Hello,
I’m retiring. Yes, I, Klug1234, am announcing my retirement from the Army of Club Penguin.
Why? I simply don’t feel like I can (or want to) contribute to this army anymore. Let’s face it; I wasn’t a very good third in command. I’m not active in the ways that armies like ACP consider standard for activeness. I wasn’t the most approachable owner, people tended not to listen me if I was leading battles, and apparently, people just did not want be to be third in command. The only thing that got me by was my intelligence. I’m always going to credit myself as being one of the most intelligent people in warfare, and if you disagree with me on that, you can have an intelligent debate with me about it.
I suppose that I’ve been considering retirement for a few weeks now. You know, when someone like Shab publicly endorses your demotion, it doesn’t exactly make you want to stick around. Every time the thought of retiring popped into my head, I dismissed it, thinking that I would stay for a bit longer and see where that got me. Well, I did, and it got me demoted.
Now, let me set something straight: I’m not retiring because I was demoted. I’m not about to rage quit because my position as an owner was taken away from me. That’s not true, and I don’t want to hear about people saying that or thinking that. Yes, my demotion at the hands of Kenneth, Flipper, and Shaboomboom is indeed what finally provoked me to retire, but I’m not retiring because I was demoted. In fact, I’m retiring for essentially the same reason I retired my first time through in ACP.
I suppose the reason for my retirement could stem back to the single reason why I rejoined this army in August of this summer. This was a plain and simple reason, my friends: I wanted to be leader. Ah, yes. The glorious Supreme Commander position of the Army of Club Penguin. I once believed that I could become leader, but when I originally retired sometime in September 2010, I had dismayed my beliefs and realized that they would not come true. However, when I rejoined this army in the summer, I was in a different state of mind. I intended on becoming an owner and hopefully being a possible leader candidate when Flipper and Kenneth retired. I will admit, I did not expect them to still be leader today. Yeah, I actually believed that I could be the leader of this army. I still do think I could be, under the right circumstances, but that’s a discussion for a different time.
However, this was not to be. As you all know, Shaboomboom has an ongoing, well publicized disagreement with Kenneth and Flipper. This is all about how Kenneth and Flipper are running the army-Shab doesn’t agree. Frankly, I’m not happy with either side. I’m completely against retired leaders trying to force the current leaders to bend to their will, and I always have been. At the same time, I can’t say I agree on how Kenneth and Flipper operate anymore. This sort of stuff between retired leaders and current ones has been going on forever, but I have never seen anything as disgusting as how public this has become. There is a difference between being an advisor and making these sort of demands. Advisor is hardly a real position, it’s more of an honorary thing. The leaders aren’t required to listen to their advisors, or even give their “advice” any thought for that matter.
The first casualty of the Shaboomboom/Flen conflict was Stew20. His demotion was unpopular among the general public of the army, and he’s been given one, now another, chance to be third in command again. Honestly, I see my demotion as strikingly similar to Stew’s, and nobody’s really said anything to make me feel otherwise. How Kenneth and Flipper think that they are denying Shab’s demands by demoting me, I don’t know. I suppose it matters not.
(Shab: I’m sorry Klug, I hate editing retirement posts, but I promise, I can assure you, I had no hand in Stew’s demotion)
After my demotion, I voluntarily logged on to chat to be de-ownered by Flipper. I don’t believe one active member of the Army of Club Penguin has expressed any sort of condolences towards my demotion. This tells me that I am not wanted by this army, so why bother staying? I’m honestly not happy with the direction our leaders are taking it, and I’m not about to sit here and watch us make more mistakes. I just don’t want to do it. Being a moderator isn’t really what I want to do either. I’m by no means an arrogant person. I’m not saying I deserve something more than moderator, but when you get demoted out of the owner zone, it’s hard to get back, and I don’t have the time or the drive to get back up there.
