HabboxLive Feedback

[Gina]

Hellloooo

This is prob a bit rich coming from me n watev because I've recently been manager but idk I feel this is necessary :P I've been complaining lots and not actually said anything haha so here we gooo

Staff

To begin with obv HxL is fab in terms of staff numbers. In pretty much every announcement there'll be at least 1 trialist coming in or someone returning to the dept so people obviously take an interest into HabboxLive. People who don't even have forum accounts apply and you then have to show them how to use it and stuff so clearly well known outside of the community and stuff too. I lit don't see that changing anytime soon either (unless it has opps) so fab well done

Sometimes because there are so many DJs, the quality begins to go down. The amount of seniors&head DJs are obv going down and I'm assuming struggling to find more meaning its harder to find people to actually manage the teams and report all the issues. I actually had a suggestion in terms of trialists and the quality of their slots and whatev though. It means more effort I guess though :P. Get them to do 2 apps (sort of) like first on being regular application form and then before letting them on, make sure they know the rules and do a 20 minute test run on the trial server. If they have a rubbish mic/music then just tell them to come back another time but if they're alrigth do what you do/did at school lmao the whole WWW: and EBI: and that way they won't go on air with a rubbish mic or being all laggy or problems with music or bad qualityo r whatever - it can be avoided :P.

Bit odd how the timetable isn't looking so packed anymore though. I used to ALWAYS struggle to get slots on air and despite the amount of staff numbers going up, the booked slots are going down? Saying that though, I don't see many messages telling me to 'book up' :P.

And finallyyyyyy, management. At first I thought it was fab having both an EU and Intl manger (and don't get me wrong, you're both fab) but mainly because there was someone to help focus on the international side. I did a giveaway from 2-5am and maintained 40 listeners throughout. The listeners can be easily achieved bbut someone needs to be there actually trying to get them to tune in. Hence why I thought Sarah would be fab because someone could acc do that and plan things for the international side but I never see that happening :P Instead I see a lack of communication between the EU and Intl managers due to the timezone differences. It isn't too bad and def should improve due to it being summer but wouldn't say it's too fab atm. A lot of DJs think that the deptartments just splitting in a sense that Sarahs incharge of Intl and Calum&Izz and incharge of EU which is something they def don't want. I'm sure that's something despect; especially didn't want.

Saying that, it's great to see the 3 managers getting along well. Another thing though, with there being 3 managers now I thought loads of fab changes would come (please don't hate me) but I haven't noticed anythinggg. I'm sure fab things are planned for summer (or I hope at least :P)

Listeners

Even though the staff numbers are all fab though, can't reaaaally say the same about the listener count. They're been slowly getting lower and now isn't moving from that. HabboxLive probably averages from 15 - 23 listeners per day... It's currently 18:20 and there are 17 listeners :P surely that can be improved. I don't know if this is classed as leaking or whatever but if it is then please just edit it out but I mean the recent funding thing at HabboxLive where you wont fund prizes is rather silly especially if you're wanting listeners to increase lol. Not many DJs ask for funding and when they do it's likely to be a 5c prize. Management have been saying in all the events feedback threads saying that departments can ask for funds if they need to (I think), assuming that also fits for HabboxLive then surely you can ask for some credits to supply prizes? I also gave all the furni that James gave me when I became it as well as some of my own on top which was def a fair bit to keep you going at least. Management got given them 4 dragon things worth god knows how many credits each so I wouldn't think it'd be too much of a problem?
With that being said, a fair few DJs have been doing competitions which I've heard. I don't know if that's their own fab credits or managements however hopefully the no more fund things won't change what's there currently.

HabboxLive Events

Imo these are v important to do because they attract new listeners and such however not so many have been done recently? I've done quite a few win a rooms in the past few weeks and each time managed to get from about 15-20 to 40-50 listeners. Listeners love the idea of getting furni lmao. At the moment obv it's a requirement to do 2 events per month; imo thats hardly anythinggg though? Not many heads actually exceed that minimum amount of events meaning like 8 HxL events per month if that. You already supply the furni, maybe change it to 3/4 events per month or something? They could easily do one during their slots for that week meaning 4 giveaways/events easily done :P. If I do a comp such as win a room/giveaway I'll tend to do a comp relating to the forum (hence my 46 referrals), it encourages new users to join and stay with Habbox.

Not trying to pick a bone at you here Calum om sorryyy but in the whole time that Calum/Sarah and such have been manager, I think I was asked once to do a giveaway? Force the heads to do a giveaway if listeners are so low :P. Especially with HxSS approaching, he more newer users the better. Alsoooo just because you're manager n watev doesn't mean you can't do any yourself haha. As soon as you three have become management the amount of slots you've all done has lit dropped? Surely you want to set an example to the other DJs. Along with that, I don't see many event things being hosted by you guys either. Like I understand you may be busyy but surely you can't be that busy that you can't do 2 slots per week? And theres 3 of you soooo wouldn't tihnk it'd be such a busyy role anyway :P I know sometimes you all do DJ so it isn't all awful or whatever but idk pretend you know what I mean pls

Habbo Activity

Sometimes it's nice when you're tuned in to be down in the event/hxhd speaking to the current DJ requesting your songs and dancing and stuff like conversing in general but even then not all DJs bother coming online Habbo. I understand it isn't like requirement and stuff but it's a Habbo fansite they're DJing for, they could at leastt sit in the helpdesk/event and say hi every so often :P

To add to this surely the managers should be on a fair bit? Would be fab to have them sat in HxHD speaking to the people haha. I always see Sarah in HxHD going behind the bar and speaking/helping people but it's more of a rare occurrence for the other two to visit the helpdesk and speak to people. Please do correct me though, I honestly might just be on at the wrong time and I might be really unfair in saying that but I lit have no life lmao habbo is my life ;l would be nice to see you all sat in events/hxhd speaking to members of the community or telling people to tune into the dept you're running :¬:

(p.s I do love the DJ booth idea in the helpdesk, please force the DJs to go their and whip out da dekz)

Interaction

This is another thing I personally think is lacking. Majority of the DJs get on well which is fab and they sit chatting away in the staff chat, but I never really see management speaking to people. This is something Kuybii; said about me when I was manager and tbh he has a point. I don't mean go round to each DJ asking all the questions about them like a profile or whatever, but even just speaking more in the staff chats/team chats an d no saying "book up", more along the lines of "HIYA HOW ARE U X" and acc speaking to them :P I've hardly spoken to any of you 3 properly since y'all got manager :P Calum probably moreso than Izzy and Sarah and that includes in seperate chats, team chats, etc

Another thing is the interaction with senior+ staff. I know I began mentioning this up there but Calum you even said to me before that you should be working with them. Ask them to do stuff like giveaways when you need them, go and say hey to them, have head dj call things and discuss ideas, like get some communication in there.

Weekly Shows

Get more of these! Get themed shows like Izzy's rock one like idk diff genres maybe? Fun ones and such? Like do a gameshow hour with a DJ or an 80s one like Retro did shows like that, top 20 all of that stufff. I know Calum had a good idea before and having something a bit like SNQ where a diff DJ hosts a show each week and get that known? Worth a shot surely

dbgtz; has been saying in previous threads too how he wants shows like that and Becca;
Make a show that people will want to tune into weekly :P Then a show to get listeners involved so now I'm gone from HxL get someone to take over who has VAC? Possibly even Calum.

DJ Profiles

This was one thing I wanted to do was manager and started speaking about it but never messaged the right person to get it continued. It isn't a very important thing obv but would be nice to have IMO. For those who don't know, on Habboxlive.com on the staff list if you clicked on a DJ, it'd lead to their 'profile'. On their profile it'd have like their age/name/country/most embarrassing moment/fav genre/fav song etc and just things about the DJ. For starters it helps people acc find the DJ. Not all DJs show their Habbo name or say it and stuff so it's difficult to figure out who the DJ is. Loved them tjoughh. On the HabboxLive panel, the profile bit is still there just needs to be linked with HxL


idk what else to put really I neverrr do feedback threads or posts this long so sorry if none of this makes sense lmao was never gd at english anyway :P been wanting to post one of these for a while but i felt bad cos i was acc hxl staff lmao but now i feel ok woo

enjoy reading this omg sorry if anythings worng cos it prob is
i love u all thp calum izzy sarah so didnt mean this to be just bite in the butt or watev
well idk i prob did
I DONT KNOW
ENJOY IM SORRY IF ITS AWF
i think i forgot olots but if i think of antythning i will post

Oh and also the communication with events dept :P HxL can do really fab events like joint with other depts but I'm sure theres been no communication between events and HxL :P when I was manager, tom odey was more than happy to host events and plan evnets, share comp prizes etc with me like split if we help eachother out but none of that seems to be going on :P

[Becca]

YOU GO GIRL
i tuned into hffm and had a better time in 5 minutes than 3 hours with habboxlive sorry
also, just let swearing be in songs... habbo is for people 13+ i am sure they have all heard a swear word before

[WoodyLFC.2k7]

So much of this is incredibly true. I'm unsure of the circumstances that surround some things.. Management inactivity and such. But it is definitely noticeable.. and a lot of DJs don't like that even just management interaction with staff is pretty poor too.. and what does happen feels really uptight.. there's not been much fun had.. people like fun.

