The Habbo Addiction

[HOSKO02]

I'm on a mission not to go on Habbo (unless to get free things that require a log-in or the usual need to pop-in once a week or so).

I'm sure a few of you, though we'd not like to admit, get hooked on it as I do.

I've spent a lot of money over the years on it and though it was always fun and a great escape from life, it has been there since I was young, so it's hard to let go of it, let go of friends, familiar places etc.

I was wondering, how many of you guys hang around the forum, retaining your vested interest in the hotel, staying updated, whilst at the same time refraining from logging on?

Share your thoughts about the hotel and it's lure if you wish :] J

[VelvetClover]

I use this forum more than Habbo. I don't really play it very much now, but I do go on now and again.

[Pyroka]

I think if you still see the appeal then you might as well carry on cuz youre restricting yourself. Eventually youll lose the appeal and stop playing, I did after a while and I rarely am on now. :P

[Kieeran]

i quit for 3 years, then i moved back in with mum n noticed bro playin lol n hes only 9 so to prevent him getting scammed and being a full on noob, i get him furni and make him rooms and realised some old friends still play

[Immenseman]

i use this forum daily for hours but i haven't used habbo for a while. when i do use it it's for like half an hour every week or so. which isn't much seeing as i used to use it for hours every day. i used to use it for friends now i talk to them on here/other forums/msn etc

[Monopoly]

i'm trying to get my addiction back.
but it's crap. i don't know anyone and forgot how i made friends on it. ;s
-sigh
internets so boring.

[Pyroka]

i'm trying to get my addiction back.
but it's crap. i don't know anyone and forgot how i made friends on it. ;s
-sigh
internets so boring.

yeah ano what you mean, i'm TRYING to get back into it but i honestly cant. it sucks >.>

[Monopoly]

aha. i know. :(
i don't get people saying they have a "habbo addiction", though.
i mean is it not an internet addiction really?
just habbo's the game you go on?
idk. -sigh

[Kardan]

I rarely go on it these days. About once a month to check the new stuff? The people that I enjoyed talking too on there are either on forums, my msn or my facebook.

[ElliottThompson]

habboxforum has kept me off habbo really, now I feel I don't need to log into habbo to keep in touch with what is going on.

Also why not get hooked on something else that will be easier to quit? I recommend smoking and ecstasy, only joking umm personally the xbox helped me to kick my habbo addiction and the xbox is something I rarely go on now.

[HOSKO02]

habboxforum has kept me off habbo really, now I feel I don't need to log into habbo to keep in touch with what is going on.

Also why not get hooked on something else that will be easier to quit? I recommend smoking and ecstasy, only joking umm personally the xbox helped me to kick my habbo addiction and the xbox is something I rarely go on now.

Tried both of those, wouldn't recommend them to anyone ;]

This forum is indeed great for keeping track of what's going on!

[Black_Apalachi]

I'd say I was addicted to it back in the day. I find that even now, if I'm on Habbo/Habbox etc I won't be on Facebook or MSN. Where before I recently "started" again, Facebook would be the first thing I'd go on whenever I sat at a computer.

I have found however that there's basically nobody I knew on Habbo any more. Although I always see names I recognise, just because they were always well-known or I know them from fansites etc. So I tend to make friends with those that are familiar. When I first logged back on the other day, I think there was about 2 out of 500 or so friends online so I had to add new people lol.

I'm glad to say I'm not as posessive about furni any more; I've already been scammed of my Veno and a White Birdbath since I've been back but I'm not that bothered tbh. Instead I've just been organising all my junk and made some rooms like a casino and a Throne grabber.

So yeah, I suppose it feels like a more healthy approach to "playing" Habbo :).

[Arron]

yeah the main reason i dont play habbo much anymore is bcos i have a better social life then i did 1-4 years ago, this is when i was a habbo addict. now ive just left school (well 2 months ago) and made the most out of my free time and i've really enjoyed it.

another reason is that i'm only interested in the new furni that gets released and that puhelkulpa website publishes them all before they actually get released. for some reason i still top my HC up, dno why but i guess its bcos im on 44 months and want 48 to get the next hc badge :)

[Samantha.]

I'm on the forum more than I am habbo.
Ever since beta came along I havn't really been on as much as I used to. I go on for the Help Desk and when I DJ.

[Kyle]

Just get banned then you won't be able to go on it even when you want to :P

[HOSKO02]

Just get banned then you won't be able to go on it even when you want to :P

But I will want to in the future ;P

[jennifuh]

I used to be crazy hooked on Habbo. Then about a year ago, on Habbo CA, I got rid of all my thrones and pures, gave to randoms and such, and traded a bunch of my furni for credits. I bought myself like 2 years worth of HC so I can visit and still be HC.

[Kyle]

look outside and you'll realise how wonderful it is and never want to go on habbo again

[jennifuh]

look outside and you'll realise how wonderful it is and never want to go on habbo again

LOL yeah, that one worked for me too.

But currently stuck in China with parents on vacation so I've resorted back to hermitting online.

