Klutzy and Hebert are bad guys, but it's hard not to love them, and they're front-and-center in most fanworks.
Players have noticed the penguins were becoming uncomfortably too human note penguins dressed like humans and wearing human-like wigs to the point that they look like human teenagers with avian appendeges keeping Puffles that look like real animals, meant to mirror humans' pets and the game was attempting at becoming mainstream note Product Placements disguised as Crossover events, the island starting to look like a modern community from the real world, pop-style lyrical songs, Viral Marketing on YouTube utilizing trends and memes.
Dork Age: Started in 2013 and continued until both the original game's closure in 2017 and throughout the entire existence of Island until that game's end in 2018.
Whether it was a good idea to take it all down and basically reboot it on the other hand. The game was costing Disney too much money to continue maintaining. The game's playerbase had been in serious decline during its last couple years, as most kids these days play on their smartphones and tablets, and Adobe Flash is an aging and insecure platform.
Was closing the original a good idea? note From an economical standpoint, yes.
Stripped of all their valuable items (if they were a member before) and being locked out of using them, having their home also stripped of all their items, not being able to fully access the games and things members can get does tend to frustrate them.
Many Non-Members experience this, as a result of the game making its agenda to make players who don't pay Disney their money into the equivalent of Hobos.
You'll probably want to be in the broken base. You check the website to find that your account was deleted with no warning.
Let's say you get a burst of nostalgia and want to check out your 'Super Rare' account to see what's happened over the years.