Habbo.com and Habbo.ca Merging

[Lukeg92]

We have an important announcement for all Habbos in North America!

We are currently preparing to go a lot bigger in North America with thousands of new people for you to meet and make friends with!

Coming up in early April we will be merging the Habbo.com and Habbo.ca sites into one. What does this mean? Well, not much will change, meaning all your rooms, friends, furni, pets etc. will of course stay intact. The big change will be that you’ll have a lot more people to meet and have fun with!

If you have any questions please read the FAQs here, and if there's a question that hasn't been answered please post to this forum thread - we will be reading it all the time and updating the FAQs with answers to your questions!



Well we knew it would happen one day...

http://www.habbo.com/articles/1450-attention-habbos

[dbgtz]

Source? I don't believe this could ever work considering there might be the same usernames etc.

[Hazza]

http://www.habbo.ca/articles

[Immenseman]

Jesus. Both relatively big hotels I thought? What about furni/usernames? :/

[dogboy123]

Init, what happens if two people have the same usernames :S

[Lukeg92]

They said everything will stay the same except most people will probably be required to change their username.

[Immenseman]

Lmao, you'd be pretty gutted if you were told you had to change yours. They'll lose so many people.

[Hazza]

Probs have
Name (USA) or Name (CA)

or somethingg.

[Kyle]

what an awful idea......

[NeonChains]

According to the help tool, the origin of furni is going to be marked due to differences in values.
Have a look at the help tool for more info:
http://www.habbo.ca/help/104

[Arron]

wow, big change, sucks if two mega rich people had the same username :P

[Special]

wow! i wonder what will happen with furni prices? good idea though, .ca has barley 1000 people online at any time

[Mathew]

People on that discussion forum are saying it's an April Fools Joke saying.. "Why else would they do it in April?"

Can't say I care though, don't play either enough for it to bother me.

[Stryderman]

.Ca was the best hotel running in 08.

This is gonna mess up all me T prices and HOPEFULLY this means ill get unbanned on pistol & vuk meanin another 90T tyvm.

[Laurensh1]

.Ca was the best hotel running in 08.

This is gonna mess up all me T prices and HOPEFULLY this means ill get unbanned on pistol & vuk meanin another 90T tyvm.
I think this was already in Spansih rulings..
Sulake directors told the Dutch Country Manager 1 day later then the opening of the NL hotel - that is was the most profit gaining Hotel at those times. So, CA was always lower then NL. But I think now most visitors has ES for sure (30k +?!), but who now has most profit - no idea.

[Stryderman]

I think this was already in Spansih rulings..
Sulake directors told the Dutch Country Manager 1 day later then the opening of the NL hotel - that is was the most profit gaining Hotel at those times. So, CA was always lower then NL. But I think now most visitors has ES for sure (30k +?!), but who now has most profit - no idea.


Can someone translate because i didnt understand a word of that :P

[Black_Apalachi]

I never paid any attention to international hotels; how similar or otherwise are the US and CA in terms of what furni has been released, what supers there are etc? Usernames would be the least of my worries (if it concerned me), the furni is the main thing that's going to be mucked up.

It's kind of funny how the US hotel was created when it branched off from the UK hotel, and now it's doing the opposite and merging with another. Like Jake said, I thought they were like the two biggest after UK? Not to mention, don't Americans and Canadians hate each other? Or is that just on South Park? :P.

[Stryderman]

I never paid any attention to international hotels; how similar or otherwise are the US and CA in terms of what furni has been released, what supers there are etc? Usernames would be the least of my worries (if it concerned me), the furni is the main thing that's going to be mucked up.

It's kind of funny how the US hotel was created when it branched off from the UK hotel, and now it's doing the opposite and merging with another. Like Jake said, I thought they were like the two biggest after UK? Not to mention, don't Americans and Canadians hate each other? Or is that just on South Park? :P.


