Leaving Animal Jam

My letter to AJ:

To whom this may concern,

I am a recent blogger, and I have joined in late 2015. My username is Panguin32, and I'm an eleven year old. This is regarding the chat system, how it's NOT, and let me say it again. NOT safe. 

As you know, many adults play AJ too, and honestly, if you want my opinion, 16 (and up) year olds should be banned from AJ. You say you have expert moderators, but, if you want my opinion, you should go onto AJ in disguise. 

My mother has banned me from playing AJ, because of one thing. Your history. If you can take a moment to read all those 2015, and 2016 reviews, you would see what they say. It's disgusting. I might never return to play again, and I don't think you will re-do the chat. If you do, however, I MIGHT return back, to play, maybe in 2019 or 2020. I'm not kidding. Alright, so WHAT should you replace in AJ?

Phantoms. They're evil. Also, the adventures don't seem to be really doing much good in AJ. 

Betas. Return all the betas in AJ. If you ask me why, I can give you TWO good reasons. 1. Scamming. That's all I see on AJ. Everyday, everyday I log on, I see these giveaways. Everyday I go to at least one or two, and 98% of them are scams. 2. People think of AJ as a rarity game, which it is.

 Unfortunately, I think I've seen 83% of the whole of AJ filled with almost nothing, really, nothing that is educational. I even looked up 'Top Ten Educational Games 2017/18' and AJ wasn't even on the list. I think that it doesn't have a single particle of educational things on it.

Then, I looked up scamming. Why do you even call it scamming? If you've tried to hide it, then the truth is coming out. It's not called scamming. It's called S T E A L I N G. Have you ever heard that word before? If I ever scammed, I would be considered a T H E I F. A huge-time R O B B E R. The lowest of the low. Not many have considered it at this stage, I know. But it's true! 
Look at Aparri and WisteriaMoon. Have you watched their videos? Once WisteriaMoon hacked Aparri, I know, he gave the password to her. But the thing is, WisteriaMoon showed them all outright, 'I love WM'. And on of their videos, the title was, 'BOYFRIEND IN AJ?' or something like that. That's why I quit watching the famous you-tubers. At all. 

Facts. Boring. How about more offline activities? I'm so addicted to it, I'm sure I almost ruined myself. I introduced my best friend into it. We got out just in time, before we saw things.

Things. Have you seen those people who say "Looking for a boy," all over AJ?? It's 100% teen/adult. And the worst thing is, there are kids as young as six, believe me, I've seen two six-year olds playing AJ. Then people ask, 'I'm 12. And you?' I've been able to say this many times (alone), but almost never to people. 
Email. I was able to tell my email SEVEN times, if you want to know. I even was able to tell people my blog address. It's WAAAAAAY against the rules, I know. And I care. How many people have been prone to this? More than a million, for sure. 

I know you will try to block and ban me out of AJ. I don't care! And if you do, I will post it up on my blog. This very letter is being put on it. And I'm not blackmailing you. I'm... not doing anything except give you the real truth. My opinions.

And I'm not giving away my rares in a trust giveaway. I'll treat them to my friends. I won't even do the wheel. I'll just trade them away. I think I truly am shocked by these reviews.

I'm writing this sincerely, and from my heart. I hope you will take this into deep consideration, and think of the children exposed to strangers out there. 

Yours truly,
Regards,

PanguinAJ


Do you see now why I left? I hope you know what's going on in AJ. And, if I ever come back, I'll NOT blog again. Never. Ever. I think you can goodbye forever to my blog, because I'm not going to visit it again.

I'm sorry for doing this, honestly I am. But sometimes truth is harsh. There are two types of pain, one that will BREAK you, and one that will MAKE you. When you move backwards, you are being aimed towards your next goal, like an arrow.

Thank you for reading this.

PanguinAJ a.k.a May

Sorry

I'm sorry, I got tied up with slight exams. I have BAAAAAAAAD news....

