21st Jul 06:
Hi all
Ok, this email is going to address a few issues I've picked up on and
Team Leaders have notified me of.
1. Team Leader Tools
The TLs have told me that there's still discontent amongst some Xs that
TLs have the ability to kick and alert, but not *all* Xs. I've been into
the reasons for TLs only having these tools a number of times now and
I'd have hoped that the Xfest highlighted the main reason for TLs having
those tools; they were able to help crowd control events. We are *not*
extending these to all Xs because you are not Hobbas nor Moderators and
we don't want your focus to shift from giving friendly help to policing.
Now I will lay it straight on the line on this topic because it really
has been done to death. If anyone out there can't live with the fact
that TLs have a few more tools, those people need to reconsider their
position on the Team. I'm not having this subject raised over and over
again ad-nauseumn and I'm not having every positive thing the Team does
(Xfest for example) spoiled by a few moaning because they feel they're
entitled to tools they don't have.
So....I hope that particular subject is done and dusted for good.
2. Team Stucture
Again, I've been told by the TLs that some have low morale because they
don't like being in 4 teams and would prefer to go back to two. It was
stated from Day 1 of the X program that we were aiming to have 50 Xs in
teams of 10, each with a Team Leader. As the Team has grown we've done
exactly what we stated so it really should be no surprise. We are not
going back to having one huge team or 2 big teams. Why? For a number of
reasons:
* Two Team Leaders is not enough; it would put unfair pressure on
them to be online a lot.
* A team of around 25 is too large, it makes for team meetings
with everyone talking over each other which means the quieter ones may
not get a word in edgeways. It's also harder for a Team Leader to handle
and, again, puts unfair pressure on them to be around a lot to support
25 people.
3. Team Leaders
There still appears to be some opposition to the choice of some Team
Leaders for no particular reason that I can see and mutterings that some
feel they would have been a better choice than some who were picked.
I'll state this bluntly; if I see *anyone* say "I think I'd be a better
Team Leader than XXX" I can guarantee two things - 1. you will *never*
be a Team Leader and 2. you will be asked why you're not supporting Team
Leaders and you'll be invited to either give concrete reasons for why
you feel someone isn't up to the job and, if you can't, you'll be given
the options of putting a sock in it and starting to support that Team
Leader or, if you can't, of leaving the Team.
4. Absences
All of us have time away; whether it's holidays, exams, illness, family
issues etc. However if you're on the X Team and know you're going to be
unable to X for more than a week or two you MUST contact us. If you feel
it's something you don't want your Team Leader to know, you can email us
directly. Increasingly I'm seeing people disappear for extended periods
with no word to their Team Leaders or us and, in some cases, I've heard
of resignations via my own trawlings on the forum. That isn't
acceptable. It's a matter of basic courtesy that, if you know you're
going to be away for a long time, you TELL us. People disappearing for
long periods unannounced creates bad feeling as other Xs start to think
they're doing all the work whilst others aren't pulling their weight.
5. Don't take Xing for granted
The people who've caused Team Leaders to raise the concerns I've tackled
in points 1 to 3 really need to step back and think about what they have
rather than what they don't have. You're in a Team which several
*thousand* others wanted to get on to and still want to get onto, so
your inclusion is a privilege, not a right. You get free HC and a badge
which gives you VIP entry into full rooms. You get a platform to raise
ideas straight to staff which no other Habbo has. You get to create and
take part in events which no other Habbo gets to do. A lot of your ideas
which have been practical have been implemented and you now even have
your own area on the homepage for YOU to populate with articles,
interviews and news on events you want to run. If you're not satisified
with all of that then, for heaven's sake, take a step out of the Team
and give someone else a chance who'll enjoy the experience more.
Now, we don't usually encourage this but, if any of you feel you want to
raise issues (NOT about Team Leader tools!) then for the next week you
can email us direct and we'll address them.
Many thanks!
Emma
22nd Jul 07:
Hi all :)
Just a quick note with some updates to the Habbo X Team:
1. We bid welcome back and farewell to .:sky.angel:. Who has
returned but will now be known as GlowingSpirit on the team, having
moved her badge to another of her accounts.
2. We say a sad goodbye to Feddy who resigned due to time
constraints and timezone difficulties.
3. Lastly we bid farewell to Avadakedavra and nuttygirl77 who have
found they no longer have time to X.
We wish all three the best of luck and thanks for all their help with
the team.
Many thanks!
Emma
2nd Aug 06:
Hi Team!!
Dates for your diary!
Our August meetings will be as follows:-
Thurs 10th at 8:30pm
Thurs 24th at 8:30pm
Both meetings in Team XGen room, password fr00gle
It is essential that you let me know if you can't attend a meeting.
Please inform me either by a PM on the forum or by email via redtiz.
I will post these details on the forum.
Please let me know if you have anything you want included on the agenda
and also after the meeting how about a session of Bingo, my treat? Or
maybe we could all choose a room to go to and have some fun?
Take care peeps!!
Lots of love
Jan
aka AuntyFrog
14th Aug 06
Hi Habbo and Safety Xs!
Just a quick update email which contains information both teams need to
know.
1. Confidentiality.
May I suggest that everyone read their Mission again and make sure they
understand it? I had a Habbo message me today with the passwords to
*both* X meeting rooms which, of course, means that a couple of Xs have
been giving out this information. So just in case there is any doubt
over this - YOU MUST NOT GIVE OUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE X TEAM. That
includes emails from us, room passwords and any information we give you
UNLESS we explicitly state it can be passed on. If we have proof of
people ignoring this and giving out room passwords etc, we will simply
remove your badge because it'll be obvious to us that we can't trust
you.
