Makarov 07:51 PM 28-05-12
This section has been through it's ups and downs. From it's
Pax Romana to it's
Dark Age. I am here just to just bring some life and show you the road this section has taken over the years.
Paleolithic Age v1-v9
This
was the first age of Retro's. A straggling number of developers.
Everyone was getting their hands on the kickstart to what we now call
Habbo Retros. This was the time of great legends like JoeH, Jeax,
Matthew Parlane (author of v7 login). Activity was slow but it WAS
picking up..
Classical Greece v13-v18
Business really kicked off during this period.
Nillus,
Moogly,
mirkan,
Donkjam,
NGangsta,
James,started
popping up during this generation. Many projects grew here including
Debbo, Bloodline, Hablux, etc. They were all created because of USA111
which was the basis for server development at this time. Customs also
started to pop-up during this age. With the start of custom furniture
and clothing designers had a say in things too. Legendary designers
including people like
Tsuka.
Pax Romana Holograph (v22 - v28) - Pre-Uber
During this period this section got it's biggest boom EVER! Ion, by
Nillus (previously mentioned). Holograph by a group of Nillus,
maritnmine,
vista4life,
cecer1,
Jordan, and
Dissi. Also at this time was the occurrence of the first REAL HABBO WEB APPLICATIONS! HoloCMS by
Meth0d and
sisija. While, PHPRetro (based off of HoloCMS) by
yifan_lu.
This was certainly the era of peace and prosperity as Developers helped
out Developers and they're weren't trolls (not many) at this point.
Development progressed fine.. Until the announcement of Uber Emulator.
Hellenistic Uber Announcement
Although a short time-period, this is what shaped what this section and
community is today. Method had announced his new emulator that would
bring us out of Shockwave and into Flash. It was all great but as
history tells us, the next age is the worst of all of this section..
The Great Schism Uber vs Phoenix
This is the worst age ever to hit this section. It isn't like Phoenix
just came out of no where and killed the section, it was here during the
Pax Romana it just wasn't as prominent. With the announcement of
Sojobo
purchasing Uber Emulator, nothing came by it until the plans of it
under Sojobo's hands were heard. He basically wanted to use it to make
money and wasn't going to let the community progress with the source.
Luckily
MDK
did leak a source. Though not what was sold to Aaron, it was a good
start. At this point the we could see the Dark clouds coming but they
weren't there yet. The section was now split between Leaked Uber and
edits made by independent developers and Phoenix.
Dark, Meidival, Feudal Age Phoenix Only
At this point the only progressing emulator and development is Phoenix.
It has no real competition. All releases you see are compatible with
Phoenix. The only person making bank right now is Sojobo. 90% of the big
hotels run on phoenix. Although Meth0d did try to revive Uber Emulator
with Uber Professional or Snowlight, the project died out after about a
month and was considered a failed project. The one good thing that
DominicGunn and
office.boy
had done was slow down development in this community including Phoenix
with their decision to help Sulake develop a stronger system.
Renaissance Revision 63 Post-Shuffle
This is the current period of the Habbo Hotel Community. We have a whole
bunch of projects progressing after the shuffling of packet. New
developers start to really show up! Old developers including Jordan,
DominicGunn, etc. have started to return as well. Phoenix is starting to
lose control over this section with the appearance of the masses of
independent developers helping each other to continue development onto
Revision 64. So this is where we're at right now, and hopefully we stay
in this period for a long time and could possibly re-create another
Pax Romana and not another
Dark Age.
Pax Habbolica Current
The section is now booming. After the scuffle and shuffle of sulake's
packets people are starting to understand how it works. New different
developments are starting to show from surprising names. No feature is
bound to habbo.com anymore. Emulators and Emulator Edits are popping up
left and right. We now have the tools to fully compete if not surpass
habbo. The future seems bright as end-users are choosing independent
developments over the once super power'd Phoenix. What could possibly
happen next?
What are your thoughts, hopes for this section?
If I missed out on an important event within this section.. tell me!
My
Hopes for this section is for Retros and Habbo to go their seperate
ways, for example, we start to move away from copying every move Habbo
does and have some of our own ideas for Retros. There may be a down side
to this although as if Retro's start to become more popular and
higher-developed than Habbo currently is, Sulake may actually start to
take an effect on the development of Habbo Retros.
Harrison 07:55 PM 28-05-12
Ah, I remember lurking around this section back when v1-v9 was around :-)
From looking at the emulators that Jordan and Dom are working on, this section is going to get a real boost very soon ^^
Fair
warning not all the information above is as accurate as it could be. :)
Us old one's recall different things, and barely remember certain
sides.
