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Despite the game's friendly nature and the creator working at Roblox, the majority of players outside its community dislike it. One of their main reasons is that the community believes the game is often infested with online daters, especially in "Parties", a game mechanic where you make ongoing parties at your house (for PLUS members only). Usually, the people creating the parties use it for inappropriate use, such as sexual interactions, which is against the rules of Roblox. Online Daters would often name their parties "Find a Date" [[File:Complainsaboutmeepcity.jpeg|thumb|Two players saying they hate the game and one saying the Strollers update is encouraging ODers. Names are censured for security reasons]]or "Find Bae and have fun". Because of this, you can no longer give your party a name, or add beds to your party. Alexnewtron has also received criticism relation to these events, as he has done not much to stop the online dating issue. His additions of the pillar and option for party owners to kick users as both have aided in the prevention of online daters, as party owners can now kick people who use the party to do such acts.
Despite the game's friendly nature and the creator working at Roblox, the majority of players outside its community dislike it. One of their main reasons is that the community believes the game is often infested with online daters, especially in "Parties", a game mechanic where you make ongoing parties at your house (for PLUS members only). Usually, the people creating the parties use it for inappropriate use, such as sexual interactions, which is against the rules of Roblox. Online Daters would often name their parties "Find a Date" [[File:Complainsaboutmeepcity.jpeg|thumb|Two players saying they hate the game and one saying the Strollers update is encouraging ODers. Names are censured for security reasons]]or "Find Bae and have fun". Because of this, you can no longer give your party a name, or add beds to your party. Alexnewtron has also received criticism relation to these events, as he has done not much to stop the online dating issue. His additions of the pillar and option for party owners to kick users as both have aided in the prevention of online daters, as party owners can now kick people who use the party to do such acts.
Revision as of 18:38, 24 August 2018
Template:Infobox placeMeepCity is a social hangout/role-play game created by alexnewtron. It is styled after casual children's MMOs and shows off features inspired by Disney's Toontown Online and Club Penguin, as well as many references to them. Alexnewtron has played these games a lot in his youth, and it is likely that they hold a special place in his heart which then became inspiration for MeepCity.
It was the only front page game to support up to 80-player servers as of May 8th, 2018, and also has broken the record for the "Fastest Popularity Rate" (previous record held by Phantom Forces).
It has accumulated 200 million visits in less than a year (the first game on ROBLOX to do so in such a small timeframe), which was celebrated by alexnewtron [1].
On January 30, 2018, MeepCity made history on the site as the first ever place to surpass 1 billion place visits. [2]
On August 5, 2018, MeepCity also became the second place to surpass 2 billion visits.
The game is still growing as the interest rate used to range from 500 users daily to growing numbers of users. It is currently the most visited Roblox game of all time.
Contributors
According to the description, here are the developers:
The main purpose of the game is being a social or roleplay hangout. This means buying items or playing games is completely optional.
Meepcity Coins
There is a currency called coins. Coins are used to customize your house (such as colors, structure, and furniture), buy and customize your pet Meep, or buying fishing rods. It is very similar to Club Penguin.
Ways to obtain coins:
Sell fish, which is obtained by fishing and get meep coins from playing the game.
Play games, such as the minigame in the Pizza Shack (currently closed), Star Ball or MeepCity Racing.
Sell your flowers.
Stay in the game for a period of time, and make a home with furniture and adventure the game.
Fishing
One of the fishing areas on The Playground.
When you have caught a fish.
A player on a pier of a fishing area, currently fishing.
The tutorial GUI that pops up on the left side of your screen when you first go onto a dock.
Fishing is a way to get coins. There are fishing areas on The Playground or The Neighborhood. Fishing areas have a source of water and multiple piers.
To fish, you must walk onto an unoccupied fishing pier. After going onto the pier, you are equipped with a fishing rod. There are "dark spots" on the lake, meaning there is fish in that area. You must cast your line onto the dark spot, or have the dark spot come to your cast line, to obtain a fish. To do that, you must aim at the dark spot and charge up power. The more power you have, the farther your line will be thrown.
