Why Animal Jam Sucks Now

Recently there's been a lot of talk about the piles of issues affecting Animal Jam Classic's playability with huge amounts of people speaking out about it. In this video I go over every issue AJC is currently facing, the reasons behind it and whether AJHQ can fix these or not.
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[@hannahukki]

i just find it funny how i remember how skorm got like burned at the stake for selling while nowadays its like 80% of the community buys n sells

[@anythingelse3677]

@@hannahukki That’s the only way to get stuff now anyway Luckily I’ve never sold anything for real money. I always sell for sapphires.

[@Lily083]

@@hannahukki back in the day my sister got about 6 headdresses x the rarest colour tiki mask etc for free due to refund method on eBay 👍🏻

[@felisenthusiast]

2200$ for an ugly ass item is crazy

[@Cherry-b5l]

@@felisenthusiast absolutely WILD😭

[@FadedGray-s8j]

What what

[@quietone1946]

The worst thing about moderation might be how we're unable to write anything without our messages being blocked, and of course we don't know what word was problematic

[@Kaoliy77AJ]

It's sad, but it's true. :(

[@Kaoliy77AJ]

They can make insults marked with red letters, so we can see what not to say.

[@SunsetEnvy]

my friend got their chat fully blocked for a week because they wanted to say "my phone is so warm that it can cook an egg rn" and guess what word was being considered "problematic". EGG..

[@quietone1946]

@@SunsetEnvy it's because of the word phone 💀 "my phone is" gets you blocked because aj thinks you're going to say your phone number. It's crazy how aj forbids us to make friends in their game

[@Jay407_]

@@quietone1946 i get it tho cuz theres an history of creeps asking kids for their numbers so i guess thats alright i guess?? But they need go fix their game chat system based on the context of the msg

[@kirbystarsaga]

I really want to play Animal Jam Classic for nostalgia’s sake, but I hate how you can’t do ANYTHING without a membership. I don’t want to have to spend money just to do what would be the absolute bare minimum in other games like dressing up your characters or getting new avatars. It really isn’t fair, and things need to change.

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

Can‘t you play Minigames and do story things? Like exploring and stuff. I remember as non member you could dress yourself too. But not with the membership stuff ofcourse which was fine. I have to say I played it a few years ago. A long few years xd

[@kirbystarsaga]

@@vertraeumtemoewethose things are still doable iirc, but when i rejoined Animal Jam Classic pretty much everything was about trading, never really saw anyone do anything besides that. Maybe I’m not looking far enough, and maybe I’m being unintentionally biased but it just doesn’t make for a fun experience for someone new or returning imo. 99% of shop items being locked behind a membership is probably my biggest complaint though, i know its been around since the beginning but walking into the coin clothing shop and then only 4 out of like 20 items are able to be purchased by nonmembers is such a whiplash to me

[@jasburger]

@@kirbystarsaga Depending on when you bought a membership, you MIGHT have sapphires sitting on your play wild account. One month costs 600.

[@kirbystarsaga]

@@jasburger interesting, never heard of that before. My old AJPW account has pretty much been lost to time since i tried getting back into the account, so that’s not really an option for me anymore. Regardless, I’ll keep this in mind in the future

[@Corgipon]

@@jasburger even with the sapphires, it still doesn’t excuse the fact that 90% of content is paywalled. Wildworks is incredibly greedy.

[@VladdiYT]

if your not a member you CANT have fun

[@Warrior_kitties]

Facts

[@HeyItzPrincess.]

Definitely. It’s very unfair

[@Unofficial_PolishCanadian]

As a non-member, I don't agree. There is still plenty of way to have fun, even if you're not member

[@janninghegbar]

acting like ppl cant play minigames or do any other adventure besides tfd..

[@Unofficial_PolishCanadian]

@@janninghegbar exactly, tfd isn’t even that fun tbh. There’s plenty of adventure that are cooler then this one

[@comedial6829]

As an AJ veteran, it’s sad to check up on the game only to see things still haven’t changed despite it being years since.

[@s1lverr..11]

The community as a whole has changed and I think that might be the worst part of it all in my opinion. Nobody roleplays or hosts any kind of activities anymore and it's pretty uncommon to find people hosting any adventure that isnt the forgotten desert. I get that we were all younger when those things were popular but it's just really trade based now :(

[@ParrotsClash]

Well trading is the only reason why the game didn't die. Without it there isn't much motivation for many. That's why club penguin died

[@AwesomeYena]

Everyone's also weird, rude, and extremely peverted nowadays.

[@Macuquita]

It's gotten super boring imo

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

@@ParrotsClashthis is the reason Club Penguin died? To be honest I always loved Club Penguin. If member or not, you could meet people, play all the minigames, buy stuff, have an igloo, a story (the agents one too, absolutely amazing) and events. Didn’t Club Penguin die, because of Disney just wanted to shut it down? This trading aspect of Animal Jam seems so boring and frustrating. Don’t know. Weird to me that so many people like this, but everyone has his own taste in things. Would have loved more events, story and games instead.