My hopes for this community died when it became a business, I don't mind
people making money, but when it's off someone else's work, or via
destructive means, it's just fucking stupid.
TheEngineer 08:36 PM 28-05-12
Hey, Russian dude, where is my name :<
Caustik 08:38 PM 28-05-12
Originally Posted by G33k:
Hey, Russian dude, where is my name :<
And what have you done?
PixelPro123 08:50 PM 28-05-12
This
is a really nice thread, takes me back to the olden days and recall on
everything the Habbo section of RZ has gone through. I don't know if you
know, but I remember I was part of the Hablux development team with
Donkjam and Moogly. Good times :')
P.S, I also remember that 'war' between RZ and Otaku, and the way that leechers would come on RZ and steal all our work lol ^^
You
realize Hellenistic isn't an era, its a type of culture. And if we
start to see a lot more releases of emulators, then yes, we are going to
have ourselves another "Pax Romana" or Peace in Rome. That saying
actually started with "Pax Mongolia" and was adopted by the Roman's.
Jesus I just realized how much I actually learned from my History class.
Anyway, I know all the developers listed above have great projects
coming up and I definitely see a future for this section. I know I am
working on quite a few big things. Great, great, great thread!
I've
been here since v1 and Phoenix (then Otaku Hotel) has been too, js. I
was actually the only Habbo Ragezone moderator at the time.
Originally Posted by Sojobo:
I've
been here since v1 and Phoenix (then Otaku Hotel) has been too, js. I
was actually the only Habbo Ragezone moderator at the time.
Back before the section required 5+ moderators to get rid of the amount of shit posted here nowadays.
Also
Originally Posted by
:
Luckily MDK did leak a source. Though not what was sold to Aaron, it was a good start.
is wrong, as far as I'm aware.
rickymenier 09:32 PM 28-05-12
I've been here since the classical greece.
I may not be that popular, but I've done my fair share of releases and developments.
And as far as I remember, the classical greece/pax romana were the best times of this section.
Now it's just people keeping codes to their selves and not sharing.
I've shared just about everything I've made, and if I didn't I planned to but couldn't cause I lost it.
I would like to see the community like that again. Everyone getting
along not trolling and sharing what they know to help the community and
make it better. Reading this actually makes me wanna get back into the
habbo scene and start working again.
In fact, I think I'm gonna do that.
Thanks for the history lesson and bringing up the past. I think that's my motivation right there (;
PixelPro123 09:57 PM 28-05-12
Originally Posted by rickymenier:
I
would like to see the community like that again. Everyone getting along
not trolling and sharing what they know to help the community and make
it better.
For us to have a community like that again, we need some actual good,
dedicated users who put in 100% effort in their developments. Half of
the coders currently active here have little knowledge of whatever they
are trying to 'code', and the others are just pure lazy. There's only a
small percentage of people who are actually putting in the effort to
keep this section alive and well.
Plus, it's good to see some old faces here, I don't know if you remember
me rickymenier but I remember all the good stuff you've released here
in the past few years.
Makarov 10:09 PM 28-05-12
Originally Posted by PixelPro123:
This
is a really nice thread, takes me back to the olden days and recall on
everything the Habbo section of RZ has gone through. I don't know if you
know, but I remember I was part of the Hablux development team with
Donkjam and Moogly. Good times :')
P.S, I also remember that 'war' between RZ and Otaku, and the way that leechers would come on RZ and steal all our work lol ^^
Sorry, I'll ad ya in later.
Originally Posted by Shorty:
Back before the section required 5+ moderators to get rid of the amount of shit posted here nowadays.
Also
is wrong, as far as I'm aware.
I used to talk to MDK, if it wasn't him directly he did FUEL the leak.
I roamed around during the Greek period, and have been registered since Pax Romana times. Rose up ever since.
And for those who say these are errors? This is directly from Me and Moogkip's memory, as he posted before!
TheNerd 10:20 PM 28-05-12
Sadly I missed out on all ages expect this one, it would have been nice to be around in the old days of Habbo/Retros.
PixelPro123 10:37 PM 28-05-12
Originally Posted by Makarov:
Sorry, I'll ad ya in later.
Thanks ;)
You're also forgetting Hebbo/HabLog (the whole Debbo vs HabLog thing).
Hebbo was a good coder, he contributed good stuff to this section too.