Turning to Wordpress

I just decided that I want to turn to wordpress from now on. That means I won't be posting blogs here anymore (hopefully).

So, if you want to read the rest of my blogs, go to my new site (but same blog) at orangehabbo.wordpress.com. I changed the name of the site so that it would sound reasonable.

I'll be reposting all of my blogs there. What I mean is that I will transfer everything here to the wordpress one so that it won't hassle you to read the previous blogs of mine.

I guarantee you, my next blog will be more personalized and is fit to the Habbo theme. :D

Don't worry, it's not the end. :)

HabFlow Prank?

Okay, I was tricked by the HabFlow administrators. Their fake "HabFlow closure" was all made up by Reserved.. and Funkyhabbo. Everyone became gullible because of the prank.

The day after it, I went to their site only to find out that it was all fake.
As Jason, the site admin, said:

"The act earlier on the closure of HabFlow was a stage. Which means, it isn't real. This helps to ensure that our supporter and staffs are vigilant and to also give them a scare! (HabFlow love pranks!) You will DEFINITELY experience such events for at least once a month. Happy HabFlow Fool!

And obviously, what other people say isn't what i mind about. Its how my friends think."

Hmm, something's fishy. How come the timing is wrong? Fool's day is on April but why do the prank near Christmas? What fishy too is that Reserved.. was shocked too about the news and now he comes up acting like one of the pranksters.

Anyway, HabFlow's now back and still is looking forward to be an official Habbo Fansite!

Pets Reintroduced

As you know, pets in Habbo hotel are already out of fashion. Because of that, they're reintroduced again by the staff with new features! They're now hip in Habbo!

Pet owners can now train their pets with commands. Each successful command gives points to your pet but not every time you command your pet, it follows. When a pet reaches a certain amount of points, it will gain a level which gives you more command to your pet but gaining level will stop after its maximum level, the level 20. The points gained is equal to the energy used. If the command is equal to 20 points, 20 points itself will be deducted to the amount of energy your pet has. But do not worry, your pet will gain energy time after time. Higher training levels means more commands for your pet to follow. Your pet will also obey quicker once you reach another level.

If you can respect other Habbos, you can scratch your pet only 3 times a day but your Habbo has to be 3 days old. Don't worry, all Habbos has this opportunity to scratch other's pet and owners can scratch their own pet! Scratching boosts a pet's energy points as well as the other's.

You can now, not like before, walk your pet to other rooms by just dropping it to someone else's room only if the room owner allowed pets in his room. With this new feature, Habbos can now make pet races. Isn't that fantastic? But still, Habbos cannot trade their pets, it might cause confusion of the pet of who really is its owner.

Pet food now have nutrition points so that its energy and nutrition will increase. The fullness of your pet will make your pet obey your commands faster. Pet food can be bought in the catalogue for 1 coin each but there are deals of 4 coins for 6 pieces.

You can get pet badges from scratching pets, feeding them, owning many pets, and leveling them up.

If you want to experience all these, go to the catalogue section on 'Pets' tab then buy a pet for only 20 coins! I know it's a bit expensive but it would be exciting to have a pet!

Re: Mapping It Out

Okay, I lost the competition about the group page of the Philippines. My group page lost because it looked so plain and I can't fully use the whole page to add designs in it.

The Win-some Wednesday post by Tallespin issued the winners of the group page. Unfortunately, I lost the game, if you wish to know who won, It was cullen008's Proud to be in the Philippines. The group page he created was good. It's filled with design and many information about Philippines. And it's a counterpart of mine, I lacked coins so I also didn't filled up my group with too much stickers. I only put stickers that are related to the Philippines and the information in it.

Anyways, I can still join a competition. Though it's hard to win, you have to give your best to it!

How to Detect a Loser Fan of The Twilight Saga

Okay. I've read the Twilight series but only Twilight, New Moon and a couple of chapters from Eclipse. I can easily detect people who are the loser fans of The Twilight Series.

To make this explanation of mine short, there are 100% fans of twilight and I want to break them down into three (3) parts:
10% are fans who have read the book and became a fan of the Twilight Saga BEFORE the story became very popular (and including the release of the movie). I call them the ORIGINAL fans of Twilight.

