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12Declan12’s Retirement Post

To Fellow soldiers and friends,

Today I write to you about an unfortunate thing that has occurred and is something I did not want to happen. I, as of now am retiring from ACP and shall probably not return. I have been thinking about this for some time now and have been wondering what is the best option that I have to choose from and now my answer is clear, I must go. ACP has been ever so wonderful from the moment that I made a comment on the join page to this moment now that I am leaving. ACP has taught me a lot, and one of those things is you can’t trust no one. Not even if you think someone who you met online is a real good friend. This is just simply because you don’t know who they are, you don’t know what they act like, and besides this you don’t even know what they look like. To conclude on this section of this post I would like to leave it with a poem.

What Is A Friend?

by Kit McCallum

A friend is someone you hold dear:
Someone who is always there, through thick and thin;
Someone who is only a phone call away.

A friend is someone you can always rely on:
Someone who is there to share your thoughts with;
Someone to listen, no matter the subject.

A friend is someone you can feel comfortable with:
Someone you can sit silently beside, without conversation;
Someone you do not need to fill the quiet moments with.

A friend is someone you can trust:
Someone who will guard your deepest secrets;
Someone who will never let you down.

A friend is someone who is not judgmental:
Someone who will gently offer advice and opinions,
Yet, someone who is not overbearing or critical.

A friend is someone who can keep you grounded:
Someone who can help you see through your obstacles;
Someone to shoulder you through life’s trials.

A friend is someone who shares unconditionally:
Someone to laugh and to cry with;
Someone to lean on, through both the good and the bad.

A friend is someone you choose wisely,
For a friend is your own mirrored image:
Someone to compliment your own self;
Someone who indicates who you are as a person.

A friend…. is what you are to me.

Now on to my life since I joined ACP.

I Joined Acp on the 1st January 2010 and I joined Club Penguin way before that. That next month I joined ACPTR with Snowball pink in command (I think). At the same time after getting to know so many wonderful people it made me think maybe I should make an army, and that is exactly what I did. I made Sailors of Cp which went quite well for a while as I am sure my troops will tell you. But I wanted more than just a few people so I met someone called Term (egger). We made CPSFT (Club Penguin Special Force Team). I had never been so happy with what I had achieved; words could not describe how I felt. Although after a while we got to a point when we were trying to recruit but no one was joining so we merged into NMA (Non Member Army) and we were doing so well that we even got to #4 (I think) in the top ten medium armies. However this did not last for long as NMA fell and so we all (The Owners) decided to leave and shut down NMA, it was a sad time and I will never forget it.

Meanwhile my life in ACP had up’s and down’s there were some points where I could not be bothered to come to events but there was sometimes when I always came to events and that is how I got promoted and sometimes even double promoted. When the chance came at 3ic elections in January 2012, I really wanted the opportunity… but well so did everyone else. In the end it came down to me, Carter and Fox and unfortunately I lost but I got 12 votes overall so that was ok. Obviously I was not happy as I thought I would have been a better candidate as I had 6 months more experience in ACP and learning about everyone and everything in the Army Of CP. Later that year In February the chance arose once more to become 3ic but unfortunately once again I was unable to get 3ic. Although I was happy for Funks to become 3ic I myself was upset and annoyed especially after seeing this post back in April http://armyofcp.com/2011/04/29/april-2011-promotions/ this post shows that at the time I was General (5ic), EkPenguin and Funks were Lt. General (7ic) and Carter was Colonel (10ic). So somehow in the space of 10 months they all managed to overtake me which I think is totally unfair but hey that’s life all over isn’t it complete and utterly unfair. Although people where even saying things such as “Declan has done so much to earn it, and he keeps getting let down. He is been in his same spot for I don’t even know how long. *sigh* Declan, better luck next time.” It has still got me nowhere.

Now back to ACPTR, during my time there I did not care what time an event was I got on the computer and went to the event because that is how dedicated I was. Even if all this meant I had to get up at midnight I would still do it just to be an A+ Graduate and be proud to say that. After this I struggled to get my way through the ACP ranks with setting myself targets I wanted to achieve for example when I was a member my target was getting above mod line and after that my target was getting division general and now I have reached that, so I only feel if I was to go any further up then I would not be able to fulfil my duties as good as other people. I wish the next ACPTR Leader the best of luck and believe me when I say… it is not easy, also as I made the site I will always keep an eye on it to make sure everything is running smoothly. If you want I can give you the password and email address that is used for it.