So, the passwords have now been changed and your Team Leaders will be
notified of the new ones.
2. Ignore Campaign
Sulake is about to embark on a campaign to educate Habbos about the use
of the Ignore button. At present, many of the Calls we receive are about
low-level swearing or flooding which can be dealt with by Habbos simply
clicking on the culprit and selecting the 'Ignore' button so they can't
see what the culprit is saying. However, it does seem that many Habbos
don't use this option for whatever reason. So, if you see
flooding/swearing in rooms you're in, please advise the Habbos to use
the Ignore button. Habbos who send in calls about low-level swearing or
flooding will also receive messages from the Moderators to use the
Ignore button. The Moderators will however, still be checking the chat
logs to make sure that nothing more serious went on in the background
and, if it did, they'll take action. In the near future you'll see
promotion on the homepage about the Ignore campaign.
Thanks!
Emma
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17th Aug 06:
Calling all Xs!
We had a suggestion in from a Habbo for a profile from each X on the
eXperts section of the homepage. We'll do one profile a week and I'll
stress that this ISN'T compulsary. If you don't want a profile, that's
fine. If you DO want a profile, please answer the questions below and
return to me along with a screenshot of your Habbo (if you know how to
do it, please crop down a full screenshot to just show your Habbo).
Habbo name
Why did you choose that name?
How long have you been an X?
What made you want to be an X?
The good parts of Xing?
The bad parts of Xing?
Favourite room on Habbo?
What's your iPod playing?
Which reality TV show would you be on and why?
Number 1 food to make you barf?
Top tip for those wanting to be an X?
Any last thoughts?
22nd Aug 06:
Hi Team!
Just to remind you that our second August meeting is this Thursday at
8:30pm BST, Team XGen room password fr00gle.
Please let me know if you can't attend or if there is anything you would
like included on the agenda.
Love Jan
xxx
23rd Aug 06:
Hello Xs!
As you'll all know from the forum, PoliteFairy is stepping down from
Team Leadership due to lots of real-life commitments. She will however,
be remaining a loyal member of the effeX team. I'm sure Team effeX will
agree that she's done a sterling job as Team Leader and we're all glad
she has the time to stay around and X with us.
I am pleased to announce however, that Team effeX has a new leader and
that person is...
Ardl
I hope Team effeX welcome him with open arms and I'm sure he'll do a
fantastic job.
Well done!
Emma
4th Sep 06:
The meetings for September will be as follows:-
Thurs 8th at 8:30pm
Friday 22nd at 9pm
Team Xgen room password fr00gle
Now, I am aware that some of you are going back to school soon so if
these dates are really unworkable for the majority of you then please pm
me and we will throw a six and start again. Please also tell me of the
dates/times that you ARE available if you cant make these and I will
either change the dates/times OR hold extra meetings.
Just to remind you that I am on holiday from 8th-17th September so if
you have any problems please contact Kokey or ardl.
Love Jan
xxx
5th Sep 06:
Hi all!
As we all know, Mark has left the X program and that leaves a spot open
for the leadership of Team Xtra. However, this time I have no
announcement of a replacement.
Why?
Well we've had a number of people realise they don't have the time for
Xing anymore and have moved on. This has left all teams below 10 members
and Team Xtra only has 6 members! As we're not in a position to put up
applications at the moment, what I'm going to do is disband Team Xtra
for the time being and move its members to make 3 full teams rather than
have 4 small teams. When we finally get a new application form and are
able to recruit again, we'll get another 10 people to make a new Team
Xtra and when they're bedded in, another 10 members for the fifth and
final team.
I've assigned Team Xtra members randomly to the other teams as I want
teams to be as equal as possible. You will be staying on these teams
from now on, so I'd ask the existing team members to welcome them with
open arms:
Moving to Team Xgen (AuntyFrog):
Mexel
Amzish
Moving to Team Xtreme (Kokey):
Litestar
Idrew
Moving to Team effeX (Ardl):
Nymrod
Monorano
I will be making the appropriate changes to the forum so you'll have
access to the correct areas. Please do check in with your new Team
Leaders who'll tell you about their meetings planned for this month.
Many thanks!
Emma
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5th Sep 06
Hi all :)
Just dropping a quick email with some news which will be of benefit to
all.
In short I'd like to get a lot more events going, but I'm aware that I
don't have a great deal of time to co-ordinate organisation, sort out
furni requests etc which are associated with events. I definitely need
help in that area.
So! Bigbutsound is going to help me out as an event co-ordinator for
both teams and here's what he'll be doing:
1. He'll be using an account called XEvents which I've registered
for him to create an X Store. The Store will hold a pool of furni which
any X can call upon when they wish to run an X event and need help with
furnishing.
2. He'll be keeping an inventory of what's in that store which
he'll post to the shared discussion folder on the forum so Xs can see at
a glance what's in the furni pool.
3. He'll be keeping a list of what furni is leant out to which X
and will be responsible for chasing up that X after events to make sure
it's returned to the X Store.
4. If the X Store doesn't have the furni needed for an event, an X
can send a list to Bigbutsound via the forum and he'll collate the lists
and give them to me. I'll then dump the required furni on to the Xevents
account where Bigbutsound will add it to the inventory and dish it out
to those who requested.
5. When running events, Bigbutsound will send me the final details
for publication on the homepage - event name, date, time, location, host
and any prizes. So when you're deciding on an event, please leave him
these details when you've finalised them.
6. If you want to run an event but don't want the room on your
account, let Bigbutsound know what room you want and he can create it on
Xevents and give you rights.
