The mute certainly didn't help, but if you think back, Habbo certainly wasn't much better off before the mute. It had been on a downward slide for a while.
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The mute certainly didn't help, but if you think back, Habbo certainly wasn't much better off before the mute. It had been on a downward slide for a while.
The current culture of Habbo is earning badges. No one seems to care about anything anymore except badges. Last time I checked you can only wear 5 of them at a time. And most people don't even notice the badges you already collected. The staff mentioned that only 1% of people use homepages anymore, so who is looking at your badge counter? No one. Why they are so popular I will never know, but that's just how it is. As long as people express interest in collecting them the staff will continue to release uninventive competitions with a badge reward and perhaps, if you're lucky, a small pack of norm furni.
We must not forget that the new generation of Habbos don't know what Habbo used to be. We can't take for granted that people used to play Battleball/Snowstorm, enter the old competitions, or remember how great the old staff were. It's hard to start a revolution when no one understands what they're missing out on. Many people are living in the moment, and for them, people as unprofessional as Powertoo/QueenofSheba/KitchenNinjette are all they know or remember. It's sad, but a reality.
i quit maybe... 6/7 years ago now so bear with me... do people still play battleball? damn the amount of coins i spent on that game. habbo UK use to have the most intense BB players. was serious stuff... i faded out though. tried to get on after the merge but changed my password drunk and forgot it a few years ago. still got rooms full of petal floors / dino eggs / thrones / bird baths rotting away lol (are they even still worth anything?)
edit: reading heaps about the badges. yah that was such a downturn of habbo. having a gold HC badge was pretty much the only thing people aimed for when i played. oh and pimping out their homepage... good times.
I remember the hype of homepage changing. It's kind of shocking now that there's nothing that goes on with the actual habbo website. Everything is moving to the client.Quote:
Originally Posted by le harry
Quests now are lazy and it's quite obvious they're not putting a lot of focus in actually doing something interesting. It's the repetitive telephrase or maze quests to get badges or those annoying grinding quests. The only thing I do now is watch for new furnitures that I can add to my private rooms.
Couldn't agree more. Insane how they've had users purchase their own badges just to show in rooms. Badges are the epitome of overused and overworked. Give a girl a break dammm. At one point in time competitions/quests had a true narrative with memorable characters. Not so much anymore. Feels very "click to recieve your prize" instead of a mission with tasks.Quote:
Originally Posted by jorsian
I wonder if there is even a new generation on Habbo. Judging by the peek of members online, I'd say very few new users join daily and end up purchasing coins in the longterm. The decline is real yo. So maybe staff should start coming up with new ideas instead of trying to please an audience that has not one clue what they want. Habbo has been scared into feedback mode trying to recreate a past that can't be duplicated. These small updates are stupid and frustrating. Switching to an iPad isn't going to magically increase users. There's something wrong with the game that calls for big changes. And until that happens Habbo is doomed.