Animal Jam Item Worths

Hey Jammers, yesterday I recieved a request from Anonymous.

Snatched from Google LOL

Yup, it's regarding the Animal Jam Item Worths, as you've probably guessed from the title. So here it is:

Anonymous said...

Can't u post up item Worth's. The most reliable pls.


My Answer:

Dear Anonymous. There is no such thing as the most reliable animal jam worths. But if you want item worths you may check out the Fandom AJ item worth wiki. I usually use that, as it updates frequently, but even that may not be good, as they are corrupted with advertisements and not reliable for children. So I will act on your suggestion and make my own page for worths. I will post it up when I'm ready.

PanguinAJ 


I know, item worths are very different, etc... etc... So I'll be making my own... kind of. I use the Fandom Wikis, as I mentioned in my reply to Anonymous's comment. Regarding the reliability, I will EMPHASIS that I WILL NOT be letting YOU add item worths, as when some of you do so, there is risk you enter the wrong value, on purpose or unintentionally. I will NOT take this risk, as it would spoil my page... I hope you understand.


Also, I will let you know when the Item Worths will be publicized.


Thank you for reading this post, and special credits to Anonymous for mentioning Item Worths to me.

Stay safe, and Happy Jamming,

~PanguinAJ

Back and Worse - The Fortnightly Penguin

The Fortnightly Penguin  

Edited by Panguin32

Welcome to The Fortnightly Penguin. You're probably surprised at the name, now you are asking "What happened to the Weekly Penguin, Panguin?" 

So I'll be honest with you. Due to my really busy schedule etc, like, babysitting my siblings, and also I'm in middle school plus I'm 11 years old. I mean... I just turned 11. On the 22nd of September. No lie.

So I need to change the schedule a bit, so here's the solution of this problem.. (Ugh this keyboard..) anyway. The Fortnightly Penguin. To those who don't know what a fortnight is, it is a period of time, that is 2 weeks long. You've got it. I'm gonna post NEWS UPDATE every two weeks. I know that's a very long period but as well as posting news, I'll be posting other things. I have a personality, you know. And forgive me if I sound rude. I'll explain that now...

One last thing I wanted to tell you. Its October! Hurray for October! And goodbye September! See you next year! (When I'm 12).

A Fast.. Scam?

And what do I see but it's worth 1-2 Good long collars? Don't report. I don't have any proof. :D

Back and Worse

Yesterday... I got scammed. Of my orange long. No joke. I was lucky to own one. Well it was one of the most earliest scams in the book... I'll tell you what happened. I'm more angry than upset. Having the nerve to give me an item that's worth a few rims!!

Well I was at a scam giveaway. I got scammed just a bit but the person who got scammed wasn't very sad. She said the blackout was worth 20 den betas which it is not!!! Yea so she got scammed of the Blackout spike collar.. Oof my kkeyboards acting up. Anyway her username began in Aryanna ssomething. I didn't catch the last parts.. But anyway after we got scammed she came to my dennand got me to her den to trade. She did double tricks on me, trading me for the orange long 13 RIMS.. 

You know... So she then tried to pull the wool over my eyes by saying yes it is worth it. I wasn't cconvinced. Anyway she gave me an item supposedly worth a blue long. I accepted. Then I realised that I might have been sscammed so I buddied her. 

I came online the next day, checking up the worths of Blackout Spiked collar and the item, which was Picnic Blanket. I was raging. So I went and looked in my buddy list but... SHE HAD UNBUDDIED ME!!!

I realized that this trick was probably the most common. I Could have told her, oh yea. Why don't you go get a blue long for yourself. I lost my first long I ever had because I was greedy and maybe cross with getting scammed earlier. 

Let this be a lesson to you. Learn from your mistakes. I will be back later.

~PanguinAJ

What Is Animal Jam? Looking Deep

Hey there, jammers! Its Panguin back again, time for action! Be ready for a startling post on Monday. I truly regret to announce it. But first the happy news! Then the sad news! (Tomorrow)

Today we take a deep look into Animal Jam.