He will be getting Team Leader rights so he can also lend a hand with
crowd control during events if required, but he will not be directly
leading a team nor will teams or Team Leaders be reporting to him. All
remains as usual on that front and Bigbutsound will remain in his
current team and report to his current Team Leader for anything bar
event requests (when he'll come directly to me). He will simply be the
'keeper' of the X Store and a great hub for all your event requests and
information.
Any questions or queries, please let me know.
Many thanks!
Emma
8th Sep 06:
Hi all :)
For those of you who may not have read the thread on the forum (although
I hope everyone is keeping up with the forums!), we're launching a
fortnightly Safety Mission Comp from today.
Every Fortnight an X Team (both Habbo X and Safety X) will come up with
a safety-related topic for a mission. Habbos have to come up with the
best Missions under that topic and Xs will post the ones they spot on
the forum and vote on the best when the fortnight is up. This obviously
depends on you clicking on Habbos you see around to check Missions!
This comp is being publicised on the eXpert area and the details are as
follows:
Mission topic for Friday 8th September to Friday 22nd September is: "WHY
WE DON'T ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SHARE MESSENGER OR WEBCAM"
The competition will end on Friday 22nd September and the Xs will then
be voting for the best Missions.
1st Prize will be 25 credits and the twinkly rare gold trophy
2 runners-up will receive 2 random HC rares each
Thanks!
Emma
22nd Sep 06:
Hi peeps!
Just a quick reminder that we have a meeting tomorrow night, 22nd Sept,
9pm
Team XGen Room, password fr00gle
Please let me know if you cant attend.
Love Jan
xxx
19th Oct 06
Greetings Habbo and Safety Xs!
This is an email going out to all Xs with some important information on
changes which effect *all* Xs in *all* countries, so please ensure you
have a good read.
Whilst I was on hols, a couple of decisions were made in Helsinki HQ
which I've found out about on my return, they are:
A) Team Leader tools have been scrapped globally.
B) Free HC for Xs has been scrapped globally.
These decisions have been made because HQ want to avoid Xs having any
powers or gifts which other Habbos can't have. I'll stress now that the
Team Leader tools are not being scrapped due to any wrong-doing on
behalf of the TLs; all their actions are checked and each and every one
of them, past and present, has used their tools with absolute
responsibility and professionalism.
So, what will these changes mean for you?
Loss of Team Leader Tools:
This will mean that your Team Leader will no longer be able to supply
help with blockers or with crowd control in events where they do not
have rights in the rooms. In practice this will mean that we'll probably
steer away from holding X events in public rooms unless we can guarantee
staff or Mod coverage and lean more towards events in private rooms
where we can give rights to all involved. Team Leaders will continue
with all the other aspects of their roles however, it's simply they'll
no longer have the ability to mute, send alerts or kick.
Loss of free HC:
Now this is not a total disaster for you since your X badge does give
certain HC powers; namely the ability to get into HC rooms. You'll also
still retain the ability to room over-ride in public and private rooms
(which, despite what some fansites say, ALL Xs have globally). What it
does mean is that you won't get HC gifts or, I believe, clothes unless
you 'top up' your HC with your own credits. As I credited HC on a 3
monthly basis, you should all have a little while left until the change
effects you.
The upside to both these changes is that we won't get people applying to
be an X because they think they'll get free HC or perhaps get to use
tools nobody else has.
Now we've got a busy month ahead as the Safety Xs are having a Habboween
week starting 30th October and the Habbo X are having a cowboy themed
week in November (date to be arranged). We're also planning to have a
multi-team week of events over Christmas so please get your thinking
caps on with ideas! I know the Safety Xs were talking about having a
panto in the theatredrome and that's a great idea - we could, perhaps,
work it into a competition where we ask for Habbos to write a script for
the panto and the winning one is the one that's played!
I'll also be arranging a couple of days for a big, team-wide (Habbo and
Safety X) meeting where we can all catch up and raise any issues/ideas
we have. You'll find the eXpert area updated a wee bit but remember, the
more input on that the better! Lastly, I'm hoping to do the
rejections/invites for the new Habbo Xs by the end of October.
Thanks all! If you have any queries about any of this, please have a
word with your respective Team Leaders who'll collate the comments and
pass them on :)
Emma
30th Oct 06
Hi all! :)
Just a couple of pieces of information for you all.
1. The new Habbo Xs have been chosen and notified and you can find
a list of their names in the eXpert area of the website. There will be
two meetings to badge them at 7pm this Saturday and 6pm on Tuesday so if
you'd like to meet them, feel free to pop along.
2. With the arrival of new Xs we'll be creating the final 2 Habbo X
teams and I'm delighted to say that MissAlice and Nymrod have both
accepted the challenge of being Team Leader. They'll be assigned their
band of sparkly new Xs in due course.
That's it for now - if you see a new X around, please do give them a
warm welcome!
Emma
1st Nov 06
Hi all :)
Just a little news about the Habbo X forum for you all.
DJ (Dave) has done a fantastic and much appreciated job of hosting and
running the forum this past year but now his time is very limited and he
feels it's time to pass on the responsibility. As this was the case, we
felt it was the time to move the forum on a step and bring it under
Sulake's wing. So to that end we're in the process of backing up the
data and moving the domain and forum to hosting we've organised and
handing over the technical management to Sulake staff. Going forward,
the plan is to allow X groups from other countries to have a home on the
forum and for all admin-type work on it to be done by Sulake staff.
The process of moving the forum may well mean that it's down for a week
whilst we sort things out, but we think the time out will be worth
securing a bigger, brighter future for the forum as a whole.
