Rare Communications Competition.

[F32]

The winners template has been uploaded and you can see it here:

www.rarecommunications.co.uk

Personally, all I can say is :eusa_shif

[Niall!]

all i can say is
I know his real and Habbo name
Idiots:rolleyes: The Banner says he's Keiran Hughes

[PriceTags]

I'm afraid their old layout was much better!

[F32]

I'm afraid their old layout was much better!
I'm forced to agree with you,

No wait - I'm not forced at all :rolleyes:

[Russia]

i think its nice ;]

[DJ-Vimto]

i could have done better using freewebs, and thats saying something :rolleyes:

[benjamin]

lmao
@
that

[Black_Apalachi]

Didn't someone prove this was ripped back whent the shortlist was released? Well anyway, I remember a few on the list were much better than this one.... it doesn't really gel with Habbo. The only Habbo image on it is distorted lol. :rolleyes:

Congratulations to the winner all the same. :)

Btw was this ever announced on Habbo?

[The Professor]

Didn't someone prove this was ripped back whent the shortlist was released? Well anyway, I remember a few on the list were much better than this one.... it doesn't really gel with Habbo. The only Habbo image on it is distorted lol. :rolleyes:

Congratulations to the winner all the same. :)

Btw was this ever announced on Habbo?

Exactly what i was going to say

[FishyCrackers]

My eyes hurt just looking at it.

I'm sure there was better entrys then this poop.

[F32]

No, this one was made by the creator.

The one that won - that was proved to be ripped never won the prize so we won in the end.

This was second winner I guess so well done but...

That doesn't half make their site look unprofessional.

[H0BJ0B]

Erm... It's pants!
:)
MS Paint could to better. Sorry Mr.Winner but t'is true :)

[Caution]

That layout is crap.

[ReviewDude]

Eww... that's one terrible fansite. Doesn't reek "funky & professional" like they wanted... Reeks "MS Frontpage 98"...

[F32]

Eww... that's one terrible fansite. Doesn't reek "funky & professional" like they wanted... Reeks "MS Frontpage 98"...
lol.

It's not a fansite ;)

Oh, and yes btw xD

[mlp16]

Rubbish Layout Lol..

What was there habbo prize apart from the dinnner

[Dal]

Give the guy a break. It was a habbo based competition that does attract kids in the range of 12-16 year olds. If i do say so myself i think that is pretty good considering such a young age orientated community.

Those who say they could do better most probably couldn't. We all start somewhere don't we, and as time progresses you learn new skills and techniques. I say well done to the guy at least he didn't rip his layout. An honest competition entry i must say.

[darkpasts]

Wow :eusa_danc

[Mr.Sam]

a dell desktop
and i agree with the above poster (dal).


Rubbish Layout Lol..

What was there habbo prize apart from the dinnner

[Shawnstra]

That layout dosen't seem professional :rolleyes:

[Dentafrice1]

I agree, looks like a freewebs template.

[User43]

Its bad but tbh better than freewebs lol

[Yggdrasill]

heh. I like yours better, ad.

[F32]

Give the guy a break. It was a habbo based competition that does attract kids in the range of 12-16 year olds. If i do say so myself i think that is pretty good considering such a young age orientated community.

Those who say they could do better most probably couldn't. We all start somewhere don't we, and as time progresses you learn new skills and techniques. I say well done to the guy at least he didn't rip his layout. An honest competition entry i must say.
I'm forced to disagree.

I know many people aged 12-16 who can produce a masterpiece via the work of web design.

If you look at most of the fansites on the .de hotel and .ch then you shall see what skills are widely available on the world of Habbo.

[Dal]

I'm forced to disagree.

I know many people aged 12-16 who can produce a masterpiece via the work of web design.

If you look at most of the fansites on the .de hotel and .ch then you shall see what skills are widely available on the world of Habbo.
Comparing to other countries is a tricky debate. Depends on the background the person has.

Put it straight. It's not horrible is it? I was going to say there are few that could do better of course. You will always get the talent somewhere anywhere. But it remains to be seen whether they applied or not.

But some who are saying freewebs is better are just over exaggerating. It's not about freewebs or all that. It's the concept of it. Can you really imagine a company using a freewebs template? It's not bad but i can imagine the competition wasn't as popular to attact that talent you're talking about. It obviously came out best on all the other entries. Although you are right in some aspect.

[F32]

Comparing to other countries is a tricky debate. Depends on the background the person has.