What is Animal Jam?

So we take a deep breath and get into the real thing. What is Animal Jam? A parents' question before they send their child into it.

Animal Jam is an educational Animal learning game dedicated to eight year olds. Over the years to pass, more and more 11 year olds play it. Plus teenagers.

Animal Jam has been created by National Geographic, in 2010. They got some members to 'beta test' it, which it succeeded on it's first try. Throughout it's journey, Animal Jam has collected 100 MILLION Players.

Let's take a look into the Pros and Cons of AJ.



Pros

Animal Jam is a educational game.
It is also a National Geographic game, which makes it better XD. It also has holiday themed stages and periods of time. It gives you some offline activities as well, plus betas and rares at different sstagesetc etc. Whoops.. I'm writing from the phone so.. Sorry..

Cons

Scams. Scammers are seen almost every day in Animal Jam. .. Also Membership. And addiction. Your child needs a set time to play and stop playing. Etc, etc. I'm sure you know the rest. With every game its the same.


Please tell me what you think of Animal Jam. Try not you blow up, as I do not tolerate that.

Thank you.
PanguinAJ

Animal Jam: Membership Worth or Not?

Welcome back to a new post! 

Today we're talking about membership. If you look at the AJ membership page, you'll find out that 12 months (1 year) is the best valued. I think that too. But if you're paying altogether, you'll be paying: 57.95 USD. So this is a WHOLE LOT of money, but as Animal Jam has explained before, AJ is a business. It needs money to run, to update regularly, and that's exactly how their employees get paid!

What Happens when you become a Club Member

Free memberships

Animal Jam has even included a "Help Topic" post about "Can I get a Free Membership", which is a VERY hot topic, most non members hope for this. So you're probably thinking right now, "OH, PANGUINAJ HAS A FREE MEMBERSHIP FOR US". Don't hope for this. If there was a way, I'd have used it by now.

But as you all know, there TRULY ARE jammers who've got a free membership for nothing! Their types:

1. The jammers who have been Beta Testers some years ago. They get free membership for 30 days!
2. The jammers who sign up for a site and get free membership: This happens once in a blue moon.
3. The jammers who jump on Mt. Shiveer, and get 30 days or 6 months membership. This is a Jamaa Legend, or myth, or rumor. Whatever.

These events happen once in a blue moon, as I mentioned in No. 2.

 Beware of Scams

Some jammers claim they give out free membership, by making you trade your best items. When you trade them, you normally get locked out of their den, which is a scam, and you never receive free membership. Other jammers ask you for your password. There's a huge amount of harm in that. They might hack you and turn all your rares over to their own account. But if you use a spare, and you get free membership, you're like, oh wow, I'll go get membership on my main.

DON'T do this. This is what your.. benefactor is waiting for. Instead, change your password imediatly, and switch your main to your spare.

In Conclusion:

In conclusion, I would like to give special emphasis to this point: Animal Jam does not give you free membership.


 Membership Worth?

You've just saved up all your pocket money. You're trying to buy membership, but at the same time you're saving up for another item that you really want. You can't decide which one you will take, and you're asking jammers to see if it's really worth it.

Your member friends say "It's not that great, but JOIN THE CROWD!" 

You can't decide what you want. Turn over here!

So, this utterly depends on you. I'll explain why. First of all, the item you're saving up for. Is it precious? Is it valuable? If yes, then you should forget about Animal Jam. Get into real life. THEN comes Animal Jam.

So I'll explain.

You're a jammer who really wants membership.You don't have a wish for anything else. That means you're free to get membership! Be sure to ask your mom or dad before you purchase your membership. Paying with real money needs to be done wisely, not unwisely.

You might not get what you expected. You might be prone to a scam by scammers.

But above all you must remember that Animal Jam is virtual, and your real life comes before Animal Jam. So after reading this post, I hope you decide to take action. Please tell me your decision in the comments below.

