Adults in Habbo

[Brawl]

Hi, I don't know if this has ever been covered before - my searches couldn't find anything - but I wanted to have a discussion about how adults (anyone aged 18+) are seen within the Habbo community, especially after Habbo's history with the more unsavory characters of our species and the ensuing storm that followed (check out Wikipedia if you don't understand).

I'll preface by saying that, yes, I am what one would consider an adult. I won't disclose my age but I will say that I am not a teenager anymore nor am I a creepy old guy. Let me also preface that preface by saying that I did not join Habbo as an adult.

I first joined Habbo UK in early 2002 at the behest of a school friend. My Habbo was RemyZero. Feel free to look him up. I used Habbo heavily for a few years under varying personas (MST3k and Schoba, mostly). I spent a lot of time in the various public rooms, especially the Lido. I was also amongst the first users of Habbo US, which was exciting. I was a regular in many "police" rooms and help desks and was also an early Habbo Guide (I missed the eXpert program). I created fan sites, I made fun graphics, I wrote to the newsletter, and I entered competitions. However, some bad luck in the not-getting-phished department led to my Habbo getting bled dry of coins and furni. Not good times. I pretty much packed it in after that and didn't touch Habbo for a long time, other than to make sure my accounts were active or to see the progress of the technology. It's amazing how things have evolved, by the way.

Leading me to the point of this thread. I started Habbo as a teen - the intended customer, if you will. However, I'm now older. I'm a full-fledged adult. This isn't something I advertise on Habbo. In fact, I don't give my age at all (I'm nice about it). I'm back on Habbo and I enjoy the game and its atmosphere. I really enjoy being a Habbo Helper, answering calls for help and guiding along new players. I especially love seeing the creativity and ingenuity that's going into rooms these days. I don't go to "the clubs" or hang out in places I feel uncomfortable (typically where I can tell I can't relate), and I have to shoot down most friend requests.

Yes, I go to work to make money like an adult. Yes, I have my own home where I live with my wonderfully geeky girlfriend. That's kind of like an adult. My main hobbies are video games, Reddit, collecting all the cool stuff I always wanted as a kid, and just generally being a geek who never grew up. And I like visiting Habbo and interacting with the community.

How does the new Habbo generation feel about that?

[.:TaylorSwift:]

I feel that is a nice story. I'm not an adult, but I have been on habbo since 2010. I do enjoy the past 4 years with new updates and habbo went through big technology/ design changes. I found habbo from a t.v commercial and decided it looked nice enough to try out. Habbo was the reason I made my first email and was the first website I used on the internet. I took some time adjusting through these new changes on habbo, but now I am used to all these new updates. I recommend being active with the habbo community because if you don't habbo is just a boring place. I met wonderful people over the years and I have grown more into habbox, habbo armies, and falling furni. I enjoy earning badges and seeing these new interactive activities habbo gives us users. I seen a decline or the extinction of role playing on habbo sadly. We have grown in clubs to new staff to the summer of 2013 music festival. Habbo has changed during the past 4 years and I do have a life btw. I really enjoy coming from a hard day just to relax and to chat with other users in the room I'm in to make some new friends and like a week later your like who is this person.

[Brad]

Hey!
I am in the same boat. There are many aspects of this online universe that draws people in. I think people are caught up in the mind set that this game is more than just a community for pretend but it helps bridge the gap that other social medias can't even come close.
For example, having friends from Germany, England, and Australia. They're all in your room, and you're chatting with them... It's like any other form of social media but virtually.
Yeah, I know that being an "adult" on this game is frowned upon, and that was the reason I left habbo before going to college. Coming back, and getting back into habbo I am realizing that more and more of the generation I grew up with on habbo is still around and kicking. Haha.
So I wouldn't be too worried, I think a week or two ago there was a poll out with the ages of the habbox community and the majority of members were ages 17 and up, so there's definitely the "oldies" out there, and I wouldn't let that discourage you any!

[Michael]

Quite a few adults actually play Habbo, I once knew a guy who was 34 and played Habbo with his kids whilst working at a Habbo school (yes, he was also a teacher irl so teaching on Habbo must have related to him)

[e5]

There's really no need to be ashamed of your age on here, theres a few oldies. I'm 20 and work full time and im not embarrassed that I still use these forums regularly and Habbo occasionally.

[Red]

I started as a teen but an adult now, doesn't really bother me since I feel the ages have risen over the years. I don't hide my age lmao. On hxf, and the rooms I go to such as the 18+ types all have older people anyway.

[Jaiisun]

Are there really people that judge others for being 18+? As has been said, one of the great things about Habbo is the mixture of people you can engage with, whether they're the other side of the world, male/female, gay/straight, 12 or 21 - none of it really matters?

I've used Habbo since late 2004 (aged 12) and even met my now irl financée on Habbo (she worked in HxHD)! I'll admit that coming back recently I have somewhat struggled to re-integrate with people as there's very few around that I knew in the past.

Habbo is definitely a different experience when you're older. Like someone said before me, we like to help a lot more (and grief a lot less I would hope)!

[akeel$]

I know someone who is around 20 she's met someone on Habbo and is getting married irl now which is cool so congrats to her.

Anyway; in regards to this topic you shouldn't be embarrassed everybody has an age and some people will be older than others that's just how it works it doesn't mean you can't play the site because it is pretty addictive.

[IzzyUhh]

Theres a lot of adults who play habbo and im sure theres a lot older! I've been on habbo since 2008 haha. I think its great that people who joined quite a few years ago still visit and actually go on habbo!

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[wixard]

im 22 and i play, mainly to do mazes or chat with my friends who are all 18+ from here

ive no problem with it really but i can definitely see it being frowned upon by people who never got Into habbo the way we all presumably did