After achieving impressive milestones and winning many trophies for his army, Coolguy has retired from his position of Commander-in-Chief in the Army of Club Penguin. This decision came after almost a month after Ugly’s leadership induction, to pass the torch to a new generation in ACP.

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Coolguy is an army veteran who joined the army community officially in the summer of 2012. He came across his first army, the United Countries of Club Penguin, while looking for CP cheats. Despite his prior intentions, he showed interest in armies and was able to call UCCP his home. Being In UCCP allowed Coolguy to interact with allied armies like Doritos and Special Weapons and Tactics. After a few months, Coolguy was able to reach the leadership position in October 2012. Under his leadership, UCCP was featured on the CPAC Top Ten in 2012, at times achieving the 8th spot. His first war came in the form of a victory against the Global Defenders in November of that year. Unfortunately, as December came, so did UCCP’s shutdown.

Coolguy in a DCP event

The army faced many departures and defacements, which led to Coolguy following his friends towards different armies. Although it was unclear which army he joined first after UCCP, he managed to climb up to 3ic in the Doritos of Club Penguin before their shutdown. He then went on to achieve the rank of 4ic in the likes of SWAT and Ice Warriors at separate times. Joining many armies and working tirelessly on them did seem a bit tiresome. This led him to take up a leadership role in a fun army called Bacon Defenders. This army was able to reach the 9th rank in the CPAC Top Ten. Additionally, the army won the “Funniest Army Name” award in the CPAC  2014 summer awards. After having fun in BD, Coolguy decided to join Chaos and climb the ranks towards 3ic, earning the UK commander role.

Coolguy in a Chaos event

Unfortunately, technical difficulties arose, causing him to not advance further in the army.  His support for Chaos did not stop, but he had to move on to the Army Republic in April 2015. After joining AR, he became fourth in command. There is no clear date for when he left AR, but he did join The Night Rebels in 2016. Coolguy was able to reach the 2ic before the army shut in August of that year. At this point in his career, Coolguy found himself in another army, Redemption Force, as a high command. Before he eventually returned to DCP in 2017, he joined the Teutons for a short time. 

Coolguy in a Night Rebels Event

Not much happened in 2017, aside from watching Club Penguin shut down. Moving towards 2018, armies have transitioned to playing on private servers, and so did Coolguy by enlisting in Templars as a 3ic. While in TCP, he and Xing created a small army known as the Sun Battalion. After some tensions between him and Xing, Coolguy decided to join the Green Mercenaries as a 2ic, before leaving again and focusing on his roles in SB and TCP. In 2019, Coolguy returned to DCP one last time as a 3ic, before having to leave due to real-life commitments. Leaving DCP had left him with a sense of regret, these feelings allowed him to seek more opportunities in the community.

Coolguy in a CC event in 2020

This opportunity came in the form of a leadership role In the Coup Crusaders in the spring of 2020, after a request from Toxic Storm to join the army. He was able to unite with old friends like Earthing and helped the army find its place in the community. During his CC leadership, Coolguy was asked to rejoin SWAT, which he accepted. Furthermore, he managed to lead both a small and major army simultaneously. Despite the many winning many battles and achieving success, CC had many problems that ultimately led to its closure in the fall of 2020.

A Battle between SWAT and ACP, led by Coolguy

Coolguy continued his SWAT leadership, which lasted for three years before he retired from the army. During his time in SWAT, the army gained major status in 2020, made it into the Quarter Finals of the Christmas Chaos for the first time, and achieved #1 on the Top Ten for the first time in the new generation’s history. Additionally, winning the Monster Mash tournament against Army of Club Penguin and Water Vikings in 2022. The army reached maxes of 67+ during his leadership. Sadly, the time came for him to end his leadership reign in March. 2023. After retiring as the army’s longest-serving leader.

