EPTMLP Mare-A-Thon III has concluded! It was an amazing night.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lZdZpTDqtI
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The TLP Mare-A-Thon III Trailer, originally made by StarDragon for the previous marathon. We just edited it to fix the time, and added a bit to the end.
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Cane and Gary's opening statements.
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The Trixie Raffle video! This video kicked off the giveaways for this marathon, of which there were five. CockRoach won the raffle and is currently picking out a shirt. 
Trivia Questions
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The trivia started midway through season 1 and ended between seasons. Razielim dominated the contest and took home a shirt. I'll put these separately as there were a lot of questions.
Razielim chose the following:
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Razielim chose the following:
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Intermission content from Cane and Gary
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The Lunar Raffle: A (shockingly for those who know me) personal favorite and - as it happened - completely rigged contest. When I first grabbed the users from IRC and input them into random.org, this happened.
After officially declaring myself the winner of the Lunar Raffle, I re-rolled the results and came up with Rawr as the actual shirt recipient. He chose this one:
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After officially declaring myself the winner of the Lunar Raffle, I re-rolled the results and came up with Rawr as the actual shirt recipient. He chose this one:
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The Derpy Raffle -- my personal favorite custom video. It was originally going to air before The Last Roundup, but due to SynchTube issues it was aired right after.
Slpee, a mainstay of our previous marathons, won the Derpy Raffle. He picked this shirt:
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Slpee, a mainstay of our previous marathons, won the Derpy Raffle. He picked this shirt:
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Zecora's Clue Contest - by far the most entertaining giveaway of the night. I had set up several clues around the forums, requiring contestants to follow the trail to the final answer - a passphrase. I won't give away the solution, and instead let you try it on your own. The clues still exist, but I have to give you a hint to set you off: The video tells you to look in the IRC topic for your first clue. The IRC topic was simply a link to our main MLP thread on these forums, and the hidden message in that OP took it further.
If you want to try your hands on it, good luck. It was a lot of fun to set up.
Raelcun aced this contest brilliantly, earning himself a lot of headache in trying to pick a goddamned shirt. He eventually pulled through, and chose this one.
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If you want to try your hands on it, good luck. It was a lot of fun to set up.
Raelcun aced this contest brilliantly, earning himself a lot of headache in trying to pick a goddamned shirt. He eventually pulled through, and chose this one.
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A quick message to the TLPonies from a surprise cameo.
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Closing statements by Cane and Gary. Thank you SO MUCH to everyone who showed to our fun little project!
Have a link to the full playlist! It's the whole thing from beginning to end, in case you wanted any of the custom content or PMVs. Enjoy! Click heeeeere
Link to the previous marathon
Twice TeamLiquid has been kind enough to let us spread the word. Twice we managed to pull a big crowd to our IRC -- over a hundred at the last count. It's been almost a full year since the last one, but such a smashing success cannot go unrepeated.
On Friday, November 16th - the East Coast midnight and the European morning - we will once again play gracious hosts to anyone who wants to come hang out with us, talk ponies and life, and enjoy an exceptionally fun show together. Oh, and to win five different items of pony swag because in case you haven't noticed by now we are all completely awesome.
We will be airing the full run of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic in a single sitting, sprinkled liberally with PMVs, music, trivia, prizes, and all kinds of win. There are two smaller intermissions halfway through each season, and one big, food-preparing intermission at the halfway point.
You exceeded my expectations for the first marathon when we got 82 people, then crushed them again for the second when our IRC grew past a hundred. I stopped having expectations because you guys keep wrecking everything.
Welcome back, everyone. It's nice to see you again.
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Hell, it's about time!
When:
- Saturday, Nov 17 5:00am GMT (GMT+00:00)
Countdown
Episodes begin after a brief pre-show, giving people ample time to join up. The marathon will run straight through the new episode that comes out on Saturday -- instead, we will add that episode to the end of the marathon and watch it together for the finale.
Where:
- http://www.synchtube.com/r/CaneCraft, with overflow channels at the ready
- Live chat will take place in IRC, channel #tlponies on QuakeNet
Note: We will be ignoring the SynchTube chat rooms. All discussion will take place in our IRC.
http://webchat.quakenet.org/
Pick a name, join room #tlponies
Or, if you want to get fancy, here's a guide to setting up mIRC.
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Very brief mIRC guide:
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- Download and install mIRC:
http://www.mirc.com/get.html - Start mIRC, and setup:
- Enter your nickname
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Alternate name field is there in case your preferred name is taken - Select the server:
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Select any Quakenet server - Recommended: Add identd information
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Just add YourNick in the name field; everything else should be filled already - Optional: Go back to Connect tab and enter name and e-mail
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QuakeNet likes these. Once filled, press "Connect".
- Enter your nickname
- Join the channel
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Delete all those asschannels from your favorites list and add #tlponies, then join it - Success!
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Setup is mostly the same for other chat clients like ChatZilla or HexChat.
Prizes/giveaways
We have five separate contests/giveaways planned for this marathon, spread out evenly among the seasons to make it fair on both Europeans and Americans. The prizes are five shirts from either WeLoveFine or Redbubble, sponsored by StarDragon, Zounds, and yours truly.
To be eligible for any and all of these, you must be logged into our IRC channel, #tlponies on QuakeNet. All answers to our contests must be given in IRC, and you must be present to win any one of our giveaways.
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This was part of the Zecora Clue Contest that ran as part of the TLP: Mare-A-Thon III. It is preserved just for fun!
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Twilight Sparkle ran a race
where she finished in fifth place.
On her flank, a number seen:
There’s your answer, quick and clean.
Twilight Sparkle ran a race
where she finished in fifth place.
On her flank, a number seen:
There’s your answer, quick and clean.
Final words
This is the longest and most ambitious TLP Mare-A-Thon to date, and it's also the first to play for a solid 24+ hours straight. We realize not everyone can make it through the night with us (in fact, we're not even sure about ourselves!), but we hope you'll drop by for a few hours and say hello.
The variables may change but the core remains the same: To get together, to watch MLP, to hang out with friends, to talk about everything, to have fun.
If you want in on this, jump on the chance now. It will be a while before we see it again!
Cane, Gary, and StarDragon bid you all welcome.
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