Many thanks!
Emma
6th Nov 06
Hi all :)
We had a great turn-out last night and were able to badge 27 of the 32
new Xs. Congratulations and welcome all! Those who have not already
registered to xhabbo.co.uk - please do so and you'll be approved and
placed in your team group.
Talking of teams; at the bottom of this email are the new team listings,
so please scroll down and see who your Team Leader is. Please ensure
that you add Team Leaders to your console as they are your first port of
call if you have a problem.
New Xs - you've come at an exciting time as we're going to have a week
of events for Habbo Xs from Monday 20th November on a cowboy theme. The
aim of Habbo X events is to get Habbos involved in the fun side of the
Hotel, giving them ideas for games and get-togethers. Have a good read
of the ideas forum where you'll see the discussion which has been had so
far on this week of events. If you have an idea, please feel free to
wade in and it'll get discussed.
Here's the teams!
Emma
AuntyFrog (Team Xgen)
Departing
dolly420
kardan
Lunarmile
Half.Blood
ed2k
Heloeverybody
Amzish
Mexel
Dvdaf
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Kokey (Team Xtreme)
Kokey
GlowingSpirit
mystique!
Thugdub
Urges
Tegs
Idrew
Barmi
Dudelyness
Simplism
Jolly-Genius
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Ardl (Team effeX)
Ardl
bigbutsound
Gillies2k
Josh
Kroziun
TheWiseHabbo
Duh.
XRF
Darkpurple.
Chris021
HelpfulDragon
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MissAlice (team to be named)
JessaLil
Re-Call
Dracolis
Jaeh
Onaedo
Bubblebaron
-dEEJaY-
Wewt
Enansed
Bokers
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Nymrod (team to be named)
Mysticdreams
Litestar
-sunflower-
Flumples
-sQuij-
Causmo
Deserting
Envieux
Beau03
Terrafire
27th Nov 06
Hey there :)
Here's what I sent the other gang leaders - thanks so much for offering to do this, I've updated the gang leader's page and your gang is comprised of:
Genovian Affreux
FishAndChips06
Christ
Roller-Adam
:.:LacosteKid:.:
Tilet
GLRLY
blue.neon
.Adz..
Hello Gang leaders!
Right - TeXas Week is here. First of, as we all know, BBS has an emergency situation this week and can't come on Habbo at all. This means we're one gang leader short - if another can't be found by this evening I'm afraid I'll have to let that gang know they're disbanded (and drop them a trophy or something).
Below you'll find passwords to all the gang event rooms. You'll need to get your team into the event room 5-10 minutes BEFORE a team event goes ahead so we know they're in there and we can get a chance to explain the rules of the game. At the scheduled time the room will be opened up for the spectators to come in and watch.
Now for a word about the line dancing! That is played in teams of 4 and, as you all probably know, line dancing is synchronised which means that the team you pick for it are going to have to find some time to practice! Remember the room is the one with the island in the middle so it's best to practice in the same type of room so you can fit your dance to the island. I'll be 'filming' these dances to put on the eXpert area. The judges are going to give extra kudos to teams who select a song to do the dance to and get one of the official sites to play it during the event so the spectators can see/hear you dancing in time to something. Food for thought! ;-)
At the end of the week's team events, the team who won the most events will win overall. What will they win? Well every member will get:
A trophy to commemorate the win
A complete set of bird baths
2 thrones
Feel free to share all the above with your gangs EXCEPT the passwords which, as stated, you should hand out before each event. If you have any questions at all, please do give me a shout!
PASSWORDS:
MissAlice Sheriff's Gold Rush
Password: saXet
Room: Elimination
Password: Quiztest
Room: Crafty Coyote Chase
Password: Wildchase
Room: Sundown Saloon Relay
Password: s0up
Room: Line Dancing Championship
Password: s0up
5th Dec 06
Hello Team Xtreme, XGen, Xplore, roleX and effeX,
Team Leaders would like you all to attend a *Joint Team Meeting*. Details are below. This meeting will count as attending one of the two monthly meetings normally held by your own Team Leader, one of which you must attend. Team Leaders will still hold at least one Team Meeting for their own teams, so if you can't attend this meeting please inform your own Leader.
Date: Saturday, 9th of December @ 5pm GMT (12pm EST)
Room: Be Happy! owned by MissAlice
password: elite
12th Dec 06
Greetings to All Habbo X's and Safety X's!!
Please find below a copy of the minutes for the Joint Meeting that was held on 9th December.
It is important that you read it as many important points were covered and there are some important dates for your diary.
X Teams Joint Meeting Minutes
09/12/06
Attendees
2crime
2hd.
Aitken
Amzish
Ardl
Auntyfrog
Barmi
Bokers
BubbleBaron
Causmo
Darkpurple.
Departing
Diff
Dolly429
Duh.
Ecoutez
Ed2k
Efficiency
Enansed
Envieux
Fable
Flumples
Half.Blood
Heloeverybody
Herbix
Jaeh
JessaLil
Kokey
KrazyHouse
MissAlice
MysticDreams
Mystique!
Noto
Rae-girl
-sQuij-
-Sunflower-
TheWiseHabbo
ThugDub
TMQ
Wewt
Wizzdom
XRF
Zeuz
Apologies
Team roleX
Dracolis
Onaedo
Recall
Team effeX
Bigbutsound
Chris021
Duh.
