambrosium Shards now only heal "half a heart". We felt that Ambrosium was too powerful for such a common ore, thus the decision to decrease it's healing powers.
- Gravitite Ore is now much more common.
- Zanite Ore is now slightly less common.
- You can now press "B" on your keyboard to gain a Book of Lore for free. You will gain one according to the dimension you are in (for example, if you are in the Aether dimension you will gain a Book of Lore: Volume 3).
- Placing Lava in the Aether now freezes it into Aerogel.
- Books of Lore no longer appear in Dungeon chests.
- Aerogel no longer appears in Dungeon chests.
- Carved Stone no longer appears in Dungeon chests.
- Lightning Knives no longer appear in Dungeon chests in stacks higher than 16. This is so stacking is no longer screwed up (as the max stack for Lightning Knives is 16).
- When first entering the Aether in Minecraft, you will now gain a Cloud Parachute for free.
- If you hit the Bronze Boss with something other than a Pickaxe, it will now show a message which says "Hmm. Perhaps I should attack this beast with a Pickaxe?" so that new people understand they cannot attack it with other weapons.
- Enchanted Gravitite texture now changed, so as to save Sprite ID's.
- The time taken for Baby Moas to digest their Aechor Petals has now been decreased.
- Life Shards now have a new sprite, to make them look more like "Shards" rather than heart containers.
- Blue Aerclouds have a slightly new colour. It uses a more cyan-like colour now.
Bug Fixes:
- Spawning issues have finally been fixed (Zephyrs and Aerwhales are now less common, and Aechor Plants more common. There are more adjustments, but too many to list).
- Cockatrices and Zephyrs now despawn when on Peaceful mode.
- Aerwhales and Zephyrs now despawn when stuck.
- Fixed the Glowstone Dust description in the Book of Lore: Volume 2.
- Fixed the Glowstone block description in the Book of Lore: Volume 2.
- Fixed the descriptions of some Obsidian items in the Book of Lore: Volume 3.
- Enchanting Golden Darts and Buckets of Poison now works as intended.
- Golden Swets now work correctly.
- Baby Moa's no longer lay eggs.
- You can now configure the spawn rate of Aether mobs in mod_Aether.cfg (/.minecraft/config/). 0 = no longer spawn.
- Aerwhales which were previously set on fire should no longer be in flames. They are also now immune to fire.
- Swets, Aerwhales and Zephyrs now despawn correctly, previously they would not despawn and prevent spawning of other creatures.
- Fixed a bug where Blue and Gold clouds were not generating into the world naturally. Newly explored areas or new Aether worlds will now generate with Blue and Gold clouds.
- Saddled Moas no longer despawn.
- From now on, beds which are placed in the Aether will not explode, and can be slept in as usual. Beds which have been placed prior to Patch V1.02 will still explode. To fix this, just recollect the bed and place it again.
- Bonemeal can now grow Skyroot saplings and Golden Oak saplings. You can also use it on Aether Grass to grow a group of White and Purple flowers.
- You can no longer move the Bronze Boss with the Hammer of Notch projectile.
- Fixed a bug where the initiating a fight with the Gold Boss would cause massive lag spikes.
- Fixed a bug where Black Moa's would only be able to perform 6 mid-air jumps instead of the intended 8 mid-air jumps.
- The Cloud Sentries which are spawned from the Cloud Staff dungeon reward no longer make human "hurt" sounds when damaged.
- Fixed an audio-related issue with Moas and Flying Pigs, where they would build up "step sounds" while flying, and would play them all at once when landing on the ground.
- Fixed a bug where Silver Dungeons were rarer than Gold Dungeons.
- Many more small bugs have been fixed, but there were too many for me to remember them or list them. I can assure you that the above fixes were the biggest.
Additions:
- Added 3 new in-game soundtracks, all exclusive to the Aether. Thanks to our new composer, Emile, for creating these wonderful pieces! You can hear them in-game, just like any other Minecraft music.
- Unique "Victory" tunes have been added when defeating Bronze and Silver bosses.
- A small "Achievement" tune has been added when completing an Aether achievement.
- When initiating in a fight with a boss, a Health Bar will now appear on the top centre of your screen. The Boss will also have a randomly generated name. For example: "GeneratedName, the Valkyrie Queen".
- Added a new "Flying Cow" mob. While they are nothing too special, they do drop leather when killed. These creatures can be saddled and flown around.
- Added a new "Aerbunny" mob. These creatures are friendly, and will hop around the Aether peacefully. Aerbunnies drop string when killed. This means, with the combined additions of the Aerbunny and Flying Cow, you can now craft Saddles in the Aether without returning to the surface world.
- Added a new "Whirlwind" mob. These hostile entities will throw you into the air when you get too close.
- Added a new "Quicksoil Glass" block. Not only can it be used for building materials, but it also gives off a dim amount of light (and of course, speeds up mobs movement speed while in contact with them). They can be gained by enchanting Quicksoil.
- Added a new "Zanite Block". This is a purely aesthetic block, for the purpose of storage and building materials. It can be crafted with 4 Zanite Gemstones. You can also craft the Zanite Block back into 4 Zanite Gemstones if you would like to regain them.
- Added a new "White Flower" block. These are commonly generated flowers in the Aether. At the moment they are purely aesthetic, but will have crafting purposes in the future.
- Added a new "Purple Flower" block. These are slightly rarer than White Flowers, and can be crafted into 2 Purple Dye items.
- Added a new "Freezer" block. This new block was suggested by one of our fans on the Mantis bug/idea tracker. We thought it was a neat enough idea to implement. Basically, it works very similarly to the furnace in design. However, it uses Icestone as a fuel, and can be used to freeze various different items. For example: you can freeze water from water buckets into Ice blocks, or freeze Cold Aerclouds into Blue Aerclouds. Although there aren't many freezable items and blocks at this stage, the Freezer's use will be hugely expanded in future patches.
- Added a new "Ice Ring and Ice Pendant". When worn, these accessories will freeze all water and lava around the player. They slowly degrade while worn, so they do not last forever. These accessories can be obtained by freezing Gold or Iron accessories with the new Freezer block. You CANNOT freeze Zanite accessories into Ice accessories, only Gold and Iron.
- Added a new "Healing Stone" item. Heals 2 hearts of health, and is stackable. These items can be obtained by enchanting Holystone blocks with your Enchanter. This was implemented to balance out the issues with overpowered Ambrosium Shards.
- Added four new craftable capes: "White, Blue, Red and Yellow". These capes can be crafted with their respective wool colour. Blue Capes can be crafted with any type of blue wool. These capes are purely aesthetic.
- Added four new Dungeon Rewards. One of them is a Bronze Dungeon reward, and the other three are Silver Dungeon rewards.
- Added a completely new "Main Menu" which is interchangable in-game and with the mod_Aether.cfg file. This menu, by default, has an "Aether Theme", with Aether-styled buttons and logos. It will also preview the last point you were located at in your previously played world. All progress made in the menu (time of day, etc) is not actually saved, so when you re-enter the world it will still be at the last point you played. This menu is highly configurable, though, and has a few neat features. We've added three new buttons on the top right hand corner of the screen: "Q" for Quick Load, "T" for Toggle Theme, and "W" for Toggle World. The Quick Load feature allows you to instantly jump into the world that the menu is currently previewing, without ANY loading times. The Toggle Theme feature allows you to switch between the "Classic" style of buttons and logos (which includes the Minecraft logo, etc), or the "Aether" style of buttons and logos. The Toggle World feature allows you to turn world previewing on or off. While world previewing is off, it will display a menu very similar in structure to the normal menu in Minecraft, but you still have the option to use the "Aether" styled buttons and logos with the Toggle Theme feature. However, the only way to use a particular menu by default, you have to configure the menu with mod_Aether.cfg, which can be found in /.minecraft/config/. By default, "aetherMenu = true" means that Minecraft will always load with the Aether styled buttons and logo. If you change that to "aetherMenu = false", your game will always load with Minecraft styled buttons and logos. Additionally, the default "worldMenu = true" means that your game will always preview your previously played world on start up. However, if you change that to "worldMenu = false", your game will always start up with the classic Minecraft menu in normal Minecraft.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
The Aether NO LONGER WORKS WITH SINGLE PLAYER COMMANDS. It uses an API called Player API, which basically allows several mods to edit the Entity Player. However, Single Player Commands has not used this new API yet, so you cannot run the two mods at the same time or else it will CRASH. I expect a patch/quick fix will be up shortly!