[Kyle]

But currently stuck in China with parents on vacation

You say that like it's a bad thing? Surely there's tons more to do in china than there is in canada? :P

[jennifuh]

Lmao, yeah there is a lot to do but not when you're with over protective parents who don't let you do much except like look at cultural things. I seriously spend a lot of time with rocks .. sculptures, mountains, caves, old stone buildings. It's alright for a bit but I've had way too much of it in the past 2months. I'm still here for another 2 months .. I wanna see the night life. :(

[HOSKO02]

Lmao, yeah there is a lot to do but not when you're with over protective parents who don't let you do much except like look at cultural things. I seriously spend a lot of time with rocks .. sculptures, mountains, caves, old stone buildings. It's alright for a bit but I've had way too much of it in the past 2months. I'm still here for another 2 months .. I wanna see the night life. :(

Your parents sound pretty cool to me :o

[habtasia]

look outside and you'll realise how wonderful it is and never want to go on habbo again

I just looked outside and it is pouring it down with rain!
How is that wonderful?
I cant go outside and i have nothing else to do, TIME FOR HABBO :D

[Kardan]

I just looked outside and it is pouring it down with rain!
How is that wonderful?
I cant go outside and i have nothing else to do, TIME FOR HABBO :D

Do you never go out in the rain?

[e5]

I go on here everyday, just not Habbo.
I was addicted, but now just very bored of it and don't find myself wanting to go on. :/

I go on here though, cos it's more than just a Habbo forum now :). If it was alll Habbo on here, I wouldn't really visit it, however, I use the Habbo sections alot lol, but having just Habbo sections would be boring.

I do pop on habbo every so often though.

[Kyle]

ah I remember the day that e5 was online for like 12 hours and he logged off and on to try and hide it. classic

[JACKTARD]

hate habbo, wish it was never invented, would have more time to do somethin else pointless on weekday nights and i'd have more money, regret buyin anythin from it now tho

[Kyle]

Everybody seems to end up resenting habbo in later life for all those sunny days spent cooped up indoors trying to trade imaginary furniture from people.

[Meanies]

it loses its appeal the longer you've been using it and then you just cba with it anymore.
i only go on to get screenies n stuff for hx now

[Angel-Charlene]

I used to go on Habbo every day, then one day it just kicks in and your tired of it.
It like "happens" in its on time lol.
I rarely post on the forum, I meerly just nose around, reading threads lol.

The time will come ;)

[BlueEyedSarah]

I use the forum more than habbo. I sadly admit I am addicted and have been for quite a few years now... I have recently been considering of either giving my habbo account to some one else or creating a new password with one I will not know.

[Frisky]

I think a lot of people who play Habbo are in denial - and I admit, it's very addictive to play for hours and hours. Lots of people on this forum are like 'I NEVA PLAY IM TOO COOL' yet they sit here on a Habbo forum talking about Habbo so really you are still involved!

But yeah, playing less is so rewarding

[ifuseekamy]

No offense but abstaining from habbo is even "weirder" than playing it. You're talking about it like it's alcohol or a drug. You'll get bored of it eventually, everyone does.

[HOSKO02]

No offense but abstaining from habbo is even "weirder" than playing it. You're talking about it like it's alcohol or a drug. You'll get bored of it eventually, everyone does.

That's a good point but anything can become addictive if you use/do it enough.

[Rixion]

Tbh I prefered being a noob on habbo and getting scammed then starting fresh, it's not the same anymore I have lots of stuff, I have no more goals to achieve. I was really addicted back then.

[HOSKO02]

Tbh I prefered being a noob on habbo and getting scammed then starting fresh, it's not the same anymore I have lots of stuff, I have no more goals to achieve. I was really addicted back then.

That's the time things start slowing down and you just go on to chat, which is kinda what stage I'm at now.

[powpow]

i jsut go on to chat
trading is boring now just bulk collecting lol =p

[Black_Apalachi]

i jsut go on to chat
trading is boring now just bulk collecting lol =p

I know yeah. It would be great it most people's aim was just to collect every piece of furni or rare once. In fact, imagine if there was like a Pokédex (Frunidex lol) for all the furni that has been in your hand! Haha that's going in the ideas section now!! :D Not collect as many Thrones as possible and try to get all the Pink ICMs on the hotel or something :P.

[HOSKO02]

I know yeah. It would be great it most people's aim was just to collect every piece of furni or rare once. In fact, imagine if there was like a Pokédex (Frunidex lol) for all the furni that has been in your hand! Haha that's going in the ideas section now!! :D Not collect as many Thrones as possible and try to get all the Pink ICMs on the hotel or something :P.

*Shaky robot voice*
'BrownPlastoMon, an ex-normal furnimon'
'This furni has cultural significance amongst many older Habbo's and can usually be found in large-scale stacking projects or social rooms owned by querky Habbo's.'
'Because of it's colour, BrownPlastoMon is unpopular amongst many trainers and is notorious for being a rather boring character, dispite this however, it holds a hidden authority of all other plasto chairs.'

[brodeo]

I never go on Habbo anymore and I am an infrequent poster. I'm very passive on the forums now, just watch whats happening and seeing people complain a hell of a lot about things changing. I started in '04 and quit in '08. I enjoyed being new and getting into stuff which I would no longer enjoy, like getting your first whatever and making friends. I played less and less and if you don't keep up its hard to maintain your friends and items etc. I find now that when I go on I have no idea whats happening and everyone on my list seems to forget who I was, haha.

[HOSKO02]

I never go on Habbo anymore and I am an infrequent poster. I'm very passive on the forums now, just watch whats happening and seeing people complain a hell of a lot about things changing. I started in '04 and quit in '08. I enjoyed being new and getting into stuff which I would no longer enjoy, like getting your first whatever and making friends. I played less and less and if you don't keep up its hard to maintain your friends and items etc. I find now that when I go on I have no idea whats happening and everyone on my list seems to forget who I was, haha.

I see what you mean, I'll be on holiday a lot this summer so when I come back having missed loads of comps/rares/badges/updates (because SO much happens in a mere week on the hotel these days) then I'll probably just give up trying to find out what I've missed and not come on, let's hope that works ;]