Medieval Party 2013 Review

Hey guys! Chill here yet again. Sorry I haven't been posting as much as I'd like to lately, I'll try to post more often. Anyway, let's get this review rolling!

Features

This party has a LOT of features. I'll start off with the main part of the party. There's a potion mixing game, where you bounce various ingredients to have them land into a cauldron. It's pretty simple and I could see Club Penguin turning this into a new permanent game, like maybe making sandwiches.

 However you might be asking, "Why should I play this game other than to just play?". Well, once you mix the ingredients properly you'll be able to transform with a potion. Even if you mix them the wrong way, you'll still be able to transform, into the Puffle Chicken. To be honest the Puffle Chicken is one of my favorite transformations. 

The potions have the following effects: transform you into a white puffle unicorn, make you bigger, transform you into a green puffle dragon, make your penguin invisible, transform you into a black puffle unicorn, transform you into a fairy, transform you into a blue puffle dragon, make you "hover", make you walk faster, and transform you into a dragon. In my opinion the hovering potion is super dumb, it only makes you sway from side to side without moving your feet. Nothing else.

The transformations are all pretty cool, like I said the Puffle Chicken is probably my favorite. I like the dragon puffles and the ultimate mega dragon a lot too, and the unicorn puffles are my least favorite. I don't like the fairy much so...

Last of all, Gary is visiting. It's kinda nice to see him again, but with that he misses the Halloween Party for the first time since he debuted in 2008, so that's a little disappointing.

Score: 4/5

 Decorations

Unfortunately, unlike other Medieval Parties, the Medieval Party 2013 is rather weak in this area. The only memorable design from before 2012 that you'll see here  is the Dance Club. The Town is reused from last year, and the Lighthouse and Royal Court from last year are recycled into "new" party rooms, the Wizard Library and the Dining Hall. However neither of these rooms have any point - not even a free item!

The new decorations are... meh. They're okay but they don't feel like they belong in a Medieval Party.

One major gripe I have is that TONS of iconic rooms from previous parties are missing decorations this year. The Beach, Beacon, Boiler Room, Book Room, Cave, Cove, Dance Lounge, Gift Shop, Lighthouse, Lodge Attic, Mine, Ski Hill, Ski Lodge, and Ski Village are all empty this year, and the Treetop Fort and all of the Knight's Quests are also gone.

Score: 2/5

Items

Ehhh... the items are okay. The party catalog has some very weird items. The best items are the knight armor set and the magic staff, and maybe the enchanted dragon wings and enchanted fairy stuff.

Also, there are barely any free items. The only free items you get besides Gary's background is a wizard outfit which isn't all that great...

Score: 2/5

Music

Now, don't get me wrong, I love the Medieval Party music, but it feels so... out of place. It feels like they took the previous songs, loaded them into a helicopter, and scattered them all over CP. Songs from the Knight's Quest plays at random locations. How does the song for a battle with a dragon fit at the Mine Shack? I could understand if it retained the old look it had from previous years, but it didn't.

Score: 3/5

Non-Member Friendliness

This is a new section I'd like to add starting with this party. How does it fare for non-members?

Let's start with features. They can play the potion game, however they can't use any transformations - not even the Puffle Chicken! However, both party rooms are accessible by all players. As far as items go, they can only get the hat from the wizard outfit and Gary's background. How can you go from almost everything being available to all players at Teen Beach to this?

Score: 2/5

Final Thoughts

To be honest, this party was "meh" at best. It was terrible compared to the other ones, and I think Club Penguin should've stuck with something from the older parties.

Final Score: 3/5

What did you guys think?

Chill is out, peace!

Going On Tour

Hey guys! Chill here. Based on all our experiences this year, it seems Club Penguin is once again willing to make mascots visit, even not during a party. We saw this for the first time this year in February, when Sensei visited for the Chinese New Year. In May, Gary, Aunt Arctic, Cadence, Franky, and Stompin' Bob all visited for two days for a celebration of My Penguin's release. In June, Aunt Arctic visited for one day on the release of the 400th issue of the Club Penguin Times. In July, Rookie showed up when the School opened. And this month, Rockhopper finally showed up just before the Medieval Party - the first time he visited without a party going on since March 2010, over three years ago.

