FORGET DRAGONS! TIME FOR PONIES!!!1!

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FORGET DRAGONS! TIME FOR PONIES!!!1!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Saturday April 1, 2006 @07:05AM from the ponies-and-polyhedrals dept.

.yosh, who's totally cool I know him textd me to say that Wizards of the Coast is totally making a My Little Pony Roleplaying Game!! OMG! Now I don't have to play with that stupid dungeons and dragons book with all the impossibly clothed women characters. Ponies 4EVA! From the site: "If it's on Butterfly Island, it's in the My Little Pony RPG core rulebook, and we expect the book to be an invaluable tool for RPG fans and game developers alike,' said Jonathan Tweet, senior game designer with Wizards of the Coast. 'Not only will this RPG appeal to current fans of My Little Pony, but it will also help core roleplayers come to appreciate the depth and possibilities in this unique fantasy world. I know I did.'"

87 comments

Hah! Fraggin' Ha! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:08 · Score: 0

What's the date, again?
frist!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:08 · Score: 0

FRIST!!!
1. Re:frist!!! by Columcille · 2006-04-01 11:53 · Score: 1
  
  APRIL FOOLS! You didn't get it! Or would it be psyk... or syke. or however that is spelled.
  
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Sure by MeanMF · 2006-04-01 07:09 · Score: 3, Funny

As long as there is no "hot coffee" mod....
1. Re:Sure by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:36 · Score: 0
  
  I ran a game once where they had to cast "calm animal" on the paladin's mount because an avatar of "Lurue" showed up. Yes, she's that hot (to horses & ponies).
well now by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:09 · Score: 0

first post on this auspicious day ?
OMG !! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:10 · Score: 0

i'am soooo going to get this, quick ring Alisha and see if she is in the mall and tell her this is the one we have been waiting for

TTYL

Princess
I knew it! by AWhiteFlame · 2006-04-01 07:11 · Score: 1

Well I, for one, welcome our pink and cute overlords.

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1. Re:I knew it! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:43 · Score: 0
  
  As one of the 1.7%, and never having played an online game, I would totally play a My Little Pony game. And it might even get me into the larger world of gaming. Also I really would enjoy the pink look as an option. Thanks, boys.
2. Re:I knew it! by odourpreventer · 2006-04-01 09:22 · Score: 1
  
  Actually, I could imagine this story being true, considering some of the board games already in existence.
  
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c'mon by dogbowl · 2006-04-01 07:12 · Score: 1, Troll

The ponies joke was funny the first 30 times. Now its reminds me of that kid in school who got way too excited about something and couldn't stop talking about it.

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1. Re:c'mon by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:14 · Score: 0
  
  Well duh, maybe that's the point.
2. Re:c'mon by MK_CSGuy · 2006-04-01 07:15 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  Now its reminds me of that kid in school who got way too excited about something and couldn't stop talking about it.
  
  You must be new here.
3. Re:c'mon by artifex2004 · 2006-04-01 07:15 · Score: 1
  
  Now its reminds me of that kid in school who got way too excited about something and couldn't stop talking about it.
  
  You mean like his new Nintendo 64?
4. Re:c'mon by Delphix · 2006-04-01 07:19 · Score: 1
  
  This happens every year on April 1st. Most of the joke articles are always pretty lame jokes and they tend to carry one theme out until most slashdotters are begging for it stop. I'm sure they derive some sick pleasure from it :)
  
  In anycase, from your Slashdot ID, you've been around long enough to know how today works. So just sit back and show some pony love :) Or if you just can't stand it chill out, close your browser and go outside. Slashdot will be all normal and pony free again tomorrow.
5. Re:c'mon by Kelson · 2006-04-01 07:20 · Score: 1
  
  Now its reminds me of that kid in school who got way too excited about something and couldn't stop talking about it.
  
  Isn't that Slashdot's target audience?
6. Re:c'mon by Liam+Slider · 2006-04-01 11:15 · Score: 1
  
  So just sit back and show some pony love :)
  I'm pretty sure that's illegal in most states.
Butterfly Island by Delphix · 2006-04-01 07:13 · Score: 5, Funny

The fact that a slashdot editor knows that the ponies from My Little Pony are from Butterfly Island scares the shit out of me.

