Why are some people addicted to Habbo?

[Stabbed]

All of us have heard the saying 'Play it but dont live it'
Its quite true.

Okay, lets start from the beginning.

Imagine, your playing falling furni and you win. You get a piece of furni, big woop. Its not even real furni, its virtual. Dont get too excited.

Imagine, you open your furni shop, you trade your furni for a better furni, it doesnt really matter what kind of furni you have because its fake.

Someone might say to you 'Haha, your poor, noob' eventually there a noob calling you a noob when its a virtual game.

I doesnt mean you shouldnt buy furni or waste your time on it.
PLAY IT, BUT DONT LIVE IT.

[VPSwow]

I understand my sister is 17 now and was saying to me iv left habbo and she gave all her furni away, everyday shes back on the site and makes stupid excuses like im just saying bye to everyone ect. I havent got addicted to it and i really only go on to do my Habbox jobs now or when im bored but obiously my sister is addicted. I used to go on all the time and was gold hc then i thought why am i wasting my money on a badge.

[Jericho]

Theres one habbo *no names* lol but he is so addicted, go to his habbo home and theres a big argument between him and some other guy -.-

I am getting bored of it now :[

Been on it since 03 and its got worse

[Stabbed]

Its even got laggier

It said The Loading Boxes will make it faster.
It didnt

[Axel]

I don't know, I only care about it because it has some sort of value on ebay even though I'll never get round to selling it.

[VPSwow]

I only had about 4 thrones worth of furni and that may sound a lot but it really isnt for a Gold hc and i just gave it away i really couldnt be bothered selling them.

[iHorrors]

Its addictive because its a addictive game ;]

i left because its abit sad,

you just have to go on when your bored, i never go on now.

[Shawnstra]

I go on to mainly speak to my mates, as that is the only way I can talk to them.

[Virgin Mary]

Well it's like when people are online and then say 'I'm bored'; computers/internet are meant for recreation, i.e. to kill boredom. People have just come to treat the internet as an "extension to life" and treat it the same way as people at school treat the playground. I think Habbo is addictive, especially collecting furni or becoming a HabboX for example, because it helps people feel significant or powerful whereas in real life they're just another person. Habbo has a particular social ladder and I think people see it as a goal to climb that ladder which is what makes it so addictive.

[Pyroka]

I've started going back on it for like the nights.. May do a bit more in the day now but anyway, I've found that it's addictive because of FURNI. When I left Habbo I gave every single bit of furniture away and dang, I never touched it for like months (unless something huge came up with a mate). It's definitely the furni as you gain your 'popularity' from it and gives you a feeling of success somewhere; something which alot of people desire in life.