On This Day In Club Penguin History – March 13

Like I said a few posts ago – I had a lot of memories on March 13, 2009. I remember it was Friday the 13th and my brother and I were so excited for the St. Patrick’s Day Party. We both woke up at 6:30 a.m. before we left for school and he was using his penguin waddling around the decorated rooms while I was watching next to him. He went into the Coffee Shop, and I was like “Oooo, look!” and we both saw the Shamrock Hat that we didn’t have (since it wasn’t available since March 2007) and we got really happy, lol. Later, he went to the Plaza. We saw a guy doing the special accordion dance on top of the ladder leaning up against the Stage because of the Penguin Play Awards construction. We were wondering where he got it, but when we tried to ask, he left the room. :P We eventually found it in the Leprechaun House, because when going through the parties we would always go left to right of the island.

All day throughout school, I kept thinking of the party and I wanted to go on Club Penguin really bad. For some reason, during the school day I forgot how most of the rooms were decorated, maybe because of my school work. The only thing I really remembered was the free item and the imprints of shamrocks in the snow. So, I basically really wanted to see it again. When I got home, I threw my backpack on a chair and ran upstairs. But my brother was on the laptop, of course. :P I remember he was in the Coffee Shop. So anyways, I had to go on the computer in my parent’s room, the big and slow computer, to see the party again. I really didn’t mind, I just wanted to go on and see the party. My friend Dj was also on, and I remember he liked to hang out at the Iceberg because it was technically decorated, with the rainbow and music. Random thing, too: I think a few days after the party started Billybob posted on the blog saying that some of the rooms were not showing up, just a white screen, and he said they were working on it to fix it.

I also remember later in the week I showed my dad the party. He wasn’t really interested but I showed him anyway. He said, “Green snow?” and I said yes, lol. I also remember I went into the Beach by accident and I said, “Oops, this room isn’t decorated.” And he said what about the green buoy (next to the Lighthouse). I said that was always there, lol.

AND I’m just saying now, almost nobody would have this same thrill. This party was pretty simply put together – about 10 rooms decorated, 1 party room, and 2 free items. Nowadays, people would probably be like, “There isn’t anything to do. You just get your two free items and log off. That’s it.” That is true, but it’s just because that’s how we are used to Club Penguin now. Back then, there were no quests. There were no interfaces (besides the occasional scavenger hunt). There were no character greetings when you logged on to a server to explain something – because nothing needed to be explained back then. There were no meetable characters at every party, maybe perhaps 3-4 times a year, but not every party. There wasn’t about 10 items at every party that you had to do stupid things to earn it. There wasn’t 5 or more party rooms at each party. There wasn’t advertising parties – just very creative Club Penguin original ideas. You just had FUN on Club Penguin. No nonsense things to earn your free items or anything else I said. If a party like this came out tomorrow or something, people would say one thing – it’s boring. There’s nothing to do, wa wa wa. Well, really, because I remember playing Club Penguin during the St. Patrick’s Day Party 2009 and thought it was the best party ever. I stayed on Club Penguin for hours on end. I would have been on all day if I could.

Today, people are spoiled, basically.