That quite allot of the forums have ponies as their avatars. Is their a cult dedicated to the gods of ponies that I don't know about?

You're not familiar with the Brony phenomenon?

Oh I heard of them alright.... But if they like Ponies then... That's what they want....?

Someone's late to the party.

I forgot when exactly, but when the first season was still airing, or had just finished airing, I'm not sure, everyone just went crazy about it, and I'd say probably ~80% of CD had pony avatars. Yeah, even me.

During the gap between the first and second season it died though, and the current brony community here is only a shadow of what it used to be. Still plenty though. Enough to form a little cult of it's own.

Edit: (About my pony avatar, I believe it was Twlight Sparkle, though only because Fluttershy was taken by too many. I still think Fluttershy is the best. yay)

I was also chocked about this after coming back after years of absence

Hopefully just a passing fad.

Welcome to the internet. Is this your first time?

Just one more in a long list of things we cannot voice our opinion, unless of course you approve...

It has it's own thread, ask politely and they may let you know more about, maybe watch a few episodes as well.

http://www.gamesas.com/topic/1412682-my-little-pony-threadship-is-magic/

Indeed, let's keep the pony stuff in that thread. Thanks for the link.