Top marks for the time put in writing this Gina, I know it's taken all day..
Well done!

It's sad to know that you're resigning from HxL (You admitted this in the text, nobody hate me. xo) but as I've said, if you feel it's time to call it a day, for whatever your reasons are.. and the fact you've spent an entire day writing this to help a department you are no longer part of, is fantastic...
All you HxL haters, learn to feedback ;)



Yay for Gina and her fab feedback! :¬:

[Empired]

gina you already know I agree with all of this and I'll +rep you in a min for putting all of this out there x I got a couple of things I'd like to suggest though and idk if they'd work or not buttt:

I was saying in the Help Desk that i think it would be fun to have more double DJing slots. and I don't just mean two DJs go on air at the same time, but maybe DJs could find guests at Habbox (ranging from anything to the forum manager to asst. general manager to dedicated member) to join them on air and chat for a bit.

I also think management really needs to start raising the profile of habboxlive more. I mean, I only ever really see OldLoveSong in the help desk and even then she's afk for quite a lot of the time. izzy used to come in hxhd all the time but told me a few weeks ago that she didn't come on habbo much at all anymore.
and who is calum? I see him on the forum and that's it. Gina asked 5/6 of us in the help desk what we thought of calum earlier and literally all of us didn't know who he was/that he was manager. That's pretty damn unacceptable lol.

I think habboxlive has been stuck in a rut for well over a year now. When you mention habboxlive, almost everyone in the habbox community seems to automatically assume you mean a bunch of 11 - 14 year olds who stay for 2 weeks and play a terrible quality of the same music. If you wanna get out of this, management and head DJs need to tune into successful shows elsewhere (not just other fansites but like Radio 1 and Kiss and stuff). Take note of the layout of the show, the genres of music played throughout the show, what the DJ talks about, etc and add up their ideas and copy them! (I don't mean do the exact same show on HabboxLive as on HFFM but steal their ideas if they're good and then make them your own!!!)

i don't even know if this made sense but i'd be willing to re explain if it doesn't x

[Gina]

oh another thing i forgot is becuase there are 3 managers maybe set to them a certasin thing to focus on? obv they dont only do that but seeing as some things are mising, get certain eople to do the lacking things then allow them to do the others so like calum did the staff issues, izzy did community, sarah did teams n staff interaction etc but hteyd al;l work o the dept still and eachothers things if tht makes sense idk like so its def being worked on in a way? :p
then other one is maybe certain months focus on certain things like at my school what they do is 1 term they focus on uniform, 1 term on shoes, 1 on planners , 1 on homework, etc but theyre all still looked att but ne thing is more idk BOOM where as the rest are boom so 1 month do quality then next do quantity cos the quality will be fab then next do comps cos theres loads of gd quality slots to do comps and such ;p would only rly be for a few months but thts a few things sorted

[Mikey]

I think that management should make a list of every single DJ and require them when they do their slot to send at least one of their shows to management by recording it through Stream Archive. They should be then assessed on microphone quality, song quality and overall show quality and then after listening they should have a tick or a cross next to their name, tick they stay, cross they're fired until they improve.

I know it's harsh but yeah.. :/

[Lewis]

Completely agree!

HxL quality has gone downhill a bit since since all of the staff & management changes recently. The department has so much potential but is barely using any of it right now :(.

[Gina]

completely agree

hxl quality has gone down since despect and gina left. the department has so much potential but is barely using any of it right now

calum and izzy and sarah can all be fab lit i think itsd good cos summers here now so should be easier for them to contact eachother and plans bits n bobs
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loads of people used to **** james off saying they didnt like him as a manager but he was honestly fab and knew whats he was doing :P

[Lewis]

gina you already know I agree with all of this and I'll +rep you in a min for putting all of this out there x I got a couple of things I'd like to suggest though and idk if they'd work or not buttt:

I was saying in the Help Desk that i think it would be fun to have more double DJing slots. and I don't just mean two DJs go on air at the same time, but maybe DJs could find guests at Habbox (ranging from anything to the forum manager to asst. general manager to dedicated member) to join them on air and chat for a bit.

I also think management really needs to start raising the profile of habboxlive more. I mean, I only ever really see OldLoveSong in the help desk and even then she's afk for quite a lot of the time. izzy used to come in hxhd all the time but told me a few weeks ago that she didn't come on habbo much at all anymore.
and who is calum? I see him on the forum and that's it. Gina asked 5/6 of us in the help desk what we thought of calum earlier and literally all of us didn't know who he was/that he was manager. That's pretty damn unacceptable lol.

I think habboxlive has been stuck in a rut for well over a year now. When you mention habboxlive, almost everyone in the habbox community seems to automatically assume you mean a bunch of 11 - 14 year olds who stay for 2 weeks and play a terrible quality of the same music. If you wanna get out of this, management and head DJs need to tune into successful shows elsewhere (not just other fansites but like Radio 1 and Kiss and stuff). Take note of the layout of the show, the genres of music played throughout the show, what the DJ talks about, etc and add up their ideas and copy them! (I don't mean do the exact same show on HabboxLive as on HFFM but steal their ideas if they're good and then make them your own!!!)

i don't even know if this made sense but i'd be willing to re explain if it doesn't x

I agree with this. And not to target anyone, I also have never seen Calum on habbo, or at least an extremely little amount times. Management should definitely be the most active out of all of the staff, alongside active heads and seniors. Obviously normal DJs should be as well, but yeah.

[-Nick]

I think that management should make a list of every single DJ and require them when they do their slot to send at least one of their shows to management by recording it through Stream Archive. They should be then assessed on microphone quality, song quality and overall show quality and then after listening they should have a tick or a cross next to their name, tick they stay, cross they're fired until they improve.

I know it's harsh but yeah.. :/

This will never work. Management won't have time to listen to every DJ at HabboxLive for a whole hour every week. Managers always tune into HabboxLive thats the same with seniors and head djs.

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I agree with this. And not to target anyone, I also have never seen Calum on habbo, or at least an extremely little amount times. Management should definitely be the most active out of all of the staff, alongside active heads and seniors. Obviously normal DJs should be as well, but yeah.

I think community department management should be on habbo actively. However content related is 50/50 they need to keep up with facts but don't need to bond with the community as much then other departments such events and hxl.

[Lewis]

This will never work. Management won't have time to listen to every DJ at HabboxLive for a whole hour every week. Managers always tune into HabboxLive thats the same with seniors and head djs.

there's like what 60 staff

thats 2.5 days / 60 hours or split between them 0.8333... days / 20 hours of listening to DJs per week, i'd feel sorry for them lol

[Martin]

If seniors/heads are tuning into shows regularly and doing show issue pms properly etc then quality shouldn't be that much of an issue in the long run. Certainly no need for recording them etc since things can be picked up at the time. I know a main part of their jobs are to listen and correct any issues that may arise.




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[-Nick]

there's like what 60 staff

thats 2.5 days / 60 hours or split between them 0.8333... days / 20 hours of listening to DJs per week, i'd feel sorry for them lol

Are you agreeing with me or debating me :P?

HabboxLive Management / Head DJ's / Assitiant General Managers / Senior DJ's - tune in to most shows anyway. The one thing Habbox struggles on is finding new and active users - yes, we get a few but we can get more. Most of the users on HabboxForum who are active have VIP? Should this be right? Most of the online users on the forum now are staff + vips.

[Inseriousity.]

Well firstly that's very brave of you and just because you were recently management doesn't mean that you can't share feedback on things. If anything, it means you also know what it's like on the other side of the fence so to speak so you'll be able to use that experience to provide insight. Personally, I do not think there is anything new here. These issues are concerns that HabboxLive has been tackling for a long time. I am sure you only need to search this forum to see a lot of people making the exact same posts as you. Some I think are unavoidable. There's a certain snobbery about the age group of the DJs that I find a bit weird, especially as it's true when you say that HxL tends to attract people that are invisible in every other sense of Habbox (they don't attend the events or use the forum or visit the help desk but they do listen to the radio) and we need more of that. I know you weren't saying hire older members and more focusing on the quality of DJs and that's something that can always be worked on and will never be perfect but it also means that the perception of HxL as a bunch of young teens will never really go away and management should stop trying to appeal to the HxF community in that sense when they are a totally different target audience.

It is a common trap for managers to do less work and try to justify their added admin as an excuse to get out of doing it but they really need to lead by example and, ideally, do more. It seems the main feedback here seems to be about management getting more involved and actually pushing boundaries, taking risks, being more hands on. All qualities I admire in managers but a lot do like to stick to a comfort zone.

I hope this thread gives them the kick up the butt. Perhaps for more staff bonding, you should all enter Shipwrecked (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=810456). Get your teams sorted lol

[Empired]

Are you agreeing with me or debating me :P?