Unfortunately as many of you will know by now my penguin (12declan12) was banned; my penguin had many things on there that I paid for including the following:

CP memberships totalling up to over £80

Many card jitsu cards with online codes totalling up to over £10

A Cp plush toy with coin code totalling up to £6-8

A Cp book with code to unlock book totalling up to £8-10

X2 CP DS games both with codes totalling up to £50

It was mainly all the codes that made my penguin what it was and that it was there since Cp’s second anniversary/round about Halloween. It was a shame that it did get banned because I was thinking of selling it. One day I’ll look back on spending all this money on game and will probably think I really could have done with that money round about now XD.

Now we come to the tricky part and that is choosing a person who I think will be a good ACPTR Leader and to be honest neither of the 2 ACPTR Co-Leaders are ready for that, as for one thing that I know for sure is that one of them is not very active and the other only just joined with the role of Co-Leader. They might be good troops with a lot of knowledge in ACP but when it comes to ACPTR it seems like you have to be “a master”. I would like to talk to ken or flip or both of you if you don’t mind about this and I have already told flip who I would like to take my place as General.

Now we come to my goodbyes, I’m sorry if I missed anyone.

Flipper7706: You’re a great ACP Leader, probably one of the best we have ever had in this army and it has been an honour serving under you.

Kenneth1000: You and flip are a great team together, at first I was opposed to having 2 Leaders but everything has worked out rather good, Although I don’t see you that much as you are USA and I am UK it has been great to serve under you.

Slider568: You are a great friend to me, thank you for the help in ACPTR. It’s a shame you could not stay active enough.

Asdfghjkl888: Great active troop always on chat always at battles, the future for you seems good.

Adamsapple4: Thank you for your time in ACPTR.

Rainy: Leeds 4 Ever

31DRAKE: Although you hacked me your still a good friend XD

Iasgae: You are one of my favourite retired leaders and a nice person to get along with

Alex: You were a person who I could come to talk to about anything and I thank you for doing those buttons for me for ACPTR , you’re a good GFX maker, don’t give up, tell people about your site!

Interwebdude: I’m proud of you for getting an A+ keep up the good work

Rocky: What you showed in ACPTR shows that you have the potential to go far in this army.

Carter: Congrats on 3ic I hope you do well.

A+ Cadets (Rikuns, Joezapy, Legoboy612, Superjay99, Galaxie3, Cooly 8880, Samanna, Rocky267, PufPuf103, Foldez, Mariosatr, Ericgarfeild, Camplazlo3) I hope you all have learnt something from ACPTR and use that to help you in ACP.

Kingfunks: Well done on becoming 3ic, I hope you do well

Birdpingu: Thank You for supporting me in getting 3ic, also thank you for being in ACPTR, you were a great and loyal staff member and friend.

Tes: Please do not make me regret hiring you, do me proud

Icey Cold 27/Mchappy: Well what can I say you are a great friend a deservable person of the rank 2ic, a person who you can talk to about anything and someone who is always there to help.

Paddy: I will still be on TFM whenever you want to play I will probably be there.

These next people are old friends of mine and probably won’t read this but oh well

xeboxe1: You were in my drill team when I was in ACPTR, good friend

Joeyred56: I still remember you from ACPTR, shame you left though

Robert: It’s a shame NMA fell L

Bepboy: If you need me again then you know my email

Wetcoldpeng: CPSFT, Remember those days when me, you, Term, Halloween were all on cp having so much fun, those are memories I will remember and cherish forever and ever.

Halloween: I remember you from sailors of cp, I can’t remember if it was you or Wetcoldpeng that joined first but I was delighted to have you both

Morrison: Since you retired I have not had the chance to even speak to you 🙁 Where are you!

Term: We Lead CPSFT and I could not have asked for a better Leader to work alongside me, Thank You.

Snowballpink: Thank you for teaching me, I was so sad when you announced you were leaving that at first I refused to believe it, I remember staying up till midnight to come to your events, just so I could be taught by you 😉

Jack: When you were active you were a good leader for ACPTR

Omega39: without you there would be no ACPTR and I thank you for creating it. Good job, you shall forever be remembered in ACP and ACPTR for what you have done for us all.