ADDITIONALLY: The Aether DOES NOT WORK with ShockAhPI r5 and r6, since it directly overwrites Player API (similarly to SPC). However, we have created a new version of ShockAhPI which utilizes Player API. Even though Shockah is currently on holidays, he has given us permission to distribute this version of the API with adf.ly (as he is one of the Aether team members). The new download link for this fixed version will be below. IF YOU HAVE V1.01 CURRENTLY IN YOUR JAR FILE, YOU MUST USE A FRESH JAR OTHERWISE IT WILL CRASH. THE PATCH DOES NOT WORK WHEN SIMPLY PASTING OVER V1.01.
There is also one known bug with the current menu: it seems that, because of the way we load the menu music, it has a 2-4 second stall upon opening Minecraft. It's not a huge delay, but sometimes it may be confused with a blackscreen. It actually isn't, you just need to wait a few seconds for the menu to do its thing.
We've been working quite hard on this patch, and would appreciate any donations from our fans. Anything helps; it's the thought that counts!
The Aether NO LONGER WORKS WITH SINGLE PLAYER COMMANDS. It uses an API called Player API, which basically allows several mods to edit the Entity Player. However, Single Player Commands has not used this new API yet, so you cannot run the two mods at the same time or else it will CRASH. I expect a patch/quick fix will be up shortly!
ADDITIONALLY: The Aether DOES NOT WORK with ShockAhPI r5 and r6, since it directly overwrites Player API (similarly to SPC). However, we have created a new version of ShockAhPI which utilizes Player API. Even though Shockah is currently on holidays, he has given us permission to distribute this version of the API with adf.ly (as he is one of the Aether team members). The new download link for this fixed version will be below. IF YOU HAVE V1.01 CURRENTLY IN YOUR JAR FILE, YOU MUST USE A FRESH JAR OTHERWISE IT WILL CRASH. THE PATCH DOES NOT WORK WHEN SIMPLY PASTING OVER V1.01.
There is also one known bug with the current menu: it seems that, because of the way we load the menu music, it has a 2-4 second stall upon opening Minecraft. It's not a huge delay, but sometimes it may be confused with a blackscreen. It actually isn't, you just need to wait a few seconds for the menu to do its thing.
We've been working quite hard on this patch, and would appreciate any donations from our fans. Anything helps; it's the thought that counts!
The Aether mod V1.02 requires ModLoader, AudioMod, PlayerAPI, and ShockAhPI r5.1.
New SinglePlayerCommands Patch out!
To use SPC with the Aether mod V1.02, first install SPC then use this patch by meiska_:
Enjoy!
Stay Tuned
New SinglePlayerCommands Patch out!
To use SPC with the Aether mod V1.02, first install SPC then use this patch by meiska_:
Enjoy!
Stay Tuned
HOW TO INSTALL VIDEO - STEP BY STEP (V1.01, these videos are outdated!):
Thanks to DirtyMoDz7s for the video!
Thanks to RZGamez for the video!
Thanks to DirtyMoDz7s for the video!
Thanks to RZGamez for the video!
It's finally here...
One of the biggest projects in Minecraft Modding history is now completed. Five very well-known and talented modders (Kingbdogz, Kodaichi, Shockah, Flan and 303) have joined forces to develop the Aether, a celestial realm found in outer limits of the atmosphere. The Aether is what you could call the "antipole" of the Nether. The Nether is a network of desolate, fiery caverns filled with bloodstained Cobblestone and sticky Soulsand; it lies beneath the very soil of our Minecraft world. The Aether, on the other hand, is a collection of floating plains and islands, all connected together to create a breathtaking dimension of the skies. Even during the night, the Aether is still quite peaceful, and a normal day in the Aether is the equivalent of three days on the surface.
Aerwhales, the gentle giants of the Aether, can be found floating in the horizon, munching on Golden Oaks and strips of Blue Aerclouds as the sun climbs higher in the sky. When the sun falls, Cockatrices crawl away from their well-hidden nests, ready to attack. Peaceful as they may seem, these deadly birds shoot poisonous needles at you when provoked. They are one of the few hostile mobs in the Aether.
The Aether isn't always fun and games though; elaborate dungeons are protected by powerful Guardians and sleeping sentries which await watchfully. They can be found in the sides of massive floating islands, containing locked loot chests with otherwise unobtainable singular items and blocks worth the effort of slaying their key bearing protectors.
Dungeons have three levels of difficulty. Bronze, Silver and Gold; Bronze being the easiest, and Gold being the hardest. This means that the Bronze Dungeon will be easier to handle, but the Dungeon will only yield "good" items. Silver Dungeons are slightly harder, and reward you with much better unique items. Gold Dungeons are extremely hard, but you will be rewarded with incredibly powerful items. These unique rewards CANNOT be obtained any other way.
Moas, peaceful and majestic giant birds, populate the Aether in three different colours: Blue, White and Black. Wild Moas cannot be tamed, but they do occasionally drop eggs of their respective colour. These eggs can be incubated with the Incubator block (using Ambrosium Torches). Once incubated, they can be fed with the Aechor Petals of Aechor Plants. They require 8 petals in total to grow, but are not always hungry and will occasionally refuse your offer (which can be done by right clicking them with the Aechor Petal). When grown, you have now completely tamed the Moa, and a saddle can be placed on their backs to ride. Blue Moas can perform 3 mid-air jumps, White Moas can perform 4 mid-air jumps, and Black Moas can perform 8 mid-air jumps.
Flying Pigs can also be found wandering around the Aether, and occasionally flying freely through the air. These creatures can be saddled with a Saddle, and flown around without having to deal with a taming process. This allows players to quickly hop into the action. However, Flying Pigs can only jump once, and do not have the privilege of mid-air jumps like the powerful flying Moas.
The Portal to the Aether is made out of a Glowstone Frame, and can be activated with a Bucket of Water!
New Accessory System:
We've implemented an entirely new "Accessories System" for the mod. This will include 8 entirely new slots to customize your character. Items such as Pendants, Rings, Gloves, Capes and even special Shields can be worn. Various "Miscellaneous Accessories" can also be worn in the two blank slots.
Above is an example of Accessory items being worn.
Pendants
Description: Pendants can be worn on your character with the new Accessory System. They are worn over the top of the players skin, so when Armour is worn it will be hidden. Gold and Iron Pendants are simply decorative accessories, but Zanite Pendants will increase your mining speed when worn. Zanite accessories slowly degrade when worn, and the more damage it takes, the faster your mining speed with increase. Zanite accessories also slightly increase your armour.
Rings
Description: Rings can be worn on your character with the new Accessory System. Gold and Iron Rings are simply decorative accessories, but Zanite Rings (like the Pendants) will increase your mining speed when worn.
Capes
Description: Capes can be worn on your character with the new Accessory System. They are worn on your back and can be seen very clearly when in third person mode. Normal "Swet Capes" (image above) are simply decorative, but one particular Dungeon Reward (which is a cape) has a very useful ability.
Gloves
Description: Gloves can be worn on your character with the new Accessory System. They are worn on your hands and can also be seen in first-person view. These provide extra protection for the player, and with some special armour sets, are required to activate the "Set Ability".
New Blocks:
Aether Dirt
Description: Aether dirt is the basic dirt in the Aether, and will grow into Aether Grass when exposed to sun light. It is much easier to mine than normal dirt found on the surface.
Skyroot Logs
Description: Skyroot Logs are the main base of Skyroot Trees. They provide the basic essential for your Aether adventures, and can be crafted into four Skyroot Planks.
Skyroot Leaves
Description: Skyroot Leaves are the "Leaf" blocks of Skyroot Trees. On chance, they will drop a Skyroot Sapling to replant.
Golden Oak Logs
Description: Golden Oak Logs make up the base of Golden Oak trees. They are embedded with Golden Amber, which can be used to craft very powerful Golden Darts.
Golden Oak Leaves
Description: Golden Oak Leaves are the "Leaf" blocks of Golden Oak trees. They occasionally drop Golden Oak Saplings and Golden Apples.
Skyroot Sapling
Description: Skyroot Saplings allow you to replant Skyroot Trees.
Golden Oak Sapling
Description: Golden Oak Saplings are occasionally dropped from Golden Oak Leaves. They can be replanted into Aether Dirt to regrow a Golden Oak tree.
