Sunday, April 18, 2010

club penguin

''Club Penguin'', mostly referred to as CP, is a MMOG for kids/teens that was developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can chat, play mini games, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin was first made available to the public on October 24, 2005 on 12:00 PM (Penguin Standard Time) and has since then expanded into a large online community. Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like RuneScape and Habbo Hotel. Though open to everyone, Club Penguin is primarily designed for children aged six to fourteen, and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid's Privacy Seal of Approval. Club Penguin was also awarded the "Editor's Choice" award from Children's Technology Review Magazine.

Though the game can be played for free, some of the features are not available unless a membership is purchased. These features include: upgrading and buying things for your igloo, buying clothes, hats, and wigs.


Club Penguin is essentially a chatroom that takes place in a 2D world (from an isometric point of view) divided into several rooms. These rooms can be either outdoor or indoor rooms. Outdoor rooms usually are more popular because getting there is much more easier (you can be transported to an outdoor room instantaneously via the Map) and they offer more links to other rooms. Outdoor rooms are also gateways to indoor rooms, obviously. Indoor rooms offer a lot more to do within them; players are often laid upon books to read, minigames to play and missions to participate within.


After registering an account, users can create their own penguin avatar, initially only choosing their colour, but ultimately can decorate their avatar with items. Each penguin also owns an igloo (igloos are not located in Club Penguin proper, and can only be entered through a buddy list or the igloo gateway), and users that have paid for a membership can further decorate this igloo. Pets known as puffles can also be bought, and they can be kept in the owner's igloo or taken for walks.

The gameplay input of Club Penguin is the mouse and the keyboard, players click where they want to waddle to within a room. Although the whole can room can hear what one penguin says, players often waddle near their friends or to people they want to talk to.

All penguins have the privilege to chat to one another, however filters introduced my New Horizon Interactive prevent messages being sent that include certain blocked words. Messages appear in speech bubbles and a history of messages within a room can be seen by clicking on a drop-down at the top of the screen. Whenever someone swears or uses a swearing acronym, the message does not show up (asterik or direct censoring is absent in Club Penguin, in order for it to not suggest spoken swear words within the game) and pop-up message indicates that you have been banned for a certain amount of time. When registering an account, the player has to select their age, and if they have selected an age under 18, the player needs their parent/carer's permission in order to register. Furthermore, parents can choose whether their children communicate through Safe Chat or Normal Chat. Safe Chat uses a variety of preset messages so players can communicate safely. Safe Chat is also available for players with Normal Chat. Numbers (whether used in an innocent way or not) do not show up when chatting. This move ensured that players could not reveal their age or phone number to other players.

The Economy of Club Penguin revolves around mini games and the coin system. Money can be earned via playing mini-games, which can be both single-player, and multiplayer. Items such as: Clothing, Furniture or pets, can be bought to accommodate the lifestyle of a character in Club Penguin. The absence of trading is because of the fact that items collected usually do not have any purpose other than a penguin's appearance, and show no aid to any missions. Therefore, all items acquired are permanent.

Members[2] are players who pay for extra benefits in the world of Club Penguin. They count as about 2/3 of the population. Members can use coins to buy clothing, furniture and puffles - domesticated animals, which are kept as pets. They also have the privileges for VIP rooms and are more recognized in Club Penguin. However, non-members can still acquire items, which are usually given out at "parties". Members also attend exclusive parties and events.


Parties are monthly events that are immensely popular in Club Penguin. The island is usually decorated to fit the theme, and as aforementioned, free items are given to non members. In some parties, members can gain VIP access to a special, exclusive room which is only available at the time of the party, and thereby called The Party. Only members can enter to the party room (if there is one). Parties usually last to around one week, but if it is of significance (e.g. Halloween, Christmas) the time is usually extended. Some break-ins by non-members have been tried at member parties,but they never get in. That is maybe the reason why CP Trainer and Penguin Storm and all those other trainers were made. You can break in with them. WARNING: Breaking in with these trainers will get you a 72 hour or forever ban.


Club Penguin is currently available in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French. There is a rumor that Club Penguin will offer more languages in the future. A common bug in Club Penguin is where the game files from two different languages are swapped around causing confusion.[1]


Although it has attracted some criticism, Club Penguin is for the most part well received. The Better Business Bureau gave it the “kids' privacy seal of approval”. It has been praised for teaching children to "practice safe money-management skills". Club Penguin is rapidly growing showing that it has been successful.

However, concerns about the safety of Club Penguin have been raised. Caitlin Flanagan from The Atlantic Monthly said Club Penguin was “certainly the safest way for unsupervised children to talk to potentially malevolent strangers — but why would you wants them to do that in the first place?". Lynsey Kiely from the Sunday Independent said: “we cannot guarantee that every person who visits the site is a child.". Club Penguin has also been called "childish" on numerous occasions.