Thrones on .com are like 700hc ish i think and on .ca it was like 200hc

Thats pretty much all i know except .com prices are junk


Usernames are gonna annoy me cos i own some amazing names :(((

Uk
Chaos

etc

[Black_Apalachi]

I can't even imagine HOW they would merge two hotels. It would probably require one hotel being kept as the main platform with just the rooms and accounts being brought over from the other. But then how would the names be sorted out? I think they would actually have to set up some automated system that takes every duplicate name from one hotel and adds a "1" on the end of it or something and then allow the user to manually change their name to something else (like when creating a new Habbo).

[Ajthedragon]

RV's are ******, Cola's arn't released on CA but are on AU, and for the rest of them....

Gold Nellies released on CA.
RBB's released on CA.
Red Dragon released on CA
Elf Drag released on US
Purple Dragon released on US
Brown and Red Pillar released on US
White Screen Released on US

A lot are going to be affected for sure.

Having said that the prices of normal not released on one hotel (such as Purple Dragons) could increase due to alot more Habbo's wanting them (Canadians and Americans).

[Laurensh1]

The day Habbo NL openend -> It became the Hotel that Sulake owned the most of. Sulake directors told the Dutch Country Manager one day after the opening of the Dutch Hotel (Habbo.NL).
So Habbo CA was never the best hotel running in a specific date AFTER the opening of Habbo NL...
Habbo.ES has the most visitors of all Hotels...
I don't know what Hotel now is the most profit gaining for Sulake.

[g0tmilk]

According to the help tool, the origin of furni is going to be marked due to differences in values.
Have a look at the help tool for more info:
http://www.habbo.ca/help/104

I do not believe this merger to be real. However, if it is, labeling the furniture US or CA won't make a difference, the prices will still be devastated as a throne is still a throne.

[Cosmic]

Seems like a very ambitious idea. I guess that it reflects Sulake's current profitability and maybe it's also hinting at the decline of Habbo? But I'm sure that's just worst case scenario. It will certainly be interesting to see how all of this will unfold.

[HotelUser]

Jesus. Both relatively big hotels I thought? What about furni/usernames? :/

Nobody plays CA. Nobody knows about it.

what an awful idea......

Not really as I just said nobody plays CA. It's a joke.


My name on CA is Underline, I doubt I'll be able to keep that.

[Stryderman]

I do not believe this merger to be real. However, if it is, labeling the furniture US or CA won't make a difference, the prices will still be devastated as a throne is still a throne.


get off dorian!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Seatherny]

I am sure they have merged two hotels before (last year or the year before).

However, labelling furni as US or CA makes no difference. A furni is a furni and the prices will probably end up being very similar - but CA always being lower.

[Alkaz]

Probs have
Name (USA) or Name (CA)

or somethingg.
Doubt it, they might do a name clear out when they merge to allow people some alrite names ifthey arent already taken.

[Stryderman]

Nobody plays CA. Nobody knows about it.


Not really as I just said nobody plays CA. It's a joke.


My name on CA is Underline, I doubt I'll be able to keep that.


.Ca isnt a joke its one of the best hotels about. The community on there is 60x better than on .uk

Even all the rich kids on there are actually decent where as .uk they are all stuck up and immature.

[Black_Apalachi]

They won't label anything with US/CA. Sorry but that's a stupid idea.

[Seatherny]

They won't label anything with US/CA. Sorry but that's a stupid idea.

Well they will ...

What about my Rares and Furni trade values?
As there might be differences in rare furni values in US and in CA, we are going to mark the origin of the furni, and this info will be visible to everybody, also when trading items.

[Laurensh1]

I am sure they have merged two hotels before (last year or the year before).

However, labelling furni as US or CA makes no difference. A furni is a furni and the prices will probably end up being very similar - but CA always being lower.
Nope.. They closed Hotels down.
But Habbo China was partly Mandarin and partly other chinese languages - so also 'merged' but this was from the start.

[Black_Apalachi]

Well they will ...

What about my Rares and Furni trade values?
As there might be differences in rare furni values in US and in CA, we are going to mark the origin of the furni, and this info will be visible to everybody, also when trading items.

