HI GUYS, not much happening today, Rockhopper is still hanging round,
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About Club Penguin
HI GUYS,
This page is all about Club Penguin, Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like RuneScape and Habbo Hotel. Though open to users of all ages, Club Penguin is primarily designed for children ages eight to fourteen.
An online merchandise shop opened on the Club Penguin website in August 2006 selling stuffed Puffles and T-shirts. Keychains, gift cards, and more shirts were added on November 7, 2006.
Now there is also the option to participate in the weekly poll on the Club Penguin Home Page. The present question is “What would you like to see more of?” The possible answers with varying percentages are: Furniture, Clothes, Rooms, Games, Puffles and Parties. Past questions have included: “What do you most enjoy doing around Club Penguin?” and “What would you like to see out of the binoculars in the Cove?”
Though the game can be played for free, many of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.
Players may become members (by paying $5.95 every month, $29.95 for six months, or $57.95 USD for a year) and doing so grants them many benefits. They may buy clothing and furniture, own more than two puffles, enjoy early access to new parts of the game, buy furniture for their puffles, and have access to all puffle breeds. Members also have access to Members-only Parties hosted by Club Penguin, Members may also open their igloo to visits by other players.
Club Penguin provides a non-membership option. Although such play is free, it does not include all of the benefits of being a member. Non-members may still buy colors and player-card backgrounds and can go anywhere (except during member parties) as well as play games. Non-members may also receive and use items given out at parties that are thrown monthly for all players. Non-members are restricted to only two puffles, in the colors blue of red, and may not buy clothes or furniture, or access occasional brand new game areas.
Each player is provided with an igloo for a home. Members have the option of opening their igloo so other penguins can access it via the map. Members may also decorate their igloos with items bought with money earned by playing mini-games.
Many game locations can be accessed by clicking on the Club Penguin map. Some places, such as the Attic, are reached by clicking its general area on the map then walking the penguin to the specific location. Other places, such as Rockhopper’s Ship, The Migrator, are only available on certain days.
Club Penguin recently opened two new areas. The Forest opened on Friday, May 18, though initially only to those who found and followed a lost map. After construction of an access staircase was completed, the Cove opened on May 25 in conjunction with a member party; it opened to all players on May 29 when the party ended.
Every month, there is a party on Club Penguin. The party may be for a holiday such as April Fools’ Day, Halloween or Christmas, or it may be random, as when no major holiday is celebrated or chosen in a particular month. A free, new article of clothing is made available with each non-member party. The first party on Club Penguin was the Beta Test Party at which beta testers received a party hat.
There are 13 penguin colors, from which players can choose and use as often as they want. They are: Lime Green, Light Green, Dark Green, Orange, Peach, Red, Light Blue, Dark Blue, Brown, Black, Pink, Yellow and Purple. New colors are generally introduced at members-only parties.
Many backgrounds are available, with two to four new ones every month. Backgrounds can be viewed when anyone clicks on a player’s penguin, and can be bought by non-members.
Pins display in the top left-hand corner of a player’s lookup card. A special Christmas Tree Pin was made available for 50 coins in a late 2006 issue of the Penguin Times newspaper.
Flags are similar to pins though are only available to members; they also appear in the top left-hand corner of a player’s lookup card.
Clothes are for members only, except for the items given out for free at parties and on the pirate ship.
Furniture is for members only and can be used to design and decorate a player’s igloo.
Flooring (introduced January 19, 2007) is another feature for members only. There are currently eight different floors to choose from.
Members’ igloos can be upgraded into many different styles. Some igloo styles are themed for recent parties, such as the Bamboo Hut or Log Cabin. Igloo upgrades range from 1000 to 5100 coins depending on the style. In May 2007, a disco tile was added to the igloo upgrades.
- New pins appear every two weeks and are visible in the top left-hand corner of a player card for those who find and use them.
- Participate in treasure (scavenger) hunts, such as searching for Lighthouse lights or recovering the band’s lost instruments; these activities resulted in free player card backgrounds, with the exception of the egg hunt, where the reward was a blue bunny hat.