[@ParrotsClash]

@@vertraeumtemoewe I get that and that would be great but I know a lot of people only play because trading is fun

[@Kaoliy77AJ]

The Spanish-speaking community (including me) is against AJHQ because the ''Free Chat'' that is achieved by changing the parental control, censors words that we don't even know what is wrong, or better to speak directly with the normal chat. Making up words that can be said using words already in the game, such as saying "Cuarto" to say 4 or saying "Circo" to say 5.

[@moonamoonz]

I'm just watching AJ videos for nostalgia, i don't play either of the games anymore. In 2022 my AJ Classic account got hacked, i lost my headdresses, spikes, pets, everything. All AJHQ said was "we are sorry but we can't help you" It made me sad, not only because i lost all the items i worked for, but because the hacker erased all my childhood memories, they deleted my jamaagrams, my friends, my animals. And the mods couldn't, or didn't wanted to help me in any way. In 2022 the game had already fallen down, most players were toxic and scamming was higher than ever, i don't even imagine how is it now. AJPW is pretty much the same, or even worse, as there is too much microtransactions. I really miss 2013-2015, the era were Animal Jam was about making friendships and learning about nature. Now it's about who got the most "rare" account.

[@wafflman64]

I still play it, but it just doesnt feel the same. My main issue is that it's incredibly difficult to get items you want if they're rare. Like i want a blue hd, not because it's rare, but because i love the colors and the item itself, and i want to use it in my outfits. I don't know, it might just be me with that take lol.

[@marlow4388]

economy mmos are a cancer for reasons like this, god forbid someone want a silly item to play dressup

[@DeltaRaptoran]

Not to mention how the community gets if an item is brought back... like screw the game economy, IMO it's good when new players get nice items for once...

[@christinahein8472]

My dream was black hd but that never happened unfortunately. 😂 Even trying to obtain a black long alone is hard enough.

[@nightgalaxysky]

pay to win games will do that to you :(

[@shihohinomorisbiggestfan]

i want a black/green one cause i think it looks cool af and similarly not because its rare. and also it kinda rubs me the wrong way how some white ppl wear it

[@wheatleylabs0107]

Patiently waiting for the game to shut down so I can play a rewritten project with everything for free

[@moonamoonz]

Same.

[@corruptedpixelz]

I'm going to have SO MANY HAMSTERS

[@quillz6229]

I took a break of AJ for a year or two and came back to find my account hacked. Everything was either recycled or taken, I'm still kinda bitter about it.

[@skittlemilks1614]

That’s rough. I’m sorry. I haven’t touched my account in 10 years so it’s definitely gone by now lol. As much as I dislike hackers I kinda low key hope mine got hacked so my rares can live on. It’s like a part of my history that I want preserved.

[@helgalind3739]

same

[@imhexv]

same

[@seaguts7496]

it may have been due to the massive databreach a while ago. regardless im sorry that happened, sucks to see it happen

[@ItzFericalorResta]

I thought I was the only one tbh.. I got off aj for a few months and when I got back on, a lot of my items that took me a while to get was gone. Since then I haven’t played 🤔 (Sorry to hear that tho trust me.. I’m pretty salty about it too.)

[@Beegirl12345]

One time in aj classic I saw someone roleplaying doing… something to a coat rack, it’s disgusting that ajc lets people say such innapropreate things

[@LionessWhite-ig3hk]

@Beegirl12345 same I dont go on very often anymore, but a couple of months ago, when I opened the game, there was this guy trying to "water " on people.

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

@@Beegirl12345 same, i emailed aj about it even after reporting the people and still to this day the people who were doing the roleplay are still not banned

[@Zombina638]

Inappropriate *

[@Mar-nd9qo]

I basically got banned out of nowhere, they had me send my address so that I could be unbanned so that they could verify my identity and then when I logged in my entire inventory was wiped and they refused to help. Says a lot about them and their security..

[@SkipperTheMenace]

At the end of the day this is a kids game from early 2010 about animals and jamming, it’s a miracle that there’s even still a fandom around the game

[@skittlemilks1614]

I haven’t played classic in a decade but it’s really sad to hear from others what poor state the game I used to love so much is in. I don’t think I’ll ever come back but I hope aj can get it together for the players that are still around.

[@jasburger]

I watched this game die right in front of me

[@christinahein8472]

Another thing is how toxic some of the players are. 😂 I was in Brady's lab one day and this person was asking a question and I answered them in a jag and without saying a simple "thank you" or anything, they block and report me for no reason. 😂

[@christinahein8472]

@iloveeedogs01 ?

