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  • What Happened To Club Penguin? The End Of A Childhood Gem | TRO (ft. Internet Historian)
    0:00 - Intro
    8:56 - Disney
    15:46 - Cast Away
    23:19 - Rewritten
    31:17 - Online
    41:10 - End Of Days
    51:42 - The Fall Of Club Penguin
    Today, we are going back to the gaming corner of CZcams, because as I have proven time and time again, I am a gamer, and today we are looking at an online MMO which some would argue is unrivalled in the gamer spirit that it has fostered.
    Now, you may have suspected an undertone of irony there, but don’t be fooled my friends, because back in the golden days when The Right Opinion was a young lad, full of zest and zeal, there were three games which shaped his online experience: those being, Runescape, Neopets, and the topic of interest today: Club Penguin.
    I can’t remember which order I played them in exactly, though I could take an educated guess, but I still remember them fondly for being able to capture sentiments of wide-eyed wonder and imagination that seem far beyond my grasp these days, and I know this wasn’t just a personal experience, I’m sure many of you similarly reminisce to a time where such avenues felt like a genuine escape to a different world.
    However, as time has progressed, so have we, and such memories fade into the background of a distant past. Nonetheless, I find some consolation in the thought that if I ever wanted to attempt to emulate that escapism again, those sites are, as of right now, ready and waiting to welcome me home… well, all except Club Penguin.
    Yes, Club Penguin, an abandoned abode. Their tragic demise seemed intangible to many, for a site which had once boasted over 200 million registered accounts, and 30 million active users, however, its last few years have been plagued by drama and conflict, eventually culminating in a rather cataclysmic fashion.
    For those who are unfamiliar, Club Penguin was an online game in which your character could take the form of a penguin, and participate in various activities all over this online world, full of many other colourful fluffy characters controlled by very real people. As a child it taught you the ropes of online safety, and interpersonal friendship. It had some pretty fun games too, and for the young mind, Club Penguin helped prepare individuals for what the internet was going to throw at us, which is an ever more important learning curve in today’s society. Yet, in spite of its relevance, it no longer plays this part in the online sphere, and today, we’ll be finding out how that happened.
    However, to understand its end, we need to go back to the beginning, and maybe provide a little background for anyone who never had the privilege to roleplay online as a virtual bird, unless you’re one of those avians, of course. However, I think it’s time to bring in a friend. Now, if you’re familiar with today’s guest you may have recently seen me pull off a legendary voice performance on one of his newest videos.

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  • @TheRightOpinion
    @TheRightOpinion  Před 3 lety +2452

    Little change of pace, hope you all enjoy :)
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  • @hfrmartin
    @hfrmartin Před 3 lety +6214

    also CP is just a TERRIBLE acronym for a children's game in retrospect

    • @rosalierowan
      @rosalierowan Před 3 lety +540

      Ok so maybe I wasn’t the only one who kept on thinking he was talking about ch**d p**n .-.

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel Před 3 lety +424

      Big oof, I didn't even realise lmao

    • @Dasha-qr9qu
      @Dasha-qr9qu Před 3 lety +311

      OH MY GODD THIS CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD

    • @bunnyd0ve
      @bunnyd0ve Před 3 lety +151

      OH SHI-

    • @b3niss393
      @b3niss393 Před 3 lety +228

      I thought it was foreshadowing lmao

  • @chandalier8996
    @chandalier8996 Před 3 lety +3532

    I’m technically still in a relationship with my club penguin boyfriend.

    • @KiwiLoverZ125
      @KiwiLoverZ125 Před 3 lety +256

      Same, we never broke up

    • @coleyco71
      @coleyco71 Před 3 lety +16

      Lol

    • @allisonhogarth2983
      @allisonhogarth2983 Před 3 lety +214

      same, i’ve been dating him since 2007 technically. his username was gradysize. hope he’s doing well

    • @chandalier8996
      @chandalier8996 Před 3 lety +27

      Kingglassrat1 true I mean his username was cheenis

    • @liamodonnell368
      @liamodonnell368 Před 3 lety +86

      That's legally binding don't you know? In all courts of law, even kangaroo ones

  • @RaptorRocka
    @RaptorRocka Před 3 lety +2194

    Everyone talking about Disney, but jesus christ, that story about the private server mafia blew me away. What is this world we live in? That shit was insane.

    • @michaelrichardson3834
      @michaelrichardson3834 Před 3 lety +33

      jesus would say the apocalypse, the end of days, has come.

    • @AverageUsernames
      @AverageUsernames Před 3 lety +18

      @@michaelrichardson3834 Then would majora's mask predicted the future and then god send the sun down to earth.

    • @bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851
      @bojarckhoosemanschnarf5851 Před 3 lety +41

      Same with my old minecaraft server. There were pirates who, on release of the server, were paid to ddos my server by my competition. If that failed, tgey would join and just hack ans give themselves admin vommands and ban everyone etc. What dicks

    • @UtopiaBettaThanAstro
      @UtopiaBettaThanAstro Před 3 lety +2

      @@AverageUsernames ben drowned

    • @AverageUsernames
      @AverageUsernames Před 3 lety +5

      @@UtopiaBettaThanAstro Ben drowned actually in the game, but it doesn't haunt you anything like that, it can be summoned by playing song elegy of emptiness.

  • @tahreesuh
    @tahreesuh Před 3 lety +574

    The two games that taught me how to type fast: *Club Penguin and Roblox.*

    • @shimio1780
      @shimio1780 Před 3 lety +48

      You gotta type like there’s no tomorrow

    • @6000.
      @6000. Před 3 lety +12

      @@shimio1780 yeah I’ll type like there is no tommrpwb ok then I don’t know what else to type I am typing th in the speed nof light ok

    • @name8329
      @name8329 Před 3 lety +6

      Catch me in fally Park selling lobs 142 gp ea then we can talk about typing

    • @louloudaki_
      @louloudaki_ Před 3 lety +9

      it’s club penguin and animal jam for me. i was predisposed to being a furry lmaoo

    • @thennoth2860
      @thennoth2860 Před 3 lety +13

      ###############################

  • @edmundkempersdartboard173
    @edmundkempersdartboard173 Před 3 lety +1918

    "Disney buys CP..."
    Hell of a headline.

    • @ItsAv3rageGamer
      @ItsAv3rageGamer Před 3 lety +101

      And still just as accurate.

    • @Cenentury0941
      @Cenentury0941 Před 3 lety +63

      I'm sure they're laughing at the gullible morons who didn't realize the reality of that headline. Disney is shady as fuck lol.

