Advantages: A change from your usual chat software, the communicator Disadvantages: No Customer service, long down times, the usual 'bad-guys'
I´m a talker I am, its true, thats one of the benefits I´ve found of going onto the internet, when there are days like this where my voice threatens to completely disappear, I always need a spare outlet for my ramblings, and dagnammit if I can´t speak to people with my voice, I may as well type to them, and thats where places like Habbo Hotel come to hand.
I´d tried some of the UK specific chat-rooms, but for a lazy student with too much time on ... ...during the daytime as well as in the early hours of the morning, so it was time to find a worldwide chat-room where you didn´t get pestered just because of your sex, I´d tried the Yahoo rooms, but if I got asked A/S/L? one more time (A/S/L = Age?/Sex?/Location? to which they always get the reply from me - 56/Both/Behind You) I would have screamed, then whilst clicking around, I found out about Habbo Hotel.
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Angelus 16.08.2001
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Advantages: addictive, free, fun, endless possibillities, lots of rooms Disadvantages: can get boring, some people ruin your fun, can be laggy, repitive
Welcome to the habbo hotel, the habbo hotel is a online chat room that was first launched in 2000 in Finland. Then 2001 in the UK and then following 2004 in USA. The chat room is aimed at teenagers around the world. The current population for habbo is 118 million users however this is the latest figure taken from June 2008 and their is on average 8 million unique visitors monthly and 75,000 avatars being created everyday. The first time I starting ... ...2005 I found the website to be very user friendly and good fun. In a nutshell habbo hotel is a chat room however instead of a boring text based chatroom where you type and can chat to other users in a very boring text only format. In the habbo hotel when you first start you make an avatar and you can walk around the hotel visiting different hotel rooms while chatting to other users. Upon first logging in you get to create your avatar you get to choose ...
doubleheman 02.09.2009 (04.11.2009)
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Advantages: Something A Bit Different, Possibilities Are Endless, Quite A Small Community At The Moment Disadvantages: Language Barrier, Full Rooms, Potential Misuse, Still In The Beta Stages
Introduction
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I think it's quite safe to say that the main use of the Internet is to communicate to other people in one way or another. Take Ciao for example, every time you post an opinion or comment you're communicating to everyone that reads it. The Internet is where all the industry boffins believe the real future of communication is. I mean why bother paying huge amounts of money on long distance phone calls when you can just log ... ...Soon we'll be able to communicate over the Internet whilst we're on the move (sorry but WAP doesn't count).
Up until now the best way to talk to people over the Internet has been in Chat rooms such as Yahoo Chat. Sites such as this look very plain... you just communicate to each other through a wall of text (sometimes smiley faces if your lucky!). Some Chat sites have tried to make things a bit different but have never really got it right.
The ...
innocent 13.05.2001 (28.10.2001)
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Advantages: new refreshing chat room Disadvantages: still just a chat room
Habbo hotel is basically a glorified chat room, where you can go to meet your friends or complete strangers in one of the public rooms or in a room you have designed and furnished yourself(costs money).
When you first sign up to the habbo hotel you will be asked to register a Habbo (which is basically a little figure). You can then drees this figure in a variety of clothes and hair to give each person their own unique representation in the hotel!.
... ...the many rooms in the hotel. These rooms vary in their style. Some of the public rooms are themed to look like a pub or club however there is one room where you can play games such as chess noughts and crosses or battleships.In these rooms most people just guide their habbo around and talk to strangers.
The private rooms can be set up for a small cost and you can put into them whatever you like to give it a certain atmosphere or theme. In these ...
jonb 17.09.2001
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Advantages: Beautiful, fun, tranquil, non-American. Disadvantages: High bandwidth.
One of the most popular uses of the internet is to communicate. Primarily this manifests itself through the huge amount of email that floods through the wirse every day. Yet chatting is always popular too.
Internet chat rooms, especially those favoured by people like myself, such as Internet Relay Chat (modelled on CB radio) are very bland and basic. You type and it appears. Not much scope for creativity!
Previous attempts to 'jazz up' internet ... ...Chat and a few graphical 3D avatar sites that didn't work properly. Thank heavens something new has come from Scandinavia!
