Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from all of us here at CPAC!

Christmas Chaos Semi-Finals

❗ THE TIMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED ❗

Well done to all seven armies who have reached this stage and now we will give you the next round…

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || IW vs. Tacos

The IW showed extremely impressive sizes and took the gold here….

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || LT vs. NW

Bearing in mind that the NW surrendered early, Light Troops win.

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || Team Gold vs RPF

Well, the battle was pretty much looking into TG’s favour at the start, and then RPF seemed to get bigger and it turned quite equal.

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || Ninjas vs NFF

In a great battle, only one could leave victorious.  It was………

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || ACP vs WW

This battle raised a lot of controversy in ACP and WW, and this result is quite an interesting one. I was called in to judge with Blue2 at the last second, the winner is….

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Quarter-Finals || Nachos vs Arctic Defenders

As CP goes all weird on us, the nachos and Arctic defenders battled out on their last battle of 2011 in the christmas chaos..

How long is it until’ 2012?

Hours Until’ 2012

• Australia: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• China: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• Indonesia: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• India and Sri Lanka: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• Russia/MSD: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• United Kingdom: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• Canada: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• USA/EST: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• USA/CST: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• USA/MST: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• USA/PST: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
  
• USA/Alaska: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
•  Small region of USA/HAST: HAPPY NEW YEAR!
• American Samoa: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

*This will be based on the nearest hour and may or may not be updated for some time zones as it approaches new year

Philosophy: The Top Ten || My Last Post

Hello viewers,

So the Top Ten. Commonly used to grade/rank armies according to their size. Is it useful? Should it be as important as it is now? Read more to learn about this topic.

i. About

The Top Ten is a list of the top armies in Club Penguin. The general goal of most armies created is to get to the top of this weekly list. They try to get bigger sizes and better tactics just so they can be on this list. This list is, in this era of armies, what all armies revolve around. As this list has evolved, there have been “Medium” and “Small” Top Ten lists. The most famous (debatably) Top Ten is the weekly Top Ten Armies of the Week on CPAC. People flock to this post and see what their armies rank is, and sometimes flame the author due to his/her “poor” job on the list.

ii. The Author’s Struggle

There is no way to please everyone when making a Top Ten list. Thus we proceed into the struggles of a Top Ten author. The author has to make this list on (generally) a weekly or bi-weekly basis. This is difficult, as new armies are constantly rising and the authors have to search deep into the Medium or Small armies in order to find the worthy candidates for the lower Top Ten slots. They also have to keep watch of all battles that Top Ten armies partake in, in order to rank them with the other Top Ten armies. As Top Ten armies as a whole have several battles per week, it is difficult to keep track of every one. As just the icing to the cake, authors of the Top Ten get constant discrimination from the viewers for “mis-ranking” or “not including” an army deemed worthy. Even though this is a game, it can still put a lot of stress on the author.

iii. Misunderstandings

The Top Ten is NOT, by any means, the official list for the community. All news sites, no matter how big, do not have official status among armies. The Top Ten is a simple endorsement and tool for armies to use to see how they place among armies. Because of this misunderstanding, many people get very angry about placings. In addition, mistakes happen. Every human makes a mistake, and the author may accidentally misses this army or this battle.

iv. The Real Reason

The Top Ten is not the reason to make an army. When it was first made, it wasn’t made to have this much importance placed on it. Make an army because you want to have FUN. Not because you want to be a competitor. Although many armies make it into the Top Ten at one point or another, the majority do not become a WP or a regular Top Ten army. Although a good goal is to be the largest army, you shouldn’t place so much importance on it that punishment results in a bad battle. Using the Top Ten as a base for your army is like trying to use a pogo stick on a Jenga tower. It’s one of the most difficult things I can think of.

TL;DR

Don’t stress the Top Ten as much. It’s not that important. It’s just a tool to see the success and failures of your armies.

Write your opinion and any feedback in the comments section below

Signing off,

Tj Crooks45

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I’ve decided that I’m retiring from CPAC. I realize that I haven’t made a post in almost two weeks now, and thats credited to my lack of ideas when trying to make a post. I know that this really won’t impact the amount of views and none of the viewers will really miss my posts. Well, I hope I sparked some thought into all of you

Signing off (for the last time),

Tj Crooks45

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Round One || Tacos vs. WV

I have never been on the receiving end of so much LOVE. Um…. anyway, the winner is….

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Round One || Ice Warriors vs Water Raiders

In a one-sided battle, IW took victory

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Round One || NW vs. SWAT

As you can see, this was an extremely exciting battle…..

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Round One || Rebel Penguin Federation vs Golden Troops

At first, the battle seemed fairly lopsided, but as it progressed this grew to be a very close match.

CPAC Christmas Chaos || Round One || Light Troops vs CP Flyers

And another exciting battle in the christmas chaos saw such a close battle in an amazing tournament.