Badges to be discontinued

[Michael]

After months of gathering feedback from the community and various in-company discussions, it is with much sadness that we announce that as of tomorrow, badges will be discontinued.

Badges have long played an important role in Habbo Hotel, and thousands of Habbos all over the world have spent time and energy collecting these stamps of pride.

As the years have passed, however, it has been apparent that some Habbos have developed an unhealthy dependecy on acquiring these badges, and it has reached a point where action must be taken.

We understand that this may cause some frustration, but it is a vital step towards ensuring that the Habbo environment is a safe and enjoyable one. Read below for additional info:

FAQ:

When will badges be discontinued?

As of right now we will not be issuing any more badges as prizes for games, mazes etc.

What happens to achievement badges and such?

Achievement badges will continue until the 30 of April. After that time no further achievement badges will be issued. Please make sure that you have earned all achievement badges you wanted by then, as there will not be any exceptions.

What about the badges I have on my account?

Badges that you have already earned are yours to keep.

But I love playing games for badges. What game prizes will you replace them with?

No worries, there'll be other prizes such as Builders club and Habbo Club membership as well as credits.

- Habbo Staff

http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-badges-to-be-discontinued

Probably an april fool, although I do agree with this haha


it has been apparent that some Habbos have developed an unhealthy dependecy on acquiring these badges, and it has reached a point where action must be taken.

[Drewar]

http://i.imgur.com/lH87Fj0.png

Apparently Habbo has made the decision to discontinue issuing further badges. I actually am somewhat happy that they have decided to do this. Badges were originally very special and only given out for special circumstances (Habbo Club, Hobba, Habbo eXpert, Top 20 Wobble Squabble, SnowStorm, etc.) so they had a lot of appeal to them. Over time, however, Habbo has come up with so many badges that they are almost kind of annoying (you literally get a badge for logging in X number of times).

What do you think about this change?

Do you think this is just an early April Fools joke? I really hope it is not.

Link to the full article: http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-badges-to-be-discontinued

Thread Merged by Despect (Forum Moderator) As there's already a thread posted on this topic.

[!EOD!]

http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-badges-to-be-discontinued

Probably an april fool.

I was just about post this. I believe that badges were fun for awhile but there is more to Habbo then just collecting them...

[mlp16]

I did not see this coming, however I do miss the fact that back in 2006 you was super cool to have a badge, now i have like 400+..

However yes April fools does sound more realistic.. But i think they should be less generous with badges

[Chris]

This is obviously for April fools. They wouldn't take something away that users love so much.

[Tyler]

obv an april fools. badges is what keeps half of habbo online

[Bradley.]

yea yea yea
that's all they can give out for prizes like they're gona get rid, aprils fools tomorrow so yeah silly

[e5]

This is the worst april fools they have ever done. I knew straight away lmao

[Plebings]

could have been a bit more subtle.

would be great if this happened though!

[TonyBest]

They couldn't have made this one more obvious, of course it's an April Fools joke.

[e5]

But after all this could be the obvious April fools to cover up for the better one they have to do

[zombies]

it was pretty obvious

[karter]

i wish this would happen but its too good to be true

[Lewis]

I was actually really happy about this when I saw the title, I thought they were getting rid of the achievements but keeping badges. Oh well

[Bankai90]

Why all of a sudden? Truly, this is some lame joke.

[Sandoo]

It's very clearly an April Fool's joke.

[Cerinacy$]

It's clearly an April Fool's joke, a large company couldn't just announce that the badges are stopping tomorrow, they have to allow months etc. and the community loves the badges far too much! Also, there would have been surveys in the Welcome Lounge etc. to see if we still want badges over the past few months.

[GoldenMerc]

April fools for sure

[Kyle]

anybody else want to chip in and say it's an april fools joke?
wish people were open to going along with the joke instead of passing it off as soon as they read it. boring!

[jorsian]

Obvious April Fools is obvious.