    • @SquoangleProductions
      @SquoangleProductions Před 3 lety +124

      “...and creates CP Island”
      They must’ve known they’d attract the wrong audience

    • @edmundkempersdartboard173
      @edmundkempersdartboard173 Před 3 lety +4

      @@SquoangleProductions lol. That's good. I didn't think of that.

    • @no-gy9uk
      @no-gy9uk Před 3 lety +7

      😲
      Fk now my comments using CP to say club penguin feel gross ty 😧

  • @charlsw2773
    @charlsw2773 Před 3 lety +2594

    The way us TRO fans consider this a short video

    • @lathlisselara2397
      @lathlisselara2397 Před 3 lety +24

      👀

    • @kendraduli6806
      @kendraduli6806 Před 3 lety +72

      @Donkey Donk ikr that was crazy but now we are back to normal videos

    • @alijahcrichton8234
      @alijahcrichton8234 Před 3 lety +92

      @@kendraduli6806 I want another 4 hour or longer video. I love having his longer videos in the background when I'm doing stuff

    • @POP-nm1ix
      @POP-nm1ix Před 3 lety +26

      100% true. When I saw the time, I was disappointed it wasn't longer.

    • @reimichacha
      @reimichacha Před 3 lety +22

      What can we say, we love a good movie😁

  • @portalendex
    @portalendex Před 3 lety +472

    Jesus Christ, I just wanted to find out what happened to Club Penguin and I found frickin Crimes scenes and Child exploitation instead

  • @Davvg
    @Davvg Před 3 lety +184

    First 30 minutes: oh that’s neat
    last 30 minutes: Jesus Christ what the fuck

    • @crstph
      @crstph Před 3 lety +2

      TRULY AHSJJSKSJS

  • @tamago2474
    @tamago2474 Před 3 lety +8012

    Does this mean I had the original right opinion?

  • @LoudRevised
    @LoudRevised Před 3 lety +3678

    Looks like those private severs could’ve use Nord VPN.

    • @GSG-io8zp
      @GSG-io8zp Před 3 lety +108

      And less pedophiles

    • @Zyzarda
      @Zyzarda Před 3 lety +9

      you mean the only widespread vpn that has confirmed itself as gotten hacked? youre a joke

    • @deadeyeduncan5022
      @deadeyeduncan5022 Před 3 lety +72

      @@Zyzarda You're a joke, apparently you don't understand what happend.

    • @haplopatryn145
      @haplopatryn145 Před 3 lety +37

      Ad time

    • @hilotakenaka
      @hilotakenaka Před 3 lety +32

      You mean the online private network that allows you to access content from all over the globe?

  • @elizabethlockhart2103
    @elizabethlockhart2103 Před 3 lety +176

    the internet historian shilling for raid shadow legends in every appearance is fucking hilarious

  • @kainhall
    @kainhall Před 3 lety +430

    2:53 a childs game should NEVER be shortened to "CP".....
    thats just wrong on so many levels....

  • @fruitsalad1377
    @fruitsalad1377 Před 3 lety +2256

    I feel bad that the people behind club penguin island really did care for the game but it was just Disney that made to game to money hungry :(

    • @omnimenge
      @omnimenge Před 3 lety +84

      You don't need to. In the end, the creators got millions from it. Honestly, I'd be sorry for them if they didn't sell it because the game was getting obsolete by the day anyway.

    • @slothschewgum
      @slothschewgum Před 3 lety +28

      Ding Ding The CZcams Buddy yeah but that’s the problem when that happens it usually isn’t seen as a problem on Disney’s part or the game devs part it’s seen as “oh I guess they don’t want club penguin anymore” and they not only scrap the current game but the entirety of the idea instead of just making one the fans would actually want

    • @madisonc5643
      @madisonc5643 Před 3 lety

      Can someone give me a summary of the video

    • @SS-xr7jf
      @SS-xr7jf Před 3 lety +3

      @@omnimenge did they? Op said club penguin island, not club penguin.

    • @erugurara8235
      @erugurara8235 Před 3 lety

      @@madisonc5643 that after the cancellation of club penguin after years of being own by Disney, some people started a new server for the game but not limits to evade the bad stuff people can do in internet, ruinig the honor of the game and creating a sort of info fight to get the person who was leaking personal information as his way of blackmailing the others into no showing the bad parts of inside a makes troubles for the children, the bad person is send to prison and the club penguin server is still active but is not is not feel completely safe due to the bad care the game had before, also is clear a Disney has no intention of trowing the rights so people believe it this inevitable that Disney is gonna close all servers for the game.
      That is the more important information about the case.

  • @RobiningwiththeTitan
    @RobiningwiththeTitan Před 3 lety +1878

    TRO is now legally obligated to make a Neopets video.

    • @8948380
      @8948380 Před 3 lety +31

      and Runescape!

    • @darienjadee
      @darienjadee Před 3 lety +16

      Neopets, runescape, anyone remember zwinky 🥴 or weeworld? Do they even exist still?

    • @Infected-Candies
      @Infected-Candies Před 3 lety +31

      Neopets is simply trapped in time, that's the best way to put it, sure there's the mobile version but that's not much of a successor to boot.

    • @townfool4682
      @townfool4682 Před 3 lety +48

      Infected Candies the neopets story is relatively interesting tho. they were unknowingly sold to and owned by scientologists for a number of years, they still have an active user base of around 100 000 players (a small fraction of their hay day, but impressive all things considered) and have a pretty insane after-market for pets and rare items that people pay real money for ‘unconverted’ pets or painted pets/pets with high battle dome stats/pets with desirable names (4-6 letters, no numbers, pronounceable, etc). Ive also heard of a lot of account hacking and pet stealing in order to sell these pets to after-market buyers. The neopets economy is also pretty complicated/interesting and can be cited as an example of what happens when inflation is not controlled. Tbh I would love a 1-2 TRO deep dive bc i’ve run dry with Neopets vids and I still feel like there’s so much I don’t know

    • @AkaChibiness
      @AkaChibiness Před 3 lety +13

      Gaiaonline

  • @rafaelmontoya1454
    @rafaelmontoya1454 Před 3 lety +264

    The club penguin anime:
    Season one: The introduction and three original creators arc. Disney purchase arc.
    Season two: The death of club penguin arc. Club penguin island arc.
    Season three: Club penguin clones arc. Club penguin rewritten arc.
    Season four: Virtual penguin (Riley's introduction). Rise of club penguin online arc.
    Season five: Disney's return. The death of major club penguin servers (Thanos snap finale).
    The real club penguin was the friends we made along the way.

