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wow
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well i was practicing my distance
booking
distance bucking
what for because cousin braeburn and the
rest of the apple family in appaloosa
seem to think that their team can b*at
ponyville at football
what
that's ridiculous no pony beats
ponyville i mean i could b*at the whole
town of appaloosa at football with one
wing tied behind my back
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so i can count on you to join the
ponyville football team oh yeah i am so
there i've just got one question hmm
uh
what's buck ball
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my little pony my little pony
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faithful and strong sharing kindness
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so basically ball is the coolest
game ever
offense defense teamwork non-stop action
it's got it all
well rainbow dash you sure seem to know
a lot about this game i've never even
heard of
buck ball
yeah i'm kind of an expert
an expert who hadn't heard of the game
either until i told you well it's a new
game i probably know more than most
ponies so that makes me an expert i
don't know anything about it at all but
it sounds like there's a ball and buggy
so i'm betting it's super duper fun
the point is my cousin braeburn somehow
convinced a pegasus and a unicorn to
come play with him on the appaloosa team
and he can't stop bragging about how his
team is gonna b*at ours
but um
we don't have a team well between
applejack and me we've got two-thirds of
a team all we need is a unicorn that's
where you two come in
uh
they know we're not unicorns right
uh obviously
you're gonna be on my team and
fluttershy is gonna be on applejack's
team we'll play against each other along
with whatever unicorns want to try out
until we find the best one oh
yeah that's a relief because i left my
unicorn costume at home
i know a lot of you are here because i
told you what an amazing game ball
is and even though it's already an apple
family favorite most of you probably
don't know anything about so i thought
we'd give you a quick demonstration
the two earth ponies are on offense they
meet in the middle of the field for the
buck-off they both try to be the first
one to kick it
good
and the pegasus is on defense she tries
to keep the ball from going in the goal
and passes it back to the earth pony on
her team just give it a little kick
pinky
oh
i get it
and all the unicorns have to do is float
these here baskets around the outside of
the field and catch as many balls as
possible for their team
you two get the idea absolutely
oh i don't know
that ball moves pretty fast
all right now let's see which of you has
what it takes
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um
what do i do
when the ball comes towards you
catch it
okay just try your best pinky i have
been doing this a lot longer than you
nice kick
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right say trash
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hey this game is easy
it actually is kind of fun
where did pinkie pie learn to book like
that
and fluttershy spinning tail catch is
pretty amazing um
okay
well let's see what the rest of you can
do
now don't expect to be able to b*at me
twice in a row
well hello
hurry along butterflies before that ball
comes and hits you
nope
um
okay
let's see what the rest of you can do
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no
definitely not
not a chance
no no
and
no
this didn't go how i thought it would
it sure didn't this game is a whole lot
more fun than i thought it would be it's
exactly as much fun as i thought it
would be
carrying my water my water my water
carrying my water
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amazing
you should be more careful with these
you could lose them
hey
snails can you float one of those
baskets over here
hmm sure what do you want me to do with
it
catch
anything else
wow snails you're natural at buck ball
it's a good thing too we were running
out of unicorns do you think you'll be
ready to play with applejack and rainbow
dash against the appaloosa team i guess
i'll find out plus after i deliver this
water i don't really have anything else
to do
well snails with you on the team
ponyville is one step closer to crushing
appaloosa
and after today it's pretty clear who
the other two players should be
what do you mean i thought you and dash
were gonna play yeah if you're not
crushing appaloosa who is
uh you too
obviously
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um you want us to play buck ball against
appaloosa instead of you
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unbelievable and incredible
come on
i can't explain it but you two are
really good at this game and if it means
b*ating appaloosa i'll give either one
of you my spot on the team quicker than
granny smith can call an apple me too
i'd normally be so pumped all of
ponyville was counting on me to win i'd
run right over the competition but you
still flew rings around me
oh i'm sorry i was just having fun well
you can have all the fun you want as
long as it's while you're b*ating the
hide off of braeburn's team
i do like fun
honestly the game was a little scary at
first but once i got the hang of it i
had a pretty good time
all right but if we really want to b*at
appaloosa we're gonna have to get
serious
serious
serious how
with serious practice
wow
this looks pretty intense
well duh
you two are gonna be representing all of
ponyville and more importantly
us
that's why before we leave for appaloosa
tomorrow you two are gonna practice just
as hard as we would
so let's hop to it
snails already has a head start on you
okay if you want to win you totally got
to get this drill down
i do
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it's all about ball control
ready
go
come on faster you don't want ponyville
to lose because you can't get into high
gear do you
all right being able to buck a ball into
a goal from any direction is the most
important thing in the game
if you say so