60% are fans who started to read the series before the release of the movie BUT read the story DURING its popularity. I call these fans the partially loser ones.

30% are fans who read the story AFTER (this is really ridiculous) watching the movie. This is really stupid. I call these fans the totally loser ones.

To conclude, the 10-percenters are the original and loyal fans of the Twilight Series. They've discovered Twilight during its before-popularity era. The 60-percenters and the 30-percenters are the loser ones who became a fan of twilight during its popularity.

So, where are you there? Are you the 10%s or one of the LOSER 90% fans of twilight?
If you will ask me, I claim that I am a fan of the Twilight Saga. And if you will ask me if what percentage am I, I am one of the 10%s including my cousins. We read the book before its popularity probably on April and May of last 2008.
PS. April-May, 2009 are times when Twilight is not yet popular! So we're the original fans. :)

No offense to Twilight fans but this is how I see people and my bigger brother's observation about the fans of Twilight.

You can see this post here!

HabFlow has come to an End

This is all vanity and stupidity - the Habflow thinggy! The fansite was planned to be successful. The banner I created - I created with enthusiasm - will just be gone?! I've always wanted to be an official staff member of something online! Why does it have to be like this?

On 8:30 PM of November 22, 2009, I logged in to HabFlow's forum and saw nothing! Not like what I saw before! I was curious of what was happening. I went to the HabFlow homepage and saw:

Unfortunately, this has come to the end of the era. HabFlow will stop operations from the 22nd Of November 2009.
We would like to thank you for your support in making HabFlow a success.
Special thanks to:
Het
Reserved..
Tony-123
Scold
Sezzy
Funk.
And all the other Staff's and supporters of HabFlow.
May we meet in the near future.
- Funkyhabbo

What the hell is going around? Even Rus a.k.a. Reserved.. doesn't know what was happening around! The gossips about Funkyhabbo? Yeah.. I believe it's ALL TRUE!

I hate you HabFlow Management!

Mapping It Out

"Habbos of the same feather flock together"
- Tallespin

At last, the Habbo Staff created a competition about the 3 countries in 1 Habbo Hotel. It's funny to look at the Philippine group page they created. They will be giving out cool badges to Habbos who will add the group page on every Monday starting November 23, 2009.

So there's a competition currently running in Habbo about each country's group page. It says there that we should design a group page of the country we are living. And then, I joined. Haha. If you want to see the group page I created, well, I proudly will show it to you.

The group page I created, The Philippines, is about the Philippines (duh) and it's culture in cuisine, the Filipinos, etc. I designed it with a wood-like background because Filipino old homes are created using detailed-designed woods. About the group badge, I designed it to look like the Philippine flag. It looks ridiculous and funny to look at but if you stare at it, you will notice that it actually looks like the Philippine flag. Hahaha - the flower was used as the sun! Anyway... the staff will be choosing 3 winners (1 for each group page) and these Habbos will receive a Gold Habbo Medal sticker, an Executive Globe, and 5 Habbo Points each.

Please vote for the group page I created. Thanks!

Oh! By the way, in case you're feeling lazy to go to the group page, I took a picture of the group page and it's here. :)

Habboing

Habboing.com

This post is actually not about Habboing but the title is actually a brand new official fansite advertised in Habbo SG recently. For those who do not know, Habboing is a fan-forum community maintained by a welcoming, loving, and diverse group of Habbo enthusiasts from all over the globe. As the Habboing Management, l-l-l, said, "We aim to produce exciting, interactive, and high-quality content as well as innovative and advances website features for Habbos everywhere". So what are you waiting for? Register today in the brand new fansite today!

Well, there's still more fansites dedicated to the Habbo Hotel SG/MY/PH and the branches globally like Great La, Hablet, HabboSoup, and HabboHut. They're all fansite and will keep you going on habbo.

Anyways, if you want to submit a fansite, make sure that it has it's own domain name like ".com", ".net", etc. Also, simply write to habbo using the Habbo Help Tool. Introduce yourself and your fansite and tell them what your site will be contributing to the Habbo SG/MY/PH community. When you email them, of course, include the fansite URL in it.

