Army of Club Penguin

The date is July 19th, 2020. My name isn’t really Koloway, but you can call me “Koloway” just one last time. If you’re reading this post, that means I’m officially retiring from Club Penguin Armies.
What, exactly, does this mean? [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLZkf6HvO2Q ]

I first found Club Penguin in 2008 via Xat. I was chatting in my favorite Super Mario roleplay chatbox, and I saw a server on the home page. Upon joining, I was informed of a game called Club Penguin. I would go on to play that game for the next 14 years. One day, in 2009, I stumbled upon the ACP Xat Chat. With this chat (which at the time seemed way cooler, tougher, and edgier than I could ever be) came a website, and with this website I was enlisted. I would join many more times over the coming years, and I would make many great memories. My summer stints in the ACP were the highlight each year, and I’m glad I chose the right group. With this group, I was taught the importance of honesty, loyalty, and respect. I learned many great values in ACP, and for that I am grateful. One of the many side effects of joining a Club Penguin Army, in the ACP sense, is leaving better than you came in. I can say that for every one of my tenures in the army.

With the 2019 ACP revival, I learned about both myself and about the qualities of being a GOOD PERSON. I came into ACP, one more time, with a lot more personal things happening in my life. I needed ACP, whether people realized that or not. We planted the seeds of an empire, and then we began to water it. It was in this time that I needed companionship and a sense of belonging the most. Each day was a brand new adventure. In November, after the disappearance of Chainpro, I was faced with a choice. I would become the ACP Leader, but what would I do? I decided to reciprocate the loving and homely vibes that ACP gave to me as a child. ACP provided me with a place to fit in, a place to belong, and a home to call my own when nowhere else felt right. It was in these thoughts that ACP became such an inclusive and chill home for all, even if we were called “the island of misfit toys” a bunch of times. I’d much rather be a unique misfit toy than a faceless troop in a major regime.

Through my many times rejoining ACP, I faced a lot of flack from fellow troops and staff members. I had originally decided to stay away for good, but situations in life kept me coming back for a place to escape. ACP provided that, and I hope people can realize that. Ultimately, I was able to help further grow ACP and reach 3ic again. I had a lot of fun doing this, and I had a lot of fun helping out whenever I could. I hope I can still come on and help whenever I feel the need!

Purpleslime4- You exemplify all qualities of a great leader! As a kid, even before you became leader, you spoke to me irregardless of rank and made me feel at home. Thank you for doing so! You kept me around.

Chainpro- When I found ACP, there were two members in the server. We had you, and we had Mchappy. I immediately reached out to you for a rank, and you offered me 4ic. Thank you for that shot. I always wanted to showcase my ability, and I went above and beyond in doing so! It’s a shame your leadership was cut short, but I was ready to take over and became better as a result of it.

Mchappy- I cannot say THANK YOU enough. You definitely carried my ass and gave me everything I have today. When I was promoted to leader, we both could tell I had no idea how to be “diplomatic”, how to talk to others, or how to run the whole show. You held my hand in that regard, and eventually I was able to run. I like to think of you as having been my co-leader! Thank you for the work you put into both me and ACP, even when it was not worth your time.

CSY- I did not like you when I first met you. You were combatant, quick to challenge, and loud about your own opinions. I now realize why you were such a loud advocate for yourself. Despite all of this, you became my successor. I cannot hold any disrespect for you, even if I wanted to. You have kept ACP stabilized and in a good position since you arrived. Thank you for your early work as AUSIA Commander and now your long tenure as ACP Leader. You are bound to have a legendary moment. It will happen.

Ultipenguinj- We have shared a lot of laughs, moments, and battles. Thank you for being such a close friend and ally when I needed you to be, and especially when I needed direction. Whether it was NDA, fighting various armies causing trouble, building an empire, dealing with RFCP’s antics, or even going toe to toe on the field, I had fun. I appreciate the respect you gave me & ACP, and it definitely helped us grow to where we wanted to be. I will never forget the Holiday Finals, even if that headache of an experience is one you would like to forget. That was fun. Thank you, Ultimate Penguin.

Max- You’re inspiring. You are the future… and apparently also the past? I wish I’d known you had such a detailed history when I first met you. You definitely wouldn’t have been a private. You continue to surprise me, and that is your best quality. You, even now, are filled with untapped potential. You are, and were always meant to be, the very best of us all. I cannot wait to see you break free of limitations and spread your wings– your future will be great. I am very excited to hear about what you do with your infectious energy and unending work ethic. You are a legend in the making, and you have the most integrity I have ever seen in one person. Congratulations, even if nothing has happened yet. That is how impressed I am by you. Hope dies last. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0CP9zpbmAQ

Kailey310- Thanks for being a cool member of my command! Sorry your leadership went the way it did. I wonder what the future holds for you!

