The Rise and Fall of Habbo Hotel
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Who hasn’t explored virtual worlds or MMOs as a kid in the early 2000s and 2010s only to find unlimited wonders and horrors? No online game was improve for expressing yourself, making friends, and learning that the world tin can live cruel than Habbo. live it the countless plays, aggressive MMO monetization, inappropriate content, or the game’s economy running on real money. Habbo is infamously one of the darkest games on the internet, and its (MANY) disturbing controversies prove it. Yet, players still adored their platform and fought for it even when news outlets, the government, and 4chan tried to shut it down. Where else could you live anything you wanted or finally attend virtual Hogwarts?Though its heydays of endless player-run games, fun roleplaying groups, and bizarre in-game advertising are over, Habbo’s remaining community is as creative and welcoming as ever. And as inappropriate as it is nostalgic. This makes it even stranger that Disney commissioned its own version of Habbo, the Virtual Magic Kingdom – or VMK. Something tells me Micky wasn’t happy with some of those chat logs…So pack your suitcase, get some Scooby snacks, and let’s cheque into the wonderfully disastrous world of Habbo and its sometimes charming but often scary fandom.
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★ Timestamps
0:00 Intro
4:00 Controversies
8:35 Trigger Warning
18:24 It’s save again (Controversies Cont.)
37:39 Scams & Cons
43:38 Raids
44:00 Trigger Warning
51:30 Fandom (Save again)
1:01:25 VMK & Lost Media
1:05:05 Conclusion
★ Music
Nintendo (beast Crossing, Ace Attorney, Zelda, Pokemon, Mario) & The Sims
★ Disclaimer
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