Also I would like to thank all of those people who held competitions, without you I don’t think many of us would even have so much as a day. I have also met some people along the way who I hated but I shall refrain from mentioning them.

Now before I go the poem that is at the top I was thinking about taking the last line out, “a friend is what you are to me” but then I thought well wait a minute If people read it then I will know who my friends are so if you read all this then you must be a friend of mine.

Reasons why I am retiring:

First is simply my age, I am 14 now and people at this age should not be playing cp anymore, ACP is the only reason why I am still playing CP otherwise I would have left ages ago. I am also doing my GCSE’s at school and what I do at school now will determine what I grow up to be in the future, I want to achieve the best I can but at the same time I cannot be on games or messing about. Those of you who are in ACP and getting close to my age you will start to realise that you will change because no one is going to want idiots in their class if all they do is mess around.

Second is all of the issues we are facing in CP armies, first is hacking and I ask all of you out there…. Why? Why do you have to disappoint people? Why do you choose to do it? Are you aware of the consequences?

Thirdly is Scammers, Xat for many people is a place to scam and get powers, days, xats, CP coin codes and sometimes even penguins. Again why do you choose to do this? ACP listen to what I have to say now, NO ONE CAN DOUBLE POWERS, ANYONE WHO ASKS’  “YOU WANNA BUY A COIN CODE” I GUARANTEE THEY WILL SAY “OK WELL YOU GO FIRST AND GIVE ME THE XATS AND THEN ILL GIVE YOU THE CODE”. SAY TO THEM “YOU GO FIRST” AND ONE THING MOST OF THEM SAY IS “NO LAST TIME I DONE THIS I LOST MY TOY CODE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.” IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU JUST IGNORE THEM OR REPORT THEM.

My final requests are:

  • I stay mod on ACP chat, I know that you only allow mod if you have achieved the rank of owner but please because now I have served ACP exactly 2 Years, 3 Months, 1 Weeks and 5 day of service and came too many events… surely I deserve at least mod. I will be on most of the time and might even come on CP every now and then to help you at major battles.
  • I would like to have a meeting discussing the issues with ACPTR (Meeting will be about New Leader, Passwords and a few other things)
  • I get put on the legends page, whether it’s for restoring ACPTR or if it’s for my 2+ years of service I have done for this army

These are my wishes, only 3 of them, please can I have them. To those of you who want to get in contact with me then ask me on chat for my email or you can message me on Facebook.

Quotes:

“The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.”

“It’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”

“View life as a continuous learning experience”.

“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same”.

Now at this point most people would put a retirement song but instead I am going to put some funny video links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXp2ruZoxK8&list=WL330614A6BD5EB768&feature=mh_lolz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAelwPRyk04&feature=BFa&list=WL330614A6BD5EB768&lf=mh_lolz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqF5I3HJpXE&feature=BFa&list=LLGJgOb_CZ5ge6UpNN6NDZgA&lf=plpp_video

Well it’s been a long run but for me it’s finally over, I have achieved what I wanted, my duty has been fulfilled.

Farewell ACP and good luck, I will never forget the great times I have had in this army, you all can do well if you believe.

For the last time, this is 12Declan12 signing out, ACPTR Leader, ACP General

57 Responses

  1. Goodbye declan 🙁 You should be proud of your efforts and achievements.

    • I am obi, to have achieved General and Leader of ACPTR is a good for me, its a shame I couldn’t of got any further up the ranks

  2. bye dec u will be missed and it was a pleasure to learn from you 🙁

  3. I will miss you declan and i still need my acptr thing fixed

  4. 1st,good luck with life Dec.we will definately miss you here in ACP

  5. Declan 🙁 You were a boss, and you will be remember in ACP forever. I’ll make sure that memory stays up.

  6. I’m still trying to figure out how you aren’t on the Legends page, but…

    OMG DECCC!!! THOU ART RETIRING?!?!?!?! I know you’re going to think “Hah, what a noob. He’s gonna make this big sad depressing story of how I was never recognized for my triumphs.” Congrats, you thought right! You rarely got chances to lead in ACP, and I think that the leaders could’ve worked on the better with you. Personally, I think you were the best option for 3ic due to the ACPTR stuff, but I really think that you scored second by a thin thin margin. If ACP were to vote based on leadership abilities, then you would’ve won by a landslide. Personally, I think maybe two people actually skipped to the part where you thanked people and hoped that they were on there before skipping the rest and saying “bye. miss you,” and I’m proud to admit I was one of them :D. Love ya Dec, hopefully we’ll see you on the occasional visit.