Team XGen
Lunarmile
DvDaf
Team Xtreme
none
Team Xplore
Litestar
Safety X’s
Zeuz
Sir-cameron
1. Welcome and Meeting Protocols – Ecoutez
Ecoutez covered the following:-
Welcome to the first joint X meeting with both, Safety Xs & Habbo Xs. This meeting will cover quite a lot of subjects and should last between 1-2 hours. This meeting will count towards your 1 of 2 meetings this month. So your Team Leader should still have 1 more for you this month.
First item this evening is protocol.
During this meeting we will be using meeting protocols. The Habbo Xs are already aware what this is, but I don't think the Safety Xs know. So for the benefit of the Safety Xs and for any Habbo Xs who have forgotten I'll explain what meeting protocols are.
While in X meetings, when a TL or another X is speaking you must stay quiet. When someone is talking/explaining something and you have a question, please could you shout "?" and this will be noted. Once the person has finished what they are saying they will say "G/A <name here>" and that means you are free to speak. This also applies to comments, if you have a comment about the topic someone is covering, please shout "!", and again it will be noted and you will be told to speak when finished. It is also good if you say "g/a" once you have finished talking, so the TL knows to continue.
So that's ? = question ! = comment /GA = go ahead.
This protocol should be used in all X meetings as it helps it run faster and if you have a question it may be answered shortly after. Also, we can't have everyone shouting and talking at once, can we? ;) Just think of it as a real life meeting – you wouldn't exactly shout out while someone is talking.
2. Leave of Absence length – AuntyFrog
There will be a new edition of your mission and Redtiz will be sending out new copies of this as soon as they are prepared. If you need to take a lengthy leave of absence from X’ing the maximum length of any one period allowed will be one month. Any longer and you will need to leave the team. This is to ensure that the team is kept as up to date as possible and we don’t have inactive X badges when there is a long queue to join. This period counts as one period, not all the time you take off in total.
The question was raised;
“What if you have one month off then come back for one day then have another month off can you keep your badge then?”
AuntyFrog replied that it was highly unlikely that Redtiz would view this as acceptable behaviour.
Speak to your TL if you have any concerns
3. Help Desks – MissAlice
You are not allowed to man Help Desks with your X badge showing. X's are seen as giving help in Public rooms, and we don’t want to be seen as having official approved X Help Desk workers. To quote redtiz the X Team is not a breeding ground for Help Desk helpers. The X program isn't and never will be 'help desk' based, so if your main aim is to be part of a help desk, then X'ing isn't for you. New Habbos wouldn't know how to find them.
Anyone seen to be putting in the bare minimum in to X'ing and all their efforts into help desks is at risk of losing their badge. Older Habbos get to know who we are, so if you spend any time at a help desk it's probably wise to keep your badge off. Try to remember whether your badge is on or off, we are still X's.
4. Badges, taking part in events, hosting official games & events – Ardl
The next item is about Badges and Events; this will apply to both Safety and Habbo Xs.
* We are not to compete in official Habbo X Events that are for other Habbos. When we enter an event we have to remember that we are taking the space of an ordinary Habbo in any kind of event. We have learnt that unfortunately we will have to suffer a bit as Xs and sometimes miss out on little things like these, whether it is a Hotel event or an X event.
* What brings me onto the next segment - A few NON Xs have been asking me about events that are still being planned. Meaning someone has shared information to other Habbos. Remember that a lot of trust has been put into you as an X, and we should not be sharing any information with NON Xs regarding events. When planning and running an OFFICIAL, we cannot allow any NON Xs to help you out. If you are giving out inside information, this will certainly put your place on the team at risk.
* We’ve been told that we must NOT wear our badges when hosting your own personal game as these are NOT an OFFICIAL X event.
* Redtiz has said Saftey Xs are not allowed to wear their badges in the Welcome Lounge. So equally Habbo Xs shouldn't be wearing their X badge in the safety X centre as our roles are different, and it will only confuse Habbos. Please bare this in mind.
* Lastly, we should remember, the badge glitch still isn't fixed, so we should bare this in mind when entering a room and ensure we have the correct badge.
5. Communicating with and through your TL & taking notice of your TL – MissAlice
We are always your first port of call. If you have a question or a query that needs answering, then firstly try and ask your own Team Leader, if it can't wait then please go to one of the other TL's. We now have seven TL's so plenty of us to speak to. Please don't go to yet another TL once you've been given an answer in the hope of obtaining a different answer, and then contacting redtiz too. Team Leaders do communicate with each other, and will be aware you've asked.
The only time you are allowed to contact redtiz with a problem, is if it's of a personal nature and you can't possibly talk with any of the Team Leaders. So please listen to what a TL tells you.
When a TL is with you in your event room and asks/tells you something please do not ignore or kick the TL from the room as happened during X Week.
6. Having X’s on your console/spamming and respecting each other & spam on forum – Ecoutez
As an X, you should have all the other Xs from your type on your console. This is very useful so if someone needs help in the Welcome Lounge or Safety X Centre, you can just message another X of the same type on your console. If you don't have all the Xs on your console then please do make sure you f/r them. You shouldn't really have a problem with space on your
console, we all have a limit of 500 (unless it's been removed? :P)
Another thing is spamming. There has been an issue recently of Xs sending out lots of spam/mass messages which aren't very important. This has been raised and TL’s have agreed that they also get spam from some Xs. This spam can be VERY annoying. For instance, if you're in the Welcome Lounge helping another habbo and an X sends a console message then another and another and another within in the space of 5/10 minutes it will really peeve the other X. We don't need all those spam messages whether we're busy or not. So please try and stop the spam. This also applies to the forum; recently there have been a lot of threads created which aren't important at all. Please think before you post.. Do the other Xs really need to know about Fruit
Pastilles or what you're having for tea? ;)
Another issue to do with consoles, if you have a small disagreement about another X over nothing important, please just IGNORE it and don't bother starting an argument or even remove the other X. This has happened before and someone removed another X because they had a disagreement over something
small, so come on guys…. We're a team! We should ALL respect each other.