Or rather, I'm assuming knows, as no self-respecting geek like myself would dare look up.
1. Re:Butterfly Island by general_re · 2006-04-01 07:18 · Score: 2, Insightful
  
  Eh, I have a six year old daughter - believe me, you learn about all kinds of shit you never knew existed :-/
  
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2. Re:Butterfly Island by artifex2004 · 2006-04-01 07:18 · Score: 1
  
  The fact that a slashdot editor knows that the ponies from My Little Pony are from Butterfly Island scares the shit out of me.
  Or rather, I'm assuming knows, as no self-respecting geek like myself would dare look up.
  
  It's just proof that, like the average /.er, you don't RTFA, where it explains this in excruciating detail :)
3. Re:Butterfly Island by mh101 · 2006-04-01 07:19 · Score: 1
  
  a slashdot editor knows that the ponies from My Little Pony are from Butterfly Island
  
  Where did you get that idea? It clearly says "From the site:" before the Butterfly Island stuff. Doesn't mean any editors know what it is.
  
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4. Re:Butterfly Island by temojen · 2006-04-01 07:40 · Score: 1
  
  Nope, It was the fine folks at WotC, and they probably colluded with hasbro on this one (to avoid getting sued over trademarks).
5. Re:Butterfly Island by toriver · 2006-04-01 07:49 · Score: 2, Informative
  
  That would be easy since Hasbro ("Hasborg") own Wizards of the Coast.
6. Re:Butterfly Island by kfg · 2006-04-01 07:57 · Score: 1
  
  My daughter is about to turn twentysix, and I'm still wasting brain cells remembering about Rainbow Brite and the Sphere of Fucking Light.
  
  After you raise a daughter I think a lobotomy can actually raise your IQ.
  
  KFG
7. Re:Butterfly Island by turgid · 2006-04-01 08:03 · Score: 1
  
  Everyone knows that My Little Pony lives at Sun.
  
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8. Re:Butterfly Island by KDR_11k · 2006-04-01 08:08 · Score: 1
  
  My daughter is about to turn twentysix, and I'm still wasting brain cells remembering about Rainbow Brite and the Sphere of Fucking Light.
  
  And here I was thinking that it couldn't get worse than tentacle rape...
  
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9. Re:Butterfly Island by kfg · 2006-04-01 08:34 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Well where did you think little lights come from?
  
  Anyway, what a man, his Sphere of Light and his pony do in the privacy of their own RPG is really none of your business.
  
  KFG
10. Re:Butterfly Island by general_re · 2006-04-01 08:57 · Score: 1
  
  My daughter is about to turn twentysix, and I'm still wasting brain cells remembering about Rainbow Brite and the Sphere of Fucking Light.
  See, that's the thing - otherwise useful neurons are being occupied by this information. Worse, I have another daughter who's three months old, so I have to do this all over again in a couple of years. I'm vaguely worried that I'll be gurgling on my deathbed some years from now, without a thought in my head except for that damn "my little ponyyyyyyy, my little ponyyyyyy" music...
  
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11. Re:Butterfly Island by cammoblammo · 2006-04-02 21:28 · Score: 1
  
  Good point. In fact, the fact that it's on the site means there's a pretty good chance the editors don't know this at all.
  
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12. Re:Butterfly Island by melikamp · 2006-04-03 00:01 · Score: 1
  
  Just make her listen to Debussy--chicks dig that stuff.
Stop Posting Comments by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:13 · Score: 0

Hey morons...

Quit replying to these dumb articles. It only encourages them.
1. Re:Stop Posting Comments by speed_of_light · 2006-04-01 08:31 · Score: 0
  
  Parent is a sucka Happy April Fools, Bee-OTCH!
Pony Trouble by cgenman · 2006-04-01 07:14 · Score: 1

This would be the perfect time to point out Pony Trouble, the movie for players of The Pony Game, and innocent children at heart.