~PanguinAJ

Walkthru: The Search for Greely

 The Search For Greely

(NON MEMBER ADVENTURE) Mode: Normal
By Panguin32

Graham: Nobody has SEEN or HEARD from Greely since he stopped the VOLCANO from erupting! The MONKEYS and I have been SEARCHING through the rubble for any sign of what HAPPENED to him. We haven't found much. But never fear! Now that you're here, we're sure to find SOMETHING! I bet the monkeys ahead could use your HELP.

Pick up a torch and proceed until you find the fire pit. "Courage +5". Cross the mushroom bridge. Proceed over the purple pipes and climb up, after you see the journal papers. Continue until you meet Virgil and Philbert. Read what they say, and continue with the information. "Blue circle".
Meet the monkeys Piper and Charles. "Yellow Star". Meet Luke and Doris and continue your journey. "Orange Triangle".
Meet Graham. When he says something about a combination lock, rotate the shapes to find out what they are. Remember I've dropped some clues! Blue circle, yellow star, and orange triangle!

Explore the hideout.

Go on until you reach a strange machine, that can be activated with a crystal. Proceed. Talk to Graham and pick up the Purple Crystal. Activate the machine. Then Walk through the slush that comes out of the pipes, to create a disguise. You know the rest. Go back to Graham, where a phantom portal awaits you.

Pass Graham. But wait. If you want a treasure, a Clover Blanket, you have to go find a smaller portal. When you go through it, you get a prize!

Enter the Phantom Portal. Go straight, straight. The phantom disguise will wear off. Do not be alarmed. It is meant to wear off.

Click on the Phantom Pods a lot of times, and break them. "Courage +5 for all pods".

Continue until you see Greely, chained and locked up with 5 locks. Go North-East first, as that is your easiest. Turn right at corridor, and pick up the boomseeds.

You will see a web. Don't click on it until you have "Boomed" the phantoms behind it. When you see the lasers, you must use your wits! This is the easiest to be done. I have done it once without getting touched at all!

Break two pods and enter a kind of a cove. Open the treasure and receive 150 gems. Slip through the lasers.
Grab the key. DO NOT CLICK THE LEVER TO OFF THE LASERS, AS PHANTOMS ARISE!

Get knocked out by the lasers. That is the easiest way to return. Open a lock. Go back to the passage and this time, turn left.

You will see two lasers before you enter. Enter when it's all clear. Press the lever to close the three lasers, then continue through the maze of lasers. It's not impossible! you can do it!

Reach the last laser point.

Grab the key, then get knocked out by the lasers. Unlock the next lock. "Courage +25".

Now go south east. This one is MUCH more difficult but you can survive it. Pick up a pile of boomseeds, and get rid of the phantoms beyond the web you see, before you break it.

Defeat the rest of the phantoms before you continue. The key is unprotected. Take it, and turn back. Too late! There's a phantom machine over there, and another in that passage! Try to defeat them with boomseeds.

When you get put into a deep sleep, and there's still some phantoms there, defeat them. Don't go free Greely. It's gonna be a huge disaster if you do so. If you want to still do it, do it and see! :D

 The last lock is medium problemized.

Go south-west, pick up a pile of boomseeds, and destroy the pods. Defeat the phantoms, avoid the lasers. Believe me, this is slower than the last one we did, but much more easier.

Find the lever and close it. Proceed to the south-east passage. Destroy the pods then rush to the cove. Get inside the passage-way, avoiding the laser.

Rush past the two phantoms, defeat them and slip into the second cove. Pick up some boomseeds.

Slip through the defenses, use your brains! I'm not going to tell you EVERYTHING. I know, this is supposed to be a full walkthru, but.. yes.

Get the key somehow and get put into a deep sleep.

Unlock the fourth lock.

Two phantom kings will appear. Pick up boomseeds, go near them to make them... meditate? Then get out of their way VERY quickly, and use your boomseeds to hit them - in the eye. At first, they will become angry, and phantoms will spring up. Gradually, as you slam them, they become weaker, and get defeated. "Courage +200".

