Beta Testing

A Beta Tester.

The Party hat.

Beta testing is when people sign up to help fix the bugs in the beta version of Club Penguin and report them so the Club Penguin Team could fix them. People who signed up are called Beta Testers, also known as betas.

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. Beta testers usually wear this hat as it shows that they are a beta tester.

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 got too old, or just got bored of playing.

List of beta testers

See List of Beta Testers.

Beta Test Party gallery

The Town during the Beta Party.

The Book Room during the Beta Party. Most of the Mods can be seen here playing or watching mancala.

Another picture of the Town during the party.

Trivia

• 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 Party Hat.
• If you go to the 2008 and 2009 yearbook, on the front cover, penguins are wearing anniversary hats.
• Many Betas go on the server Sleet.

See also

• Party Hat