Account Cleanout (Confirmed as April Fools)

[David]

from puhekupla: https://puhekupla.com/en/news/3742

Sulake decided, due to the DDoS attacks on the Dutch and German hotel, to remove inactive accounts from every hotel on the 1st of May which:

- Are created before 2010 and haven't logged in for more than a year.
- Are created after 2010 and haven't logged in for more than 3 years.


Macklebee confirmed this to Puhekupla via e-mail traffic.
He said: "When we delete every inactive account, we can save on our server costs, so we can invest in a lot of other things for Habbo, like clothes and new furniture for example."
We asked him if there is not another way of saving server space, he replied: "We removed the personal homes last year, and we hoped that would save enough server space, but that wasn't enough, unfortunately."


Banned accounts will get removed too, we understood from Macklebee that banned accounts are the biggest problem on the server space.


The last time Habbo deleted inactive accounts was in 2010, subsequently making lots of unique names became available.
Chances are that Habbo enables the feature for Habbo Club members to change your Habbo name immediately after deleting the inactive accounts, but that's just speculation.


Our advice to everyone with an old account is to log in before the 1st of May. If otherwise, your account will be lost/gone forever.
What are your thoughts on this?

got a couple i'll log in to just in case

[xxMATTGxx]

Is this confirmed or is it an early April Fools? As it is fast approaching to that date and some people do it early to catch people out.

[Samantha]

Does this mean if they're on an ID and haven't been logged into they'll be deleted too? It'll take a while figuring out my emails and passwords to them.

[Chris]

If it isn't an April fools joke then its a really stupid time to announce it. The only account I would want to save is my very first, but I dont even know the info for it so that'll probably go.

[xxMATTGxx]

I'm also interested in how deleting accounts saves them money. It just clears up dead weight and gives them free space on their storage devices and gives them more room to play with. Obviously, I don't know what servers Sulake have or how they have it setup. Unless it's licensing cost or something? Maybe.

[Cerys]

That's a bit stupid about the banned accounts one if it's true, I'd be well annoyed if I couldn't get back onto my account in 2022....

[Absently]

oh man that means my maze will be messed up because isocks is gonna get deleted sod you @Meanies;

[xxMATTGxx]

It seems this is an April Fools by the fansite:





Credit to HabboTravel for the screenshots.

[Samantha]

They could do with a clear out, I would like my banned account back , it looked legit aside from when they said the last deletion was in 2010 when it was in 2011.

[Absently]

Oh yaaaas this is fab news!!!