HabboxLive Management / Head DJ's / Assitiant General Managers / Senior DJ's - tune in to most shows anyway. The one thing Habbox struggles on is finding new and active users - yes, we get a few but we can get more. Most of the users on HabboxForum who are active have VIP? Should this be right? Most of the online users on the forum now are staff + vips.
This must have been said so many times but the bolded problem could be sorted if habboxlive and events teamed up properly and then stayed that way. It's been suggested millions of times in the past and hxl and events kinda work together for maybe a week and then just go back to doing nothing.

now it seems that not even the habboxlive management are communicating among themselves that well (from what gina said in her op) so I guess it might be too much to ask for them to team up with another manager....

[Gina]

Well firstly that's very brave of you and just because you were recently management doesn't mean that you can't share feedback on things. If anything, it means you also know what it's like on the other side of the fence so to speak so you'll be able to use that experience to provide insight. Personally, I do not think there is anything new here. These issues are concerns that HabboxLive has been tackling for a long time. I am sure you only need to search this forum to see a lot of people making the exact same posts as you. Some I think are unavoidable. There's a certain snobbery about the age group of the DJs that I find a bit weird, especially as it's true when you say that HxL tends to attract people that are invisible in every other sense of Habbox (they don't attend the events or use the forum or visit the help desk but they do listen to the radio) and we need more of that. I know you weren't saying hire older members and more focusing on the quality of DJs and that's something that can always be worked on and will never be perfect but it also means that the perception of HxL as a bunch of young teens will never really go away and management should stop trying to appeal to the HxF community in that sense when they are a totally different target audience.

It is a common trap for managers to do less work and try to justify their added admin as an excuse to get out of doing it but they really need to lead by example and, ideally, do more. It seems the main feedback here seems to be about management getting more involved and actually pushing boundaries, taking risks, being more hands on. All qualities I admire in managers but a lot do like to stick to a comfort zone.

I hope this thread gives them the kick up the butt. Perhaps for more staff bonding, you should all enter Shipwrecked (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=810456). Get your teams sorted lol

I was making Team Delta with my senior Woody, we said for them to all do shipwrecked and we'd do a lil comp for credits within Delta because it encourages the use of the forum regularly, gets them speaking n whatever and gets them used to the forum :P
I think/hope woodys going to continue with it WoodyLFC.2k7;

[-Nick]

Can we just call back ,Jess,; to get the department back on tracks?

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I was making Team Delta with my senior Woody, we said for them to all do shipwrecked and we'd do a lil comp for credits within Delta because it encourages the use of the forum regularly, gets them speaking n whatever and gets them used to the forum :P
I think/hope woodys going to continue with it @WoodyLFC.2k7 (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=114095);

I wanted Content to do this too, but then theres 4 of us agh ;(

[Martin]

Can we just call back ,Jess,; to get the department back on tracks?

I loved working with Jess so much and miss her lots haha! She literally put her heart and soul into habboxlive and so much time into making it fab and enjoyable not just for DJs but for the community too. A true habbox legend! :D


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[-Nick]

I loved working with Jess so much and miss her lots haha! She literally put her heart and soul into habboxlive and so much time into making it fab and enjoyable not just for DJs but for the community too. A true habbox legend! :D


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She tried so hard! I wish she came back, the department was at peak when she was there. But we have had some great managers aswell! Well all the managers are good or they won't be managers :P

[Lewis]

Are you agreeing with me or debating me :P?

HabboxLive Management / Head DJ's / Assitiant General Managers / Senior DJ's - tune in to most shows anyway. The one thing Habbox struggles on is finding new and active users - yes, we get a few but we can get more. Most of the users on HabboxForum who are active have VIP? Should this be right? Most of the online users on the forum now are staff + vips.

Agreeing :P --they should already be tuning into a lot of shows, listening to 20 hours of recorded shows each won't do any extra other than a waste of time (unless they actually aren't listening to any of the shows lol)

[Inseriousity.]

I was making Team Delta with my senior Woody, we said for them to all do shipwrecked and we'd do a lil comp for credits within Delta because it encourages the use of the forum regularly, gets them speaking n whatever and gets them used to the forum :P
I think/hope woodys going to continue with it @WoodyLFC.2k7 (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=114095);

Well maybe management could do a wider hxl comp, get them all signed up lol. It's a good idea to use other events though to bond. It's more natural than forcing it. HxSS is usually good for that too when it's not causing arguments lmao. Are you resigning because of this? That'd be a shame. So unfortunate when people keep their opinions to themselves, perhaps if the DJs were also more constructive and said what they thought rather than being all :D :D :D everything is awesomeeee and saying the nasty stuff behind each other's backs instead. Occupational hazard in that department lmao but y'know that's just one of the downsides of having a department of 40+ people in it.

[Gina]

Well maybe management could do a wider hxl comp, get them all signed up lol. It's a good idea to use other events though to bond. It's more natural than forcing it. HxSS is usually good for that too when it's not causing arguments lmao. Are you resigning because of this? That'd be a shame. So unfortunate when people keep their opinions to themselves, perhaps if the DJs were also more constructive and said what they thought rather than being all :D :D :D everything is awesomeeee and saying the nasty stuff behind each other's backs instead. Occupational hazard in that department lmao but y'know that's just one of the downsides of having a department of 40+ people in it.
yeh would be fab for them to do itand get some teams sorted but not too long left to do ittt

[IzzyUhh]

I agree that I haven't been on habbo very recently and it's mainly because I've been so busy with everything and I'm trying to go on it a bit more actually and like getting more involved as I have felt very distant in recent weeks and I'm TRYING TO GET BACK UP OKAY.

As assistant, I'm like working with both sides, but obviously will have to work a little bit more with the EU as I'm part of the EU :p It's such a busy department but it's great to be in and all of the points you've addressed are relatively true. I'm not trying to stick up for myself but I'm still kinda settling into the role if that makes sense haha. I really do wanna get involved and like I've tried to maybe plan a couple of things in my head if that makes sense ahah THANKYOU Gina though for the feedback it will actually really help and I'll keep it like saved yay :)

[Calum0812]

I'll do my best to reply at like 11pm haha but I think it deserves a reply before I go to sleep!

Staff
Staff numbers are good but sometimes difficult to manager. With 60 people or so (give or take) in the department it can be a complete nightmare to keep track of everyone. Little things like people being away suddenly becomes an administration nightmare to keep on top of. Generally, however, we have enough staff to keep the radio online throughout the day (actually we had 100% uptime last week) but that, for me, isn't good enough.

Quality. It's a HUGE factor in keeping people tuned in and coming back but everyone has to start somewhere. When we read through applications, we take the majority of people on because I genuinely believe if you WANT to learn, you'll find a way. Finding your way might be the wrong term because the amount of guidance that HabboxLive attempts to provide is sometimes unachievable by even our Head+ team. Due to the number of management changes, senior+ changes and even staff changes, I think we have all found it difficult to settle into our new role when no one seemed to have a clue what to do for a while. Seniors looked to Heads who had just been promoted who looked to managers who were finding their feet in a bottomless pit who looked to a GM team who provided us with unparreled help but none of them have been in HxL management (to my best knowledge) so I think at times they may have found difficulty with helping us too. Having said that, I am forever grateful for Chris and Sam who have helped us along the way with Laura and Matt helping where they can.

To put it simply, it's primarily a Head DJs job to keep track of DJs quality and provide them with regular feedback on how they're doing. However, due to some resignations and us as management opening applications internally to get a ball pit of candidates to choose from, there was some delays with selection. Hence, management were taking on the role of manager and Head DJ - these roles are split for a reason as I've found out...

The timetable isn't looking as packed anymore but we have quite a few staff away and have lost a bunch of DJs recently so I think things will pick back up soon.

Having split management is great, in theory it means I don't have to stay up till stupid o'clock to manage internationals and Sarah doesn't have to do the same for EU. However, there has been a transition period for Sarah into the role as it'd be unfair for me to be like OKAY BYE. There is still a lot of communication between us and our aim is to split the management, not the department.

Listeners love events, we know that. I know some people were surprised at our thread that said we cannot provide funds and the reason for that is with DJ points going out, restocking of the giveaway account and various competitions being held, our funds were depleting rapidly. We have HabboxStarz soon and I really want that to be big! Not just that but internally we want to run a Team Wars event which again, I'm hoping will be big! We got to the stage where we were being asked to fund competitions multiple times a day for 20 listeners comps. 10c here, 20c there soon builds up. We would rather save small comps like this (that I'm led to believe people aren't a huge fan of) for big competitions and giveaways that can draw loads of listeners. Sometimes we had DJs running competitions and then asking us for credits which left us with no option to put our hand in our pocket for whatever amount they'd said - not greatly fair! there is a giveaway account, and it will be stocked up regularly with good furni, the boost you achieved in listeners, Gina, is not just down to a giveaway but also your talent as a DJ.

