Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5159837-20140328044230/@comment-24562570-20140423072135

Carphon wrote: I've been waiting for a post like this. There are some key examples of rarity dying. Such as the Blue duffle rain coat, in late 2007 it was the ideal rare item even though it was returned that same year, and every year before that. When it returned in late 2008 people said such return killed its rarity, even though it has had a noticable cycle of returning. it's been roughly 5 years since this item has returned and even though it's titled "rare" not many people care for it. I've been on the "My Penguin" app and I noticed the lack of knowledge of Clubpenguin's history by the people on the app. They ask me such things as "How did you get those items", or "are you new", completely disregarding the fact that Clubpenguin has been open for 8 years now and just don't bother to care. That's understandable though, As most of them are 8-10 and their childhood is just starting and they chose Clubpenguin to kickstart it. Yet, with this, the reason they don't acknowledge CP's interesting story is because they weren't around Clubpenguin during its prime like we, the "Rare" people, were. That's why Disney, here and there, is bringing back "rare" items from the beginning. Such as the un-expected and amazing return of the gold watch, you would of expected that to stay rare, right? They are kind of like shout outs. Disney won't bring back items such as the blue lei and ice skates, but they DO bring them in different styles. Such as the gold lei, and the new black ice skates in the sports catalog. Only on rare occasions will they pass out the extreme such as the red lei in events like tatto's anniversary party. They acknowledge the sleet community (I'd guess) and know that we stand for our childhood, and they respect that. I've done a lot of research and it's quite silly yet predictable to say "Disney ruined CP", and say "We want old CP back" in the same sentence, if they've created their penguin 2008 - present. Disney was actually in what they title "Old CP" but it was roughly subliminal. It's just Club penguin's history passing by, but since Disney now owns it, they say, "Hey, let's just blame Disney for such thing." There is hope to regenerate such history that we've created, though. Even sitting in the town, as rare as you are, could inspire newer members to visit this wikia and study Club Penguin's history. We are basically the reminder of the past, the experiences we've had all lead up to this day, still with the same penguin, cherishing the minutes you've played on such a penguin. Besides the riots about Disney, the fakes and the trades of penguins DO destroy this community. "Sharing" is probably the most un-responsible way and I do not suggest doing so now days, I don't even know why they did such in 2007. It does bother me to see penguins with items like the party hat and red lei and it's rather obvious their fake, like they do it on purpose to hurt our feelings. But in the end, you can be proud in what you did in your childhood. Even if you mock newer members (such as you've stated), or respect others as their childhood is beginning such as yours was when you started back in the day, you live by this resemblance of childhood, even if it's in the form of a penguin. *claps*