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Aegean Sea (website)
“A clean paradise, kept spotless to the very last tide.”
“Shut down with a thank-you note — the politest goodbye a trading card ever got.”
Cartoon Orbit was an online gaming network Turner Online built for CartoonNetwork.com in November 2000, partly to promote the network's shows and partners. Its beating heart was the cToon: virtual trading cards featuring animation cells from Cartoon Network programs (and, let's be honest, a fair number of ads). Then in October 2002 came gToons, the head-to-head strategy game that gave collectors a reason to actually
The site began to suffer from a lack of maintenance starting in 2005, and on October 16, 2006, Cartoon Network shut it down. Users weren't left empty-handed — each received a Thank You certificate as a token of appreciation. A certificate you couldn't trade, sadly, but the sentiment counted.
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“A clean paradise, kept spotless to the very last tide.”
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