Board Thread:Short Stories/@comment-26186871-20160923210556

(No, I didn't make Friendship is Optimal. I'm rebooting it, expanding upon it, making things more realistic. The original story is only part of this new one.)

[November 21, 2019]

The MLP franchise had just finished its ninth season, becoming more popular than it ever was before-And the seventh movie was going to come out soon as well. So popular, in fact, that an offical MMO was created based around the series:Equestria Online. (Here's a few details:You start out as a blank flank, get to choose one of the three races, type in a name, choose between Canterlot and Ponyville, and BOOM-You're in. Well, unless the server gives you an error.. Try to find your special talent so you can get your cutie mark! Also, the game is heavily based around making friends. With the magic of friendship, you can progress through the game.)

After some discussion, it was decided that the game would be for the PC. The team began developing the game, scheduled to release alongside the Season 10 premiere. However, they had to think of the best way to make a trailer. This was the official MMO-So they had to do a really good job marketing it so more people would play it. Soon, the trailer was released. The trailer was on the same channel as the show, to attract the fans of the show, to play the official MMO. It's tagline:"Experience the true magic of friendship!" Little did they know how true that statement really was.. (A teaser of someone to come.. You probably know who she is...)

Eventually the game was released, and was very successful. After a while, Hasbro started to update it, continuing to develop it-Adding dragons, griffons, and various new towns to the world map, refining unicorn spells, and various expansions. However, about 5 months after the release, at version 2.1, they began to notice a problem:The PC only had a certain ammount of processing power and memory-Once the limit was reached, they would have to switch to a more powerful system. There was the Mac, that was more powerful, however, it doesn't support many of the functions that PC's do, and as a result, the entire system would have to be reworked if this was to be the case. Also, the PC sells a lot better, so they would also lose a lot of potential players. Besides, even the Mac would run out eventually. And if they simply stopped updating the game after the PC reached its technical limits, the game would become outdated and dead due to a lack of interest, and a better game that would make Equestria Online outdated.

There was only one solution:They had to make their OWN gaming computer:A PonyPad. This device was to be a lot better and more powerful than the PC. Hasbro began to work on this PonyPad, while continuing to update the game for the PC. On December 12, 2020, they were approaching the limits of the PC's capabilities-But the PonyPad was almost complete. They made one final update, which changed nothing except that when first opened, a trailer for the PonyPad played, and it stated that due to technical limitations, all updates after this one were exclusive to the PonyPad, which was coming on the New Year. The PonyPad was announced as a new computer, with new technology-The hype was getting real.. 