![]() ![]() I arrived in the summer of 2003, we had a slow-ass Pentium II and my friendship base were all starting to get broadband at home, I hear about this website in high school and decide to check it out, instantly love it, and get all my irl friends on it asap. It's been many years in growing realisation that this place has consumed me for longer than I care to admit to anyone. It began in 2001, I discovered it in 2003 on the UK server, which was the largest 'hotel' at the time with an international, 24/7 community, when people spoke of Habbo elsewhere online, whether it was raiding by 4chan or general awareness of it, it was the UK hotel and later the. They can visit other users' rooms and chat, play games, trade in the expansive economy, bet or simply kill time. What is Habbo? Habbo is an online 'hotel' where users create an 'avatar', set-up their own room - and fill it with furniture. Like Coke Studios or Runescape, these are community platforms that have been rolling since the early days of widespread internet use, growing and (with the exception of CokeStudios) expanding since their inception, almost constant up-time and minimal lag, free playability and improved experience through paid subscription etc. I know what you're thinking, Habbo? That silly isometric shockwave-based browser game for teens, is that even real gaming?
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