Goodbye Club Penguin

So, this is it. After over 11 years, Club Penguin is coming to a close. I decided since this is the end, it's a good time to make one last post on this blog and give it some closure and go over my experiences with the game and what it meant to me.

As cheesy as it sounds, this game has changed my life. I first heard about it at Thanksgiving 2008 when my cousin told me about it. The next month, I joined Club Penguin. And it was awesome.

I've met hundreds of people while playing this game and made tons of good friends, some I still talk to today, others who have sadly moved on and I have no way of contacting again. In June 2011, while looking at other Disney virtual games (something I probably wouldn't have done if I wasn't playing Club Penguin) I joined ToonTown. A few years later, as Club Penguin is about to do, the game closed, but gave me friends who I still talk to.

Mario. Pokemon. DC Comics. Marvel. Gravity Falls. Steven Universe.  These are just a few things that I really enjoy today that I may not have ever been interested in had I never had my experiences in the past 8 years with this game.

I had a good time with this game. The first three years I played, 2009-2011, were amazing. By 2013, the game had been slowly going downhill for a year, but I still logged on to see what was new. It wasn't until the last Holiday Party (which as we now know really was the last Holiday Party) that my membership ran out and I decided that this was it. I was barely even interested in the game anymore and only logged on every week just so I wouldn't miss anything. That slowly turned into every two weeks, and then once a month as Club Penguin started updating less and less. Then, a month later, the game was closing.

So, that brings us to today. Club Penguin is closing at midnight and Club Penguin Island will soon attempt to replace it. This is the end of Chill's Club Penguin Opinions. I don't intend on playing Club Penguin Island, and even if I did, I'd just be posting lots of angry rants here probably.

I'd like to thank everyone who, directly or indirectly, made my experience with this game a great one and helped shape my life. I'd also like to thank all my readers over the years who put up with all my ramblings.

Chill is out, peace.

Waddle on everybody.