Habbo Hotel is a chat site with a difference. To enter you have to create a little person called a Habbo and check into a hotel. You can choose everythign about your Habbo's appearance... a great boon. Check out the afro wigs! Once checked in you can check out different, vaguely 3d cartoony rooms. The other characters there ...
anotherwiseguy 07.03.2001 (06.03.2001)
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Advantages: excellent graphics and non stop fun! Disadvantages: you have to pay for a room.
Habbo Hotel - an excallent way to communicate with others around the world! Habbo Hotel is the only chat service i basically only use nowadays and is probably the only site i visit everyday. One of the main attractions in this chat software is ofcourse that it certainly is amazingly different from any other chatroom. In Habbo Hotel firstly, like any other chatroom, you must register your account. This is free and is extremely easy considering 10 ... ...registration where you give out the usual information. ie, e-mail, real name, choose a username and password etc. After, you are ready for step 2! Secondly, before you can enter any of the rooms provided, you have to create your very own 'Habbo' which is just a little cartoon boy/girl depending on your gender. Doing this is simple:
On the screen, there is a plain body standing with different deatures to the left and right. At the top, you can choose ...
Gareth113 26.10.2003
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Advantages: High Tech, Sometimes fun. Disadvantages: People make it awful, Need fast computer, credits overpriced
Most teenagers have heard of the infamous 'Habbo Hotel' "Chatroom". Needless to say, it's a chatroom where you can create a little charachter in a little world where everyone is the same height, no one is fat even if they say they are, and 1000's of little 13 year old pretending to babies, wolves, pumpkins, and god knows what. Well, hey, i like pumpkins and wolves, so i made an account promptly.
When you sign up, you get 2 free pieces of 'Furni' ... ...You can make almost infinite rooms although none of them start with anything except the starter room (Which was only just introduced) which has wallpaper which is normally 2 habbo credits (Habbo currency). You can buy Habbo Credits on your mobile phone (40 for about £3). You can use this currency around the hotel for various things, like furnature for your room, wallpaper and flooring, games, and to join the infamous Habbo Club.
Habbo Club is what ...
Necormancer 14.03.2008
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Finally A chat site that breaks free from the mould of the old IRC and msn text style chat. The most exiting thing on msn and co is having arguments with people. On Habbo you can do this with so much more. You control a Habbo (basically a little person) of which you can design to look like yourself or anythin you want. From Afros to mohicans, you can give your Habbo either the most daring or the most simplistic looks you want. You can move your habbo ... ...them non-alcoholic drinks. The advantage to moving around is that there are many different conversations of which you can join in. Also, if you are bored, you just go to speak with someone else without changing rooms Also you give your habbo a name and a life goal. People see the name when you speak and the goal when they click on you. All of it is on Shockwave which is an internetplayer that makes the chat look like it could be on a game. Surprisingly ...
Tribute 26.02.2002 (04.04.2002)
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Advantages: Great website, easy to use, somewhere to chat and meet friends. Disadvantages: Lots of young scammers on the site.
Habbohotel.com is an online website which is aimed at teenagers and young adults. The website is free to join and only basic information is required to join up. Create a username, password, provide your e-mail address and then set about creating your habbo person who will represent you around the site.The head shape, hair & clothes can all be customised for free and then once your habbo is created you can begin to explore the site. Once registered ... ...There are bars, clubs etc that are chat areas and here you will find lots of other Habbos from around the world who want to chat and make new friends. There are currently over 2,000 Habbos online so there should always be something for most people to have a chat too! No swearing or rude language is allowed on the website at all and most of this is filtered to prevent it happening at all. There are lots of areas to explore on the site and you can ...
katyeverett 15.07.2009
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Advantages: Different to normal chat rooms, lots of places to go, people to meet Disadvantages: Takes up lots of memory, can cause computer to freeze or possibly crash.
This site is one of the most innovative and interactive chatrooms that you will find on the Net. Instead of ordinary chat boxes, where you just type, and wait, you can make your own character and profile and move round an online five star hotel!
First of all, when you go to the site, you have to sign up, make your profile, choose a user name and password, and then choose what you want to look like to everyone else. It is best to create a character ... ...that you meet, will ask you that. Once you have created a character, you can then set off on your adventure around the hotel.
