Habbo-Underworld Reloaded
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A.K.A. HU-Reloaded,HU or HUR
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[edit] Tagline
"Dead but not forgotten."
[edit] History
Habbo-Underworld Reloaded is the continuation of, now defunct, Habbo-Underworld(one of the five official fansites[1] for Habbo Hotel Singapore) after seperating ties with Habbo Hotel and the Sulake Group. It was created in by two players from Habbo.sg, .::H3llkid::. and Erisa on March 9, 2007. March 9 2007 was also the day Habbo-Underworld stepped down from the list of official fansites.
[edit] Disaffiliation
There are several reasons for the disaffiliation of the fansite from Habbo, mostly because of the strictness of Habbo rules, or the Habbo Way[2]. Members of Habbo-Underworld joined because of their fondness of Habbo Hotel and wanted to make real friends.
However it was restricted by conditions of the Habbo Way which prevented players to exchange personal details or information (for safety reasons, as Habbo Hotel's target players are teenagers). This included Instant messaging account names, telephone numbers, E-mail adresses or any material that might expose the player's real-life identity and inturn create communication outside of Habbo Hotel.
Core members started debating on whether the fansite was becoming very unsuitable to relax and difficult to make new friends, which means the purpose of having the fansite in the first place was being defeated. Forum moderators and radio moderators soon found it difficult to control new members who post their private information on the website, and as the situation worsened, Erisa closed the original website(Habbo-Underworld).
[edit] Outcome
Eventually the independant site was created. An estimate of about 100 members registered on the new HU-Reloaded in just a week, although most members were previously from Habbo-Underworld. It is uncertain whether the website is more relaxed because of some rules[3] still implaced, although none restricts the exchanging of private information.
"Due to people taking us for granted on no-rules or even more relaxing rules in the radio, we have to impose some of the rules once again."
[edit] Features
The webpage has it's own forum; a mini flash arcade supported by Pragmatic Utopia arcade; a radio steaming channel supported by Flatcast; a rarely used chatroom; and an internal blogging system. The radio is the main feature of the website as most members are able to connect through similar musical tastes.
[edit] Management and Organisation
Although fully funded and mostly maintained by .::H3llkid::. and Erisa, the two founders, there are many helpers in HU-Reloaded. Sherm and Skarfy are the two official moderators.[4] This small crew do the upholding of the rules and general checking at the forum and website.
[edit] Radio DJs
There are 3 sections in the DJ crew:
·Committed DJ
·Freelance DJ
·Trial DJ[5]
Committed DJ Regular DJs who have a timeslot and fixed timings to host a radio show.
Freelance DJ DJs who come onto the stream at any point of time they want, as long as the stream is available.
Trial DJ People who are applying and going under trail is considered a Trial DJ.