Notmanuginobili- WHAT IT DO BAYBEEEEE!! You were cool too. Thanks!

Lucy- I met you and I thought you were pretty cool. I met you as a member in RPF, in 2018, and we became friends. I will never forget the energy you brought into each conversation. I was proud to invite you into my ACP HCom, and I was even happier when you accepted. You did amazing work! Thank you for being a great friend (even when I didn’t deserve it) and a great commander.

Ty brothers, Tylund and Tymatt- Thanks for your contributions to early ACP!

Cassie- You’re an awesome friend! You’ve stuck by me no matter what, and I respect the hell out of that. You are determined and find success in all that you do, and I can’t wait to see you pick a direction. Thank you!

Skyfish- I very, very much enjoyed my time with you in ACP. You did a lot of good work in teaching me some cool ACP history, and you were always there when I needed you. Very reliable friend! Thank you for being one of the MVPs of this ACP’s generation. Your efforts in early ACP contributed a lot towards both the growth of myself as a person and the army we both call home. You’re a legend in my book.

Zelly- We didn’t get along. We still PROBABLY don’t. Even through all of that, you’re very persistent and you advocate for yourself. Keep up with that, it will become valuable to you and you’ll be glad that YOU are YOU.

Kailey- You’re a clown. Canada is a really cool country, and I should definitely go sometime. I admit it.

Pookie437- Dude, you are THE MAN! Being friends WITH you has totally changed who I am and made me appreciate the humor in every situation. If it’s anything to talk about, there’s a joke by THE boys about it. Maybe things didn’t go as we would always PLAN, but I think you turned out fine regardless. Thanks for always having my back and showing support, and your future is very bright. 

Bscharbach2, Mikemate- Some pretty cool friends of mine! Both of you have chaotic energy, and it definitely makes for some fun conversations and memories.

King Mondo- I asked you to co-lead with me and you declined. I will never let you live that down. You have done some super incredible and very meticulous work for ACP! It needed to be done, and you stepped up to the plate. You define what makes a Legend.

2funky3- Super dependable dude. We never talked much, but you definitely have your head straight.

Cubby, Robot, Orange- General Squaaaad! You defined and set a lot of the energy ACP has now. Great work on creating a culture so many troops are comfortable with!

Realoliver9912- You taught me the importance of GREAT chat moderation.

Emcee- I remember finding you in RPF. We have spoken about this multiple times, but you pushed me to work harder. I was complacent sitting on the low end ranks as a chat troll, but you pushed me to want to beat you. I wanted to rise through the ranks, and make it to the top with you.  We brought the best out of eachother, and I was glad to see you join ACP. Thanks for your dedication!

Turnage and Jubilee- Yesssirrrr
ACP Moderators- Make sure you hit those recruiting minimums! You are the future Generals of ACP.

Thank you, Army of Club Penguin, for letting me be a part of your rich history and legacy. I’d like to now commemorate a few of my notable achievements in the army community: 

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The Army of Club Penguin is officially withdrawing from the current iteration of the New Dawn Alliance spearheaded by the Doritos of Club Penguin.

On 15th of July, the Ice Warriors, the Dark Warriors, and the Rebel Penguin Federation declared war on the Doritos of Club Penguin. When we initially agreed to becoming part of the New Dawn Alliance, one of the things ACP were adamant about was that the reason for war had to be justified. In light of the recent evidence, as well as the pattern of behavior displayed by the Doritos of Club Penguin, even to their so-called “allies”, the Army of Club Penguin, we feel that it is necessary for us to remove ourselves from the NDA. Read more for reasons (viewer discretion is advised).

On June 15th, 2020, a Youtube video labelled “The Sick Truth about the Doritos of Club Penguin” was published on Youtube, outlining the constant use of racist, derogatory terms. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbPIlKOLwXM (Note: Content is 18+ – watch at your own discretion).

Whilst the above was from a private GC, under no circumstance should the hard r, n-word be thrown around, considering the long history of racism and slavery. Even if we concede that the other content was banter – it quickly becomes blatantly obvious that this is a pattern of toxicity that the Army of Club Penguin cannot condone.

However, that being said, the ACP understands what it feels like to have private chats taken out of context. Again, we believe that under no circumstance should the hard-r, n-word ever be used – but we decided to give them the benefit of the doubt, as banter in their personal HCom chat.

