What’s up, Rebels?

Today we logged on to- Wait. Oh, sorry, I was lost in nostalgia for a second. I did some automatic event post formatting from my officer days, my bad. This post is not an event post. It’s my retirement post. Whoops! 😜 Anyway, let’s recap a bit.

I joined the Rebel Penguin Federation on April 9th, 2019. Silverburg, one of the three Rebel Commanders at the time, messaged me out of nowhere and asked if I wanted to join a cool group. He then dumped me into the server with new roles and reassurance that, I’d like it, whatever “it” is. For two weeks, I kind of ignored the server. I was knee deep in Assassin’s Creed games and the awful move that was my return home from my college town. As soon as that move was complete, though, I was awfully bored as I adjusted to a life without my constant social life. So, of course, I attended an event. Then, I attended two. Then, I started running my big mouth in main chat. From there, I made friends, even some faves.

Peep cassie being one of the first people to welcome me, woah! Thanks for recruiting me, Silv! He also promoted me to Private a while later so that’s cool.

I got troop of the week at some point, and I remember feeling so touched by the amount of support and love I got from everyone. That was an amazing feeling and I still treasure that moment as one of the most important parts of my time here. Getting TOTW and making all of these new friends really helped me cope with the big changes happening in my life at the time. I loved the community a lot and I saw an opportunity to give something back, so I upped my activity. I started recruiting at teal like some of us do.

Mods are still losers!

Getting mod was a big moment! I was excited to tackle new responsibilities and prove my capability. I threw myself into it and I made amazing, close friends as an officer. Shout out to each and every one of that officer gang, you know who you are. I even started on my very first project. As an officer, Chaos mentioned reviving an old thing, The Good Fight™ Podcast. You guys know the one. We started it Summer of last year and it is still alive and well. I’ll be sticking with that project in RF still, don’t worry.

During my time as moderator, I dipped my toes further into the more generalized community of Club Penguin Armies. Pookie threw an awesome opportunity my way and I became Chief Of Operations (COO) of a news site called Club Penguin Army News Network (CPANN). After a discussion with the then CEO, we agreed to work together to create a neutral ground where all armies could discuss the betterment of the CPA community and provide a safer, less toxic space to bond as well as participate in events and tournaments. CPANN went well for a couple of months and it strengthened my involvement in the community as I joined the old league, Club Penguin Armies, as a staff member in addition. All of it was an awesome experience and I worked with Ulti and Pookie closely on some covert things as part of it. It was a lot of fun and I really miss those days as General (Head General as it’s known now). It also built up to my Third In Command promotion in November or something like that.

EMC3I, yes good.

Yellow Em on her Birthday, feat. Commando

As a Third In Command, I adjusted to now leading this large community full of wonderful people and steeped in a wild, crazy, Club Penguin history. There was an adjustment period but after I got my footing, I started volunteering to do anything and everything I could to help out. I threw ideas around and one idea stuck so hard, it formed an entire organization of its own. You guys heard about Club Penguin Army Media, an idea I threw at my HCOM cohorts a while ago and then was given the green light to propose to various army leaders. Those army leaders displayed an interest and then we worked on it and now it’s a whole thing as of last week! That big idea and the efforts to bring it to life led up to my Second In Command promotion which I am honestly honored to receive.

Reacting skills definitely got a little better since the previous promo.

Orange is pretty cool, too.

As proud as I am of these accomplishments, they also led to a realization. There are some things I’ve got to do and for now, I must put down RPF and the many commitments and responsibilities it comes with in favor of my personal goals. I know myself and while I love and enjoy spending all my time on here, I know I also won’t stop making it my sole focus while I am involved and until I’ve accomplished some more important things, I don’t think that’s something I should be doing currently. We’re shifting focus folks, at least for now.

IRL > RPF.

Some Gooey Thank Yous:

Ultipenguinj – You’re going first because you were my first friend here. You were my mentor and still are in a lot of ways. You’re an amazing leader. Thank you for everything that you’ve given me in my RPF journey.

Redweeb – I could not ask for a more beautiful, more supportive, more understanding wife. I love you so much Red and I’ll have an eternal crush on you. Thank you for everything, gorgeous.

mariana – You’re my idol, mari. Thank you for your constant spams of love and support. You’re always there when I need you. I couldn’t ask for a better daughter.

Starship – Thank you for my first sister in RPF! You’ll always be the Ana to my Elsa. You’re one of the first people that I felt a connection with in RPF Star! Thank you for being part of my little family.

Tulia – Thank you for every silly laugh, for every peaceful moment of silence, and for every moment of support and positive vibes. You’re a peaceful energy I appreciate so much.

Pookie437 – I will never forget every laugh, every master plan, every memory. You made this place so much more fun for me once, thank you for that. I’m sorry it had to end this way.

Chaos – Thank you for every actually stupid moment we’ve had in voice chat. Thanks for every errand I ran with you on the phone, listening to my babbling. Thank you for starting an entire podcast with me and being an awesome mentee and close friend.

cassie – Don’t tell me you’re crying! You’re an amazing mentee, an awesome friend, and a lit podcast manager. I really needed you the last week or two and you’ve been there every second. Thank you. Idk what I would’ve done without you.

moon – You’re amazing, you know that? For someone so much younger than me, you’ve been able to reassure me and give me amazing advice. Aren’t I supposed to be the wise one? Thank you for that. You always calm me down. I love you moon moon.

Crazzy – I told you not to download Discord and now here I am, trying to put it down! Thank you for everything, zy, including putting up with my wild self.

Rocket – I joke that I’m the reason you kept pushing back when I was a Colonel or something and I told you to wake up and get mod with me (which we did), but honestly Rocket, that was all you baby. I love you, you’re gonna do great things.

F6sixer – I’ll never forget DMing Liz after I got TOTW to tell her that you deserved to be the next one. We’ve always been supporting each other in little ways like that since then. I appreciate and love you so much, F6.

Elex – Thanks for opening up to me more and being another person I feel like I can trust and confide in when I have been unsure lately. You’re super smart. Trust that and be open to others and you’ll do good.

Cosmo – You were someone I’ve always looked up to in my time here. From being the RC to being my fellow Second In Command for a short week or so, I’ve enjoyed getting to know you and working with you. I love you, Cosmo.

Ok, I’m tired of typing gooey stuff now and it’s the night before my retirement so if you didn’t get some gooey stuff, you’ll have to excuse me. There are impossibly too many of you to thank and way too many of you have impacted me in some way. I love so many of you and this is already hard enough so let’s just rip the band-aid off, shall we? I’m retiring! It still doesn’t feel real. But I’m not dying, I’ll still be around.

Credit to Redweeb for the iconic collage, even if it does say Toenail Emoji.

Fight The Good Fight, RPF.

Emcee  ~  Former Second In Command