[@Pend3m0nium]

@@christinahein8472yeah what was the question and answer

[@christinahein8472]

@@Pend3m0nium They were asking people how their days were going and said to answer them in a jag and that's what I did and the person blocked me. :l I even checked to make sure that was the right person who asked the question and it was. 😂

[@flowerfatigue]

@@christinahein8472most people in brady’s are so rude for no reason 😢

[@christinahein8472]

@@flowerfatigue yeah :( T-T

[@Lexio5526]

I play this game since like 2014. I’m 20 today and I still play it but only for nostalgia and memories. I don’t trade I don’t grind rare. I do have some beta stuff but it my trophies and I am sad to see a game that used to be so good and so alive when I was like 9-10 and now it so poorly made and not influencing in the right place

[@janninghegbar]

literally nothing has changed from 2014 to 2024 within the game.. only new den’s, clothing, pets & animals.. so how is it poorly made? i can say them having a lack of updates is poor on their part. Also , influence has to do with the people playing the game.. that’s not the administration’s job lol.

[@Lexio5526]

@@janninghegbar with the dying of animal jam. The moderation isn’t the same anymore so like he said the environment is not well controlled anymore and the scam and other stuff are spreading too much (no there wasn’t much in 2014). And yes a lot have change. All the stuff you named but also the way you get diamonds. Used to be a fait difficulty for a non member. Now it impossible (greedy devs). The rare system which completely fuck up what rare and what isn’t.

[@StarGiraffinum]

I played Animal Jam until recently when they dropped an update that required you to change your password like every few days or something like that.

[@crescentcrater]

@@StarGiraffinum OMG this happens to me so often, it’s so annoying to reset my password to the SAME PASSWORD every couple of days. It’s so annoying

[@BrawlMetaKnightSupremacy]

I don't think it's an update. There was a new batch of phishing emails sent out a week ago. The resets could be from that.

[@girlygreninja]

I second this... I have never recieved emails prompting me to change my password. You should probably change your password to something different from what you used in the email, in case that was a scam technique to hack your account?

[@hrv2fce]

@@BrawlMetaKnightSupremacy I fell for one of these the other day😭luckily they only took spikes before I got them out of the account they were hacking. It’s sad, really, this is a kids game and they’re hacking people to get rare fictional items.

[@blackcatscrowing]

Imagine spending 2.2 THOUSAND DOLLARS on a *virtual* item only to get permanently banned from your account for obtaining it. Refunds? I think not!

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

I’m rare and I never spent money on items I only bug member ships

[@kearafox6843]

@@Supershadowforcesyt wait, that's a thing? i didn't know that was even possible :o

[@chaosdemoncat]

honestly at this point i just hope it gets shut down so someone who gives a damn can open a private server.

[@cakesty]

i would happily play animal jam again if it wasnt too easy to get hacked on

[@SodiePopz]

ugh no fr, got hacked and they didnt do ANYTHING ABT IT. like its not my fault ur game has terrible protection programs. (during a data breach in 2022)

[@cakesty]

@@SodiePopz exactlyyy i got hacked in 2022 and they legit found out what i looked like?????? and all i got was an ai response 😐😐

[@Man_Aslume]

@@cakesty I would've been happy to try it for the first time If they didn't keep shooting themselves in the foot

[@ladykatie8204]

Fr. Came back to the game this year after being inactive for a while and after a couple months of playing off and on I logged in one day to discover that my account had been hacked and every item I owned had been recycled. I contacted support and they refused to do anything until I threatened to cancel my membership. They then “compensated” me with like, 100 diamonds and a couple thousand gems. The whole experience really put a bad taste in my mouth about it animal jam as a whole which is really saddening because it’s a game that I’ve cherished for many years. (Sorry for rambling lol, this gets me really worked up)

[@angstyang444]

​@@ladykatie8204 omg I got hush diamonds too! Only after threatening to cancel membership. They compensated me 180 diamonds for stuff worth well over 5k 😂

[@CheetahYT2013]

Aj classic is annoying. The chat block gets on my nerves. That's the reason I hardly play it

[@reallyradrabbit]

better than play wild lol

[@panthrzz]

@@reallyradrabbit true lol there’s way too much stuff to keep up with in play wild imo

[@whochess]

I haven’t been apart of the Animal Jam community in so long. I would say around my childhood throughout my teen years was when I was last in the community. Throughout my experience, I would say the players and Animal Jam lack of excitement and security is what drove me away. The trading system is completely broken, how easy it is to get hacked, the amount of grown adults doing illegal things without any form of consequence (banning). There just so many things that brings genuine concern to me when playing this game. It just isn’t all that fun to me gameplay wise and community wise. I hate seeing a childhood game not doing great but I’m really not all that surprised. Great video, by the way! I agree with everything you’ve addressed. I hope to see Animal Jam eventually become popular as it used to be once more.