ACP vs. RPF, Legends Cup XIII Grand Finals

Coolguy joined ACP as a 2ic, a day after his SWAT retirement. On May 29, Army Legend Calgocubs21 announced the promotion of Coolguy and AustinFraud to the position of leader. During his leadership, ACP was able to win the Legends Cup XIII trophy, The Trick or Treat Trials trophy, and lastly, the 2024 New Year Bonanza trophy. He was also awarded the Bronze Medal award in his army alongside Calgocubs and Austin for their Legends Cup XIII victory.  After a successful career in ACP and the induction of Ugly as the 51st Commander-in-Chief, Coolguy retired from ACP leadership on February 24th. He was able to bid farewell to the army in a retirement post and an event held in his honor.

Coolguy at his ACP retirement Event

Club Penguin Armies obtained an exclusive interview with Coolguy to talk about his legendary career and his plans for the future.

 What are your fondest memories of ACP?

One of the things that always comes to mind when people ask about my fondest or favourite moments within ACP is our Legends Cup run. I’m sure that people will be tired of hearing about it but it was incredible for all of us, doing something that’s never been done and working our butts off to do it. It cannot be understated the amount of work and training that we put in for the LC in order to win it – the whole of WWIX could be considered training because that truly helped us to be on top of our game heading into the tournament. The LC semi-finals were tough, EGCP provided us with one of the toughest battles we have had, and yet we pulled through. After that, we truly felt like we could win the whole thing. We faced an almighty opponent in RPF but we were excited for the battle and ready to give them the fight of their lives. And, we did just that. As leaders, we had in our minds many things that we wanted to do and making history was a big part of that and the LC was just 1 moment out of the many moments we all created. Being able to hold records or achievements within ACP, whether it be in the CPPS era or not is just incredible. From having 5 consecutive weeks at #1 (first time ever for ACP in the CPPS era), holding the CPPS era record for most #1 placements achieved by a leader, winning 3 trophies (Legends Cup, New Year Bonanza and Trick or Treat Trials), achieving the Bronze Medal, leading for 9 months, being just 1 part of the legendary triumvirate, being able to lead alongside Austin and Calgo, who I had previous relations but unfortunately, not in the same army, being a part of ACP and helping to make it what it is, being a part of the environment, getting to know the people, being able to become the 50th Commander in Chief, being able to just have a bit of freedom, there are many big moments to remember from my time as a leader here and most likely my last time leading anywhere

Which army did you enjoy working with? 

I wouldn’t want to offend any army with an answer because working with allies is always great. I mean you have the force of HF x ACP which is a historic alliance in itself. That alliance has lasted over 3 years and I can see it lasting a lot longer. The two armies are brother allies, we are close, not just army-wise but personally too and that is always a good thing for alliances. If you’re teaming up just for the sake of it, it’s never gonna work but if you genuinely have the connection ACP and HF do and are close on and off the battlefield then you pretty much are solid. It’s led us to work a lot together whether it be for themed events or PBs or even, like we’ve just seen, ally week. Working with HF is always a pleasure. But our other allies are also great and the fact that they are newer than our alliance with HF doesn’t affect our relationship whatsoever. Over the past year, we’ve seen ACP, TCP and PIC work alongside each other multiple times throughout wars, events or even themed weeks. Whilst these armies have had a history with each other, sometimes the past needs to be let go in order to create a better future and this is what the 3 armies did and because of that, we are able to work with each other and be there for one another. It’s been great to see them both grow and be able to improve alongside them, especially during WWIX. Lastly, the Rebels are just fun to work with. While Link and Elex may be using Zimmerframes to get to their events, they are incredible leaders and the alliance we created between the two armies shows the kind of relationship between the two armies. I mean, at the time, WWIX had just passed (which included RPF and ACP on opposing sides) and both armies had collided in the past but there was something between the two that just clicked so both sides fought for it, and it worked. I must say, the last few events we’ve had with RPF have been fun, even despite RPF having overpowered CP players. I believe that these fun events only bring us and our allies closer and that’s amazing.

What was different about leading ACP than your previous leaderships?

