[YOUR OPINION]: Large Scale Community Events!

[Hecktix]

Hey

I'm writing this after just finishing the Habbox Pantomime for 2009, Snow White & the Seven Dwarves.

We were a little sceptical about putting this on during the current climate of Habbox however we still managed to attract around 100 people. 70 of these were disappointed as we only had 30 seats and the time frame to run the performance once.

The show cost us barely anything moneywise and it was put together in a time limit of just over 7 days.

2 members of staff led the organisation with little imput from General Management.

What I suppose I'm trying to say is that it's clear that Habbox does still have quite a good fanbase, we just need to utilise this to make it bigger.

Whilst we had two full rooms of people queuing, the other rooms owned by me on Habbo were also getting people in randomly. The queue room was still full 20 mins after the panto finished. During this time we had two moderators (iAdam and syko2006) giving things away, getting people to sign up to the forum etc. I know for a fact that three people signed up because of the competitions we were running.

It will be on Youtube later :P

Although we don't have a Community AGM at the moment, this can still be done.

And I think this is a good example and I was wondering if you think Habbox should do more of this kind of stuff?

Up to you...

:)

[hah]

I said Habbox should do more stuff like this, cant remember the reply i got. But most people will try and get into a room if its full regardless of wat it is. And will you posts links when they are up, cause i never knew about this lol... would have went if i did

[FlyingJesus]

Well if it's getting over 3x the number expected then definitely. I'm not one to get in on them myself really simply because it's not something I was ever that into in the first place, but I know Sam was fab with productions (as were others probably) back in the day and it did flourish for a while and I'm sure it could help get more action round these parts. Not like there's anything to lose anyway and I'm sure those involved had fun with it - you'd be hard pressed to find real reasons why this shouldn't go ahead I imagine.

@above: there were at least 2 threads today about it that I saw lol

[hah]

when i see Habbox Santa posted i just though it was that 12days of xmas so ignored it opps lol

[Immenseman]

Personally, I'm not sure if the amount of effort and distraction of senior staff members for a week or so is worth what Habbox gets in return. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really nice idea and has been well organised so well done to you for that but I'm not so sure if they're all that beneficial. Maybe a few members signed up, they didn't sign up because they wanted to but for the free furni or whatever and I doubt they'll still be posting come the new year.

[Mentor]

As long as key services stay running i have no problem with them. At the moment i think the real issue is simply that habbox is short staffed, were this not the case i doubt anyone would have even noticed if a few staff members were running an event or not.

Like i said before i'm pro gommeinc for community manager :p

[Seatherny]

Maybe record the whole show and post it for the others who couldnt get in (sorry if you did).

[hah]

As long as key services stay running i have no problem with them. At the moment i think the real issue is simply that habbox is short staffed, were this not the case i doubt anyone would have even noticed if a few staff members were running an event or not.

Like i said before i'm pro gommeinc for community manager :p

does gommeinc even use habbo? i would rather someone like Jess gets it because she is probably always on Habbo, but she doesn't post in the forums so i don't think she is right for it.

give it to garion, heard he is a habbo addict ;l

[Hecktix]

Personally, I'm not sure if the amount of effort and distraction of senior staff members for a week or so is worth what Habbox gets in return. Don't get me wrong, I think it's a really nice idea and has been well organised so well done to you for that but I'm not so sure if they're all that beneficial. Maybe a few members signed up, they didn't sign up because they wanted to but for the free furni or whatever and I doubt they'll still be posting come the new year.

The forum isn't the whole of Habbox remember. It's just a branch of Habbox.

The people that have been working on this haven't been put out of their way much either.. I mean I checked with Matt earlier and my mod logs over the past week have been more than substantial over the past week even though I've had this extra task, Roxy916 was just fulfilling her community role as Events Manager but we know here you refer to MattGarner, who let me add up, gave hmm, 1 hour thurs, and 5 hours today for this.. omg crime for higher management to put their faces in the public for once...

Wait.. isn't that what people have been saying? Management should be seen in public on Habbo more?