Skyroot Planks
Description: Skyroot Planks can be crafted from Skyroot Logs. They can be used to craft Skyroot Sticks and from there, Skyroot Tools.
Holystone
Description: Holystone is the common stone block in the Aether, and can be used to craft Holystone Tools.
Mossy Holystone
Description: Mossy Holystone is a rare Holystone block that can be found at the base of an Aether Dungeon entrance.
Cold Aercloud
Description: Cold Aercloud is a very common type of Aercloud found in the Aether. Long strips of them can be found in the formations of clouds. They have very strange properties; while sometimes they will prevent fall damage, other times they will not. Use them wisely, but be wary when falling from large heights. They can also be crafted into Cloud Parachutes.
Blue Aerclouds
Description: Blue Aerclouds are slightly rare than Cold Aerclouds, and bounce mobs when coming into contact.
Gold Aerclouds
Description: Gold Aerclouds are the rarest type of Aercloud. Alone they do not have any special properties from normal Cold Aerclouds, but they can be crafted into Golden Parachutes which have 20 uses rather than the normal 1.
Quicksoil
Description: Quicksoil can be found on the sides of islands. When mobs walk on it, their movement speed is increased. However, it takes a while to build up speed. These can be both a good block to abuse its speed, but also a dangerous block to come into contact with.
Icestone
Description: Icestone can be found in large chunks, usually on the sides of islands. One placement, they will freeze all water and lava sources around it.
Ambrosium Ore
Description: Ambrosium Ore is a common block found in the Aether. It drops Ambrosium Shards, which can be used for Torches, fueling Enchanters, and even healing.
Zanite Ore
Description: Zanite Ore is slightly rarer than Ambrosium Ore, and can be found on the sides of islands. Zanite Gemstones are dropped from these ore blocks, and can be used for a variety of recipes (including Zanite Tools and Zanite Armour).
Gravitite Ore - Enchanted Gravitite
Description: Gravitite Ore is the rarest ore-type in the Aether, and can be enchanted into "Enchanted Gravitite" blocks. Gravitite Ore, by default, will float up into the air. However, Enchanted Gravitite only floats up into the air when powered with redstone. Enchanted Gravitite is required to craft powerful Gravitite Tools and Armour.
Pillar
Description: A decorative Pillar block found on the outside of Silver Dungeons.
Pillar Top
Description: A decorative Pillar Top block found on the outside of Silver Dungeons.
Ambrosium Torch
Description: Ambrosium Torches are like regular torches, just crafted with Skyroot Sticks and Ambrosium Shards instead.
Enchanter
Description: Enchanters are a new type of tile entity which can be crafted. They require Holystone blocks and one Zanite Gemstone to craft. By default, it uses Ambrosium Shards as fuel, and can repair damaged tools or items; the more damaged the tool is, the more fuel it requires. It can also enchant a few existing items into more powerful versions.
Incubator
Description: Incubators are a new type of tile entity which can be crafted. They require Holystone blocks and one Ambrosium Torch. By default, it used Ambrosium Torches as fuel, and can incubate Moa Eggs into Baby Moas.
Locked Chest
Description: Locked Chests are found in Dungeons, and cannot be broken. To acquire their rare lot within, you must obtain a key from the Dungeon Boss.
Dungeon Stones
Description: Decorative blocks found within the Aether Dungeons.
Dungeon Lightstones
Description: Decorative blocks found within the Aether Dungeons which radiate a small amount of light.
Aerogel
Description: A slightly transparent block which is resistant to all explosions.
New Items:
Skyroot Stick
Description: Skyroot Sticks are used for several different crafting recipes. They are crafted with Skyroot Planks.
Ambrosium Shard
Description: Ambrosium Shards can be obtained from Ambrosium Ore blocks. Not only are they used for crafting torches and fueling Enchanters, they can be used as healing items as well.
Zanite Gemstone
Description: Zanite Gemstones are found from the Zanite Ore blocks. They can be used to craft a wide variety of items and blocks (including Enchanters, Zanite Toolsets, and Zanite Armour).
Cloud Parachutes - Golden Parachutes
Description: Clouds Parachutes are items which can be used to safely fall from the Aether. When you transition from the Aether to the Surface (upon falling) the Parachute will automatically activate and drift you down safely. These parachutes are a one use only, and can be manually activated as well. Golden Parachutes do the same, except have twenty uses.
Moa Eggs
Description: Moas, peaceful and majestic giant birds, populate the Aether in three different colours: Blue, White and Black. Wild Moas cannot be tamed, but they do occasionally drop eggs of their respective colour. These eggs can be incubated with the Incubator block (using Ambrosium Torches). Once incubated, they can be fed with the Aechor Petals of Aechor Plants. They require 8 petals in total to grow, but are not always hungry and will occasionally refuse your offer (which can be done by right clicking them with the Aechor Petal). When grown, you have now completely tamed the Moa, and a saddle can be placed on their backs to ride. Blue Moas can perform 3 mid-air jumps, White Moas can perform 4 mid-air jumps, and Black Moas can perform 8 mid-air jumps.
Golden Amber
Description: Golden Amber is used to craft Golden Darts, and can be obtained by harvesting logs from a Golden Oak tree.
Aechor Petal
Description: Aechor Petals can be obtained from poisonous, purple Aechor Plants, and are used to create Poison Dart Shooters and feed Baby Moas.
Dungeon Keys
Description: Dungeon Keys can be obtained by their respective Bosses. They are used to open the locked chest, which contains the Dungeon's rare loot.
Blue Music Disk
Description: Blue Music Disks can be obtained by enchanting a Green or Gold Music Disk. It will play a new song by author Noisestorm.
Darts
Description: Golden Darts can be crafted with Golden Amber, Skyroot Sticks, and Feathers. Additionally, you can enchant and poison these Golden Darts. Poison Darts are not affected by gravity, making it great for sniping down far-distance enemies.
Dart Shooters
Description: Dart Shooters can be crafted with Skyroot Planks and a Zanite Gemstone. They can also be enchanted to shoot Enchanted Darts, and combined with an Aechor Petal to shoot Poison Darts.
Skyroot Toolset
Description: The Skyroot Toolset is the weakest Toolset in the Aether. However, it has one of the best side-abilities, which is to gain double-drops from the blocks they mine and the enemies they kill. The double-drops cannot be abused though, as the Toolset will only return double drops from Generated blocks that have already existed in the world. You cannot place a dirt block and then mine it to get double drops, as it is NOT a generated block, it is placed by the player.
Holystone Toolset
Description: The Holystone toolset is slightly more powerful than the Skyroot Toolset in terms of strength, and occasionally drops an extra Ambrosium Shard upon mining a block or attacking a mob.
Zanite Toolset
Description: The Zanite Toolset is the second most powerful toolset, and has the side-ability of getting stronger the more you use it.
Gravitite Toolset
Description: The Gravitite Toolset is the strongest toolset. Normal harvesting tools can right click their respective blocks to make them float up, while the Gravitite Sword can launch mobs in the air when attacking.
Skyroot Buckets
Description: Skyroot Buckets can be crafted with three Skyroot Planks. They can collect Milk and Water, but not Lava. They can also collect poison from Aechor Plants, and those Poison Buckets can be enchanted into Remedy Buckets to heal your poison side-effects.
Lore Books
Description: Lore Books can be used to reveal more information about an item or block. Just right click while you have one in hand, and place an item or block in the slot. There are three volumes: One for the Surface, Nether and Aether. The Aether volume can be obtained when you first join the Aether. The rest can be obtained in Dungeon chests.
Victory Medal
Description: Victory Medals are items which can be obtained by defeating Valkyries, protectors of the Silver Dungeon. They are used to prove your skills in fighting to the Silver boss.
Zanite Armour
Description: Zanite Armour has the strength of Iron, but gets stronger the more it is damaged.
Gravitite Armour
Description: Gravitite Armour, when fully worn (with Gloves as well), will give you very high jumps. It will also prevent all fall damage. It are as strong as Diamond Armour.
Dungeons:
Dungeon Rewards
Description: Above are all the Dungeon Rewards you can get. For the sake of surprise, I will not name or describe any of the rewards, so that you can get the best experience possible when looting Dungeons. You will get better rewards depending on what type of Dungeon you conquer. The blocks which make up a dungeon cannot be mined until the boss within is defeated.