7. Reminder to use Forum – Aitken
Some X’s don’t seem to use the forum a lot or even view its contents. It has been set up for our benefit and whilst it is not compulsory it is a very good form of communication so please let’s make the best use of it.
8. Number of X’s in WL – MissAlice
The Golden 15 Minutes. As a Habbo X and Safety X, we must spend at least 15 minutes of each visit to the hotel with your badge alight. For Habbo X's they must firstly visit the Welcome Lounge. Please take the time to go there and check that it is well covered by your fellow X's, use your judgement as to whether enough cover is there, and if that is the case, then go to another Public room, perhaps try the Lido, Sun Terrace or even one of the Gardens.
9. Reminder of the trust held in X’s – AuntyFrog
A strong reminder of the trust held in us as X’s – being an X is a privilege not a right and we should be aware that any infringement of that trust will not be tolerated. It has been brought to our attention that information given to X’s is being passed on to habbo’s and even access to the forum. Redtiz will be informed of this and it will be investigated. The culprit will be debadged.
10. WinterFest – AuntyFrog
This event will be held w/c 15th January 2007 and has been approved by Redtiz. It will be a joint event run by Habbo X’s and Safety X’s, organised by the TL’s, for the Habbos in the hotel.
Your TL’s will start a thread in your team forums for your ideas for events and then the TL’s will co-ordinate those ideas so we can have a spectacular event for the Hotel. Please get those ideas rolling in as time is short and we need to get moving on this
11. Xmas X Fun Week – AuntyFrog
This will take place w/c 17th December and will be a week Xmas fun for habbo’s run by both lots of X’s.
As there are 7 days and 7 teams it was thought best for each team to take a day and run an event on it. As time is short the TL’s have drawn up a list of events as follows:-
Aitken’s Team – Sunday – Xmas Tree Trap
Team effeX – Monday – Avalanche Relay Races
Protone’s Team – Tuesday – event to be confirmed
Team Rolex – Wednesday - Habbo Wheel of Fortune (name to be confirmed)
Team Xplore – Thursday – Musical Chairs
Team Xtreme – Friday – Game to be confirmed
Team XGen – Bingo – Saturday (this would have been the weekly game anyway so just combined the two)
We will be asking Bigbutsound to get prizes of lit Xmas trees.
12. X’s End of Year Ball/Do – 29th December – AuntyFrog
Your TL’s will be throwing a party for you on 29th of December!!
This will be for all UK X’s as a thank you from us and will have dancing and games!! Watch this space!LOL
13. Training in the New Year – AuntyFrog
The TL’s will be organising some fun training/refresher sessions hopefully starting at the end of January. By then we should have a lot of lovely new Safety X’s so it will be a good time to start them.
14. AOB – MissAlice
None
15. Thanks to Alice and Team roleX - AuntyFrog
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26th Dec 06
Hi Xs,
This is a test. For some reason my eyes were broken and I couldn't find the Send Email to Users option but here it is!
Please be sure to:
1_ keep your current email address up to date in your Habbo X forum profile
2_ keep up with the International X forum announcements and your local X forum announcements
3_ Have a whole lotta fun!
4_ Spread this YouTube vid around, for Habbo Rasta Claus - via console or any thing that doesn't break the Habbo Way of course. No spamming!
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=3F58405F7219C067
Happy Holidays to each of you and here's to an amazing 2007!
Becs
8th Feb 07:
Hi all :)
Firstly, as you've probably seen, the X Forum is down at the moment. This is unplanned and we've been on to the hosting company so hopefully it'll be back up again soon!
As the forum's down, I'm resorting to email to let you know about a last-minute eventette which any of you are welcome to come along to.
This evening there will be a presentation in the Theatredrome at 9pm with Becs. She'll be giving trophies to the people who won the FOMO Fansite Competition last year (the ceremony has been delayed a few times!).
I've invited the winners to have a special VIP Viewing of the XVilla (the Safety X team room) and meet some of the X team. This will take place at 8.30pm and I'll be putting the room on doorbell to allow them (and you) in.
If you'd like to pop along then and meet the winners, please do. The more the merrier! You are welcome to tell anyone about the presentation at 9pm (a Hotel Alert will be sent out shortly before) but please DON'T tell people about the winners' visit to XVilla as that'll simply been we get flooded with doorbell rings. I'll be passwording the room at 8.35 so if you arrive after that, you'll need a pass to get in. That pass will be: 5carwash5
Look forward to seeing some of you later this evening =)
Emma
16th Feb 07
Hi all!
I know this is short notice (I've been off the last two days), but we're going to have a meeting of both Habbo X and Safety X tonight at 6pm GMT in the Xcave (password = t0mat05). This meeting will count as one of your team monthly meetings.
At this meeting we're going to go through the following topics and we'll be having a question and answer session on Xing for anyone who has any queries and concerns.
Topics to discuss:
* Badges: when to wear, when not to
* Events: rules on creating/hosting events under the 'X umbrella'
* Team Meetings: Reminder that attending one is manditory & importance of sending apologies
* Confidentiality: What can be passed on, what can't be
* Fansites: Dos and Don'ts
* Contacts: Who to contact for what
I look forward to seeing you there!
Emma/Redtiz
20th Feb 07:
Hi all :)
Many thanks to those who were able to attend the all-X meeting on Friday. Below are some notes of what was discussed. Please read them as there are some clarification of dos and don'ts.
