Beta Testing

Before Club Penguin was publicly launched, the team held a party to thank Beta Testers, in which the yellow and pink party hat was given out at the Town. After the Beta ended, testers were rewarded by receiving 1,000 coins, one month of paid membership, and also got to keep the Party Hat.

Most beta testers have names like "fano" or "JaMeS" that have a mixture of lowercase and uppercase letters. Although, when Club Penguin launched the CPIP test server, the names were changed so "fano" is now "Fano" and "JaMeS" is now "James". However, on August 4, 2009, Most beta testers' names have been restored, turning "Fano" into "fano", or "James" into "JaMeS". Today, these penguins are considered very rare, as most have quit because they have either gotten banned, they felt too mature for the game, or just got bored of playing.