Bronze Dungeon
Description: Bronze Dungeons are the easiest of the Dungeons to defeat, but are still challenging and yield very powerful rewards. The Boss within cannot be harmed with swords or projectiles, but instead requires a PICKAXE to defeat.
Silver Dungeon
Description: Silver Dungeons are slightly harder than the Bronze Dungeon, and contain slightly more powerful rewards. These Dungeons are found in the skies as great temples, and are guarded by the humble natives of the Aether; the Valkyries. They will not fight you unless provoked, and honor a fair fight. Beware: not every chest is as it seems.
Gold Dungeon
Description: Gold Dungeons are the hardest Dungeons to defeat, and contain the most powerful rewards and items in the mod. Unlike other Dungeons, the Gold Dungeon does not have any defenders leading up to the Boss; the Boss greets you as soon as you enter the Dungeon. This Dungeon can be found in giant floating mountains with a collection of Golden Oaks on the mountain's top. This Boss in particular cannot be harmed with any item in the game; you must figure out a way to defeat it once you confront it.
Example Recipes:
Skyroot Planks
Skyroot Sticks
Cloud Parachute
Golden Parachute
Ambrosium Torch
Saddle
Enchanter
Incubator
Dart Shooter
Poison Dart Shooter
Golden Dart
Poison Dart
Gloves
Gravitite Pickaxe
Gravitite Shovel
Gravitite Axe
Gravitite Sword
Enchanting - Blue Music Disk
Enchanting - Repairing Damaged Tools
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I just see this as a headphones commercial.
Pon3s by Vinyl Scratch: The world moves to your beat.
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http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6011/cycle-with-wings-as-eagles
My fic's first act is done. Finally. Been damn long enough.
Good question! But a bit off-topic so Imma spoiler.
When you state an opinion you are opening it to discussion. A person may ask why you have this opinion. In some cases, person 2 may feel you have a valid point even when they disagree. In others, the person may still think your opinion is somewhat unfounded, and see if they can find any deeper reasons. (Or just want to argue.)
In this case I challenged it because Dihn was making the entire thing look like an absolute disaster and putting someone off without them trying it. Opinions are fine, but I felt it had to be defended from an exaggerated claim.
BUT! PICS!
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Eh, sure. If you want to focus on billboards and faded graffiti instead of the foreground, sure you can make that argument. But why?
Sure, that's a valid opinion, though a matter of taste I see where you are coming from. Although that whole discussion was slightly off-topic.
They also had a humongous story, not a 25 minute student project.
Again, doing something for funsies is not bad. Sure the episode could have gone a different route easily, but why? I understand if you just flat out don't like it. In that case this isn't for you. You don't like it, sure. I'd be hard pressed to defend you calling it "sloppy." But sure.
Remind me, how did this support your case for it being "Saturated with references" that break the storyflow? So far you've come up with three solid examples.
Repped for this line.
Okay, I'm confused. Why is there a big deal over a japanese dub?
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Non obtrusive references are not the hand of the devil. (Hi, background ponies! Lets look for Derpy for funsies!) And only that one of those are mildly distracting. Actually... that pinball thing isn't even a reference. It's something that would easily fit in the show. So there are a few bilboards here and there. Meanwhile, you have the actual foreground events and humor.
And I think you are blowing up Pinkie's role. It's a joke about how Pinkie ALREADY breaks the fourth wall in ways ten thousand times more "in your face" than breaking a multiverse. I have yet to see anyone complain about "Over a Barrel" where Pinkie LITERALLY gets in your face and objects to a joke.
"Jarring?" It's unexpected, but it's not completely removing you. And all crossovers could be defined as "for the sake of it." And to develop it would be pointless. Rainbow would be the girls' pet and we would have a PPG show with a fourth wheel. Fun. This is a random stupid crossover for the sake of a random stupid crossover, and that's fine for some cheap comedy . That's like asking your cute puppy to write an essay on geothermal reactions and their effect on the immediate enviroment. It's a cute puppy, and a cute puppy is its own reward.
I don't know what you are talking about saying "it's jarring." It's the PPG acting as they would with a talking flying horse. And it's how RD with three maniacs chasing her. If you don't like it... fine? I guess your opinion can be your opinion. But "jarring"? Elaborate.
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1. The Scoots joke. I kinda chuckled for the sheer "Lets make every single Scootaloo joke at the same time!" (Orphan, can't fly, chicken.) There's a point where it becomes stupid enough to be funny for me.
2 and 3. These two were annoying, and the trollface made me groan, but I forgave it for... everything else. The physical humor, the simplistic yet funny story.
4. Yes. What's wrong with that? Saying there's something wrong with that is like saying that...
Well...
MLP sucks because it's a girly pony show. No, it isn't like that. It's exactly like that. The other things put behind the idea are what make it, questionable basis or not! Book-by-its-cover type thing,
5. That's RD looking at what just happened through her eyes. They beat up the monster when it had surrendered (They may not have known or assumed it was a trick) and it was an awful thing to RD.
Also, I never watched much of PPG, but what I have seen is rather violent still.
Now, if you didn't like the simple idea or the physical comedy that's another story and it may be harder to forgive the faults, but you can't make it seem like the entire work is a mess of references and stupidity. You gave TWO (Or three if you didn't really enjoy the scoots joke) actual examples of what you were calling it out on. That is NOT "saturated."
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There were TWO blatant things that threw me out. I have NO idea what you are talking about. References annoy me too but if they aren't straight up blatant I couldn't give a damn. There are hidden gags such as a little picture, and there's what you are making it out to be. Almost all the humor is original and funny, and the annoying references could only be as plentiful and annoying as you make them out to be if you were actively looking and fuming over them. I can only think of two instances of gags that went on too long, and they still were somewhat chuckle-worthy!
Dash is a fan favorite because of her tomboyish personality that is "oh so original." (And I LIKE RD) So because of her popularity, it makes sense that people would make things about their favorite characters over others.
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After rewatching that scene (19:20) about five times comparing the original, I realized: no, it just look 99.9999% like the clip just sped up a little. I was able to put my mind at ease because the tail flapped slightly higher. Sorry about that. 6_9 genine case of not noticing the absolutely inane difference.
(Yet there is an obvious art style shift in there
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Story: Well paced, better than any FiM episode, and from such a simple and interesting idea! I was having fun! It was slow, but not TOO slow for my tastes.
Characters: Twi was oh so slightly OOC, but only enough to bother a meanie stickler like myself. Everyone else was great and true to character. And they get details really down.
Humor: Aaaand, it was HILARIOUS. The physical humor, specifically. The verbal jokes were great too, but the physical humor was getting me to laugh... when it wasn't ripping jokes straight from FiM. References are rarely funny to me, and straight up COPYING is inexcuseable.
Moral: Oooh, this was doing so well, too. Then the moral came. It wasn't "pay attention to your friends," it was "stealing is bad." ... I'll have to tackle morals some day, suffice to say this is a lazy moral.
Visuals: Okay, forget the "too much movement" animation issues and obvios problems when presented with something new. THEY FRICKING STOLE FOOTAGE STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOW. I'm NOT fine with being shown a LAZY sonic rainboom clip WHEN YOU ALREADY SHOWED YOU CAN MAKE ONE. And the WORST part is that they did it AFTER the art style change SO YOU CAN TELL. That completely knocked me out of it, because THAT is just LAZY.
Otherwise, eh.
Other: They got okay voices. Twilight's was a bit off.
Final thoughts: Outside that ONE thing that annoys me to no end, this is an extremely solid episode! Great simple story (not complex, no need to be), great humor! And that's what I came in expecting. I'll take that!
Score: 7.5/10 (Great!)
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It would be interesting to have a cloud layer you can walk on and/or destroy. But it would need to be moving, even if only slowly.
Happy bronyversary... that sounded so very wrong.
And congrats on not watching S3. You didn't miss a whole lot.
Just make sure you know what the show itself says. Make sure you know everything in there and then try your hand. Just write, and don't worry if it's bad. Just take criticism in stride if it is and learn from it. The only way to actally learn how to write is to write, and in fanfiction you have a interested audience of readers and critics.