Wow, I retract my statement :P. Maybe it should have been; 'That's a stupid idea therefore Habbo will probably do it' lol. Nice avatar btw!

It really is a horrible idea. It'll be like when the UK hotel had two versions of that Guitar poster. It was really confusing and caused chaos in regards to trading it. Surely it would be best for Habbo to maintain their attitude to ignoring furni "values" and doing what they want? They should either take whichever hotel is the most popular and continue from the way that one is, or take the better value for each (super) rare. For example, if the Dino is a super on one hotel but a norm on another, it should become a super on the merged hotel. Surely this way nobody loses, people just gain?

[Mickword]

Jesus. Both relatively big hotels I thought? What about furni/usernames? :/

Yeah, because I'm registered on all hotels? With the same username XD!

EDIT: Besides, don't Canada and America hate each other?

[Frisky]

So what... people can only trade CA furni for CA furni? and not USA for CA?

[-adK-]

I sincerely hope Sulake know what they are doing. They are going to destroy the economy of two hotel's practically overnight. It will take months perhaps more than a year for them to re-stabilize as labeling the origin hotel of a furniture will not make much of a difference.

[AgnesIO]

I sincerely hope Sulake know what they are doing. They are going to destroy the economy of two hotel's practically overnight. It will take months perhaps more than a year for them to re-stabilize as labeling the origin hotel of a furniture will not make much of a difference.

Of course sulake know what they are doing. They are doing it for money, and I think they will succeed,

[Gibs960]

How many times have Sulake ruined habbo? Loads but look where they are now, they'll survive.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I can sadly see this happening to the UK one aswell, worse still we'll probably grouped with the European hotels rather than the CA & US hotels. Not good news for traders either on US & CA. In regards to CA/US rares, what difference would that make? - why would a Habbo pay 1T for a Bird Bath that says 'US' on it when they could get the same rare for 3.0 CS but with 'CA' on it?

[Nli.]

http://www.habbo.com/help/125

[AgnesIO]

I can sadly see this happening to the UK one aswell, worse still we'll probably grouped with the European hotels rather than the CA & US hotels. Not good news for traders either on US & CA. In regards to CA/US rares, what difference would that make? - why would a Habbo pay 1T for a Bird Bath that says 'US' on it when they could get the same rare for 3.0 CS but with 'CA' on it?

Because it is rarer :P

Just like on UK, why get a jade drag when you can get green cheaper? Afterall they look similar. Why get a black pillow when youacn get twice as cheap white pillows?

[Ardemax]

i didn't foresee this lol

[GoldenMerc]

wow, i got HHGS.net on both hotels, but on .com its perm :P

[Fivas]

I'd hate that to happen to UK
I would never want to change my username...

[Black_Apalachi]

I can sadly see this happening to the UK one aswell, worse still we'll probably grouped with the European hotels rather than the CA & US hotels. Not good news for traders either on US & CA. In regards to CA/US rares, what difference would that make? - why would a Habbo pay 1T for a Bird Bath that says 'US' on it when they could get the same rare for 3.0 CS but with 'CA' on it?

They couldn't merge UK with any non-English speaking hotels. Most of, if not all the European hotels speak their own languages.

It does sound crazy to think people might pay tonnes more for a different version of the same furni, but I think Demala is right on this one. The richest people (ones with room after room of supers) will be prepared to fork out for the very rarest of all the furni. All that is going to happen is a new kind of snobbery will emerge where people will look down upon casinos that don't have the US version of everything even if on the face of it, the room is completely identical to the "rich" one.

[brodeo]

Obviously a money saving measure. It's funny how a few years ago they were spinning off loads of new national hotels only to merge them further down the road, not very good forward planning. It will be interesting to see if any other mergers will occur in the future. I always thought CA was a popular hotel, at least it was when it opened. I know Habbo has a huge ES userbase.

[Immenseman]

Will never happen with UK. Sulake would go bust before merging UK with any other hotel too.

