Chatting enable in .FI - It works like this.

[LiquidLuck.]

Makin an account for it now.

Still no one can speak
Do you speak portuguese?

[Logandyer45]

Still no one can speak
Do you speak portuguese?

Nope! Just English and Spanish! Add me. iHabboJ

[LiquidLuck.]

Nope! Just English and Spanish! Add me. iHabboJ

LOL Then why going to the .com.br one?

[Storking]

Habbo.fi is the only non English speaking hotel that blocks access because it's had this latest update. I'm assuming they aren't going to add words from other languages to each hotel's safe word list, so they've blocked country-wide IPs? Who knows!

I really don't think they've blocked access because "it's the first hotel to be unmuted".

[Pigperson]

Don't really understand it but it looks interesting. If this pre approved words system is true then I guess that removes a lot of freedom.

Will

[Shorty]

It reminds me of a very child friendly game, like 8+ not a game which is intended for 13+

[PiippBB]

And Paul's latest blog talks of 'freedom of speech.' Yeah, right. A banned words list would have been far better as opposed to an acceptable words list, but I guess they've done it this way so that no one can get around banned words, as someone will always find a way and think of something not on the list. By doing it this way, they have complete control over what we can actually say. I can see my Big Brother game falling apart here; I'm doubting they've added in words such as 'housemate' and 'evict.' Oh dear. :L

[Logandyer45]

And Paul's latest blog talks of 'freedom of speech.' Yeah, right. A banned words list would have been far better as opposed to an acceptable words list, but I guess they've done it this way so that no one can get around banned words, as someone will always find a way and think of something not on the list. By doing it this way, they have complete control over what we can actually say. I can see my Big Brother game falling apart here; I'm doubting they've added in words such as 'housemate' and 'evict.' Oh dear.

Lol. No more Big Brother or LMS's. @PiippBB

[PiippBB]

LMS? What's that? You'll have to excuse me, I don't go around Habbo much nowadays; I spend most of my time running my Big Brother (search Piipp) when I'm online, or upgrading the rooms or building a new house. Honestly though, I'll be sending them a list of suggested words all relating to Big Brother, lol, I need to be able to play my game! Oh, and news from Paul on the IP block:

Paul LaFontaine ‏@PaulLaFo

We have IP blocked Finland so we can test a few adjusted system without it being flooded with non-Finnish speakers. Temporary. thx

He's also mentioned that Tuesday isn't actually the day of the unmute as he said last night; it all depends on the hotel. I'm pretty sure .com will be one of the last seeing as it's our hotel which caused these problems to start with and it's the biggest hotel they have; we require a lot more work than others.

EDIT:

Had to post this as the first thought that came in to my head made me laugh so hard. Just so you know the background, this user has just posted a link Paul's twitter to his blog where he is slating the new chat system. In the middle of this blog he posted this:

'You're going to disturb, and lose hundreds if not thousands more users because of this system, I implore you to re-think this. You're going to end up having a system like Moshi-Monsters, and they only need 12 moderators due to the chat being so limited no one can insult anyone else. '

My first thought was: 'I bet Paul's eyes lit up when he read this and he started rubbing his hands together with a huge grin on his face. 'Just 12 moderators?! WOW! Think of the money we can save!''

Lol.

EDIT AGAIN:

Tom ‏@_Tweeney

@PaulLaFo Will there be an option to disable this filter? Surely then disabling is taking it into the user's own risk and not yours?

Paul LaFontaine ‏@PaulLaFo

@_Tweeney You earn your way out of it. So new accounts and people trying to switch and game a ban are limited. And parents can control too.

Seems the filter will only apply to new users and those who can't show they are mature enough to go without it. The idea seems to be preventing users getting banned or muted and just jumping into another account where they can continue in the same manner. With this in mind I'm assuming that, with a seven year old account, once I've passed the safety quiz I won't have a filter. Not really sure though, I think there will be more for us to do than just a quiz to unlock it, seeing as lots of us have older accounts and they need to ensure we're not there to groom children. So I think we'll probably have the quiz to unlock basic chat, and then further things to do before we can get rid of the filter. I can't see them just basing it on how old your account is, although it seems to be what Paul is implying.

Sorry for the long post!

[MKR&*42]

LMS? What's that? You'll have to excuse me, I don't go around Habbo much nowadays; I spend most of my time running my Big Brother (search Piipp) when I'm online, or upgrading the rooms or building a new house. Honestly though, I'll be sending them a list of suggested words all relating to Big Brother, lol, I need to be able to play my game! Oh, and news from Paul on the IP block:

Paul LaFontaine ‏@PaulLaFo

We have IP blocked Finland so we can test a few adjusted system without it being flooded with non-Finnish speakers. Temporary. thx

He's also mentioned that Tuesday isn't actually the day of the unmute as he said last night; it all depends on the hotel. I'm pretty sure .com will be one of the last seeing as it's our hotel which caused these problems to start with and it's the biggest hotel they have; we require a lot more work than others.

EDIT:

Had to post this as the first thought that came in to my head made me laugh so hard. Just so you know the background, this user has just posted a link Paul's twitter to his blog where he is slating the new chat system. In the middle of this blog he posted this:

'You're going to disturb, and lose hundreds if not thousands more users because of this system, I implore you to re-think this. You're going to end up having a system like Moshi-Monsters, and they only need 12 moderators due to the chat being so limited no one can insult anyone else. '

My first thought was: 'I bet Paul's eyes lit up when he read this and he started rubbing his hands together with a huge grin on his face. 'Just 12 moderators?! WOW! Think of the money we can save!''

Lol.

EDIT AGAIN:

Tom ‏@_Tweeney

@PaulLaFo Will there be an option to disable this filter? Surely then disabling is taking it into the user's own risk and not yours?

Paul LaFontaine ‏@PaulLaFo

@_Tweeney You earn your way out of it. So new accounts and people trying to switch and game a ban are limited. And parents can control too.

Seems the filter will only apply to new users and those who can't show they are mature enough to go without it. The idea seems to be preventing users getting banned or muted and just jumping into another account where they can continue in the same manner. With this in mind I'm assuming that, with a seven year old account, once I've passed the safety quiz I won't have a filter. Not really sure though, I think there will be more for us to do than just a quiz to unlock it, seeing as lots of us have older accounts and they need to ensure we're not there to groom children. So I think we'll probably have the quiz to unlock basic chat, and then further things to do before we can get rid of the filter. I can't see them just basing it on how old your account is, although it seems to be what Paul is implying.

Sorry for the long post!

Interesting post in general LMS is "Last Man Standing" I believe. It's usually hosted by Casino owners and the aim is to be the last one remaining in a certain area - a very long waiting game. I don't know of anything else referred to as "LMS". But yeah, they get you to type certain words/do certain actions to prove you're not AFK irl.

I'm fairly "iffy" about the whole "Earning your way out of it". If every new user who joins is restricted to the filter for X months, then they'd get pretty bored and leave quite quickly if the chat system was so restricted? I cannot stand games with only "approved words lists" because general conversation gets tedious and annoying - if I was a new user on Habbo and was forced into it, I'd leave quickly tbh. Although I suppose it could give players something to aim for lol.

The IP block makes sense I suppose .