Enough about what's been going on, does this mean the Penguin Band could be seeing some more action? The Music Jam doesn't seem to be alive anymore - they rarely appeared during the Ultimate Jam in 2012, and didn't even come to the Summer Jam this year, the closest thing to a Music Jam. Could the Penguin Band go on tour? And they wouldn't have to play Better Days all the time - they could sing Anchors Aweigh, Ghosts Just Wanna Dance, Cool in the Cold, Gotta Have A Wingman, and Party In My Iggy. They could have Cadence help or even have one of the band members sing one of her lines - why not? Besides the My Penguin party, they haven't even shown up once this year.

 Another weird thing is the band members have hard stamps, usually given to mascots who visit two or three times a year. However the only time the Penguin Band has seen more than one appearance per year was back in 2009, two years BEFORE stamps were even released. I'll talk about this more in a later post.

So, what do you think? Could the Penguin Band start doing tours twice a year, maybe a Spring and Fall tour? I'd really like to see more of them anyway. Do you think this is a possibility?

Chill is out, peace!

More Posts!

Hey guys! Chill here. So you may have noticed I've been doing posts almost daily now. I plan to continue this! Thanks to some help from my great friend Mario, I have over fourteen new post ideas. And that's not even all of them!

So, from now on I'll try to do posts daily, or maybe every other day. Once I start running low I'll probably post once or twice a week. Excited yet?

Chill is out, peace!

Top 10 Items That Should Return

Hey guys! Chill here. Today I'll be talking about, in my opinion, the top 10 rare items that should return. Please note this will only include items that COULD possibly return, so party hats and pins are excluded.

10. Newspaper Hat

Hey look, it's a classic Newspaper Hat! It was only released once sometime in 2007 and never came back. I think this is a cool casual item that could be used again. You may have seen this item worn by Loustik005, a French moderator.

 9. Red Hard Hat

Most of you probably know about the Red Hard Hat. It was given out in 2008 to all players who participated in the Club Penguin Improvement Project, or CPIP. It's probably more like a Beta Hat/Snow Beta Hat item, but hey, Club Penguin never said it couldn't come back, right?


8. Blue Lei

Okay, okay, I know Club Penguin would get a LOT of backlash for re-releasing this but... why not? It's a cool item. It was first given out at the Summer Party 2006, and then again at the Summer Kickoff Party 2007. It also looks really nice on your penguin so why not bring it back?

7. Hawaiian Lei

The Hawaiian Lei was only released once, back at the Winter Luau in 2006. It's probably more famous than the Blue Lei, and even though it's newer, it's a lot more rare. It also showcases my favorite colors.

6. Pilgrim Hat

This festive item was available in the Penguin Style editions of November 2006 and 2007. It's a perfect item to celebrate Thanksgiving with, unfortunately as of 2008 it hasn't been sold anymore, presumably due to Club Penguin attempting to be more politically correct by renaming and cancelling parties, so it's unlikely we'll see this ever again.

5. Magician's Cape

This is one of the older capes, being released in the October 2007 Penguin Style catalog. This one looks really cool and strays a little from the set-in-stone design of the other capes. Plus, it really screams Disney. Emperor Zurg, anyone?

 
4. The Inflatable Ducks

Now here's something cool! The Inflatable Ducks were pretty cool items. The Yellow Duck was available at the Summer Party 2006 and the Water Party 2008. Meanwhile the Green Duck was available between the Yellow Duck's releases at the Summer Kickoff Party 2007. In August 2010 and 2011 we got a Blue Duck, but you can't beat the classics! Besides yellow is more fitting.

3. Blue Bunny Ears

Pink Bunny Ears? Green Bunny Ears? Yellow Bunny Ears? Nope, we want the BLUE Bunny Ears! In my opinion, this looks the most Easter-ish out of all the Bunny Ears. Plus I just like how it looks!

2. Ice Cream Apron

And the item that For some reason, the Ice Cream Apron was an item that always stuck with me. It was available at the Summer Kickoff Party 2007, Water Party 2008, and 3rd Anniversary Party. It was essentially replaced in 2011 by the Ice Cream Vendor - which unfortunately is very glitchy. I always thought the Ice Cream Apron was cooler - bring it back, CP!