Club Penguin has also been criticized for the “member’s only part of the game”. Non-members cannot acquire certain clothing items, furniture for their igloos, new igloos or many types of puffles.



Several books, such as "The Ultimate Official Club Penguin Guide Volume 1", "Stowaway! Adventures at Sea" and "Waddle Lot of Laughs" have been published by Club Penguin.[3]

Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force game series Club Penguin made a few games for the Nintendo DS. They are:

Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force: Herbert's Revenge (Coming Soon)
See also Club Penguin Island
ClubPenguin.com
Club Penguin History
Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force
Sites supporting Club Penguin Club Penguin can be played via three different places:

ClubPenguin.com
Miniclip.com
Disney.com
Sources and References1.↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://play.clubpenguin.com
2.↑ http://www.clubpenguin.com/membership/
3.↑ http://www.clubpenguin.com/toys
External links Club Penguin official website
Play Club Penguin
Wikipedia article on Club Penguin
Play Club Penguin on Miniclip

penguin chat 2 (football chat)

Penguin Football Chat (also known as Penguin Soccer Chat) is a slightly different version of Penguin Chat. Players are represented as a penguin avatar dressed in a football uniform with two numbers and colors of their choice. Unlike Penguin Chat, Penguin Football Chat has four rooms. The rooms in order are an upper-left to bottom-right diagonal field with red goals, an upper-right lower-left field with green goals, a field the same as the first field except that it has light blue goals, and a field the same as field two, but with black goals. However, these remain unnamed except for the fact that in the rooms menu, they are named with a number each. You can choose an outfit each time you log on. Everything you say appears in a small white box. When you log on, it says in the box, "[Your name] has entered the world" or, when you log off, "[Your name] has left the world".

It is called Penguin Football Chat, as the original name of the sport is "Football", while "Soccer" is said in North America.

Trivia
The message you get when your name is taken, or when you have a swear in your name.
Room 1 of Penguin Football Chat. Note the soccer ball.There is no swear filter on the game, making it possible to swear and not get a ban.
Many penguins think that Hockey on Club Penguin came from Football Chat.
Unlike Club Penguin, there are no moderators, although you may see moderator impersonators.
There is a VERY high chance you will see some penguins claiming to be famous.
You do not really have a constant log in (no username or password), you can choose a different name every time you log in.
Sometimes, if someone chooses an inappropriate name, it will not let you in.
Unlike Penguin Chat and Club Penguin, you can create a username with one word, but contains both lowercase and capital letters, like "tEsT".
Unlike Club Penguin, you can log in with two penguins at the same time, with the same computer.
Not many people are aware of this game. There are not many Penguins playing this game anymore.
You can choose the name rsnail in this game, but you need to use a uppercase "i" instead of a "l" at the end of the name.
This game is similar to Club Penguin's Soccer Pitch.
It is really hard to get the ball in the goal, as the ball moves in different directions, and not how you expect it would

penguin chat 3

Penguin Chat 3 is the third installment to the Penguin Chat series, that was created by Rsnail. You used to be able to play it on "www.rocketsnail.com", but as of now, they have closed down the site, so everyone visits Club Penguin instead. It can still be played at a remake, though it is only a minor version.

Penguin Chat 3 was a free online MMOG, and therefore required no membership. There were no coins or any other way of earning currency, and the purpose of PC3 was to simply chat and have some fun.


FeaturesNinjaNinjas were secret in PC3. When you opened up the color select window, if you clicked the "n" in "Select Your New Penguin", a ninja color would pop out. Once you selected the ninja outfit as a color, you would have a black color, with a headband, belt, and sword on your back. Dancing would make it transparent, identical to dancing as a ninja in Club Penguin.

Construction WorkerYou could also be a construction worker. You had to click on the hook of the crane in the sky (the crane was behind a fence in the back) in the snowfields that were right of the Town to get the hard hat (you did not have a player card back then, so you did not really get a hard hat, you just wore one). If you danced, you would be drilling the ground and if you went into the middle snow fields, you would be driving a snowcat, a special form of transportation forever immortalized when it was once shown on the wall of the Pizza Parlor, and is a CP pop culture top subject, but was only available on Penguin Chat 3.

ToolbarIn the toolbar, there was the chatbox, the snowball button, the actions button, a report button, the emotes button, a "Tell a Joke" button, and the enter button. There was an arrow button that collapsed the chatbox to make the toolbar smaller. To change color, you would click a color change button on the chatbar, and select a different color. There was a chat history and report button on the upper left of the screen. Judging from the pictures found, there is also a heart button and a musical note button. These are actually two emotes that are still on Club Penguin so it is believed they were just two other emotes you can do. There seems to be a couple help buttons on the right of the toolbar as well (probably for technical assistance, etc.).


Differences from Club PenguinSnowballsSnowballs were also available in Penguin Chat 3, however the crosshair was different, and after aiming, the desired position may not be the one that occurs.

