What ever happened to Club Tropica?

[Zak]

I remember the hype over Club Tropica..... what ever happened to it? I tried to visit their webpage and I just got site under construction.

It was never finished was it? and then they abandoned the idea and made it like a social networking thing?

[GoldenMerc]

Not ever sure who owned it but Just-one from here was a director

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[Kardan]

Did Callie even work on it?

[zombies]

didn't helkat join that too?

[j0rd]

Loads of ex-staff worked there
I'm sure James (Dionysus) was running it towards the end

[Kardan]

Loads of ex-staff worked there
I'm sure James (Dionysus) was running it towards the end

What? Dionysus only left Sulake recently (like last December?) and he isn't called James...

[j0rd]

What? Dionysus only left Sulake recently (like last December?) and he isn't called James...

Well whoever James was on Habbo, he was ex-staff though

[Kardan]

Well whoever James was on Habbo, he was ex-staff though

I remember James that ran ClubTropica, but wasn't that Just-One? He wasn't staff?

[j0rd]

I remember James that ran ClubTropica, but wasn't that Just-One? He wasn't staff?

Disarno? That was him wasn't it?

[Kardan]

Disarno? That was him wasn't it?

Disarno went to CT... I had to check though, since I thought Disarno left way after CT opened, but turns out he left 6 years ago. How time flies. I haven't got a clue if he was called James :P

[AgnesIO]

If it actually became a virtual world, like was once planned, it would have been absolutely fantastic. I think they were far too ambitious, and announced things that simply were not happening.

[xxMATTGxx]

To be honest by the looks of the Google Searches I did - I don't think it had that much success or any at all. Although I did find a thread on WebHostingTalk about job offers for it with one of the directors being called:


James ***
IT Director
ClubTropica UK Ltd

I then decided to search the company on CompanyHouse to see if it brings up anything which brought up:


Name & Registered Office:
CLUBTROPICA UK LTD
UNIT 10 ELM HOUSE WILLOWBANK
CLAYGATE LANE
THAMES DITTON
SURREY
KT7 0LE
Company No. 06452202


Status: Dissolved 27/07/2010
Date of Incorporation: 12/12/2007

This James *** person has this on his LinkedIn about ClubTropica:



Lead Developer
ClubTropica UK Ltd

November 2007 – February 2009 (1 year 4 months)

ClubTropica envisions becoming the next habbo crossed with Facebook aimed at older teenagers. I was project managing the development of the Shockwave Client element, the backend server development, and the front end website development. I was also highly involved in the custom PHP CMS development. The website is based off PHP and MySQL engines using a CMS platform I created from scratch, and currently has 15,000 members. I also developed a multi-threaded socket server for the shockwave client using PHPCLI using OO PHP, which was exciting for me as it was a first for me to use PHP to develop something that Java would usually take the place of.

[AgnesIO]

To be honest by the looks of the Google Searches I did - I don't think it had that much success or any at all. Although I did find a thread on WebHostingTalk about job offers for it with one of the directions being called:



I then decided to search the company on CompanyHouse to see if it brings up anything which brought up:





This James *** person has this on his LinkedIn about ClubTropica:

The LinkedIn description is rather amusing, baring in mind that everything he apparently did has come to... nothing.

Interesting to see the company was dissolved 3 years ago, as well.

[xxMATTGxx]

The LinkedIn description is rather amusing, baring in mind that everything he apparently did has come to... nothing.

Interesting to see the company was dissolved 3 years ago, as well.

Yeah, by the looks of it James is the also the person who is most likely keeping the domain/site as well.

[e5]

It was run by ione or was that medi-kidz? oh yeah it was. god I remember the huge hype over club tropica which I think Callie went to lol but it was a flop n they didn't make a client
Did Callie even work on it?

[Kardan]

It was run by ione or was that medi-kidz? oh yeah it was. god I remember the huge hype over club tropica which I think Callie went to lol but it was a flop n they didn't make a client

Ione was long gone before any of this. You might be thinking of Becs who did Moshi Monsters.

[IceNineKills]

whenever i seen that name, i was reminded of a drink.

[Kardan]

James *** is Just-One; And how can you not be reminded of this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8

[e5]

Noo ione did medikidz definitely because I remember she wrote on my guestbook when we had it saying she was trying to contact me about it, but callie did club tropica yeah

Ione was long gone before any of this. You might be thinking of Becs who did Moshi Monsters.

[xxMATTGxx]

James *** is Just-One; And how can you not be reminded of this:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYX0sjP6Za8

Would make sense, he's also been part of the police force as well then! :P

[Zak]

Status: Dissolved 27/07/2010

Aww that's a shame. It's cool to know. I'm surprised we never found about this sooner.. 3 years on :P It was a shame they never released the client but I agree with Marketing.. they were promising things that simply weren't happening

[HOSKO02]

Was there ever any decent concept art for this site, was it isometric etc? Very slim pickings online.

[AgnesIO]

Was there ever any decent concept art for this site, was it isometric etc? Very slim pickings online.