SmartPanda, Long Gone?!

When Mr.F@m0u5 still was my main account, I had a great great friend and I was 1 day older than him in the Habbo Hotel. Well, we had good times in the hotel until I was banned from playing. When I came back to Habbo, I tried to remember the names of my friends before. While playing, it just came poofing in my head the names of my friends during my Mr.F@m0u5's account. As the days pass by, I remembered one more bestfriend of mine besides graffitidude, and his name is SmartPanda. I went to his rooms and tried to look if there's still furnitures in it. I thought that he was hacked but he wasn't. Then a room name made me realize that he was quitting. That's why all of his rooms (except one) have no furnitures! He used to have many furnitures and rares in it but he sold 90% of his belongings. Haiz, I'm so sad about the news. I wish I could still see him and let him know that I'm Mr.F@m0u5, his long lost bestfriend. :'(

HabFlow Fansite

I would like to introduce a fansite created by my friends, Reserved.. and Funkyhabbo.

They called it HabFlow and I have no idea why. But one thing is that they are still constructing their website main page. Instead, they firstly published their Forum. So, please go register there and do not forget to write my name , -Sponge, in he referrer field! Thanks!

For me, their logo is so plain that it looks boring. So, I created my own version of the HabFlow banner. I wish that the owner will recognize my banner and make it official for HabFlow.You can see the banner I created here below. It's actually in .GIF form and I prefer that you should click this picture for there's an effect. :D
If you want to download the clearer version of this banner, just click here.
To see this file, you must have a .swf player or flash player.

I would like to thank the sponsors who helped me create this wonderful banner!
Habborator.org - Font for Letters
Habboing.com - Habbo Imager
Adobe CS3 Flash - Putting it all together! :D

The Brand New Habbo Beta

Habbo beta has turned out to be the new official Habbo Hotel. I know, it's not just me, but everyone's hearts in Habbo is crying because the old Habbo is fleeing out. Everyone created events where they could spam or flood whatever they want to say as a farewell to the Big Hand (alias for the Old Habbo).

It feels bad for me for the Old Habbo to go away and never come back again. The previous Habbo was my guide and friend when I firstly joined Habbo. I thought habbo was one of the noob social games I came to play with but I was wrong. It's like every game you want is here. You can invent games in a game, trade furnitures, buy and spend coins, buy coins with real money and give our furnitures! Unlike Club Penguin, Habbo is a better game fit for teens. Actually even people not on the teen age come to like Habbo also! Some are 12 years old or younger. That's how habbo is a very special kind of game.

There are advantages and disadvantages in Habbo beta.
The disadvantages are that cameras and pictures cannot be loaded. They released beta when there are still lacking solutions to problems like some furnitures comes in black boxes. Traxes were not active when Habbo beta was released to the public. Habbo guides group are currently off and not releasing badges yet to the public. Instead, they used Habbo Bots to guide habbos! Habbo bots are some kind of annoying.

On the lighter side, Habbo Beta has positive sides too. Habbo homepage has gone cool! Its loading for the hotel has gone quicker than the old hotel. Since it's beta, it's much easier for us to play Habbo. 'Events' are united with the navigator. The Habbo news straight in the hotel, updated 24/7 where we won't be needing to go to the Habbo news page just to read news updates, instead, we just have to type :news in the hotel and poof! Habbo news popping out on the right side of your browser! Furnitures are now stored in the inventory (substituting the Big Hand) and when mutiple same furnitures are stored in it, they are now stacked. The inventory is also classified into tabs where furnitures are classified with the floor and walls. They also included 'Achievements' and 'Badges' in the inventory making much easier for Habbos to search what they need. Tagging of rooms has been added to beta where we can search for a room related to the event of the room. Zooming in has been applied in beta whether your room is small or big, we can zoom in and out anytime! Whispering and Shouting in beta is much easier. To shout, we just have to type the words we wanna say, hold 'Shift' then 'Enter'. Reporting has become much easier. Just click the Habbo and then click the report button! All of these are just updates because there's much more coming. For short, there are many advantages in playing the Beta version of Habbo.

