Events are returning!!!!

[Samantha]

http://habbox.com/#!/News/article/1534

Codes in News Report.

Thanks to laura; for giving the codes.

[:odey:]

Hate that you have to buy them,
Glad they're coming back though.

[Red]

buy room events? great >.<

[Plebings]

Well this completely defeats the purpose really..

[xxMATTGxx]

They removed a feature due to the mute and now they will bring it back but make sure they can make money from it! Woot

[GoldenMerc]

Finally, took them long enough

[Fict]

wow buy events... HABBO WAKE UP.

[SackRace]

Buying them wow.. kinda forgot what they look like now.

[Mathew]

They were useful but I won't be paying for them. Habbo really do know how to drive their customers away.

[Lewis]

Next we'll have to pay £1.00 per hour of habbo play time....

This is a disgrace, I hope they realise all the mistakes they're making soon and if you have to pay for events I hope it's like 100 per coin ;l

[Red]

They can't do anything right.

[Philly]

They lost at least 4,000 regular users on .com, they need new revenue streams. Watch them make us pay for guestbooks next.

[Michael]

Payed events are better than no events, it seems like the events are going to be better this time around!

[MKR&*42]

Buy them ..... What the ****.

[Rainbow]

no way am i buying events if its like 1 event = 1c or something daft.

[karter]

**** off i aint paying anything for this

[Red]

http://www.mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/17/1wipt.png

Looks like paul has been reading habbox haha. See Paul, this is why I said fansites are good to read. Get users opinions before products are released. Anyway I hope that this new update is false and we don't have to pay.

[karter]

They lost at least 4,000 regular users on .com, they need new revenue streams. Watch them make us pay for guestbooks next.


Agreed. They have lost users and are still looking for desperate measures to earn more? This will obviously lower down the users that are already there

[Samantha]

http://www.mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/17/1wipt.png

Looks like paul has been reading habbox haha. See Paul, this is why I said fansites are good to read. Get users opinions before products are released. Anyway I hope that this new update is false and we don't have to pay.

They added codes, we have to go off them doesn't he get that haha. Think I might go tweet him.

[geo]

Finally... I guess.
Find it really bad that we have to pay for them, they should have just made it a thing for VIPs to get unlimited if they want more people to get VIP.

[Samantha]

Exactly Georgia, at least then they would probably gain more from it due to the cost of VIP compared to what Events could cost.

[Aiden]

Im glad there coming back but I don't think I will be buying.

[orientalframe?]

aw i'm glad they're coming back - it's about time really, but i certainly won't be paying for them :P

[LiquidLuck.]

FINALLY!

[Michael]

Everyone is tweeting #PayingForHabbo for twitter... lol..

[PiippBB]

What a joke. I think the reason they're adding a charge onto everything is to make up for the money they lost due to the mute, but that's not really out fault, so why should we have to pay? They should cut their losses and bring back these previously free features, for free. It may make them a little bit of money in the short term, but come the long run people will be switching Habbo off if they realise that they have to pay just to get people in their rooms (and that will cost them a lot more!)

[karter]

Everyone is tweeting #PayingForHabbo for twitter... lol..


I don't really see how it is funny. I actually support them, this might get paul's attention after all

[efq]

Making money from it? Jeez Habbo say's it's free in all its advertisements but soon that will become false advertising, I swear everything is becoming something you have to pay for, I wouldn't be surprised if soon we'll have to pay to change our motto!

[JerseySafety]

About time they did this, should of done this before anything else - except unmuting of course. So glad.

[Pigperson]

I did actually like events, they were useful to get randomers in your room. Even though it costs which is stupid, it will do good in getting rid of all those noob events, right?

Will

[Matt]

Omg yay Events <33 I reckon i'd only buy them if i want to populate a room. I do hope the "paying" part is scrapped though =/

[Ekelektra]

Hmmmmm paying for events? I'm not going to judge until it actually comes on the client and we see how much it will cost.


I did actually like events, they were useful to get randomers in your room. Even though it costs which is stupid, it will do good in getting rid of all those noob events, right?

Will

I totally agree even if we have to pay, be VIP or whatever it will be good to get rid of those noob events like the ones asking for donations or girls with cams or even people advertising their shop when they have nothing you can actually trade.

[auffant1]

Why not just charge everytime we log in? That's what direction it seems we are going in. If I have to pay I don't think I will, no point.

[Star-Fighter]

Events are now in Finland.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/Star-Fighter/events.png
You give a name for the event, a description for it and choose a room. And yes, it indeed costs 1 credit (and 1 pumpkin) now. The event lasts for 2 hours.