There used to be a reasonable amount of screenshots, but I guess years of not being wanted pushes them down the google image search rankings...

[dbgtz]

Noo ione did medikidz definitely because I remember she wrote on my guestbook when we had it saying she was trying to contact me about it, but callie did club tropica yeah

were you a tester for that too?

[GoldenMerc]

The pictures for it looked really good

[HOSKO02]

There used to be a reasonable amount of screenshots, but I guess years of not being wanted pushes them down the google image search rankings...

Yeah it's been very different for a while, scrolling now renders you into unrelated territory a lot quicker then it used to, maybe they're lost!

[e5]

were you a tester for that too?

Yeah, kind of but I don't remember doing much

[GoldenMerc]

We'll be right back

ClubTropica is currently down whilst we improve our services; we plan to be online very soon!

Thank you for your patience.

So they've gone for good, wonder how many people bought credits on it :o

[xxMATTGxx]

So they've gone for good, wonder how many people bought credits on it :o

I would say that message on the site has been up for a good few years now.

[GoldenMerc]

I would say that message on the site has been up for a good few years now.

Really? Im sure I looked at it not that long ago, prob 3+ months ago? maybe Im wrong then haha

[Lewis]

can anyone post screenshots if possible?

[AgnesIO]

Really? Im sure I looked at it not that long ago, prob 3+ months ago? maybe Im wrong then haha

I thought this, but after using waybackmachine, it would appear it has been like that since at least around July 2012.

Unfortunately, it would appear all of the images on the website back then are broken :(

- - - Updated - - -

Whilst I cannot verify them, these are supposedly club tropica images.

http://i140.photobucket.com/albums/r24/Dracolis/ClubTropica.png

[xxMATTGxx]

Just found this as well...


http://youtu.be/LCwj1oeXnQs

[AgnesIO]

Just found this as well...


http://youtu.be/LCwj1oeXnQs

Look snazzy.. oh sweet jesus :L

That appears to be post-client days

[xxMATTGxx]

Also, wasn't there a forum with all of these type of start-ups on? I remember seeing a forum where a number of virtual worlds were in development stages and all had their own section to keep up-to-date on their progress. That has probably long gone now but does anyone remember the name of it?

[Other]

No idea what this site even is

[GoldenMerc]

Was meant to be the next Habbo hotel...

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[Chippiewill]

I also developed a multi-threaded socket server for the shockwave client using PHPCLI using OO PHP

*throws up* I can see why they didn't succeed.

[AgnesIO]

Was meant to be the next Habbo hotel...

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Their failure was being 7 years too late!

[xxMATTGxx]

Also, wasn't there a forum with all of these type of start-ups on? I remember seeing a forum where a number of virtual worlds were in development stages and all had their own section to keep up-to-date on their progress. That has probably long gone now but does anyone remember the name of it?

In regards of the above, I believe I have found the place that I was thinking of: http://mmoccforum.com

Does anyone remember JabbaTown as well?

[GoldenMerc]

In regards of the above, I believe I have found the place that I was thinking of: http://mmoccforum.com

Does anyone remember JabbaTown as well?

what was the game you could grind on each other called!

[xxMATTGxx]

what was the game you could grind on each other called!

You aren't thinking of IMVU or Second Life are you?

[GoldenMerc]

You aren't thinking of IMVU or Second Life are you?

Nah, Iv seen them too. it was something else, bit like habbo but you could grind etc :(

[AgnesIO]

In regards of the above, I believe I have found the place that I was thinking of: http://mmoccforum.com

Does anyone remember JabbaTown as well?

Aha, I found this forum when you asked, but didn't think it would be that :L

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[Alkaz]

Ione was long gone before any of this. You might be thinking of Becs who did Moshi Monsters.
My old lecturers brother is a merch designer at Moshi Monsters, how cool?

[Kardan]

My old lecturers brother is a merch designer at Moshi Monsters, how cool?

:P I was a beta tester for the site, was quite well made and was pretty addictive, so I can see why kids love it :P

[Lucy]

In regards of the above, I believe I have found the place that I was thinking of: http://mmoccforum.com

Does anyone remember JabbaTown as well?
I definitely remember JabbaTown as I frequented the testing on that site, it had promise but lacked $$.

[Typoh]

Before CT he ran HabboRemix. - Now who remembers that far back?

[Kardan]

Before CT he ran HabboRemix. - Now who remembers that far back?

I remember moderating on that website, they pretty much just copied the Habbo moderation system.

[Typoh]

Yes they did. I also remember this! & various other roles.

I remember moderating on that website, they pretty much just copied the Habbo moderation system.

[Sian]

i forgot about clubtropica, shame it didn't go anywhere in the end.

And good old habboremix, it only shut like 6 months ago I think, they kept trying.

[Typoh]

Yes they did, I used to have long chats with the person left in charge. Skunkboykr(i think) - He was never given full access so couldn't change much. without Just-Ones' approval.

i forgot about clubtropica, shame it didn't go anywhere in the end.

And good old habboremix, it only shut like 6 months ago I think, they kept trying.