Put it straight. It's not horrible is it? I was going to say there are few that could do better of course. You will always get the talent somewhere anywhere. But it remains to be seen whether they applied or not.

But some who are saying freewebs is better are just over exaggerating. It's not about freewebs or all that. It's the concept of it. Can you really imagine a company using a freewebs template? It's not bad but i can imagine the competition wasn't as popular to attact that talent you're talking about. It obviously came out best on all the other entries. Although you are right in some aspect.
This isn't being big headed, myself and several other people that I know could create a better template on freewebs in 10 minutes.

The coding is terrible and as for the presentation, well, let's just leave it.

Let's not compare to other countries then - I still know many that can put together a good website layout.

[Dal]

This isn't being big headed, myself and several other people that I know could create a better template on freewebs in 10 minutes.

The coding is terrible and as for the presentation, well, let's just leave it.

Let's not compare to other countries then - I still know many that can put together a good website layout.
Agreed. I don't think it was a question of whether you can or cannot do better. Probably the competition wasn't advertised thoroughly enough.

[F32]

Agreed. I don't think it was a question of whether you can or cannot do better. Probably the competition wasn't advertised thoroughly enough.
I admit, that there wasn't enough promotion of this competition as I have seen some of the entries that weren't even sent off and they were of excellent, high quality and quite frankly - deserved to win.

In a competition - it's a question of whether you can do better than the other competitors in the competition, so I guess it is.

All in all - Rare Communications have ended up looking more unprofessional than before imo.

[Dal]

I admit, that there wasn't enough promotion of this competition as I have seen some of the entries that weren't even sent off and they were of excellent, high quality and quite frankly - deserved to win.

In a competition - it's a question of whether you can do better than the other competitors in the competition, so I guess it is.

All in all - Rare Communications have ended up looking more unprofessional than before imo.
That was a mouthful.
I did doubt at one point whether rare communications was even a business/company. It's a big risk for a coroporation to even consider letting 12-16 year olds to design their website. Customers of any sort have to see presentation and surely a proffessional would be better off doing the job.

[mlp16]

a dell desktop
and i agree with the above poster (dal).


Nice Prize ;] Thankyou ;]

[e5.]

Give out his name why don't they (H)

[timROGERS]

tbh, I would have thought this whole saga was one big joke. The statement about that being the skill of most Habbo's is completely untrue - take a look in the Web Design section!

[Black_Apalachi]

No, this one was made by the creator.

The one that won - that was proved to be ripped never won the prize so we won in the end.

This was second winner I guess so well done but...

That doesn't half make their site look unprofessional.

Did you win or is that a typo? :o

[--ss--]

Its okay but its too plain and empty , also the banner and nav take up too much space :rolleyes:
Well done on the winner though :)

[Jordy]

Give the guy a break. It was a habbo based competition that does attract kids in the range of 12-16 year olds. If i do say so myself i think that is pretty good considering such a young age orientated community.

Those who say they could do better most probably couldn't. We all start somewhere don't we, and as time progresses you learn new skills and techniques. I say well done to the guy at least he didn't rip his layout. An honest competition entry i must say.

I think lots of people on this forum could do better, it's just a iFrame on a very basic template. You could do this on MS frontpage, make lots of tables and images and insert a iframe at the bottom.


I agree, looks like a freewebs template.
I've seen better looking freewebs templates


Comparing to other countries is a tricky debate. Depends on the background the person has.

Put it straight. It's not horrible is it? I was going to say there are few that could do better of course. You will always get the talent somewhere anywhere. But it remains to be seen whether they applied or not.

But some who are saying freewebs is better are just over exaggerating. It's not about freewebs or all that. It's the concept of it. Can you really imagine a company using a freewebs template? It's not bad but i can imagine the competition wasn't as popular to attact that talent you're talking about. It obviously came out best on all the other entries. Although you are right in some aspect.
The UK is generally not to bad at making websites, we're not a country in poverty where barely anyone uses the internet and understands HTML.


tbh, I would have thought this whole saga was one big joke. The statement about that being the skill of most Habbo's is completely untrue - take a look in the Web Design section!
Lol I agree. That's the skill of web design, lol at that! LOADS of fansites are much better than that, presentation and coding wise.

It's very hard the iFrames in IE as you have to scroll down in a annoying way if you see what I mean? Plus the website is pretty useless to the average person over than the contact page.

