More About The Star Wars Takeover - 23/07/2013

I feel sad.

I feel sad because I don't think I'm going to get all out of the Star Wars Takeover that I'd like. Because of membership.

What makes me miserable is that Star Wars, to me, has always been open. Someone who is less affluent can be just as involved, if not more, in the Star Wars universe, if they put their heart into it, than the more affluent. There's no division. I'll bet the person who loves Star Wars the most in the entire world isn't rich, nor do they have to be. It all comes down to their love of of that world.

But, this? Disney is teasing me here. Since I am not a member, I can't participate as fully in the Takeover as I'd like.

I. Just. Can't.

I don't know about all of this. It feels... wrong. Like Star Wars is being monetized. I mean, of course, it's a movie. A series of movies. And books and merchandise and so on. But it's like taking a friend away and saying that you can't see or talk to them unless you pay some people money. It feels wrong.

For some things, I don't care if they're monetized. But taking away a world cherished in my memory? I'm not sure.

I know. I know. CP is doing all these graphics, and the people have to be paid. They have families. They have meals needing to be bought.

But, PLEASE. Don't ruin Star Wars. Don't make it into some kind of cheesed-up thing where the love is taken away and in its place is a fake smiley sign saying, "This requires membership."

Now that I've had my moment, I'd better move onto the news.

I'll just give you links to the latest news. There's a new video about the Star Wars Takeover. A new Penguin of the Day. I'm busy on my stupid unimportant emotional rollercoaster right now to copy and paste the whole post:

VID: http://www.clubpenguin.com/blog/2013/07/video-game-star-wars-takeover

PotD: http://www.clubpenguin.com/blog/2013/07/penguin-day-walkervaner

-Blue

Nothing New! - 21/07/2013

Can you believe it? There's nothing new on Club Penguin!

Still, this is a daily blog. I owe it to you invisible penguins to write something interesting every day. And so, I have taken a deep breath and ignored my fears and... I'm logging on to a busy server!

Adventures of a Telephonophobic Hermit Called Blue

I love that title.

Uhh... no. The loading is taking for EVER!

So. If CP is going to be like that, I'll have to have a fictional Adventures of a Telephonophobic Hermit Called Blue.

Yeah. CP is going to be like that.

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In a freezing cold igloo on Club Penguin island, there sat a penguin.

Of course.

This penguin was a telephonophobic hermit called Blue. She loved staying away from people and setting telephones on fire in her backyard, which often caught the attention of her neighbours.

But, of course, she tried to avoid having neighbours at all. Which meant that Blue most often went on the quietest servers there were.

This morning, Blue was feeding her puffle Azurite some extremely healthy cake and pizza when a phone rang.

She froze. Her heart beat sped up. Her mind raced. She tried to suppress the instinct to jump in her non-existent wardrobe to get away from the threat.

If only that invisible force called Disney would let her buy a wardrobe.

Thankfully, after about ten spine-tinglingly scary rings, the phone switched off.

"Well!" Blue said at last, coming out from behind her sofa. "It looks like there'll be another bonfire in the garden today, Azurite!"

Her puffle silently groaned and went back to eating the cake and pizza.

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There! How was that? I've just advertised for unhealthy eating, burning phones in backyards and also for Disney to give telephonophobic non-members the chance to buy a get-away wardrobe!

Great, better and brilliant.

-Blue

900 Words! - 20/07/2013

Today you will not believe how much writing I've done.

900 words! Actually, 897, but that's pretty close.

I know, I know, I've written much more than that on my good days, but seeing that today wasn't a specific good day, I think I've done quite well.

Now if you're wondering why I'm blabbering on about this stuff, I'll give you the good news. Did I tell you yesterday? I don't know.

Well, I'll be writing four different stories, one a week, to post on here. The first is about two penguins who are secretly superheroes, the second is about a private detective who has some quirky cases, the third is about three ninjas who basically have to save the world, and the fourth is about an EPF agent. The cool thing about these four stories is that they're kind of connected. The characters star in each others stories, whether they're just minor characters or not. For instance, the main character of the second story talks to the main character of the fourth story. So, in the first chapters of both stories, they'll have the same scene, but altered so that it isn't boring.

The other thing is that these aren't really stories. Well, they are, but each chapter is a new short story. I mean, they have links. They have to be read in order. But I'm much better at doing a lot of short stories than a lot of chapters. It's just the way my head works. I get greater satisfaction from saying to myself, "Look, I wrote a story!" than "Look, I wrote a chapter. One down, heaps to go."

Anyway. This is boring even me now.

So, onwards.



Blue's News, Ooo's, Reviews and Interviews!


News Time!

Penguin of the Day:
http://www.clubpenguin.com/blog/2013/07/penguin-day-agenco

New Waddle On video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dvL5Zkxy0eQ

Vote on the new poll (which is your favourite part of the CP Times?):
http://www.clubpenguin.com/fun-stuff


Ooo!

If you look through the telescope at the Beacon, you can see a little red dot on the horizon (you know, ignoring the great big Death Star and other ships). Is this dot the Rebels?


Review Time!

Review? Review? What's there to review?


Interview Time!

Summit is a gorgeous server. It's perfect for a hermit like me, but terrible for interviews. So, I'm going to make that my pathetic excuse to not do an interview today.


See you next time... and may the force be with you!

Do I need to put the copyright symbol after that line? The CP blog did... uhh ... I don't know. Imagine it's there!

-Blue

Long Time, No Post

I know, penguins. You must have lost faith in your favourite telephonophobic.

But I'm back! That means something, right?

Okay. It doesn't, I get it. However, I promise that I will update in future.

And that's a promise.

Now, in the time that I've been gone, I managed to get a cool Tie-Fighter Outfit (code: BARONFEL), totally abandoned my poor puffle Azurite, and ran around excitedly like the galactic geek I am thanks to the upcoming Star Wars Takeover party.

I get that people hate the ad parties. But, really, why? I mean, sure. They're ad parties. But if they're fun ad parties, then I don't care. I'm not going to sacrifice my enjoyment just to rant on at CP about ad parties.

However, I AM going to rant on at CP about the University.

Really, I don't have a problem with it. What I DO have a problem with is that it has replaced the Recycling Plant, and the University stuff outside the Mine has covered the vegetable gardens.

CP, what's got into your heads? If you're going to replace a building, don't replace the Recycling Plant. If you're going to put a volleyball field of all things anywhere, don't put it on a vegetable garden.

But they did.

Anyway. I won't rant for long or you'll probably end up ranting at me. So... invisible people out there... What do you think of the Star Wars Takeover party?

All comments accepted. Even rants. So long as you replace any swear words with these words:

Fluffy

Fairy-like

Happy, happy, happy!

Joyful

(Anything else along these lines... smiley faces are good too)

Sarcasm welcomed.

-Blue