moderator history

CREDIT to BURGERSRULE.wordpress.com

The Mods:

Billybob:

Name: Lane Merrifield

Known Facts: Works in Disneyland

Cofounder of Club Penguin

Major CP moderator

Works in Business and the Official Blog

rsnail: Real Name: Lance Priebe

Known Facts:

Creator of Rocketsnail games

Likes to ride bicycle

Works in Programming and Art

Screenhog: Real Name: Chris Hendricks

Works in Clothing and Art animation

Happy77: Real Name: Lisa ???

Works in Site Texts and the Newspapers (Real Aunt Arctic)

Woman

Gizmo: Real Name: David Krysco

Creator of New Horizon Interactive

rsnail’s boss

In charge of Support, Mod Reports, and Parties (So hes the guy to complain to about the 2007 Western Party)

All other Moderators are either liars or not an official CP Staff.

History of Club Penguin:

With help from http://clubpenguin.wikia.com/wiki/Club_Penguin_History and http://www.360kid.com/blog/?p=33

1984:

David Krysco (Gizmo) launches New Horizon Productions, which changes its name to New Horizon Interactive in 2005

1995:

Lane Merrifield (Billybob) begins to work at Disneyland in California.

October 1999:

Lance Priebe (rsnail) starts an online game business called Rocketsnail Games.

July 2000:

A small penguin chatting network known as Experimental Penguins is created by Rocketsnail and opens to the public.

Old link to Experimental Penguins:

http://web.archive.org/web/20000815235804/www.rocketsnail.com/games/penguins/

July 2001:

Experimental Penguins, after becoming very popular, closes due to game traffic and costs.

July 2001:

A new and updated version of Experimental Penguins gets its own website, and it is released it will be renamed Penguin Chat.

January 2003:

Public testing of Penguin Chat starts.

Throught 2003-2004:

Penguin chat goes through Penguin Chat, Penguin Chat 2, and finally Penguin Chat 3.

October 24, 2005:

Club Penguin officially opens through New Horizon Interactive, after going through Beta Testing.

May 2007:

Club Penguin begins to look for a partner who could help support and expand CP.

June 22, 2007:

The Rocketsnail website closes, relenquishing Penguin Chat 3 for good.

August 1, 2007:

Disney buys Club Penguin for $350 million dollars.

Late December 2007:

Club Penguin launches Coins for Change, a charitable porgram where online players can donate virtual coins to help different charities.

Mid March 2008:

Club Penguin begins CPIP, a special improvement project involving Testing Servers.

April 4, 2008:

The Testing Servers close.

Event History of Club Penguin:

2005:

October 24, 2005- Club Penguin Beta Testing ends and it opens to the public!

More is on its way!