Though for some players like my friend, graffitidude, is not used to the beta version of Habbo. But I know that he will get used to the new consoles of Habbo beta and will probably be expert on using the beta.

I know that everyone will love the Beta and will release the Old Habbo in their hearts to accept the new world Habbo is facing right now.

Trax oh Trax...

Habbo has changed to Beta and all of a sudden, there were many changes!

Today, Habbo is now allowing Trax music to come active in Habbo Beta! At last! The Habbo staff recommends that we should Download the latest Flash player. Well, now, we can use Trax in Habbo! I'm just glad Habbo's growing up.

Banned Account

This blog seems that it should be posted firstly in this website. This topic just came out of my mind when I was in school. Well.. here it goes..

It makes me feel sad whenever I remember that my old account, Mr.F@m0u5, was banned. (Mr.F@m0u5 is the one waving up there) The ban was unfair that my clone, Mr.F@m0u5,, was hacked by some kind of hacking website. I used my Mr.F@m0u5, account to register with the website. Probably, the hacking site owner used my clone to advertise more of his own site and as the habbo staff investigate, they knew that Mr.F@M0u5's clone is Mr.F@m0u5, and with that, I was banned for scamming! What on earth was that?! I was banned for no reason! I'm very innocent!

There was a night on April or May that my Father prohibited me from playing Habbo because I usually forget to do my chores and to eat. The day after that, I logged in my Habbo account, Mr.F@M0u5, to minimail my friends in Habbo that I won't be using habbo ever again. So, I told them that I will not play Habbo anymore. The day after that, probably Sunday afternoon, I logged in my account only to find out that it was BANNED! I was like heart broken. All my hard works was in that account, my 1,000 coins, the rares, the rooms full of furniture, the enjoying games, and my rooms, ALL WENT BACK TO ZERO! I, somehow, cursed Habbo for banning their players with innocence. >:(

Well.. 4 months have gone and I haven't played habbo. I remembered Habbo and created a new account and now, named as -Sponge. I tried to obey the Habbo way, to be more behave and analyze what should be done in Habbo uprightly. Well, this is still not the point. I created account in Habbo to appeal my old account by writing in their Contact Us form at their Habbo front page. I waited for their reply, changed my email adress to my Google mail (so that I can accept their mail even though some other free mail provider thinks that their reply is a Spam) and waited more. Still, no reply. I thought my old account will have no chance to be active again. I guess that, I will have to wait until 2020 so that I can login my account again.

Lessons learned:
1. Never trust a free coins website, it's all hacker made up.
2. Obey the Habbo way (even though I never break one -.-)
3. Play fair and never cheat.

Kick Wars!

I just created a new room after playing kick wars. I realized that it was pretty addicting and usually makes me wild. Because of that, I ended up making my very own kick wars room where many Habbos liked also. :)

I started adding lodge corners and bars, teles according to the team colors (RED vs. BLUE), executive mats, bobba carpet to my main kick wars room.

I also created room for each team's base. Inside each room are 2 sofas, mini bar and another tele linked to the main war room. For habbos to easily go to each other's base, I inserted a teleporter tele linked to each other's base.





Moving on, the tele next to the portaloo and the red tele box is linked to the main war room. There, they all have free rights to move and (you know) to kick Habbos (SINCE THIS IS A KICK WARS GAME!) Try to be sport, can't you?
Many habbos keep asking me "Someone is camping, owner, kick him please." Hello? This is kick wars! You have to make your own strategy here! But, I strictly do not allow HC members to use :chooser because with that, it's much easier for them to search Habbos and to kick them. That's unfair for the non-HC members right? So, to prevent this, I posted a sticky notepad in my main room for the rules.

Also, to make sure, I also use my clone, LazyMuffin to be a camp checker because some HC members still use their privileges (:chooser) to kick habbos easily. Unfortunately, I find it hard to use my clone to be a camp checker because players kick my clone.

Well, you can play kick wars in my room. Search -Sponge and you can play it.

Thanks for playing!

