About Club Penguin

I just want to take some time to explain and tell you guys about club penguin: it’s origins etc.

Well, first Rocket Snail (rsnail) created Experimental Penguins, but it got taken off. Later they created Penguin chat at www.penguinchat.com. But it is not much compared to The Club Penguin that we have all come to know.

Later, in the summer of 2005, Rocket Snail partnered up with New Horison Interactive to creat Club Penguin.

Club Penguin was created only to create a safe place where kids can talk online, and avoid all of the “in-your-face” marketing on websites today. Plus, most of the money that comes from memberships and products goes to keeping the website going and for charity.

On the Club Penguin website, it says:

“Club Penguin was created by New Horizon Interactive as a labor of love more than a business venture.

With a long history of creating tools and content for Fortune 500 clients, the founders of New Horizon Interactive were growing concerned about the safety of children online and wanted to build a place that their kids and others could enjoy safely and without all the “in-your-face” marketing that is on so many other sites.

The Club Penguin team got to work, consulting with educators, law enforcement representatives and other parents, doing extensive research into online safety, and conducting widespread testing. Finally, in October 2005, Club Penguin opened to the public.

Word quickly spread, thanks to great reviews from users and parents who were impressed by the quality of the games, activities and security functions. In March 2006, Club Penguin was showcased on Miniclip, the world’s largest online game site. Since then, Club Penguin has become the number one game on the site!

Despite Club Penguin’s popularity, its founders continue to focus on the three key areas: fun, safety and service. The Club Penguin world is updated every week and most of the company’s resources go into making Club Penguin safer than ever. Eighty per cent of Club Penguin’s staff is made up of safety personnel and moderators, many of whom are also parents.

Club Penguin is completely funded by subscriptions. There is no advertising revenue of any kind, a further testament to Club Penguin’s ongoing commitment to protecting its young users.

Club Penguin / New Horizon Interactive is based in the city of Kelowna, Canada.”

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