1. Holiday Scarves

And the items I think that should return the most of all... The Halloween Scarf and the Christmas Scarf! These items are SUPER cool. The first one is a Halloween item, while still keeping the wintery feel Club Penguin had back when they launched in 2005, 2006, and 2007. The second one is obviously a Christmas item. This items are both really cool in my opinion. The Halloween Scarf was only available at the Halloween Party 2007, while the Christmas Scarf was available at the Christmas Party 2005 and Christmas Party 2007.

Anything that you think should've been on this list but wasn't? Got your own top 10 lists? Shoot us a comment!

Chill is out, peace!

Party In My Iggy Review

Hey guys! Chill here once again. Today I'll be reviewing the latest song from Club Penguin, Party In My Iggy!

Okay... to be honest when I first heard this song I really didn't like it one bit. But when Club Penguin gave us the free download and I heard it a few more times, it stuck with me. It's not as good as Anchors Aweigh and Ghosts Just Wanna Dance, but those are my favorites so... probably nothing can top those. It's probably on par with, if not better than a song made by Club Penguin in February, Puffle Party (Gotta Have A Wingman). However like Gotta Have A Wingman, it's one of those songs that you have to listen to a few times before it gets good.

Now less review, more opinions. Who sings it? Well obviously a member of the Penguin Band, but who? It doesn't sound like Franky much. It also obviously isn't Stompin' Bob, so it must be G Billy or Petey K. I personally think Petey K sings this one.

Or does he?

In a recent tweet, Spike Hike confirmed that the song was in fact sung by Franky and Cadence. However it doesn't sound like Franky at all. Compare it to earlier songs such as the aforementioned Anchors Aweigh and Ghosts Just Wanna Dance. Franky sounds a lot different in this song, but why? Hmm...

You can come up with your own opinion on that one. ;)

Chill is out, peace!

Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam 2013 Review

Hey guys! Chill here again.Today I'm going to review the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam. I'm a bit late, but hey at least I did it, right?

Features

Oh wow - where do I start? Well, first of all there's the mascots. Cadence is here with a new outfit, so that's pretty cool. However we have two new mascots here - straight out of Teen Beach Movie itself, Brady and McKenzie. So that's kind of nice. 

I really like the Highway and the Epic Wave, those were really nice. Also the "Water Park" is done very nicely. No complaints here!

Score: 5/5

Decorations

This is probably where the party gets really good. Not too many rooms are decorated, but they're ALL awesome. I can't even get over how cool it is. I also like the party rooms. They're all really cool, however I think the Highway is my favorite.

Score: 5/5

Items

As if the decorations weren't good enough already, the items are awesome as well. And what's cool is that there are 11 free items at this party. Out of those, 10 of them are available for non-members. And it's not even head items! In fact, there's only ONE free head item. The rest are all hand and neck items. Pretty cool, am I right? I think my favorite free items are the Beach Ball and Tropical Smoothie.

The catalog is really good too - my favorite items are the motorbikes - but one thing I like about it is that unlike the items for other licensing parties, they aren't an eyesore after the party is over. The only real time that old Iron Man, Mike Wazowski, or Luke Skywalker costume would look good again is a) if the party returns or b) at Halloween. But not here. The items are very casual and good be used practically anytime.

Score: 5/5

Music

As if I couldn't say enough good things about this party already! The music is exceptional. It's a bit of a mix between older classic Summer Party songs from 2008 and before, to some brand new Teen Beach Movie inspired songs. I like them all! The only song I don't really like is the song Brady and McKenzie sing at "Big Momma's" every 15 minutes, but even the instrumental of that is good.

Score: 4/5

Final Thoughts

This party was AMAZING - it's one of my favorite parties this year tied with Marvel Superhero Takeover. I think if it weren't for the modern graphics this could be a 2008-era party. It's so simple, with tons of non-member items - it would be perfect! Well besides the fact that Teen Beach Movie is a 2013 movie but aaaanyway...

Final Score: 5/5

What did you guys think about the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam? Yay or nay?

Chill is out, peace!

#WaddleOn Review: August 2013

Hey guys! Chill here. Don't worry, I haven't left you guys! Time for another review of #WaddleOn! In this post, I'll be reviewing August's episodes, which covers episodes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8.

#WaddleOn: Episode 4

In the first skit of August's first episode, a vampire and a werewolf are at School talking. The vampire asks what the werewolf wants to do today, and he says hunt vampires. The vampire leaves and comes back with a box on his head and they go. This sketch is just... dumb. Nothing more.

