What change would cause you to officially give up on the show?

For me, it would be if it switched to CGI. (Which is what happened to Shimmer and Shine.)

People keep saying stuff like this, but I’ve never gotten what they mean - the whole concept of “giving up” on a show is just … weird. I mean, you can still watch re-runs of Gilligan’s Island today if you wanted to.
 
Or not watch it, if you don’t feel like it.
 
No need to “vote” on it - just watch it if you like it and don’t if you would rather not.
 
Like, I’m still a fan of Star Gate, but I didn’t like some of the spin offs and didn’t watch much of them.
 
Does that mean I “gave up” on it?
 
Or did I “give up” on Battlestar Galactica when it ended? Or did it “give up” on me?
 
Just out of curiosity - did you “give up” other shows? Were there other shows where you had some sort of measurable “fan” or “not fan” metric toward the show or that might explain what “giving up” means to you with regard to an entertainment that most people get for free?
 
Like, did you become a fan of Star Trek and then “quit” being a fan somehow? Or did you enjoy FireFly but then had to fill out forms and submit a resignation because “episode n went too far”?
 
Or video games? Like, I used to play a lot of WoW, and sure - when I stopped playing it I had to actually submit a form to get them to stop charging me for the game. But I still like it. I just don’t play it. I quit my guild, but that just means they don’t get any more leather items from me. But I didn’t “quit” liking it.
 
And at the same time, there’s lots of people on the site who have “given up” on the show, but are still here - day after day - still complaining about the same things today that they complained about 2 years ago.
 
Or people who haven’t seen anything since Season 3 who hate Starlight Glimmer - even though they’ve never watched a single episode with her in it.
 
Have they “given up” the show?
 
What does “giving up on the show” mean to you?
 
How is the day after you “give up” on the show different for you?

@Ciaran  
Would it be better if it was stop watching instead?

@Applejack007  
Yes, stop watching would be very different than how “giving up” appears to be used.
 
In the case of “stop watching”, people simply stop watching. But this whole “give up” thing is somehow different. We’ve got plenty of examples of people commenting on the site that they are “giving up” and “never coming back”, and then within a day or two they’re back.
 
And many regular posters who claim to have not seen the show in one or two years, but are still outraged by the latest episode (which supposedly they haven’t seen).
 
I suspect EyeGuy is more of a “Give Up” kind of person, than a “Stop Watching” person, so I’m curious if they have any insights to this very curious yet oddly very Human behavior.

Pfft. I gave up on the show after season 4.

making the ponies ugly… I only watch because the girls I love are so gorgeous!
 
oh I would totally be a bitch and complain a bunch if it becomes all about Twi + Glimmy with Trixie, but that is still better than other shows out there

@HighRollerHydra  
Perfect example! Why are you hanging out on a website devoted to a show that you “gave up”?
 
Isn’t that like going to a convention for a show that you don’t watch?

Getting canceled  
I have every intention of sticking with it to the end, no matter what.

@Ciaran  
There’s more than just ponies on this site. The forums.
 
And there’s clop.

@Ciaran  
There aren’t that many Western Animation themed places to hang out, ‘s why. There are anime and video game boards, too, and they’re nowhere near as retarded as 4chan’s.

I will, however, see the MLP movie in theaters.

@HighRollerHydra  
clop… it’s all about the plots! forget the show

@RainbowDash69  
Another reason I stopped watching was because people online took it so seriously, it made watching less fun for me. Like that one guy on DA who CONSTANTLY posts “biggest sin” polls every time a new episode airs.

@thatguy  
Oh yeah, me too. I’m still having fun, and - heck, the ponies look great next to my Red Vs Blue and Read Or Die figurines on my desk :)

Alicorn Starlight. What else? :)

@thatguy  

Same here. I still find the show entertaining, emotional, and a lot of fun to talk about with others. Plus I’ve really been impressed by season 7 so far, which makes me think they still have the magic needed to keep going with another season or two before finally calling it quits.
 
And as corny as it sounds, with as much depressing news as there seems to be in the world right now, I appreciate having something positive and fun to end a week on. Now more than ever.

Directly referencing Equestria Crap in the main show and bringing back flash cliche to it.

Celestia being a helpless loser who even needs help in dreams. Oh, that already happened.  
bye.

At this point, I doubt that anything could make me give up on/stop watching the show altogether. I’m on this ride ‘til the very last stop.
 
That said, there’s one particular thing I can think of that would severely sour my enjoyment: If SciTwi’s magic capture device from Friendship Games somehow fell into Equestria and became a major plot point. That would piss me off so much.

It would have to stop being consistently entertaining.

Not sure if I’d stop watching but a few things will make me so FUCKING mad:
 
Princess Starlight  
Chrysalis dying (Thorax already pisses me off)  
Making my favorite characters look incompetent/treating them poorly  
ships I hate becoming canon

@Applejack007  
I agree with those.
 
I wouldn’t precisely be mad at Princess Starlight, but I’d shake my head in disappointment and wonder what the purpose of it was.
 
Chrysalis dying/being reformed would legitimately piss me off. The show needs at least one eternal villain, and Chryssy fills that position beautifully. Removing her would be a gigantic misstep.
 
The third is self explanatory.

@thatguy  
Congrats by your Starlight badge. it’s amazing.

@Applejack007  
I’d only ok with Princess Starlight if some bad happened to Celestia, Luna or Cadance. BuT I’m ok with Starlight mane7 idea.

The ride never ends.