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Title: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 28, 2020, 09:02:01 PM
can't believe that I have managed to find a LBT community
I'm Stardisk, 28 years old. I'm from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Sorry for spelling mistakes, if they are present.
I develop websites and pay mortgage.

Two weeks ago I rediscovered this great movie series, and I was very surprised that there are 14 parts, because I knew about only 4 or 5 parts.
Last time when I watched LBT was more than 20 years ago... And two weeks ago I accidentally saw an Littlefoot artwork on some entertainment site.
The old forgotten memories returned... I immediately googled info about LBT and found all the parts.
I can't convey in words what I felt while watching...
Even though I vaguely remembered contents of the first four parts, they impressed me stronger than 20 years ago... Other parts I watched for the first time and they also very impressed me...

I have been finding any LBT community for week, but they are completely absent in Russian Internet segment and social networks. Even Reddit can't offer me any active community. And finally, I noticed the link to this forum on the LBT wikia.
It seems there are almost no new members according to the member list. The member before me was registered more than 2 weeks ago.

Glad to see you all. :rhett_smile
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: ImpracticalDino on August 28, 2020, 09:33:59 PM
Hahaha yeah an LBT community, let alone an active and tightly knit one like this is pretty much either non-existent/improbable to find.

Welcome to the Gang of Five, new Mu-u-u-udd Brother! Nice to meet you too. :rainbowwave
(If you don't know what I'm referencing to, it's a certain swimmer from LBT 9. ;))

Yeah, before discovering this forum myself, I too was perplexed that there weren't any active LBT Reddit communities either. But even so, I did discover there is an LBT subreddit that exists, but it's very inactive and it merely consists of meme posts. You can find it here (https://old.reddit.com/r/Land_Before_Time/) if you desire to view it for yourself.

And nah, this forum doesn't receive new (active) members at all really, usually a few per year on average maybe.

Nice username by the way. Enjoy your stay in our humble Great Valley! :Mo :cerahappy

P.S: Is your profile pic an MLP OC you created by any chance? :)
My favorite Mane 6 character is Pinkie Pie by the way.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Nick22 on August 28, 2020, 09:46:53 PM
Welcome to the forum Stardisk! this is the oldest existing  LBT forum on the web - we were founded in 2004. While previous forums existed before that, they  have been erased by time. Make yourself at home.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 28, 2020, 10:08:07 PM
Hahaha yeah an LBT community, let alone an active and tightly knit one like this is pretty much either non-existent/improbable to find.
LBT have been existing since 1988, and today there are a lot of people in the world, who remember it. I can't understand why its fandom has so low activity.

(If you don't know what I'm referencing to, it's a certain swimmer from LBT 9. ;))
I know :) I watched 9th part yesterday:) nice dolphin (or who is it)

but it's very inactive and it merely consists of meme posts. You can find it here
Yes, I have found this subreddit previously, and another couple of subreddits with 70 members and 1 post per year activity...

And nah, this forum doesn't receive new (active) members at all really, usually a few per year on average maybe.
Umm... It is sad...

Nice username by the way. Enjoy your stay in our humble Great Valley!
Thank you! I have been using this username since 2008:)) Maybe you have already met it on the Internet  :yum

P.S: Is your profile pic an MLP OC you created by any chance? :)
My favorite Mane 6 character is Pinkie Pie by the way.
This OC was drawn by me personally in 2012 (when I joined to MLP community) using Macromedia Flash 8. His name is also Stardisk.
It wasn't generated in any constructor and contains some references to myself  :rolleye

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Welcome to the forum Stardisk! this is the oldest existing  LBT forum on the web - we were founded in 2004. While previous forums existed before that, they  have been erased by time. Make yourself at home.
Thank you! I'm surprised that this web-resource has such a long history!
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: OwlsCantRead on August 28, 2020, 10:15:47 PM
Hello and welcome to the Gang of Five! Glad to more Land Before Time fans! :)

LBT have been existing since 1988, and today there are a lot of people in the world, who remember it. I can't understand why its fandom has so low activity.
Land Before Time is a niche fandom. In fact, we are actually decently large fandom for a movie that was released 30 years ago and sequels (usually) get memed.