Events for HxL have been scares, I know that and I'm going to pull the changes excuse card again here. I've just finished school so I'm looking forward to what the summer has to bring now I have more time on my hands and I'm actually settled into the role with two fantastic people!

Head minimums is 2 events per month. Increasing it isn't a bad idea but I'm concerned that if we force people to do events, are the quality of said events going to decrease? In regards to our activity as manager. I want to do slots, I signed up because I love to DJ but I tell you what with the amount of work that I've tried to put in on a daily basis to keep things following, I haven't found a one hour period where I can sit down and DJ. We should be leading by example, we ask two hours of each DJs time per week to dedicate to us. Many DJs exceed this, management exceed this two hour requirement, it's just not on air which is a shame.

The idea that there are three of us is slightly unfair. In EU times, it's izzy and I so that's two. Izzy is in training and I had school. I spent a fair bit of time bringing Izzy up to speed with everything once she got the role - it was me who asked for an assistant in the first palace because of the workload.

Habbo box activity has to improve, from both the DJs and managers, I agree. I think I am going to try and plan time where I set it in stone and no matter what else, I'll go down to the HelpDesk and chat, go to an event DJ, etc. Make time for these things and PLAN PLAN PLAN. Maybe we could chat with the help desk staff and discuss the idea of a DJs area? I'm not sure!

Someone resigned and made comment that we as management don't make enough time for people. You're right, I spend more time looking at your name on the staff list than I do speaking to you. However, with a department of six people, you can spend time easily, a department of sixty is much more difficult. I'm not saying it's impossible, it's just difficult. The Head DJs should aim to keep their small ish teams of people as a unit and a close knit group. They're the ones who should be making time to get to know the DJs personally and create that sense of a team within the department. Yes. As managers, we should be too but even speaking in staff chat sometimes I can barely keep up with the ten different conversations in there. Now we all are settling into the role, I will be setting time aside to actually chat to people!

Some DJs have brought forward some really good ideas for weekly shows and I'm looking forward to seeing them go through the pipeline and develop. Perhaps we could see that some people come as 'Guest DJs' but for weekly shows. Like guest writers, guest eos, guest DJs who do weekly shows. Thinking....

Forum Department has a get to know eachother styled thread. Perhaps in the HxL staff only, we should post answers to questions that could be added to the application like favourite style of music, football teams and stuff like that. I like the idea of a profile thing for everyone to get to know everyone.

In regards to speaking to events, Tom has just returned from his time away so I'm looking forward to speaking to him a little more than I already have done.

Just some things from posts:

Swearing in songs. I'd consider lifting the filter if it's not a higher up issue (like Habbo themselves) because most chat music contains a lot of words that aren't the best in the world but aren't said, for the most part, to cause offence.

Some me people talk about manager inactivity. We're not inactive. We are working away, a lot. When I wasn't a manager I laughed at the people who used this excuse of being a manager as a get out clause for everything but honestly? It's a **** tonne of work. As I'm finding my way to manage the manager job things, I'm finding more time to do things like chat to staff and stuff like that.

Hi. I'm Calum! I'm confused if people don't know who I am because the people who reply to my moderation PMs seem to know who I am... No but seriously, if people don't know who I am at all, then that's raising some alarm bells of the community interaction I have. I've admitted that I'm not the best at the community side of things and I'm hoping Izzy can help me a little more with that.

We are working to split the jobs between managers VERY clearly, to the point where we all know exactly what we're all doing and what everyone is expecting of us as individuals. That way, we will find more time to do things like DJ and such. Well, more speaking for myself there...

We won't be forcing people to record themselves but it's something I've never thought of. It's an offer I don't mind putting out to DJs, send us a recording and we'll listen to it! However, feedback is a Head DJs job primarily so in providing feedback from management, we'd be treading on their toes a little.

I'm not a huge Habbo person but I am when I need to be. Ill only go on Habbo for events and to speak to people in the HxHD and events. All of which I need to do more, yes.

The reason we give the job of feedbacks to ahead DJs is because you're correct, we don't have 20 hours per week to give up to listen to DJs so we rely on feedbacks, snippets of shows and the Head DJs opinions. Splitting this listening time between three managers should make it easier though.

Communication, at times, between the three managers can be difficult but when one of us is training for a job, one has school and one lives on the other side of the world to the other two, what can we do? We do our best to stay in touch and I always enjoy waking up to try and read Sarah's wall of text as a report of the nights events with squinted eyes at 7am haha

Sho did suggest the idea of me trying to organise the entire department to do Shipwrecked but we can barely get one team sorted to do it because of people coming and going. I don't see this as an issue so to speak because in a big department, we are bound to have people going in and out all the time and I do believe there is a relatively stead flow of people.

I hope the hour I spent writing this isn't completely a waste of time in the sense that someone will have read to this point. Thank you Gina, and everyone, for your feedback and we will take it on board. A lot of the issues we know about which I hope you all see as a good thing and we are focusing our efforts to try and improve things.

I look forward to you all giving us the opportunity to change some of these things around (let's give it a few weeks?) because I think with this rocket up our ass and the drive of summer kicking in, we can certainly improve this for both the department and the listeners.

www.HabboxLive.com - Tune in? ;)

[Gina]

im surprised i read that
and am not gna like reply to all of it but fab reply and am glad to see youre takingi t on bnard

[FlyingJesus]

Bit odd how the timetable isn't looking so packed anymore though. I used to ALWAYS struggle to get slots on air and despite the amount of staff numbers going up, the booked slots are going down? Saying that though, I don't see many messages telling me to 'book up' :P.

Did notice recently when looking at the timetable that it isn't as full as I thought it would be (in GMT hours even) but wasn't sure if that was a new thing or had always been the case since I never used to look. Very strange that there are more slots open now with more staff though


I did a giveaway from 2-5am and maintained 40 listeners throughout. The listeners can be easily achieved bbut someone needs to be there actually trying to get them to tune in.

tbh there isn't anyone in the whole department apart from you that constantly gets these sorts of numbers, and as you say it doesn't even matter what time you're on. I think as fab as the shows you do are it's actually more because you're so much more of a community figure - you're always around being friendly and having a presence both on the forum and on the client, while a huge majority of DJs have only one of these at best. You mention somewhere in this post about community activity and I think really that is the biggest issue that the department faces at the moment, possible even the only one that really matters


the recent funding thing at HabboxLive where you wont fund prizes is rather silly especially if you're wanting listeners to increase

Totally agree, and the reason that's been given in this thread is that the funding is being used to reward the DJs personally instead... essentially meaning that DJs are being given a wage that previous staff never had for doing less work than anyone did before. The allocation of funds across all of Habbox is a bit of a mystery frankly


HabboxLive Events

[insert loads of paragraphs of fab stuff here]

I can't speak for the frequency of HxL events because I'm not so active myself on the client/radio side of things in the last few weeks, but I will say in their favour that every single HxL event I've been to has been above and beyond the basic requirements and outstrips the work of actual HxE staff by miles. I understand that they're expensive to host sometimes (like having a throne prize for the sleepover) but realistically the amount of people who will just get involved because it's hilarious to be stuck in a room with a bunch of strangers and fight them over nothing is astounding, and even crap prizes like a cactus or 3 cabbages will bring people in if the atmosphere is right from the start which I think HxL events do rather well, even if they are a bit more sparse than you'd like :P


I always see Sarah in HxHD going behind the bar and speaking/helping people but it's more of a rare occurrence for the other two to visit the helpdesk and speak to people.

tbh I didn't even know there were 2 managers for EU, and the first time I even heard of Calum as a DJ was when there was talk about you getting an assistant manager and he spammed a feedback thread talking about how great he'd be. Not heard anything from/of him since


on Habboxlive.com on the staff list if you clicked on a DJ, it'd lead to their 'profile'. On their profile it'd have like their age/name/country/most embarrassing moment/fav genre/fav song etc and just things about the DJ. For starters it helps people acc find the DJ. Not all DJs show their Habbo name or say it and stuff so it's difficult to figure out who the DJ is. Loved them tjoughh. On the HabboxLive panel, the profile bit is still there just needs to be linked with HxL

Is this still a thing I lit never knew about that, the only problem I can see with it is that HxL has a massive turnaround of staff coming in and out every week so might be a bother to keep updated, but it would be quite nice to have if managers don't mind updating it every so often. Most likely something we'll get promised to come with V7...


I was saying in the Help Desk that i think it would be fun to have more double DJing slots. and I don't just mean two DJs go on air at the same time, but maybe DJs could find guests at Habbox (ranging from anything to the forum manager to asst. general manager to dedicated member) to join them on air and chat for a bit.

