User blog:Shurow/Club Penguin Spending Too Much Time on Parties?

Over the last several years Club Penguin has changed and evolved. We can all agree on that right? The biggest part of Club Penguin that has evolved the most are their parties. Parties from 2005 to 2009 didn't have that many free items, or didn't have as many decorations, or didn't even have as many cool features, such as catalogs or transformations like they do now. That's why most people always say Club Penguin sucked during those years. I'm sure that most people who say this most likely didn't even play Club Penguin at that time, so how would they even know?

What I've noticed over the last year is that Club Penguin doesn't come out with any new stuff anymore. They never come out with as many games as they used to, they never make any new rooms, they never come out with any new books for the Book Room besides yearbooks, they hardly ever make any new Stage plays,and they never come out with any new cool features. It's like the only thing they seem to do is work on parties. Hasn't anyone ever noticed this? THIS is what has made me come to a major realization.....that Club Penguin is spending TOO MUCH time on parties!

First, I want to talk about what Club Penguin USED to do. From 2005 to 2007, Club Penguin didn't spend ALL their time on parties. This is why the parties never really that well decorated. It wasn't just because Club Penguin had such a small team or not even because they didn't have great artists. Back in those days Club Penguin spent time doing a little bit of everything.

I'm sure some of you noticed that in 2006, the parties in Club Penguin had very little decoration. But did any of you also notice that in 2006 Club Penguin came out 12 different rooms, and created 5 new games, all of which are still in Club Penguin today. Do you really think Club Penguin, which at that time had around 100, artists could do all that at one time and still have to time to put a lot of work into parties? No, I don't think so. In 2007 the parties did get a little bit more decor and became more creative. Yet they were still also able to do so much more at one time. When Disney came in August of that year Club Penguin didn't change dramatically at all.

2008 was probably the biggest year for Club Penguin. That whole year, they made 5 new PSA missions, 4 new rooms, 4 new games, 8 new Stage plays, they were able to make a DS game, new toys, they made comics for their website, and they came out with dozens of new features such as Penguin Mail. They were able to make all that at one time, but yet still able to make AWESOME parties. That's why to me 2008 was the best year for Club Penguin.

A lot has changed since then. It seems Club Penguin spends 97% of their time just to work on parties. They haven't made a new Stage play since last February, they haven't released a new room since 2010, Smoothie Smash was the first game to come out since November 2011, and Club Penguin never updates their website. Now sure, Club Penguin just gave all the rooms new looks, but we want NEW rooms. You want to know the real reason I think Club Penguin destroyed the PSA? I think they destroyed it because each mission took approximately 2 months to make, so I think they got rid of the PSA so they wouldn't have to spend some much time making new missions. Club Penguin even shortened their newspaper just to work on parties. Sure, every newspaper took 100 hours to make, but Club Penguin has nearly 1000 employees, so 100 hours should mean NOTHING to them. Not only that but it is taking them FOREVER to release Card-Jitsu Snow. If Club Penguin didn't spend so much time on parties, they could have released the game 2 years ago like it was supposed too! It's also taking them forever to release Private Chatting (which was planned years ago) and Server Jumping.

Club Penguin also seems to put too much thought into their parties. They add all these big, over the top decorations, they have a catalog at EVERY party now, each party has like 5 extra party rooms, and now they are all starting to have transformations. Is any of that really necessary? If Club Penguin spent a little less time on parties, they could have to time to do so much more. They could make at least 2 new games a year, add 1 new room every year, add dozens of new features, and much more. I mean they were able to do all that back in 2008 right?

So for those of you who say the old parties in Club Penguin from 2005-2007 were awful, you are wrong. Those were the golden years of Club Penguin, because it wasn't the parties that made Club Penguin great. Me and hundreds of other penguins enjoyed those parties most, because for us in those days; we actually GOT new things.

What do you think? Do you think Club Penguin should spend just a little less time on parties, so they can make new things such as more games, new rooms, new in-game books, and maybe even more? Yes No

You just need to know that it doesn't matter what the rooms look like, or how decorated the parties are. Sometimes things are fun even with the littlest things. Parties isn't what Club Penguin is about.