There are a cluster of small decentralized communities sprinkled here and there, but GoF is the primary centralized one. For example, there are a fair bit of individuals making art of the series on Deviantart, as you can see from the group linked (https://www.deviantart.com/lbtfanclub) (even though a fair portion of the people there are members here). LBT wiki has a community, though it's a different demographic, yeah. A bunch of people in Youtube, etc. It's nice to have a center stage community in the fandom.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: ImpracticalDino on August 28, 2020, 10:24:21 PM
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LBT have been existing since 1988, and today there are a lot of people in the world, who remember it. I can't understand why its fandom has so low activity.

Yeah, I agree it is quite unfortunate. You'd think at the very least there would be many small scattered communities of LBT fans, but alas the Gang of Five is the biggest and most active congregation of fans we have at the moment as far as I know.

And even with what Owls said above, this community itself is quite small relatively despite being the focal point of LBT. I don't know these other "clusters of small decentralized communities", but I reckon they must be very small relative to the size of this forum. Correct me if I'm wrong Owls.

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I know :) I watched 9th part yesterday:) nice dolphin (or who is it)

It's Mo-o-o-o! His name is Mo. :P

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Yes, I have found this subreddit, and another couple of subreddits with 70 members and 1 post per year activity...

Ouch. 1 post per year!? Quite a miracle you even found any of those aforementioned subreddits, as they must be buried far deep within reach of the average person looking for an LBT community.

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This OC was drawn by me personally in 2012 (when I joined to MLP community) using Macromedia Flash 8. His name is also Stardisk.
It wasn't generated in any constructor and contains some references to myself  :rolleye

Wow, hahaha nice. I was introduced to MLP by my older brother when Season 2 was out, so sometime around in 2012. Never joined any community though. What's your favorite character out of the Mane 6 if you don't mind me asking?
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 28, 2020, 10:49:41 PM
Hello and welcome to the Gang of Five! Glad to more Land Before Time fans! :)
Thanks! I'm here for 1 hour and I already like this place  :)littlefoot

Land Before Time is a niche fandom.
Some years ago I registered on forums of some other niche fandoms, but today, unfortunately, all of them completely lose their activity...  :rhett_sad
The web-resources still exist, but there are no any active users, only spam bots.

It's nice to have a center stage community in the fandom
It's great, because this is exactly what I was looking for! And thanks for the DeviantArt link!

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I don't know these other "clusters of small decentralized communities", but I reckon they must be very small relative to the size of this forum
There are 1090 members according to the members list. And I have never seen so many users in other found LBT-related communities.

It's Mo-o-o-o! His name is Mo. :P
I remember his name, but what about his animal type? A dolphin? A shark? :D

Quite a miracle you even found any of those aforementioned subreddits, as they must be buried far deep within reach of the average person looking for an LBT community.
I just typed different variations of LBT title in the address bar after "reddit.com/r/"

Wow, hahaha nice. I was introduced to MLP by my older brother when Season 2 was out, so sometime around in 2012. Never joined any community though.
You know, the largest Russian MLP community with its own site is ruining now. Users became angry, endless arguments and trolling of each other... No friendship remain there. Administrators don't fix known bugs for years.  :rhett_angry

What's your favorite character out of the Mane 6 if you don't mind me asking?
Rainbow Dash. And except mane 6 group I like Princess Luna.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: ImpracticalDino on August 28, 2020, 11:13:45 PM
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Thanks! I'm here for 1 hour and I already like this place  :)littlefoot

Yeah, I grew fond of this place quite quickly given the welcoming nature of this community and the many fun and vigorous discussions we have of LBT and non-LBT related topics. You can tell how dedicated many people are here with the continuous innovation of fanart, fanfictions, OC's, and even forum emotes. There's quite a lot of them here as you can see.
:duckyhappy

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There are 1090 members according to the members list. And I have never seen so many users in other found LBT-related communities.