[@GEM1N1ANN4]

I stopped play AJ years ago but it was my favorite game as a kid and its so sad to see it doing so horribly :(

[@reallyradrabbit]

i still really enjoy playing ajc just because I’ve made a lot of friends on there and i still find the game really enjoyable personally but yeah there’s a lot of issues and i really wish they’d do something about classic instead of just working on play wild and saying they’ll eventually do a big classic update… and then just don’t do it 😭 I appreciate when they have a new den or something but I really just want a big update and fixes to moderation and better tech support

[@wegb]

it really sucks because i've played animal jam since i was a kid and over the years i've just seen the game go further downhill :( it's just not fun anymore. i can't even find reason in the economy anymore because i already have all of the rare items i could ever want

[@meenabenaaj]

Moderation has become so messed up that I can't say "Hi" without getting a warning "you shouldn't say that it could hurt other's feelings or get you in trouble." Yeah, ok boomer.

[@user-ky2hg7fg4j]

you people are full of shit lmao. go outside

[@postalplayingpyromain]

said this on a different video but seeing animal jam classic in a team fortress 2 situation is so weird and funny in the saddest way possible. seeing my childhood game getting this treatment while the more modern version that i only started playing years after i started on the original is so sad whats crazy about the lag also? i have a gaming pc, this thing is literally meant to play huge games, i have no trouble running something like destiny 2 but i do have some issues with games like bg3 and unmodded modern minecraft due to how big they are or how terribly theyre optomized, other than that most games run just fine since a lot of the games i play are older shooting games or 2d games anyways. that being said ajc still gets a bit laggy for me after a while, which should not happen on the machine that has been built with playing even more intensive games in mind 😭

[@doomhuntress886gaming]

Sadly it's an old engine, not that hard to exploit and not that easy to fix

[@Axxlsxa]

I agree… I used to play animal game for hours a day! But now it’s kinda disappointing, the only reason I still play is cuz of friends! It’s how I made friends through covid. Now with players selling stuff my account is also kinda worthless, with black spike, forest, double tail, dizzy, being some of the most commonly sold items. It’s quite disappointing. And boring. (I am an ajpw player and only play classic once or twice a year.

[@podsnducks1568]

i used to play for hoursss everyday too and beg my parentd for membership and now ill join for like 15 minutes and try to enjoy it

[@Axxlsxa]

@@podsnducks1568 same I try to enjoy it, I only enjoy trading

[@cataclzzm129]

im scared to play and its not okay that players are scared to play. i got a random password reset, thankfully my account is deactivated when im not playing but seeing her video as well its not reassuring knowing theres hackers literally anywhere and you can just get banned for no reason. ive been playing for almost 10 years now and the game is getting worse. the only chance we have at this point is if players just A. stop buying membership, you can get sapphires on AJPW and buy membership and keep doing that or B, players stop playing for x amount of time or we need to also boycott on every social media, make accounts, be loud, make sure we are heard!! if we do nothing, NOTHING will happen. they need to fix the game or sell it to someone who will

[@user-ky2hg7fg4j]

you people need to go outside holy shit

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

@@user-ky2hg7fg4jno Fr most if them are grown af playing thus game for hours on end 😂😂😂

[@Barbippity]

The economy makes me feel insane, I just want the rocker sets 😭😭 Idc ab the worth I just want them for my looks

[@galacticpenguin4512]

Sad to hear about how AJ classic's changed over the years. I used to play around 2015-2017 and I have good memories from back then but then again it's been so long that things were bound to change

[@star__catcher]

Idk, is it me or is it harder to make friends in game? Like everyone is so shallow or worried about trading?

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

Probably you buddy, i used to make like almost 20 friends a month while playing the game daily 😭😭😭🙏

[@star__catcher]

@@LuckyTheMotherFan I mean me too but nowadays it’s a lot harder to make genuine connections as I had before. But idk maybe it’s the people I attract 🤷‍♀️

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

@@star__catchermaybe it’s bc these ppl got attitudes and talk back like a new generation

[@CaptainUnikitty]

I have been looking into ajc again but found myself into some odd issues. Even some odd content creators KZbin recommended me. I came across one who literally denied that they were doing “adult content” in ajc with a bit of a messed up thumbnail. The community part has not been the best. In game it’s a bit boring since a lot of people don’t do much and I’ve talked to a few who talk about the old days. It’s not the same but times do change, and it’s sad that things are slowly fading away. Also all the bad people in game only left a lot of people to leave the game

[@zephyraowl]

4:21 i was banned on my alt for buddying lots of people in a short amount of time. my game froze so i guess the system thought i was hacking and buddying them all at once

[@Kekful]

Oh yeah, this was something AJ did a few years ago to API limit and auto ban accounts because they were facing numerous raids by automated accounts, I do know some people that were affected by it did reach out and were unbanned so I do recommend trying it - can’t guarantee with how uncertain the support team is tho lol

[@zephyraowl]

@@Kekful yeah i remember that. that sucked thanks, im not going to try to get it unbanned because 1. it only had a few decent items on it and 2. you’re right, animal jam customer support is pretty much nonexistent without doing extra work

[@og.shadefur]

aj classic became boring when everyone started only caring about trading/selling/buying items. nobody plays mini games anymore, just bots that make it 0 fun to play. ajpw is no different besides the fact that everything looks ugly in that version. i miss when aj didn’t feel like i was playing with robots and disgusting predators.

