CSY is remembered as one of the greatest AUSIA leaders in the army community. He took part in many historical battles and events that have shaped the army community today. In this section of Memorable Moments, we will dive deeper into CSY’s fondest memories and tales.

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In 2015, CSY was recruited by the Water Vikings. He later joined the Army of Club Penguin (ACP). During his time in ACP, CSY was able to climb the ranks towards leading the Army’s AUSIA division. Unfortunately, CSY was demoted from his position in the army, due to inactivity. Before Club Penguin’s shut down, he was able to lead the AUSIA division of armies like the Doritos (DCP) and the aforementioned Vikings.

January 29, 2016: CSY’s return breathed life back into the Clovers’ AUSIA

In late November of 2019, CSY returned to Clovers as a Third in Command, with his first event being titled “Probably the best AUSIA event of ACP 2.0.” He was able to climb the ranks again, which earned him the position of the 48th leader of the Army of Club Penguin in February 2020. During his Leadership reign, CSY helped his army get the number one spot on the Club Penguin Army Hub major Top Ten leaderboard. He took part in a major war like World War Rewritten. In addition to reaching the finals of the Fright or Fight tournament. Additionally, under his leadership, Shamrock Bulletin was introduced in July of 2020, as a news organization dedicated to serving the community at large.

A battle against Help Force during World War Rewritten

During his time in the army, CSY received a Bronze Medal Award. It was a result of the contributions he provided in World War Rewritten. In 2020 he got inducted as a Major Army Legend. He also did receive the Medal of Honor. It was the highest award achievable in the army.

Club Penguin Armies was able to sit down with CSY for an interview, in which he recounts his fondest memories.

What are your most memorable moments as a member of the army community?

For me, a lot of memorable moments are the friendships made and the relationships far more than records/wins. [The OG community] had some of the most fun times – I remember staying up till two, three [in the morning] just chatting on xat with people like Bam, Brad, Musta, and Sprite. [We would] talk trash about other armies, “anecdotes” (and perhaps this is a euphemism HAHA) about other members of the community, or just life in general. DCP really made me feel like part of a community and I look back at my teenage years glad to have experienced good fun.

I remember being thrown into a group chat with Kailey310 and Koloway, being given leader in January 2020 – the next few days would perhaps be some of the most tumultuous of my leadership. Having Kailey310 turn the entire mod team, one that I had barely spoke to, against me, and then trying to organize a coup d’état of me, it showed me how important it was to be present, personable and how sometimes objective truth doesn’t matter. I included this as a memorable moment as this is probably the biggest lesson I’ve learned in my entire time leading – that a leader isn’t just someone with the position, but someone that people respect and choose as their leader. It also means that I additionally value the people that have given me a second chance, such as Kailey133.

World War Rewritten is probably another memorable moment of the community. Back then, when Rebel Penguin Federation (RPF) declared, yeah, I shit my pants. They were HUGE, maxing 185+ in their box event just recently and ACP were still trying to re-find our footing in the community; not to mention being betrayed by people (Emcee) [who] I considered a friend. However, it’s times like this were real friends shine – I remember Chaos coming to support us, turning the tides of the war. They came to our assistance despite us being on the weaker side, and we were really able to level the playing field. To this day, I still remember and appreciate the friends we made that came to support us.

There’s a phenomenon in psychology– the primacy effect and the recency effect– where it stipulates we remember the beginning and the end the best. And honestly, that’s pretty true. I remember the first few months of leading as well as the months that led up to my retirement very well, but the middle bit has honestly been a blur. I can’t finish this question without talking about the amazing times I had with the amazing ACP 2020 Higher Command: 2funky3, Cubster, Daniel, Kailey133, Mr Max, and Robot. Waking up to 1000+ Higher Command (HCOM) messages just talking and having fun [reminds me of] the comradery we had. We made decisions together, led the army together, but most of all, had fun as friends together, and honestly that’s what I valued the most in my time here.

Can you describe you’re most favorite war or tournament you took part in?