I like this idea; obv radio is about music but if people just want to listen to the songs they like they can do that without HxL, so providing something extra through the personalities that are hosting is really quite important and having more than one person on air obviously makes the show more conversational. Guests is a really nice idea that I'd like to see more of, it's just an issue of trust and equipment I suppose


Perhaps for more staff bonding, you should all enter Shipwrecked (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=810456). Get your teams sorted lol

SHAMELESS PLUG but not a bad idea tbh, it gets the staff involved in something alongside the community as opposed to in spite of it (as with all other "staff bonding" nonsense that occurs) and as we've seen with HxBB and The Mole and even HxSS some years there are often some quite interesting characters in our midst who just need an event like this to bring them out of their shell and into the community properly


I wanted Content to do this too, but then theres 4 of us agh ;(

Gladiatorial fight to the death, first to croak isn't allowed in the team


Quality. It's a HUGE factor in keeping people tuned in and coming back but everyone has to start somewhere. When we read through applications, we take the majority of people on because I genuinely believe if you WANT to learn, you'll find a way. Finding your way might be the wrong term because the amount of guidance that HabboxLive attempts to provide is sometimes unachievable by even our Head+ team. Due to the number of management changes, senior+ changes and even staff changes, I think we have all found it difficult to settle into our new role when no one seemed to have a clue what to do for a while.

Personally I think that quality is something that HxL by necessity has to risk at certain points in order to keep up the turnaround of staff that makes it function at such good capacity - for every crap session (which to be fair get reported early and have in certain cases been saved by more experienced staff partway through the slot) there are at the very least another 40 or so that are absolutely on point as well as the odd gem that really gets the listeners interested. As long as the heads and management continue to support new DJs as they historically have done rather well. Changing the trial process isn't in my eyes something that needs to be done, I think it's really well handled at present and has been for a long time even accounting for the odd few disasters


Habbo box activity has to improve

What


Some DJs have brought forward some really good ideas for weekly shows and I'm looking forward to seeing them go through the pipeline and develop. Perhaps we could see that some people come as 'Guest DJs' but for weekly shows. Like guest writers, guest eos, guest DJs who do weekly shows. Thinking....

The call-in thingy works quite well as an opportunity for people to try out DJing or just have a bit of a laugh on air on an otherwise boring night in, I think with proper moderation guest DJing could definitely be pushed and would be great for community interaction


Swearing in songs. I'd consider lifting the filter if it's not a higher up issue (like Habbo themselves) because most chat music contains a lot of words that aren't the best in the world but aren't said, for the most part, to cause offence.

Split on this. On the one hand I have no problem with swearing in the music I listen to and since most of the music on HxL is illegally downloaded and whatnot there's no radio ethics issue BUT allowing swearing opens the gates for a lot of ridiculous songs that are composed entirely of swearing that are obvzzzz totes hilarious!! as well as racism and all sorts. It could be allowed with DJ discretion but let's be honest not all of them are possessed of huge amounts of common sense :P

[OldLoveSong]

lit took me like and hour an a half to read thru this whole thread lol ogosh i dont even know where to start AHH. ok here we go



Bit odd how the timetable isn't looking so packed anymore though. I used to ALWAYS struggle to get slots on air and despite the amount of staff numbers going up, the booked slots are going down? Saying that though, I don't see many messages telling me to 'book up' :P.

we have had a downfall of ppl leaving the dept/being fired lately and it has affected the amount of hours done per week, but that being said we also have like over 10trialists and more apps comnig thru, it rly is an up and down thing and can rly change at any time :P


And finallyyyyyy, management. At first I thought it was fab having both an EU and Intl manger (and don't get me wrong, you're both fab) but mainly because there was someone to help focus on the international side. I did a giveaway from 2-5am and maintained 40 listeners throughout. The listeners can be easily achieved bbut someone needs to be there actually trying to get them to tune in. Hence why I thought Sarah would be fab because someone could acc do that and plan things for the international side but I never see that happening :P Instead I see a lack of communication between the EU and Intl managers due to the timezone differences. It isn't too bad and def should improve due to it being summer but wouldn't say it's too fab atm. A lot of DJs think that the deptartments just splitting in a sense that Sarahs incharge of Intl and Calum&Izz and incharge of EU which is something they def don't want. I'm sure that's something @despect (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=59633); especially didn't want.

calum/izzy and i lit message and have a skype call every single day and kik eachother so communication isnt bad imo personally, we talk about what needs to be done for that day and what we need to deal with and whos doing what and split the jobs basically. We also currently have a an organizer thingy that we're currently planning out where we're assigning ourself what we need to do weekly/daily.monthly so no ones confused about what to do and theres no confusion about whos doing what - excited to try this out.



Saying that, it's great to see the 3 managers getting along well. Another thing though, with there being 3 managers now I thought loads of fab changes would come (please don't hate me) but I haven't noticed anythinggg. I'm sure fab things are planned for summer (or I hope at least :P)

We do have things planned but with habbox bday celebration and the world cupjust having happened we have postponed our Dept bonding/Team Wars thing (top secret info ;)) so it didnt get in the way of current tournis at habbox. and yes HxSS will be full of fabulous thingssss and ill be back from vacation just before it starts which is fab YAY



(p.s I do love the DJ booth idea in the helpdesk, please force the DJs to go their and whip out da dekz)

omg what i have never heard of this idea but I NEED IT. i think thats a fabulous idea and i totally 100% support it

regarding Interaction when Im online its usually just INTL people (mostly durin the night) that are online and i chat with everyone in seperate chats/calls almost every day:p try to chat to some people in the staff chat toooo but it rly gets lost in the blurrr of a zillion msgs being sent all at once in there :P

regarding weekly shows i agree we deff need more espec how 2 djs have currently cancelled them :( will be advertising weekly shows application thread alot more often, also a few djs already have showed an interest in hosting some which hopefully will get set up soon

regarding dj profiles thats a good idea never even tohught of that, tbh completely forgot all about the dj profiles as i dont thin any1 rly uses them, yet again would be a good idea to discuss with everyone

i forget what else was said but my fingers hurt alrdy and i have to go sleep soon but thx gina so much for the feedback uve been at habboxlive a long time and its sad ur resigning :(

INTERNATIONAL APPS ARE OPEN EVERYONE BTW XOXOXO go apply now woo

[Rachel]

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I personally know that you were upset because you didn't get the Head DJ role and I feel ya. I know how hard you are working an dedicated. They had to pick 1 Head DJ afterall. Your work is recognized as you were DJ of the month and dj of the week so you were recognized for your work you are doing for HabboxLive. Don't leave because you didn't get the position, your time will come for a higher role just be patient. I personally think if you do not give up hope then you will be in a higher role sooner or later. Like I mentioned to you before, you're a great DJ with potential just as much as the other DJs here. You have a great personality and a great friend. Don't give up!

[Calum0812]

What

That was supposed to say "Habbo activity needs to improve" bit my phone autocorrected it

I've read over your message and will try and reply to the points when I've woken up - thanks

[xxMATTGxx]

YOU GO GIRL
i tuned into hffm and had a better time in 5 minutes than 3 hours with habboxlive sorry
also, just let swearing be in songs... habbo is for people 13+ i am sure they have all heard a swear word before

I thought nearly most swear words were allowed in songs on HabboxLive. There were just like a low number that were still banned such as the N word.

[MKR&*42]

I find it very odd so many swear words are supposedly allowed to be said on HabboxLive but we can't say them on the forum, it doesn't make sense.
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Okay I read the giant post and I don't take much interest to HabboxLive that much anymore (only if there's some weekly show on likee songs from 90s or stuff like that) but it is incredibly odd that there are more staff and less slots being booked, also combined with the fact all exams are nearly over so if anything it should be going up more and more?

[Becca]

I thought nearly most swear words were allowed in songs on HabboxLive. There were just like a low number that were still banned such as the N word.

nah literally ALL songs are banned, I think the B word for dog is allowed and that's it...

[Calum0812]

Did notice recently when looking at the timetable that it isn't as full as I thought it would be (in GMT hours even) but wasn't sure if that was a new thing or had always been the case since I never used to look. Very strange that there are more slots open now with more staff though
I know a lot of staff have said that they aren't sure very far in advance as to when they're available so to save missing a slot, they'll book "last minute", with last minute being defined as a few hours before hence it looks quite empty.
Another thing is that quite a few people are going away on holiday but we still have enough active staff to keep the timetable filled so I'll make sure that the head DJs check that everyone prebooks for next week!


tbh there isn't anyone in the whole department apart from you that constantly gets these sorts of numbers, and as you say it doesn't even matter what time you're on. I think as fab as the shows you do are it's actually more because you're so much more of a community figure - you're always around being friendly and having a presence both on the forum and on the client, while a huge majority of DJs have only one of these at best. You mention somewhere in this post about community activity and I think really that is the biggest issue that the department faces at the moment, possible even the only one that really matters
It is a big issues we face but it certainly isn't a new one. We do encourage DJs to use Habbo and the Forum but considering (as someone said I think) we are a department that lends ourselves to people who don't like Habbo and don't like forums. Sometimes people only sign up to these to come and DJ. However, DJing at a Habbo fansite should have some sort of community requirement, I agree.


