Beta Testing

Beta Testing was where people could sign up to help fix the bugs in the beta version of Club Penguin. People who signed up are called Beta Testers. Beta Testers are the penguins that signed up for Club Penguin while it was in beta testing. It was their job to test that version for any bugs or glitches and report them to the Club Penguin team so that they could be fixed. When 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 in the Town Center. Beta testers usually wear this hat as it shows that they are a beta tester. They are respected greatly in Club Penguin. 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 4th, 2009, Most beta testers' names have been restored, turning "Phat Fano" into "phat fano", or "James" into "JaMeS". Today, these penguins are very rare. Betas most likely have the Shamrock Pin because it was the first pin released on Club Penguin.

List of Beta Testers
For an incomplete list of betas, see List of Beta Testers.

Trivia

 * Penguins who participated in the Club Penguin Improvement Project testing are sometimes thought to be betas, but are not.
 * When penguins share accounts, one penguin usually tricks the other by telling them they have a beta hat, but the actually mean the Red Construction Hat.
 * Beta Testers are easily spotted on servers like Sleet and Mammoth. Many Beta watchers go there, and many rare penguins go there, too.
 * The reason why Beta Testers are rare is because they are not seen very often - usually caused by them quitting.
 * Most Beta Testers have no numbers in their Penguin name, since newer penguins usually have their desired user name already chosen, and therefore extend it with numbers to make it unique.
 * Within an hour of the Beta being launched, the servers crashed and had to be reset. This occurred many more times in the future.
 * After the Beta ended, testers were rewarded by receiving 1,000 coins, one month of paid membership, and also got to keep the Beta Party Hat.
 * There are two new beta clothing items in the Series 6 Treasure Book. They are called the Beta Hat Shirt and Beta Grid Sweater, but it does not mean that you are a real beta tester if you have them.