Hello Sweet Puhekupla Readers,

(1) So, I introduced myself and now I have a story to write. You all know who the 2 persons were who made Sulake, right? If not, then you’ll better be ashamed! Well, it all started with Aapo Kyrölä (Aapo) and Sampo Karjalainen (Apparatus) the 2 Co-Founders of Sulake. Habbo (Former: Hotelli Kultakala) was pre-born in 1999, as a hobby project by Sampo and Aapo. This was called Mobiles Disco, a virtual chat room designed for a Finnish band. After having been contracted to design a virtual game for Elisa (Finnish ISP), they were contracted for another project. So, Sulake Labs was born on 1 May 2000. And this is, where my story starts. (Ouch I can feel the excitement of you all!)

(2) So, we have had May 2000 (Aapo & Apparatus created Sulake Labs Oy & ArmasK joined), June 2000 (Drken popped in). Nothing very special happened during July 2000. Then in Augustus 2000 Hotelli Kultaka opened, in beta version. On september 2000 the Beta was over, and every user could join. The users really spreaded trough the Hotel that time And Aapo, Apparatus, ArmasK, Drken could barely deal it. Suddenly it was no enegery-drink time anymore. In october 2000 they made the decision to hire 3 more people. Toto, Retiisi & Opium were born. Currently Toto and Retiisi are well-known in the Habbo World, where Opium is totally forgot and was mentioned nowhere.

(3) So here we are, on 19 October 2000 - Drken, ArmasK, Aapo & Apparatus came back from Brazil. Directly followed to hire 3 new persons - Toto, Retiisi & Opium. After that, the guys were building the hotel, adding new features and on 16 January 2001 they launched Habbo UK Ltd in beta version. (This was the first time the name "Habbo" showed up). On 24 January 2001 Habbo UK went open for the public, under the command of Apparatus (Seems to be the Hotel Manager) & Cindy (Anne Isaksson) the Community Manager. After the launch it went hard with the Hotels, so Sulake decided to hire more persons. Mikko Väyrynen, Tuulikki Uotila, Timo Ahde, Sulka Haro were hired in February 2001.

(4) So, we are getting into March 2001 now. The constantly growing ammounts of Habbo's forced Sulake to hire people, as they did last month. But it's not over! They hired another 2 persons. Aapo, who was the only technician programmer (along with Sulka last month) could not handle it anymore. Muhmi & WhatWasit were hired, both as Programmers/Technologist. Keeping up the servers, making the client et cetera. But Habbo got trouble too.. Hackers popped in. Scripting, Banning, Hacking and all that stuff were happening. That was it for this time. Some Habbo's asked me about Painimies Balls. We did some investigation today. The hidden message can be found in one of the rooms that is designed by Painimies (thats a fact). Those rooms are commonly recognized by a tiny ball. It includes these rooms: Hallway II - I, Hallway II - II, Hallway II - IV, Hallway II - VI, BB2 Arena 1, BB2 Arena 2, Picknick Garden, Lido I, Lido II, Library, Lobby II, Lobby III, Sun Terrace, Oriëntal Park I & Night at the Museum 2. And probably also: HC Room II, HC Room Orange II, HC Room Halloween II, Hotel Kitchen, Snowstorm Arena I, Snowstorm Arena II, Snowstorm Arena VI, Oriëntal Park II, Cheetos Promotions, Den (latest version) & Den (old version). We also figured out that armasK made the habbo duck. He also made a habbo duck in real, with some "string breads". We can assume that every public space with a 'duck' is made by armasK. So; BB2 Arena 3, Lido I, Dusty Lounge, Snowstorm Arena III & Sunset Cafe. And he probably made Zen Garden II & Den (oldest). And the Ice Cafe Braincrashers Party & Schoolyard are made by Tursake. The Oldskool Room I is probably designed by Apparatus. And the Australian Hotelview is designed by Retiisi.

*Sulake Employee #01: Aapo (May 2000 - Sulake Employee #02: Apparatus (May 2000 - Sulake Employee #03: ArmasK (May 2000 - Sulake Employee #04: Drken (Jun 2000 - Mar 2007) Sulake Employee #05: Toto (Oct 2000 - Sulake Employee #06: Retiisi (Oct 2000 - Sulake Employee #07: Opium (Oct 2000 - May 2005) Sulake Employee #08: Laiskimus Sulake Employee #09: Tuu (Feb 2001 - Aug 2009) Sulake Employee #10: Painimies (Feb 2001 - Sulake Employee #11: Sulka (Feb 2001 - Sulake Employee #12: Muhmi (Mar 2001 - Mar 2002) Sulake Employee #13: WhatWasit (Mar 2001 - Apr 2007) Sulake Employee #14: Paolo (Apr 2001 - Sulake Employee #15: Belly (May 2001 - Nov 2006) *

So, where were we... (www!)? March 2001 has blown us all.. Now we are getting in April 2001 & May 2001. April 2001 was the month Paolo was hired as an Lingo Programmer.. But May 2001 is much more interesting. In May 2001, the first 2 known "Site Producers" were hired. Ione, who was hired by Habbo UK Ltd (I am not going to tell about her, perhaps if some are interested in her I will). Ione was also the person who has blown "Hotel Manager" inside Habbo. The second Site Producer is "Belly", for Habbo FI. She was hired by Sulake Labs. It seemed that Habbo was getting that big, that they needed 2 persons who created, translated & evented the site. Altough Ione was only Site Producer in May 2001, then she was already promoted! But she acted as Hotel Manager till April 2003, then Jibbi took over. Belly was Site Producer till February 2003, then the famous Tuu took over.

[14] Paolo Paolo, aka Joni Huhmarniemi started working for Sulake in April 2001 (perhaps the day he celebrated his birthday? April 10. He was the Lingo Programmer, under the command of Aapo. After that he became "Software Architect", and was in September 2008 promoted to Senior Software Architect. So he became the leader of a group of Software Architects. The title on his business card was "Syntax Error Management" (2003). Quote: Sulake's business cards are "collectible" cut-out paper figures with stands; Joni's title is "Syntax Error Management". Paolo was involved in Wobble Squabble. He was also in charge of what he calls "root canal therepy" *- Question from an old interview; Which work of yours would you like to introduce to habbo’s?

• The so called “root canal therapy”: when the old Kultakala became the new one. All of the coding of Habbo was written again, because the localization – new language and local characterstics – were hard to insert in the old Kultakala. After this treatment all the Hotels began to use the same base coding, so that adding new stuff and localizing the Hotel became more convenient. *

[15] Belly Belly, aka Reetta Ranta (Pietiläinen) was hired in May 2001. She instantly became the Hotel Manager & Community Manager for Hotelli Kultakala (Habbo Finland). Belly is still rarely seen in the Hotel. Somewhere in 2002 or 2003 there was a new Community Manager, Loistovaanija, introduced and Belly was only Site Producer by then [The so-named "Brand Manager"]. In february 2003 she handled the Hotel Manager Keys to Tuu and became the Marketing Manager for Habbo.FI. In August 2004 she became the Creative Director (Director of Concept & Design) for Sulake. She was in charge of all Concept and Graphic Designers. In November 2006 she left Sulake, being someone who made Habbo FI in the business.

I'm your biggest fan, I follow you untill you comment me. See you next time,

Yucca

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