There are many different rooms to go in, up to 400, and more are being put in all the time, as more people begin to hear about it. From a lobby, to a kitchen, it is very realistsic, and there are plenty of places to go and chat to people.
When you start to chat, you walk up to a person, using the direction arrows, and, then ...
Rocky76 12.06.2001
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Advantages: Cool graphics, little people Disadvantages: Paying, time delay
This was one of the first chat rooms I had ever been on and it's so much fun. I recommend it for sensible and cautious internet users.
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+The fact that you can design your own character even down to the clothes they are wearing is great. It's cool to have some sort of indication as to what the person you are talking to looks like without having to show photos which can be embassing (as are all photos!) and ... ...+ The graphics are fantastic, when the chat rooms actually ARE rooms! Simple, yet effective.
+ How stupid do we all feel when in internet conversations we have to type things like *drinking soft drink* or *eating burger*?! Well Habbo Hotel prevents this. It makes it possible for you to 'buy' food and drink from the bars, you even get to chat to the bar staff. This doesn't cost you a penny in 'real money'.
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leadboiler 30.03.2004
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Advantages: Great fun Disadvantages: Addictive, sometimes slow to load
The Habbohotel is amazingly fun and addictive. The first time you log onto the site you create your Habbo who is your virtual character. Choosing from a variety of different hairstyles, faces, shirts etc. is part of the fun and when you've finished you should have a cool little guy ready to enter the hotel. After logging in the list of rooms available pops up. Choose from the Lobby, Habburgers, and many more, including a nightclub and a games room ... ...the coolest venue and consequently the busiest and hardest to get into. There is a limit of 25 Habbo's in the lobby so be prepared to wait a little while to get in.
Once in your chosen room the world (well the hotel) is your oyster as you wander round chatting to loads of people. There is a bar in most of the rooms and you can even go for a dance in the nightclub.
It is possible to create your own private room and buy fittings and furniture with ...
monoply123 31.05.2001
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Advantages: Create a character, chatrooms, message boards, free easy, send SMS Disadvantages: Sometimes slow, is often full at peak times
At Habbo Hotel you can interact with other people just as you would offline, except that you are not limited by anything like location or time. Habbo Hotel is a chill-out space where you can hang out with your friends. Guests are represented in the hotel by a personal figure called a Habbo (more info L8R). This hotel is primarily for teens in the UK, but everyone is welcome. Habbo Hotel isn't just about chatting. You actually walk or dance your way ... ...to speak to someone, you have to be standing near enough for them hear you, unless you want to shout. Just as you'd get a drink in a normal café or pub, you can order one at one of their bars - just one thing: Habbo Hotel is alcohol-free. You only tell people as much about yourself as you want, so no one's going to judge you - just chat from an equal basis, right from the start. It's not hard to break into conversation for the first time - just walk ...
Tonij13 07.08.2001 (08.08.2001)
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Advantages: Animation,more fun than normal chat rooms. Disadvantages: The words you've typed can sometimes take a few more seconds to come up.
...so he directed me to HabboHotel.com and i go on it all the time now. It's an animated Chat Site where you can chat to people from everywhere. You create your own chat person (known as a *habbo*) you get to change the way it looks and dresses. Theres a variety of rooms to choose from. There are main rooms which were made by the site designers, and private rooms that normal people have made. How they make these rooms is pretty simple. With their mobiles ...
kell21 10.06.2001
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Advantages: you get to design your own little cute person Disadvantages: a bit slow and confusing when everyone talks at once
This is a chat room with a difference! Instead of the normal boring lines of typing you get to choose a little character and walk around looking for people to talk to.
The first step is to design yourself. Obviously you have to choose if you are going to be male or female, that should be quite easy! If you are having trouble look in the mirror - if you manage to look in the mirror without adjusting your hair/makeup you are male.
Then you get to ... ...you are going to have (I had to choose gothic white for the scary look Minxette!)
After that you can enter the hotel. Only a certain number of people are allowed in each room so it doesn't get overcrowded. It some rooms you can play games, chess, poker etc. In the bar you can buy a drink - strictly soft drinks only so nobody gets too pissed. Then you get the option of designing your own private room. The room is free but you have to pay for the ...
annette_tr9 05.05.2001
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