... welp. I don't want to insert myself in any other of these conversations.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Ohai.[/background]
[background=transparent]… Celestia no.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Relax, I'm not going to be pulling out that crappy MST series you're making.[/background]
[background=transparent]*Phew*[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] I'm pulling out that crappy Death Battle knockoff you made.[/background]
[background=transparent]… I'm thinking of a song from 2010. “I see ya rollin' round town with the girl I love, and I'm like-”[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You don't want to finish that in it's original form do you?[/background]
[background=transparent]Oh, you bet your idiot badge I do.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Whatever, Can we stop stalling and get to it? This text format takes up a lot of space.[/background]
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[background=transparent]Okay, I'll explain. A tiny while back, I read a battle between the mane six... It had Fluttershy randomly become mean and snap Rarity's neck... Yeah. There were some pretty egregious errors. So I wrote this up because I’m a bit of a fan of “who would win in a fight” stuff.[/background]
[background=transparent]It's somewhere around 5500 words (1000 don't really matter,) so grab some popcorn. I'm doing a[/background][background=transparent] MANE SIX BATTLE ROYALE... BECAUSE NO ONE CARES AND I'M BORED.[/background]
[background=transparent]Warning: uses chat format, because most of this stuff doesn't really work in regular writing,[/background]
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[background=transparent]Rules:[/background]
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[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] First some ground rules... hey wait you changed my text.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Yeah, it'd just get confusing otherwise. For those of you who don’t know. I’m her “intelligence” and SSky is... well my fangirl side.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Nobody cares. They’re here for the rules, so let's keep it simple:[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair[/background][background=transparent]: The playing field is a [/background][background=transparent]flat[/background][background=transparent], [/background][background=transparent]open[/background][background=transparent] area with a few [/background][background=transparent]clouds[/background][background=transparent].[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Each competitor can bring [/background][background=transparent]anything[/background][background=transparent] they use frequently or have instant access to at all times.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] To be able to win, you have to be able to survive [/background][background=transparent]all[/background][background=transparent] injuries you have sustained.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] No matter how outlandish, [/background][background=transparent]the show is authority[/background][background=transparent]. If the show shows something, it's good. If it contradicts itself, the weaker option will be taken. If there is a very reasonable and universally agreed-on explanation for something, that will be used. But grounds for death will still be semi-reasonable.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] We will analyze the fun stuff—their abilities—taking any useable skill they have. We will just be tallying them, not necessarily using every single one.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Even if said skill isn't battle-ready, it can be MADE to be a weapon.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] We will then analyze each character's[/background][background=transparent] Strength, Speed, Stamina, Smarts, Survival, and Stability.[/background][background=transparent] The 6 S'es. … oh jeez.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] What?[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] There are twenty-six letters in the alphabet. USE THEM.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky: [/background][background=transparent]Am I no longer allowed to have a favorite letter?[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Sunny, this used to be cute. Now it’s an obsession.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Whatever, enough with the chitchat. Let's analyze our contenders![/background]
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[background=transparent]TWILIGHT[/background][background=transparent]:[/background]
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[background=transparent]Species: Unicorn[/background]
[background=transparent]Height: 4'0”[/background]
[background=transparent]Age: Who the heck knows.[/background]
[background=transparent]Occupation: Magic student to the sun goddess.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky[/background][background=transparent]: Taught by Princess Celestia herself, Twilight is no slouch when it comes to studying.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Taking her meds on the other hand...[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Quiet. This is a pony thread so there is really no need to go over her backstory, but her physical traits are quite astounding.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Twilight is very skilled in[/background][background=transparent] Telekinesis[/background][background=transparent]: the calling card of unicorns. She's been able to grab an entire DAM as it fell apart and piece it back together. Damn, talk about the boy and the ****.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Twilight also has a long-ranged and mostly inaccurate spell I call the[/background][background=transparent] Magic Missile:[/background][background=transparent] a flying club of unconsciousness. Want to know how powerful it is? I ran the numbers.
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[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Geek.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] That's a powerful punch, but in the show it does nothing but knock out a changeling. It's not immediately deadly, but unconsciousness isn't shabby.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Twilight has the ability to[/background][background=transparent] Copy[/background][background=transparent] any and all magic she has even just seen ONCE. But.. there's a snag. She already knows all the magic her unicorn friend Rarity uses. Pfft forget that.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Sadly, Twilight has no physical shield spell because lazy writing made that only performable by her brother and later his wife... for some reason.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jay!Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Wait... you can get powers through SEX?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] N- no...[/background]
[background=transparent]Jay!Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You just said it already! Hah! I'm gonna go bang a magician after this. Yeah baby. Make my manhood disappear into you.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Err... anyway, she DOES have a spell that can[/background][background=transparent] Annul Magic.[/background][background=transparent] Any magic-based attacks are useless against her if she can pop this. It's a magic shield, but not a regular shield.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jay!Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Hey! If I bang you, do I get pretentiousness powers?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] SHUT UP. (And ewww, we're the same person.) I wish I could just[/background][background=transparent] Teleport[/background][background=transparent] away from you like Twilight can![/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] ... Smooth. Sparkle has two flight spells:[/background][background=transparent] Reverse Gravity[/background][background=transparent] and[/background][background=transparent] Gossamer Wings[/background][background=transparent] The first one sends her and anyone touching her... well... into the air with gravity reversed. She can turn on a dime, too.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] The latter gives her frail gossamer wings.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Wait, this last episode shows her with normal pegas-[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] PUT THAT DOWN. SHE ONLY HAS THE GOSSAMER THING. *Ahem.* The issue is that it takes FOREVER to cast and Twilight is rendered helpless. Not to mention those things are frail as a fandom's nerves.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Self-burn, nice. She can also[/background][background=transparent] Conjure[/background][background=transparent] stuff like doors, or[/background][background=transparent] Transmute[/background][background=transparent] anything into anything else. The problem with that last one? It takes a while to charge and can easily misfire.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Good thing, too, because that thing is theoretically DEADLY. I don't think liquid can croak, unless you're using “croak” metaphorically.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] She can also[/background][background=transparent] Animate Objects[/background][background=transparent]. Erm... I'm not really sure what extent this goes to. I guess it behaves like it would if it were alive/motorized or something, it isn't Discord's spell. But you know what? All this PALES in comparison to the[/background][background=transparent] Want-It-Need-It spell[/background][background=transparent].[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Whatever she casts it on will become irresistible. Everypony's attention will go to it, and never leave.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] That certainly won’t come in handy.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Let's get to her stats. In[/background][background=transparent] Strength[/background][background=transparent] Twilight has the ability to carry a boulder three times her size, and unicorns are the WEAKEST race, and she's a poster child FOR out-of-shape.[/background][background=transparent] YEAH.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair: Speed[/background][background=transparent]-wise, she's apparently a MADMARE when it comes to sprinting, going from third-to-last to close enough for an honorable mention when she was WAY behind.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] But her[/background][background=transparent] Stamina[/background][background=transparent]... is pretty damn good considering she brought hat boulder from Canterlot to Ponyville.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] But remember, Twilight is out-of-shape by any logical... logic. All HER physical stats apply HEAVIER to her friends. Except... Twilight is[/background][background=transparent] SMART[/background][background=transparent] as hell. She misses the obvious, but she knows her friends and anything a book can teach you inside and out. The thing is... books CAN teach you about battle.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] And—being a pony in a cartoon world—she can[/background][background=transparent] Survive[/background][background=transparent] A LOT. What does it take to seriously injure her? Falling down a long flight of stairs. Something that would... kill us. But... she survives many MANY heavy things crashing onto her directly afterwards. This is inconsistent, so we have to defer to the weaker of the two.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] But is she[/background][background=transparent] Stable[/background][background=transparent]?[/background]
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[background=transparent]Both:[/background][background=transparent] HA HA HA HA HA HA HA no.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] HELL no, her OCD will drive her absolutely MAD VERY quickly. Something ain't right? SuckeREEEEW logic![/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Let's talk her personality. Twilight is NOT a friends person, and it really doesn't take a whole lot for that to show. In “Return of Harmony” Twilight is the only pony to be brought to her knees HERSELF, and gets violent even BEFORE that.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] And if Psycho Twi comes out, she could easily get pushed over the edge if it festers long enough.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] What do you think her chances are?[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] I wouldn't bet against her.[/background]