[@moonamoonz]

Exactly, it's so sad seeing something that was a big part of my childhood fall down so bad.

[@podsnducks1568]

fr its kinda annoying going into aj and its all just "shop my den" like its so boring

[@Techyena]

10:06 yooooo Schoolhouse den? Love this

[@CrocsDinerAj]

Yooo i saw myslef advertising the diner LOL BTW LOVE THE VID KEK keep up the good work

[@Ilanabluee]

Omg a new kek video! Honestly, I think animal jam has cut some slack against banning buyers and sellers because their game would be nothing without them at this point, the player base is so small now and if they went and banned everyone who did so the player base would be cut at the very least cut in half

[@Warrior_kitties]

@@Ilanabluee on play wild there's alot of people that buy items and loads of sellers on instagram :/ personally i disagree w the buying and selling items thingy and also because I heard it was just some type of rule and it was against aj guidelines

[@damhra]

I played a lot from 2013-2019 and I only stopped after my entire IP got smacked with a permanent ban across all accounts in summer of 2019 (My main, my alts and my sister’s accounts). I managed to get in contact with support and speak to them myself (This was when you could call them) and they reinstated my main and nothing else, giving me a blue long collar and buddying me on the AJHQ account as an apology. I’m still not entirely sure why they did it but I didn’t play as much after because I realised I could lose all the stuff I worked for at any point in time. A shame, I grew up on this and it was one of my favourites as a child 🙁

[@fieldonfire]

it's crazy that you're still making videos that are doing pretty well dude !! good on you man, happy for you after like 3+ years i picked up animal jam again but play wild because classic is always ass without a membership and i really don't like the idea of paying for membership as a young adult lmfao. so much has changed but is the same. awesome video 😍

[@rebeccamcgorry9882]

I love how this game pretty much became mini capitalism. And we’re watching its inevitable fall and the rarity (wealth) discrepancies. The lack of innovation on the game (I know they can’t update but still) just goes to teach us capitalism is BS. Thanks National Geographic

[@Kekful]

Actually this is just the main developers fault, Nat Geo long departed management of AJ years ago and I presume they only offered funding and educational facts for the game and nothing else

[@redirectthepath]

How is capitalism bad?. Did you infer this from a kids game?. Would you prefer communism?.

[@gray-thesilverquill]

Honestly the only thing I REALLY want changed is for them to re-release a lot of the older den items/collector's den items. It's really tragic being limited to the oddly themed items that rotate through the shop or having to spend hours grinding rares and even more items grinding trading just to get maybe one or two items, and that is IF you can find someone that still actively plays and is willing to trade it.

[@foxleytheorilover9350]

I used to be hooked onto AJ when I was like, 13-14 years old. It was actually more calm and the item rarity was still high. When my membership ran out it basically became boring and it sucks. I almost lost my account after the big data leak that happened but I got it back and didn't lose anything. But looking back, I barely play it anymore because now everything is all for member now and non-members are left in the dust. So I just stopped playing all together. It really sucks that non members barely get anything from AJ and the item rarity has really gotten tanked. Also a hot take because I'm thinking about it, headdresses are severely overrated. I didn't see the appeal to them at all when I joined.

[@casperopossum5479]

animal sucks for me now because i got hacked twice and literally all i did was ask ajhq for my account/trading but they refused to help whatsoever. they just told me to use two step verification next time, but dude, i only wanted the history??

[@Pinkie-Dash]

0:58 IDK WHY BUT THE MUSIC WITH THAT SECTION TITLE MADE ME LAUGH MY ASS OFF DNDDHSJSJSJSJ 1:08 Also I remember seeing someone even saying smth with "ghetto" in it and it got past chat filters (I had a screenshot but I lost it sadly) 1:27 Also I keep getting spammed follow requests from a selling items for real currency on Instagram 2:03 hey at least you might be getting less of a bad rep since AJHQ switched companies 11:46 What's ironic now is that when AJHQ first released the app version once flash ended, they claimed that the game would have a lot less lagginess than when it was in browser :/

[@Rileyisperty]

it’s so annoying how hard to play classic is because now i can’t get on since i don’t have a windows pc or a mac

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

Then get one 😂😂😂

[@AwesomeYena]

I'm surprised you didn't mention anything about the... *Community* itself.