The sexism though, seems to spill over in their interactions with other armies – the RPF recently brought to light evidence in which ex-DCP leader, Wassim, made extremely sexist remarks to Crazzy:

In addition to sexist remarks against the Dark Warriors, with whom the ACP have grown to become friends with over the past few months:

Not to mention the other evidence presented by the Ice Warriors, in regards to troop stealing.
And….. Pookie, we fixed our muted role 😉

The above illustrates not just isolated cases, but a pattern of behavior displayed by the Doritos of Club Penguin. However, the ACP knows what it’s like to be hated and targeted – whilst there is no way we can condone this behavior, we also struggle to be able to turn our backs on our friends at their greatest time of need.

But we then move on to part II – have the Doritos ever considered the Army of Club Penguin as friends?

The following evidence is what we have gathered over the course of several months. The Doritos, albeit donning a facade of friendship with the Army of Club Penguin, seem to bear some sort of inner hatred towards us, going as far as publicly trash talking us, getting ready to declare war against us, and troop stealing.

In March-April of 2020, Meerkat and Brad joined the Army of Club Penguin, quickly rising up to positions in the higher command. However, in mid March, Meer fell inactive, telling me that he had real life situations to deal with.

(Deleted user = Meer)

However, from the video “The Sick Truth about the Doritos of Club Penguin”, we can see that Meer was simultaneously working with DCP, as an extremely active member of their hcom GC.

To me, all this looks like is that ACP was being taken advantage of – our kindness used as a weakness, so that Meer could remain in ACP staff whilst working full time in the Doritos.

It quickly became evident what was happening when Meer suddenly returned to the community again, spearheading the DCP exodus to CPR on April 16th:

Meer – we welcomed you in like a brother – you fed us stories about stuff you were going through for us to find out you were inactive not for IRL, but to serve DCP. I have no qualms with the army you chose to pursue – but instead of telling us you needed time, etc. to deal with IRL, you could have just told us you were looking to return to your home army. What sucks isn’t you leaving – but the fact that I had to hear from others, to figure out that you were leaving.

Lets first talk about Pain, ex-DCP advisor. All of these screenshots were taken from the DCP main chat – it shocks me that so much trash talking can occur in a public place.

Whilst Pain is no longer an advisor for DCP, the fact that so much anti-ACP sentiments is being paraded in the main chat, and others are egging him on about it is quite simply appalling.

We all know it’s Pain’s thing to hate on ACP – but what about the other troops?

What about you, Meerkat? It’s funny to use a PFP of a Nacho making ACP suck its ****?

Finally, let’s talk about Dino, DCP 2ic, who made this graphic of the Doritos (and some other penguins) “steamrolling” and ACP penguin, then using it as his avatar.

And what about this war you wanted against the Army of Club Penguin, when we’ve literally been nothing but friends to you?

Below is a screenshot of Meerkat attempting to recruit Aeropos into DCP after he “stepped down” to Supervisor:

The fact that a DCP leader is going around talking to ACP troops, telling them to join DCP if they’re stressed out given DCP’s rather insane requirements is hilarious to me:

Extract from IW’s declaration of war

We were also told Oddone was approached similarly to join DCP. Whilst I cannot fully fault the Doritos in this situation, as they were under the impression that both had retired – given that Aero pretty much never spends his time in any other army chat other than the ACP, it does raise concerns as to why the Doritos are so active in the ACP chat – perhaps to take the opportunity, when it arises, to recruit retired ACP?

Again, the ACP dismissed this and moved on afterwards as we decided to give them the benefit of the doubt again – that they truly thought the 2 retired. But recently, we were once again approached with another troop stealing situation – this time, much more severe:

We looked the other way, dismissing your attempts to recruit Aero as you not knowing he was still serving ACP as a supervisor. But Sarahah is an active current ACP moderator – when multiple members of staff urge her to join – that is hard to forget.

The Army of Club Penguin understands what it’s like to have the community coming after us, for some things that were never intended for the public eye. What we don’t understand though, is being blatantly sexist to other army leaders just because they are females – parading trash talking images and pictures against your allies publicly, and borderline harassing an ally’s current moderator to joining the army. We want to stand with our brothers, especially in their time of need – but all of this accumulated evidence makes it hard for us to want to defend the Doritos, especially considering the IW, DW and RPF’s respective declarations. It’s one thing to help a friend who might have made some mistakes – it’s something else completely, to come to a “friend’s” support, when they’ve repeatedly tried to escalate tensions; when they’ve lied to your face about their intentions, when they publicly post anti-ACP propaganda; when they try to steal your troops.

As respect for our previous alliance, the Army of Club Penguin, despite the overwhelming evidence, will currently not be declaring war on the Doritos. Troop stealing in itself would be enough for a declaration – but I hope you believe us when we say, I’m truly sympathetic to what you’re going through, even if you’ve made mistakes in the past. However, considering everything, it’s extremely hard for us to justify coming to your aid as part of the NDA – and I hope the Doritos understand the best we can do right now, is to remain neutral.

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