Remake of the "Old Habbo Memorial Room"

I realized that every Hotel view shall be given borders or rope dividers so that Habbos won't be stepping on the stage because they might break the hotel view. I also thought that the room would be nice if the room is all black - only furnitures and Habbos can be seen. Since it's a memorial room, I had make it more special like a red carpet premiere. To achieve my plan, I had to buy 6 rope dividers, 1 large stage, 1 more spotlight, 2 more large stages, and 3 more Big Hands.. LOL. I had to buy 3 big hands from the catalogue... and did it. That was stupid, right?

Well, to finish this room, I needed help. Fortunately, afterworld came to me. He helped me remake the Old Habbo Memorial Room. So, here it is... the output of my room. We actually planned that the Big Hands should be in a flower formation but if we do it, we won't have the hands covered with rope dividers. Instead, I insisted that the Hands should be formed like the picture below. If you want a bigger picture of this, just click it.P.S. DO NOT COPY THIS ROOM. This is strictly copyrighted.

Habboween 2009

Halloween, the season when children dress like their favorite villains or imitate monsters and ghosts.

In Habbo, we call Halloween as "Habboween". It's a little weird but I like the way they inserted the word Habbo in Halloween. But that's not the case... it's about what I did in Habbo this Halloween.

Again, the Habbo staff created a new competition on proving that Habbo is being haunted by ghosts. The competition was divided into three kinds, the Video Evidence, the Pixel Proof, and the Story Telling. Of course, I submitted mine in the Video Evidence. Firstly, I submitted 1 video because when I firstly recorded my first video, we're not just 2, we're actually 4 or 5 Habbos. When I reviewed the recording, I realized that I need to retake again but the other Habbos who were included in the video were already offline. Because of desperation, I recorded only me and my best friend. The video is kinda lame but I like the idea I made.
For me, I like the 2nd video because the idea was great. :D

It's good that the first one was chosen and Tallespin gave me Skull Organ and the Habboween Badge! I'm so relieved after all the hardworks I gave has paid off!

This one was not featured because I didn't know that one habbo can submit once only. But it's okay, at least my video editing skills has been practiced and I enjoyed it! :D

Another competition I joined in was the Monsters' Ball. I prepared my room for the Ball the night before Friday. I thought there was school tomorrow so I hastily garnished my room for the Ball. The next morning, there was no school so I went home... again. Good thing, there's time for editing my room. I was online for like since 10:00 am to12 pm, ate lunch, 12:30 pm to 3:40 pm. By 3:40, my dad asked me to sleep but I was thinking if I'll be able to get my party on time. The bad thing is, I didn't make it on time. I woke up 5:30 pm and hurried to my laptop. I saw Tallespin and Doelee still online so I tried to create event to assure that I still can join the competition... I was still not sure so I called the mod and said that the competition is over. I'm broke. What I did was stupid. Well nevermind... this is just a game.. I still can participate next time. :)

Farewell, Big Hand...

I think this is the time we shall say good bye to each other, after years of grabbing fun. We, Habbos of SG/MY/PH, are starting a new phase in Habbo as soon as the Old Habbo doors are completely closed. I know that we all are not used to the New Beta version of Habbo but we have to go on and keep moving forward. Calling the Old Habbo means "Big Hand" because it is where the Big Hand stayed.

So, to end this farewell, Tallespin (the New Manager of Habbo SG/MY/PH), created a competition of creating a video where I participated. You can watch the video below.
Yes, I know the video's pretty lame. It is because this time, I do not have any ideas and my mind is not working very well. In conclusion, the relation of the clips and scenes are irrelevant. :|



Moving on, she posted another competition on making "The Old Habbo Memorial Room" which I also participated too. The room I created is the picture beside this. I actually lacked executive mat that's why there are floors that is bare. My idea was that every large stage is covered with rope dividers for visitors to avoid stepping up on the stage and to avoid sitting on the Big Hand furniture.

Anyway, the Old Habbo is closing soon and the doors of the Beta are opening. I have to adapt the changes and move on the next step. Well, I guess, this is it. All I gotta say is "Farewell, Big Hand".

R.I.P. Big Hand, 2000 - 2009