In Habbo Hotel, every character made is a guest at the Hotel, the Hotel is run by Habbo Staff, who basically make sure that everybody is happy and follow the terms and rules they have agreed to once they have signed up for an account. They have full rights to do whatever they please to do with Habbo Hotel and their Hotel members.
The policemen of Habbo Hotel are called ‘Hobbas’ they do not have as much rights as Habbo Staff, they report anything that is out of proportion to the staff, and will ban any character with inappropriate behavior or who have attempted to hack into the program.
The money made is Habbo coins. There is furniture, rooms and food. Characters (Habbos) can meet in coffee shops, restaurants, dress elegantly, design their own rooms, make their money, get jobs, paint their walls, send each other gifts change their styles and live a life very similar to the real one. Ofcourse being a member of Habbo, you have limits, you are not entirely free to do as you please, you cannot steal, you cannot swear or break any of the Habbo rules which is listed under ‘Habbo Law’. An example of a situation you may be put in is being banned for swearing. A swear word is always automatically turned into ‘BOBBA’ once type it. So if a Hobba (Habbo police) noticed someone say : Bobba you! They would get you into a problem.
Habbo Hotel is serious about respect.
I was engaged in the power of living a virtual life. It is an experience worth having, I got to meet professional people who live perfectly normal lives and share interesting stories from all over the world. I learnt to negotiate, bargain and trade for profit. It was all so time consuming, Virtual money, virtual gifts, virtual looking characters, virtual furniture. But the friends I made, were friends, they were not virtual friends. They were real people just like me and you, with their own special characteristics, who put in what they are good at and shared it online. Through second life, I made friends I have kept till today. I understood the importance of trying a bit of everything. It has not turned me into an awkward and anti-social person (at least I believe so). I do know that too much of anything is bad. And that is why every individual should draw their own lines. I respect the opinion of every person who thinks that second life is pointless; however they should understand themselves that creating a character in a virtual life does not mean you lack all these things in reality. You would be surprised the people who engage in second lives. Singers have made accounts on Habbo Hotel and were asked to visit and spend a few hours chatting with other users from all over the world. Im sure many of them don’t lack communication in their lives, but have enjoyed the remarkable things that comes out of a second life.
So did I.
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