Elon Musk’s Twitter poll changes deal crushing blow to the Club Penguin fandom

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The Club Penguin community is doing everything they can to stick together after their virtual world has been stripped away from them. Social media is the only thing these former penguins have as they wait for former Club Penguin developers to continue to create a new world for fans to log on to. Meanwhile, Disney is cracking down on private servers. Unfortunately, the thing that helps keeps this community together might be stripped away thanks to Elon Musk.

This year, Twitter user @BitzyMouse launched the second annual Club Penguin Twitter Tournament, where thousands of Club Penguin fans vote on who is the best character in the game. Bitzy spoke with We Got This Covered, and according to her, the poll was inspired by a Tumblr event where people vote on the “sexiest male character,” which led to the theme of this year’s event – the best male character in the franchise.

“Last year, I was inspired by the tumblr sexyman poll going around. I couldn’t believe how big Sans vs Reigen was, so I thought it would be fun for the Club Penguin fandom to have their own spin on it!”

When the results of this year’s tournament were released, it came with both good and bad news. The good news is, the winner was a side character named Skip the Bellhop. Out of the 1100+ participants during the finals, 56 percent of them voted for a character that was introduced during the 2014 Halloween Party.

And the winner is….#CLPETourney23 pic.twitter.com/39eRQVrwVx

Alongside the celebration, penguins were also reminded of Musk’s changes to the website, where only Twitter Blue subscribers can now vote on Twitter polls. This is upsetting since a majority of the community chose not to subscribe, especially given some of these community members are students.

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