Badges to be discontinued

[Michael]

After months of gathering feedback from the community and various in-company discussions, it is with much sadness that we announce that as of tomorrow, badges will be discontinued.

Badges have long played an important role in Habbo Hotel, and thousands of Habbos all over the world have spent time and energy collecting these stamps of pride.

As the years have passed, however, it has been apparent that some Habbos have developed an unhealthy dependecy on acquiring these badges, and it has reached a point where action must be taken.

We understand that this may cause some frustration, but it is a vital step towards ensuring that the Habbo environment is a safe and enjoyable one. Read below for additional info:

FAQ:

When will badges be discontinued?

As of right now we will not be issuing any more badges as prizes for games, mazes etc.

What happens to achievement badges and such?

Achievement badges will continue until the 30 of April. After that time no further achievement badges will be issued. Please make sure that you have earned all achievement badges you wanted by then, as there will not be any exceptions.

What about the badges I have on my account?

Badges that you have already earned are yours to keep.

But I love playing games for badges. What game prizes will you replace them with?

No worries, there'll be other prizes such as Builders club and Habbo Club membership as well as credits.

- Habbo Staff

http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-b...e-discontinued

Probably an april fool, although I do agree with this haha

it has been apparent that some Habbos have developed an unhealthy dependecy on acquiring these badges, and it has reached a point where action must be taken.

[Drewar]

Apparently Habbo has made the decision to discontinue issuing further badges. I actually am somewhat happy that they have decided to do this. Badges were originally very special and only given out for special circumstances (Habbo Club, Hobba, Habbo eXpert, Top 20 Wobble Squabble, SnowStorm, etc.) so they had a lot of appeal to them. Over time, however, Habbo has come up with so many badges that they are almost kind of annoying (you literally get a badge for logging in X number of times).

What do you think about this change?

Do you think this is just an early April Fools joke? I really hope it is not.

Link to the full article: http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-b...e-discontinued

Thread Merged by Despect (Forum Moderator) As there's already a thread posted on this topic.

[!EOD!]

http://www.habbo.com/articles/3159-b...e-discontinued

Probably an april fool.

I was just about post this. I believe that badges were fun for awhile but there is more to Habbo then just collecting them...

[mlp16]

I did not see this coming, however I do miss the fact that back in 2006 you was super cool to have a badge, now i have like 400+..

However yes April fools does sound more realistic.. But i think they should be less generous with badges

[Chris]

This is obviously for April fools. They wouldn't take something away that users love so much.

[Tyler]

obv an april fools. badges is what keeps half of habbo online

[Bradley.]

yea yea yea
that's all they can give out for prizes like they're gona get rid, aprils fools tomorrow so yeah silly

[e5]

This is the worst april fools they have ever done. I knew straight away lmao

[Plebings]

could have been a bit more subtle.

would be great if this happened though!

[TonyBest]

They couldn't have made this one more obvious, of course it's an April Fools joke.