    P.S. I’ve decided that since you just retired and its your spot open, you should give a vote for the next General. Also, who will become the Head of ACPTR? Just wondering…

  7. bye declan

  8. You taught me well Dec. And we will not let ACPTR die.

  9. Good luck in Life, you wont remember me but im an A+ Gradutate from ACPTR while you were a leader, better known as B Batman3.

  10. I think getting legend for restoring ACPTR site is worthy enough.

  11. Bye declan

  12. bye declan

  13. Thanks Mch

  14. Hey delcan. First off. You where a great cp soldier and helped me in ACPTR and with tactics in CPSTF which was a good small army experience. Second. This might make you angry. How did you get banned?

  15. Bye declen hope u live good life. i will probrly retire from ACP when i come to second year in secondry school. thank you for being helpful and everything when i was in acptr.

  16. BYE DUDE U HELPED ME ALOT IN TRAINING 🙁

  17. sir you were the best teacher i have ever had on CP. you taught me things that werent even on the history pages. i acheived the rank f captain, and you were there to make sure it hapened. wish u didint have to go. but people come and people go. good luck declan sir, and live the best life you can

    ~with my greatest regards *SALUTES*
    CAPTAIN CAMPLAZLO3

  18. Dec, you inspired me to not give up. You spent what would have seemed like forever for me helping ACPTR. You carried on after “hacks”, low numbers and more importantly when everyone else left. The same with the main army. You always stayed loyal no matter the circumstances. You kept trying after several disappointments for an owner rank. Though there was always next time it does get to a point where you just can’t be bothered. Either way you were one of ACP’s best and you shall be missed 🙁

    • Thank you Ek and yes I am at the point where I can not be “bothered” to wait for the next spot to open as I assume most people in the owner ranks are there to stay

  19. Dec, sometimes you think you failed, but you fail came up to an goal that you reached. You will always but in the heart of ACP and we will never forget you. I also hope that you will contact us at anytime. Good bye, Dec. You will be dearly missed and it was an honor serving with you.

    • I will always check up on acp and come on chat a few times a week, I will also check up on ACPTR every now and again

  20. i am so sad

  21. Thank you for serving so loyally to ACP. I’m certain many will miss you. It’s a real shame you couldn’t stay, but an awesome thing you could be here at least for the time you were. To put it in metaphor, a leaf on a tree makes it bigger, yet a falling leaf makes it smaller. Good bye, Dec. *salutes*

  22. bye dec 🙁

  23. Declan, if you look on the April promotions, I was General with you, and I got demoted after 4 months. Trust me, If I would have known I just would of been demoted, I would have let you have it.

  24. Bye Dec, you were an awesome ACPTR leader though I never joined.

  25. Bye Declan but I have a question about ACPTR. Just one. Can 2nd lieutanent be in ACPTR? I was starting to think about joining ACPTR even though I am a 2nd lieutanent. Answer that question for me in PC.

  26. Or just make a comment stating the answer. Whatever you wanna do.

  27. Good luck.

  28. goodbye!

  29. Second comment was awaiting moderation 🙁
    I don’t like when that happens.

  30. :@:@:@:@ Now I’m just completely MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :@:@:@:@

  31. bye

  32. Bye declan you were very loyal to ACP. Good luck.

  33. I will miss you Declan, you were a great ACPTR leader and a overall great ACP member. Bye!

  34. Nuuu D:

    Now whos going to lead ACPTR? I don’t think many people are interested or as skilled as you and the former ACPTR leaders are.

  35. i didn’t know you that much, but i know you were one great leader. Farewell.

  36. Declan Good luck in life
    We barely knew each other due to the fact you were Euro

    Good bye

  37. That poem made me cry.I’m sure that I and the rest of ACP will miss you.Good luck soldier 😉 .

    -Calirolls

  38. Declan will always be remembered. 🙁

  39. Bye dude
    Sorry for my late comment
    I haven’t checked ACP site for months , but I will miss you …

  40. Ok hope I will see you sometimes 😛

  41. Im sad im seeing this for the first time. I’ll miss you Declan 🙁

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