ADVENTURE OVER WHEN BOTH KINGS DEFEATED.


Prizes:

Phantom Goop, Greely Wanted Poster, Phantom Vines, Small Phantom Pod.

Other prizes only in Hard Mode.


~PanguinAJ

The Weekly Penguin - Losing your mind

The Weekly Penguin

Editor: PanguinAJ

Rare Item Monday


Hey jammers! It's Monday and you know what that means!

R.I.M: The abbreviation RIM means Rare Item Monday. Yup, it's an in-game rare.

Losing Your Mind

  Scammers in scams tend to be hard hearted. They do not think about what lies beyond their scams, what happens when people find out that they have been mistaken. The people who buy from the scammers often ask no questions, which they SHOULD. Every beta has a stolen-story to it. 

 What is scamming?

The big question. Scamming is a type of stealing other people's rares to make them give in without protest. It often results in getting you lose your mind, which is not good. Scamming can't be done by anyone unless they know tricks and tips. 

How many jammers have been scammed on Animal Jam? Another big question. Scammers tend to scam in huge numbers, ranging up to 10 to 20. Every year, more than six hundred-thousand jammers have been scammed.

Scammers often work in pairs. Not every scammer uses their main account to scam. They don't want to get banned and lose all their betas. 

Reporters-on-scene report, although many jammers get upset at it, they don't lose their minds, or want to exit AJ for a short term. Sometimes they exit AJ for a number of days, and clear their heads, and face it. That's normally good, so you can have a break from computers. 

The worst kind of scam is called Trust. Trust is something that you do in giveaways, to get the other person to trust you, then trade the desired object. Almost all trust giveaways are total scams, and if you ever go to one, you should not trade your best items. If you are rare, trade your worthless objects like a diamond collar spike, worth a few rims, and see if they accept. If they don't, there is 95% out of 05% scam.

Trust comes in the form of giveaways such as Spike Giveaways, Black Long Giveaway, etc. 

A kind of scamming that comes under a different name is called 'Flash Trading'. Someone trades something for a necklace, and when the jammer accepts, they decline. Flash Trading has petered out now, but comes under a different name, called 'Trolling'. Trolling is basically the same thing, but most of the time it's asked for, like, "Troll me or treat me!" So the user expects a whole trolling, not treating.

Unfortunately, most jammers get trolled every year than they get treated. It is very rare you get treated, unless... the jammers are kind. So wouldn't you like to get treated? Every good turn comes back, you know. Treat others, they might treat you!

In conclusion to scamming, we summarize the facts of scamming:

• Cruel
• Mostly trust
• Trolling (Flash trading)
• Might slightly upset you

 We come to an end at this point, concluding with the last bit: A list of jammers who've got scammed. If you can help these jammers out, it will be nice.

1. Becauseaj 
2. TORNADOPUPOFFIREAJ (quit AJ)
3.  Liggtblueivy
4. Panguin32
5. thedemongroupiscool

 Editor: PanguinAJ

 The Daily Explorer: Down?

The Daily Explorer, the blog of Animal Jam seems to be down - temporarily. It's, however, back to normal - I noticed this last Monday. The post didn't come up, and I was like, oh it's down!

However, the mistake seems to be corrected. :)

 

Announcement:

Hey jammers, it's Panguin32 again! I'm no longer hiring jammers, I've finished with it! I'm glad to say I've got quite a few, and if any members want to hire me, send me a JAG (Jam-A-Gram) to my account. I'm also glad to tell you I got nerd glasses, but I paid 4 den betas for it... Can someone help me retrieve the beta? It's the 5th Birthday Cake. Thank you so much. I couldn't make this blog without the help of my buddies, Becauseaj and Liggtblueivy. And Thank you again, Becauseaj, for giving me 9 Masterpiece Tokens for nothing. I will make a gallery soon.

~PanguinAJ