Because of Teamliquid and a thread I saw here roughly a month ago, I now enjoy watching a show for little girls called My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I couldn’t tell you why I enjoy this show, nor why there are so many others like me. Fortunately, that’s not what I’m here to do. While watching this series, I have noticed that many of the ponies show rather strong parallels with our favourite progamers! I understand that many of you are not familiar with the ponies but if I have done my job right, it shouldn’t matter. :D
Disclaimer: There are going to be My Little Pony (MLP) spoilers in this writeup. If this concerns you, be wary.
DJ Pon-3 is not a major character Hot_Bid is secretly not an actual progamer (Shocking, I know) DJ Pon-3 is very clearly a badass Hot_Bid is a total boss (and is funny as shit) They look very similar
Twilight is very smart and likes to do a lot of research on something before going into it. ThorZaiN managed to win TSL 3 with a lot of smart, specially prepared strategies. Twilight was sent to Ponyville by Princess Celestia to meet ponies and learn more about friendship. ThorZaiN was sent to Mouz where he got better practice partners and could learn more about StarCraft. Twilight is very modest even though her powers are really great. ThorZaiN is Swedish (and his powers are really great).
Trixie is one of the most magical ponies in Equstria! Naniwa is one of the best Starcraft players Trixie is a BM asshole (Source) Naniwa used to be a BM asshole Trixie is very cocky (Source) Naniwa is very confident in his skills Trixie kicked everyones ass until being defeated by Twilight Naniwa kicked everyones ass until being defeated by Thorzain (That worked out much better than I planned on!
Applejack is always very honest iNcontroL always speaks his mind Applejack likes apples iNcontroL probably like apples (a lot of apples) Applejack kicks the apple trees to make the apples fall out iNcontroL can pull apple trees out of the ground and run around with them (Source)
Rainbow Dash is really good at stunt flying (only pony to do sonic rainboom) (Source) IdrA is really good at Starcraft (One of the most consistent GSL players when he was there) Rainbow Dash seems to crash into a lot of shit IdrA crashes into mental blockades and loses games he shouldnt (notably at MLG, with HuK and MMA) Rainbow Dash flies high IdrA too. (Source)
Fluttershy is very quiet and shy Tyler is very chill and non-shit-giving Fluttershy can flip out and scare even big monsters (Source) Tyler can flip out and show some nerdrage OR flip out and duck up big scary monsters (SeleCT in MLG Columbus). Fluttershy is not a tree (Source) Tyler is also not a tree (Source)
Pinkie Pie talks a lot Sheth says a lot of things on his stream Pinkie Pie is very happy Sheth also seems quite jolly + super well-mannered Pinkie Pie likes pulling pranks Sheth has a troll side (Source)
Rarity is very concerned about beauty Day[9] is mad hot (Source) Rarity is very nice and puts the needs of other ponies first Day[9] is very nice and puts the progression of ESPORTS before himself. Rarity has pretty strong magic but we dont see a ton of it Day[9] is probably pretty good at Starcraft but we dont get to see it
Princess Celestia presides over all of Equestria, serving as the leader of the ponies from a distant land. BoxeR presides over all of ESPORTS, serving as the Emperor of Starcraft players from a distant land (Korea) All the ponies know of Princess Celestia and respect her very much. All the nerds know of BoxeR and respect him very much (even his bullshit all-ins). Princess Celestia is very powerful but doesn’t show it often. BoxeR is a very strong player sometimes (TSL series with Sen) but has occasional bursts of awfulness (GSL S2 group with San/Nestea/Ensnare). + Show Spoiler +
For anyone who saw my little teaser in my recent mini-blog: My original Princess Celestia was indeed Nazgul but I decided BoxeR was the better fit.
So there you have it! Most of the more important ponies and their Starcraft equivalents. I'm glad I got to share my favourite uses of the internet (TL/ Starcraft and MLP, interestingly enough both equine-centric). Maybe the few clips I've provided will hook one of you! :D
On June 17 2011 09:39 SleepTech wrote: Sadly, I knew all of these ponies after playing with my 3 year old daughter. At least now I can envision them as Progamers.
Need to get Nightmare in there somewhere. Lotta potential with that one.
I dont know if I should really be admitting this but I havent actually finished the season yet. Only on like episode 23.
Edit: This meaning I dont know Nightmare yet.
Edit 2: Whoops. In the TL thread where I learned about the show, someone said to start with episode 3 to get a better idea of the show. Apparently I never went back and saw episodes 1 + 2, which is apparently where Nightmare actually is.
LOL that woulda been pretty sick. Though Jaehoons looking pretty good lately (8-2 in his last 10). I'm feelin Hyuk. But it'd be a project and a half to count who has done more stupid shit in the past. :D:D
At first I was like "nah, day[9] isn't like rarity."
Then I imagined "No. That is NOT imbalanced. THIIIIIISSSS IS IMBALANCED." I can see it.
If idra is rainbow dash, a bunch of his fanboys definitely are scootaloo (no disrespect; I like idra). Edit- an day[9] certainly has his spikes mad in love with him too.
On June 17 2011 14:17 ampson wrote: Actually, a derpy hooves/actionjezus could be in order. And shouldn't mma be twilight if boxer is celestia?
Heh, thats actually pretty good. Derpy seems like a 6 pooler. And the MMA thing is pretty cute as well! But I already have an okay setup with Trixie/Twilight vs Naniwa/Thorzain. :D
On June 20 2011 02:39 Squarewalker wrote: haha these are very good comparisons, 5/5 blog imo, and the show is great, nice to see more and more SC players watching it
Heh, yeah. It seems most online communities have a fair chunk of people who follow the show. Pretty sick. :D:D
This is one of the best blogs I've ever seen. Great job. I can really see the similarities, and you've convinced to watch My Little Pony, well played sir.
I liked this comment on equestria daily regarding this: "All that is needed is for Day9 to do a Rarity impression on his show and Starcraft2 will have completely fallen to the might of Equestria."
Actually, it would be funny and even awesome if the SC2 and the MLP: FiM fan communities merged. eSports would actually get spread much further, while there'd be a lot less bad manner on the ladder and in general and everyone would be happy after discovering this show. Let's make this happen.
On June 23 2011 02:23 Bibbit wrote: Omg huge <3s to Equestria Daily who featured this thing in their last Nightly Roundup. Like quadrupled the views on it over night!
On June 23 2011 09:30 tetranoir wrote: Should I be watching this show?
by all means give it a chance at least; I highly recommend starting with this ep, as it's one of the most accessible ones (even just watch the first 1 and half minute of it to decide if it's worth your time):
On June 23 2011 02:23 Bibbit wrote: Omg huge <3s to Equestria Daily who featured this thing in their last Nightly Roundup. Like quadrupled the views on it over night!
congrats
Did you see it there? Did you see the headline and go "Ha!"? :D
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Only on like episode 23.
