The Brohoof server knows it’ll entice tourists. The first thing you see is a sign telling you are somewhere you’ve never been before, and the second is a selection: the right takes you out into Equestria if you’re a Brony and want to stay a while; the left to the Cloudhhub, a helpful selection of warps to the sights of the world. I take the left. I am a guest. A Tourony.

I warp to the clouds: first impressions? Bronies know how to build. Up there there’s a tethered series of airships. I can see a rainbow. Is it called a rainbow in MLP? I’d suggest “bownie”, if it’s yet to be claimed. I’m joined by a player called ‘Distorted’, who could smell the noob on me from two towns over: he shows me how to fly and how to use the Cloudhub, which is a series of rooms that will take me to the sights of the world. Do I want to see “Ponyville”, or “Canterlot”. I’m told that “Manehattan” is impressive, and warp to there.

I’m impressed. It’s like a, well, a slightly ponified version of New York: the buildings are all New Yorky, but colourful. I want to take to the sky, to see the rooftops disappear into the clouds. To fly I have, so help me, a magic rainbow coloured feather that I activate. Clop clop clop, hoof! I’m joined in the air by Distorted, and can see his wings flapping over central park. Manhattan goes on and on: it would be an impressive sight on any server. I’m slightly ashamed that I’m more impressed because it’s been built by My Little Pony fans. It’s a well made city, without an overwhelmingly horseybent: it’s just a colourful, pretty build.

I return to the cloudhub and head to “Canterlot”. This is more of what you have in mind when someone says to you: “Hey, my editor has my family and won’t release them until I’ve investigated a My Little Pony Themed Minecraft mod”. Colourful castles, rainbows. If you somehow managed to cover yourself in syrup and run through the Tutti Frutti factory, what would emerge at the other end would resemble the colour scheme here. I wander the coloured halls and discover a throne room that tells you where to stand when in an audience. I’m so overwhelmed by colour that I forget to ask just what it is the people do on the server. I didn’t witness any role-playing, although someone did say “Alicorns are disgusting”, which upset another player; it could have been a really nasty diss, like “Mudblood”**. There’s probably some role-playing going on somewhere, but all this world is so far is a work-in-progress. It’s the fourth Equestria the community has built, trying to keep up with the show’s canon.
Just as I was wandering the server’s version of Las Vegas, a place that manages to feel toned down in the Pony world, it crashed and I’ve been unable to return. I was given the message: “End of the magic stream”.

I’m glad you can visit without being expected to know the My Little Lorey. I did. I ventured in and made it back without feeling like I needed a tail. It’s an impressive sight, one worth visiting if you have any interest in what communities you might never have experienced can build.

* I am, however, an Adventure Time fan.** And I also like Harry Potter.

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