Fight or Fright tournament hosted in 2020. I think that was honestly the peak of armies amid the ongoing pandemic: ACP, Ice Warriors (IW), and RPF were all putting up sizes of 100+ for tournaments. [When] the Semi-Finals came around and we faced the Warriors, an army that we had an ongoing feud with, [who had just] taken the victory against us in the previous tournament; Legends Cup after a failed “A” formation in the last room (it was, very much, a gamble that didn’t land in our favor). Going into the Semis, we had something to prove. We WANTED the win against IW, to show we could do it, that we could beat them. We maxed 113, setting a size record for ACP and proceeding onto the Grand Finals without losing a single room. This was one of the closest battles I’d ever led and it felt GOOD to finally win against IW.

We faced RPF in the finals where we’d break our size record once more with 116 penguins online. This battle was so insane that even in lockout rooms, troops were diligently battling it out; we had a second lockout room for lockouts from the lockout rooms. We didn’t end up winning the Grand Finals but, all in all, this tournament was, in my opinion, the peak of armies: seeing unification on after the years of Club Penguin Online versus Rewritten, hitting sizes and setting records that many would have thought to be impossible just a couple years ago.

What do you think was different about armies during your time compared to today?

As someone that was here for both eras, I’ve had the privilege of watching the community grow and evolve. I think the biggest difference is the need to win, and the need to overwhelmingly win.

Back in OG, our systems weren’t as refined – and truly we have to thank Discord for this as I don’t think this level of organization would have been possible with xat – armies just battled and claimed victory and claimed ownership over whatever server they wanted. We didn’t have Club Penguin Army Judges, nor did we have a league. It wasn’t surprising for five different armies to claim ownership of Mammoth.

These days, armies seem to have the need to win, and for the outward recognition that they have won. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing [as] armies are competitive by nature, and to be honest, what’s the point of going to war if everyone is just going to claim victory anyways? War declaration is in itself an art: instead of the five short sentences usually covering no multilogging, no cheating, no ddosing /doxxing, allies allowed or not, we now have entire paragraphs and essays of war terms to make sure there are no loopholes to try to set the playing field for the whole war. And still, we add the “no loopholes” term, because somehow our 2000-word dissertation isn’t enough to cover all potential loopholes.

Wars are only sometimes won and lost via merit. Other times they go on for a month with 30+ battles to have the war score wiped. (I honestly see World War IX as a community failure, but that’s a whole other can of worms), or someone makes a rude tactic [leading] the army [to] get cancelled and lose the war. Not to mention all the loopholes armies try to outsmart the system with (such as an army declaring on another to try to get out of war, transferring land to get out of treaties). I somehow miss the “simpler” days where we would declare and just fight. If you win, awesome. If you lose, you lose. Perhaps one day, wars will be won and lost via war score and not for breaking terms. However, I understand that as armies evolve, and as the age of the leaders in our community grow, “tactics” and politics perhaps become more and more interesting for leaders – honestly, as long as everyone involved enjoys it, what can a veteran like me say? It’s all about having fun at the end of the day, after all.

Were you able to maintain the connections and friendships you made during your active years in armies into this year?

Thankfully, yeah. I don’t talk to everyone as much as we used to, but I’m still in touch with and consider the 2020 ACP HCOM as close friends. We’ve all moved on with our lives and interests, but once in a while we’ll laugh about old stories in our chats, or life updates, or just talk about things that are happening in armies. I do really value the friendships I was able to make (as a bit of an awkward person in real life), and hopefully we’ll still be in touch for years to come.

Do you miss anything about armies since your retirement?

Honestly? Not really. I thought I’d miss leading after so long, but after a while, things just got sort of boring. Things became very routine and the community was quite stagnant, despite the sizes we were able to reach. It took me a while to decide to retire, as I’m sure the Panel of Guardians would tell you, but I think it was a good choice at the end of the day.

Would you consider making new memories in the community in the future?

I’m still actively advising in ACP as well as part of the Legends Council, so luckily I still have the opportunity to engage with the community. It has honestly been my privilege to watch people like Calgocubs21, Coolguy, Fatchicken, Jesus, and Ugly take the reins and lead in their own, innovative way, and I thank them for the trust these years. A lot of memories are still being made and hopefully some more to come!

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