#### **Codes:** --- landing.view.banzairares.button=**Go to shop** landing.view.banzairares2.body=I**n the shop for 24 hours only we have some exclusive Battle Banzai Rares available in the shop - give your games that exclusive touch!** {.right} landing.view.banzairares.header=**Bring out the rares!** landing.view.banzairares.body=**This weekend we have some exclusive Battle Banzai Rares available in the shop - give your games that exclusive touch!** landing.view.banzairares.button=Naar de Shop --- #### **Banzai Rare** [furniPNG=bb_apparatus_rc1] [furniPNG=bb_robo_rc1] [furniPNG=bb_tddhead_rc1] [furniPNG=iarcade_cab] ** --- Room Competition** roomcompetition.gamesmaker.name=Gamemaker ---

| [furniPNG=arcade_cab] | [furniPNG=bb_tddhead_rc1] | [furniPNG=exe_icecream] | | --- | --- | --- | | [furniPNG=bb_apparatus_rc1] | [furniPNG=bb_robo_rc1] | | | [furniPNG=gld_hangflag1] | [furniPNG=gld_hangflag2] | [furniPNG=gld_table1] | | [furniPNG=gld_tile1] | [furniPNG=gld_tile2] | [furniPNG=highscore_classic] | | [furniPNG=highscore_mostwin] | [furniPNG=highscore_perteam] | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_bb] | | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_football] | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_freeze] | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_hockey] | | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_roller] | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_snow] | [furniPNG=wf_trg_period_long] | | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_roller] | [furniPNG=prizetrophy_snow] | [furniPNG=wf_trg_period_long] | All trophies come in gold, silver and bronze.

#### **Update for Newcomer is Coming!** --- _**landing.view.novice.ask_for_tour.title=Sign up for a tour**_ landing.view.novice.ask_for_tour.caption=**Feeling lost?** landing.view.novice.home_room.title=**Check out your room** landing.view.novice.home_room.bodytext=**We have created a room just for you. We've left it a bit bare, so you can decorate it the way you want. You can get to your room any time by hitting the big yellow H (top left corner).** landing.view.novice.explore_hotel.button=**Go to some public area** landing.view.novice.change_clothes.button=**Change my looks** landing.view.novice.explore_hotel.bodytext=**It might be a good idea to look around in one of our public rooms as a starting point. Enjoy your stay in the hotel!** landing.view.novice.ask_for_tour.button=**Ask for a tour** {.right} landing.view.novice.change_clothes.bodytext=**Before you start exploring the Hotel, make sure you look the way you want. It makes a whole lot of difference!** landing.view.novice.change_clothes.caption=**Find your style** landing.view.novice.home_room.button=**Go to my home room** landing.view.novice.home_room.caption=**Home sweet home** landing.view.novice.explore_hotel.title=**Explore the hotel** landing.view.novice.ask_for_tour.bodytext=**If you ever don't know what to do in Habbo, you can always ask an experienced user to show you around. Taking a tour is a great way to learn the ropes.** landing.view.novice.change_clothes.title=**Change your looks** landing.view.novice.explore_hotel.caption=**Want to meet others?** ---  

#### **Badge Quests:** --- quests.daily.BADGE1.hint=**Click the My Stuff button, under the Badges tab select the badges you want to wear.** quests.daily.BADGE1.completed=**Good. Now everyone will know who you are!** quests.daily.BADGE1.desc=**Who are you? Wear a badge that shows off your personality.** quests.daily.BADGE1.name=**Show Your Badge** {.right} quests.identity.WEARBADGE.name=**Flaunt your Badge!** quests.identity.WEARBADGE.hint=**Click the 'My Stuff' button, and look in the 'Achieved Badges' tab for badges you want to wear!** quests.identity.WEARBADGE.desc=**Wear your favorite and let other players see it!** quests.identity.WEARBADGE.completed=**You get badges when you complete Achievements and sometimes in Competitions!** --- #### **Display Gifts** --- landing.view.displaygift.body=**You can now gift badge displays - head to the shop and select your badge display and the badge you want to give. We've even added a couple of new badge displays!** landing.view.displaygift.header=**Give the gift of badges!** landing.view.displaygift.button=**Go to shop** --- {.right} #### **1 New Furni ** [furniPNG=badge_display5] **Furni uploading . . .** ---