[GoldenMerc]

Bet it populates the room to the max though not s many people do it

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

[MKR&*42]

Events are now in Finland.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/Star-Fighter/events.png
You give a name for the event, a description for it and choose a room. And yes, it indeed costs 1 credit (and 1 pumpkin) now. The event lasts for 2 hours.

1 pumpkin lmao. So people still havebto buy credits currently to get one...

Brb going to ClubPenguin cause you don't have to pay for everything....

[Fict]

very soon even visiting rooms will cost us like 5 pumpkins...

[xxMATTGxx]

I don't quite understand this to be honest...

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/19/ysILx.png

http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/19/VNqgJ.png


Update: Paul says it's on .FI for testing purposes.

[karter]

paul doesnt know **** i feel bad for him lol

[e5]

Oh this is good news... paying for events suck though, bet it will become unused :(

[Michael]

It lists event rooms in order of people inside, the event rooms earlier were quite full though :)

[Seikou]

paying for events? a bit unfair to remove them then bring them back and have to pay for them.

[MKR&*42]

New codes added at like 10am. Events are being renamed "Promotions" instead;


+ roomad.extend.event=Extend - Lmao wtf, do we have to pay every so often?...
+ roomad.catalog_header=Buy room promotion
+ roomad.catalog_description=Describe your room
+ roomad.get.event.caption=Promote your room here?
+ roomad.event=Promoted Rooms
+ roomad.get.event=Get Room Promoted
+ roomad.catalog_name=Name your promo
+ roomad.event=Promoted Rooms

That duck badge has also been changed....


+ badge_name_RADZZ=Event Promoter
+ badge_desc_RADZZ=Event Promoter

Instead of "organiser".

Erm and this might be for the new event room (SORRY, PROMOTION ROOM ;l) creation method;


+ navigator.alert.invalid_room_name=Room name is unacceptable!

Threads merged by runeaddict99 (Forum Moderator): As they are both on a similar topic.

[Succubus]

New codes added at like 10am. Events are being renamed "Promotions" instead;



That duck badge has also been changed....



Instead of "organiser".

Isn't it basically telling us we have to pay for 'promotions'
Don't see the point of a re-name either.

[tm]

Promotion, event, whatever they call it, it's still gonna cost to advertise your room in-game. Nobody will be happy about this.


+ roomad.extend.event=Extend - Lmao wtf, do we have to pay every so often?...
Errr.. that's pretty crazy.

[MKR&*42]

Isn't it basically telling us we have to pay for 'promotions'
Don't see the point of a re-name either.

If we seriously have to pay to EXTEND an event after we've already bought an event room, how low have Sulake stooped...

---------- Post added 23-10-2012 at 02:28 PM ----------


Promotion, event, whatever they call it, it's still gonna cost to advertise your room in-game. Nobody will be happy about this.


Errr.. that's what everyone's thinking!

All I've heard before is that it was a one time payment :P Not that it expires. cries.

[geo]

Paying to extend your event? lol
This is really stupid, before the mute we got this free, so if Habbo are wanting to get users back, they're really not doing it right.

[tm]

Unless we'll just pay to extend? In which case, guessing you'll be limited on how often you can run a *free?* promotion?

[:Act]

Paying to extend your event? lol
This is really stupid, before the mute we got this free, so if Habbo are wanting to get users back, they're really not doing it right.

Agreed. I just wrote a very lengthy response and realised it was not entirely relevant so oh well that's 5 minutes of my life I won't get back. But to expand, forcing people to spend more money (especially in this economic climate) is a recipe for disaster. It feels desperate quite frankly. The most recent nail for me was that you couldn't buy Habboween furni without actually buying credits. Usually the additional currency would be like a 'double your credits' offer. Not this time. I feel like the team are clutching at straws. Habbo is all over the place, with no news articles, updates through Twitter, and competitions on Facebook.. I hear about NOTHING in-game anymore. Why is it not on the homepage?? If they went back and used the proven techniques of better staff integration, better moderation, news feeds, more events, and build up the community again, I feel they would bring back more users who would be happy to buy credits that would off-set any need for 'paid promotions' and other crap like that.

Effectively we are in a situation where the game is haemorrhaging users and so the people left have to 'make up' the cash lost by paying for extra stuff. If more users were on the game, many more people would buy credits, reducing the need for others to pay out extra, meaning more credits available for them, increasing happiness and feel of 'value for money'.

