Re: [Official!] Project Horizons Comment Crew Chat thread.

[Stringtheory]

I used to deal with that type of stuff all the time before I got into ponies and writing my story. Frost and I had a whole game concept designed with a backstory, factions, technology, everything. It turned out like a more realistic Warhammer 40K which I thought was pretty cool. We may take the concept to one of the other tabletop companies like Privateer Press.

do tell more about it, I would like to know more

but remember that 'realistic' equals boring to a point, that's probably why 40k is so popular is because it's so outrageous

[Ironmonger]

Basically the 'core faction' of the universe is the Mechoran Monarchy, an absolute monarchy that rules over several species of sentient humanoid machines in the Perseus Arm of the galaxy. They and their allies, the Bakzean Imperium, a species of lupine humanoids, made contact with Earth. This contact with Earth was out of necessity because the two other factions had their backs against the wall so to speak with other things, but also out of compassion since Earth didn't have nearly the same level of technology the two factions did. The universe mixes the feel of real-world politics with the outrageous concepts of Warhammer in a way. We haven't really complete the concept and probably won't until Armed Redemption is finished.

[Stringtheory]

posting this here before Swicked does: FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares

FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares:

[O. Hinds]

posting this here before Swicked does: FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares

FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares:

Hahahaha!

[Ironmonger]

I found it amusing but normally I can't laugh at literature for some reason.

Charity: No problem... and, just to be sure, you DO know they are called "capris", right?
Rampage: Oh, really? Well, don't I feel silly. Here, let me just take her off, then...
Caprice: GASP!!!

I'm scared to ask what the joke is here.

EDIT: ...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH...

[CamoBadger]

posting this here before Swicked does: FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares

FoE:PH:MO Mad Mares:

Pfffffffffffffahahahahaha

[Ironmonger]

This is my type of humor.

[Stringtheory]

This is my type of humor.

wat, just wat
it's not even really funny, it's just shear randomness with absolutely no context
meanwhile I'm one of those people who can find literature funny

[Ironmonger]

Honestly that's just a bad example. My sense of humor is more of the unexpected type. For instance, two guys in victorian clothing are having an intelligent discussion, one of them out of nowhere hits the other with a pipe wrench. That is the kind of stuff I find funny.

[CamoBadger]

Hehehe, this is great.

[Cptadder]

Hehehe, this is great.

...yeah, I don't like the original "kids/teens/whatever react" videos, so I wouldn't care for a response to them along the same lines.
It just strikes me as really lazy content...

Content implies effort, as in they tried to put together something for internet consumption to make money. Content is TGWTG and Channel Awesome or any of the three dozen big Youtube channels. This is just a video response.

Or in other words I pick on swicked for using the word "content" why? I don't know but it bugged me for some reason. Despite the fact any video that generates traffic could be called content.

OAN, 50% of this thread is Ironmonger, keep that in mind, he's a content provider.

[Valikdu]

Charity: No problem... and, just to be sure, you DO know they are called "capris", right?
Rampage: Oh, really? Well, don't I feel silly. Here, let me just take her off, then...
Caprice: GASP!!!

[CamoBadger]

So, for those who enjoy something a little different in a story, I just finished up Something Like Feeling.

It's a very different take on Bon Bon and Lyra, all from Bon's perspective. The reason this is different; Bon Bon's attitude and beliefs are textbook Fatalism. She's unbelievably negative, and yet Lyra still falls for her. It's actually a pretty touching story at the end, and I highly recommend it if you can get through a lot of Bon Bon painting the world even more negatively than I do.

[Ironmonger]

OAN, 50% of this thread is Ironmonger, keep that in mind, he's a content provider.

I am not a lazy man. ...but sometimes I really don't know when to keep my mouth/posts shut.

EDIT: ...wait...I sense a wisecrack here...

[O. Hinds]

So, for those who enjoy something a little different in a story, I just finished up Something Like Feeling.

It's a very different take on Bon Bon and Lyra, all from Bon's perspective. The reason this is different; Bon Bon's attitude and beliefs are textbook Fatalism. She's unbelievably negative, and yet Lyra still falls for her. It's actually a pretty touching story at the end, and I highly recommend it if you can get through a lot of Bon Bon painting the world even more negatively than I do.

I've added it to my reading list, but I'm not sure when I'll get to it.

[Ironmonger]

Anyone else here ever compare real people to a specific model of vehicle? I'd say my dad would be a Chevy S10, my brother a Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, and myself as a F150 Raptor.