[Dentafrice1]

I mean.. the images are JPEGS.. what noobs.

[Dal]

I think lots of people on this forum could do better, it's just a iFrame on a very basic template. You could do this on MS frontpage, make lots of tables and images and insert a iframe at the bottom.


I've seen better looking freewebs templates


The UK is generally not to bad at making websites, we're not a country in poverty where barely anyone uses the internet and understands HTML.


Lol I agree. That's the skill of web design, lol at that! LOADS of fansites are much better than that, presentation and coding wise.

It's very hard the iFrames in IE as you have to scroll down in a annoying way if you see what I mean? Plus the website is pretty useless to the average person over than the contact page.
I never ever said we were a country in poverty i said if you compare us to another country it can be tricky. Some countries in europe can be more developed than the uk in terms of computing and ict. This is a known fact and i have read this before in the newspaper. I didn't say we were a country in poverty. We are a very wealthy country but that isn't to say we're developed more than every other country in europe.

[Disento]

Ew at that!
LMAO, my entry was so much better (not to be big headed)

[Dentafrice1]

Lets see your entry..

[F32]

Did you win or is that a typo? :o
When they announced the winner - one of the templates was ripped - and iy was posted on here.

So around 5 people emailed them and they found an alternative winner (H).

That's what I mean by 'we' - the people who emailed.

[lSander]

I think it's a poor layout :(.

[ReviewDude]

I had to... Rofl.


Dear Sir or Madam,

I am writing, as a my age is here year-old, to tell you that I believe for your key demographic - your site layout is very poor. I inderstand a winning design from Habbo Hotel was chosen, however, this design is apalling. I believe your idea for the site was for it to be 'funky, yet professional', and you have rather remarkably achieved the exact opposite, a feat to be congratulated on. Specialising in Entertainment, children and family markets, you need a website that doesn't look like a three year old child using Microsoft FrontPage 98 created it, saving images in possibly the worst possibly way (as JPGs).

Please, however, do not take this email as a personal insult. Many of my peers feel the same way (http://habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=319512 - while you're there may I suggest looking into the 'Web Design' forums too) and you are very far off-base. If you wish for your company to acheive success, you have to change. Your website is the first thing most clients will see - and do you want them to judge you as being, and I quote from the aforementioned link "poop", "pants", "unprofessional", "crap", "rubbish", "freewebs", "noobs", the list goes on.

See sense and hire someone.

Kindest regards,

;; My Name Is Here (ReviewDude)

;; General Manager, HabboPaper.co.uk
;; Forum Moderator, HabboxForum.com

I think I came across rather nicely...

[F32]

Well done, only:


I inderstand a winning design

[Evescence]

Yes, you did indeed.

[ReviewDude]

Well done, only:

D'you know what? If they let that monstrosity slip, I doubt they'll notice a typo :p

[F32]

C'mon.

I say we take this to the high court.

I really fail to see why this guy won - seriously.

Although, now I know why I didn't even make it to the last three :$

[ReviewDude]

They looked at the entries and went, right, firstly we want one that looks SO good it could have been ripped off a templates site...

*Entry is complained about*

Damn... That strategy didn't work. Brian, it's time.

Brian: But, no, you don't mean...

Yes I do, Brian. Bring out... Stevie Wonder

Stevie: I picks this entry, fool.

*Entry is complained about*

I say, get a monkey to fling poo to pick the next entry. Hey, you never know, the templates may look better that way.

[/randomness]

EDIT: Why is the correct term for 'Poo' filtered?

[Dentafrice1]

I had to... Rofl.



I think I came across rather nicely...
Nice!

My quotes in there.. freewebs :P

[F32]

Lol at the Stevie Wonder bit ;)

Excretion?

[ReviewDude]

Rhymes with 'Me, sees?' :)

And cheers Denta. I'll post the reply when I get it.

[Dentafrice1]

Rhymes with 'Me, sees?' :)

And cheers Denta. I'll post the reply when I get it.
Awesome, I find it appauling they picked a design, then uploaded it with a JPEG format.

I could do that in two minutes on paint and notepad or frontpage just drawing it with the tools, how sad... how very sad. A respectable company with that layout, im not saying simple layouts are bad.. but that one?

[Alkaz]

I dont remember he old layout but i think its quite good. I wouldnt mind having the rare and computer or w.e he gets. Wd Kieren if thats ur name.

[Hellspencer]

lol @ it dont like it