 **icon_183** {.center} --- #### **Update 123http**: [furniPNG=pixel_plantblack] [furniPNG=pixel_light_black] [furniPNG=pixel_carpet_black] [furniPNG=pixel_table_black] [furniPNG=pixel_bed_black] [furniPNG=pixel_wall_black] [furniPNG=pixel_chair_black] [furniPNG=pixel_smalltable_black] [furniPNG=pixel_painting_black] [furniPNG=pixel_clock_black] [furniPNG=] --- #### **New Codes:** --- landing.view.baseblack.header=**Black is the new Black** landing.view.baseblack.button=**Go to shop!** {.right} landing.view.baseblack.body=**Check out the new colour of the Base furni exclusive to HCs - available now for rent and purchase! And for this weekend we have brought back some of your favourite lines in black for everyone to enjoy.** [furniPNG=badge_display5]

#### **Wired Superdeal!** --- landing.view.wiredFurniPromo.header=**This weekend only!** landing.view.wiredFurniPromo.opencatalog**=Go to Shop** landing.view.wiredFurniPromo.caption=**Buy Pets for Half Price & Save on Wired Furni with New Bundles.** --- {.right} [**wf_promo_superdeal**","All wired effects, condition and triggers","Contains all the wired effects, conditions and triggers in one bundle"]

[lightbox=http://i.imgur.com/Zpf3G0h.png ]#### **Badge Display** --- landing.view.badgedisplay.body=**You worked hard to get your badges, right? Now's the time to show it off, grab a display case from the catalogue and choose your favourite badge to show off!** {.right} landing.view.badgedisplay.button=**Catalogue** landing.view.badgedisplay.header=**Show off your badges!** ---  --- [furniPNG=badge_display4] [furniPNG=badge_display3] [furniPNG=badge_display2] [furniPNG=badge_display] --- #### **New Icon:**  ---

Update (2nd April 2013): *["badge_display","Badge Display Case","Show off your favourite badge!"], ["badge_display2","Badge Display Case","Show off your favourite badge!"]* Not sure how long the first one has been here, but the second one was added today. I think its something to do with showing your favorite group/guild badge, like a trophy case, but for groups/guilds.. I guess. No screenshots just yet. *- JohnHearfield.* --- #### **BUILD2043** [tr] [td][/td] [td][/td] [/tr] --- #### **Black Hole Update** Hole Hole2 [tr] [td][furniPNG=hole][/td] **1x1 coming for Habbos** {.center} [td][furniPNG=hole2][/td] [/tr] --- #### **CODES:** new.identity.hide.quests=**false** new.identity.hide.ui=**false **

 {.center} The 24-year-old, of Westbourne Drive, Shiney Row, befriended two 12-year-old boys on the popular Habbo Hotel site, where children can adopt and play with virtual pets. Newcastle Crown Court heard Nicholson convinced the boys to chat with him via webcam, where they would then be exposed to sickening **live footage of him committing a sex act on himself.** Nicholson was caught when the mother of one of the boys, who were friends, turned on the family computer where her son had accidentally left himself logged on to the MSN internet portal. Using the screen name “Axel”, Nicholson carried out a lewd act after persuading her to switch on the webcam, believing he was talking to her son. The son and his friend were then spoken to by the police. Alex Nicholson sobbed when he was sent down for two years and barred from using youngsters’ websites for 10 years. **Prosecutor Amanda Rippon told the court: “One boy said he had been visiting children’s chatroom Habbo Hotel, where children can adopt pets and dress in funny clothes.** “This man had been in there. That is how he first made contact. “The second boy explained when he had gone to the children’s chatroom, the defendant had adopted him and his friend and said ‘I love children’. \"**Nicholson was arrested and officers found 63,000 pornographic images on his computer, 442 of which were indecent images of children**. He told police he “got turned on by children having sex,” and admitted he had been having an illegal relationship with a 15-year-old boy. The court heard Nicholson had filmed himself engaging in sexual activity with the boy, who agreed to what was going on despite him being too young to give his consent. Judge Roger Thorn jailed Nicholson, who sobbed throughout the hearing, for two years. The judge said: “I take your demeanour to be showing, as clearly as anyone could, your remorse, shame and guilt for what you have done. “All that said, your offending here is of an alarming nature.” Nicholson admitted engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child, engaging in sexual activity with a child and making and producing indecent images of children. Jamie Adams, defending, said Nicholson is a “very, very vulnerable person”. Mr Adams added: “He knows it is not right to have behaved the way he had, but the very fact he recognises that is a massive step.” Nicholson also has to register as sex offender and abide by a Sexual Offences Prevention Order, which bans him from children’s websites – both for 10 years. **A PERVERT has been jailed for sex offences against boys he met while trawling a children’s chatroom.** Source: [http://www.sunderlandecho.com](http://www.sunderlandecho.com)