[Mentor]

does gommeinc even use habbo? i would rather someone like Jess gets it because she is probably always on Habbo, but she doesn't post in the forums so i don't think she is right for it.

give it to garion, heard he is a habbo addict ;l
Good point, how about promote Garion to Community manager, then give his old role "Assistant Forum Manager" to gommeinc

As anyone will admit, gommeinc is a major contributor on the forums + in my opinion an excellent candidate for helping to run the forums themselves :)

[Seatherny]

Immeseman you are just being silly now I think. We were discussing getting management to go on habbo and now you moan for that? A couple of hours wont do any harm. You might aswell be saying dont do anything apart from FM job. Dont leave your house.

However, I think Garion is better suited for the FM job than MattGarner.

Or make Garion AGM and invincible Assistant FM.

[Immenseman]

The forum isn't the whole of Habbox remember. It's just a branch of Habbox.

True.


The people that have been working on this haven't been put out of their way much either.. I mean I checked with Matt earlier and my mod logs over the past week have been more than substantial over the past week even though I've had this extra task, Roxy916 was just fulfilling her community role as Events Manager but we know here you refer to MattGarner, who let me add up, gave hmm, 1 hour thurs, and 5 hours today for this.. omg crime for higher management to put their faces in the public for once...

Wait.. isn't that what people have been saying? Management should be seen in public on Habbo more?

Your attitude is boring. You're on of the people who can't take others opinions without believing it's a personal attack. You could have presented your figures in a nicer way but no you have to get all defensive and you wonder why members don't stay. Well when staff act like that, it's not a surprise. I suggest stop being so rude and when you create a thread, please anticipate people might not agree with what you believe, it happens. If I don't have to spread I think that post is worthy of my -rep.

[Hecktix]

True.



Your attitude is boring. You're on of the people who can't take others opinions without believing it's a personal attack. You could have presented your figures in a nicer way but no you have to get all defensive and you wonder why members don't stay. Well when staff act like that, it's not a surprise. I suggest stop being so rude and when you create a thread, please anticipate people might not agree with what you believe, it happens. If I don't have to spread I think that post is worthy of my -rep.

It wasn't rude at all, but your post about MattGarner most certainly was.

[Seatherny]

I personally dont think MattGarner should be FM or management at all, but Immesenseman I think you are in the wrong this time.

[FlyingJesus]

Let's all fight in a happy thread.

[Hecktix]

Let's all fight in a happy thread.

This is Habbox, could you expect much less?:rolleyes::P

Saurav, this isnt the thread to say that :P

This is the thread to say that Habbox should be on the Habbo Community, and quite possibly the need for a Community AGM, a role I believe MattGarner would be suited to, after his performance this evening :P

[Jamesy]

Let's all fight in a happy thread.

That's what I was just thinking. IF you have a complaint take it to the correct forum. This thread is for feedback on this event, not 'lets have a dig at whichever member of staff defends themselves'

Any further posts that are not directly, or indirectly related to the topic of this thread will be considered pointless.

[hah]

i was on Habbo before and matt ignored everyone because he was talking to someone from college who was in the room, Garion would be better

You need someone who doesn't

lmaoooooooooooooooooo looooooooooooooooooooooool omgggggg noooooob all the time

and talks to people other than a select few

Edited by Jamesy (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not post pointlessly off-topic. Read my warning in the post above

your post was not there when i started to write

[Immenseman]

I didn't mention MattG in that post so please just because we have differences don't assume things. For the benefit of Saurav, somebody who actually wants to improve the forum I will explain myself better. I'm not just talking about management. If you were to read my original post again you'd realise I'm not against the idea I just don't know if it's that beneficial:

Cons
- Distracts staff from their normal routines and other departments could suffer
- Not that many people are going to join Habbox because of it seeing as they're not joining for the right reasons
- The majority that attended were habbox staff or already members

Pros
- It's a bit of light hearted fun
- It's something different that other fansites don't do, therefore making Habbox stand out a bit
- It doesn't take long if organised properly

Sorry if I was a bit rude about the idea. I haven't been on Habbo(x) for the last 4/5 days so that has to be considered too. I have nothing against the idea at all I was just making a point that I don't want other things to hinder whilst they happen, is it such a sin to want Habbox to perform well on all fronts? Apparently so. Also, can someone (Oli) explain how I was rude to MattG in this thread? I have looked to find this but can't and would hope super moderators wouldn't assume things and jump to conclusions, last time it happened to me the Super Moderator and Forum Manager sent me an apology PM with a promise it wouldn't happen again.