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[background=transparent]RAINBOW:[/background]
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[background=transparent]Species: Pegasus[/background]
[background=transparent]Honors: Best young flier, Wonderbolts prospect[/background]
[background=transparent]Best friend: Yellow two-tailed pegasus.[/background]
[background=transparent]Catchphrase: You're too slow![/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] AWWWWWWW Yeah! The coolest pony around is definitely a top pick just sifting through the preliminary stuff.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Spoilers, Jair.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Who are you? River Song?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] No. No referencing DW in the pony thread. Anyways, Rainbow Dash is the fastest thing alive.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Which must mean the MLP universe is rather slow. We'll get to that.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Rainbow is a HIGHLY skilled[/background][background=transparent] Flier[/background][background=transparent], perhaps the best ever. She can go through a nigh-impossible obstacle course with ease, and set records for out-of-air spins, not to mention create a[/background][background=transparent] [/background][background=transparent]massive amounts of force with her wings.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Oh yes, remember how we were talking about Twilight's magic missiles? *Snicker*[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Rainbow's hooves can do the same thing thanks to her[/background][background=transparent] Black Belt in Karate[/background][background=transparent].[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] HADOKEN[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] No.. I mean in terms of force.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Pfft. Snoozefest. Dashie can trigger clouds to[/background][background=transparent] Make Lightning.[/background][background=transparent] It's not clear how dangerous it is, but it can fry somepony pretty well.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] She can also make a[/background][background=transparent] Miniature Tornado[/background][background=transparent] of most everything, and can even make opponents dizzy using it... theoretically.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] But above all, Rainbow Dash can cause a[/background][background=transparent] Sonic Rainboom[/background][background=transparent] by flying at one-hundred miles an hour.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] … You're kidding me.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Nope. In my research I discarded the “Sonic” fact and just made her go as fast as possible. But since I said a pony's height is 4 feet in Twilight’s useless information, RD's speed is 100 MPH.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] … Okay then. Dash's Rainboom can cause rocks to split, spirits to elevate and... yeah, that’s about it.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Well, don’t say that yet. If she is going at fast enough speeds and HITS something, she can create a [/background][background=transparent]Rainnuke[/background][background=transparent]. Guess what it does. Come on, guess. It makes things “Go away.”[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Stat time. Rainbow is VERY[/background][background=transparent] Strong[/background][background=transparent], even beating out APPLEJACK in a hoof-wrestling competition... with FRONT legs.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jay!Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Clop clop clop.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] My best explanation—that... doesn't involve[/background][background=transparent] that—[/background][background=transparent]is she uses her front hooves in flying to push things away, and so she NEEDS to have strong front legs.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Suuuuuure. in any case, her[/background][background=transparent] Speed[/background][background=transparent] is unparalleled. Although she's slightly slower than Applejack on hoof, in the air she leaves everypony else in the dust.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Oh yeah, did we mention she has[/background][background=transparent] Stamina[/background][background=transparent] to back that speed up? She does. She can outdo EARTH ponies, but not trained athletes like AJ... We seem to be comparing RD to AJ a lot...[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] And... well... she's actually fairly[/background][background=transparent] Smart[/background][background=transparent]. A quick thinker, and actually has a bit of strategy in a lot of what she does. She suffers from some idiot ball like Twilight, but it's not in any area battle would constitute.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] However—again like Twilight—she HAS been seen injured. But it took an almost full-speed smash into the GROUND to FRACTURE A BONE. Her[/background][background=transparent] Survivability[/background][background=transparent] rating is OFF THE CHARTS for humans... however it does call into question the effectivity of that rainnuke.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Finally, she is comparatively[/background][background=transparent] Stable[/background][background=transparent]. She freaks out in absolute pressure, but that isn't too much of a problem. So, Sky, what flaws DOES this gal have?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Battle-wise? Fairly few. She does go for more flashy, but if she thinks it won't get her far, she'll switch tactics. I guess the biggest thing is that her only killer move is repeated blows, no one-shots unless it's that small-radius nuke, and THAT would hurt her a LOT if it could kill another. You wouldn't bet against Twilight, but I'd bet on this mare right here.[/background]
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[background=transparent]RARITY[/background]
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[background=transparent]Species: Unicorn.[/background]
[background=transparent]Average income: Not enough.[/background]
[background=transparent]Fame: About as famous you can get working with a population of goldfish.[/background]
[background=transparent]Fabulosity: Off the charts.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] So what makes anyone think this marshmallow can last three minutes in the field?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Erm... uhh... err...[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Her[/background][background=transparent] Telekinesis[/background][background=transparent] is above-average, sure. Not to mention her[/background][background=transparent] Illusionist[/background][background=transparent] powers she used at the fashion show, but what's she going to do?[/background]
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[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Light-balllb.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] What?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Jair... the rules say that ponies can bring any weapons they like as long as it's something they use often, like Applejack's rope.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Yeah.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Rarity has no delusions that she won't need an edge, as evidenced in “A Dog and Pony Show.”[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] So? It's not like she can weaponize something like nee- oooooooh.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] You seem to have hit the mark. What Rarity lacks in abilities she makes up for in weaponry. Needles aren't deadly. You know what is? A[/background][background=transparent] Needle[/background][background=transparent] which can masterfully weave through your body, targeting vital organs. You know what else is deadly? An entire[/background][background=transparent] Needle SET[/background][background=transparent] doing that. Truth be told, I was about to absolutely discredit her from being a threat until I remembered we could bring stuff they commonly use in.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Hold up, to get needles through a pony would take a lot of force. And needles are tiny.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Or (pardon the pun) pinpoint precision, going through the routes easiest to cut through. It would still take some time, but she's a seamstress and knows how to thread a needle. And you can go through multiple times, attacking vital parts more than once.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] This takes “Needling” your opponent to a whole new level. If she can get just a few hits in, she can stun and kill an opponent in a matter of... still quite a bit of time unless it’s a LOT of needles or a very well-placed strike. Of course.... you actually have to hit and keep a telekinetic hold so the opponent would probably have to stay relatively still.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] But could she survive? Her[/background][background=transparent] Strength[/background][background=transparent] matches Twilight's. We don't know her[/background][background=transparent] Speed[/background][background=transparent] and[/background][background=transparent] Stamina[/background][background=transparent], but could guess it to be roughly Twilight's own.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair: Smarts?[/background][background=transparent] She ain't stupid, and is very crafty. But this is “Death Battle” not “Whine Battle.” But if “A Dog and Pony Show” taught us one thing, its that she knows when she can't fight and has to use other tactics. She also comes crazy-prepared to anything, hence picking up the improvisational weapon.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky: Survivability?[/background][background=transparent] See: Twilight for our best guess. Yeesh, she isn't very active, is she? She's[/background][background=transparent] Stable[/background][background=transparent] and would only fake freaking out in our personality screw-up. But her prissiness is... an issue and might make her get a little distracted if blood got on her.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You know, those needles change the game, and make her actually look viable... pfft if she can keep the target still, so she probably won't last against anyone except Fluttershy. But two other characters have items to bring to the party, or rodeo as the case may be.[/background]
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[background=transparent]PINKIE[/background]
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Species: Earth Pony[/background]
