Freedom Reborn

Community Forums => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tomato on April 01, 2014, 04:58:17 AM

Title: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Tomato on April 01, 2014, 04:58:17 AM
So, those of you who have been with this site for a long time might have noticed that, as of this morning, there have been a few... changes to the board. Well, as some of you are aware, Freedom Reborn has been having a hard time lately, given that the community is based around a game that came out a decade ago that no one plays all that much anymore. So, in an effort to bring in a bit of life, I suggested that we restructure the site around the ever-expanding My Little Pony community, especially given the popularity of the pony avatars I created. The Titans voted, and in the end it was decided that the best thing for the forum would be to submit ourselves to our Pony Overlords. All Hail the Celestial Empire.

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Seriously though, Happy April Fools Day everyone. Stumpy and I put in a lot of work getting this put together, hope you all enjoy!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: detourne_me on April 01, 2014, 05:10:36 AM
Nice! It took me a second when I first logged in.   I knew you had to be behind this you devious ne'er-do-well
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Podmark on April 01, 2014, 05:31:24 AM
What have you done?! What have you done?!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: spydermann93 on April 01, 2014, 09:04:07 AM
(http://i2.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/098/174/1288224868527.jpg)
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: stumpy on April 01, 2014, 11:52:43 AM
^^^ LOL. Good old Kent has no idea how much pony-related news will be coming out of Kuala Lumpur. ;-)

But, the ponies personally know that heroic, inanimate carbon rod!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Alaric on April 01, 2014, 12:37:21 PM
Looks like I got here just in time! I know I haven't been very active around here for a while, but rest assured that I will join in the struggle to resist this hooved invasion, this ponification of all we hold dear. As long as one of us remains un-ponified, we shall...

(Looks at self.)

Sigh.

I'm a pony. Again.

Oh, well...

(Goes off to frolic sadly.)
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: BWPS on April 01, 2014, 01:01:56 PM
I  went to buy a toy for my foster sister's birthday and she loves MLP  so I found her a wedding castle dollhouse.  Now normally I wouldn't have any problem buying a girl toy since the cashier would correctly assume it was a gift. But then I remembered there was a subculture of guys who look like me and buy MLP  toys to play with and/or  display in their parents'  basements. I couldn't risk the cashier knowing about the brony  collective and if I mentioned the toy was for my foster sister she might think I was just covering. So I decided to go buy a card,  fill  it  out in the store to Maria,  and say to the cashier "yes,  I'd like to buy this pony dollhouse  and this card which I've prefilled  out to my foster sister Maria."  because who would suspect someone to buy a whole card just to cover up their creepy obsession with MLP  merchandise?  Unfortunately, I  didn't have a pen on me and I started panicking  but then I remembered:  self checkout!   So the day was saved,  no one thought I was a brony and  Maria liked her present and there were horses at her party and Bruce got to ride  and kiss one.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: BlueBard on April 01, 2014, 01:36:16 PM
Aaaa!  Make it stop!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Epimethee on April 01, 2014, 02:58:23 PM
Step 1: Make coffee.

Step2: Open Freedom Reborn website.

Step 3:
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Step 4:Pff... pff... Hihi...

Pff...

Hihi...
Heh, heh! BWAHAHAHAH! :lol:



Great work, Tomato and Stumpy!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: JeyNyce on April 01, 2014, 04:24:36 PM
My eyes!!  Too much cuteness for one morning!

Nice work guys!
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: steamteck on April 01, 2014, 06:23:46 PM
well. Now I can't let my kids see me on this site. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: deano_ue on April 01, 2014, 07:08:25 PM
where's my sword, i'm about to make a killing at the glue factory :P
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Glitch Girl on April 01, 2014, 07:15:43 PM
Whats' everyone talking about?  I don't notice any difference?

j/k
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: BentonGrey on April 01, 2014, 07:41:53 PM
Haha!  Man...I'm glad my computer doesn't face my office door.  I would not want students to come in and see this pink nightmare...
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: SickAlice on April 01, 2014, 08:45:28 PM
<insert huge applause>
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Tomato on April 01, 2014, 10:50:52 PM
Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on April 01, 2014, 07:08:25 PM
where's my sword, i'm about to make a killing at the glue factory :P

K. Good luck holding it with hooves, especially since I made your avatar an earth pony.

*levitates all his knives with his awesome unicorn powers.*
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Bloodshadow on April 01, 2014, 10:51:01 PM
Sweet job guys,made my day :thumbup:
:lol:
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Tortuga on April 01, 2014, 10:56:49 PM
Haven't thought about this in ages...

(http://www.members.shaw.ca/ajhopkins/extras/tort_littlepony.gif)
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: crimsonquill on April 01, 2014, 11:35:21 PM
I woke up today and suddenly noticed I felt different.. maybe it was just because I got up on the wrong side of the hayloft.  :P

(http://media501.dropshots.com/photos/1006240/20140401/b_190918.jpg)

- CQ
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: WyldFyre on April 01, 2014, 11:51:11 PM
Pretty colors..........  am slowly being hypnotized...........
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Deaths Jester on April 02, 2014, 02:04:48 PM
Oh I am so killing someone for this...slowly...with lots of hot sauce.....
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Outcast on April 02, 2014, 04:06:59 PM
While i'm not really a fan of my little pony, this change in forum theme came as a pleasant surprise and made me smile. :) It's great to see other people enjoying it or just having fun with it.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: stumpy on April 02, 2014, 10:09:08 PM
Glad it went over so well!  :thumbup:

BTW, that theme will remain available as an option. See this note (http://freedomreborn.net/forums/index.php?topic=57030.0) for more details.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Tomato on April 03, 2014, 12:01:51 AM
So, with the pony theme becoming more or less official (Not the default, but still.) Only one question remains for you all:

Do you join the Solar Empire, or the New Lunar Republic. Choose wisely, as your decision could have you banished to the moon.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 03, 2014, 12:46:05 AM
I don't know what that means, but being a fickle cat, I'll just change my mind by tomorrow anyway.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Podmark on April 04, 2014, 12:17:00 AM
That was fun guys, thanks. :)
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: catwhowalksbyhimself on April 05, 2014, 03:23:29 AM
I am glad that the theme stays around as a selectable one.  It was too nice not to keep.
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: The Phantom Eyebrow on April 09, 2014, 07:58:28 PM
Oh man, it looks like I missed out on some sweet My Little Pony based fun.

Oh wait a minute, that's a good thing!

(You kids with your crazy 'memes')
Title: Re: Welcome to the empire
Post by: Tomato on April 10, 2014, 06:54:59 AM
So... yeah, this was fun to put together, and I'm glad everyone got a kick out of it. I wish I could say this has been building up ever since I started with the pony craziness, but I only started putting together the idea for the April Fools theme sometime last December. Stumpy was a great help getting everything set up properly, and was very patient with me despite the fact that I must have crashed our testing area a dozen or more times trying to set up that blasted font.

Hopefully we won't have quite so many issues next year