When you cast your line onto a dark spot or when a dark spot heads towards your cast line, you will obtain a fish. Some fish are more valuable than others and will sell for more coins. You can only have a limited amount of fish on you (20 fish maximum) before your inventory, which is a bucket, is full. To sell your fish, you must go to the Pet Shop, go up to the counter, select the "Sell Fish" button, and select your fish you want to sell. Selling fish frees up space, meaning you can fish again until your bucket is full.
The Playground
The Playground is the area you first spawn in when you join a server. In addition, The Playground is the main hub to go to different locations in MeepCity (i.e The Neighborhood, The Plaza, and Town). The Playground has two fishing areas, two morphs (Teen and Kid), Parties portal, Pet Shop, Furniture store, Toys Stand, Home Improvement store, and several benches to sit on.
Pet Shop
The interior of the Pet Shop.
The Pet Shop is where you adopt Meeps, buy Meep-related items, and sell your fish (obtained by fishing).
Meeps are sold for 100 Coins and you can only buy one Meep. When choosing a Meep, you can choose what will be the Meep's name and which color you want your Meep to be. The Meeps are inspired by Puffles from Club Penguin, mainly due to their shape and eyes. It is also said the inside is based on Club Penguin's Pet Shop's interior, for example, the rug.
You can buy accessories for your Meep in the Pet Shop as well.
Current available accessories:
Cat Ears (50 Coins)
Deluxe Game Headset (300 Coins)
Hungry Dino (80 Coins)
Strawberry Ice Cream Hair (120 Coins)
Bandit (200 Coins)
Star Shutter Shades (100 Coins)
Beautiful Brown Hair (50 Coins)
Green Hair with Oversized Bow (110 Coins)
Dog Ears (50 Coins)
Blonde Hair (35 Coins)
Red Swoosh with Headphones (150 Coins)
Wild and Crazy Hair (130 Coins)
Shark Knit (80 Coins)
Jack O' Bandit (400 Coins)
Halo (200 Coins)
Meep Glasses (250 Coins)
Starlight Cap (150 Coins)
Whipped Cream Hat (250 Coins)
Cool Duck Float (250 Coins)
Doge (1,000 Coins)
Doge Scarf (750 Coins)
Brunette Pigtails (80 Coins)
Chicken Suit (350 Coins)
Pirate Hat (150 Coins)
Blond Spiked Hair (120 Coins)
Spring Flower Fedora (180 Coins)
Mischief Horns (200 Coins)
Bacon Hair (35 Coins)
Bed Hair (80 Coins)
Moose Antlers (350 Coins)
Dark Chocolate Top Hat (200 Coins)
Silver Snake Fedora (180 Coins)
Mr. Tentacles (1,000 Coins)
Zombie Doge (1,500 Coins)
Sparkle Traffic Cone (1,000 Coins)
Ice Crown (2,500 Coins)
Deadly Dark Dominus (5,000 Coins)
Purple Bow Time (Plus, 300 Coins)
Purple Sparkle Time Fedora (Plus, 5,000 Coins)
Midnight Motor Girl (Plus, 400 Coins)
Bloxy Cola Hat (Plus, 500 Coins)
Purple Shaggy (Plus, 800 Coins)
Purple Bed Hair (Plus, 250 Coins)
Purple Hair for Beautiful Meeps (Plus, 350 Coins)
Purple Top Hat (Plus, 700 Coins)
): Purple Indy (Plus, 250 Coins)
The King's Adornments (Plus, 500 Coins)
Al Capwn (Plus, 250 Coins)
Duke of the Federation (Plus, 25,000 Coins)
Jellybean Bowler.
Mint Ice cream Hair.
Candy Cane Antlers.
Current available Meep Toys:
You can also buy Meep furniture, or known as Meep toys, for your Meep at your house.
Meep Bed: Your Meep will sleep on it when nearby. (100 Coins).
Meep House: Your Meep will sleep in it when nearby. (150 Coins).
Litter Box: Your Meep will use it, reading a newspaper as well, when nearby. (200 Coins).
Meep Milk Bowl: (500 Coins).