Sorry if I was rude or insult anyone in here because that wasn't my intention although if my post was rude it would have been edited :rolleyes: yes, it must've been so god damn rude!! Or somebody just wanted an argument :rolleyes: it's ok he's staff though!!

[Hecktix]

Your comment in the other thread was about you being "annoyed" at how staff will become "distracted" from their responsibilities by doing "extra things" in reference to MattGarner, which is something you happen to then say here.

All I did was point out that you were wrong, as no staff were "distracted".

[FlyingJesus]

I believe Garion would be a fantastic CAFM if he agreed to use the hotel more. Not taking anything away from the work Matt puts in, just that he seems perhaps more suited to a forum role if some of the criticisms that come up against him are true.

That nonsense aside, this really does seem to be exactly what we need. Obviously we can't see a mega difference right away but if Habbox (as a whole) becomes more of a presence more frequently on the hotel then it really can't be a bad thing. As long as staffing is sorted and nothing's left out of current jobs then this looks all positive to me.

[Immenseman]

Your comment in the other thread was about you being "annoyed" at how staff will become "distracted" from their responsibilities by doing "extra things" in reference to MattGarner, which is something you happen to then say here.

All I did was point out that you were wrong, as no staff were "distracted".
So I didn't make a point in this thread you're bringing up other stuff which I was told was wrong in the other thread so didn't mention again. Bravo! My post is just as pointless as the one above.

[Seatherny]

I didn't mention MattG in that post so please just because we have differences don't assume things. For the benefit of Saurav, somebody who actually wants to improve the forum I will explain myself better. I'm not just talking about management. If you were to read my original post again you'd realise I'm not against the idea I just don't know if it's that beneficial:

Cons
- Distracts staff from their normal routines and other departments could suffer
- Not that many people are going to join Habbox because of it seeing as they're not joining for the right reasons
- The majority that attended were habbox staff or already members

Pros
- It's a bit of light hearted fun
- It's something different that other fansites don't do, therefore making Habbox stand out a bit
- It doesn't take long if organised properly

Sorry if I was a bit rude about the idea. I haven't been on Habbo(x) for the last 4/5 days so that has to be considered too. I have nothing against the idea at all I was just making a point that I don't want other things to hinder whilst they happen, is it such a sin to want Habbox to perform well on all fronts? Apparently so. Also, can someone (Oli) explain how I was rude to MattG in this thread? I have looked to find this but can't and would hope super moderators wouldn't assume things and jump to conclusions, last time it happened to me the Super Moderator and Forum Manager sent me an apology PM with a promise it wouldn't happen again.

Sorry if I was rude or insult anyone in here because that wasn't my intention although if my post was rude it would have been edited :rolleyes: yes, it must've been so god damn rude!! Or somebody just wanted an argument :rolleyes: it's ok he's staff though!!

I think thats a much better post. But as Oli said, HxF is just a part of Habbox - albeit a big part.

I think they should do regular shows but do it so Staff cannot visit. Only open it to normal members. Allow one staff to go in with the sole job (or two staff) both with the job of recording the show, which can then be posted on Habbox.com for everyone else to see.

I honestly don't think a few hours working on this would divert them from their jobs. However, management needs a complete reshuffle and it needs it very quickly!

[dogboy123]

I really enjoyed performing this and it was great to see people finding it funny and genuinly enjoying it. I think it actually brought the staff who did it closer as we had to use teamwork and be commited into the roles.

Anyway to get users signed up is a bonus, even if its only just for furni. I think a lot of the current forum members who post frequently were attracted by habbo.

I think we should do more of these shows as theyre great fun and overall it really boosts Habbox's popularity

[Mentor]

Your comment in the other thread was about you being "annoyed" at how staff will become "distracted" from their responsibilities by doing "extra things" in reference to MattGarner, which is something you happen to then say here.

All I did was point out that you were wrong, as no staff were "distracted".

That's your opinion, his was his. If you wish to disagree with him on whether people were distracted or not or whether its good for habbox or not, i'm all for that.