1. BADGES
- Safety Xs should not wear their badge in the Welcome Lounge.
- Habbo X should not wear their badge in the Safety X Centre.
- No X should wear their badge in help desk rooms (with the exception of Safety Xs in the Safety X Centre).
- When hosting games or events, you may ONLY wear your badge if the game or event is an official X Team event.
- Please remember there is a glitch with badges which means that other players cannot see any changes you make to your badges once in a room. Therefore if you want your badge to be OFF in a room, you must set it off BEFORE entering the room. Likewise if you want your badge ON in a room, you must set it on BEFORE entering the room.
2. EVENTS
- If anyone wishes to run an X game or event they MUST seek permission first from a Team Leader or Redtiz.
- Xs must NOT use official X Team rooms for anything other than official X events UNLESS they have got prior permission from a Team Leader or Redtiz.
- Official X events are a team effort so please use the X forums to post your ideas for games/events so other team members can get involved. We're a team, not a group of individuals who all happen to have the same badge!
3. TEAM MEETINGS
A reminder that to retain your badge you must attend one Team Meeting a month or, if a serious situation prevents you from doing so, you must let your Team Leader know IN ADVANCE that you cannot attend. Xs who fail to attend Team Meetings for over a month without good reason will have their badges removed. Team Meetings are important for team spirit, for ideas and for getting information.
4. CONFIDENTIALITY
A reminder that Xs must NOT pass on information from the forums or staff emails UNLESS they have been specifically told by Team Leaders or Redtiz that the information is fine to be passed on to other players.
5. FANSITES
- It's fine for Xs to help with running a fansite or for them to own a fansite.
- No X may perform official X activities on fansites (including radio shows). Xing is done in the Hotel only. It is fine for people on fansites to know you are an X, but you should not agree to man 'Ask an X' areas.
- It's fine to give interviews on what it's like to be an X but PLEASE make sure you check with Team Leaders or Redtiz if you are asked any question you are not 100% sure of.
6. CONTACTS
- If you have any issue to do with Xing you should contact a Team Leader or Redtiz.
- Please do not contact Moderators on the forums with any account issues or queries about Habbo. Moderators deal with safety issues in-game ONLY and all account issues (including ban queries) are dealt with by Player Support who are NOT on the forums and can ONLY be reached by the Help Tool.
- Please do not send email directly to Habbo staff whose emails you may have with questions about Xing or any other aspect of Habbo. If you have a query which absolutely cannot be answered through the Help Tool, please use the
[email protected] address.
All the items above will be worked into an updated Mission for both Habbo X and Safety X.
OTHER DISCUSSION:
- Idea raised of having an 'X Meet and Greet'. That can be done and will be discussed on the forum.
- A query was raised over when players can apply to be either a Habbo X or Safety X. Habbos may only apply when the expert section says applications are open and there's a link to the application details. Any applications received outside of these recruitment times are routinely deleted.
- There was a query over whether safety sessions with Xs can be run in the Infobus. The Infobus requires a staff member to run the quizzes and it's not possible to allow Xs to jump the queue to enter the bus without giving them special Infobus access which has tools they're not allowed to have access to. The Infobus will have periodic safety sessions run by staff, but safety sessions with Xs will need to take place in a guest or public room.
- There was a query raised over when the UK will get Gaming Xs. We have no plans for them at the moment, but if it's a global decision that Gaming Xs must be brought in all Hotels, then obviously that position will change.
- There were concerns that the Welcome Lounge limit had been raised to 60 recently. Redtiz will query why that was done.
- There was some discussion over what to send a Call for Help on. In short, the Call for Help is for *emergencies* and that means something which effects personal safety (i.e cam2cam, giving out email/msn, racism, scamsite URLs, password scams, extreme harassment and anything sexually inappropriate). Minor issues like flooding and the odd swearword which isn't being used to abuse anyone can simply be dealt with by using Ignore.
- Redtiz reminded Xs that sometimes it is ok to avoid the filter. For instance it is impossible to teach Habbos how to avoid password scams without avoiding the filter to say 'password'. The word is not filtered because it is a bad word, it is filtered to help prevent password scams. Therefore using the word when giving help is fine. This also applies to words like 'MSN' - that is not a swearword, it is filtered to prevent people swapping their MSN contacts. There is nothing wrong with avoiding the filter to say "Remember not to share your MSN details!". Just remember that some filtered words are filtered to prevent them being used in certain situations.
Many thanks to Protone who made some great notes on this meeting. We will have these regularly and they will count towards one of your team meetings so please do try to come to the next one :)
Emma/Redtiz
14th May 07
Hi Habbo Xs!
Firstly, please find attached an updated Mission. Please do read and ensure you understand it. If you have any questions, please ask a Team Leader.
Next thing - as you'll have seen, the Safety Xs now have a public room dedicated to safety from which they'll be doing their Golden 15 minutes. Just as we ask Safety Xs to turn their badges off in the Welcome Lounge, we're going to ask that you all turn your badges off when in the Safety Spa. This is simply to avoid confusion about who is a Habbo X and who's a Safety X.
Thanks!
4th Jun 07
Morning Xs!
As you've probably all gathered over the weekend, there have been some issues with the Trax machines.
If you get questions from any players on this, please let them know that Sulake Techs are working on solving the problem and all Trax Machines will be returned as soon as they're fixed.
Many thanks!
Emma
15th Jun 07
Hello Habbo Xs!
You will all have seen the new X badges on the forums and some have possibly seen these in action on the Australian Hotel. So.. now is the time for some change in the UK!