The second skit features a penguin throwing a coin in a well, and making a wish. He gets a bunch of furniture items. Then, the other penguin makes a wish, and all of the stuff the other penguin got was given to him. Uhh....... okay?

During the third skit, the pizza chef from the loading screens is seen tossing the pizza dough, and it hits the ceiling. The penguin stares at the screen and says "When will I ever learn?". This skit isn't very great either.

The fourth skit has two penguins near an "X" and the penguin with the shovel wants to dig for treasure. The other penguin says "Can't we take the stuff that's already here?" and the screen pans out to reveal a huge ring of gold and treasure chests around them. I don't see how this is really funny, but whatever.

In the last skit, a penguin is advertising a party at his igloo. A penguin goes, but ends up in a cave, and crying is heard, and he gets swarmed by pookies and screams. This was the ONLY good skit.

Conclusion: This episode was worse than the first episode! Like the first one, it had only one good skit, but this time even the unfunny skits were terrible.

#WaddleOn: Episode 5

Oh great. It's the stupid earthlings skit... again. A penguin shows up and announces he's hungry and asks what they like to eat, and then it gets awkward and the aliens don't really want to say. And then the penguin turns out to be an alien too and they all laugh. Personally I'm sick and tired of this idea - GET SOMETHING NEW!

The second skit has a penguin with two tour guides each giving him the same tour. The penguin wonders if he needs this many tour guides and they respond by making even more appear around him, all giving the same tour. This one is pretty funny though.

The next skit features a penguin saying that his puffle eats too much and that he should walk him more. The screen pans out to show that the puffle looks like a puffle pillow, but is much wider and taller. The penguin next to him agrees. This was pretty good too.

Next up, we have a dragon class about being dragons. The teacher asks if there are any questions, and the knight asks how to battle dragons. Class is dismissed afterwards. This one was pretty good as well.

The final skit features the Blacksmith Force. A penguin's guitar is broken and the Blacksmith Force appears to fix it, and it works perfectly. I don't see what's funny about this...

Conclusion: This was a pretty good episode. Other than the earthlings and Blacksmith Force, this one had all good skits!

#WaddleOn: Episode 6

The first skit starts off with two teams of penguins in soccer jerseys, Santa hats, and beards. They keep saying "You've been good! Here's a present" and pass it to the next player. Meanwhile two reindeer spectators decide that Santa Soccer is boring. All I can say is - this skit is as boring as Santa Soccer.

The second skit is really cool. A penguin is sitting on a tube at the Ski Hill waiting for somebody to come by, not wanting to give up their spot. 9 hours later, nobody has came. I don't like this skit, but here's the cool part. After the 9 hours pass, it's nighttime in Club Penguin, complete with darkened objects, a full moon, and fully-animated stars. Will this become a feature in Club Penguin soon? Only time will tell...

The third skit shows a mad scientist creating a monster. The monster then creates a mad scientist, who in turn creates a monster, and so on. This one is boring.

In the next skit a fish is shown by a campfire, and three fish firemen come to put the fire out. The fish then reminds them that they're underwater so they don't need to. This one is just weird.

The last skit shows a penguin going to meet his new neighbor, but when he walks inside, he and his neighbor are both in 3D (hinting the upcoming My Penguin update). The neighbor (which is a water ninja) offers him a snack, and then disappears to get it. Meanwhile the penguin visitor notices that something is different. This skit was boring too.

Conclusion: This was boring - the only thing I liked about it was the nighttime scene - the skit wasn't even good!

#WaddleOn: Episode 7 

The first skit starts off where the Episode 6 left off. The water ninja returns with a snack - pizza. The water ninja says it was nice to meet him, and the penguin acts like a mime, and then does the "one-man band". The water ninja leaves out of annoyance. This one wasn't really great.

The second skit features a werewolf and an apple in the Forest. The apple announces that he is a were-apple, and the werewolf asks how. The were-apple says he got bitten by an apple. This was just weird. No other words to describe it.

The third skit shows a penguin (presumably a songwriter) asking another penguin if he likes her latest work, which a penguin is playing on the violin. The penguin says he likes it and is breakdancing, and then the songwriter dances. I don't get this - is it supposed to be funny? Err...

The last skit has two penguins with balloons. One of the balloons pops, and the Blacksmith Force appears and repairs it. However, when the Blacksmith Force logo reappears and the force disappears, one of them is still left and runs off the screen. Meh.

