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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

15 years ago, a certain cartoon about technicolor equines made the world 20% cooler. Did the show start out strong? Adler has made their landing to be the judge of that. Premiering October 10th at noon EST!

Runtime: 54 minutes, 26 seconds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20mN...

MLPFIM Season 1 Reviewed - My Little Retrospective: Ranking is Magic (MLPFIM 15th Anniversary)

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 1d

AI does not generate art. It generates images. Soulless, lifeless images, the visual equivalent of plastic. Somehow simultaneously overly detailed and colorful, and not detailed nor colorful enough, lacking human touch and polluting the world with its existence.

The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. It also sucks that gen AI is everywhere now, which means it's easy to run into accidentally, which in turn means that it's easy to accidentally use or reference for one's work, especially if they don't know what to look or listen for.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 2d

Hello darkness, my old friend...

A beach ball, standing on blue cubes it had already traversed in an area with a purple-and-pink abstract background, looks out to the lone, uncolored, unreachable cube.

From Roll Away/Kula World on the PlayStation.

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THE LAST (SPOOPY) OMNITECT @thelastomnitect.bsky.social · May 24

One thing that sucks about the proliferation of GenAI Garbage is it's often unlabeled. It's quite possible for creators to accidentally source an asset & not realize it was Gen AI. And that's horrifying.

There is a reason I make all my art assets.

It takes up SO MUCH energy, but I sleep soundly.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 3d

If you distribute AI-generated content, whether that be imagery or audio, you suck. You steal work from other people, and you deceive otherwise well-meaning people who don't know what to look for. I can't wait for the day AI content is sponged from the internet.

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LA Legault ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 3d

People dislike Greta Thunberg because of jealousy and misogyny. That’s it. They can’t handle a young woman with that level of courage and conviction.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 4d

Whoever was writing the songs for Luxembourg in 1977 and 1987... what the fuck?!

In lighter news, 1988 saw the performance that launched Celine Dion's career. Anyone want to bet it'll come out on top with me like it did with the contest judges?

The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 4d

Best of Eurovision 1987: "Shir habatlanim" (Israel). It's funny, it's catchy, it's unique... it's the kind of song I come to Eurovision for.

Worst of Eurovision 1987: "Amour amour" (Luxembourg). I... I think I need to shower. I feel gross having listened to this.

"32e Councours Eurovision de la Chanson - Bruxelles Belgique" (32nd Eurovision Song Contest - Brussels Belgium) written in beige, next to a Memphis-styled 87, with the two circles of the '8' shown as pink and blue spheres, on a green '7' going through them.

Adler's commentary: Now *this* is how you do the Memphis style! Not the flat crap we see so much of today!

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 4d

Best of Eurovision 1987: "Shir habatlanim" (Israel). It's funny, it's catchy, it's unique... it's the kind of song I come to Eurovision for.

Worst of Eurovision 1987: "Amour amour" (Luxembourg). I... I think I need to shower. I feel gross having listened to this.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 4d

Oh hey, you drew her name like the logo for Zoom '99.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 4d

"Wylers’ All Hallows’ II"

In 1998, with Roz and Maddie on the way in, the Wylers had their fence painted a classic white… and a five-year-old Dolly learned what mimes were, being entertained enough by them to want to be one for All Hallows’. #OTOG #DollyWylerVoronov #Halloween

Dolly Wyler, at age five, dressed as a mime, doing the ‘trapped in a box’ routine against the front yard fence of 2687 Brooks Drive, now painted white. This photo was taken in-universe on All Hallows’ 1998, a few weeks before Roz and Maddie’s birth.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

It's a shame Ryder only existed to be the performers of the UK's entry for 1986, because with a song like this, I'd have liked to hear what else they could have made together.

1987 predictions?

The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

Best of Eurovision 1986: "Runner in the Night" (United Kingdom). Now that's what I call 1980s rock!

Worst of Eurovision 1986: "Die Zeit ist einsam" (Austria). Und dieses Lied ist langweilig!

"Eurovision - Bergen - Norway" written in a red sans-serif font, the former above and the latter two below "Song Contest", with the 'G' written to resemble an 8 and the 'C' written to resemble a 6, in a calligraphy-style front on lines resembling music lines.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

Best of Eurovision 1986: "Runner in the Night" (United Kingdom). Now that's what I call 1980s rock!

Worst of Eurovision 1986: "Die Zeit ist einsam" (Austria). Und dieses Lied ist langweilig!

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

I consider nerds and cool kids to be opposites, and tomboys and girly-girls to be opposites. Hence why Gilda and Wendy, and Margo and April are on opposite sides here.

Also, 1980s outfits, as the 1-bit restriction reminded me of the 1980s Mac computers.

The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

The artwork is essentially the portraits of the Tetrad from the 1980s panel of their Decades AU memes, scaled down to fit within the challenge parameters, and with said portraits on the opposite side of the character whose personality is the opposite of theirs.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

"1-Bit Oddball Tetrad"

I saw a pixel art jam going on, in which the challenge was to submit a 1-bit pixel art with the theme of 'balance'. The first thing my mind jumped to is how the Oddball Tetrad's personalities, being so varied, balance each other out. #OTOG #OddballTetrad

The Oddball Tetrad, dressed in 1980s attire and depicted in 1-bit renditions of their portraits from the Decades AU series.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 5d

15 years ago, a certain cartoon about technicolor equines made the world 20% cooler. Did the show start out strong? Adler has made their landing to be the judge of that. Premiering October 10th at noon EST!

Runtime: 54 minutes, 26 seconds.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=20mN...

MLPFIM Season 1 Reviewed - My Little Retrospective: Ranking is Magic (MLPFIM 15th Anniversary)

YouTube video by Adler, the Phoenix of Grunvale

www.youtube.com

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 6d

The timeline of the video (barring any edits I may have to make after I watch it back for myself). 97,962 frames. It's a big one, guys.

The timeline of Adler's video on MLPFIM season 1.

The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

My viewpoint too. The cracks definitely start to show in season 5, but it's not until season 6 where the show really slid into mediocrity.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

Sony/Insomniac: "It's just a kids' game about a dragon, Mr. Copeland, no need for anything big with the soundtrack."

Stewart Copeland:

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

Official runtime for the season 1 video! Assuming nothing else needs changing from a visual standpoint.

The Mane Six look in horror into the Everfree Forest. Impact text superimposed over the forest, reads: "54 MINUTES, 25 SECONDS, AND 12 FRAMES".

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

Autism icon and an ador(k)able gift to the world.

Tilly Green from Big City Greens, as depicted in "Okay Karaoke".

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

I'd say "fuck AI", but I don't want to be the father of a cyborg.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

A roguelike on #UFO50?! Eeyup. And as you can tell, it’s addicting as 🦭. I’d not be surprised if I come across people saying they picked up UFO 50 just for Party House, because Party House is up there with Balatro and Hades as one of the greats of its genre.

Proof that Adler has gold-disked Party House on UFO 50 for Nintendo Switch. The gold disk condition on the game is to beat all five main scenarios.

Adler’s gold-disk run of Party House on UFO 50 for Nintendo Switch, took 10 hours, 1 minute, 6 seconds, and 999 milliseconds of in-game time. However, as established in an earlier post and the next photo, that’s an inaccurate measurement.

Somehow, Adler’s total playtime on Party House on UFO 50 for Nintendo Switch, is 9 hours, 47 minutes, and 32 seconds, and is the most played game on their file.

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The Phoenix of Grunvale @phoenixofgrunvale.bsky.social · 7d

I also golded Party House, here’s what the final level of that run looked like for me. #UFO50

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