PenguinsPenguins changed their appearance slightly during the the transition of PC3 to CP, although they retained the same cartoon concept. Penguins in Penguin Chat 3 used to be a bit more complex, there was a fair bit of bevel on them, colours were more realistic and darker and their body shape was a lot more pointy and less curved. Club Penguin's penguins seem to almost have a more child-friendly and cartoony appearance.

IgloosIn PC3 penguins didn't own their own igloos, however one public one was later available in one of the empty rooms, which was also the new home of the PC3 Band.

MembershipBecause Penguin Chat 3 was simply a chatroom, items and membership weren't available. Furthermore, membership wouldn't have had any benefit to any penguin in the game, because of the lack of fundementals to provide membership priveleges anyway.

TriviaThe songs that played in Penguin Chat 3 were, "I'm at 9933", "I've Been Delayed" (both performed by TAS 1000), and "Banana Phone".
Many things from Penguin Chat 3 are in Club Penguin now.
If you take the SWF to it, you can see what it looked like, but actually no longer works.
rsnail drew it, but Screenhog drew Club Penguin and it looks very similar still.
There were no puffles in Penguin Chat 3 so when it was going on,maybe some penguins pretended to be the Keeper of the Boiler Room.
The Gift Shop was there, but nobody could go in it, however if you walked into it, you could buy real life stuff, on Rocketsnail.com.

Friday, April 16, 2010

penguin play awards 2010

Penguin Play Awards
Hello Penguins!

It's always cool to see what you're doing on the island when an event like the Penguin Play Awards happens - we're seeing TONS of you doing different stuff at the Pizza Parlor.

Also, the team loves what you're doing in the Stage and all over the island with your own speeches, interviews and acting! The red carpet's going to be gone on the 28th so make sure to get your votes in.



In other news... There are some new songs for your igloo this weekend, including the music from the Pizza Parlor at the Penguin Play Awards! Let us know what you think!

Until then... Waddle on!

- Club Penguin Team


By Billybob on March 26 2010 11:26 | Comments (63)

club penguin in friday april 26 2010

Hello Penguins!

Starting today, you're going to see some new furniture and igloo designs - check out the catalogs in your igloo.

The team always loves to see how creative you are with your homes. And for those of you who've saved enough coins for a new place, there's a Bamboo Hut hidden somewhere in the Igloo Upgrades catalog. Good luck finding it!



Let us know how you're decorating your igloo these days.

Until then... Waddle on!


- Club Penguin Team


By Billybob on April 15 2010 10:29 | Comments (51)

august 2005: beta testing on club penguin!

omg cp finally came omg thank god!!!!!!!! i am so exited this is what they wrote on the site:

Beta Test Update Version 0.91
Posted on August 29th, 2005 by Paintboy100
Club Penguin has updated versions. Here are the new updates.

1.Fixed Ballistic Biscuit
2.Fixed Bean Counters
3.Fix throw snowball bug
4.Fixed buying when coins equals cost
5.Players should load faster
6.Items should load faster
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Club Penguin Beta Test Week 1
Posted on August 29th, 2005 by Paintboy100
Club Penguin would like to thank you for an outstanding week. They squashed many bugs, but they have many more to fix. Here are the main bugs and problems they are working on fixing.

1.Connection Lost
2.Disappearing Penguins
3.Ballistic Biscuit crash bug
4.Bean Counter exit bug (losing coins.)
5.Buying Stuff bug
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Beta Test Update Version 0.89
Posted on August 24th, 2005 by Paintboy100
The latest version is now ready to be tested. Here is what has changed.

1.Mancala is online
2.Mancala has been moved to the 2nd floor of the Coffee Shop.
3.Sled Racing is online (Currently limited to 2 players.)
4.The hockey puck is now available at the Ice Rink.
5.The server only crashed once within the last 24 hours.
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Club Penguin Beta Test Update #2
Posted on August 23rd, 2005 by Paintboy100
Club Penguin has fixed many bugs, but their are many more to find and fix. Here is a list of the fixed bugs.

1.Fixed Disappearing Names
2.Fixed Disappearing Balloons
3.Fixed girl answer in the easy chat
4.Fixed buying furniture not appearing in the list.
5.Fixed multiple penguins in player igloos
6.Room loading should be faster
7.Removed mancala from the first floor of the coffee shop.
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Club Penguin Beta Test Update
Posted on August 22nd, 2005 by Paintboy100
Club Penguin disabled the hockey puck and restarted the server. They believe the connection problems are being caused by loss of memory. They are still trying to find the cause of the memory leak.

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Beta Test Update
Posted on August 22nd, 2005 by Paintboy100
Club Penguin already had a server crash, so they decided to take sled racing offline until they can solve the memory problem. Here are the current bugs they are working on fixing.

1.Lost connection when playing the game.
2.Names and Balloons disappear.
3.Stairs aren’t working to the up stairs of the Night Club.
4.Mancala names are broken.
5.Loading is to slow.