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IS IT JUST ME... by GerbilSocks · 2006-04-01 07:15 · Score: 2, Informative

OR IS THIS IS GETTING LAMER.
1. Re:IS IT JUST ME... by seanmcelroy · 2006-04-02 03:11 · Score: 1
  
  It's not just you... the April Fools jokes in years past were much more wittier and subtle. You actually had to think if they were jokes are not.
  
  This year was like like 'sheesh, no reason to read Slashdot today'. :P
  
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Ponies Guild by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:16 · Score: 0

OMG lolz!!1

all your dungeons are belong to maegan and her frost on target 50 pts enchanted tiara!!1
Ouch by kbolino · 2006-04-01 07:16 · Score: 3, Insightful

The pink color burns my eyes. It's like a white-hot searing rod of pre-adolescent girlyness being thrust through my optic nerve.
1. Re:Ouch by gorckat · 2006-04-01 07:28 · Score: 1
  
  How is this handled by those website readers for the blind?
  
  Does it squeal in their headphones?
2. Re:Ouch by KDR_11k · 2006-04-01 08:13 · Score: 1
  
  You just like saying "pre-adolescent girlyness" don't you?
  
  (Sorry, your post just sounded like Sam to me)
  
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3. Re:Ouch by kbolino · 2006-04-01 13:05 · Score: 1
  
  Yes actually, I do. I had no idea someone else had coined the term first, though. So much for originality, eh?
4. Re:Ouch by KDR_11k · 2006-04-01 20:44 · Score: 1
  
  Noone coined it before but using long, fancy words to describe mundane situations sounds so much like Sam.
  
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As usual, Slashdot overdoes it by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:17 · Score: 0

Once is funny. A solid stream of blatant April Fool's jokes aren't. Once again the socially retarded freaks who make up the Slashdot editorship fail to understand humour. Nevermind, at least this is one set of stories that won't be duped.
1. Re:As usual, Slashdot overdoes it by jtev · 2006-04-01 10:45 · Score: 1
  
  Log out, get drunk, lighten up. When the collective wants your opinion we will give it to you. Nothing to see here, move along, move along.
  
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enough is enough by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:18 · Score: 0

Isn't April Fool's supposed to be about hoaxes? These stories are unbeliveably stupid and there's a new one posted every 5 minutes. This is the most pathetic attempt at an April Fool's hoax I've seen in my life.
The Shark by fm6 · 2006-04-01 07:19 · Score: 0, Flamebait

As in "jumped". That's what the Phony News on April 1 idea has done.
GET YOUR MY LITTLE PONIE CAKE TODAY!@!!!11!1! by 834r9394557r011 · 2006-04-01 07:19 · Score: 3, Insightful

The perfect accompaniment to your My Little Pony RPG!!MY Little Pony Cake(DecoPac.com)

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Sounds like Bunnies and Burrows by Kelson · 2006-04-01 07:26 · Score: 1

From Steve Jackson Games, it's GURPS Bunnies and Burrows.

No, really!
1. Re:Sounds like Bunnies and Burrows by Infonaut · 2006-04-01 12:07 · Score: 1
  
  Not to put too fine a point on it, if you ever read Watership Down, which was the inspiration for B&B, you know that even though bunnies look cute, there's all kinds of violence, dispair, chemical agents, deception, and mayhem goin' on underfoot.
  
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Man, Slashdot sure sucks on April 1st. by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:28 · Score: 0

The content is even dumber and more inflammatory than normal.

Why is it that the ONE day of the year where we don't have any dupes, has to have such stupid, useless, un-funny content?

Some of us actually prefer..you know, real stories...to this pink pony crap.
Scariest April fools joke ever by scwizard · 2006-04-01 07:29 · Score: 1

Look what this "joke" did to my friend here!

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This is thoroughly retarded and not funny by xant · 2006-04-01 07:31 · Score: 0, Redundant

I'm boycotting slashdot for one week. This stupid crap every 4/1 needs to stop. Get some people who understand humor to do these April Fools' jokes.