Totally agree, and the reason that's been given in this thread is that the funding is being used to reward the DJs personally instead... essentially meaning that DJs are being given a wage that previous staff never had for doing less work than anyone did before. The allocation of funds across all of Habbox is a bit of a mystery frankly
After re-stocking the giveaway account and selling some stuff, we do actually have quite a healthy fund so I'll admit we may have been wrong to push the idea of NO WE WON'T so quickly. We can look at this later but I think it needs to be more structured with a similar style to the Events Vault thing as in we will provide THIS for THIS and THIS for THIS.


I can't speak for the frequency of HxL events because I'm not so active myself on the client/radio side of things in the last few weeks, but I will say in their favour that every single HxL event I've been to has been above and beyond the basic requirements and outstrips the work of actual HxE staff by miles. I understand that they're expensive to host sometimes (like having a throne prize for the sleepover) but realistically the amount of people who will just get involved because it's hilarious to be stuck in a room with a bunch of strangers and fight them over nothing is astounding, and even crap prizes like a cactus or 3 cabbages will bring people in if the atmosphere is right from the start which I think HxL events do rather well, even if they are a bit more sparse than you'd like :P
I think we need to find a balance between hosting events and making the events department useless (because they'd be doing the same thing as us) and the other end of the scale where we sit isolated to a Shoutcast server.


Is this still a thing I lit never knew about that, the only problem I can see with it is that HxL has a massive turnaround of staff coming in and out every week so might be a bother to keep updated, but it would be quite nice to have if managers don't mind updating it every so often. Most likely something we'll get promised to come with V7...
I'm not suprised you didn't know about it, I don't think many people do. Basically, on the panel there is a profile section and it gets stored into the database, however, it's not actually put to any use on the site or on the forum or anything. I'll PM Mark and ask him how long he thinks it might take. (for the thing to be coded, not V7...)


I like this idea; obv radio is about music but if people just want to listen to the songs they like they can do that without HxL, so providing something extra through the personalities that are hosting is really quite important and having more than one person on air obviously makes the show more conversational. Guests is a really nice idea that I'd like to see more of, it's just an issue of trust and equipment I suppose
Quite a few DJs struggle to use VAC because either their internet can't handle it or it won't work, despite the guide on the forum. However, there is no doubting that having guests on air (I think team leaders in HxSS is a fantastic opportunity) is a good idea.


Personally I think that quality is something that HxL by necessity has to risk at certain points in order to keep up the turnaround of staff that makes it function at such good capacity - for every crap session (which to be fair get reported early and have in certain cases been saved by more experienced staff partway through the slot) there are at the very least another 40 or so that are absolutely on point as well as the odd gem that really gets the listeners interested. As long as the heads and management continue to support new DJs as they historically have done rather well. Changing the trial process isn't in my eyes something that needs to be done, I think it's really well handled at present and has been for a long time even accounting for the odd few disasters
The Head DJs do a good job at making people feel welcome as much as they can as entering into a big department must be at least slightly daunting for a new member. They also try and provide one on one feedback (either through Skype or PM on the forum), especially during their trial period to ensure they pass. This system works well because Head DJs are able to get to know their DJs inside out.


The call-in thingy works quite well as an opportunity for people to try out DJing or just have a bit of a laugh on air on an otherwise boring night in, I think with proper moderation guest DJing could definitely be pushed and would be great for community interaction
It'd be nice to see this make a return as it was a good show that I know a lot people enjoyed both listening to and having the opportunity to be apart of.


Split on this. On the one hand I have no problem with swearing in the music I listen to and since most of the music on HxL is illegally downloaded and whatnot there's no radio ethics issue BUT allowing swearing opens the gates for a lot of ridiculous songs that are composed entirely of swearing that are obvzzzz totes hilarious!! as well as racism and all sorts. It could be allowed with DJ discretion but let's be honest not all of them are possessed of huge amounts of common sense :P
If we did lift the filter, we'd be spending quite a bit of time looking at the banned songs list to ban some of the stuff that is just a complete joke and is unacceptable to play on a radio.


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I think this might be better suited in complaints to be completely honest


I thought nearly most swear words were allowed in songs on HabboxLive. There were just like a low number that were still banned such as the N word.
Correct, a lot of the common ones were unbanned, I would post a list of them here but quite a lot of them are forum filtered. If anyone is interested, PM me.

[xxMATTGxx]

nah literally ALL songs are banned, I think the B word for dog is allowed and that's it...

I think you are allowed the following:


Bitch
Ass
Crap
*****
Dick
****
Bastard
Shit
******/s

[Jssy]

Just had a read of this. When I DJed before we did win a room with DJ Ice, me and him and Kristina would do that and it was great it would draw in loads of listeners, so if no one does win a room I'd be happy to. I think generally the listeners dropping is definitely with how much less people playing habbo. Everytime I go on habbo theres only 2 or 3 thousand, and when I used to be on there'd easily be 15 thousand. We all need to work together as the team that we are and set ourselves aside from other fansites, show our passion to listeners to want them to listen to us. There's some great ideas here and I'm sure we can all make it a success

[!x!dude!x!2]

Amen to Gina !! Preach it sister!!

Total agree with her on this 100% And habbox does need more weekly shows. Bring in a morning show like I was going to do when I returned ?

[FlyingJesus]

That was supposed to say "Habbo activity needs to improve" bit my phone autocorrected it

Oh that does make more sense fair enough lol


I think we need to find a balance between hosting events and making the events department useless

Think they're doing that all by themselves :P nah 4real though I understand not wanting to belittle any other departments but it's something that I think a lot of DJs do well so it shouldn't be suppressed either


Quite a few DJs struggle to use VAC because either their internet can't handle it or it won't work, despite the guide on the forum. However, there is no doubting that having guests on air (I think team leaders in HxSS is a fantastic opportunity) is a good idea.

I'm assuming VAC is some multi-call host type thingy, I know nothing about the technical side because I've never DJd but if it's not something everyone can do then maybe make it something that's pushed more for Head DJs rather than someone who's just joined

[Gina]

Oh that does make more sense fair enough lol



Think they're doing that all by themselves :P nah 4real though I understand not wanting to belittle any other departments but it's something that I think a lot of DJs do well so it shouldn't be suppressed either



I'm assuming VAC is some multi-call host type thingy, I know nothing about the technical side because I've never DJd but if it's not something everyone can do then maybe make it something that's pushed more for Head DJs rather than someone who's just joined
yeah VAC is the program used to double dj
i made a guide on it like updated vers and dj cain did another after so it isnt too easy to use except some peoples pcs will start lagging on air liek i know osmetimes i cant go on habbo when doubling but tht seems to be fixed now (fab time to fix ;l) i know danny head dj popcorn has it tho

[lemons]

habboxlive bores me to death recently


sometimes the auto dj habboquests radio is more interesting

[Lewis]

I find it very odd so many swear words are supposedly allowed to be said on HabboxLive but we can't say them on the forum, it doesn't make sense.
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Okay I read the giant post and I don't take much interest to HabboxLive that much anymore (only if there's some weekly show on likee songs from 90s or stuff like that) but it is incredibly odd that there are more staff and less slots being booked, also combined with the fact all exams are nearly over so if anything it should be going up more and more?

I think they're not allowed as the majority of people use them to target others. But obviously this isn't always the case lol

[-Moniquee.]

Honestly, don't see the department being improved anytime soon tbh.
As a previous head DJ for Alpha (normally the Asian Pacific DJ team) I was quite passionate about promoting the intl side of hxl etc. The intl is so neglected, like before i resigned (about 2 weeks ago) Calum organised hxl bonding in a UK time think it was like 8pm which is 5am in aus and some crazy time in the US. How are you meant to improve the intl side when they aren't getting attention from the rest of the dept? I understand that one time won't suit everyone, but let staff have some input.
Also, I remember Gina organising her team bonding and then management organising dept bonding at the same time? This really shouldn't be happening.
I know about 5-8 people have resigned and gone to habboquests because of the management and the current status of habboxlive. It isn't welcoming at all and I often have people telling me how cranky they are because of negative comments they have received (not just from reg DJs but from HxL management.)

To be honest, HxL management are the ones who have the power to turn the dept around. You all need to work together and focus on BOTH sides (EU and Intl) Also treat your staff properly because they don't have to be there, they are there because they love DJing.

Oh and Senior+ especially management should all be promoting DJ apps like a boss on and off the client.

I actually think James @despect (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=59633) did a lot of great things for the dept and he was so committed.

p.s great thread @Yuxin (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=63975)

[Calum0812]

Yuxin; DJ Profiles are back!

