User:Dancing Penguin/iCP



iCP was a private server based on Club Penguin, but with profanity allowed and abilities that would be considered "cheating" on the real CP. It gained much popularity with over 100 000 registered users until its shutdown in October 2010 after an alleged lawsuit threat by Disney.

iCPv1
iCPv1 was just a basic private server planned in June 2010 and released in July. There were no commands and it was only a for a few selected people.

iCPv2
iCPv2 was the first very popular Club Penguin private server created by iRaith. This was also the first private server with commands introduced. The registration and such was available at http://cpps.gotdns.com and it gathered many users quickly.

However, iCPv2 suffered from many problems such as imbalanced commands. One was able to make their penguin larger, so people were covering the screen, making it impossible to move, and it crashed the server too. Another flaw was a poor, unorganized staff.

iCPv2 shut down in June 2010, because iRaith apparently was overwhelmed and felt unappreciated. iRaith was in the middle of making iCPv3, the next version of iCP at the time. Many people thought that was the end of iCP.

iCPv3
iCP v3 first began in late June 2010, by different people than in iCPv2. It first started up as a forum, while they developed it. It was then released in early July, it was an explosion. Many people joined, and it soon has thousands of users. It had a much better balance of commands than iCPv2, and a very well organized staff. It reached over 100 000 registered users.

End
In October of 2010 they claimed that Disney was threatening to sue them, so they closed it down, along with the blog, chat and YouTube account.

Quit letter from the founder
''Hey there, its me; iRath / iCrack :P / Alex / Inventory of iCP. This Letter is regarding everybody associated with iCP; Players, Staff and of course Disney as well.

''I wanted to tell you why I am stopping iCP and a brief History. iCP started damn long ago, in a Time, where I simply didnt realize the Reality. It was a nice Day, I was a huge Fan of CP, and then I had the Idea: "Why not make my own CP Server?". It wasn't meant to harm ANYONE. It was just there to get my Friends and me some Fun. I didn't realize what I was doing, and so I started iCP.

''The sad Thing is, with every new Release of iCP, I noticed what I am doing more and more, but somehow weren't able to stop. This is where we got, a Point, which is far to late, I should have noticed it earlier.

''Anyway, now I finally do something I always wanted to do: Say Sorry. It might sound quite hilarious, as I could have stopped WAY EARLIER, way before this Fight! But I didn't understand, didn't even understand myself. I dont expect you to understand it, but its just the Point that this Tension in me is getting to a Point which I just cant stand anymore.

''I've always loved CP and their Staff, honestly, they are very nice. And thats another Point, why this is a big Shame to me. While CP Staff has always been nice to me, I begun manipulating CP, and this is where we got!

''I never really wanted to; I was like a Zombi. I have no Clue how to express what I mean, but I have to admit that this is just sad to me. It sounds odd, I know, but its just sad to see how I have ignored the Trust they have put in me and did all this Crap, I don't write this Letter because anybody forced me to, because I am getting sued or something like that, its just because this is getting too far!

''I mean, I once dreamed of being Dev at New Horizon (now Disney) and now I would hide my Face if I met them somewhere! The fun of developing iCP made me blind.

''I mean, many of you hate Disney, I know, because Membership costs something. But honestly, you cant tell me that you don't have $7! I did this because I thought some people weren't able to pay because of parents like mine. They don't want to give Credit Card Info :s Beyond that, take a look at what Disney does with the Money: They give it to Charity Organizations! And now think further, I did something bad to the whole World with iCP: Disney didn't have that much Money, thus weren't able to spend it!

''But now, I want to put a stop to this. I really like Disney, although I know they seriously hate me now, but still, I want them to know I am sorry!

''I am officially out of the CP "Hacking" Scene, and I *wont* release the Fix for the new club_penguin.swf Loader, in Hope this will put a Stop to CP Cheating.

''Sorry Disney; it was fun competing against your Programmers, they are damn good!

''Farewell,

''Alex; In Hope Disney forgives me and my Childs someday will be able to play CP; without People cheating!