Yep, yep, yep! That's quite a large amount indeed. Even though the amount of current active members is a drop in the bucket compared to that number, the amount of unique registered members is still a sight to behold regardless. :)

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I remember his name, but what about his animal type? A dolphin? A shark?

He's actually based off of an Ophthalmosaurus, a reptile actually. It's also a piscivorous species, so unbeknownst to the Gang, he's basically a Swimming Sharptooth... :P ;)

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You know, the largest Russian MLP community with its own site is ruining now. Users became angry, endless arguments and trolling of each other... No friendship remain there. Administrators don't fix known bugs for years.  :rhett_angry

That's quite saddening to hear dude. It's tragic irony to see a MLP fandom that is so far astray from the central lesson that the show portrays to its audience. :(

Have you joined any other MLP communities since then?

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Rainbow Dash. And except mane 6 group I like Princess Luna.

Yep, she's quite popular too. I like her more than Princess Celestia.
My other favorite character in the show too is Spike.

Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: rhombus on August 28, 2020, 11:50:19 PM
Welcome to the forum!  :rainbowwave  It is nice to meet you, and I hope that you enjoy your time here in our little corner of the Internet.  :)littlefoot
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Flathead770 on August 29, 2020, 12:02:03 AM
Hello and welcome to the GoF Stardisk!  :rainbowwave
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 12:07:15 AM
Welcome to the forum!  :rainbowwave  It is nice to meet you, and I hope that you enjoy your time here in our little corner of the Internet.  :)littlefoot
Thank you! This little corner of the Internet is great!  :PAli



Hello and welcome to the GoF Stardisk!  :rainbowwave
Thanks!  :^^spike



Yeah, I grew fond of this place quite quickly given the welcoming nature of this community and the many fun and vigorous discussions we have of LBT and non-LBT related topics.
I feel that I will stay here for a long time. Even though it is a bit difficult to me to write in English. So, I'm sorry again if my sentences are full of grammatical mistakes.

fanart, fanfictions, OC's, and even forum emotes.
Yes, I checked some topics with this content. I was surprised that there are even LBT-related plush toys exist!
The set of LBT-related emoticons is cool! But sometimes I can't find suitable emoticon to the message...

He's actually based off of an Ophthalmosaurus, a reptile actually. It's also a piscivorous species, so unbeknownst to the Gang, he's basically a Swimming Sharptooth... :P ;)
Oh. Thanks for explaing!  :Mo

That's quite saddening to hear dude. It's tragic irony to see a MLP fandom that is so far astray from the central lesson that the show portrays to its audience. :(
You are absolutely right. And many users know it.
I also remember a bit smaller Russian MLP community, but there was inadequate admin, who one day got angry and dropped the whole site without backups.
Russian MLP fandom is full of strange, inadequate, angry and hateful people. Irony as it is.  :(petrie

Have you joined any other MLP communities since then?
No. I'm disappointed in this fandom. My OC is the only thing which still connects me with MLP fandom, because I like him so much.

My other favorite character in the show too is Spike.
I did not doubt it  :SmugSpike
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: ImpracticalDino on August 29, 2020, 12:36:40 AM
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I feel that I will stay here for a long time. Even though it is a bit difficult to me to write in English. So, I'm sorry again if my sentences are full of grammatical mistakes.

I’m thrilled to hear that! :Mo
And don’t worry, as far as I see you got the hang of the language quite well with only a couple of typos. :)

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But sometimes I can't find suitable emoticon to the message...

Maybe if you suggest your ideas to some of the fan artists here, they could probably make it happen!

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No. I'm disappointed in this fandom. My OC is the only thing which still connects me with MLP fandom, because I like him so much.

Ah, I see. That’s quite disappointing indeed. :/
How much of the show have you watched so far? All of it? For me personally, I watched all but half of Season 9.