But i'm sorry to say that as far as i can tell this post appears simply to be inflammatory and attempting to provoke an argument.
This is not appropriate for a member of staff. True, your human, i imagine your now annoyed - its a natural reaction. But my advice now is step away from the keyboard and cool down a bit else this will just get more heated and nothing good will come of it. I know this is pretty pre-emptive, but i'd rather that. Nothing good will come if you keep going as your currently heading.

The topic is whether large scale community events are good for habbox and weather they are worth the time requirement imposed on staff. Not about who said what when, and who is ruder.

[iAdam]

Sigh.


Personally, the event went very well, a few more dates could of been organised, and it could of been advertised a little more as phone mentioned, but all in all good.

And btw, the forum ran smoothly and no one was distracted from their jobs as we have ample staffing in our department. xoxo

[Immenseman]

That's your opinion, his was his. If you wish to disagree with him on whether people were distracted or not or whether its good for habbox or not, i'm all for that.

But i'm sorry to say that as far as i can tell this post appears simply to be inflammatory and attempting to provoke an argument.
This is not appropriate for a member of staff. True, your human, i imagine your now annoyed - its a natural reaction. But my advice now is step away from the keyboard and cool down a bit else this will just get more heated and nothing good will come of it. I know this is pretty pre-emptive, but i'd rather that. Nothing good will come if you keep going as your currently heading.

The topic is whether large scale community events are good for habbox and weather they are worth the time requirement imposed on staff. Not about who said what when, and who is ruder.

+REP for that, served it's purpose well.

Also, I'd just like to add whenever the new AGM Community is appointed they should be directed to this thread and see the positives and negatives and gauge their own opinion. I think it'd do well if it was a yearly thing rather than it becoming something that happens more often. Well done to all those involved anyway :)

[Sunnily]

It was really good but maybe you could of ran 2-3 shows during different times or consecutively. So the people lining up wouldn't be upset.

[Hecktix]

It was really good but maybe you could of ran 2-3 shows during different times or consecutively. So the people lining up wouldn't be upset.

It was hard enough getting everybody online for one showing :P

It will be on youtube later.

[Meanies]

I think more like this should be done. It gets Habbox's name out on Habbo again which can only be a good thing. Not necessarily just pantos like the one today, but things like chat shows and more large events, like takeshi's castle and the cube rather than just several rounds of the same games.

And well done to Oli for getting the panto to work because this time last week he was pretty adement it wasn't going to happen, but it magically came around!

[Inseriousity.]

Phone has mentioned them in "that thread I posted in September" and we all agreed then that we need a more active presence on Habbo! Personally, I think they shouldn't be too frequent or they just become boring. Keep the 'big' things a novelty or it may end up going the same way as the Productions Department!

PS. I really enjoyed acting today, regardless of the annoying lag!

[Charlottay!]

The big events r great and we have had alot of interest from new users. I was the dj covering the cube and while i was hosting i had people sending through the request line how much they enjoyed playing. Takeshi's castle was also the same.

The panto not only got alot of interest but it was something different. as oli said it was hard getting us all online at one time however it would have been nice for others to see the show instead of been left disappointed.

[Smits]

The forum should deffinately do more things similar to this.

Anything that getsnew people signing up is a good thing. Afterall, the more people who sign up, the more people who will stay active, the more long term users habbox will get, and the more regular uses as well.

[Hecktix]

The forum should deffinately do more things similar to this.

Anything that getsnew people signing up is a good thing. Afterall, the more people who sign up, the more people who will stay active, the more long term users habbox will get, and the more regular uses as well.

It gives Habbox a name too.

[Cheryl]

I think the most impostant thing to remember is the more people we get visiting any Habbox site means more members more suport, and a bigger fansite (regardless of the fact if they are active on the forum or not)

[Nixt]

I think the pros outweigh any possible cons. Everything seemed to be running smoothly during the panto and I don't think it would have a negative affect on anything else. It can only really do good :).

[The Professor]

What Garion said. Considering how much we (as a forum community) moaned about havin no presence on habbo, having a popular event really can't be criticised on any level :P Lets have more of them!