I’m not much of a leader. I’m a thinker. I always have been and I always will be. Problem is, thinkers don’t really have a place in armies. There’s room for soldiers and there’s room for leaders. I hold no grudges against anyone in this army or any army. I spent three years of my life involved with the Army of Club Penguin, and I may finally say that I’m done here. Sure, I might visit chat from time to time, but don’t expect me on too often. I wasn’t really around much when I was in ACP, so.. yeah.
Whenever my demotion has been discussed on a post on the site, it will say “Klug was demoted for inactivity amongst other reasons…”
Uhh, what? Amongst other reasons? I haven’t been told these “other reasons”. Actually, Kenneth hasn’t spoken to me since before I was demoted and Flipper only spoke to me once about it. You guys can all stop playing the “other reasons” card, because as far as I know, those “other reasons” are “Shab wanted him demoted”. It doesn’t really matter, but I don’t like that it’s being put under such vague terms. “Other reasons” could mean anything. I could have been plotting a coup against Flipper and Kenneth. I could have broken every rule on chat three billion times. I could have joined the Light Troops (we all know that would never happen). All I’m saying is that I don’t understand why my demotion is being described with such vague, dismissive, and mysterious terms.
Usually, with retirement posts, there’s a long section dedicated to all the good ol’ friends you made here at the Army of Club Penguin Incorporated, all rights reserved. I’m not going to do that, but I guess I’ll write a message to the few people that I feel need a message.
Kenneth and Flipper- All of my feelings towards you two for my demotion and the way you lead this army have been expressed above. Don’t get me wrong, I like both of you as people. I just don’t see why I can’t get a decent reason for my demotion. The closest thing to that was Flipper telling me that I’m “not what we’re looking for”. Eh, whatever. Nothing I can do about it. Anyway, good luck with leading this army for however much longer you lead for. You’re almost hitting one year, which I do think is of a ridiculous amount of time for anyone to lead an army, but that is both of yours decisions, not mine.
Shaboomboom- You’ve always been an interesting person to interact with. Next time you’re going to demand that the leaders do things you want them to do, either rejoin the army or don’t make it so public. I never liked the arguing that went on between retired leaders and current leaders on the private posts on the site, and I do not believe in publicly fighting with them on the website any more than I do with letting retired leaders have so much influence.
Foxtails- By far, you are the greatest friend I ever made through armies. You’re the only person I would be willing to communicate with outside of xat chats. Thanks for being a great friend, and I look forward to being friends with you in the future.
Capncook- I have no clue why you rejoined, my other version of myself, but I will never forget our endless rants about everything we didn’t like about armies in PC. Long live Capncook, former ACP leader (I bet this sentence gets removed)
Kingfunks4- Congratulations on getting my spot as 3ic. You’re definitely capable of it. My only problem with it is that people are surely to cry foul that the face of CPAC is an ACP third in command, but, y’know, h@t3rz gonna h@t3. Good luck in the world of ownership, it’s a scary place sometimes.
The Light Troops- I guess I don’t hate all of you. After all, I’ve never spoken to most of the people in the Light Troops. I do, however, find your leaders annoying. Especially Blizzard880 or whatever your name is. Don’t ever think about rejoining ACP, because it doesn’t need people like you. You’re one of the most unloyal little text bubbles I’ve ever encountered around here. Also, I don’t like bmarocks116. Please, stop starting fights with everyone on CPAC, because your arguments typically go from “wow, he’s close to actually making sense” to “never mind, he has no idea..”
People that hate on CPAC for being “biased” towards ACP- If you’re sick of CPAC being “biased” and “running” armies, you have two options. Make your own news site and become better than CPAC, or join CPAC and eventually become the head of it. Then you can do whatever you want. But, no, you wouldn’t do that because it’s easier to just complain and insult everyone that doesn’t 100% agree with you. Just wondering, could any of you even tell me what the word “faggot” means?
That was a lot more people than I thought it would be. I didn’t mean for this post to get so long…but it did. Whoopsies. Anyway, adios, ACP. I’ll be on chat sometimes, but the chances of me ever rejoining are slim to none. Con queso.
~Klug