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I did not doubt it  :SmugSpike

Ironically enough, Spike in LBT is one of the least favorite out of the Gang of Seven for me.
:olittlefoot
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Anagnos on August 29, 2020, 03:57:48 AM
Welcome to the Gang of Five, Stardisk! I hope you'll have a pleasant stay with us! :CeraHAPPY
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Mumbling on August 29, 2020, 04:34:51 AM
Hey Stardisk, welcome to the forum! Always good to see new members join. Let us admins know if you have any questions! :rainbowwave
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 10:14:30 AM
Welcome to the Gang of Five, Stardisk! I hope you'll have a pleasant stay with us! :CeraHAPPY
Thanks!



Hey Stardisk, welcome to the forum! Always good to see new members join. Let us admins know if you have any questions! :rainbowwave
Thanks a lot!



I’m thrilled to hear that! :Mo
And don’t worry, as far as I see you got the hang of the language quite well with only a couple of typos. :)
Nice to hear that I don't sound like illiterate child in English, thanks ^^

Maybe if you suggest your ideas to some of the fan artists here, they could probably make it happen!
Or draw it by myself, I have some skills in making emoticons. What should I do to publish it in collection?

How much of the show have you watched so far? All of it? For me personally, I watched all but half of Season 9.
I watched all before s5e13. After that I stopped watching MLP. Just don't want to continue watching, even though I like ponies.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Flathead770 on August 29, 2020, 10:20:29 AM
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Or draw it by myself, I have some skills in making emoticons. What should I do to publish it in collection?
Oh that's cool to hear! If you want you could make your own fanart topic in the Fanart section to show off what you make. The only other thing I can think of is to PM an admin and have them add it otherwise.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 10:48:07 AM
Oh that's cool to hear! If you want you could make your own fanart topic in the Fanart section to show off what you make. The only other thing I can think of is to PM an admin and have them add it otherwise.
Yes, I will create it later.
Hmm... I have an idea about emoticons.
Anyone can send me an emoticon request and attach screencap with required face for clarity;  create an vector emoticon, save it as transparent PNG and post it. And we can expand our emoticons collection with demanded emoticons!
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 29, 2020, 12:54:07 PM
What a coincidence, I'm from Saint-Petersburg, and developing web sites too! :D

Welcome to our gang, Stardisk!

Would like to see any of your fanwork, about LBT and not about LBT. :)
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 02:10:55 PM
What a coincidence, I'm from Saint-Petersburg, and developing web sites too! :D

Welcome to our gang, Stardisk!

Would like to see any of your fanwork, about LBT and not about LBT. :)
Вот это поворот o_0

I thought that there are no Russians here!
What company do you work, if that is not a secret?
Would you like to meet IRL?

Unfortunately, I haven't created any LBT fanwork yet. But I have some MLP fanworks, and you can see a part of them on my old DeviantArt profile (https://www.deviantart.com/oleg778/). It is sooooo old, that it has my previous and unused username, and contains my old works with quite bad quality.
But I lost access to it many years ago. Maybe I'll restore it somewhen.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 29, 2020, 02:29:46 PM
I'm working in very small company.
Nah, I will refuse an offer about IRL meeting.  :bestsharptooth (for your own sake, or I will bore you with endless talks about cartoons and games I'm addicted to, and LBT series is not the worst thing...  :evilsmile)

Whoa, you made flash animations? :O Well, drawing quality is pretty good, I think. Well done!
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 02:42:03 PM
I'm working in very small company.
Same thing. We have 1 back-end dev (me), 1 front-end dev, 1 project manager and 1 designer.
What programming language do you use? PHP, Python, ASP.net or anything else?

Nah, I will refuse an offer about IRL meeting.  :bestsharptooth (for your own sake, or I will bore you with endless talks about cartoons and games I'm addicted to, and LBT series is not the worst thing...  :evilsmile)
Okay, but you know, I don't mind about "endless talks about cartoons and games you are addicted to". I'm the same  :yum

Whoa, you made flash animations? :O Well, drawing quality is pretty good, I think. Well done!
Yes, I used to make flash animations, but I stopped doing it, because it requires too much effort. Although I have not lost this skill yet.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 29, 2020, 03:20:13 PM
using PHP.