For those who don't know, we now have the following badges for Xs at our disposal:
Our current X badge
Habbo X Host
Habbo X Gamer
Safety X
Tech Safety X
...plus gold versions of all the above for Team Leaders
Now how will these work? The attached Handbook will explain all and replaces ALL current Missions. PLEASE ENSURE YOU READ THE HANDBOOK AND THEN GO TO THE THREAD ON THIS SUBJECT ON THE FORUM TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND/OR ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD.
As the current X badge will be used for new Xs from this day onwards the time has come for all you current Xs to select a specialisation out of Habbo X Host, Habbo X Gamer, Safety X and Tech Safety X. FULL DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE SPECIALISATIONS IS IN THE HANDBOOK.
When deciding upon your specialisation you should consider what you are good at NOT just what you fancy doing. You will be expected to be an eXpert on ALL ASPECTS of that specialisation! What I need EVERYONE to do is give their Team Leader their top TWO choices of specialisation. Why? Because we need to have a good balance amongst the specialisations so we don't get 45 people as Gamer Xs and 1 person as a Host X.
I'll add here that team structures will remain the same. Protone and Aitken will be leading up their teams of mixed Tech Safety X and Safety X whilst Barmi, Envieux, Auntyfrog, Ardl and Missalice will be leading mixed teams of Habbo X Host and Habbo X Gamers.
Another new aspect which we're bringing into the UK is the idea of the Mentor. Again, this is explained in the Handbook and if you are interested in becoming a Mentor to a new X then you should contact your Team Leader. I hope you'll all agree that the Mentoring process gives you all a great chance to get more involved and acquire some responsibilities.
I will be holding an all-X meeting about this, the details of which will be posted to the forum.
Thanks all!
Emma
24th Jul 07
Hello Xs!
You're all used to being spammed with all-X email with team news, but this is a very rare occasion because you're being spammed with news about me ;-)
During the last month I've had to put X tasks on the back-burner and you'll have noticed that I've not been as active as usual on the forum and quite as quick about updating the X pages. The reason for this is that I actually started a new job on 1st July and have been slowly shedding the duties of my old job at Sulake. The 31st July is my final day doing *any* of my old duties and from 1st August, everything I do will pass over to Heidster. That includes the management of the X Team.
I'm very sad to leave you all and move on. Since I started up the X team in the UK I've watched it grow and evolve, with those shaky legged Xs of the first day growing in confidence, taking on new roles or using their experiences on the X team to spread their wings and take on new challenges outside of Habbo. I've also watched the UK X Team become a benchmark for Xs round the globe for your enthusiasm and high standards.
So, as I move on I want to thank each and every one of you for the great times and for your unending loyalty and dedication to making the UK X team as good as it can be.
I like to celebrate beginnings rather than endings though, so I'd like to invite you all to an X Party on my last evening on the X team. You will all still see me around as I'll still be dabbling in the X forum when needed and you guys who are Safety and Tech Xs will have me knocking on your virtual door at times to help out in safety campaigns. However from 1st August it will be Heidster who's on the end of the X mail boxes and who'll be taking the reins and working with X Team Leaders to steer the good ship X!
I look forward to seeing you all at the party:
Date: Tuesday 31st July
Time: 7pm (UK time)
Place: XCave (pass will be: 5c00by)
Emma (Redtiz)
10th Aug 07
Hi All :)
Happy Friday to you all!
OK, so this is a quick email to say hello, wield the old stick a bit, and generally lay out some ground rules for us all to follow :)
This email isn't about me laying down the law, it's about what we need to do in order to be able to function cohesively and well as a team. You are all mature young adults, and I am placing my trust in you to be able to carry yourselves in that manner :)
We're a big family now, and you guys all need to understand that my time is extremely limited. It's really important that you make good and proper use of your TL's - they are TL's for a reason - they know their stuff, they can help an awful lot, they are nice people, they don't bite, and they know when to talk to me about any issues.
Please go to them in the first instance. Emailing me may well get you short shrift - not because I am mean and nasty - but simply because we have processes in place to help you in the first instance, and they don't include me - not straight away anyway.
I've been hearing a few unpleasant things about X behaviour recently. I don't know if this is high jinks, testing boundaries, or the fact that Emma is gone and some individuals feel that they can now get away with more as I am busy a lot of the time and cannot give you the time you all need.
Less time means that if you do something silly, or malicious, or just plan bad, then the chances of you getting another chance are greatly diminished. I will remove people who break our guidelines, and it will be swift. I don't have the time to reason with you, and give you another chance. As I said earlier - you are all mature young adults, and you know if you are doing something that is wrong.
So I am not going to recap on what you can and can't do. If you are about to do something and are not sure if it will get you removed from the programme - ask your TL. You all KNOW what is right and wrong. Don't try it on.
I know that the majority of you are committed, talented and great X's - and for your enthusiasm I salute and respect you greatly :)
Give me a few months to work on my prioritisation skills and you will get me being more involved. In the meantime, bear with me ok?
I also want to take a few minutes of your time to pay tribute to the lovely AuntyFrog who has hung up her TL hat, and X hat altogether. She's an inspiration to me, and I will miss her greatly - almost as much as Her Emmaness - and that's saying something.
I have a new TL in mind, and will let you guys know about that in due course. Aunty is graciously helping out while I get my extra pairs of hands - so several trillion brownie points to her for her neverending patience :)
So... do you X duties, have fun, don't muck about, and we will get on fine :)
I look forward to working with you all :)
Heid
Yup, that was the one and only email from Heidster whilst she was in charge.