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1. Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny by behindthecamera · 2006-04-01 07:40 · Score: 1
  
  That's great, because we won't have to suffer people like you using "retarded" as a pejorative!
2. Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny by Winlin · 2006-04-01 07:43 · Score: 1
  
  And yet you not only opened the story, you are posting in it. So you are either : A. Seriously outraged at Slashdot's attempts at humor. OR
  2. Really , REALLY disappointed when you found out the My Little Pony game was fake.
  
  Which is it...inquiring minds want to know???
3. Re:This is thoroughly retarded and not funny by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:54 · Score: 0
  
  I was going to make some snarky reply to that, but I'm beginning to see the stupidity in these jokes as well...
  
  Slashdot requires you to wait between each successful posting of a comment to allow everyone a fair chance at posting a comment.
  
  It's been 56 minutes since you last successfully posted a comment
Pink Beholder? by llyenn · 2006-04-01 07:36 · Score: 1

Did you guys see the pink beholder at the bottom of the article..?

Be careful though, it causes -3 Willpower and +5 Metrosexuality...

You have been warned.
1. Re:Pink Beholder? by Pxtl · 2006-04-03 00:13 · Score: 1
  
  That had me laughing my ass off.
My Little Pony Roleplay game by microbrewer · 2006-04-01 07:38 · Score: 1

The My Little Pony roleplay game already exists my 2 duaghters who are both under 10 years old hijack dads computer to play it on a regular basis .

http://extcmd.peerimpact.com/piactivex.html?piextc ommand=activate_noisemaker&affiliate-id=1124&produ ct-id=623469&media-type=games
OMG FINALY! by bmecoli · 2006-04-01 07:44 · Score: 1

POOOONIIIIEES! THNKUTHNKUTHNKUTHNKU zOnK OMG i wUv U SoOOoOoOOoOOOM UCH LOLMAO ROFLZ! XD
Disappointment by araphwael · 2006-04-01 07:47 · Score: 1

My wife was very excited as I read this article to her. She thinks it would be great fun to play with the children she babysits, or our own children once we have them. She also thinks Care Bears et cetera would be good additions to the d20 universe. She was quite disappointed when I told her that it was an April fool's joke.
Hey guyz! by MattEOtournaments · 2006-04-01 07:50 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Come to www.eotrounaments.com we have the best playersz ever! Cum wathc out touranmanets, u won't be diaspointed!
The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by waferhead · 2006-04-01 07:54 · Score: 3, Informative

Is that it would probably be VERY popular.

The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
Change some graphics, change the music...

The Horror.

I know it's April 1, but some things SHOULD NOT even be spoken of jokingly.
1. Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by Rachel+Lucid · 2006-04-01 08:02 · Score: 1
  
  Fuck, I almost WANTED this to be real. ... well, except for the obvious fact that WoTC would run the game into the ground with endless expansion packs, re-releases, and the eventual BioWare tie-in.
2. Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by gad_zuki! · 2006-04-01 10:33 · Score: 1
  
  >The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
  
  Okay, I give up. What BS RPG are you talking about?
3. Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by patio11 · 2006-04-02 14:07 · Score: 1
  
  Hey, there is Hello Kitty Online. And why not? No reason little girls shouldn't have some online entertainment, too.
  
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4. Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by waferhead · 2006-04-03 11:26 · Score: 1
  
  Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG...(Score:2)
  by gad_zuki! (70830) on Saturday April 01, @06:33PM (#15043402)
  (http://everythingisnt.com/)
  >The BS online "RPG" that 2 of my granddaughters and ALL THEIR FREINDS play isn't too far from a MLP universe..
  
  Okay, I give up. What BS RPG are you talking about?
  
  Runescape. All the Java spyware you can eat,
5. Re:The saddest thing about a MLP RPG... by waferhead · 2006-04-03 11:30 · Score: 1
  
  "Hey, there is Hello Kitty Online. And why not? No reason little girls shouldn't have some online entertainment, too."
  
  I have mixed feelings about that...
  
  Teenage girls should be playing something that will help them develop useful skills for the upcoming decades.
  