Don't worry too much about grammar mistakes. :) It's international forum, so it's ok, me think.

So, you watched around 9 LBT movies till now?
Are you planning to watch all of them, and all episodes of TV series?

Anyway, feel free to tell us feedback after watching movies. What you liked in them and what additions you found very interesting in sequels comparing to previous movies, and what you did not liked. :)
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 03:42:09 PM
using PHP.
Me too! PHP and some JS for some dynamic elements on the page (click events, change events, ajax sending, etc).

Don't worry too much about grammar mistakes. :) It's international forum, so it's ok, me think.
I just afraid of misunderstanding ))

So, you watched around 9 LBT movies till now?
Are you planning to watch all of them, and all episodes of TV series?
10 of 14. The remaining parts are waiting, because I want to stretch pleasure, so, I watch 1 part per 2-3 days. As I said earlier, all parts from the 5th to 14th are completely new for me, and I want to watch them thoughtfully.
TV series I'm also going to watch after the movies, I haven't seen it before.

Anyway, feel free to tell us feedback after watching movies. What you liked in them and what additions you found very interesting in sequels comparing to previous movies, and what you did not liked. :)
Are there special topics for feedbacks? :)
Generally, all the parts, which I have already watched, gave me the stronger emotions - I really could not hold back tears in some sad moments... even though I'm adult man
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Enchanted-Valley96 on August 29, 2020, 04:49:09 PM
Welcome to the forum!

I would like to say that I do like the MLP character as the avatar, I am weirdly getting into the show and am nearly on Season 5 in terms of box set releases and I hope to get all 7 of them that are currently out.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 29, 2020, 07:44:25 PM
Welcome to the forum!

I would like to say that I do like the MLP character as the avatar, I am weirdly getting into the show and am nearly on Season 5 in terms of box set releases and I hope to get all 7 of them that are currently out.
Thank you!

I use this picture as my avatar on almost every web-resource where I have an account  :PCera
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: The Chronicler on August 30, 2020, 03:00:10 AM
Welcome to the Gang of Five forum. :)

I, too, have watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I've seen every episode over all nine seasons (as well as the movie that takes place between Seasons 7 and 8). I'm not sure if you're even aware the series ended just last year, seeing as you've watched practically right up until at the halfway point of the entire series, but I will say I certainly liked some of the characters that were introduced in the later seasons.

Personally, I'm more interested in the spinoff series Equestria Girls, and have also watched all content in that series (four movies, three half-hour episodes, five hour-long specials, and numerous YouTube-exclusive shorts). In fact, over on fimfiction.net (a fanfiction site dedicated exclusively to MLP fanfiction), I've been writing a fanfiction series that's basically an alternate version of the events from the Equestria Girls series based in a world made of Lego. Not sure if you'd find that interesting, but I just wanted to mention what I've been doing as a fan of MLP over the past few years.

We do have a discussion topic about MLP here on this site, but it's been so inactive these days that it's pretty much almost entirely just my weekly updates on the latest new content. With the end of the FiM series last year, this year has had episodes of a new series called Pony Life, but trust me, you'll be much better off watching the rest of Friendship is Magic than watching any episodes of Pony Life. The only reason I'm even bothering to watch those episodes is for the sake of awareness of just how bad it's been at times and inform other MLP fans here about it (so they don't have to watch it if they don't want to).
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 30, 2020, 12:10:16 PM
Welcome to the Gang of Five forum. :)
Thanks!

I, too, have watched My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I've seen every episode over all nine seasons (as well as the movie that takes place between Seasons 7 and 8). I'm not sure if you're even aware the series ended just last year, seeing as you've watched practically right up until at the halfway point of the entire series, but I will say I certainly liked some of the characters that were introduced in the later seasons.
Yes. I know that series ended last year. I have also watched MLP the movie, and I really liked it.
I also know about a lot of new characters appeared in the latest seasons (such as kirins), but I don't want to delve into it...