I know it is not easy, but I think Habbo is looking more and more like a sinking ship, and now is the time for them to be innovative and build the community back up, lest it sink to the ocean floor forever.

[Pigperson]

It's not all bad tbh, it get's rid of all those noobs who advertise giveaways to get you into their cozzie change :/ For that reason I prefer it but it will suck for people who can't spare the credits for it.

It was probably renamed so it seems it is a new concept. I still think Adverts is a more suited name.

Will

[MKR&*42]

It's not all bad tbh, it get's rid of all those noobs who advertise giveaways to get you into their cozzie change :/ For that reason I prefer it but it will suck for people who can't spare the credits for it.

It was probably renamed so it seems it is a new concept. I still think Adverts is a more suited name.

Will

Room adverts would get me confused with those banners at the top of the room though haha :P Just like promotions will get me confused with product promotions - e.g. Starbust on .ca

[Plebings]

It's not all bad tbh, it get's rid of all those noobs who advertise giveaways to get you into their cozzie change :/

pfft. like anyone actually sees giveaway in events and thinks it's real.

hopefully they'll eventually become free just like how we used to have to pay for battleball and snowstorm.

[Empired]

Certainly won't be buying them!!! Habbo is just getting worse and worse ugh...

[supermanuknow]

Can not believe you have to buy them Habbo is getting so pathetic!

[,Sv]

How can you possibly credit this move?

Worst idea from Habbo, and not for the first time

[karter]

i find it funny that i will have to PAY to sell my stuff (without any guarantee that my stuff will sell)

[moanster]

How could they possibly think this is a good idea when their site traffic looks like this
http://traffic.alexa.com/graph?&w=400&h=220&o=f&c=1&y=t&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=5y&u=habbo.com&aGFiYm8uY29t

[Ellz]

i am not paying for them, rip off!

[Rixion]

Are these morons serious? It's like they're getting real desperate for cash now, the Habbo Exchange tax was horrid but this is just utter desperation, shambles. I left completely because they took away the events and to only oh-so-kindly bring them back with a price tag, nice one Habbo.

[OldLoveSong]

can't believe how habbo has gone so downhill these past yrs

[Jazz]

wow.... paying for events? wow..

[geo]

i need this event stuff to hurry up so i can start hosting my team races and getting my mcdonalds popular :(

[Fict]

http://i.imgur.com/3SH7l.jpg

events?

and when you click the "promote room" it leads to cata

Threads merged by runeaddict99 (Forum Moderator): As they are on a similar topic.

[geo]

yeah, cos the new events are called promotions or smth and you'd have to pay. just like how events had their section in the navi

[Ekelektra]

Only 1c not too bad.

I like how you can do it for rooms that aren't your own, or you have rights in. I was looking at the list and thinking 'why on earth is it letting me promote that one?' Then I went there and realised I had rights didn't even realise.

I always thought that Habbo needed a list of rooms you have rights in, I guess this is it!!

[xxMATTGxx]

Hate the long list, seems messy and will take a while to even find your own room. Although having the ability to promote rooms you don't own is nice I suppose. I love how Paul mentioned fansites may say stuff that isn't true and it was only on .FI for testing purposes and look what is happening now ;)


http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/30/xGopb.png
http://mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/30/QdHTY.png

[Succubus]

Still don't like the name of it. Events sounded better.
1c isn't bad at all, as erin said, but I doubt I'd actually pay for any promotions.

[geo]

http://www.mattgarner.net/upload/images/2012/10/30/eZBAD.png

I got this for promoting 2 rooms

[MKR&*42]

1c isn't bad and being able to promote rooms which you have rights in is brilliant.

Still ridiculous we have to pay though ;).

[Sian]

if you ask me a cred for 2 hours is bad. I thought it would be for like a day. Not that I've ever bothered with events.

[MKR&*42]

if you ask me a cred for 2 hours is bad. I thought it would be for like a day. Not that I've ever bothered with events.

Wait it's for 2 hours?????

Oh yes I just saw the pic.

WHAT. That's an absolute scam...

[geo]

if you ask me a cred for 2 hours is bad. I thought it would be for like a day. Not that I've ever bothered with events.

yeah, should be more than 2 hours, but i guess they may have thought it's gonna be used for some events which don't always go on longer than 1-2 hrs :P

[tm]

Another nail in the coffin of the community. Nice one Paul The Fountain.

