User:CK/My Story

Opening Regards

This is my story of the CPWN, and how I became involved with it. I have been here since the start of the network, but the story itself isn't truly about that- it's about me. It's my memoir of memories and experiences, lessons learned and friends made here. I figured it was time to start writing this before I forget too many things or become uninterested, so that I can remember these things forever and look back upon them.

I dedicate this to all who have guided me in the past, stood by my side in the present, and will be there for me in the future. -CK

Prologue: Join the Club

Ahh, where could I start the story of me other than the place that started it all? Club Penguin. Before late 2007, it was a name I had never heard before, but afterwards it would ultimately become a larger part of my life than I ever thought it could.

Supposedly my love for penguins started when I was around 6 months old. My family had annual passes to Seaworld Orlando, so we'd travel there once every few months. According to my mother, one of the first times I went to Seaworld was when I was 6 months old, or at least that was the first time I went into the "Penguin Encounter" (penguin exhibit). According to her, as soon as we entered the exhibit my eyes were glued on those adorable balls of feathers, and that's what started my love for penguins.

I've loved penguins as far back as I can remember, so I assume that story's correct. On Christmas Eve or morning 2005 (I think it was morning, because my mom forgot to give it to me Christmas Eve), I received one of the greatest Christmas Gifts ever- a "stuffed" penguin. He was special because he was made from "polystyrene foam beads". After deliberation with my (at that time) best friend, because we were invited to their house on Christmas, I decided to name him Penguino. One of the main reasons is because for a few weeks or months up until that point, I was being a silly child calling penguins "penguinos" in a hispanic sense. As a side note, Penguino is still with me, and like CP, he just celebrated his 8th birthday. He's just a bit dirtier than he was 8 years ago :P

Sometime in 2007, my mom found miniclip.com and constantly played certain games. Sometime towards late 2007, my mom noticed a game called "Club Penguin", and told me about it since penguins were my favorite animal (and still are). I assume that she noticed it because it was like the number 1 game on miniclip for like 2 years. Anyways, in November she allowed me to make an account on this new found game. My first idea- Penguino. Unfortunately Penguino was taken, so I tried a few more names, Penguino1 and Penquino. Those were both taken as well, but Penquino1 worked so I rolled with it. According to the research i've done, the first time I logged into CP was on November 15th, 2007, one day before the Stage opened.

One of the first memories of have of CP is the Surprise Party. I truly enjoyed the finesse of it all, and I knew then that Club Penguin was going to be fun. I also remember reading about Yellow Puffles being discovered in the newspaper, and I knew I wanted to adopt one. Sometime in December 2007, I got my first CP membership and I went crazy buying stuff I wanted. It was then that I purchased my first puffle- Snuggles the Yellow Puffle. In addition, I remember buying the Pilgrim Hat and wearing it all of the time, as well as also buying the I Love My Puffle T-Shirt sometime around then.

Over the years on Club Penguin I enjoyed a lot of things- all of the awesome parties, new puffles, rooms, PSA missions, and even a mascot (Gary was the first mascot I met, I'm pretty sure I met him at the Halloween Party 2008).

Writer's Notes

• I'm sorry that each "chapter" might not reach the extent that a normal book chapter would reach, but I feel that each "chapter" encompasses a different chapter of my life on the network. As such, I will write as much as I can honestly remember and post it in my own point of view- so each section could be anywhere from one sentence to 100 paragraphs.
• None of the content is meant to hurt people's feelings or spread "propaganda", although it might be viewed as such. All of the text is my experiences and my emotions, written in my point of view. So please, forgive me if something in here is hateful towards you or a certain user.

Prologue

• One of my favorite early memories of Club Penguin was from December 2007. I had remembered seeing the furniture catalog where it said that I could click the arrow keys to change the item, except I figured it worked on all items. I really wanted a Santa Hat (because this was during the Christmas Party 2007 and others had one), but all I saw in the Penguin Style was an Elf Hat. So, being the genius I am I purchased the elf hat, put it on and spent like 10 minutes pressing the arrow keys trying to get it to change colors. I don't remember when I realized that it didn't work, but at some point in time I must have found the free item stand with the santa hat in it.