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Happy Easter/April Fools everyone!

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Dont believe what you see today everyone! Even myself could have something up my sleeves (do plants have sleeves?)

As for Easter treat yourself to a chocolate egg or something. Ya deserve it.
As a FusionFall related treat: Do you guys remember the Spring Chicken?
She would come around during this time to chat and give out gifts. It was fun.

Anyone seen that darn chicken around here anyways? If somebody finds it, please comment below its location. We must hunt down the chicken.

Have fun everybody!

~Plants10000

How big is the community?

This is a question that me, you and others have probably asked themselves at one point or another. I became thoughtful by the question thanks to a post on the FFR Forums, which you can check here.

So... How big is the community? Well its small. In comparison to the Original FusionFall its pretty small, but in comparison to other fan revivals or projects, its really big. Probably the biggest.

Now for the numbers. Great FusionFall Universe User Finn_hornhoover decided to give out the stats he managed to get. If you were an old school blog viewer you might remember him for making the Don Doom and Bad Max C.R.A.T.E tracker.

August 1st was as public as it gets, and yet we didn't hit 2000 active users then. If a release happens, this number will go up due to new accounts who were previously guests, but I don't expect it to be anywhere close to 10k. The forum user count is an unreliable representation of the community at this point.

Here's some information from the forum stats that might paint a better picture though:

• Only 29 users have 1000+ posts.

• Only 293 users have 100+ posts.

• Only 1168 users have 10+ posts.

• Only 3692 users have 1+ posts. That's only 1.5% of the forum.

• The average post count per user is 2.81.

• 30.2% of all posts were made by the top 30 posters.

• Our average online users per day is 110.91.

Most users seem to be inactive. It's the bulk that's important, not the spikes. Once the game comes out and everyone calms down, the community we're going to be looking at then isn't going to be much more different from what we're looking at now in terms of percentages. Total counts are misleading.

All of it speaks some great truths and some very interesting info too. For those who dont understand it, i condensed it so its easier to understand.

• August 1st, the day of the supposed release of the future, was the most active and full day. Once release happens, guests (people without accounts) may/will create accounts to play FFR, increasing numbers. Probably wont be close to 10,000 however.
• A big majority of users post 2 to 3 posts per day, and the average is 110 per day. Not a bad number at all.
• Most (if not all) users are inactive. Some of them might be lurking thru the forums (like me), or are guests.
• Most likely after release, numbers will/might decrease and stay like right now.

Overall, while our community isnt the biggest in the world, it is good enough to sustain a game like this, and more are to come for sure.

(Follow Up) CPPSs and why everyone should move to CPI

So i just found out Vintage Penguin... Is closing!
Yeah. It will probably close in April. The Puffle Party is canned, and April Fools party on April 1st. Very sad.

2nd, the "cp generations" i said last post is actually called CP regen. It closed by the start of the month. Sorry for that mix-up.

Finally, Drivr3joe is making ANOTHER CPPS, called Club Penguin Evolved. To be honest this is a bad idea. I support it, yes, but i dont think is a good idea. I think at this point we should all move to CPI, and stop opening up CPPSs that die in 2 to 8 months. Maybe more if they are popular.

I dont hate CPPSs. Far from it. But i think we should just give up on the idea of reviving Classic CP.

~Plants10000

Lets talk Club Penguin for a bit

Club Penguin is in a... weird state, to say the least. Im not talking about CPI, or Club Penguin Island, but rather its remakes for the original, also known as CPPSs.

CPPS stands for Club Penguin Private Server, and ever since the shutdown of the game in 2017, the community has worked hard to bring back the original, with great success at the beginning, but now it seems to be declining more and more each day, with problems not in the game, but with its developers, moderators, whatever.

Today i want to take you all thru a ride on the history of CPPSs, and what they mean for CPI, as well as what they might mean in the future.

The 1st CPPS

The 1st ever CPPS to come out was called !CPv1, and it was accessed thru a program which was used to cheat on Club Penguin, called Penguin Storm. The game granted its users free membership and was extremely popular. So popular in fact Disney ended up shutting it down due to its popularity and it removing users from the original CP.

Later on, the creator gave away the code, script and more of this CPPS, so many other developers or people could create a CPPS themselves. This would later lead to really popular CPPSs, like CPPS.me.

2010-2017

CPPSs would continue to appear around this time. CPPS.me was the most popular, as you could do various things that you couldnt do in CP (like swearing, getting any item without needing coins, etc). The site slowly lost traffic however.

During 2015 and 2016, CP was putting bad parties, which drove players away from CP into CPPSs. Not only this, but Item Adders were also a huge problem (and still are in CPI to this day, albeit at a slower rate).

The Shutdown

With Club Penguin announcing its closure in the 29th of March, 2017, many people started migrating to a CPPS. The most well known and most succesful CPPS, Club Penguin Rewritten, arose during this time, and with it others like Vintage Penguin, Virtual Penguin etc. All these were done to give its users an old time experience with Club Penguin, and not the bad content from 2015-2017. They were a massive success, and after the shutdown their growth began to rise more and more.

A few months later, CPR ended up with MORE users than CPI, putting to the point that CPI wasnt a good game, as in you need Membership for pretty much anything.

It wasnt about Membership anymore, but rather having fun and keeping a game lots of people loved alive, while giving the best experience possible.

The rise and fall of CPR

As stated before, CPR got so popular that it overthrew CPI in users, but that was only the beginning.

The game was the most popular CPPS period. It was the best and most retro (heh) experience you could have of the old Club Penguin, with old and fan favorite parties being added and revived each month. It was great, and alot of people loved it.