Go to the staff page and click a DJs Habbo image and it'll take you to a mini profile on them. I imagine it'll take a few days before everyone has filled theirs in though

[Becca]

I think you are allowed the following:


Bitch
Ass
Crap
*****
Dick
****
Bastard
Shit
******/s

oh that's mint then

[Empired]

Just had a read of this. When I DJed before we did win a room with DJ Ice, me and him and Kristina would do that and it was great it would draw in loads of listeners, so if no one does win a room I'd be happy to. I think generally the listeners dropping is definitely with how much less people playing habbo. Everytime I go on habbo theres only 2 or 3 thousand, and when I used to be on there'd easily be 15 thousand. We all need to work together as the team that we are and set ourselves aside from other fansites, show our passion to listeners to want them to listen to us. There's some great ideas here and I'm sure we can all make it a success
hiya jssy!! firstly, great to hear you're back because i used to really enjoy tuning into your shows and i probably will again now

Right yeah I disagree with the decreasing amount of listeners being because activity on habbo is low. obviously that's partly true because we're no longer gonna be able to get the 80 - 100 listeners habbox could easily get "back in the day", but if Gina can pull 40+ listeners in at 2am, why can't anyone else? There clearly are plenty of listeners out there but DJs just aren't pulling them in. Now it's just up to management to work out why n change it.

[Calum0812]

but if Gina can pull 40+ listeners in at 2am, why can't anyone else? There clearly are plenty of listeners out there but DJs just aren't pulling them in. Now it's just up to management to work out why n change it.
Totally agree with this, listeners are out there, we've just got to make HabboxLive better than everywhere else and give them a REASON to tune into us. Regular shows (weeklies), regular events and things that are SCHEDULED I think will make people come back and hopefully become regular listeners

[FlyingJesus]

The reason she always gets (or got :'() those numbers is because of her community presence - the radio as a whole is well known enough but all of the shows that get high listeners are ones where the DJ is well known and liked on here as well as the client. Either that or it's such a disaster that it goes viral like when we made a DJ do loads of shoutouts to Mike Hunt and stuff but that's prob not the angle you want to work on

[Calum0812]

The reason she always gets (or got :'() those numbers is because of her community presence - the radio as a whole is well known enough but all of the shows that get high listeners are ones where the DJ is well known and liked on here as well as the client. Either that or it's such a disaster that it goes viral like when we made a DJ do loads of shoutouts to Mike Hunt and stuff but that's prob not the angle you want to work on
Although an individual's presence is important, that's something we can't HUGELY impact. Whether people go on client and interact with others is up to them (although we do encourage it) but in terms of making the radio a place where people WANT to tune in, now that, we defo can work on

[Gina]

yesss ;love tje profiles
nwo force ur djs to fill em in and get em known to ppl please

is it only jsut me who cant se habbo images on hxl stlaff list then

[Logandyer45]

*REMOVED*


I think this might be better suited in complaints to be completely honest

So do you wish to move it mr SMOD even tho it has already been taken care of and it is mearly a FEEDBACK about DJ's at HxL. @Calum0812 (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=112488);

[Calum0812]

So do you wish to move it mr SMOD
No because we don't deal with stuff about ourselves


even tho it has already been taken care of
Then what were you hoping to come of your post? I'm all for feedback but I'm not sure what we can do based on your post because, as you've said, we know about it already


and it is mearly a FEEDBACK about DJ's at HxL.
It was complaints about two DJs, not feedback :P

[Logandyer45]

No because we don't deal with stuff about ourselves


Then what were you hoping to come of your post? I'm all for feedback but I'm not sure what we can do based on your post because, as you've said, we know about it already


It was complaints about two DJs, not feedback :P

Its sorta both cause I am showing how Managers are showing SO MUCH favouritetism to others. Also, how MOST of the DJ's act behind the computer. I do recall seeing "The DJS are fab" or something in that ballpark.


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[MKR&*42]

yesss ;love tje profiles
nwo force ur djs to fill em in and get em known to ppl please

is it only jsut me who cant se habbo images on hxl stlaff list then

it's a common problem, you just have to clear your cache everytime if you wanna see them.

[Gina]

it's a common problem, you just have to clear your cache everytime if you wanna see them.

o how rubbish than kk u

[DJVeni98]

It was complaints about two DJs, not feedback :P

Well he was giving you feedback on how those DJ's are through Feedback :)

[Richie]

I think that management should make a list of every single DJ and require them when they do their slot to send at least one of their shows to management by recording it through Stream Archive. They should be then assessed on microphone quality, song quality and overall show quality and then after listening they should have a tick or a cross next to their name, tick they stay, cross they're fired until they improve.

I know it's harsh but yeah.. :/

Meh it's all a bit of fun, it seems a bit drastic to track every single show looking for fault. It'd be an annoyance for both the presenter and the person looking through the clips.

I don't keep up to date with habboxlive anymore. I've always been one to complain about the radio lacking quality but clearly from past threads, improvements to radio quality doesn't make a massive difference when it comes to listener count (well from what I read in this thread) as here we are again. The difference between the radio now and the radio when it was in its prime, isn't down the quality, it isn't down to the lack of competitions / events and it definitely isn't down to the staff / management as there's constant change, yet this thread continuously gets re-posted. I don't know about all of you but the difference between habbo then and now for me is, it was fun before, it's not really entertaining anymore, it has fizzed out for most. I don't think people care too much for virtual items on the hotel anymore. Perhaps there's a few users that have only just started to play and want furniture but the vast majority have been playing for years. People just don't seem too bothered with items in game so the hype for a prize is dead. I'm not saying go all anti-habbo. That'd be stupid. I'm just saying, instead of putting everyone's main focus on advertising giveaways,, why not focus on something that the people actually want, to be entertained. Furni worked before as people wanted it, it was entertaining, habbo was popular, it was a different era, that doesn't work anymore.

Take this for example, one of the presenters a year or so ago contacted youtubers and spoke to them on air, people liked that, it was entertaining, they got to hear some of the people they more than likely watch religiously on youtube. It also brought in a huge audience that probably never played habbo before. This doesn't mean I'm saying everyone should go & spam their favorite youtubers inbox. That's just an example. I just think habbo should be used more so as an interaction tool rather than a shows main focus. When I listen in, every other voice break after a song is telling me I should get on habbo, which would be fine once or twice in a show as it's an advertisement but if an advertisement is a shows main focus, then why would people listen, it's boring.

Maybe this is a bad analogy but just say I started to watch a 15 minute ShayCarl video and the title of the video was 'Leave a comment, hit the like button' and throughout the entire video he just pointed out how important it is and how much I am going to miss out on if I don't leave a comment on his video. Would you find that entertaining? Would you watch the video again? I'd much rather hear him announce his advertisement at the start of the video, then do what he set out to do, entertain.

Create discussions, talk about music, chat about what's happening on the forum, have fun, I know that can be hard if no one gets involved but do you honestly think people send messages into low end FM live radios at 4am in the morning? most of them presenters create a discussions in hope someone replies, if no one does, they don't just scrap the discussion, they make up messages by made up people. There's nothing worse than listening to a radio that feels no one else is listening to. A tip from a presenter I seen on a different forum was 'speak to your 5 listeners as if you were talking to 500 listeners.' Which makes sense. That's why I also didn't really ever like the idea of actively showing the listeners to people visiting the website. It worked before as we had 100+ listeners. If a person tunes in and thinks you're talking to 500 people they're going to stick around, if they know it's ghost town, they'll be gone in a flash.

Anyway, I dunno that's just how I feel it works. It worked much better for me when I had a low listener count on a online radio @Calvin (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=46539); and I owned, when I started speaking to the listeners as if I was speaking to a large audience it pulled people in. It also made a few Irish bands think we were a popular online radio station so they asked us to play a few of their tracks (I did feel quite bad at one stage but that's radio). I'm no expert though, that just worked for me.


Holy crap I just wrote a novel, my bad, peace.

[FlyingJesus]

That was a really long way of saying oi DJs get involved with the bloody community

[Inseriousity.]

I don't agree with the first part.
The Habbox community doesn't care that much for virtual items because they are older and have been playing for years. The Habbo community in general can go nuts over a poorly-designed badge that they won't even wear and has no value whatsoever just because they have to have it to their collection.

Despite that yes getting involved with the community is the top tip for every department not just HxL :D

[ItsMeerken]

Gonna miss this Gina, :'( Sorry to hear that you are going and all the best for your exams and dont break the cast again :P enjoy the rest of your summer and its been great speaking to you since i started :)
BYE BYE x

[Slopure]

See the moral issue is that it's not just the radio that is lacking TBH ~ like Gina had said the radios peak is 15-23 listeners when it use to be 60+. I do agree the quality is going down a abit due to new DJs who are new to DJing. But the issue here is the site itself, we've had the same site design since I've been here! That was many years ago, it gets boring to go to Habbox site it's all boring and the same; I've no reason to browse around it. You gotta notice how many new amazing fansites are coming out with these amazing designs... an example is HabboQuests! If we bloody hell got a new design then I'm sure people would love to tune into our radio and poke around the site. The moral question is what makes Habbox stand out from other fansites? Rare Vaules??? I've heard about other sites starting to do it and no one really relys on Habbox anymore for it. Habbox needs to change first before you can except to draw a crowd in!