  • @LockeRobsta
    @LockeRobsta Před 3 lety +100

    "...When in actuality, the real Club Penguin was inside us all along."
    I can hear it in your voice, you're on the verge of cracking up weren't you?

  • @ncrtrooper1782
    @ncrtrooper1782 Před 3 lety +1842

    His avatar gives narcissistic, passive aggressive, and mean vibes, but his writing and humor gives off the exact opposite and I love it.

    • @thepandrbr
      @thepandrbr Před 3 lety +82

      his voice gives the same vibes the avatar gives or is it just me?

    • @f_mva
      @f_mva Před 3 lety +40

      i love all the different versions too, all of them have different yet strangely similar vibes

    • @komarunaegi7460
      @komarunaegi7460 Před 3 lety +24

      @Sebastian Devus
      It’s not just you. The voice and delivery gives the same vibes as his avatar to me. Not that that’s a bad thing; I love how informative his videos are, I just don’t think his voice and delivery are the *opposite* to the vibes his avatar gives.

    • @ncrtrooper1782
      @ncrtrooper1782 Před 3 lety +4

      @@f_mva ikr, u have the adorable little one and the pissed off angry one.

    • @ncrtrooper1782
      @ncrtrooper1782 Před 3 lety +2

      @@thepandrbr if you've seen his face, it changes to a more laid back dude.

  • @VU_Ulker
    @VU_Ulker Před 3 lety +1730

    It's so sad and ironic how the original Club Penguin's intensions were to make a fun and interactive experience for kids whilst teaching them about online safety, yet what it ended up becoming under one evil man's actions was an online platform to manipulate, harass and abuse these same kids instead.

    • @FastForwardPlans
      @FastForwardPlans Před 3 lety +81

      It doesn't matter where you go, if a group of people gather around a idea long enough, someone is going to eventually take advantage of it.

    • @FastForwardPlans
      @FastForwardPlans Před 3 lety +37

      @@Jordan_Dossou We humans exist on a violent, chaotic planet, born from the bloody carnage. This planet carved from a brutal and uncaring universe. We are a species just as violent, just as chaotic, just as brutal.
      But that's okay.
      Our inability to be satisfied with our present state, to dream of things beyond and rip apart the world to force it to be true, is how we got to our present world, and its how we will surpass our present selves.
      Utopia will never come, but as time passes we humans will create something far beyond any utopia modern man can dream of.

    • @MrKing-771
      @MrKing-771 Před 3 lety +1

      There's a lesson in there somewhere.

    • @pubdasniper
      @pubdasniper Před 3 lety +1

      Wow, that's deep bro.

    • @bloodyneptune
      @bloodyneptune Před 3 lety +3

      @@FastForwardPlans That started real damn depressing, but then it got all nice. I mean, kinda, Itd be nice if we could do all that but also not set the rainforest on fire again maybe.

  • @diamondmetal3062
    @diamondmetal3062 Před 3 lety +257

    I always assumed Club Penguin fell because it was kinda predatory. Like, you could play the game for free, but anything that was fun required money. It was micro-transactions before those got popular. That, and you could get banned for the flimsiest excuses. I distinctly remember having to contact customer service to unblock my account numerous times.

    • @MrPF
      @MrPF Před 3 lety +28

      CP didn't have microtransactions, it was basically a RP based MMO with a subscription
      Yes there was a "free to play" but there were so many restrictions that it was more of a demo
      It was (at least in my opinion) pretty cheap for a subscription based game

    • @D_YellowMadness
      @D_YellowMadness Před 7 měsíci +2

      @@MrPF How unfortunate that you used CP & RP in the same comment.

    • @mcflurryrap5174
      @mcflurryrap5174 Před 3 měsíci

      nope if you had membership you could do anything if you were good at the games

  • @DJWarwing
    @DJWarwing Před 3 lety +85

    Riley is literally all of Persona 5's antagonists rolled up into one distorted monster

  • @capitalofTX
    @capitalofTX Před 3 lety +1044

    *2013: Toontown Online closes*
    Disney: We will be shifting our focus on Club Penguin...
    *2017: Club Penguin closes*
    Disney: Psych lmao

    • @melodiclogic9904
      @melodiclogic9904 Před 3 lety +23

      *sike

    • @whiteglovian
      @whiteglovian Před 3 lety +18

      ttown was so much fun and i started crying really hard when it closed and ive never forgiven club penguin

    • @leleigh6338
      @leleigh6338 Před 3 lety +8

      God, Toon town hit a nerve

    • @IoanaZER0
      @IoanaZER0 Před 3 lety +32

      @@whiteglovian Actually, a copy of Toontown is still playable. It's called Toontown Rewritten if you ever want to play again :)

    • @Sitback
      @Sitback Před 3 lety +8

      @@IoanaZER0 ^^^^ def had a fun winter break playing that shit last year

  • @katbird2699
    @katbird2699 Před 3 lety +2646

    'CP' is a rather unfortunate abbreviation, especially given the circumstances...

    • @jellyfishlamp3611
      @jellyfishlamp3611 Před 3 lety +46

      shit, you re right

    • @lloydthehedgehogirving6049
      @lloydthehedgehogirving6049 Před 3 lety +101

      🤔?
      You mean Communist Party?

    • @katbird2699
      @katbird2699 Před 3 lety +191

      @@lloydthehedgehogirving6049 Jesus, today I learned that the communist party has probably the most unfortunate acronym as well

    • @gaylordpantamime
      @gaylordpantamime Před 3 lety +27

      Communism has killed more people than anything else. Mao=80 million stalin 50-60 mil

    • @gaylordpantamime
      @gaylordpantamime Před 3 lety +3

      @User search up how many people have died because of communism

  • @slowpokerodriguez9907
    @slowpokerodriguez9907 Před 3 lety +197

    "Where were you when club penguin died?"
    "I was at home eating dorito when phone ring"
    "club penguin is kil"
    "no"

  • @samwisethebest5896
    @samwisethebest5896 Před 3 lety +65

    I played Club Penguin Online. I didn't know anything about the toxicity of the staff until I saw all of the bitterness upon shut-down. They seemed pretty passionate and engaging before that. I steered clear of Club Penguin Rewritten because I heard about the data breaches. I thought CPR was the shady one. CPO did have "unrestricted" servers, which I opposed, but the main servers had pretty strict censorship; you never knew when a word might be to harsh or too close to somethin else and get blocked. Sure, some terms escaped the filter, but that's to be expected. When there were more "edgy" conversations, one could usually gather two things: 1) parents need to better monitor their children's online activity, or 2) a large percentage of CPO users were older teens or adults who played the original game in their childhood.
    Club Penguin will be dearly missed, long remembered, never replaced, and maybe that's the right thing.

