Older members... we need your pearls of wisdom

[Zak]

@vito201-; @MissAlice; @tm; @CoolD00d; @Simmzay;

[nvrspk4]

Sonicmouse

Who fun fact later became Habbox Staff


Random things off the top of my head are the Habbo Council, the end of the Hobba program, that time a kid in the Netherlands got arrested after stealing a ton of furni. I remember the name Cheezy2 as well but don't know why.

Big Habbox events, Habbox losing official status, the help desk split (I forget what the new one was, I want to say it was PH or something?), when that copyright group tried to shut down all Habbo radios over royalties, the list goes on.

If you have specific areas that you're looking for more in let me know...I kind of just threw out what I could remember generally

[*Tiger.Love]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed

I remember those blockades; that's hilarious. The screenshots have me missing habbo UK all over again.

Thanks for sharing.

[Inseriousity.]

lmaoo I remember that radio thing. did we end up getting a license in the end or just go nahhhh

[Dan2nd]

Didn't Evolution work for Habbox as a moderator at some point? I remember putting something about him having sex with Callie in my signature and he threatened to have me banned from the forum.

So here's some other stuff I remember:

- HxTV!!! I think other than the manager (HotelUsers brother John) towards the end I think I was the only person left at Habbox who had any enthusiasm left for HxTV when it started its demise... I produced two series of Doctor Who and one series called 'The Fansite' (it was supposed to be a Habbox version of 'The Office'). Then when it was obvious the department was going to be cut soon I jumped ship!! (I like to think after years of quality programming (Habboenders etc) my crappy shows single handedly bought the department to its end!)

- The great 'class divide' when HC Only Public rooms were introduced. HC members would also start their own 'HC Only Parties' kicking out anyone not bearing their Habbo Club badge!!!!
- When you could take photos and stick them on your wall! - I had a whole wall full of 'Photos' but when I logged on recently just to see what was new I noticed they don't work any more!
- I don't know how to type this but the tune that always used to play when you had a new message or when you logged in and had messages waiting 'dum di duuuum' haha (I don't know if that tune still happens?)
- The Hallway protests...
- After Callie got Sacked/Left she joined another game.....Club Tropico or something? I don't think it ever took off though!
- I have a vague memory of getting really angry when I was HxHD manager because a rival fan site used to get their radio listeners to dress as bunnies and 'raid' HxHD spamming the room to tune in.... I think it was ThinkHabbo?

I'm sure there's more in my head somewhere!

[GommeInc]

Not sure if it is something to mention but back in 2004 there was a room called "Hotel Exit". It was an empty, unaltered room. After a few seconds of entering, a Habbo comes in and says something along the lines of "Would you like to see the exit?" and if you answered yes (or stay a few seconds longer - we couldn't work out how it worked as it was completely random sometimes) you would be disconnected and the password to your account would be changed.

It was removed in Version 5 I think when they bothered to fix some of the bugs and issues in the game.

There was the Callie and Impetuous scandal where both of them were the same person - though why Habbo itself didn't notice this I am unsure - or Callie removed all of her furniture which again breaks so many policies.

Habbos.co.uk was and always will be the best Habbo Fansite as far as website design, competitions and events go. Haven't been on Habbox Wiki in a long long time but it might be worth mentioning it as it was very good.

All I can think of off the top of my head which date back a bit too far for some to care

[Zak]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pools-closed

Knew it was Pool's closed!

There was a lot of scripting and stuff like that - coloured stikis, teles in door, furni in black, posters in black, rooms in search that said they were full but had no one in them etc etc

[scottish]

The best was the old glitched photo where we could disconnect people by trading them the photo.

Got my first account banned for disconnecting a staff member

[nvrspk4]

lmaoo I remember that radio thing. did we end up getting a license in the end or just go nahhhh

It's a long story which I shouldn't personally put in writing

Also the other site was ClubTropica, I think they sponsored a Habbox ad banner for a while.

I thought the Callimpetuous thing ended up being a hoax?


Do they do still do scam rooms? When you played in casinos etc. you'd look up the person's name and check to see if they had rooms made for them as "TRUSTED" or "SCAMMER". It was Habbo's very primitive version of eBay-style community self-policing.

[tm]

Good day.

I've got a cleared Wiki account so I'll make some additions/updates when I've got a spare afternoon.

Stuff I know lots about -

People:
- Evolution: habbos.ca/net. Meet the manager competition. Manager for a day comp. UK
- Budy: old trade room owner, popular pre-sukia. Winner of Mr Habbo UK competition 2004.
- Sukia: trade room history, user personal history (known since 2002 on other accounts).

Hobba/X/Guide
- Hobba: (know many former Hobbas although I wasnt one myself. Have original super handbook)
- eXpert programme: (was a head eXpert, have lots of handbooks/screenshots/records)
- Guide programme: (was head guide)

Events:
Celeb visits including:
- Gorillaz (first ever)
- Many more

Regular rooms:
- Newsbox (wenders)
- Newsbox (Karn)
- Newsbox (Brian)
- Gothic House
- Theatredrome
- Welcome lounge

Random stuff:
- The path is grey.
- OLD furniture values, eg when Easter Ducks were the most expensive item on the hotel.
- Lots and lots and lots of screenshots. Literally thousands taken over the last 14 years.