[@Kekful]

That’s a whole separate topic with its entire bag of issues to be honest lol, I’m sure I’ll make a video on that sometime in the future

[@princeluna_]

what’s even worse is how disrespectful and disgusting people genuinely are. i got so much rude comments against me for whatever reason and lots of drama. and also creeps. it got so upsetting for me I quit the game entirely. i want to give AJ another chance, i really do. but it’s just the fact that it’s awful and also the fact an ex-friend likely still plays it (she did horrible things to me).

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

I quit bc I was tired of fake ppl good thing I quit I’ve gotten all the rares I wanted now I’m ready to leave this game for ever

[@moonamoonz]

Same, most players are rude, most only care about rares. I start to feel so lonely on the game, what is ironic to say about a online virtual world. I don't play the game anymore, both because i got hacked, and because the community is toxic.

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

@@moonamoonz I quit I was tired of ppl being fake

[@xcris209x]

I remember playing this back in 5th grade (2015). Good times 😢

[@Beeveene]

Honestly, I quit animal jam. Both classic and the newer. I hate that I did but they’ve become so money hungry I can’t keep playing. I’ve been a player since about 2017 and it feels so horrible to quit my childhood game, but at this point they are putting up a brick pay-wall. Especially for the newer game, it’s all trading now. No fun.

[@kingfoximus]

Man, I used to play it with my sister when I was 6... When I was 7 my sisters account got hacked, she did not have an email linked,(this was before they required it to play the wild works version) (we played both at the time) so she could not recover it. I did not want to use my account either so I left it for about a year. Then I made a new one and transfered my old items to it (I had a school email) fast forward a couple of years I added my own email, then a month later i stoped playing. Have not been back to the classic version for about 2-3 years. Every few months I visit the mobile version (wild works).

[@kingfoximus]

So many good time, and bad. All to (almost) be forgotten (untill I play wild works)

[@Feuerstein621]

Interesting. I used to play animal jam way back in 2014. I was just curious about the state of the game currently, and most of these issues were issues back then too, maybe not to the same degree, but it sounds pretty deja vu.

[@MP-mw2kd]

Didn’t even know this game was still around. I had memberships on and off but I mostly stayed a non-member and almost exclusively used the app. Most every player was so greedy and immature and once membership perks (or would it be better to word it as stealing everything that was fun from people who didn’t want to support a greedy company?) wormed their way into Play Wild, the only reason I kept getting on was for my friends. Keep in mind, I started playing sometime in 2016. I loved this game and got a good few years before it went downhill, so obviously it was a total letdown. Once my friends stopped playing, I quit it completely and haven’t touched it since 2021 probably. But even back then, everyone was complaining that the game was going downhill and fast (at least PW, I’m assuming PC version as well) so I figured this game would have died off by now. I tried Feral as well, shame it didn’t last. Pretty sure it was only because they weren’t making as much money off of it as they had hoped, but with all the memberships and purchases, you can’t tell me they couldn’t fund it.

[@RedHatGuyYT]

i mean, i'd rather play something like red dead or smash bros or gmod rather than animal jam anyway. there's so many other, much better games. why did the algorithm bring this to me?

[@WaylonSlate]

We're definitely at a crossroads in terms of the future of the game. They could either fix the issues so it thrives again or just let it die. Lets hope they make the first decision.

[@Zeruk]

honestly the recolored spikes are awesome, it wont affect rarity bcz spikes were just a way of value, so ppl that dont care so much about value can totally enjoy a spike alot easier!! be kinda cool if they added a color wheel to the game though

[@SodiePopz]

Oh my goodness, a few years ago i quit ajpw and ajc. I joined back not to long about, to everything i owned and worked hard for as a little girl GONEE. I mean on BOTH accounts and i was upset, I tried emailing them and telling them about it but they just said " sorry we cant do anything about that " liek its literally youre game and your proctection is so bad you cant help someone out?HELLO AJ?? Like its so annoying because when i tired to trade back up it was so DIFFICULT bc of the inflation of items on ajpw, i havent tried ajc but I think it wouldve been a lot earier, im just saying ill probably make a video about this game and not recommend it as a good game, i think it just went down hill after 2021 imo. When I got back on i was planning to stay for a while to meet people and stuff BUT.. First, most of my orginals friends that use to play QUIT A LOT TIME AGO and its sad bc i was really close with all of them, second when i was trying to make new friends it was lowkey hard bc 15+ is to rich to be friends w u so it says a lot about how people are in the game and I AM NOT tryna be friends w a little kid. Sadly after the week i came back to aj, i left. I cant with the game anymore, it literally just sucks now.