Meep Food Bowl: (200 Coins).
Meep Water Bowl: (200 Coins).
Curved Meep Post: (450 Coins).
Springy Toy: (550 Coins).
Last, of all, you can buy different types of fishing rods. The available fishing rods you can use are:
The Toys Stand is where you can buy toys to equip them. Toys change your style of walking and make you look unique.
Current Available Toys, Wings And Items:
Big Wheel (5,000 Coins)
Scooter (1,000 Coins)
Unicycle (2,000 Coins)
Rollerskates (300 Coins)
Pogo Stick (3,500 Coins)
Jetpack (10,000 Coins)
Rollerblades (750 Coins).
Skateboard (200 Coins).
Butterfly Wings (500 Coins).
Rainbow Butterfly Wings (5,000 Coins).
Dragonic Wings (3,000 Coins).
Mystic Wings (1,250 Coins).
Angel Wings (1,000 Coins).
Bone Wings (2,000 Coins).
Bat Wings (2,500 Coins).
Magma Wings (2,000 Coins).
Baby Rattle (200 Coins).
Baby Bottle (200 Coins).
Stroller (100 Coins).
Baby Saddle (450 Coins).
Twin Baby Saddle (900 Coins).
Stroller (100 Coins).
Double Stroller (350 Coins).
Parties Portal
The Parties Portal is where you can create or choose and join parties hosted by PLUS members. It is in between the gateways to Town and to the Plaza. You cannot join a server more than 50 members.
To join or create a party, you must walk up to the portal of the Parties portal. It will show you a list of concurrent parties. You can toggle whether or not you want to see full parties (parties that already have 50 members) by the checkbox on the top right corner inside of the GUI. Below the GUI is a button that lets you create a party. You can close the GUI by pressing the exit button on the top right corner of the GUI.
MeepCity Racing
MeepCity Racing is a racing minigame styled after the Mario Kart series. There, players can race on there are 3 available tracks, use items to attack others or defend yourself, customize their kart, and earn coins.
The Best Player is Hyper_Divinity, who has 2.3K racing points and hopes to reach 3k sometime soon.
People complaining about the morph update. Names censored for security reasons
Despite the game's friendly nature and the creator working at Roblox, the majority of players outside its community dislike it. One of their main reasons is that the community believes the game is often infested with online daters, especially in "Parties", a game mechanic where you make ongoing parties at your house (for PLUS members only). Usually, the people creating the parties use it for inappropriate use, such as sexual interactions, which is against the rules of Roblox. Online Daters would often name their parties "Find a Date"
Two players saying they hate the game and one saying the Strollers update is encouraging ODers. Names are censured for security reasons
or "Find Bae and have fun". Because of this, you can no longer give your party a name, or add beds to your party. Alexnewtron has also received criticism relation to these events, as he has done not much to stop the online dating issue. His additions of the pillar and option for party owners to kick users as both have aided in the prevention of online daters, as party owners can now kick people who use the party to do such acts.
MeepCity also received some backlash after the update where you can turn into a teen or kid. Because of the update, people have compared to and labeled the game as games lots of online daters use such as "Adopt and Raise a Kid."
MeepCity has also been criticized for its similarities to the games Toontown Online and Club Penguin. The fishing minigame and the tunnel animation have often been said "ripped straight from Toontown", and Meeps also have many similarities to Puffles from Club Penguin
An example of a party where online daters are using it to do stuff against the ToS of ROBLOX.
MeepCity's recent updates (as of January 28, 2017) has attracted more online daters[citation needed]. This caused some of MeepCity's veterans to lose interest and stop playing the game.
It is also said that Meep City is the reason why reports are calling Roblox, "the central child predators." as many of them feature pictures from MeepCity.
Trivia
The ice cream shop is based on the ice cream shop in the unreleased "ToonTown 2.0" prototype.
MeepCity was originally an online hangout called ‘Socialmeeps’ before closing. It reopened as the Roblox place we know today.
A meep city fisherman toy was made with a code that when redeemed gives the player a
The Meep City fisherman toy with the included accessories
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