^ Panfu: “Quengelfaktor” als Erfolgsgeheimnis. ^ Erfolgreicher Start für Kinder-Online-Welt Panfu / Nach nur sechs Wochen zählt über 300.000 Mitglieder / Täglich 15.000 Neuanmeldungen. ^ Documentary about Panfu on German television. ^ a b Die vergessenen Rocket-Startups - Gründerszene. ^ schickt die Pandas los - Deutsche Startups. ^ Interview with Panfu co-founder Kay Kühne. In 2013, a lifetime Gold Panda-offer was made, which was originally intended to be limited only to the spring of that year, but instead ended up remaining until the game was closed. "Gold Panda" gave players the opportunity to decorate their treehouse, purchase clothes, adopt a pet and visit the "Underwater School". Some features in Panfu required players to purchase a membership known as "Gold Panda" in order to be used. Players could tell which pandas were sheriffs by the star-badge they had on their profiles. This worked only a few times, after which the sheriffs had to bring another sheriff or a moderator to help. They could mute other players for 30 minutes or freeze them, so they could not do anything for a minute. In July 2009, the first Panda sheriffs were introduced to help the moderators keep Panfu safe. It allowed the child to select chats from a menu of premade greetings, questions, phrases, feelings, and options for action. Parents could also opt-in to allow their child to only see the high security-chat. The chat was also under strict observation by moderators, who acted as safeguarders for players on the site. A word filter prevented verbal attacks and warned players when they didn't follow the rules. 
The chat was closed from 3 AM to 8 AM on weekdays, and from 8 PM to 11 AM on weekends. Security in Panfu Īccording to the creators, security was the biggest priority in Panfu. Instead of shutting Panfu down completely, the creators decided to let the game remain open until the domain expired, and thus never properly announced that they were closing. In January 2015 Goodbeans filed for bankruptcy, after Panfu had not been updated since December 2014. The last team-members were laid off in December 2014, and in February 2015 there were only two employees left. With the new focus on mobile-only, their focus slowly drifted away from Panfu. In April 2012, Young Internet was renamed to Goodbeans and shifted their focus to mobile gaming. The number of users eventually grew to over 15 million, and the game was translated into 12 different languages.
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The servers were taken offline in November 2016 after Goodbeans GmbH filed for bankruptcy in 2015. Panfu was made available to the general public on Decem– after a beta testing-phase which lasted a month. According to the creators, about 15,000 players registered daily on the German Panfu. Players were able to complete quests, play mini-games and chat with other pandas. Panfu was a massively multiplayer online game for children aged between 6 and 14, involving a virtual world where players could create their own panda and explore the island of Panfu. Panfu Website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 29, 2016)
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