    • @TheKooljack2000
      @TheKooljack2000 Před 3 lety +5

      Same here. There’s a part of me that still wants to join CPR but I can’t put my trust in a game that’s had two massive data breaches. CPO seemed good until it became clear that Riley was up to no good!

    • @congratulationsmerry6386
      @congratulationsmerry6386 Před 2 lety +2

      join cpr its basically owned by disney now and ots basically old school cp

  • @kindnesstemmie6625
    @kindnesstemmie6625 Před 3 lety +793

    Club penguin died because god himself decided we weren't ready for club penguin

    • @sleepiesalem
      @sleepiesalem Před 3 lety +20

      Kindness Temmie Just like monkey quest.

    • @galacticalove
      @galacticalove Před 3 lety +10

      @@sleepiesalem Still not over monkey quest 😔

    • @-Desire
      @-Desire Před 3 lety +3

      This is so true, thank you for sharing your blessed knowledge with us

    • @sluggishkitten
      @sluggishkitten Před 3 lety +1

      what

    • @erikho6936
      @erikho6936 Před 3 lety +1

      @@sluggishkitten Yup, his right, it's written in the Bible, Humans were not ready for the power of Club Penguin

  • @JitterBugBlues
    @JitterBugBlues Před 3 lety +1549

    If anyone deserves an upbeat nostalgia trip it’s the right opinion

  • @MaurauderGirl
    @MaurauderGirl Před 3 lety +35

    I was unnecessarily happy to see Call Me Kevin footage in this, even if for only a few seconds

  • @justheretowatchthisdumpste7073

    “When should one, truly waddle along?”
    Someone please use this as their senior quote.

  • @gaber7113
    @gaber7113 Před 3 lety +624

    Whoa Club Penguin was deleted over 3 years ago? It still feels like yesterday when people were freaking out over the shutting down of Club Penguin. Time really does fly.

    • @frostedlambs
      @frostedlambs Před 3 lety +1

      Member cardjitsu and hunting for the free weekly badges

    • @SpinningTurtle66
      @SpinningTurtle66 Před 3 lety +1

      Somehow I can really vividly remember the day the game shut down and I was really upset. It was 3 years ago somehow...

    • @frostedlambs
      @frostedlambs Před 3 lety +1

      @@SpinningTurtle66 WTF IT WAS 3 YEAR AGO

  • @TheLadyLiddell
    @TheLadyLiddell Před 3 lety +819

    As someone who knows almost nothing about Club Penguin... I did NOT expect this story to take the turns it did.

  • @theotv5522
    @theotv5522 Před 3 lety +19

    Used to be one of the mods in CPO for a short time, and tbh I just find the whole situation at the time quite amusing. I did not participate in Rilley's shenanigans (he didn't trust me enough to give me more stuff to do), just monitor the server activity to make sure none were exploiting or crashing the server. I had a feeling something's off with new staff rapidly popping up and many of them weren't suited with mod's work (I guess some just wanted the title to brag with friends).
    Now watching this video it's like reliving my old days again.

  • @ThatOtherRaccoon
    @ThatOtherRaccoon Před 3 lety +29

    The Right Opinion and The Internet Historian. A match made in heaven.

  • @RachelHardy
    @RachelHardy Před 3 lety +4271

    When I was starting out in composing music for media (like.... fresh out of high school) my GRANDPARENTS of all people got me connected with the guy who wrote all the music for Club Penguin and, at the time, Club Penguin Island. I flew out to Kelowna and went to the Club Penguin building there; the staff were so nice to me. I was given a grand tour and was able to sit in the studio and watch how the music stuff was done. I was not really a fan of Club Penguin Island, as I really really enjoyed the original Club Penguin, but the staff who were working on CPI really did care about their jobs and their fans. They had fan art plastering the walls in the hallways. It's a shame the game never had a chance to continue growing and evolving. They had a great team working on it.

    • @IdrinkSoup-phrog-
      @IdrinkSoup-phrog- Před 3 lety +158

      “As I really enjoyed the original CP” bad choice of words there

    • @Okagemi
      @Okagemi Před 3 lety +198

      @@IdrinkSoup-phrog- Only if you take it out of context

    • @trapmaster8458
      @trapmaster8458 Před 3 lety +4

      699 like

    • @nohi3619
      @nohi3619 Před 3 lety +47

      This makes everything even more sadder :’(

    • @strange4414
      @strange4414 Před 3 lety +33

      @@IdrinkSoup-phrog- it got edited out lmao

  • @jimsidewinder8622
    @jimsidewinder8622 Před 3 lety +653

    "Roleplay online as a virtual bird"
    Roblox: write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!

  • @cypresswendler4980
    @cypresswendler4980 Před 2 lety +18

    I miss toon town too. And pixie hallow. Those three games (along with dizzywood) were a huge part of my massively isolated homeschool life. They were literally my only socialization- I wish they had never ended them. Someone should make an adult version. Not with adult situations- same exact games but only adults. Adults need wholesome fun too- especially with the damn pandemic.

  • @deerlyqueery
    @deerlyqueery Před 2 lety +10

    Company: *Just vibing*
    Disney: You are mine now.

  • @elrichjr301
    @elrichjr301 Před 3 lety +352

    "...Club Penguin, sometimes abbreviated to CP..."
    Oh, Lord, please don't let it be a foreshadowing

    • @annabella1650
      @annabella1650 Před 3 lety +17

      ...kinda, but not exactly,

    • @elrichjr301
      @elrichjr301 Před 3 lety +43

      Damn, it really was

    • @sticlavoda5632
      @sticlavoda5632 Před 3 lety +7

      @@elrichjr301 not really . You see . I was there along the way . I was one of the amst people in the now lost servers. The orivate servers are not club penguin . They are a mere imitation . As for cp, that has been the acronym of club penguin for years

    • @lavendermarshmallowplant3229
      @lavendermarshmallowplant3229 Před 3 lety

      unfortunately

  • @Eralen00
    @Eralen00 Před 3 lety +447

    Are you trying to tell me that Disney's unrelenting greed killed something popular that everyone loved? Impossible!