[@ladykatie8204]

I’m so sorry that happened to you. Same thing happened to me on ajc and completely ruined any respect I had left for them

[@daniellemcnamara6173]

I feel like nobodys saying the main reason which is they completely threw animal jam "classic" in the trash for pw. they lost the concept of the game being for friendship, roleplay, education and general hanging around and having fun. ( and notallowing all people to play!!!!) Animal jam classic has so much potential to be better. I understand updates take time but they sure can bang out play wild updates!! update the map, create more animal exclusive(or inclusive?😂) areas like play wild has. Or revamp the graphics maybe add some shaders or whatever term im looking for- to add more of an updated atmosphere/ambience. I just dont really get why they seem to literally ignore us as a fandom and focus solely on the remade version which is literally a more smoothed out, neon coloured, chaotic confusion of ideas marketed to kids. When the ORGINAL animal jam already marketed to both age groups perfectly. theres my essay nobody asked for from a vet aj "classic" fan😀😭.

[@Jinaret]

I mean I’ve probably spent like 100 days straight of my life over the years playing animal jam and I’m almost 20 and the game STILL interests me, but coming back the forgotten desert not having spikes is SO lame. That was always my fav thing to play and it’s just so lame how they can’t fix it

[@Emberseptemberashesaj]

Now there is no advert calender

[@grace69699]

I would do anything to have the old animal jam community back, i'm talking 2013-15 best time period , the roleplaying and rarity system, the eagle adventure with spikes.. I literally joined someone in return of the phantoms hard the other day because I grew up grinding that adventure and wanted to relive the nostalgic memories and they were hacking it by making it give the prizes as soon as u join.. so odd. If u go to aldan and join return of the phantoms hard they might still be doing it, i've witnessed it these past few days. Too bad the current community only furthers this game to die. All the botting of adventures and the prizes killed rarity systems and the loss of collars and such in adventures has killed the want to continue to try to play and earn items it''s a double whammy

[@BROOKMasur]

a older og pc player needs to buy or work with developers of this game and seriously rework it. Playwild is just easier to update, etc but if someone put enough money and time and genuinely cared about this game enough to save it that would be great.

[@avery2041]

It feels much more difficult to actually trade, everyone wants to sell but alot of times the prices are extremely high you'll either have to be able to buy more sapphires or grind like crazy for them

[@Rio-uj6zs]

Id love if aj had a server with whole reset where everyone started from the beginning again

[@Acidkittenx]

The game is dying

[@martinareburn8311]

Ajc is dying but ajpw isnt

[@mynamo12]

@@martinareburn8311 yup

[@rosez64aj]

@@martinareburn8311 ajpw should die and ajc not, shitty game

[@lynx959]

This game has been dying since i used to play like 6 yrs ago 💀 itll survive in one form or another, these big games usually do

[@AwesomeYena]

People have been typing that since 2018.

[@DarkMysticc0]

I personally got banned for no reason and the only reason why was apparently it had “suspicious activity” on it.. the account was my brothers old account he hadn’t touched in months. I had to change the password and had 2 step verification

[@jjuggyumiz]

my laptop can run the sims with all dlcs and a ton of custom content but struggles when i go to jamaa township its insane

[@raspberrain]

the lag on there is insane, idk why especially like you said in jamaa. also HEYY fellow kpop fan!!

[@Brat_Queen]

I hate how rude everyone is, this person was offering for my black long and literally started saying "Stop flexing, your poor. No one wants you lol" and I just ignored them but then they said "Blocked :)" And like.. What?

[@Supershadowforcesyt]

Lol when ppl block me I block back then find s way to get rid of them off the game to me ppl in that game are nothing more than s tool I was tired of ppl being fake to me when I ask for help no one wants to

[@chocopebblez]

i love animal jam, i wish people didnt only care about trading in this game. Its so hard to even trade because of the strict worth.

[@glossedi]

aj having INFLATION is fucking crazy 😭😭it was not this bad when I last played omg

[@jovizEXE]

Amazing video!

[@Kekful]

Shout out to U goat

[@leellosa]

I'm kinda disappointed to AJ because they can't even make trade history since all my hard earned items like deals, hd, black long, was gone while i was away. And they will prolly blame it on me on why i lost my items bc i didn't secure my account. But they should've been the one securing each players and should've been ready to hear some players who experienced scam and hacks.

[@Fizzle_plays]

I used to love this game but it's so complicated now... And I've been asked our MULTIPLE TIMES. it's horrible...

[@helgalind3739]

I want to start playing ajc again but i can't make a new account for some reason. Everytime i try i get an error, also in play wild.

[@Yves_Levanter]

I don't know if it's the same problem but I got my IP blocked a little while ago for absolutely no reason and because of that I couldn't join any account or create a new one.