In terms of the differences in leading, I would say just about everything. ACP can’t be compared to any other army because it’s not any other army. Its system is different, how you would approach it is different, even leading it is different. When I first entered ACP, I’ll admit, I was a bit overwhelmed because ACP is an organised mess and those who have been in ACP staff or reside in it currently will know exactly what I mean by that but there’s a lot of components to think about and in comparison to my last leadership role, I didn’t have to do everything myself, we shared the responsibility not just between the leaders but between the HCOM and Staff, which creates a much better leading environment because we have the pressure of leading hanging above us and hell we were barely out of war not to have that kind of pressure hanging above our heads, planning our next moves, thinking about our staff, thinking about the different components of the army and the war etc. So having it being a functional unit which we had to push was much better than attempting to do everything yourself. With that said though, the pressure and amount of work you have to do is still immense. We don’t just delegate tasks so we can do less, we’re doing something most of the time, revolving around the army, whether it it be to do with battles or not. So we lead from the front. It’s also different not to have led with 35+ other leadership reigns LMAO. ACP may not have always been at the top, but it is the most historic army in the community and whether it is topping the Top Tens or falling behind, it’s quite often in the conversation and we wanted to make sure that it wasn’t just in the conversation but it was the conversation, we wanted to be the best, the army to beat and having that kind of mentality with an army like ACP definitely made it different.Doubling back for a second, so even with the tasks we do as leaders, it’s not just about getting these done, it’s about getting them done right, making sure others are doing their jobs, coordinating with the staff and our allies, maintaining the ACP website/Shamrock Bulletin, representing the army, leading, improving our skills, making sure troops and staff are engaged, always being aware of your surroundings and always thinking 2 steps ahead. There are many other things, of course, but if I listed everything that we had to do, we’d be here all day because we haven’t even talked about event planning or post-making/editing, SB maintenance and doing everything during wars. While we led ACP with great strength and determination, we rarely had time to just sit back because we were always preparing for the next thing, whether it be the next war battle, the next tournament, the anniversary, the next ACP-themed week etc. I’m not saying that these kinds of things weren’t done during my past leadership tenures because they were but ACP has a more methodical but messy structure/system which we are always eager to improve, not just for ourselves but for the whole ACP team. I think that when you lead a historic army like ACP, automatically, you have to adapt and switch your way of thinking or doing things. 1 example of this is the site. Now, I spent a lot of time in SWAT maintaining their site, doing regular work on it to keep it stable because the stability of that site, especially during the latter years was a problem. With the high volume of graphics being added, it overloaded the site, and I had to put in a lot of work on it to be able to maintain it. Whereas, with the ACP site, you really wouldn’t want to mess around with that kind of maintenance unless it really needed it, and even then, you’d want to be open about what you’re doing to those concerned.

What are your predictions or expectations for ACP after your retirement?

I don’t doubt that ACP will be faced with challenges and Ugly knows this but he has a team around him which is ready to support him each and every step of the way. I haven’t placed expectations upon Ugly because I don’t think that’d be fair of me to do but, with that being said, ACP has all the tools to continue their successful march and keep on being successful, whether it be in the Top Tens or in tournaments. Their first real test comes in the form of March Madness, it will be interesting to watch how the tournament plays out but I am 100% behind him and I want to be able to support him in any way that I can during it. I, along with others, hope that Ugly uses the opportunity that he has to do something great and lead ACP into an even bigger era than the last. As for predictions, well with CPA it’s hard for anyone to predict anything but ACP will soon adjust and stabilize and continue to do what they do best.

Will we see you in another army leadership role in the future?

No. Upon ACP, I joined it knowing it would most likely be my last stint to lead and so I don’t think I will ever be returning to lead any other army

Will you remain active in Club Penguin armies after your army retirement?

Yeah, I’ll be around. My retirement from ACP’s leadership isn’t me stepping completely away from armies, I’ll still have a role to help ACP for the upcoming month and I still have my position in CPAJ/CPA/CPAB etc so I’ll still be around for sure.

Coolguy had a very long and successful army career that had many ups and downs. His determination and ability to fix problems have made him a major asset to the many armies he joined during his career. We wish Coolguy a happy retirement and all the best in his plans. What are your best memories of Coolguy? Will ACP thrive again after his retirement?

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