Welcome to the first edition of our Undercover Troop column, where we covertly learn how armies operate from the inside and how their leaders will deal with some intriguing situations. In this debut edition, we posed as a troop that planned to (or claimed that they did) multilog.

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Recently, Club Penguin Armies announced a few new columns. This is the first edition of one of those new columns, namely Undercover Troop. In this first edition, we looked at how a troop would be treated if they admitted that they planned to, or did, multilog. In some cases, we messaged them after an event, while in other cases they were contacted either during the pre-logon period before their events or a few hours prior.

Our findings revealed that, obviously, nobody condones multilogging. However, I looked at the way they delivered this to the troop, and how understanding and explanatory they were. Read on to find out what happened in each army (p.s: Click any image to enlarge!)

The following findings have been documented carefully to avoid bias. The analysis and scoring of each scenario are based on my (the author’s) personal experience. Furthermore, we would like to emphasize that no actual multilogging took place, and multilogging is NOT CONDONED in any shape or form.

Doritos of Club Penguin

I joined the Doritos on the following account, feigning as one of the former Secret Service troops. To make my guise believable, I acted similarly to a regular recruit. Following a recent Doritos event, I messaged DCP first-in-command Joel admitting to “multilogging”. Take a look at what happened:

Joel’s reaction was very professional and friendly. In no way did he make any mean remarks to the troops and calmly explain to them why their actions were wrong. However, after only a few minutes without response, he began threatening the troop, saying “you will be in trouble…”. This hurt their score, as they did not give the troop much time to respond. Additionally, we did not get an explanation as to why this was wrong. Due to these facts the Doritos of Club Penguin score 7.5/10.

Rebel Penguin Federation

The day before they hosted an AUSIA event, I joined the Rebel Penguin Federation under a brand new name. Acting under the pretense that I was a troop who found the server through Google, I managed to get the Rebels to help me create an account on Club Penguin Army Battleground. The next day, the army began logging on for their event, so I attempted to message a few staff members. Although it took a while to get a response, I finally got in touch with RPF Lieutenant General, T_T. Here’s how it went:

Similar to the Doritos, I was also met with a friendly response and not one of anger. T_T spoke to me as if I did not do anything wrong at all and kindly told me that multilogging would result in issues for the army. However, the slowness of replies did hurt their score slightly. Moreover, while they did explain that it is wrong, they did not explain why. Due to this, the Rebel Penguin Federation score 9/10.

Templars of Club Penguin

Our next target: the Templars. Although the opportunity did not present itself (nobody DMed me when I joined), I managed to pose as a new troop in the Templars. Some days after joining, I messaged ephira, a General in the army. I DMed them, asking them when the next event is. I then proceeded to tell them that I would like to help by logging on with both of my accounts. Here is what went down:

This, while a good response, would be very confusing for new troops. The person did not properly explain the concept until I asked more- and threatened me with a vague account ban. Due to this, the Templars score 7/10

Winged hussars

Next on the chopping block was the Winged Hussars. Aided by fellow Associate Editor Snork, I managed to sneak an alternate account into the army. I then went ahead and asked about events for a few days, before directly messaging Shinzo, leader of the Hussars. Similar to the other armies, I told him that I would love to help by using two of my Club Penguin Journey accounts. This is what happened:

The response by Shinzo is by far the best response I have gotten so far. He thanked the troop for wanting to help, before calmly explaining what was wrong and why it was wrong. Due to this, the Winged Hussars scored our very first 10/10!

army of club penguin

The final army on the list for this edition was the Army of Club Penguin. I joined the Clovers on my alternate account and made it look like a regular new troop that had just made their first account. I then promptly messaged Sanya7, an ACP second-in-command, for help regarding the upcoming event. Following this, I quickly did the same thing as with the other armies and said I would love to help by logging on with two accounts.

Like the Rebel Penguin Federation, response times were quite slow- only this time I had to wait for a response after sending the multilogging image. The response was direct and to the point, but was not very explanatory nor understanding. While the message got across, it was not constructive and did not properly tell the troop why what they did was wrong. Due to this, ACP get the lowest score of the week: 6.5/10

Conclusion

In conclusion, we can see that multilogging is generally disallowed in the community, and condemned by all. None of the armies we tested allowed their troops to multilog, and it is likely nobody in the community would. However, we saw that some armies should work on how they convey ideas to new troops who may just want to lend a helping hand. See you next in next week’s edition, in which we will be going into a much harder dilemma. What do you think? What would you do if a troop of yours admitted to multilogging? What do you think we’ll be looking at next week?

FatChicken
Associate Editor

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