Conclusion: It stunk. Nothing much else to say.

#WaddleOn: Episode 8 

August's last episode shows a penguin who is trying to deliver a package, and runs through the Backstage, Epic Wave, Water Park, and Highway to reach a whale's mouth where the penguin is. He gives the penguin the package and another penguin pops out of the box to say "Enjoy the show!". Blah.

In the second skit, penguins are in a pink castle behind a Herbert Cutout and a Comfy Crab, pretending to be Herbert and Klutzy. "Herbert" says that this is his lair where he smells his feet, and then the real Herbert shows up and kicks them both out of his lair, and then smells his feet. I kinda liked this one because Herbert is weird and fun to make fun of.

The third skit is set up like a sitcom called Statue Roommates, with laugh track. The two roommates are Ninja Statues, and the doorbell rings. However neither of them can answer the door. That was... interesting? I didn't really like it.

In the fourth skit, a penguin is in a dark castle with an iron knight. The penguin announces that his furniture has arrived, but says it's not what they ordered. The knight goes over to see two mint chairs and an ice cream lamp. The knight asks if they have chocolate and the penguin says he'll ask. I didn't really like this one either.

Onto the final skit. Santa drops down somebody's chimney and asks if he can have another present. The penguin says to take whatever he likes, and Santa takes a teddy bear and leaves. A penguin mopping the floor questions that Santa gets his presents from the penguin, and the penguin says yes and asks who wants hot chocolate. Then a bunch of furniture in the igloo says "Me!". That was weird...

Conclusion: This one wasn't very good, it only had one good skit and the others were all weird.

So, here's the episodes in my opinion from best to worst: Episode 5, Episode 8, Episode 6, Episode 4/7

What will September's episodes hold? Only time will tell!

Chill is out, peace!  

2013's Last Few Mascots

Hey guys! Chill here. Today I've decided to talk about the mascots left this year, in my opinion anyway. Let's roll!

So, September's party is sealed, the Medieval Party. Who do I think will be at this party? Nobody. With Rockhopper arriving so close to the party, and Gary being the only mascot at the Halloween Party, as well as being there consistently every year since 2008, I don't think this Medieval Party will have any mascots. But who knows, I could be wrong.

October will obviously hold the 8th Anniversary Party and the Halloween Party as with every year. I think a mascot for the Anniversary Party (Aunt Arctic at the 6th) was a one time thing, so there probably won't be any visitors this year. As usual, Gary will most likely visit as per the normal.

November is a strange month. Usually it has a Card-Jitsu themed party so I would say Sensei, but with the Card-Jitsu Party and launch of CJ Snow back in May, it's highly doubtful. However, the Penguin Band is due for a visit - perhaps a party could happen that would involve them?

Finally, December. Considering the Holiday/Christmas Party has been happening since 2005 when Club Penguin started, it's not going anywhere. I think logically, Rockhopper COULD be back if Club Penguin puts him back on schedule, so Rockhopper will be back most likely. However, Aunt Arctic DID come to the Holiday Party for 2009 and 2011. Perhaps she could make an appearance alongside Rockhopper?

So, that's who I think we'll be seeing the next few months - Rockhopper (twice), Gary, Penguin Band, and Aunt Arctic. What do you think?

Until next time... Chill is out, peace!

A New Opinion Blog: Club Penguin View

Hey guys! Chill here.

So, my friend Brookelas made his own blog, Club Penguin View. Here he'll post opinions and stuff, like I do here!

So if you want to have a look, make sure to check out this brand new addition on the blogroll on the right side of the screen!

And if you like what you see at Chill's Club Penguin Opinions and Club Penguin View, check out other epic blogs like Auwdwee CP's Club Penguin Headcanons, Chillin43's Club Penguin Perspective, Bluecutie10's In my opinion..., and Supercuty06's The Life of Supercuty06, also in the blogroll!

Also, the Teen Beach Movie Summer Jam review will be coming soon. I'm also working on the next #WaddleOn review, which covers episodes 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, which will most likely be the next post, and be sure to expect the review of Party In My Iggy and Mario Rk's review of My Penguin 1.2 in the coming weeks, as well as a post talking about (in my opinion) the top 10 items of Club Penguin history that should return.

Until next time... Chill is out, peace!