We already posted about this when the announcement was made, but Legends of Equestria, the most well known horse MMO in the fandom, is hosting an open server this weekend to live out all of your romping around and boundary-escaping fantasies in. They've now put the client up for download, and the servers will be going up soon if they aren't already. Check out their news post for more information, or read the important bits mirrored below the break (as their site servers always seem to go down often during open servers).

Hi there, everyone!

Legends of Equestria is now available for download! Get it now, and prepare for the Open Server Weekend!

NOTE THAT YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY LEGENDS OF EQUESTRIA UNTIL THE SERVERS OPEN AT 12:00AM EST ON AUGUST 8TH. THE SERVERS WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 11:59PM EST ON AUGUST 10TH

Here's what you'll need to get started!

Forum Account
If you haven't already got one, you can make a forum account at http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?action=register
A forum account is REQUIRED to login and play on the Legends of Equestria servers.

Player Character Notice
Old characters will be buggy due to updates to the client. It is recommended that you create a new character before playing, even if it's just a copy of the old one.

System Requirements
To run our game, you'll need to make sure you have the following:

• 2 GB ram
• Dual core processor, somewhere near 2 GHz. A single core processor works, but is not recommended
• An okay graphics card. If the computer is made after 2007, you'll be fine. The bare minimum would probably be 128 MB vram, DirectX9.0c/OpenGL2.0
• 1.5 gigabytes of hard drive space
• OS: Windows, Mac OSX, or Linux

Downloading the Game

You can download the Linux, Mac and Windows 64-bit clients here: https://drive.google.com/#folders/0BxOFrZEgMQzSZVBCU3htX1YxV1U

The Windows 32-bit client can be found here: http://loedata.legendsofequestria.com/LoE-Windows_32%202014-08-07%20rc1.zip.torrent

Remember that you will need a forum account to play the game once the servers open. If you haven't already you can create one at http://forum.legendsofequestria.com/index.php?action=register.

You must have the newest game version downloaded in order to get all our brand new features! If you have an older game version from a previous open server weekend, it will not work!

Please remember, the servers will only be open from August 8th-10th. You will only be able to login or play while the servers are open.

You will also be able to find these downloads on our downloads page, http://www.legendsofequestria.com/downloads

Commands

/listfriends	Lists all your friends.		/logout	Logs out of the game.
/players	Lists all the players in the room.		/help	Lists all the commands.
/report <player name>	Lets you report a player to the moderators. You can also click on a pony to report them.		/playervisible <true/false>	Toggles your player invisible for you only, everyone else can still see you.
/cinemacamera <true/false>	Your player will disappear and the camera turns into a camera-fly mode.		/removeitem <inventoryslot>	Removes a game item according to the inventory slot it is in. Starts at 0.
/stand	Makes your pony stand.		/sit	Makes your pony sit.
/dance	Makes your pony dance.		/unwearall	Removes all items from your pony.
/facehoof	Makes your pony facehoof.		/inventory	Opens your inventory.

Getting to Cloudopolis
In order to get to Cloudopolis, you must travel via the airship in Cantermore!

If you're in Cantermore, travel up the cliff to the airship port and board your way onto the airship.

If you're starting in Ponydale, you must first go to the train station and travel to Cantermore, and then go to the airship port.

Getting to Cantermore
In order to get to Cantermore, you must travel via train from Ponydale or via airship from Cloudopolis!

If you're in Ponydale, you must travel via train. The train station is just past Sugarcane Corner.

If you're in Cloudopolis, go to the airport located high up and to the right of the main cloud.

Getting to Ponydale
If you'd like to visit the quaint little town of Ponydale, you must go by train from Cantermore.

If you're in Cloudopolis, go to the airport and get to Cantermore.

Once you're in Cantermore, simply go to the train station by by Astral Charm.

Questing
Plenty of NPCs (Non-Player Characters) need help with their tasks! Some give out special prizes if you lend them a helping hoof!

Go up to any NPC, right click, and select "Talk." NPCs have a "..." over their name.

Listen to what they have to say, and be sure to follow their instructions in order to move on in the quest.

At the end, you might get a reward for your kindness!

Battling
Watch out when going to the Evershade Forest! It's home to some scary monsters!

In order to defend yourself against the creatures you'll encounter, try using your special combat abilities!

Earth Ponies have Seismic Buck and Rough Terrain, Unicorns have Rainbow Fields and Magical Arrow, and Pegasi have Dual Cyclone and Gale! All three races have Ground Pound.

When ready, select a creature, a target reticule should appear. Attack the mob by getting in their range and selecting your skill.

When the enemy's health gets to zero, they'll faint! Don't worry though, I'm sure they can just walk it off.

Parties
If you want to form a party with other players, you can right-click them and add them to your party!

Parties are useful for going out and exploring. You never know when you might run into monsters, and there is always safety in numbers!

Trading
Do you have an interesting item that you'd like to give to a friend? Well, you can trade them!

Simply right click on your friend and hit "Trade." The other pony needs to accept your trade for it to continue.

Once accepted, you'll see a screen. Left click and add the item to the trading menu.

When both players are satisfied with the trade, they both must hit "Ready." When both players hit "Ready," a "Done" button will appear. Once both players hit the "Done" button, the trade will be completed.

Stuck Somewhere?
Have no fear! No need to call the moderators! Simply type /stuck or unstuck me and you will be moved to the starting point of the map. (This will not work if you are in combat.)

 I may or may not be around the servers during the weekend. If I am, I'll be romping around as Jalapeño Billy if anyone's interested in stalking me or goofing off. See you guys there, maybe!