  • @terraaudeux7946
    @terraaudeux7946 Před 3 lety +27

    Man, I'm *really* glad that I'm always late to parties like these... I was late to the closure, not too bad, and I used CPrewritten a couple of times (quit because I was fed up with the layering soundtracks) - I used a secure password, nothing too bad revealed in the breaches. But BOY did I dodge a bullet with CPO... The stuff that happened there was *disgusting*. I'd rather no CP at all than that.

  • @peeelan
    @peeelan Před 3 lety +18

    I thought this was going to be a silly gamer video.
    I was so wrong

  • @tarahdactyl8937
    @tarahdactyl8937 Před 3 lety +633

    I couldn't keep a straight face when that little kids CZcams video said "in 2007 Disney bought Cp for 350 million" I'm sorry I just can't

  • @1yo2many
    @1yo2many Před 3 lety +360

    "Disney probably didn't ban these servers because of the bad press they would get"
    Disney: *threatens to sue family of dead child for trying to put Spiderman on his gravestone*

    • @user-10021
      @user-10021 Před 3 lety +1

      Spiderman belongs to marvel tho?

    • @StarWarsomania
      @StarWarsomania Před 3 lety +55

      PlatinumBladeStudios And Disney owns Marvel.

    • @GravesLilDarkAngel
      @GravesLilDarkAngel Před 3 lety +72

      @@user-10021 Disney owns Marvel studios and have for a few years now. That includes the comic publishing, not just the movies. So Disney did in fact try to sue the family of a six year old boy who'd died who wanted to put spiderman on his headstone because that was his favorite superhero.

    • @alias201
      @alias201 Před 3 lety +26

      Disgusting

    • @fase1doughnut
      @fase1doughnut Před 3 lety +1

      Pretty sure this is an urban legend right? Heard the same thing about a disney princess on a girl’s gravestone

  • @neveerland
    @neveerland Před 3 lety +45

    There he goes everyone, the only youtuber that will make me watch a 1 hour video about a childrens game and actually enjoy every second of it

    • @BoxCrittersHQ
      @BoxCrittersHQ Před 3 lety +4

      the only youtuber I can actually just happily sit through and listen to document history

  • @bigdreamer8588
    @bigdreamer8588 Před 3 lety +92

    All this does is make me want to develop a game even more lol.

  • @nahimgood8546
    @nahimgood8546 Před 3 lety +734

    a hour of internet historian and TRO talking about club club penguin, is this a dream?

  • @user-cb7ux6ky2d
    @user-cb7ux6ky2d Před 3 lety +1551

    I think it's sad Club Penguin never truely got to see it's full potential, there were a lot of interesting ideas and stories the team could have elaborated on before Disney acquired the game. It went from a goofy game with a lot of heart to an empty husk Disney only used for advertising, and that's really disappointing.

    • @bejeweledbat13
      @bejeweledbat13 Před 3 lety +27

      *and yet I'm still sad there was never a Soy Luna Takeover*

    • @coolfred9083
      @coolfred9083 Před 3 lety +38

      Disney didn't really start making the game worse until quite a while after they bought it I think. Like how Microsoft owns Minecraft but the Java edition is still like it always has been.

    • @michealpersicko9531
      @michealpersicko9531 Před 3 lety +2

      @@coolfred9083 shit?

    • @MrPF
      @MrPF Před 3 lety +45

      @@coolfred9083 you are right, when Disney bought CP it was actually really good for the game, their budget went through the roof and they got a lot of advertising and merchandising which helped the game grow a lot, the parties got bigger and better, there were more frequent updates and so on
      It really only went downhill when Disney stopped seeing CP as a game but as a billboard they could advertise their shit on
      It got so bad that most of the parties were either yearly parties that didn't change or evolve or Disney propaganda parties for their TV shows and movies

    • @enablednonsense9853
      @enablednonsense9853 Před 2 lety +3

      @@coolfred9083
      Minecraft imo became shit after Microsoft owned it, the fact that the ports are referred to as "Java" and "Bedrock" edition alone shows how bland the game has become. The moment 1.9 hit (1.8 was when I stopped playing, 2014 was when the already unceasingly toxicity became too much) and fucked up the combat system and nerfed things like the echanted golden apple for no real reason, I stopped caring about Minecraft altogether.
      Every single thing they've changed since then, whether it be the textures or the soundtrack, has made the game less memorable much like how Disney turned Club Penguin into a bland product with sponsorships and advertising up the ass.
      At least Club Penguin ended, compared to 'Minecraft' which still 'thrives' with retarded degenerate fucks like Dream and his disgusting 'community' giving Riley a run for his money.

  • @HyperUserGoesHyperer
    @HyperUserGoesHyperer Před 3 lety +14

    I remember playing Club Penguin on Miniclip and sharing my best friends premium account at like 9 years old. We would speak on MSN simultaneously and used to do something similar to trolling before knowing what trolling was. I was addicted for so long and even dipped in and out as a teen. Thank you for this video.

  • @Dray1
    @Dray1 Před 3 lety +13

    I loved club Penguin and don’t remember why? Not that it’s Bad because I think it’s amazing but I don’t remember what I specifically loved about it to play it everyday for 12 hours

  • @newkidontheblock8662
    @newkidontheblock8662 Před 3 lety +195

    Bro I lost all my frickin puffs, I will never forgive disney for that.

    • @alias201
      @alias201 Před 3 lety +4

      I hate when they're in the middle of a sentence, or even a word. It's disruptive

    • @Jeff4theRaid
      @Jeff4theRaid Před 3 lety +9

      They ain't gone, they just returned to the wild :_(

    • @emilyjones2794
      @emilyjones2794 Před 3 lety +2

      Same. I had many of the puffles. One of each color I believe

    • @thecatpersonuk9962
      @thecatpersonuk9962 Před 3 lety

      My damn cat puffs
      I will bring it back if it’s the last thing I do

  • @raspberry765
    @raspberry765 Před 3 lety +420

    THE ICEBERG, HERBERT THE BEAR, THE PIZZA JOINT, THE PUFFLES, THE PROPELLER CAPS, THE SKI LODGE.... :’((((((

  • @prettycolors2
    @prettycolors2 Před 3 lety +9

    "at one stage I was invited over to someone's igloo, which had been decorated by spelling out the n word in chairs."
    Had me dying

  • @ArisHelfyre
    @ArisHelfyre Před 2 lety +8

    I never played Club Penguin, but I feel for those that did. It's rare to find a community as tightly knit as this one, and it's incredibly hard to see the community you became a part of crumble away, despite everyone's greatest efforts.