[Ajthedragon]

They couldn't merge UK with any non-English speaking hotels. Most of, if not all the European hotels speak their own languages.

It does sound crazy to think people might pay tonnes more for a different version of the same furni, but I think Demala is right on this one. The richest people (ones with room after room of supers) will be prepared to fork out for the very rarest of all the furni. All that is going to happen is a new kind of snobbery will emerge where people will look down upon casinos that don't have the US version of everything even if on the face of it, the room is completely identical to the "rich" one.

Alike blank Habbo Towers I suppose.

[Black_Apalachi]

The trophies are more understandable though because they are physically unique (well, as physical as pixels are :P) and they're sort of an icon in Habbo. It's a different story if it's a second version of pretty much EVERY item of furni, and the difference isn't even visual, but just in the name.

I honestly think it would be a lot better if they just said to hell with "values" (which has usually been their attitude so far), and just leave the furni as it is. I imagine both hotels will see a lot of stuff they previously called supers so it'll probably even itself out anyway. There have been many things in the past that have caused supers to suddenly become worthless so who cares.

[Ajthedragon]

Like releasing a rare in general. ;)

[TickTockTickTock]

Party in the USA!

[Sly]

What a great idea

[HotelUser]

.Ca isnt a joke its one of the best hotels about. The community on there is 60x better than on .uk

Even all the rich kids on there are actually decent where as .uk they are all stuck up and immature.

I'll be unprofessional, certainly immature and 100% subjective here when I say I agree with you about the .CA community being more friendly than the USA and UK communities. However I stand by what I say, the community is too small in size, and for that reason in a money making aspect it is a joke.

[Jordulti]

Wouldn't doubt it if they start making continent grouped hotels..

Habbo NA
Habbo EU
Habbo AU
Habbo SA
Habbo AS

[kickerbat]

Soon there will be only one hotel.

[Laurensh1]

Wouldn't doubt it if they start making continent grouped hotels..

Habbo NA - CA + USA -> happening.
Habbo EU - Not happening, too many languages.
Habbo AU - Is already there... NZ + AU is one hotel.
Habbo SA - Also, partly... There's 2 main languages here, Portugese and Spanish. These have 2 Hotels -> .PT and .ES
Habbo AS - Asia? Too many languages... See the bold parts ;)

[Black_Apalachi]

Yeah you will never see multiple languages being merged into one hotel. For one, it would cause a hell of a lot of complications and I imagine it would just create a huge divide between users - essentially racism.

[AgnesIO]

Mafias would be fun though :8

[Ajthedragon]

Wouldn't surprise me if we were merged with AU in the future, or the US/CA hotel. But we won't be merged with any other European nations. :P

[ihatehash]

How many times have Sulake ruined habbo? Loads but look where they are now, they'll survive.

Sulake is habbo they made it so they can do what they want.


I can sadly see this happening to the UK one aswell, worse still we'll probably grouped with the European hotels rather than the CA & US hotels. Not good news for traders either on US & CA. In regards to CA/US rares, what difference would that make? - why would a Habbo pay 1T for a Bird Bath that says 'US' on it when they could get the same rare for 3.0 CS but with 'CA' on it?

It will not happen with the UK as there are no hotels with the same timezone/language.


Wouldn't surprise me if we were merged with AU in the future, or the US/CA hotel. But we won't be merged with any other European nations. :P
No it will never happen as AU/NZ is over 20 hours ahead of some parts. dates will get all confused.


Wouldn't doubt it if they start making continent grouped hotels..

Habbo NA
Habbo EU
Habbo AU
Habbo SA
Habbo AS

i agree/disagree I think they will only group common languages (sorry about spelling) and times zones. I think it will be likely to have...

Habbo NA (Is happening)
Habbo AU/SG (Australia and Singapore have practicly the same timezones, and both are english)
And if there are any EU hotels with the same language i think they will be merged.