[geo]

Another nail in the coffin of the community. Nice one Paul The Fountain.

i find it funny how so many habbos are tweeting to get rid of him, he really needs to go now as he's so useless. ever since he's been here, habbo has gone downhill lol. he doesn't think things through (like teh mute, lol....) and just does things that'll make him better off

[Nick]

Promoted my room pretty much only for the badge because it looks amazing :) ... I really don't think that they should be making us pay just for an event .. ;l

[:Act]

I've said it in a previous post, but these current tactics are a lazy man's approach to doing business.

As I said before, Habbo has targets to hit, but with a dwindling community and active users, the onus is now on the few to make up the money lost by the rest. Hence why Habboween furni can only be bought with creds that you don't already have, and why promotions are charged. This is LAZY! If they want to keep Habbo afloat, they need to encourage more users to join the community (or lack thereof) so that there are more people to 'share the burden of cost' if you will.

Instead of being innovative, pushing boundaries, and trying to really attract new people, Paul et al. are just squeezing the last drops of money out without having to do any work. LAZY LAZY LAZY!! Honestly, I think many people in this forum alone could do a better job than Paul, at least we have creativity, a sense of community, and understand the game itself. Has Paul ever even played this?

We need Habbo to be brought back to its glory days! What we don't need is some 2-bit has-been wannabe business man being lazy and who would rather watch Habbo die than do anything that would actually help.

[GoldenMerc]

Pathetic how you have to pay...

[RICHe]

I reckon 1c isnt too bad, maybe do that for non-vip members. But for vip members maybe do it so 2c buys 10 promotions? like how marketplace works.

[Aaron]

1c for two hours is an absolute joke really.

[Bails]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. This is pathetic.

Paying for events is bad enough but a 2 hour god-damn event? What the hell is this? I abolsolutely agree with the person who wanted to fire Paul 'The Fountain'. I'm sick and tired of him making habbo all for profit, Hell yeah you have to make some money but leave it at freakin' credits. He just has to make everything in habbo for credits and coins!

I swear to god in 6 months it'll be:
"Pay 5c to enter Habbo Hotel for 1 hour"
"Pay 10c to enter Habbo Hotel for 2 hours"

Rant over.

[:odey:]

Has anyone that's actually done it seen an improvement?

[Bails]

Has anyone that's actually done it seen an improvement?

There is none.

Name of Promotion:
Category:
Description:

That's it.

[:odey:]

There is none.

Name of Promotion:
Category:
Description:

That's it.

I mean have you seen an improvement in room popularity?

[Halas]

if i was ceo i would charge to chat

[karter]

its funny how they added a badge with it lol, sure that will make people pay you 1c but how much can you earn by that?

---------- Post added 30-10-2012 at 09:19 PM ----------

i don't know what they consider as promotion because my room did not get promoted at all. it is at the bottom of the list and all the popular and full rooms are at the top.

[Richie]

Made paul a lovely wanted sign

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zl6rnb.jpg


in all seriousness though I can't believe you have to pay 1c to host an event, robbery.

[Bails]

Made paul a lovely wanted sign

http://i47.tinypic.com/1zl6rnb.jpg


in all seriousness though I can't believe you have to pay 1c to host an event, robbery.

Gonna spread this. kty. x

[Inseriousity.]

We are going to focus specifically on the features and services that makes finding new friends and sharing with old friends enjoyable. This means new features, fresh themed entertainment and a variety of games. And we will keep elements of the service Habbos have always loved.

Hmm charging people to publicise their rooms doesn't seem to fit this statement. They're shooting themselves in the foot here. There surely must be examples of business models based around being community-orientated rather than trying to bleed them dry. Habbo are in some downward spiral if they continue this strategy. Charge people to make money, people get fed up and leave, need to charge people more to make money, even the most diehard obsessives go 'wtf' and leave, no more people to charge.

[MKR&*42]

I mean have you seen an improvement in room popularity?

I tried it out a few mins ago, and honestly, no. I get more users in events late at night without a room promotion than with one. It's easier to use the search function or the designated functions than this promotion category.

Events only ever worked for me with shops before they were 'redone'. So no great change.

[tm]

Want to be top of the promoted list? That'll be 217 credits please. Seriously, £21.70, thanks! Keep spending!

Lots of love Paul.

In all seriousness, people are burning credits on this which is exactly what the company wanted to happen.

~

To find how much people have *at the least* spent on their promotions take the time remaining in minutes and divide by 120 (the length of each promo in mins) and round up.

eg.
http://i45.tinypic.com/19t9tz.png
25918 mins left.
25918/120 = 215.98
They've spent *at least* 216 credits on promotions.