  • @weftin5721
    @weftin5721 Před 3 lety +282

    "When did club penguin die? A simple question with a simple answer. Yes."
    Roll credits

  • @sentientmochi5585
    @sentientmochi5585 Před 3 lety +1280

    Anybody here ever played Poptropica? That one was the shit.

    • @Orange_Swirl
      @Orange_Swirl Před 3 lety +88

      It became shit.

    • @Jmolevisuals
      @Jmolevisuals Před 3 lety +37

      YEOO IS THAT STILL GOING?? I STAN poptropica, loved that shit.

    • @sentientmochi5585
      @sentientmochi5585 Před 3 lety +78

      @@Jmolevisuals You could still play it I think. Not all islands are available atm tho, they're doing adjusments cuz the flash player the site runs on would be terminated by the end of 2020.

    • @erinbush9005
      @erinbush9005 Před 3 lety +52

      I sucked so hard at that game but it was so good

    • @starzies
      @starzies Před 3 lety +56

      True pain is losing your Poptropica account

  • @non_brewed_condiment
    @non_brewed_condiment Před rokem +4

    One of my favorite memories ever is sitting at the dinner table on thanksgiving and my uncle saying "So your mother told me you joined a Penguin Club, what's that like?" to me and my sister lol.

  • @coma70se
    @coma70se Před 2 lety +15

    One thing I can continuously praise TRO's videos for is just how well the collaborations work. As soon as whichever creator comes on it immediately feels like you're watching their content and yet it still works in the video. First noticed this with the j aubrey collabs and couldn't help but note it after a ridiculously long binge

  • @brit6979
    @brit6979 Před 3 lety +348

    If you don’t die a hero, you’ll live long enough to see yourself become a villain

    • @redflavor6013
      @redflavor6013 Před 3 lety

      Homestuck

    • @brit6979
      @brit6979 Před 3 lety

      red flavor it’s everywhere

    • @redflavor6013
      @redflavor6013 Před 3 lety

      @@brit6979 years later I still can't fight The Homestuck

    • @brit6979
      @brit6979 Před 3 lety

      red flavor trying only strengthens it

    • @sakuraanime122
      @sakuraanime122 Před 3 lety +1

      That is VERY Erie after watching this video.

  • @finpin2622
    @finpin2622 Před 3 lety +833

    People get real serious over child-oriented sites even when there's NOT much money to be made, it's kind of crazy.
    My sister helps manage a Harry Potter oriented site and the amount of drama that goes on there could probably be made into a whole video of it's own based on what she's shared with me .

    • @princetchalla2441
      @princetchalla2441 Před 3 lety +77

      I think it’s because kids are dumb and willing to spend millions for a fluffy pink hat, and some rich people will pay anything to make their kids happy.

    • @nicholasgeere5125
      @nicholasgeere5125 Před 3 lety +7

      You need to get your sis off that site bro

    • @finpin2622
      @finpin2622 Před 3 lety +103

      @@nicholasgeere5125 She's my older sister, she's one of the staff members on the site who's actively trying to keep it safe. Although honestly, it seems stressful enough that she'd probably benefit from stepping down...

    • @nicholasgeere5125
      @nicholasgeere5125 Před 3 lety +2

      @@finpin2622 yikes

    • @truesummerknits
      @truesummerknits Před 3 lety +3

      Was the site hexrpg?

  • @chip5892
    @chip5892 Před 3 lety +9

    Ah, Club Penguin Mafia.
    I n t e r e s t i n g .

  • @aarongood609
    @aarongood609 Před 3 lety +18

    Who else remembers trying to get the rainbow and gold puffle lol

  • @shaneroyalguardsmen8016
    @shaneroyalguardsmen8016 Před 3 lety +358

    “Equivalent, of having a rave at a funeral”

    • @asterrose1827
      @asterrose1827 Před 3 lety +13

      China has funeral stripper so it's not far from real life.

    • @clownsnail6837
      @clownsnail6837 Před 3 lety +7

      @@asterrose1827 i- where did you get that information??

    • @asterrose1827
      @asterrose1827 Před 3 lety +5

      @@clownsnail6837 Google

    • @toe5964
      @toe5964 Před 3 lety +8

      @@asterrose1827 what do you google to find this information...?

    • @IudiciumInfernalum
      @IudiciumInfernalum Před 3 lety +4

      @@toe5964 Mirriam Webster

  • @fimmiesarang
    @fimmiesarang Před 3 lety +475

    Four Horsemen of my life: Poptropica, Pixie Hollow (rip), Club Penguin, and Moshi Monsters.
    Oh, the memories😔
    Honorable Mention: Wizard 101

    • @ghost-husband
      @ghost-husband Před 3 lety +19

      I played all of those and i miss pixie hollow and moshi monsters so much but at least you can still play the other two tho

    • @fimmiesarang
      @fimmiesarang Před 3 lety +41

      Sky Bean No, unfortunately poptropica got rid off the older islands like spy island and etc and you can only play like 4 islands while the rest you have to pay for membership. Plus they have a lot of ads now.

    • @meowpower08
      @meowpower08 Před 3 lety +32

      jazmin rose that makes me unbelievably sad I put hours on hours into poptropica :( greed wins once again

    • @cuppajj
      @cuppajj Před 3 lety +3

      Oh man, throwback. I always played those five and fusionfall. They were so good 😔

    • @samschiang
      @samschiang Před 3 lety +9

      animal jam for the inevitable furries

  • @TycoonTitian01
    @TycoonTitian01 Před 3 lety +22

    When the drama subreddit deletes a thing about club penguin online for too much drama

  • @Banisoup
    @Banisoup Před 3 lety +13

    You're officially invited to every party I host.

  • @cornedbread3669
    @cornedbread3669 Před 3 lety +688

    Remember everyone, Quackity’s raid on Club Penguin Island was so bad that it broke the game. And mind you the deletion of CPI was a few days after the raid.

    • @cornedbread3669
      @cornedbread3669 Před 3 lety +14

      Holy Milk
      true

    • @alondralopez7400
      @alondralopez7400 Před 3 lety +19

      it was fun lol

    • @akuos8243
      @akuos8243 Před 3 lety +17

      He killed it lol.

    • @Hayden_Cat
      @Hayden_Cat Před 3 lety +113

      Holy crap I remember participating in that raid we all had to wear yellow piss penguin color while spamming “Disney will not divide us” and then a few days later the shut down was announced and we all celebrated. I miss his raids but at least he gets to play with some big Minecraft bois now.

    • @cornedbread3669
      @cornedbread3669 Před 3 lety +34

      Hannah Cat
      wait you were there too?? oh wow geez, that was one hecc of a raid. Glad you had fun too.