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keep it up
just one miss will ruin the apple
family's but reputation forever
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come on now every sh*t is for sweet
apple acres and me and dash
ow
faster
come on now
come on
keep it up
come on
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apple happened to those two
i don't know they mopped the field with
us before
all right that's it for today
i y'all practice was supposed to make us
better
maybe we just need a little rest
or a whole lot of it
just be sure to get your heads in the
game before tomorrow all of ponyville is
counting on a win
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you really don't want to let applejack
and rainbow dash down or anypony else
but after that practice
i'm not feeling very confident
maybe we weren't that bad
i guess i was hoping you saw something i
didn't
i know our friends want us to win but
how can the whole town be counting on us
if most ponies have never even heard of
buck ball
i know how can we disappoint a pony who
doesn't even know we have a team
or that we're gonna play appaloosa
yeah i don't think we need to worry i'd
be surprised if anypony in this town
cares about this game at all
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whoa
the whole town really seems to care
about this game a lot
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we kind of went around town and talked
up the team a little yep we wanted to
make sure you two knew that all of
ponyville was behind you
great
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i hear the whole town's already planning
a parade for when you get back after
whooping appaloosa that should feel
pretty good
it should
totally just spend the whole ride to
appaloosa thinking about everypony
cheering for the victorious ponyville
buck balti
i bet princess celesti even comes to
congratulate you if that doesn't get you
in the zone i don't know what will
i don't know what zone rainbow dash is
talking about but i'm pretty sure i
don't want to be in it do you
hey you two are supposed to be in the
zone
thinking about everypony thinking about
us
there's no way that we can get in the
zone because the zone sounds like a
horrible place since we are terrible at
buffalo and we are going to lose and let
everybody down and we don't want to play
anymore
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i'm still okay with playing in case you
were worried
i don't get it they're naturals why
wouldn't they want to play anymore maybe
us telling them how much everypony was
counting on them messed them up somehow
what that's crazy talk
having ponies depend on you is exactly
what you need to focus in serious and
play hard and get ready to totally smash
the competition and
none of that sounds like pinky or
fluttershy does it
huh
guess not
we got so wrapped up in what's important
to us we went and ruined what was fun
about the game for them
what do we do now
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pinky
fluttershy
we know you're in here we've looked in
every other car on the train
maybe you need to look again
yeah because
we're totally not in here
and we're definitely not in here if
you're gonna try and make us play
against that blue stuff
or any pony else
oh we're sorry to let you down but it's
better to do it now than during the game
against appaloosa
you don't have to play against appaloosa
we don't
nope we're gonna take your place so you
don't have to worry about that at all
oh why didn't you say so
but
we can't take on braeburn and his team
without any practice so we need you to
play just one more time against us
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now i know we mixed up the teams before
but since dash and i really need the
practice we'll play against the two of
you
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well i don't know how much practice
you'll get against us we've been playing
just awful
don't worry about it applejack and i
just need a little workout
yep you two just do your best
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looks like you two really do need
practice
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if you need more practice we can keep
going
yeah i could do this all day
no thanks playing against you two is
just as humiliating now as it was when
we weren't trying to show you how
awesome you are
wait
what
finally
you must have noticed how you aren't bad
anymore
oh yeah
weird
but um
why were we so terrible before
i guess some ponies thrive on pressure
and some ponies don't and even though we
weren't playing we were treating you
like us which totally stressed you out
and that just sucked the fun right out
of the game for you and having fun is
what makes you really really really good
but being good doesn't matter if we're
too afraid of letting ponies down
yeah what about all those pony
ponyville counting on us to win
i'm sure folks want you to win but not
if worrying about it makes you miserable
winning's never worth that
but
how do we keep from worrying about it
you could do what i do and not think
about it
seriously i don't think about anything
ever
hmm
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so is that pegasus oh i don't know if we
can win you know what i would do
not think about it
not thank you
oh yeah
that
and as long as you're having fun it
doesn't matter if you win or not
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lots of tense back and forth here
fluttershy unleashes your patented spin
move but braver is there too no it's
pinky with a somersault kick what a move
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looks like you three made quite an
impression
well cousin i have to admit your
ponyville team played a pretty good game
good game
we bucked the hubs right off of you
yep you sure sh**ting did i'm gonna have
to get real serious about a strategy for
our rematch
oh i wouldn't get too serious
yeah everybody knows the secret to good
but is just having fun
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my little pony
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