About Callie

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Originally Posted by atpeak

Yeah, imagine Habbo trying to justify their gross misconduct for a "game" job at the time. All odds in Callie's favour eh??

Yeah Becs was pretty high up the company ladder at that time (higher than Callie) although believe me mate they had tracking tools since the very early days (e.g. scambusters). I think Becs meant that she was transferring supers to her other accounts from the admin catalogue and distributing them everywhere. Habbo couldn't take back the furni because it was legally handed out by the hotel manager ofcourse :p Callie was smart.

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It was actually corporate theft (insert boring legal stuff here) - you don't own the staff account or furniture on said account, the company do. She was stealing from the hotel by abusing her position as Hotel Manager: she had permission to distribute furniture legitimately (as in, for competitions, etc.) but was not granted permission to send rares to her alternative accounts and give them out around the hotel (amongst other things - she was apparently selling them on ebay, or otherwise aiding and abetting those who were, to do so?) and whilst it depends on the facts of the case, I think Sulake could have justified, in an employment tribunal, her being dismissed for gross misconduct (you usually don't get severance/redundancy pay for that, but it depends on the terms of your contract).

Rebecca was Director of Community at the time, overseeing all hotels and being in charge of the community operations team (moderation and safety) or something; I don't know the exact specifics of her role. I think Hotel Managers may have reported indirectly to her at the time, but I'm not entirely sure. I am aware they had scambusters tools, etc. but Rebecca said they had to set up an investigation - for whatever reason, they were unable to simply use the furniture tracking tools to see who was doing what?

Sulake were, and are, entitled to do whatever they please with the furniture and the avatars - indeed, every part of the Habbo brand/assets. It is their intellectual property and you merely rent it (and space on their servers) when you 'own' it. They could, if they so chose to do so, delete everyone's furniture and there would be no legal recourse (assuming a court agreed with Sulake's Terms and Conditions - specifically, the section governing ownership of assets) for users to undertake.

Yeah don't forget Callie had links with people higher than Becs in the company like Dionysus who was really high up in the company and now works in the HQ. I mean they can easily delete a Habbo record and no one would ask why or when it was done because of their rank.

I never met Becs so I can't comment on what she had to say. But I do know for a fact that Becs (previously a Hobba) became high in power in the company and suggested they remove Hobba's for "security reasons" the real reason was to eliminate competition so she could progress into the company further.

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Originally Posted by atpeak

Yeah don't forget Callie had links with people higher than Becs in the company like Dionysus who was really high up in the company and now works in the HQ.

I never met Becs so I can't comment on what she had to say. But I do know for a fact that Becs (previously a Hobba) became high in power in the company and suggested they remove Hobba's for security reasons to eliminate any more competition so she could progress into the company.

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I thought dionysus was callie, so confused.

Naw. Dionysus was King_Mob (ex Hobba) who was recruited years ago and moved up the rank. After the saving cuts the company did, he was kept and relocated to Helsinki and now works in the HQ.

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Originally Posted by atpeak

Yeah, imagine Habbo trying to justify their gross misconduct for a "game" job at the time. All odds in Callie's favour eh??

Yeah Becs was pretty high up the company ladder at that time (higher than Callie) although believe me mate they had tracking tools since the very early days (e.g. scambusters). I think Becs meant that she was transferring supers to her other accounts from the admin catalogue and distributing them everywhere. Habbo couldn't take back the furni because it was legally handed out by the hotel manager ofcourse :p Callie was smart.

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I'm sure it wasn't that clean cut, afterall - what would illegally giving out funriture be seen as? :P They could of taken away that furniture, they just didn't because it would only be seen as punishing the Habbo(s) who received the items off her. They couldn't punish Callie because, as you said, she was under contract and to save money they might as well wait for her contract to come to an end then kick her out.

Habbo/Sulake probably didn't act on the misconduct claims simply because they couldn't give a damn, it's just virtual furniture which is value-less and intangible. They're a lazy organisation and would have better things to do with their time.

Also, she was possibly the worst Hotel Manager. ione and Jibbi are usually considered the best as they were always in the community having fun, rather than hanging around with one group of people with noses browner than wet mud in a field.

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Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

I thought dionysus was callie, so confused.

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I remember he pretended to be her, or took over her account and told people he was just seeing what was on it. It was so long ago, but there might be threads about it in the forums somewhere. In fact, he might of just changed clothes to match her orange and yellow style at the time she was on her way out and he had to choose Lost_Witness as temp.

So callie defiantly was up to something?

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Originally Posted by GommeInc

I'm sure it wasn't that clean cut, afterall - what would illegally giving out funriture be seen as? :P They could of taken away that furniture, they just didn't because it would only be seen as punishing the Habbo(s) who received the items off her. They couldn't punish Callie because, as you said, she was under contract and to save money they might as well wait for her contract to come to an end then kick her out.

Habbo/Sulake probably didn't act on the misconduct claims simply because they couldn't give a damn, it's just virtual furniture which is value-less and intangible. They're a lazy organisation and would have better things to do with their time.

Also, she was possibly the worst Hotel Manager. ione and Jibbi are usually considered the best as they were always in the community having fun, rather than hanging around with one group of people with noses browner than wet mud in a field.


I remember he pretended to be her, or took over her account and told people he was just seeing what was on it. It was so long ago, but there might be threads about it in the forums somewhere. In fact, he might of just changed clothes to match her orange and yellow style at the time she was on her way out and he had to choose Lost_Witness as temp.

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Yeah you are spot on...

About ione and Jibbi
Ye I don't know tbh mate because I only started playing in 2003 and was a noob and obviously didn't mix with staff back then but I can kind of understand what you are saying. Staff had a lot of powers back then, now they're just figureheads and are forced to say "Hi" to everyone with a smiley face and accept everyones friend request because thats so cool. Boring

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Originally Posted by GoldenMerc

I thought dionysus was callie, so confused.

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Dionysus was Mark Bamford
Callie/Impetious was Justine Hill

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- Alex (Shenk).

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Originally Posted by vito201-:D

Dionysus was Mark Bamford
Callie/Impetious was Justine Hill

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- Alex (Shenk).

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And goes by the name The.4th.Habbo these days :)

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Originally Posted by Intricat

And goes by the name The.4th.Habbo these days :)

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Ye its true though if I remember correctly aapo was the first ever Habbo and he was the 4th. On the contrary whoever thought aapo left, he didn't. He got promoted to the highest rank (Board of Directors) and is now that Paul fella is responsible to him and aapo oversees everything he does and Paul has to get approval from him before anything gets accepted.