  • @conboy147
    @conboy147 Před 3 lety +456

    Internet historian sounds like he's being held at gunpoint

  • @AftermathRV
    @AftermathRV Před 3 lety +11

    "sometimes abbreviated CP"
    careful with that one, dont let the smash community hear

  • @heathercrawford7466
    @heathercrawford7466 Před 3 lety +8

    Damn, signing my daughter up for club penguin online when she was like 7. Didnt know anything about the original club penguin and all that, never played it, was a runescaper and neopets chick myself. Luckily she never played the club penguin online thing. But damn, their story is a wild one.

  • @TheAssirra
    @TheAssirra Před 3 lety +283

    I can't believe the amount of drama based around this.
    Humanity never fails to dissapoint.

  • @MassiveGhost-
    @MassiveGhost- Před 3 lety +409

    TRO trying the stretch to the 10 min mark unacceptable

  • @modestmeeshka
    @modestmeeshka Před 2 lety +3

    As someone who grew up in a technology free house hold until my grades started declining in highschool because I couldn't type essays and the teachers wouldn't take hand written ones, playing club penguin at my friend's house once in a blue moon was an unforgettable experience, good simple times lol

  • @justanotheryoutubechannel

    AND NOW CLUB PENGUIN REWRITTEN HAS BEEN KILLED TOO

  • @KR-wl5yd
    @KR-wl5yd Před 3 lety +148

    "Club Penguin Mafia" is something I thought I would never hear in my life.

  • @ryanhopkins1240
    @ryanhopkins1240 Před 3 lety +248

    Software engineer here-- I don't care if they're teenagers, there's no excuses to storing password hashes in md5. If you don't know how to store private user data, then don't store it!

    • @weebemo1144
      @weebemo1144 Před 3 lety +6

      Leddit Clap

    • @brunoarnoni
      @brunoarnoni Před 3 lety +3

      Could you please tell me why? Is it because MD5 is easily bruteforced?

    • @ryanhopkins1240
      @ryanhopkins1240 Před 3 lety +6

      @@brunoarnoni www.google.com/amp/s/www.geeksforgeeks.org/understanding-rainbow-table-attack/amp/

    • @ARedHerring
      @ARedHerring Před 3 lety +3

      Just salt it. You only live once.
      (Don't actually)

    • @adamadams8388
      @adamadams8388 Před 3 lety +5

      @@brunoarnoni To explain in like 3-4 sentences from my understanding, md5 is a function that converts your password to some other encrypted value. It is practically impossible to use the encrypted value to get the original password using maths. However, when u have a table with billions of records where the key is a password and the value is the encryption, it becomes very easy to find the plain text original password - u just compare it with the list of records that exist in the table to find the paired plaintext password and usually it will. That's part of the reason websites recommend using hard passwords so in case their database is hacked, those passwords(encrypted values) won't appear in any tables. It's probably a little more complicated but that should be it

  • @zumzum74
    @zumzum74 Před 3 lety +8

    I clicked on this for title alone and didn't look at anything else. Guess I'll make some popcorn before I start this rabbit hole.

  • @kingjesterade9509
    @kingjesterade9509 Před rokem +3

    The transition between internet historian and TRO with the raid shadow legends had me rolling 🤣

  • @TrevorZero
    @TrevorZero Před 3 lety +130

    I’ll be honest, that last few minutes with everyone messaging each other in the main room makes me genuinely sad. Like watching a cartoon penguin Titanic

  • @Baiswith
    @Baiswith Před 3 lety +471

    It might have been worth pointing out that 'non profit' does *not* mean 'not earning money'. Non profit just means that whatever income there is, is being spent in order to keep the income generator bringing that income in. For example, hosting/server/equipment/staff costs.

    • @louloudaki_
      @louloudaki_ Před 3 lety +20

      that makes sense. cpr especially since the original people running it were literally students we all know the majority of students barely have money, they’re not about to be able to fund this themselves. so using the income for maintenance and such makes a lot of sense

    • @20firebird
      @20firebird Před 2 lety +5

      really! interesting. i looked it up and technically that definition only refers to a _not-for-profit_ group - different from a non-profit - but like, no shame, i also thought they were synonyms

    • @mobilegameclips5628
      @mobilegameclips5628 Před 2 lety +1

      A non profit organization is not just a company that doesn’t turn a profit …

  • @artemisvoltaire4743
    @artemisvoltaire4743 Před 2 lety

    7:27 The raid shadow legends not-ad brings me such joy i had to time stamp it, I absolutely love your interactions together. Great video as always.

  • @nobodyasked3937
    @nobodyasked3937 Před 2 lety +5

    Did I just watch an hour long video about Club Penguin?
    Yes
    Was it worth it?
    *Absolutely*

  • @Pengicitis
    @Pengicitis Před 3 lety +683

    rip club penguin 💙

    • @winstonslone2797
      @winstonslone2797 Před 3 lety +4

      Why dont u post anymore

    • @alw2839
      @alw2839 Před 3 lety +1

      Rip.

    • @Mileshuh
      @Mileshuh Před 3 lety +36

      @@winstonslone2797 global warming

    • @a76101
      @a76101 Před 3 lety +3

      I'm a person who hates penguins but Club Penguin seemed like a fun game... Rip

    • @dreadhead5719
      @dreadhead5719 Před 3 lety +1

      roblox club penguin gamplay pls

  • @GIChiyo
    @GIChiyo Před 3 lety +655

    I thought Club Pengiun shut down because of......people who like children too much....so this was both a weird yet informative video

    • @dusanstanisic7567
      @dusanstanisic7567 Před 3 lety +109

      I mean CP is in the name. It makes sense really.

    • @Annie1962
      @Annie1962 Před 3 lety +2

      czcams.com/video/AJ5-5Y-faxA/video.html

    • @zedelstein2826
      @zedelstein2826 Před 3 lety +51

      thats the fan re-write that got shut down because of pedophilia allegations, not the original game, iirc.

    • @samkadel8185
      @samkadel8185 Před 3 lety +19

      Yeah, having an online chat forum always runs that risk, even if club penguin wasn't shut down for that reason. (That was likely part of it, honestly. Club penguin definitely had its fair share of creeps who snuck around their censorship pretty easily.) Games like IMVU has even more of that issue, and I've seen actual creeps start relationships from there.

