CP Blog - December 2005
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December 30
New Levels!
Hello Penguins,
I'm not sure if anyone has noticed yet, but we added several new levels to Astro Barrier. They are at the end of the game so you'll have to play well to get to them, but if you make it that far, let us know what you think!
Until then, have a Happy New Year and Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 30, 2005 4:54 PM
December 29
A New Mod!
Hello Penguins,
I just wanted to take this opportunity to introduce you to the newest member of our team.... GIZMO!!
Gizmo is going to be in charge of the community stuff like support, moderator reports, and parties!! He is a really cool guy so make sure you introduce yourself and tell him what you think of Club Penguin.
In other news: Rsnail is working hard on optimizing the code even more so Club Penguin will run faster with less bugs. This is especially helpful for those of you with slower connections. Make sure you give him a big "Thank you" when you see him!
Until then... Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 29, 2005 10:35 AM
December 27
A Great Success!
Hello Penguins,We have some fun facts that we thought you would enjoy. Obviously, this was the biggest party ever in Club Penguin, but we didn't know how big until we looked up the stats. Check it out for yourself and pat yourself on the back for being a part of Club Penguin history!
We had over 12,900 penguins visit the party.
- We gave away over 10,900 Santa hats.
- We gave away over 10,400 Christmas scarves.
We had over 3,500 new penguins join Club Penguin.
In other news: We kept the decorations and presents up for a few extra days so we could make sure no one missed them. We wanted as many penguins as possible to get the presents.
Thanks for making Club Penguin so much fun! A special thanks to those of you who have become members. You help us keep Club Penguin going strong.
We're looking forward to all the new clothes, furniture, games, adventures, secrets, and other stuff coming out this next year and we hope you are too!
Until then... Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 27, 2005 7:22 PM
December 22
Huge Party!!
Hello Penguins,
Well, its official, Club Penguin experienced its biggest day ever! Many of you noticed the slow down as our servers were trying to keep up with all the excitement. We spent most of the afternoon trying to get things moving faster. After a lot of work, we were able to increase the servers to be able to handle all those penguins! Thanks for your patience, things should be running well now.
In other news: The newspaper that was supposed to be launched this afternoon was postponed while we were working on the servers, so that should be updated soon.
Waddle On and Merry Christmas!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 22, 2005 4:37 PM
December 20
Two Big Changes!
Hello Penguins!Two big changes today!
First, we have updated the igloos to allow them to be shown on the map. We did this because people were using the buddy list to see people's igloos and not because they were really friends. If you were one of these people, please clean up your buddy list and use the map from now on to check out igloos. If you want to make your igloo public, go to your igloo and click on the "lock" picture to make it open or closed to other penguins. Your buddy list will still be able to go there anytime. Note: It will only appear on the list when you are logged in.
Second, we have had to change the focus of this blog because the comments were getting too off topic and it was taking too long to go through the hundreds of comments each day. That meant less time for working on Club Penguin. So from now on this area is going to be used for development news only. That means we will post any updates that we are making to Club Penguin and will continue to post your comments about those updates. Any comments that are not related to the update won't be posted. Please continue to submit your ideas, what you like about the updates and what you don't like so we can make Club Penguin better. Please don't submit the names of your buddies that you are mad at this week. I hope this makes sense.
If you are looking for the latest Club Penguin news, please read the "in game" newspaper that comes out every Thursday. We will soon be delivering daily updates in game as well.
Thanks and Waddle On!
-Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 20, 2005 11:48 AM
December 15
New Catalog!
Hello Penguins!
We just wanted to give you a quick heads up that the new catalog has been updated and has some cool new items.
In other news: The new server seems to be running well. We had some bugs in the last couple of days, but almost all of them have been resolved. We will be doing another upgrade like that in the coming weeks that should make the game even faster.
Some people thought the "lost connections" were a virus, but I assure you they were not. We were having to reset the server in order to quickly fix bugs. Thanks for your patience with that.
Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 15, 2005 4:38 PM
December 14
Help Us Catch The Puffles!!!
Hello Penguins!
We need your help! There are more Puffles than we are able to catch on our own and we need you to help us round them up! Go to the snow forts and click on the "Puffle" sign to help us catch the little guys. Good luck!
In other news: We are still making some tweaks to the new server so please be patient as there will be some "lost connection" errors throughout today.
Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 14, 2005 1:47 PM
December 13
New Server!!
Hello Penguin!
Sorry for the delay in news lately, but we have been hard at work preparing a new server that is being launched tomorrow (Wednesday). Thank you to all penguins who helped with the bug squashing.
This new server will look the same as the old one, but it should be a lot faster and many of you should notice an improvement in loading times.
In other news: We will announce more Puffle news tomorrow as well.
Until then...
Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 13, 2005 5:10 PM
December 8
CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!
Hello Penguins!
We'll, today's the day you've all been waiting for. The announcement of the Christmas party. Things have changed a lot since our first party and the Club Penguin community is bigger than ever.
So, instead of having the party for just one day, we're gonna make it the entire Christmas weekend! From Thursday, Dec. 22nd until Sunday Dec. 25th, we'll be having the biggest party in Club Penguin history! With special Christmas decorations, music, and secrets, you won't want to miss it! Oh yea, and we can't forget the Christmas presents for everyone.
Details: Club Penguin Christmas Party Thursday, Dec. 22th - Sunday, Dec. 25th
Open to everyone!
In other news: We have hidden a new item in the test server so you might want to go start looking. Until then...
Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 8, 2005 3:31 PM
December 7
Pay Pal Has Been Added!
Hello Penguins,
Just a quick note to tell you that we have finally added Pay Pal to our list of payment methods. We are still working on some of the others such as SMS and Pay by phone, but hopefully this will make it easier for some of you to become members.
In other news: Check today's newspaper for the winner of the "Name the Critter" contest. Out of almost 3000 submissions we had 3 winners.
Also, the test server has been going well and we have already squashed some big bugs. We hope to squash even more in the coming days. Thanks again for all your help!
Also, we will announce the details of the Christmas party tomorrow, so stay tuned! Until then...
Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 7, 2005 11:30 AM
December 5
Testers Needed
Hello Penguins,
We have been hard at work behind the scenes working on a new server system that should be a bit faster and hopefully allow us to make even more improvements to Club Penguin.
You may be wondering, "What does this have to do with me?" Well, we would like your help testing it before we convert all of Club Penguin to it. All this means is that you log into this new area, do everything you normally do and click on everything you can, then let us know if you find any bugs.
As a "thank you" for doing this, we will add some perks to this test server throughout the week. The first is a new room has been added that will eventually have a new game. Every few days we will hide a brand new clothing item that both members and non-members can find, use, wear, and keep for their penguins. (These items will only be found on the test server.)
The test server can be found by going to www.clubpenguin.com/test
So thanks for helping, and don't forget to fill out a bug report if you find any.
Waddle on!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 5, 2005 11:50 AM
December 1
New Catalog!!
Hello Penguins!
Just wanted to give you a quick reminder that the new clothing catalog was updated today! It includes some fun new items that have been requested for some time.
Creature Update: We are continuing to study the creatures and we hope to release more information on them soon. In the mean time, we have received over 1500 name entries! Good work on getting us those names. We will announce the winning name next week.
Until then...Waddle On!
- Club Penguin Team
By BillyBob on December 1, 2005 4:12 PM