Club Penguin


 * For other uses, see Club Penguin (disambiguation).

Club Penguin is a MMOG for kids/teens developed by New Horizon Interactive. Using cartoon penguin avatars, players can converse, play minigames, and participate in other activities with one another in a snow-covered virtual world. Club Penguin was first made available to the public on October 24, 2005, and has since expanded into a large online community.

Club Penguin shares similarities with other popular online environments like RuneScape. Though open to everyone, Club Penguin is primarily designed for children age eight to fourteen, and has been qualified for the Better Business Bureau - Kid’s Privacy Seal of Approval. Club Penguin was also awarded the "Editor's Choice" award from Children's Technology Review Magazine.

A merchandise section, the Club Penguin Gift 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.

Though the game can be played for free, some of the features are not available unless a subscription is purchased.

History

 * See Club Penguin History

Club Penguin Island




Club Penguin Island is the place where the whole game takes place. It's in Antarctica. Penguins are the main species of the island. They built streets, igloos, buildings and other infra-stuctures.

Club Penguin Island is in Antarctica somewhere. Some people claim it to be Penguin Island (just off King George's Island). Rockhopper Island is rumoured to be Christmas Island, off the coast of Western Australia. This is unlikely as it would take months and months to go to Penguin Island from there, even in a clipper ship such as the Migrator.

Evidence of being Penguin Island

 * Lots of penguins.
 * Iceberg looks suspiciously like one off Penguin Island.
 * Mountain is said to be Deacon Peak, a real mountain.

Characteristics
Club Penguin Island is extremely cold, and it's always covered in snow.

Several animals inhabit the island, the main of them being penguins. Other animals are crabs, worms, jellyfish, starfish, sharks, mullets, grey fish, yellow fish (which conform a large part of the feeding of the penguin population), shells, corals, shrimps, squids, an octopus, a lone polar bear, and puffles (which have been domesticated and can be adopted as pets, though wild ones still remain in the wilderness).

Due to the extremely cold climate of the area, the flora of the island is limited to pine trees, seaweeds, and 'O' Berry bushes.

Rockhopper Island

 * See Rockhopper Island.

Rockhopper Island is Rockhopper's private island, where he finds rare items to bring back to Club Penguin. It's a small island with clean water and fruit trees. It is also the home of red puffles.

Three little islands

 * See Three Little Islands.



According to a map in the HQ and another in the Ship Hold there are three mysterious islands at the left of Club Penguin Island, next to the Mountain. They are possibly the Ninja Hideout.

Iceberg

 * See Iceberg.

The Iceberg was mysteriously discovered in March 2006. It's just a small iceberg next to Club Penguin Island. It can only be accessed from the Map, Spy Phone and by crashing on Level 3 of the Jet Pack Adventure game. No one is sure where it came from, or long it had been there, but it's been a popular party destination ever since. The Iceberg is only visited by penguins and puffles. It looks like one off Penguin Island.

Controversy
Club penguin is a well loved website most parents believe is very safe. However,Club penguin is mildly controversial.


 * Many parents still have a fear that club penguin might have adults going on the website which would usually get parents to believe it's actually a normal chat room that is not for kids. Club penguin has once stated the only adults that are online are moderators.


 * Many older club penguin members have started complaining once disney bought club penguin. Many have stated the population has changed heavily. They have also said that when disney bought it, penguins started to act funny, for example, dating. they have stated one penguin (Which They believe is an adult looking for kids.) saying "Single guys say Abc!" some older members believe that has influenced other users into trying it. Another example, they don't appreciate the fact that most penguins hardly set up any hockey matches or preform plays at the stage, they just play around.


 * The Swimsuit items that were for sale during the summer party (specifically the bikinis.) caused some mild issues. A Parent saw her daughter wearing a one of the swimsuit bikinis and contacted club penguin saying it's trying to look like a bikini a swimsuit model would wear, and this item might not be suitable for younger kids that visit. Club penguin has replied that they made the bikinis items because they wanted some "summery" clothes.


 * The Drumsticks (which have been recently brought back) have had minor issues with some other penguins. Many penguins go in front of someone and play the drumsticks on the other person's head (pretending to bonk on their head). some penguin have reported people who have done this but, the people who do it don't get banned. "Drumming" on penguin's heads is not against the rules. Most people who do this are playing harmless pranks.


 * Some parents have been concerned about buying things in club penguin. That this would teach young kids to have a competitive nature. Many users brag to other penguin if they have rarer items then them. Some penguins are so destined to get "cooler" or rarer items that they have, they use a service called "penguin trading" (where people post the username an password of unwanted penguins in public or private for people to use. Public  posted ones usually get banned by pranksters, especially ones with more items) to get other items.

Sites supporting Club Penguin
Club Penguin can be played in four different places:


 * ClubPenguin.com
 * ClubPenguin.com (Full Screen)
 * Miniclip.com
 * Disney.com

DS
Club Penguin will soon be created on the Nintendo Dual Screen (DS)! For more, click Club Penguin (DS).