[background=transparent]Everything else: 42[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] How the heck do you analyze her?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] By being REALLY lenient.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Whatever. Her most notable battle trait is her[/background][background=transparent] Pinkie Sense[/background][background=transparent]. It predicts anything and everything. Gee, slightly OP. The only way to combat it is to to make no way out or surprise her immediately after a twitch.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] That isn't easy, because Pinkie can bend the laws of[/background][background=transparent] TIME AND SPACE[/background][background=transparent]. She can find her way out of any situation with a laugh. Basically, anything[/background][background=transparent] funny[/background][background=transparent] can and will happen around her. Can you make a joke? It'll happen. If not, it won't happen. It's bound to comedy.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Remember how I said Rarity wasn't the only pony with a weapon? Pinkie has her[/background][background=transparent] Party Cannon[/background][background=transparent]. And it actually does hurt. Its normal ammo is short-ranged, but it's a cannon and can be equipped with other stuff.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Have you noticed that Twilight and Rainbow Dash blow everypony else away in the abilities department? Everyone else has two or three.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] I know, right?[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] But stats are what really matter. Pinkie, being an Earth Pony, has amazing[/background][background=transparent] Strength[/background][background=transparent], but doesn't really put it to use. She's strong, but not excessively so.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] She's[/background][background=transparent] Fast[/background][background=transparent], but only in comedic situations.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Her[/background][background=transparent] Stamina[/background][background=transparent] is the only thing I can point to with certainty: She can go nigh FOREVER. She can outlast everypony else by a long shot.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] She's...[/background][background=transparent] Smart[/background][background=transparent] only in very very narrow comedic situations. Else... nah.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Again, she'll[/background][background=transparent] Survive[/background][background=transparent] anything with a joke in it.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Her[/background][background=transparent] Stability[/background][background=transparent]... well, there's a small issue with that for sure. See all that comedy stuff? What happens when Pinkie goes[/background][background=transparent] Completely Insane?[/background][background=transparent] Her Earth Pony shows, and she loses her comedy powers. However, SHE GOES COMPLETELY FREAKING INSANE.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] You know, Pinkie would be great if she weren't confined to comedy, but she is. I'm not too optimistic, but it really comes down to seeing it all pieced together.[/background]
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[background=transparent]FLUTTERSHY:[/background]
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[background=transparent]Species: Pegasus[/background]
[background=transparent]All else: Would not respond to questions.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] …[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] I'm obliged to make a section on her, so I'll make this brief. Her[/background][background=transparent] Stare[/background][background=transparent] may stop one, but it requires time and leaves HER wide open. Being a[/background][background=transparent] Beastmistress[/background][background=transparent] doesn't help if your subjects are bunnies. Having[/background][background=transparent] Rage mode[/background][background=transparent] would be great if you could kill somepony AT ALL.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] It doesn't help that you are the weakest, slowest, frailest of your friends and your performance in all other categories is best descried as “below average.” You can barely FLY.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Fluttershy may be cute and... yeesh I guess you can find SOMETHING to like about her, but cute doesn't win death matches. Unless you're Piper from Percy Jackson in which case you're so cute you can literally put people in your spell. Special case. Anyways, don't be so sure she won't play a role in the battle. I REALLY just can't see her winning it.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You said that about the diamond dogs.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] ... True.[/background]
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[background=transparent]APPLEJACK:[/background]
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[background=transparent]Species: Earth pony[/background]
[background=transparent]Commerce: Apples and apple accessories.[/background]
[background=transparent]Occupation: Being best pony.[/background]
[background=transparent]Least favorite book: “Fancy Mathematics 101”[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] And now, the best for last.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] Don't worry folks, I'm her intelligence and won't let her be all that biased. Else, Pinkie would be a lot higher rated in the possible winners list.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Applejack's calling card is her[/background][background=transparent] Buck.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jay!Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You should know.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Some intelligence you are. Anyways, I cannot tell exactly how strong this buck is, because the internet doesn't have the figures for what it takes to MOVE A FREAKING APPLE TREE WITH A KICK.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] If AJ's buck can significantly bend a tree TRUNK, one hit of that's gonna leave you with a severe case of the [/background][background=transparent]dead[/background][background=transparent], or at least HEAVY injuries.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] But that's not all. She also has her[/background][background=transparent] Rope.[/background][background=transparent] She can incapacitate ponies like nothing with it. Of course... unicorns can steal it.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] You know, I don't think AJ NEEDS abilities. That kick is probably the second most DEADLY single attack we've covered, only behind Twilight's one-hit-kill “Transmute” spell.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] As you would imagine, her[/background][background=transparent] Strength[/background][background=transparent] is off the charts. And heck, if her strength is a FRACTION of her brothers', that's strong as hell considering he can MOVE FREAKING HOUSES. WHILE JUMPING.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] She's the fastest of the bunch on hoof, able to use her[/background][background=transparent] Speed[/background][background=transparent] to overtake any opponent.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Backed up with[/background][background=transparent] Stamina[/background][background=transparent]. Remember that buck? Over three days of sleep deprivation, and she STILL can do it. She may miss, but that extreme isn't of importance in a deathmatch.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] AJ is the brunt of a lot of “Stupid” jokes, but she knows the importance of a leader and teamwork. That alone can put her in the good battle[/background][background=transparent] Smarts[/background][background=transparent] category if there's a target of interest.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] And oh boy, can she[/background][background=transparent] Survive[/background][background=transparent] stuff. REPEATED falls off a platform tall enough to launch RD high above Ponyville being just ONE of those things.[/background]
[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] To top it off, she's[/background][background=transparent] Stable[/background][background=transparent]. Heh, a horse is stable.[/background]
[background=transparent]SSky:[/background][background=transparent] Applejack has one big weakness though: she isn't as varied as Twilight or Rainbow Dash. One kick pony's only got one song. And her rope is a... meh weapon. But her stats are PHENOMENAL, so she isn't awful.[/background]
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[background=transparent]Jair:[/background][background=transparent] After examining this thoroughly, I've created a simulated battle using the skills and knowledge the ponies each have. I didn't take these abilities separately, but I had each one in mind as I tried to plot out this course. Not all of them will be used, but keep them in mind and try to figure out what each character would do. This battle will be won or lost on strategy[/background]
[background=transparent]It's up to SSky to write this (Celestia help us.) Let's see how it plays out.[/background]
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[background=transparent]Poorly-written pre-story:[/background]
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[background=transparent]Discord flicked a bunny-frog hybrid off The Statue of Liberty. “Oh, Jar-Jar. Why did you have to break my heart?” [/background]
[background=transparent]It had been absolutely boring being nice, but he knew that the elements would just seal him off. Friendship was great and all... for the first few weeks. But then ponies kept showing him that they liked disharmony. He had his own place in life, but was being forced to work for good.[/background]
[background=transparent]He kicked down a spike of the statue, which grew into a bridge to the mainland. The draconequus mournfully strode down the thin green path on a unicycle. Even randomness was just boring with no one to laugh at.[/background]
[background=transparent]He took a look at a shop window. Ugh, it was selling those magic boxes. They were so predictable: ponies like seeing other ponies' misfortune in prerecorded parts with actors. It wasn't real.[/background]
[background=transparent]He suddenly heard the station change, and this made him pause. It was a group of people in a building swinging swords and talking about some famous fighters. This gave Discord pause to watch it play out, learning that they were testing two warriors to determine who would win in a battle-to-the-death.[/background]
[background=transparent]Granted, their methodology was WAY off. They actually valued a weapon you could easily get away from over a weapon that would cut you up very quickly? Pfft. But Discord was interested, as it was promoting trash talk between the two teams and gave a fighting spirit. He watched to the end, and his pick didn't win.[/background]
[background=transparent]Outraged, he smashed the window and turned the boxes back to something much more chaotic, like the news. But there, he only saw Crystal Pony Games coverage, all thanks to those six little fillies.[/background]
[background=transparent]And then, he got an idea. An awful idea. Discord got a wonderful AWFUL idea. He wasn't one for killing... but what if somepony could to it for him? He clapped his hands and teleported to the Pony Games, where he spotted the six sitting in VIP seats.[/background]
[background=transparent]Discord wasted no time and snatched them off. They didn't know what had happened, but they were back in Ponyville, surrounding Discord. Rainbow seethed. “What's the big idea?”[/background]
[background=transparent]Discord didn't feel like wasting time, as he was probably going to have to deal with the royal guards soon. He pulled magic boxes out of the ground like turnips and showed one to each of the ponies. Their eyes began to spin under the control of the garbage tube. Their coats became grey.[/background]
[background=transparent]“Aright, little ponies, I want to know which of you is the best fighter. As such, we will be holding a contest on the unicorn fields to see who can come out alive. You got that?”[/background]
[background=transparent]Every single one of them struggled, and Discord saw color begin to return. The draconequus' head stretched up. “Nope.” He tapped each of them, turning them even darker grey. And finally, they nodded their heads.[/background]
[background=transparent]He turned around and around to each of the six. “Do any of you want anything?”[/background]
[background=transparent]“Ah'll take mah rope.” Applejack almost chanted.[/background]
[background=transparent]“I'll take my PARTY CANNON!” Pinkie said in a monotonous tone, yet you could still feel her excitement.[/background]
[background=transparent]Rarity looked around and leaned in close to Discord, whispering in his ear “May I have a pack of needles? I am a seamstress after all.” Discord shrugged and gave each what they wanted. He blinked them away again to the fields, and presently was dressed in a ref's costume.[/background]
[background=transparent]“Alright, little ponies I don't want to have to face Celestia while you're fighting, so let's get this through.”[/background]
STOP! Reload the page if you see weird stuff in the next section. There was a copy/paste error.