[Black_Apalachi]

Wouldn't surprise me if we were merged with AU in the future, or the US/CA hotel. But we won't be merged with any other European nations. :P

That's the most plausible thing anyone has suggested because it would keep the hotel popular and active all around the clock.

[visa]

wow, what an endeavour

[Ajthedragon]

That's the most plausible thing anyone has suggested because it would keep the hotel popular and active all around the clock.

Exactly, plus there could still be 2 offices running it in both timezones. :)

[HotelUser]

Exactly, plus there could still be 2 offices running it in both timezones. :)

Canada's on I think 6 time zones, that would explain why our hotel's not very popular. Everyone goes on at different times:P

[DoctorET]

They said everything will stay the same except most people will probably be required to change their username.

Thats pants!

[Fivas]

if someone with the Habbo name "example" signed up in 2007 from the US and someone from Canada signed up with the same name in 2008 the person from Canada will have to have their name change
i'd be furious if I would have to change my name...

[Sharon]

thats good i guess! they may aswell merge all .com.__'s

[HotelUser]

if someone with the Habbo name "example" signed up in 2007 from the US and someone from Canada signed up with the same name in 2008 the person from Canada will have to have their name change
i'd be furious if I would have to change my name...

Are you sure that's how it's going to work? I'd think they'd just let all the Americans keep their names (NOT FAIR) because their hotel is bigger and I'd assume we'd be merging into their database.

[Black_Apalachi]

if someone with the Habbo name "example" signed up in 2007 from the US and someone from Canada signed up with the same name in 2008 the person from Canada will have to have their name change
i'd be furious if I would have to change my name...

That's the best way they could do it. But nobody would be happy about it.

[HotelUser]

That's the best way they could do it. But nobody would be happy about it.

Yeah, but I guess it beats giving everyone a prefix. eg CA_username, US_username.

[Black_Apalachi]

Definitely. If they did that, and Aapo or Sampo or someone like that came back to have a look, I could just imagine them being like..

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s158/faithfighter/huh.gif

[Laurensh1]

There's a poll about it now. They have loads of ideas so go do it and have some influence! :)
http://www.habbo.ca/articles/1320-give-us-your-input (http://digiumenterprise.com/answer/survey.asp?sid=438802&answerer=1177&chk=FQCEUTG4&dt=40209.6257906597&THIS_IS_YOUR_PERSONAL_ANSWERING_LINK=DO_NOT_SHARE)

[HotelUser]

There's a poll about it now. They have loads of ideas so go do it and have some influence! :)
http://www.habbo.ca/articles/1320-give-us-your-input (http://digiumenterprise.com/answer/survey.asp?sid=438802&answerer=1177&chk=FQCEUTG4&dt=40209.6257906597&THIS_IS_YOUR_PERSONAL_ANSWERING_LINK=DO_NOT_SHARE)

Thanks for that, I've filled it out!

[-:Undertaker:-]

You can see the rare values on Habbo US are collapsing now because of whats coming up; http://www.bobbavalues.com/?go=rares (US) & http://www.duckieworld.ca/en/ (CA). The Throne, Dragon Egg, Typewriter, Yellow Marquee and the Golden Elephant are all dropping on US as they are lower/more common on CA.

[HotelUser]

You can see the rare values on Habbo US are collapsing now because of whats coming up; http://www.bobbavalues.com/?go=rares (US) & http://www.duckieworld.ca/en/ (CA). The Throne, Dragon Egg, Typewriter, Yellow Marquee and the Golden Elephant are all dropping on US as they are lower/more common on CA.

That's right America Canada just ruined your e-economy. Sweet revenge for you ruining our actual economy(H)

[Aidobmac]

Ah well Im from canada.....i just play brittish/England :P

[Sarah]

Looking back seems like they regret making the separate hotel and would of been better off just having an English speaking one.
Now it would be ironic if all the americans started singing "blame canada"...

[Cyndia]

Damn those canadians :P But yeah, I'm most concerned about the usernames.. I had a ton of really good ones on US that I made in the first few minutes of it opening.