However, by the end of April, Codey, one of the developers, started to harass and threathing other people, even Swatting people just for no good reason. At the end Codey was kicked from the team, and the rest of the team tried to keep up with the servers and users, but to no avail. At the end CPR needed to shutdown.

After it close down, more CPPSs started to pop-up, trying to regain or obtain the fame from CPR players, but some failed and some succeded, like Club Penguin Regen, Generations, Online and more.

CPPSs now

The main reason i wanted to do this was because of the controversies, problems and reasons behind the game. CPR and Codey was only the beginning, but it continued from there.

Games like Club Penguin Generations (or regen. Im sorry i dont remember) got closed due to information outbreaks, where Usernames and Passwords got breached. Another popular and really promising CPPS, called Club Penguin Universe, created by a really popular CP Youtuber, Drivr3Joe, is currently very dangerous as he, HIMSELF, the creator of the game, got kicked by corrupt and bad admins, alongside mods.

With all these problems, i think its better to leave Club Penguin to die, and go play CPI. What started as a fun, waddle on and play games with friends, ended up being and still kinda is, a game where stuff happens in the background that is very dangerous and very bad for everyone.

Another CPPS made by CPR developers, called Pengur, might release this year, or next year. I just hope it can bring back the awesome community of Club Penguin to a better spot.

What do you think about CPPS? Have you ever played one in your life? What are your thoughts on these problems happening? Leave a comment below and it might be featured in a later post.

~Plants10000

FusionFall 101: System Requirements explained and what we recommend

Welcome back to FusionFall 101! Its been a long time since we´ve done one of these, and today we are back with a different topic.

You see, we dont just want to cover In-game content, but also helpful and useful advice for real life when playing or before playing FusionFall. Today we will cover System Requirements, and what we recommend you should have before playing Retro.

1st, here are the recommended minimum requirements provided in the official FusionFall Retro FAQ page.

Now these are really good, but we can go higher, and even lower. Retro doesnt require much to run, and even the worst computers should be able to run it. Here are our recommended specs (requirements)

OS: Windows is the ultimate, only obligatory requirement AS OF NOW. A Launcher might be made later for Mac and Linux, but its unlikely at the moment. Windows is very reliable to get so it shouldnt be a problem, but if you dont have Windows, use a PC emulator to emulate a Windows OS.

Version: The ones recommended are incredible, but ive been able to run Retro on Windows XP. The version currently used in Retro can be ran on Windows XP, albeit with some lag issues. We recommend however to use Windows 7 to 8.1 (i myself use 8.1 Professional, and it runs like a charm).

Processor: The original recommended is really good, but if you dont have that a 1 to 1.2 GHz or a Pentlum 3 will work just as well.

Video Card: The video card is very common to find on Windows 7 to 8.1. My PC contained Shaders and DX9, but if you dont have it then update Shaders and/or change your Video Card.

Sound Card: Pretty much any sound card from Windows 8 and up will work, and if you dont have that you can replace it, or just play with no sound (but of course why would you).

Free Space: FusionFall can run on something lower than 2 GB, but with lag issues. We recommend you double up on this (so 4 GB), so your game works with little to no lag.

Other tips: Make sure not to have viruses! These will slow down your PC, some even making it impossible to use (my 1st PC). Run your Anti-virus once every month or so, that way you can keep your PC safe from them.

FusionFall is a very easy game to install and play, and of course, even the worst PCs can play it. Thats where the configurations button comes into play, but we will talk about it later.

Now for the question of the day: What are your PC specs? Did you find this useful? Tell us in the comments below and i might be able to help ya out if you have low specs.
Thanks for reading everyone, have a great day!
~Plants10000

Item Showcase: Anubis Laser Rifle

If you want this item, you'll need to select Mojo Jojo as your Guide. He's a cranky little simian, but he does give out some great gear!

Mojo once used a priceless and mystical Anubis Head statue to turn everyone in Townsville into dogs. That was a crazy afternoon! The Powerpuff Girls managed to save the day (as usual), but the statue was destroyed in the scuffle.

Now, Mojo's favorite piece of canine sculpture is recreated with this Egyptian-influenced weapon. Complete the level 6 Guide Mission "Gun Run," and this puppy's all yours!

If you didn't choose Mojo as your Guide when you travelled through time, but you want the Anubis Laser Rifle, you can change Guides at any Guide Changing Station. Just remember, you can only use gear given to you by your current Guide!

FusionFall Mission Log: Transmitter Critters

"The purpose of this series is to guide players thru the various missions in FusionFall. Included in them are text versions of the mission, and video guides for the mission. We hope you enjoy these as much as we do." ~Plants10000

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Happy Monday!

Happy monday everyone! Just here to ask you all a question.
Are you all already on vacations? If so: What will you do? Will you go out to another place (city, beach, mountain climbing)? If not: Why? Comment below and ill reply to the best/my favorite replies.

Enjoy your day everyone!
~Plants10000

(Follow Up) Sunday Tips: Races

Heres the Player Spotlight post for Zippy Zoomshoes. Enjoy!

As part of our High Scores kickoff event, we'll spotlight a new race-running player character every week. This week's hero is Zippy Zoomshoes, a super speedy race expert who has been tearing up the Infected Zone courses for quite some time!
Take a look at a few fascinating facts about Zippy:

-favors run, jump and rocket Nanos.

-prefers green over blue.

-masquerades in the forums as a disgruntled rodent.

-has been playing FusionFall since way back in the early days of beta.


Let's all congratulate Zippy Zoomshoes for his tireless efforts in the fight against Lord Fuse as well as his impressive virtual athleticism. Truly, this is what heroes are made of.
Want a shot at being next week's Spotlight Player? You gotta get in the game and run those Infected Zone courses! PLAY NOW!