I was actually really happy about this when I saw the title, I thought they were getting rid of the achievements but keeping badges. Oh wellYeah. Ironically most of us would love to see achievements taken out of the game.

[Rachel]

I am sure this is april fools but it wouldn't bother me that much as some badges are pointless as mentioned and it is not badges like back then but we will see.

[Okeanos]

a shame it wont happen. been saying badges should go since 08.

[Lew]

the only thing i want them to do with badges is stop giving out so many for stupid reasons

make them actually difficult to get

[lemons]

OMG NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I COLLECTED OVER 400 BADGES FFS WHY DO HABBO DO THIS STUPID ***** I HATE THEM SO ******* MUCH AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH DIE POWERTOO STUPID ESPANOL

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i ******* hate you waltzmatilda you lezza!i spent so many hours collecting my badges i even bunk aseembly for it and now they removed them FFS I HATE U! NEVER PLAYING HABBO AGAIN

[Cerys]

Tbh its annoying how people think they're freaking king of everything just cos they have a certain badge

Wish it wasn't a joke just to make them all shut up

Oh well :p

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[Tyler]

LOL does anyone remember i think it was .com maybe it was .co.uk but does anyone remmeber the habbo videogame april fools years ago? There was even a badge

[Star-Fighter]

I wish this was real.

[MilksAreUs]

Habbo are a bit stupid releasing it today/not tomorrow?

[Red]

Not even 1st April yet!!

[TheJokerEffect]

This is an April Fools joke you do realise!

http://habboquests.com/articles/401-badges-discontinued:-april-fools!

[da363bomb]

I think it's an April fool... as who in the community would ask for badges to be discontinued?

[TheJokerEffect]

This is an April Fools joke you do realise!

http://habboquests.com/articles/401-badges-discontinued:-april-fools!


I think it's an April fool... as who in the community would ask for badges to be discontinued?

You can see by the link i posted that it is in fact an April Fools joke.

[Ravingducks]

LOL does anyone remember i think it was .com maybe it was .co.uk but does anyone remmeber the habbo videogame april fools years ago? There was even a badge

Haha I remember this, it was on .co.uk under the name of "Habbo: Furni Warfare" if I recall. Many people I knew were prepared to buy it...

[lRhyss]

They're getting worse at this April Fools stuff every year :P

The best one was when they said that they would give everyone a personalized badge with their avatars head on... I think it was 2009? Everyone believed that one :P

[Alkaz]

If they do take the badges away then I would see that being the end of Habbo. Lets hope it is just an April fools joke.

[Mark]

I lol'd when they said they'd offer credits as a substitute to badges going... Habbo would never do that!

[:odey:]

I wouldn't have discontinued them if it was my choice. They should have just reduced the number and made badges as illusive as they used to be. Rather than giving badges for absolutely EVERY THING.

[lawrawrrr]

I thought April Fools were supposed to be convincing?

[Daltron]

I thought April Fools were supposed to be convincing?

They will convince 99% of the noobs on habbo

[Drunq]

It states in the advert their that after months of feedback, which I doubt nobody sent about badges. Lol. Everybody loves badges at the end of the day... I can't see it hitting the sack! :L

[Matt]

They should have done a more funny joke, this is just boring as an April Fools Joke

[Hyru]

I'd laugh if they really did discontinue badges, this would be the best april fool's ever

[e5]

I'd laugh if they really did discontinue badges, this would be the best april fool's ever

Wouldn't be an April fools if they did discontinue them

[Mr-Trainor]

It has been confirmed as an April Fools for anyone who did still believe it :P.

"Did you fall for it!? Although some of you guys really need a ¨Badge Intervention¨, we aren´t THAT cruel! You can rest assured knowing that there will still be fun badges to work for in your Habbo future. Happy April Fools Day!"

[Samantha]

Lmao, it was a little bit obvious, especially when they said it'll be happening from tomorrow yesterday. At least they did something :P!

[Tyrell]

It was kinda lame and obvious. They've done some good ones in the past :(