[iLateralGX]

Anyone else here ever compare real people to a specific model of vehicle? I'd say my dad would be a Chevy S10, my brother a Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, and myself as a F150 Raptor.

I get this feeling you like trucks.

Also the Raptor suits you.

For me. Just gonna say my favorite vehicle, the Dodge Viper.

[Ironmonger]

Anyone else here ever compare real people to a specific model of vehicle? I'd say my dad would be a Chevy S10, my brother a Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, and myself as a F150 Raptor.

I get this feeling you like trucks.

I like anything with a purpose. My family just has to do a lot of manual labor so I cast them as working vehicles.

Wait how does the Raptor suit me? I'm in clueless mode right now.

[iLateralGX]

Anyone else here ever compare real people to a specific model of vehicle? I'd say my dad would be a Chevy S10, my brother a Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, and myself as a F150 Raptor.

I get this feeling you like trucks.

I like anything with a purpose. My family just has to do a lot of manual labor so I cast them as working vehicles.

Good as a reason as any. However I like my vehicles with flair. Practicality is nice, but nothing beats the sexy!

[Ironmonger]

This is one of those huge black guys you'd see acting as a bouncer at a club.

Spoiler:

[iLateralGX]

This is one of those huge black guys you'd see acting as a bouncer at a club.

Spoiler:

What vehicles would the Project Horizons cast be?..

[Ironmonger]

Deus would be a Marauder. I mean he's a tank now but I'd prefer if we stuck to wheeled vehicles.

[iLateralGX]

Deus would be a Marauder. I mean he's a tank now but I'd prefer if we stuck to wheeled vehicles.

Blackjack would obviously have to be something powerful. It would need to be subtle though, she is not a bulking behemoth.

[Ironmonger]

Deus would be a Marauder. I mean he's a tank now but I'd prefer if we stuck to wheeled vehicles.

Blackjack would obviously have to be something powerful. It would need to be subtle though, she is not a bulking behemoth.

I could see her as a police vehicle since she's Security. The challenger might look too masculine however.

[iLateralGX]

Deus would be a Marauder. I mean he's a tank now but I'd prefer if we stuck to wheeled vehicles.

Blackjack would obviously have to be something powerful. It would need to be subtle though, she is not a bulking behemoth.

I could see her as a police vehicle since she's Security. The challenger might look too masculine however.

Not a real police car, but I think it looks more feminine.

[Ironmonger]

I think Glory would be an ambulance or other medical vehicle since she is a Doctor and a scientist. Something feminine but powerful and speedy. Like a medical station wagon.

Spoiler:

[O. Hinds]

I think that I've been getting a bit carried away again... I haven't even finished pondering up the ACSAWs, and now my brain is filled with the extremely hypothetical Caesar Elusive LACSAW (Large Alliance Command and Support Airborne Wing, though this is not longer that accurate). It has a kilometer wingspan and is 45m thick at its thickest, with a central body over three hundred meters long; if hollowed out, it could pretty much fit two LZ 129s inside. It's powered by multiple redundant onboard reactors and is equipped with onboard hyrdoponics bays, water scoops, bio-cicl production equipment to service the aircraft aboard, said aircraft and the bays and equipment to service, launch, and recover them, a large enough crew of zebras and ponies to have full, if small, breeding colonies for both, a highly efficient network of energy weapon turrets for close and medium-range defense, a wide array of missiles, and a magical shield sturdy enough to, when at full power, withstand most megaspells. The ship also carries equipment to cast megaspells of its own.

Of course, the Caesar Elusive would, I think, be substantially more ridiculous that the Hurricane-class cloudships (which are just a bit above ACSAW-tier, if we're having them built by the NCR rather than preapocalypse Equestria... And now I'm wondering what the NCR's version of the Caesar Elusive would be...), but it's fun to speculate. :)

[iLateralGX]

I think Glory would be an ambulance or other medical vehicle since she is a Doctor and a scientist. Something feminine but powerful and speedy. Like a medical station wagon.

Spoiler:

How bout a medical version of the Porsche Panamera?

Spoiler:

[Ironmonger]

I think Glory would be an ambulance or other medical vehicle since she is a Doctor and a scientist. Something feminine but powerful and speedy. Like a medical station wagon.

Spoiler:

How bout a medical version of the Porsche Panamera?

Spoiler:

[iLateralGX]

P-21 might be a little difficult. Sneaky and explosions don't really seem to be things that can be easily translated into car.

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