An Introduction

[Pigperson]

It's really nice to see a Sulake member of staff posting in the forum, it just shows us that our interests are kept in mind (A)

Will

[Calum0812]

Wonderful to have you here.

Obviously you should now tune into our radio too.

[Scotland]

Hello, nice to meet you. Hope to see more of you in the future!

[Samantha]

Hello world,


Nice easter, everyone?


It's both exciting and unnerving to finally hit "send" on this post; It would have been next to impossible to do so prior, because of stupi… of all kinds of silly rules and policies.
Now, with a much leaner organization and clear roles, Sulake can actually start to open up a bit, and hopefully have a better conversation with you all as a result. So:

My name is Timo, and I will be the one to blame in the future for "ruining old Habbo".
I am a 35-year old finn, interested in science and art. I enjoy cooking, black music and absurd humor. I play football and don't care for long walks on the beach. Not yet, anyway. I like my new job. (Hey, all it took was 12 years of partially had work to get it. )
Some might know my nick "Painimies" from the early years of Habbo; I actually did some serious ass-kicking in the original snow war (lumisota) even before joining Sulake.


I hope to use this space (or some other space somewhere) to do updates on both our current development, and HITCH* - my future concept for Habbo.
Now, about HITCH… While I would prefer everyone just loving the bobba out of it, I'm sure some of the ideas will be kind of a shock to many. Hopefully a shock that will transform into an enjoyable agreement, once I'm done explaining.
Just a heads-up.

I will also briefly explain why Illumina, whilst having loads of great ideas, still isn't the optimal way forward. (Reason #1: I need to take responsibility of _all_ my design decisions, so better to start with a clean slate. )

It will, however, take some time before I get around to all that. In the meantime, try asking something here. (We're still figuring out the best way to make a meaningful dev blog or some such.) I'll try to answer as many interesting questions as possible, but keep in mind that with our current staffing I tend to be extremely busy. Did I mention I was busy? If not, here it is: I'm busy. Also, busy.


Please enjoy the rest of your week!


Yours,
Painimies




*HITCH = Holistic Interface Technology Concept for Habbo
(I really just wanted to pay tribute to Christopher Hitchens - my personal hero.)

ps. Huge, big, immense, sizeable and large thanks to all our fan sites, and a special personal nod to Habborator, Habbox, Puhekupla and HabboTimes (So sad to see it go.)
It's not just Habbos who use your services, I do too.

pps. That historical collection of UI-crap on the right side of Habbo… I KNOW... I know.



---------- Post added 02-04-2013 at 05:39 PM ----------

Actually, I did have favor to ask. If someone knows how to get in touch with Rakker, (Hi, Rakker!) could you ask him(?) to check his habbox inbox and maybe contact me.

@Rakker; READ THIS .

We have a Sulake staff on Habbox Forum again yay, it will be nice to see what things are coming up x.

[xxMATTGxx]

@Rakker; READ THIS .

We have a Sulake staff on Habbox Forum again yay, it will be nice to see what things are coming up x.

Rakker has already replied to the my tweet

[Samantha]

Rakker has already replied to the my tweet

Oh well, at least he get's to read this thread too .

Again, it's nice of you to make the thread .

[Peachiequeen]

Really nice opening message, nice to meet you! Hope you do well for the community, and hope to hear more from you on habbox!

[Red]

In shock. Thanks for taking the time to post here! Sad that illuminia isn't going ahead. My only request is to please get rid of the cluttered sidebar we have atm.

[Kieran]

Welcome to the forum. Nice to finally see staff taking a more open role

[painimies]

Hey, big thanks for the warm welcome, and for getting Rakker's attention. Much appreciated.
Some good questions already. I TRY and get the time to answer them tomorrow, now is bed time.