Personally, I'm more interested in the spinoff series Equestria Girls, and have also watched all content in that series
Hmm... Sorry, but I don't like EG. I have no idea why, but I don't like the appearance of the main characters as colorized humans...

In fact, over on fimfiction.net (a fanfiction site dedicated exclusively to MLP fanfiction), I've been writing a fanfiction series that's basically an alternate version of the events from the Equestria Girls series based in a world made of Lego.
Lego Equestria Girls... sounds good, but reading big texts in foreign language is too hard for me. Not enough Englist skills... :ChomperOhhh

We do have a discussion topic about MLP here on this site, but it's been so inactive these days that it's pretty much almost entirely just my weekly updates on the latest new content.
I have seen this topic and I was suprised that it contains 316 pages of messages. Looks like there are many MLP-fans in LBT-fandom  :)littlefoot

With the end of the FiM series last year, this year has had episodes of a new series called Pony Life, but trust me, you'll be much better off watching the rest of Friendship is Magic than watching any episodes of Pony Life.
You know, I have not the slightest desire to watch Pony Life. But the unwatched MLP-series are still storaging on my PC and waiting for when I continue watching... somewhen :thinking
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 30, 2020, 05:35:36 PM
I personally watched all MLP:FIM seasons of main series, and liked the show. (unfortunately though, I didn't like plot quality of finale, which is sad...)
Now I am reading and translating to native language some MLP fanfictions, and some of them I like even more than actual TV series.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 31, 2020, 02:51:09 AM
I personally watched all MLP:FIM seasons of main series, and liked the show. (unfortunately though, I didn't like plot quality of finale, which is sad...)
Some of my friends from MLP-community also disliked final seasons. That is one of the reasons why I still don't resume viewing after the half of 5th season.

Now I am reading and translating to native language some MLP fanfictions, and some of them I like even more than actual TV series.
If it is not a secret, where did you learn English so good that you can translate fanfictions?
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 31, 2020, 10:45:24 AM
I studied basic English in School + University. Today knowledge I use for writing in international forums, watching English cartoons and films without subtitles or reading english books I learned from decade of sitting in international forums, playing games, and watching cartoons and movies with subtitles. :) (I started to do so in late classses of School).

But it is good enough only for understanding, but not for responding. Maybe because I have noone to talk verbally with on English. XD
Also I'm afraid what will happen when I translate fanfics from native language to English...
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 31, 2020, 12:06:22 PM
I studied basic English in School + University. Today knowledge I use for writing in international forums, watching English cartoons and films without subtitles or reading english books I learned from decade of sitting in international forums, playing games, and watching cartoons and movies with subtitles. :) (I started to do so in late classses of School).
Strange... I have also learned English at school (since the first class, it is not joke!), I have visited different courses, and now I have a certificate that I know English on Advanced Level, BUT ...
I still cannot watching miscellaneous media without at least English subtitles, otherwise I miss about 50% of words. I clearly understand everybody's messages here, but I'm afraid that some of my messages can be misunderstood. Quite often I have to use Google Translate (позорище!) to be sure that I build a sentence correctly. :facepalm

You know, if I hadn't owned this certificate, I wouldn't dare to join this great forum. The certificate gives me some confidence.

I hope that I'll increase my skills here ))

But it is good enough only for understanding, but not for responding. Maybe because I have no one to talk verbally with on English. XD
Also I'm afraid what will happen when I translate fanfics from native language to English...
If you can translate fanfics from English into Russian, I think you won't have any problems with reverse translating)) At least you have 3700 messages on this completely English forum, and I'm sure that you forming your thoughts in native language, and translate them into English to post them here )) :PAli
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Sneak on August 31, 2020, 02:54:18 PM
Trust me. Translating from not native to native and vice versa is VERY different. And according to internet talks, it's not only for me, but many people feel the same.

