For those who don't know what Hobbas are well they were volunteers chosen by staff to moderate, help new players, answer questions and even ban rule breakers. Since 2000 Hobbas were in a way a volunteer police force that worked largely successfully for Sulake.In regards to responsibility they really had a tough time during play!! While answering calls for help etc, it was the Super Hobbas who had to train Silver Hobbas with moderators in order to make them prepared for the road ahead. For people who live far away, only work on their computers AND operate 1-2 hours per week it must have been tough.
Notably there were three types of Hobba who truly had the rule of the roost!!
Silver Hobbas: Started automatically in training and given a peer guide (Higher ranked) Hobba to help them. Yet they were given immunity to room kicks, enter "full rooms" and sent out alerts to the Habbo population.
Gold Hobbas: After passing training Silver Hobbas were given a gold badge and in doing so enabled them kick anyone out of rooms with the ability to give them a warning and to initiate bans. Other handy powers included recording conversations as well as muting players.
Super Hobbas: In recognition of their dedication to the Hobba program Gold Hobbas were promoted after 12 months of service. Additional powers were: Editing all private rooms, resetting rooms rights, access to the Habbo Hotel database and monitoring Hobba activity.
However in 2005 due to the increasing amount of Hobbas and security concerns total responsibility was given to paid moderators and as a consequence "ex-Hobbas" were given special badges to commemorate their services. Yet now that we're back in 2012 Sulake has seen it essential that this once successful and thriving service continue and in doing so hopefully save the hotel from any further blunders. It will be interesting to see how they deal with the security issues but it is pretty obvious that they won't be employing lots more Hobbas this time round!
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