We need to up these numbers on Club penguin, what the actual fuck are we doing

Nah, club penguin was based as a kid. I remember coming back after a long day of playing farmville to play on the hardwood floor on this dresser that had this floor level desk thing that I could put my laptop on, and I always had a shit ton of fun. The first reason is because I had two very close friends to play it with me, which helped, but the biggest reason we became hooked was not the gameplay per se but more of the community and lore surrounding everything. In a sense, it was kind of like Penguin My Sims without the sex scenes and retarded people talking. As a kid, the whole concept of grinding some mediocre in platform games they had, such as that one awfully redundant tube game, in order to gain cash to buy the particular clothing for the season, as well as attempting to expand my igloo, was super addicting. The dojo portion and grinding for a black belt was fun too, although it was all basically R&G - there was little strategy to it. Then of course the soundtracks were fire as hell. One of my personal favorites was the puffle party of 2009 - it was the first song I heard when joining the game, as I happened to make my account in March 2009 when the event was being held, and so every time I hear it now, I'm taken back to that time. I think this was another amazing aspect of the game as well - the events they had all year. I remember signing in for every holiday event they had as a kid, and every time, it enhanced the spirit I was already feeling. You then had the ability to obtain the exclusive items that would ONLY come out for that event. That's where it became cool as hell -when you ran into someone who was like a 8 year member and upon checking his profile, you noticed an article of clothing, or pin or some sort of collectible from halloween in 2006 when it was 2012. Another great aspect was the in game lore. For instance, one of the most iconic "rumors" believed by the entire community was that with enough Penguins, the iceberg could be tipped. I'm pretty sure this was something they added to the game in the first year or so but then took out in the subsequent years. But since it was done once, you had a shit ton of users attempting to tip it in the years that followed - with ZERO success. I can't tell you the amount of times I logged in to witness like 50 penguins on the tip of the iceburg with their drill hats on, spawning the drill emote, and saying "lets tip it" and "just a little more". At times, I even participated thinking it was possible, but my young brain was incapable of thinking critically. However, it was STILL fun to believe. Additionally, another piece of lore that seemed to never manifest as true was the appearance of character penguins like Rockhopper, Gary the Gadget guy, and Aunt Arctic. People would spam over and over, holy shit, there's rockhopper! Aunt Arctic hello! Only for absolutely no such penguin to be in the vicinity. These exclusive visits by the character penguins were at one point added into the game, but from my knowledge they were either taken out completely or so rare that it was almost impossible to encounter one. Nonetheless though, this is just another anticipatory element that made the game entertaining as a kid. Also, I would say club penguin did right what Webkins got wrong. With Webkins, the plush was cool, but the game was DOGSHIT. With club penguin, the plush was cool and the game was BASED. I used to force my parents to buy me certain penguins from the disney store just to unlock clothing and shit, but also to have a based penguin plush. Looking back, yeah it was a waste of money, but as a kid it was magical. The issue with this game is that it became boring as hell once I reached like 14. And once your friends sort of move on, and you began to realize that most of the in game commentary is so heavily moderated and your only way of communicating is through dance moves, the magic sort of disappears. The mini games in game are not fun enough alone to keep you going and there's absolutely nothing to do in the world especially when no event is going on. However, from ages like, 10-12, and maybe 13 when I was still pissing the bed as as a teen, it was magical. So for this reason, along with the fact that it mogged Webkins, I'm going to give it a good solid 9.