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Welcome to the first planning thread for /mlp/ con 2026!
>What is /mlp/ con?
Together we're going to organize an online convention by and for /mlp/
It will focus on: 1) the show, 2) /mlp/, and 3) the fandom
Check out some of our events from 2025 that are linked from this site: https://mlpcon.online/schedule.html
>When is it?
These planning threads will help figure this out!
Fill out the survey at https://forms.gle/GGtQaWWwfCjFce4t9to help decide
>How will the con be held?
Special events in this thread or others
Live streams on YouTube, Picarto, or private streaming platforms, broadcast via CyTube
Pre-recorded videos made for the con viewed on CyTube
During the con, most activity and interaction will occur on the con thread and/or CyTube
>What now?
- Take the survey at https://forms.gle/GGtQaWWwfCjFce4t9
- Take the survey at https://forms.gle/GGtQaWWwfCjFce4t9
- Take the survey at https://forms.gle/GGtQaWWwfCjFce4t9
- Make new OP images representing the con this year!
- Make cute mascot art of Contard and Conpone
- Discuss how we can make this year's con better here in thread
- Take the initiative and reach out to people who would make for a good interview, guests from the show or others in the fandom that aren't from the board (don't lie to them; if you are uncomfortable actually performing the interview, we can get someone to help with that)
- Make a new con mascot
- Keep the planning thread bumped
- Host a panel or event or record a special video to be premiered during the con
- Create short funny videos that could be shown during downtime
- Help organize panelists
- Create and maintain a planning document for the con that can be updated by the thread
- Be a CyTube janny who does it >for free
- Organize and run a charity event (for Fallen Oak, Days End, or any charity you want)
Last thread (from 2025): >>42333738
PLEASE KEEP EVERYTHING ON TOPIC, ABOUT /mlp/ con
Discord drama and bait posts are off-topic
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>>43074004
Survey will be live until next weekend.
If the thread dies before then, a new thread will be made with the results of the survey and the next survey.
Reply to this post to suggest changes
Updated source: https://github.com/mlpcon/notes/blob/master/NOTES.md
# Decisions made
- TBD
# Organizer's to-do list
Reply to post to suggest things I need to do but forgot to list here
- Try to keep thread alive
- Surveys to figure out when /mlp/ con will be
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First for Linky
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A little art I did for this year's con
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>Should there be a /mlp/ con 2026?
Yes
>Do you want to assist in planning and organizing the con this year?
No
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>>43074004
Huzzah!
>Take the survey
>Google account required
As usual in such cases I'll just post my answers here, and leave it up to (You) to decide whether I'm trying to rig the poll or not. If I manage to peek at questions from next pages I'll respond to this post and let you know I'm samefagging.Of course, some logged-in anon leaking the questions would be rewarded with a cute pony picture.
>Should there be a /mlp/ con 2026?
Yes.
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>For how many days should the con be?
>In what month should the con be?
>Should we have vendors this year?
>Should we maintain a website again this year?
>What site should we use for streaming the convention?
>What can we do planning wise to make sure this year's con is better than ever?
>Do you want to assist in planning and organizing the con this year?
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>organization poner
>office administration pony during work hours, plans parties as hobby in her free time
>when she was a filly, she noticed she liked preparing her birthday parties more than being the birthday pony
>guests having fun simply brings her the most joy, likes being useful, you could say she works in the shadows
>knows some ponies need a calm space to recharge the social batteries, takes that into account
>Twi is her role model, but she's not as much of a nerd - simply likes when things click together, whether we're talking about planned activities or just puzzles
>favorite holiday: summer summer sun summer sun celebration, hopes that one day she'll bear the responsibility for it
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I forgot mare.stream was a thing. The problem with it is youtube proxies like invidious are constantly broken, more often than yt-dlp is, these days. If we use that over cytube, it might be necessary to make it just pull from youtube directly, or whatever cytube is doing.