[background=transparent]THE BATTLE[/background]
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[background=transparent]The six faced each other down, Discord looking at the spectacle. Applejack glanced at Rainbow Dash for a half a second, and they both fixed straight ahead. Smiling evilly, the draconequus gave the signal.[/background]
[background=transparent]FIGHT[/background][background=transparent].[/background]
[background=transparent]The first few moments were a blur. Rarity and Fluttershy took off in opposite directions, scampering for their lives. Twilight tried to chase them down with magic missiles, but none hit their mark. Pinkie charged Twilight, deflecting her missiles off a green blade that hummed eerily. Applejack sprinted around beside Twilight while Rainbow fetched some clouds.[/background]
[background=transparent]Twilight, seeing the assault was coming too fast, popped a teleportation spell over to Fluttershy's path. The pegasus screeched to a halt, but the close range made it easy for a quick missile to hit Fluttershy, who was knocked out. The unicorn mage built up and quickly cast a transmutation spell on the downed pegasus.[/background]
[background=transparent]A Fluttershy-shaped pool of blood hovered for a fraction of a second before collapsing and scattering.[/background][background=transparent] FATALITY: FLUTTERSHY. 5 LEFT.[/background]
[background=transparent]Twilight again saw Applejack charge her, rope in mouth, but this time the mage was struck by lightning. she was shocked for the half-second Applejack needed to pivot and deliver a quick, decisive strike.[/background]
[background=transparent]Two rivers of blood converged.[/background] [background=transparent]FATALITY: TWILIGHT SPARKLE. 4 LEFT.[/background]
[background=transparent]Her job done, Applejack cast her rope at Rainbow, but the pegasus was too quick to catch. Laughing, she bolted up into the air and spun back around, facing down Applejack as she delivered Twilight's death blow. The second the deed was done, Applejack felt a ferocious ram send her flying.[/background]
Pinkie grabbed her party cannon and started lugging it over to the place where Applejack and Rainbow Dash were. She noticed an opportunity when Applejack was sent flying her direction, she set up the cannon and fired, pelting the farmer with surprisingly hard confetti.
The farm pony was reeling and very sick. Dash zoomed over and began spiraling around Applejack, the dizzying colors compounding her sickness.
Pinkie grabbed her cannon and charged towards Rainbow. Suddenly, her eye fluttered and tail spun. At that instant she saw two bright objects flash in her vision. She whirled around to meet the face of Rarity and two more shining objects.
And that was the last thing she saw as she felt the points enter her brain through her eye sockets. Rarity, appreciating the irony of the way the quickly dying pony had gone, took another needle and slashed over her heart. The corpse was then lifted by telekinesis and flung far away.
Let's face it, cupcakes just don't kill like needles. FATALITY: PINKIE PIE. 3 LEFT.
Applejack was having a hard time seeing the comedy of the situation through her blurred vision. She tried to stumble and buck Rainbow, but it was then that the tornado collapsed on her. The speed Rainbow was pulling made it a punch that knocked Applejack out cold. The flier quickly zoomed up, spiraling and looping.
And then she fell. She kept her speed reasonable, so that she wouldn't be killed but would crush anything she touched against the ground. She saw an unconscious farmer and a prissy pony in her rapid descent.
Wait... was Rarity flinging Pinkie's corpse? The thought came through Rainbow's head just as she touched down on Applejack, too late to register.
[background=transparent]There were a few sickening cracks, and a taste of rainbow.[/background] FATALITY: APPLEJACK. 2 LEFT.
Rainbow knew she had to get up and attack Rarity, but the force she had hit Applejack with was too much. She was in great pain, but tried to take to the sky. It wasn't happening, though.
]Rarity cooly removed the rest of her needles and positioned them around Rainbow.
“Any last words, dear?”
The flier gulped. “I guess when I joked that I would be pricked to death, I thought it was a saying.”
... Distasteful. Ah well, Rarity had heard worse. FATALITY: RAINBOW DASH.
Discord clapped. “Well done Rarity, I didn't think you had it in you! You WIN!”
Rarity gave a wide smile, and her coat turned pure black. Post-battle notes (AKA: Why I think both your and MY pick lost)[/background]:
Jair: Remember that OTHER battle sim thing I and dom did? In the battle royale the three major contenders just ignored the weak race, to their demise. This is what happened here. And before I begin the summary, yes I know I probably used only a third of the abilities I listed, but they weren't needed. They were for you the viewer and me the writer to devise who would win. I never promised they all would be used.
Rarity[/background] was slightly lucky that she was a bigger problem than Fluttershy. Twilight decided that the least threatening foe to teleport to and kill was the pegasus. This allowed Rarity to come from behind everypony else. Rarity won this battle with her Smarts. She knew she didn't have the abilities to kill, so she instead got a weapon. She knew she wasn't strong, so she stayed away from the battle, letting the others wear themselves down.
Twilight's strategy was dead on, but she was Too Powerful and attracted attention from AJ and RD. If you have many problems, deal with them one at a time. She never had a chance, though. She played a forced loss. If she had gone after Rarity, the tide may have been turned to RD but she still would have lost with the flanking maneuver. Pinkie probably could have avoided the fate of the transmutation spell with a clever joke. If Rainbow was who she went for, the flier could dodge easily and allow AJ to get her rope on and kill Twilight. Going after Applejack would have allowed Rainbow to shock her for AJ's killing blow. Anything else would have delayed the inevitable, as her attacks were just too slow to hit either of her attackers, and she eventually would have exhausted her magic, while the other two could have kept on rolling. It was a No-win for Twilight.
Fluttershy had No Killing Power and her stun was too slow to enact. With Twilight targeting her, it was quite the No-win scenario she had, but it was ended quickly. Well... okay. She had about as much killing power as any other pony, but it's not put to any good ability use.
Pinkie had no battle strategy. Her thought was to rush after Dashie most likely, as she's the one most closely related to her. She played little role in this battle, as in the end she was just somepony standing in the way of Rarity. Even so, Pinkie had No Killing Power unless she loaded her cannon with something or went Pinkamena. Her comedy powers couldn't really kill anypony, so they just helped her. Her downfall was that having things stuck in your eyes... isn't funny. Shocking. I wouldn't call it no-win, because she may have had a chance if her non-existent[ Smarts would lead her to Rarity instead of the other two, but even then her chances against RD were slim to none.
Applejack knew off the bat Twilight was dangerous, and saw that RD knew it too. Rainbow was also dangerous, but she couldn't one-shot her from a distance. They knew they had to work together to clear the way for their epic duel. But her death could be summed up in three words: “You're. Too. Slow.” Despite being the second-fastest pony of the mane six (barring Pinkie and FS' comedy powers and Twi's teleportation) that just isn't enough when you are up against somepony like RD who can deliver quick HARD blows and be out of your way. Her lack of Speed did her in.
Rainbow's ego didn't stretch far enough to make her unwilling to have AJ help in taking out the only competitor she had wariness about. It was to her own ends, as she knew AJ was just inevitably helping her win. What she DIDN'T count on was Rarity being a threat. She thought the pony wouldn't have any killing power, and she could be brushed aside just after Applejack. Heck, the pony wouldn't get her hooves dirty kicking her. And so her Lack of Intelligence on her opponent was her downfall alongside her Flashy Attack. The needles were a surprise that she never saw coming.
Soo... what if this battle were to begin anew with No Weapons? There was one ability for Rarity I didn't declare: her Horn. She has that thing filed often and I wouldn't be the least surprised if it was sharp enough to puncture a pony's neck. It may have slowed her down after Pinkie though because of the blood. The odds MAY have turned to Rainbow. But that crushing finisher did slow her down a LOT, because that's what it takes to kill a pony with bare hooves.
But also, Rainbow could have been grabbed by Rarity's telekinesis and stunned. I don't know, but weapons are allowed in the source I'm ripping off from, and I really don't see why I absolutely have to count them off. Rarity was the only pony with Sense enough to get weapons when she couldn't fight solo, and in a free-for-all battle scenario, I'd rather have Sense than Brawn.
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The .movs are still relevant? At all?
Even with all these problems with princess Twi I have, I think it may just be worth it for this scene alone. The music, Celestia's voice, the hall of memories...
You know what? Best MLP song, right there. I love "This Day," but for sheer ability to carry the story at a decent pace (well... it would be a decent pace if the rest of the episode flowed like it) and sound absolutely majestic, this takes the spot.
Because internet jerkiness.