- The Penguin Times newspaper sometimes offers polls or fund-raisers for items. During the “Save the Lighthouse” event, players had the option to donate 750 coins to receive a free T-Shirt, and during the color spill, where players got to vote whether to have lavender or lime green as a new color.
- Another example is the Christmas Tree: after selecting a decoration, a player would receive the Tree pin.
- Rockhopper provides a free item of clothing each time he arrives, such as a bandana, pirate shoes, or a pirate belt.
He also brought back the 2nd non-member puffle, the red puffle, from his island.
- Players who pass the Secret Agent test receive a free Spy Phone and are able to participate in secret missions, which provide more free items like medals and letters.
- Successful Tour Guide applicants get a free hat to identify them.
- In the April Fools Party of 2007, the free items were a blue propeller hat and novelty glasses.
- During the Spring 2007 Easter Egg Hunt, players who collected all hidden eggs were rewarded with blue bunny ears.
- The Easter party of 2006 was the same except a pink bunny hat was the reward.
Free items from parties often enable a special dance move. For example, dancing while wearing (only) a propeller cap will cause a player to hover; doing the same while wearing an ice cream apron results in the player’s scooping ice cream.
Secret Agent status is available to all players, whether members or not, who have played for at least 30 days and have not been banned. These agents are encouraged to inform players of upcoming events and guide new members around the game. They are also asked to help keep Club Penguin safe and report anyone who is being disruptive or using offensive language; however, agents are not official moderators.
- Puffles are small, fluffy creatures that players may have as pets. They are available from the Pet Shop in blue, green, pink, black, purple, and red. Non-members have access to the blue and red puffles and may have no more than two; members may adopt up to twelve puffles. Puffles have health, rest, and energy bars to dictate their status.
There are six official breeds of puffles, each with a different personality.
- Blue Puffles are mild tempered and content. Their favorite toy is a ball. Blue Puffles are special because anyone in Club Penguin can adopt them. Blue puffles are also special because blue puffles were the first puffle breed in Club Penguin. Blue puffles are special because blue puffles are loyal.
- Green Puffles are very energetic and playful. They like to clown around on their unicycles or play with their propeller caps.
- Purple Puffles are lots of fun to have around. They enjoy blowing bubbles and are terrific dancers, but they can be a bit fussy, especially at mealtime.
- Red Puffles are adventurous and enthusiastic. They are fearless when attempting daring tricks(except in the survival mode of ‘catching some waves’) and spend a lot of their playful energy on a surf board. Rockhopper brought these puffles to Club Penguin on his ship from Rockhopper Island.
- Pink Puffles are very active and cheery. They love to excercise by jumping rope or playing on their trampolines.
- Black Puffles are known to be a little mischievious and off tempered. However, they love to play and make a great pet for anyone who likes a little bit more personality.
According to the book Truth or Dare found in the Book Room, the green puffle dancing on the speaker in the Night Club was the rumored “Keeper of the Boiler Room”.
Rockhopper is a fictional pirate character who arrives at Club Penguin aboard a pirate ship named The Migrator. Introduced on October 14, 2006, he arrives in the game approximately every two months. During a Rockhopper visit, all players (including non-members) may explore his ship, which offers exclusive ‘rare’ items for purchase, and a fictional diary of the character’s adventures. When among game players, Rockhopper appears as most others except that he wears pirate clothes unavailable to others.
A “message in a bottle” had been seen floating about, visible through the telescope located in the Lighthouse Beacon. On March 1, 2007, the bottle ended up on the right section of water on the Beach. It appeared to be some pages torn out of Rockhopper’s journal, and ripped around the edges due to a rough journey. The words and pictures were later published in a book which tells about a stowaway on Rockhopper’s ship called Bambadee and how he overcame his fears and made friends. Rockhopper apparently returned him to the island but amazingly, was not noticed by other penguins. The story also tells of Bambadee’s friendship bracelets, which can be received by clicking on a picture of one after reading the story.
20th august
hi guys, my first post, new stuff, pin is outside the mine, and rockhopper is roaming around, i seen him today WHOO.
BOOYAH