  I was thinking of something more like.. Counterstrike:Source ;-)
Finally, a way to meet gurrrls! by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 07:54 · Score: 0

Yes! By introducing gurrls to RPGs at an early age, it is more likely they will eventually join D&D RPGs when they grow older, giving many of us (or our sons) a chance to finally meet real gurrls!

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some one likes this by se7en11 · 2006-04-01 07:56 · Score: 1

I was just reading the article and my 4 year old daughter walks in and says "DADDY, CAN I GET THAT!!"
How do you explain to her that this is a joke? You just don't joke about stuff like that. She'll be pissed!
Why is this a joke? by porcupine8 · 2006-04-01 07:58 · Score: 3, Insightful

Do they even realize what kind of a gold mine they could be sitting on if they could actually license the characters? How many little girls and their mothers and babysitters could be introduced to role-playing games this way? Talk about a gateway drug. Every study ever shows that girls are interested in narrative play more than boys. This is a no-brainer.

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S'ok... by grasshoppa · 2006-04-01 08:10 · Score: 1

Anybody else thinking this is actually an improvement for Zonk?

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I'm Shaking My Little Pony In Anger ... by rewinn · 2006-04-01 08:22 · Score: 1

Sorry, I thought this was Yahoo

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After Noon by glas_gow · 2006-04-01 08:32 · Score: 2, Informative

In the UK, at least, the hoax part of April Fools Day is only effective until 12 noon. After that it's considered illegitimate.
I'd play it by SEGAhexbox · 2006-04-01 08:50 · Score: 2, Interesting

As a fan of both My Little Pony and RPGs, I think this is a kickass idea and wish it was true. (And I'm not joking.)
Character Sheet: Princess Starfire by Jerf · 2006-04-01 09:21 · Score: 3, Funny

Character Background: they all hate me but ill show them LOLZERZ!

Race: OMG PONY!

Height: .5 hands

Weight: don't ask LOL

Age: 7

Gender: female

Alignment: Chaotic Evil

(I don't know... there's some potential here...)
1. Re:Character Sheet: Princess Starfire by Cornflake917 · 2006-04-03 06:45 · Score: 1
  
  Guild: My little pwniez!
  
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APRIL FOOLS! by Eideteker · 2006-04-01 09:54 · Score: 1

APRIL FOOLS!

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This actually sounds like a fairly good idea. by advance512 · 2006-04-01 10:04 · Score: 1

Little girls have tons of imagination - they play "House", "Mom and Dad", "Doctor and Patient" and whatnot. Give them something to focus their creativity on.

A new generation of sparkle pony girl geeks just might emerge for the benefit of us all :)
I, for one... by mlow82 · 2006-04-01 10:25 · Score: 1

welcome our new neon pink equestrian overlords.
Not a bad idea by Anonymous Coward · 2006-04-01 11:06 · Score: 0

All joking aside, this is probably not a bad idea. There is probably a huge market for stereotypical girl games - if a "Sailor Moon" based game can be a hit, why not a ponies or care bear game?
1. Re:Not a bad idea by Oracle+of+Bandwidth · 2006-04-01 19:33 · Score: 1
  
  I'm not sure about Care Bares, but I think my gaming group would have to try "Ponies D20" just once to say we did.
You have my deepest sympathy. by Ivan+Matveitch · 2006-04-01 15:02 · Score: 1

When grown men meet to ridicule little girls, it breaks my heart, too.
Try TOON by rjung2k · 2006-04-01 19:08 · Score: 1

Get her a copy of Steve Jackson's TOON RPG, then. It's geared more towards Warner Bros.-style slapstick cartoons, but you can easily adapt it to any other kidvid franchise you want. The rules are simple enough to teach to under-10s, and the games go pretty fast.

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Somewhere on Butterfly Island... by CjKing2k · 2006-04-04 07:30 · Score: 1

DM: Dragon breathes fire on you. Make a reflex save.
Player: 4
DM: 4? What did you roll?
Player: I rolled 15. My reflex is -11.
DM: Too bad. You did not make the save. Take 22 hit points.
Player: My pony died!