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Ah, I remember my older son being quite addicted to CP back in the day. It seemed to be a cool platform, really easy for kids to use and interact with their fr

Ah, I remember my older son being quite addicted to CP back in the day. It seemed to be a cool platform, really easy for kids to use and interact with their friends. I think I even paid for a couple of annual subscriptions. But I think I will be sadder to see it go than my son would, purely from a nostalgia standpoint and for the sake of remembering those days of innocence...

ourmandave 10y ago
My daughter too, back in the day. I used to play the games so she'd have coins to spend. I got quite good at making pizzas.
- stuartd 10y ago
  Ice fishing was my favourite grift.
  - yhager 10y ago
    Heh, I did the same. The mine tracks though had the best coin-to-playtime ratio, so we focused on those :)
jasonkostempski 10y ago
My kid was never into CP but I think just about everything he is into will eventually disappear just like this. Anything that requires an account to function is doomed to fade from existence.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  I've been thinking about this for a few years. It's one reason that I don't care for online gaming; it's always in the back of my mind that the thing will disappear someday. That's one thing that draws me into retro games; they tend not to have external requirements like internet services, update patches, and so on.
  - calibration263 10y ago
    There certainly are some games that are gone forever(I miss Glitch so much), but for the ones that stick around I've always appreciated how accessible they are compared to retro gaming. The chances of me playing GoldenEye without a lot of effort(finding a working N64, or illegally downloading a ROM) is pretty low. Being able to load up my old save file is probably zero. (Unless the cart happens to be in my parents attic). On the other hand I can open a web browser from pretty much any computer in the world today and get back on to Neopets or Runescape in seconds, and be right where I left off a decade ago.
phailhaus 10y ago
That is such an unfortunate acronym...
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- cglouch 10y ago
  for those unaware, "CP" often refers to child pornography
  - cyberferret 10y ago
    Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was not aware of that acronym. I guess it depends on what world you move in. Those in law enforcement or counselling, I guess it would be an every day thing, but for the rest of us, it is completely meaningless...
    - khedoros1 10y ago
      > Those in law enforcement or counseling Or those who have friends with "off" senses of humor, have hung out in uncensored and unmoderated forums, watched enough television about crime, and so on. I don't remember where I first heard those letters used in that way, but I imagine it was about 15 years ago, when I was in high school. To be clear, in context, your post only reads awkwardly for me after having the alternate parsing of "CP" pointed out. Your intended "Club Penguin" meaning was the first way that I read your comment.
      - cyberferret 10y ago
        Interesting addendum - I asked my wife that that acronym would mean to her (she used to be a counsellor, and for a time was involved with sexual assault victim counselling), and to her, "CP" was "Child Protection", as in "call CP Services...". So there you go - a total polar opposite association of those initials...
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ChristianGeek 10y ago
Did nobody read the linked article?! All they're doing is switching to a new improved version.
- seangrant 10y ago
  It represents the death of the original Club Penguin though. Nowadays it's all commercials. Disney-themed penguins and adverts for the latest kids movies.
- cyberferret 10y ago
  It's a whole new platform with no migration path, from what I can understand. So my son, if he wanted to, could never transfer all his hard work of gathering assets, building stuff and friendships across to the new platform. He basically has to kiss his Penguin goodbye.

ourmandave 10y ago

My daughter too, back in the day. I used to play the games so she'd have coins to spend. I got quite good at making pizzas.

stuartd 10y ago
Ice fishing was my favourite grift.
- yhager 10y ago
  Heh, I did the same. The mine tracks though had the best coin-to-playtime ratio, so we focused on those :)

jasonkostempski 10y ago

My kid was never into CP but I think just about everything he is into will eventually disappear just like this. Anything that requires an account to function is doomed to fade from existence.

khedoros1 10y ago
I've been thinking about this for a few years. It's one reason that I don't care for online gaming; it's always in the back of my mind that the thing will disappear someday. That's one thing that draws me into retro games; they tend not to have external requirements like internet services, update patches, and so on.
- calibration263 10y ago
  There certainly are some games that are gone forever(I miss Glitch so much), but for the ones that stick around I've always appreciated how accessible they are compared to retro gaming. The chances of me playing GoldenEye without a lot of effort(finding a working N64, or illegally downloading a ROM) is pretty low. Being able to load up my old save file is probably zero. (Unless the cart happens to be in my parents attic). On the other hand I can open a web browser from pretty much any computer in the world today and get back on to Neopets or Runescape in seconds, and be right where I left off a decade ago.

phailhaus 10y ago

That is such an unfortunate acronym...

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cglouch 10y ago
for those unaware, "CP" often refers to child pornography
- cyberferret 10y ago
  Ah, thanks for the clarification. I was not aware of that acronym. I guess it depends on what world you move in. Those in law enforcement or counselling, I guess it would be an every day thing, but for the rest of us, it is completely meaningless...
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    > Those in law enforcement or counseling Or those who have friends with "off" senses of humor, have hung out in uncensored and unmoderated forums, watched enough television about crime, and so on. I don't remember where I first heard those letters used in that way, but I imagine it was about 15 years ago, when I was in high school. To be clear, in context, your post only reads awkwardly for me after having the alternate parsing of "CP" pointed out. Your intended "Club Penguin" meaning was the first way that I read your comment.
    - cyberferret 10y ago
      Interesting addendum - I asked my wife that that acronym would mean to her (she used to be a counsellor, and for a time was involved with sexual assault victim counselling), and to her, "CP" was "Child Protection", as in "call CP Services...". So there you go - a total polar opposite association of those initials...
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ChristianGeek 10y ago

Did nobody read the linked article?! All they're doing is switching to a new improved version.

seangrant 10y ago
It represents the death of the original Club Penguin though. Nowadays it's all commercials. Disney-themed penguins and adverts for the latest kids movies.
cyberferret 10y ago
It's a whole new platform with no migration path, from what I can understand. So my son, if he wanted to, could never transfer all his hard work of gathering assets, building stuff and friendships across to the new platform. He basically has to kiss his Penguin goodbye.