[@unholyscreeches8766]

I hate how much inappropriate stuff i see people saying in animal jam chat (like people getting around the chat filter to say the n word and f slur) but yet my messages get blocked for no reason

[@AureaTW]

i disagree with 3:54, i know many people that got their acc suspended and permabanned out of nowhere or after advertising their shops too much and other non harmful stuff. some people even got banned without saying anything on the day they got banned. the aj moderation sucks and if somebody who doesn't like you reports you and this report ends in the hands of that one moderator who's having a bad day, you are 100% paying the price for not even having done anything. as for stuff that personally happened to me i got my keyboard restricted for 48hours once from greeting a friend. GREETING A FRIEND. so i 100% believe anyone that tells me they were banned for no reason. (although that wzs in play wild) other than that, video is great!!

[@Flizz0]

I wish I knew my old logins

[@crimson2593]

i didnt watch the video yet , and what he will say is 'its all trading' and its true lol. ive been playing since 2012

[@BDR-r6g]

I wish there was a way to block genshin ads on this site

[@Haezyttv]

In all fairness the game has been around for over a decade and has a low concurrent player base. It costs money to run a server so those who are upset about the membership need to accept that if they don’t prioritize members the f2p community won’t have a game to play in the first place.

[@Maxie-q4v]

I sorta stopped playing animal jam play wild (I know it's not called that anymore) because I had to give up most of my clothing items for like barely any good rares. Also the some community isn't even focused on the game and only trading it's just sad for me to see in my opinion :(

[@Jaywalkeria]

Trading isnt very big too these days, it is mostly selling/buying stuff for thousands of sapphires or real money :/

[@Defying_The_laws_of_physics]

I keep getting logged out of my account and when i try to log in, it says my password is incorrect and idk whats going on

[@st2k27]

I think it’s a flex that I used to be a member

[@ferringsylveon219]

The game is just crapping itself at this point. :(

[@xiseria]

The site for classic is cooked for me.. so I can't even download to play again if I wanted to :/ (If anyone has an idea on how to fix it/find an alternate way to download, PLEASE drop. I'm not going to no sketchy site btw)

[@scytheplays5345]

aj classic is still fun if you play it right for example the adventures and the entire game sure the achievements are all really grindy but besides that aj classic is fun.

[@LuckyTheMotherFan]

I got banned for the most unfair reasons while in my 9 years of playing this game, almost like 10 bans and or suspensions I got banned once on AJPW for just saying dumb one time ( in like 2016 ) I got banned in 2018 for jumping on someone sleeping ( kinda deserved but it was while in a roleplay and someone took it kinda seriously and reported me, leading to me getting banned ) I got hacked in the pandemic ( i think it was in 2020 while playing AJC ) and got stolen all of my items, all my pets, got most of my 20 animals recycled and deleted and when i texted AJHQ about it they didnt do anything, leading to me losing an account of almost 5 years ) I made another account and got banned in 2022 for allegedly doing something inappropriate when i didnt do anything and most of the times i used to chat with my friends about Splatoon. I got banned on 2022 for bullying and harassing when i didnt do absolutely anything too And i got hacked on June of this year and got my Email and account permanently banned, apparently i got a little *Freaky* with someone there. So now, i have to deal with the fact that i lost 2 really good accounts, one that had extremely rare items on AJPW to a point i was worth like 30 solids when it came to AJC Currency and one that had a glitched crystal pegasus wings copy that i now cant get back for this shitty app having a really shitty moderation system. I am not playing the game again until AJ decides to update their game and give us actual good updates and most hacked accounts back to the corresponding people, pure bullshit we have to get used to right now.

[@RobinTheBudgie]

these. THESE are the reasons I quit ajc The dev’s kinda ruined it now :(

[@LOOPIE-12]

The main thing i do is talk to buddies.. its not that bad.

[@user-0001.]

Is there no version that lets you do and get membership stuff for free? Like club penguin, i remember playing a ton of versions a while ago that let you have everything, and the best part is that it wasn't a ghost town.

[@Soulz-Studios]

Roblox has bad moderation, animal jam has bad moderation WHAT NEXT!

[@silliest_of_sillies]

Ive not played animal jam since around 2016 and i recently got an email tellinn me i had been permantly bamned from the game even though i havent logged on in years apparently it was for inappropriate language im pretty sure i got hacked 💀

[@JeniJade]

I need help, please, I logged in one morning (with 4600 saphs) and tried to buy membership but it wouldn’t let me, so I tried a couple more times. I logged in today to find it’s taken 2100 SAPPHIRES FROM ME. That is so much of what I have worked for, please if there is any way at all you or anyone can help, pls can you.

[@RageofBerzerk]

one of partner of this game is Adventure Quest World(AWQ) and Helmet Heroes i still playing these games and i put my usernames and pass on my diary so if i die my cousin or brother will log in it

[@stinkstink51]

I genuinely was banned for no reason 😭

[@Tazg13]

Can we talk about how NM's cant even buy NM items, with their OWN diamonds, from den shops....yikes.