<s>
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
was	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
online	B-Application
gaming	I-Application
network	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Turner	O
Online	O
to	O
promote	O
its	O
shows	O
and	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Created	O
as	O
an	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
website	O
,	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
opened	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
main	O
attraction	O
was	O
a	O
system	O
of	O
virtual	O
trading	O
cards	O
called	O
"	O
cToons	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
generally	O
featured	O
animation	O
cells	O
from	O
programs	O
broadcast	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
,	O
though	O
advertisement-based	O
cToons	B-Application
were	O
also	O
common	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Added	O
in	O
October	O
2002	O
was	O
the	O
popular	O
head-to-head	O
strategy	O
game	O
gToons	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
shut	O
down	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
and	O
left	O
users	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
Thank	O
You	O
"	O
certificate	O
as	O
a	O
token	O
of	O
their	O
appreciation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
was	O
the	O
brainchild	O
of	O
Sam	O
Register	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
also	O
behind	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
CartoonNetwork.com	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
creative	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
site	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
from	O
2000	O
to	O
2001	O
before	O
leaving	O
to	O
pursue	O
television	O
development	O
with	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
in	O
its	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
idea	O
for	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
after	O
seeing	O
Sesame	O
Workshop	O
's	O
Sticker	O
World	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Register	O
left	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
,	O
Art	O
Roche	O
became	O
the	O
creative	O
director	O
of	O
CartoonNetwork.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Justin	O
Williams	O
was	O
the	O
project	O
lead	O
at	O
Turner	O
and	O
Director	O
of	O
Community	O
for	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
until	O
2003	O
,	O
when	O
he	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
other	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
interactive	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lisa	O
Furlong	O
Jones	O
,	O
Sharon	O
Karleskint	O
Sharp	O
and	O
Robert	O
Cass	O
created	O
content	O
and	O
wrote	O
copy	O
for	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Noel	O
Saabye	O
and	O
Brian	O
Hilling	O
provided	O
the	O
art	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
was	O
first	O
built	O
using	O
parts	O
of	O
com	O
's	O
"	O
Passport	O
"	O
software	O
(	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
the	O
current	O
Communities.com,	O
which	O
is	O
unrelated	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
software	O
was	O
a	O
2D	O
avatar-based	B-Application
chat	B-Protocol
server	I-Protocol
where	O
members	O
could	O
decorate	O
their	O
own	O
spaces	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
Orbit	O
for	O
displaying	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
chat	B-Protocol
functionality	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
did	O
not	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
finished	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
comply	O
with	O
the	O
Children	O
's	O
Online	O
Privacy	O
Protection	O
Act	O
,	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
instead	O
had	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
pre-written	O
words	O
and	O
phrases	O
that	O
players	O
could	O
send	O
in	O
a	O
chat	B-Protocol
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Until	O
the	O
complete	O
conversion	O
to	O
Flash	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
references	O
could	O
still	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
source	O
code	O
to	O
passport	O
"	O
room	O
servers	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
links	O
to	O
technical	O
documentation	O
on	O
com	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
before	O
the	O
Flash	O
transition	O
were	O
"	O
Worlds	O
"	O
on	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
based	O
on	O
fictional	O
cartoon	O
locations	O
,	O
which	O
came	O
complete	O
with	O
a	O
quote	O
or	O
quip	O
from	O
that	O
world	O
's	O
characters	O
,	O
a	O
poll	O
,	O
and	O
links	O
to	O
"	O
Spotlight	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
as	O
an	O
online	O
community	O
with	O
required	O
registration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beginning	O
in	O
mid-2005	O
,	O
it	O
became	O
apparent	O
that	O
Turner	O
Online	O
stopped	O
maintaining	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
17	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
removed	O
the	O
navigation	O
for	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
from	O
its	O
main	O
header	O
,	O
causing	O
many	O
users	O
to	O
speculate	O
that	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
had	O
given	O
up	O
completely	O
on	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
while	O
some	O
anticipated	O
its	O
closure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
users	O
also	O
pointed	O
to	O
the	O
recent	O
AP	O
press	O
release	O
from	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
about	O
developing	O
a	O
then-unnamed	O
cartoon-based	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
as	O
proof	O
that	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
would	O
soon	O
be	O
a	O
thing	O
of	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
on	O
September	O
29	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
users	O
were	O
no	O
longer	O
able	O
to	O
sign	O
up	O
for	O
and	O
create	O
new	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
officially	O
closed	O
on	O
the	O
early	O
morning	O
of	O
its	O
closing	O
date	O
,	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
link	O
that	O
was	O
placed	O
at	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
home	O
page	O
was	O
redirected	O
to	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
¡Ya	O
!,	O
Cartoon	O
Network	O
's	O
Spanish	O
site	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
directly	O
linking	O
to	O
their	O
web	O
address	O
showed	O
that	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
was	O
still	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
all	O
links	O
to	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
now	O
redirect	O
to	O
the	O
CartoonNetwork.com	O
homepage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
main	O
collectibles	O
were	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
game	O
:	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
The	O
main	O
collectible	O
item	O
of	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
's	O
own	O
digital	B-Application
collectible	I-Application
card	I-Application
game	I-Application
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
was	O
discontinued	O
alongside	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
on	O
October	O
16	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
might	O
return	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
sometime	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
with	O
new	O
sets	O
of	O
game	O
pieces	O
to	O
collect	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2007	O
,	O
was	O
revived	O
as	O
"	O
Action	O
Packs	O
"	O
for	O
Transformers	B-Device
:	I-Device
Animated	I-Device
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
Ben	B-Application
10	I-Application
:	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Force	I-Application
version	O
becoming	O
available	O
in	O
April	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
:	O
The	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
site	O
that	O
belonged	O
to	O
the	O
user	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Team	O
Orbit	O
:	O
A	O
group	O
of	O
100	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
users	O
who	O
were	O
chosen	O
to	O
make	O
suggestions	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ToonFlash	O
Newsletter	O
:	O
A	O
newsletter	O
that	O
Cartoon	B-Application
Orbit	I-Application
periodically	O
sent	O
out	O
to	O
all	O
users	O
via	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
