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Way back in 2004, “official” Habbo fansites were yet to be announced. Leading the way, Habbox opened as the first of a slew of community-led websites dedicated to the loveable pixel people, but things were very different back then! Hit read more to see some of the ways Habbo has changed since those days.

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1. You couldn’t put anyone on ignore!!

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2. Dragons hadn’t even been introduced yet

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3. This is what the navigator looked like…

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4. … and this was the catalogue!

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5. Only some hotels were open!

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The UK, Finland, Spain, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, the Netherlands and Germany were open when official applications first open. Since then, France, America, Brazil, the general English-language (.com) and Turkey have opened. There are more but we couldn’t find opening dates!

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6. Pura looked like this:

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7. Speech bubbles were totally old school

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8. Very few people had badges… they’d only JUST allowed you to display badge on your infobox!

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9. Rooster was the only celebrity to have ever visited Habbo!

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The following year, Gorillaz (still one of the most well-known celebrity visitors) were due to come, but Rooster was the first! Who remembers them?

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10. HabboxForum had only just opened!

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Yep! Plus, Habbox had only opened a year before! Within a year of opening, Habbox became official and was voted as the very first Best Fansite by the community in 2004!