[GommeInc]

does gommeinc even use habbo? i would rather someone like Jess gets it because she is probably always on Habbo, but she doesn't post in the forums so i don't think she is right for it.

give it to garion, heard he is a habbo addict ;l
No, I'd rather see Habbo closed down and the idiot who went anti-fansite have a few bolts put through his thick skulled frontal lobe and kicked by fansite owners.

[Hecktix]

No, I'd rather see Habbo closed down and the idiot who went anti-fansite have a few bolts put through his thick skulled frontal lobe and kicked by fansite owners.

Seconded.

[Roxy]

I think big events are great and they're definitely something I'll be looking at doing more often.

It was great to see so many people interested in the pantomime, although I don't think it's something which should happen every month or so - having it yearly would work much better.

Other events such as The Cube work just as well and take less preparation than what it takes to put on a pantomime. I know for a fact at least 4 people signed up to the forum last night after playing and other smaller things like that will help to get Habbox's name out there and hopefully bring in some new members.

If you don't have a clue what I'm on about when I say The Cube, it's basically a series of events in one room which we were trialling during the Christmas Bonanza

[luce]

yeah i don't see why not but not that often because people may get bored of them if they aren't all that amazing maybe a frequent variety of big things that this some stuff that people can actually take part in rather then just watch all the time. :)

[Charlottay!]

Habboxlive's Deal or No deal is a big event that happens every so often. gets lots of interest and everyone enjoys it

[Titch]

I think the big thing i would like to see is the BIG giveaway competitions back, Things like the HabboxLive Vault competition started by Adzeh and Angel-Light where HUGE hits, everyone was getting involved, could something like that not be adapted towards to forum? Where instead of going on hxl everyday at certain time to get a clue, you came on the forum and got part of the clue? or went to an offical habbox room and get part of the clue?

[Roxy]

I think the big thing i would like to see is the BIG giveaway competitions back, Things like the HabboxLive Vault competition started by Adzeh and Angel-Light where HUGE hits, everyone was getting involved, could something like that not be adapted towards to forum? Where instead of going on hxl everyday at certain time to get a clue, you came on the forum and got part of the clue? or went to an offical habbox room and get part of the clue?

Can't say I've been here long enough to know what you're on about. Could you explain how it worked for me? :P

[Grig]

There was a shows/productions department in the past and it closed for a reason.

I think it's fun for seasonal things, but not on a regular basis :).

[Nixt]

There was a shows/productions department in the past and it closed for a reason.

I think it's fun for seasonal things, but not on a regular basis :).

We're not just talking shows or productions, we're talking all manner of large-scale Habbo events that should improve our Habbo presence

[AgnesIO]

Large scale events would be great.

Even if some of the credits donated by the extremely generous jrh2002/MissAlice are to be used on rooms.

Perhaps a Zombie Run coud be made. 50 rooms or so, with one teleporter eventually leading to a winners room - if you get here you get HC's or VIP.

This would allow 100's of habbos to play if they wanted, as you could continually let people in - this would allow many people to play.

But yes large scale events would be FANTASTIC.

[hah]

We're not just talking shows or productions, we're talking all manner of large-scale Habbo events that should improve our Habbo presence

-cofffffffffffff http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=600583

[MissAlice]

How about introducing 'The Habbox Challenge'

I'm sure there are enough intelligent people around to make suggestions as to what the years challenges could be.

Members earn points at specific events, I did suggest a Habbox Olympics several months ago, which I don't think would be difficult to create, that could easily be a main event in the summer.

Have one large event each quarter of the year, whereby anyone can join in, and include an event maybe a quiz or a quest that takes place on the forum within each quarter, thus encouraging new members to not only take part on the hotel but to sign up and take part on the forum. How else can they do the challenge!

It's good to read pantos are back in season, they are fun particularly when things don't go to plan ;) Perhaps in the future they could be run once or twice a week in the weeks leading up to Christmas. Well done for taking the initative to get things rolling again :)

[Titch]

Can't say I've been here long enough to know what you're on about. Could you explain how it worked for me? :P

Not really good at explaing, will see if i cn find the old threads for it, give me 2 mins.

Here :- http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=276449&highlight=Habboxlive+vault

and here is an example of how clues where released - http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=276696&highlight=Habboxlive+vault

The compeition was then re-played again in 2007 and 2008 becuase it was such a huge hit.