I have over 30000 posts on one of different forums, and for first half of them I had to use two traslators, including Google, so they helped me to study English as well. So don't think it's a shame to use them. ;)

But still, after all these years, I still don't use these stupid articles!!! XD Why language uses definitive or undefinitive articles, if it can't even tell you what gender other person are, so you think Ducky is a male for years? XD

I don't know about the rest, but me personally understand your speech perfectly.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 31, 2020, 05:45:06 PM
Trust me. Translating from not native to native and vice versa is VERY different. And due to internet talks, it's not only for me, but many people feel the same.

I have over 30000 posts on one of different forums, and for first half of them I had to use two traslators, including Google, so they helped me to study English as well. So don't think it's a shame to use them. ;)
Okay, thanks, now I'm calm ^^

But still, after all these years, I still don't use these stupid articles!!! XD Why language uses definitive or undefinitive articles, if it can't even tell you what gender other person are, so you think Ducky is a male for years? XD
Same thing with articles. And tenses! I still doubt when I need to use Past Simple or Present Perfect? Or Past Perfect? :D
But I have always known, that Ducky is a girl. Because it looks like girl and her voice sounds like girl. So I wondered that some people think that she is a boy :sducky

I don't know about the rest, but me personally understand your speech perfectly.
Strange thing, but I can understand English speech more clearly, if a speaker is not native English speaker :D
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: RainbowFaceProtege on August 31, 2020, 06:55:06 PM
Wow, I've missed a lot lately! :ChomperImpressed Welcome to the forum, Stardisk! You're a fellow artist and MLP fan, I see! :)petrie
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on August 31, 2020, 07:08:27 PM
Wow, I've missed a lot lately! :ChomperImpressed Welcome to the forum, Stardisk! You're a fellow artist and MLP fan, I see! :)petrie
Thank you! You are right, I like ponies and have some art skills  :)littlefoot
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: jassy on August 31, 2020, 09:12:51 PM
I’m a bit late but welcome to the forum, Stardisk! It’s always great to see a new member join and I hope you enjoy it here!  :^^spike
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on September 01, 2020, 03:50:19 AM
I’m a bit late but welcome to the forum, Stardisk! It’s always great to see a new member join and I hope you enjoy it here!  :^^spike
Better late than never  :)littlefoot
Thank you!
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 04, 2020, 05:13:19 PM
Hello Stardisk! We chatted briefly on Discord, but I wanted to officially welcome you to the forum here.
:)littlefoot
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on September 04, 2020, 05:46:38 PM
Hello Stardisk! We chatted briefly on Discord, but I wanted to officially welcome you to the forum here.
:)littlefoot
Thank you! I really appreciate it!
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Little Bro on September 05, 2020, 08:00:31 PM
Welcome, Stardisk! I like your profile.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on September 05, 2020, 09:24:24 PM
Welcome, Stardisk! I like your profile.
Thank you! I'm so flattered ^^
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 11, 2020, 07:58:17 PM
(If you don't know what I'm referencing to, it's a certain swimmer from LBT 9. ;))
I know :) I watched 9th part yesterday:) nice dolphin (or who is it)

@Stardisk: Was that your first time seeing the ninth movie? Which of the movies did you originally see as a kid?
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on September 12, 2020, 05:54:43 PM
@Stardisk: Was that your first time seeing the ninth movie? Which of the movies did you originally see as a kid?
Yes, it was the first time.
When I was a kid, I saw the parts 1 - 4, so the others were totally new for me.
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 12, 2020, 06:11:37 PM
How many of the movies have you seen now? Did you ever watch the TV series? :)
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: Stardisk on September 12, 2020, 06:29:36 PM
How many of the movies have you seen now? Did you ever watch the TV series? :)
At this moment I've watched 12 of 14.
Unfortunately, no, I didn't watch TV series, but I'm going to watch TV series soon :^^spike
Title: Re: Good day everybody, Stardisk is here...
Post by: StardustSoldier on September 12, 2020, 08:34:27 PM
It's alright. It took me a while to get to the TV series as well. :^^spike