#### Dome.fi: Sulake To Lay Off 25% Of Workforce, Shuts All Country Offices {.right}According to Finnish publication Dome.fi, Sulake the creator of Habbo Hotel, will be laying off some 40-60 people from their workforce. In total, they have about 210 people working for the company so this is effectively 25% of their workforce. We also heard this from a different source, so the chatter is definitely picking up. Sulake.com was down as of just now and there is no official announcement on this so far. In showing the door to 25% of their workforce, Sulake will also close all of their 11 country offices according to the article on Dome.fi. The jobs will terminate as of March 16th, even those who have been permanently employed. The company won\'t have to go through the negotiation process large companies are required to follow in Finland as the employees are placed in a separate company that will be completely terminated. The news on this are really scarce at the moment and naturally we\'ll try to bring you more as things emerge. If you have any information on the situation, feel free to get in touch with us at editor (at) arcticstartup.com Source: [arcticstartup.com](http://www.arcticstartup.com/2012/02/16/sulake-layoffs-shutdown) --- #### **Sulake wrote on her official website:** Sulake has today begun the work to consolidate some of its manual processes and local operations. Habbo Hotel will continue to be available everywhere it is today. In doing this, the Habbo Hotel product will place more emphasis on being a platform for teens, and its priority will be to enable User Generated Content. Teens will be able to socialize, create social spaces, and form groups in a free form, content rich environment. The near future introduction of more social features and a gaming channel will continue to reinforce Habbo Hotel\'s position as a leading social platform for teens. [http://www.sulake.com/blog/entries/2012-02-16-Sulake_Consolidation.html](http://www.sulake.com/blog/entries/2012-02-16-Sulake_Consolidation.html) --- #### **Sulake wrote on her official Facebook:** We see that a lot of rumours are going around today, but rest assured: **we are NOT merging, and we are NOT closing down! We will be back with more info and an FAQ tomorrow!** --- **#### Lafontaine publishes clarification requests for Habbo in a blog of Sulake** We are not closing any Hotels. If anything, we are going to make them bigger. We’re not closing all the offices. We’re moving people around so we can communicate better together and build things faster. We’re not going to stop awarding badges and creating fun quests and offering ways to achieve status in Habbo. We are going to do more of it. What is happening is very straightforward. We look at where you go in the Hotel and what you like to do. What you like to do, we are going to make more of. That means more games, more ways to make friends, and more tools to communicate with them. We’re going to stop doing the things you don’t like as much. That means less of what you weren’t using anyway. If we try something and you don’t use it, we’re going to take it down and not have people work on it. We had some great people working on things that were not as popular in the service. So it did not make sense to keep people working on that. We don’t have enough people making the things you like, so we transferred some people over to work on those things, and we’re going to bring in some new people as well. [http://www.sulake.com/blog/entries/2012-2-17-Our_Thoughts_on_Staff_Changes.html](http://www.sulake.com/blog/entries/2012-2-17-Our_Thoughts_on_Staff_Changes.html) --- **Images in sulake Brazil:** [lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/img_1557.png] [lightbox=https://puhekupla.com/images/uploads/img_1560.png]