    • @nighttimeClock
      @nighttimeClock Před 3 lety +1

      I thought it was shut down because of child advertising rules lol

  • @BoxCrittersHQ
    @BoxCrittersHQ Před 3 lety +15

    Been a fan of this channel for awhile you do an incredible job at documenting events while keeping it humorous and the editors do such a incredible job just finished the half life video yesterday.
    Also I would like to say thanks for mentioning box critters at the end I have been part of the community since 2019 and making videos documenting the progress and next month it will be box critters 2nd anniversary and the game is very much still in beta and is missing a few features compared to CP but Lance is programming and the twins who drew most events and rooms in cp are doing the artwork for bc and Chris Hendricks other known as Screen Hog who made most the original music for cp is making fresh new music for Box Critters and Jen who was a cp team member is also part of the bc team.
    And I can say the team are amazing they are in constant contact with the community listening to feedback and what we would like to see in game and even allowing content creators like myself and fan artists to have a place to show our hard work and love for the game.
    And I know bc wont ever come close to the impact CP did but if people want to relive them memories you should give Box Critters a chance despite the little features compared to cp it feels like just the same as there is the original artists and sound designer and developer all behind it also I want to add the community is so awesome and if anyone considers checking bc out the fan server is here The Critter circle. discord.gg/6z5rKKs
    Best wishes

  • @adamennaqui7413
    @adamennaqui7413 Před 3 lety +8

    37:19 if I didn’t know this was Kevin I would have 100% assumed Riley had a gaming channel or some shit

  • @scorpionheart
    @scorpionheart Před 3 lety +176

    “Club penguin mafia” wasn’t something I thought I’d ever hear

  • @FreeDom-xj9xc
    @FreeDom-xj9xc Před 3 lety +185

    It feels like yesterday when i would watch videos of people trying to flip the iceberg with 009 Soundsystem playing in the background

    • @whaccoon
      @whaccoon Před 3 lety +8

      I actually got this one website that would give you coins and items and I got the first party hat item but I was never banned. I never thought one of those websites would work...

    • @EspeonMistress00
      @EspeonMistress00 Před 3 lety +1

      @@whaccoon Same! But I got a lame ass sweater, but it was better than nothing.

    • @GlitterInDigital
      @GlitterInDigital Před 3 lety +1

      the way i was on there with my jackhammer

  • @josephmcauley3305
    @josephmcauley3305 Před 3 lety +2

    been frustrated at having watched every bit of ih content twice, rediscover this channel, choose this video and get more ih. im in heaven now though i know it is fleeting i knew i must comment to savor this moment.

  • @roshnipatel2000
    @roshnipatel2000 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing video as always!! I love these nuanced "deep dive" type of videos and you always do them so well.

  • @truehackerproduction
    @truehackerproduction Před 3 lety +138

    "Club Penguin, sometimes abbreviated to 'CP' -"
    Well, that's an unfortunate and ironic statement considering what the private server folks got up to...

  • @yesimcarol
    @yesimcarol Před 3 lety +203

    to all the people who used to play club penguin:
    imagine how your puffles are doing now

    • @adamlambboy8332
      @adamlambboy8332 Před 3 lety +30

      Now that the game has been destroyed they’re just floating aimlessly through the void

    • @phrawga
      @phrawga Před 3 lety +3

      Rotting

    • @j.peters1222
      @j.peters1222 Před 3 lety +8

      @@adamlambboy8332 Lost to the sands of time

    • @zaheera5164
      @zaheera5164 Před 3 lety +18

      Theyre dead, or as disney puts it "returned to the wild"

    • @AK-jl2wm
      @AK-jl2wm Před 3 lety +3

      stop you're hurting my heart

  • @joslyndove
    @joslyndove Před rokem +2

    i cant believe there is an hour of content on this. i cannot wait to watch this.

  • @jujujoya
    @jujujoya Před 3 lety +11

    Where is this guy’s 1 million he deserves it.

  • @mix3k818
    @mix3k818 Před 3 lety +240

    Club Penguin Rewritten is still up because Disney now runs ads on the site and monetizes the site themselves.
    In other words, CPR is now kinda Disney's property.

  • @noaboahQR
    @noaboahQR Před 3 lety +378

    "And that was the end of the story"
    Me: *taps my phone screen*
    Time: 15:25 out of 1:02:21
    Me: 🤔 HmmmMMMMmmmMmMMm I don't think that's the end of the story

  • @rossini138
    @rossini138 Před 3 lety +5

    I think I was probably a bit too old to have played Club Penguin, though I remember it being advertised. It's interesting to hear this story from someone so passionate about it!

  • @xE92vD
    @xE92vD Před 3 lety +2

    Club Penguins: Every kid plays our game we are the best!
    ROBLOX: are you sure about that?

  • @Typi
    @Typi Před 3 lety +323

    In regards to Rewritten-
    Starting last year, they had begun to do more original events instead of reusing the same ones as the original. While the themes have somewhat stayed the same, they have made twists with them to make them their own.
    The owners have also been much more active and communitive with the community since the original owner left, and have been much more open in general.
    The ads are a thing, which I can confirm from my own experiences. It does look like a lot of the revenue has gone towards making sure the site stays afloat, and security has been turned up quite a bit over the past two years.
    They arent perfect, but they've definately learned since they started, and have improved.

    • @_MIEW
      @_MIEW Před 3 lety +36

      It seems Disney isn’t taking further action against them as well, it’s almost like they issued the DMCA to quiet down the media but with no current plans to follow through. With the amount of effort the devs are putting on cpr, it really seems they’re maintaining good intentions.

    • @Jess-fv9lz
      @Jess-fv9lz Před 3 lety +3

      werent the owners or cpr like child pr3dators tho..

    • @naruto23303
      @naruto23303 Před 3 lety +33

      Jessie Romei that was club penguin online

    • @canavero4288
      @canavero4288 Před 3 lety +1

      when they got breached they didnt tell anyone for at least 3 days, and they censor the hell out of their discord. considering how many millions were affected, that's really sketchy. theyre definitely NOT more open.

    • @naruto23303
      @naruto23303 Před 3 lety +11

      AM Smak yh, for Club penguin online they kicked anyone who spoke out about it out of the discord, they were really sketchy.

  • @exxelsetijadi5348
    @exxelsetijadi5348 Před 3 lety +66

    so you're telling me that this entire disaster could've been avoided if Disney just made the remake not riddled with microtransactions ?

  • @charadremurr2365
    @charadremurr2365 Před 3 lety +9

    TRO: "Club penguin sometimes abbreviated to CP"
    Me: *holding back laughter* that's not a good abbreviation
    I think we all know why CP is a bad abbreviation