~Fansite Experiance

[nvrspk4]

See the moral issue is that it's not just the radio that is lacking TBH ~ like Gina had said the radios peak is 15-23 listeners when it use to be 60+. I do agree the quality is going down a abit due to new DJs who are new to DJing. But the issue here is the site itself, we've had the same site design since I've been here! That was many years ago, it gets boring to go to Habbox site it's all boring and the same; I've no reason to browse around it. You gotta notice how many new amazing fansites are coming out with these amazing designs... an example is HabboQuests! If we bloody hell got a new design then I'm sure people would love to tune into our radio and poke around the site. The moral question is what makes Habbox stand out from other fansites? Rare Vaules??? I've heard about other sites starting to do it and no one really relys on Habbox anymore for it. Habbox needs to change first before you can except to draw a crowd in!


~Fansite Experiance

I'm not quite sure how it's a moral problem but I don't think it makes sense that the only reason people aren't listening because the site isn't nice to look at. Radio DJs have always been able to attract crowds, gain fans, and spread their fanbase - it just seems like it's not happening as much. Sure if Habbox isn't as good content-wise then there are less people discovering the new service but you also have to look at why DJs aren't attracting or retaining fans.

[Slopure]

I'm not quite sure how it's a moral problem but I don't think it makes sense that the only reason people aren't listening because the site isn't nice to look at. Radio DJs have always been able to attract crowds, gain fans, and spread their fanbase - it just seems like it's not happening as much. Sure if Habbox isn't as good content-wise then there are less people discovering the new service but you also have to look at why DJs aren't attracting or retaining fans.

Great! Woooo DJ's attract people to come tune in... now the question is how do you keep the person staying to tune in? What makes that person want to stay on the site once that DJ is done DJing? Now you can't blame DJs for the amount of listeners, we try to bring people in to tune into our shows. But we need the site to look amazing to keep the person wanting to come back over and over again. Habbox use to have the number one radio with such great quality... but now its not!

To sum that crappy paragraph together... DJ's need help from site owners to make / keep things fresh for our fans and people who are just tuning in. If you got a chart for listeners feed and looked at it, I bet you its mostly just staff tuning in.

[Drewar]

Although it would be nice to see a new design, I don't think it's absolutely necessary for the success of the radio. I think it will just take a lot of recruiting and getting the listeners to be excited about tuning in. Back in its prime, it used to be FUN to tune in because Habbo was super active, there was lots to see and do, and lots of fun conversational topics were discussed on air.

I believe that if you get excited about your show and genuinely enjoy your time on air and what you're doing, the listeners will pick up on that, and will be more likely to invite their friends :)

Also, as a bit of history, here's a screenshot of the HabboxRadio design looked like back in the day when we were reaching 300+ listeners every weekend. Just thought I'd add this to show that design doesn't mean everything. The design was very basic back then, but the on air radio content was top notch and super entertaining :)

Cheers!

http://i.imgur.com/WUBtVgM.png

[nvrspk4]

Great! Woooo DJ's attract people to come tune in... now the question is how do you keep the person staying to tune in? What makes that person want to stay on the site once that DJ is done DJing? Now you can't blame DJs for the amount of listeners, we try to bring people in to tune into our shows. But we need the site to look amazing to keep the person wanting to come back over and over again. Habbox use to have the number one radio with such great quality... but now its not!

To sum that crappy paragraph together... DJ's need help from site owners to make / keep things fresh for our fans and people who are just tuning in. If you got a chart for listeners feed and looked at it, I bet you its mostly just staff tuning in.

Well in the past the DJs would become friends with listeners by getting them into a room on Habbo and hanging out with them - often people would have the site open and would have their focus on Habbo, so they weren't even looking on Habbox. After all, as Drew references "the old days" when we used to get 300 listeners, there wasn't even a site to retain the users, HabboxLive (then HabboxRadio) was a separate site entirely and people went there literally to hear the DJs while they played about on Habbo.

I'm not saying that 300 users is a realistic estimate, I get that times have changed, but I haven't heard a reason why DJs can't work on the personal fanbase that they used to enjoy (maybe there is a reason - maybe people use Habbo differently and that's not realistic anymore - I dunno, but I haven't heard the reasons yet so it seems like a logical fix to me).

[Slopure]

Well in the past the DJs would become friends with listeners by getting them into a room on Habbo and hanging out with them - often people would have the site open and would have their focus on Habbo, so they weren't even looking on Habbox. After all, as Drew references "the old days" when we used to get 300 listeners, there wasn't even a site to retain the users, HabboxLive (then HabboxRadio) was a separate site entirely and people went there literally to hear the DJs while they played about on Habbo.

Hahaha yeh I remember those days! I've been with Habbox for ever now! But decided to make a forum account in 2010, I loved it soo much always wanted to be a DJ ... but was to scared :P But the radio use to be amazing and had fun. Personally, I think there should be two groups now Intl / Eu ... re-name them ... but get rid of Alpha / Delta / beta etc. Have 2 head DJ's for each group 3 senior djs, and 1 Manager for each. Is something would be nice, also Habbox gets many 'rookie' DJs so there should be a way to "train" the DJs to help guide them on how to make rooms etc. Cause I miss the old Habbox... and I hate all the damage previous Radio Managers have done to all Jess's ideas which has mostly been scraped!

[Rachel]

Hahaha yeh I remember those days! I've been with Habbox for ever now! But decided to make a forum account in 2010, I loved it soo much always wanted to be a DJ ... but was to scared :P But the radio use to be amazing and had fun. Personally, I think there should be two groups now Intl / Eu ... re-name them ... but get rid of Alpha / Delta / beta etc. Have 2 head DJ's for each group 3 senior djs, and 1 Manager for each. Is something would be nice, also Habbox gets many 'rookie' DJs so there should be a way to "train" the DJs to help guide them on how to make rooms etc. Cause I miss the old Habbox... and I hate all the damage previous Radio Managers have done to all Jess's ideas which has mostly been scraped!

I would never ever want to see them removing Alpha. It was specially made for Aussies/ New Zealand. I am their Head DJ and I am proud to be their leader even if the team is currently small at the moment. Other teams are doing fine as well.

[Empired]

Well in the past the DJs would become friends with listeners by getting them into a room on Habbo and hanging out with them - often people would have the site open and would have their focus on Habbo, so they weren't even looking on Habbox. After all, as Drew references "the old days" when we used to get 300 listeners, there wasn't even a site to retain the users, HabboxLive (then HabboxRadio) was a separate site entirely and people went there literally to hear the DJs while they played about on Habbo.

I'm not saying that 300 users is a realistic estimate, I get that times have changed, but I haven't heard a reason why DJs can't work on the personal fanbase that they used to enjoy (maybe there is a reason - maybe people use Habbo differently and that's not realistic anymore - I dunno, but I haven't heard the reasons yet so it seems like a logical fix to me).

I know a lot of DJs these days don't even come online during their slots. I was talking to IzzyUhh; last night and she said a lot of them are only at Habbox for the DJing; they're not interested in getting involved with the community through Habbo or posting on the forum.
I think one of the reasons Gina did so well is because she has a large group of people who like her on Habbo/HxF so if she asks them to tune in for her, they will.

Who was it who was suggesting a DJ area in HxHD? I reckon that would be a pretty good idea. It would give DJs a somewhere to go in-client if they can't afford their own party room. Plus it would mean we don't have users split over three Habbox rooms: event, help desk & DJ room.

[Kyle]

People don't tune into hxl because of how the site looks whatsoever, we have two sites that play the radio and generally people don't sit and look at them, they play habbo and do other things. How do you think actual radios with no user interface work? It's ALL about DJ quality and charisma and NOTHING to do with the habbox(live) site. Look less at staff structure and more at properly vetting new djs - something that has IMO been neglected as of late. I don't tune in for furni, I don't tune in to dance to something in the help desk; I tune in for great djs with good quality microphones that know how to engage their audience. Richie and Gina could always make me laugh out loud with anecdotes and played songs that they knew people wanted to hear and that, I think, is the secret to their success in recent years compared to other DJs.

This has been said since what seems to be the dawn of time now, but we NEED more regular shows. The vault was PERFECT, bring it back. The weakest link, the Friday night call in show. Even going way back, there weren't DJs that simply took what they could get and begged for requests, there were people who actually planned their shows, knew what to play and more importantly what to say. If you want to expand your fanbase you need to find out what they want and work on it. GiveAways only go so far, too. It was jade's master plan a while ago and as you can see it really doesn't retain listeners. People tuning in because they're told to do so for a piece of furni aren't the ones that are going to stick aroud, the ones that tune in for a laugh and some good music that can identify with the djs are.

More (planned) double djing would be great too. I don't mean one person taking the floor ad the other waiting for a chance to introduce a song, I mean a proper conversation. Two big personalities, not one small and one giant one.

Be more experimental with music choice too. More people like Kpop or country music than you think. If they don't, it'll grow on them. You might lose a few listeners but over time you'll get a lot more because of your variety. If in doubt, just play it?


~~from phone

[Lewis]

People don't tune into hxl because of how the site looks whatsoever, we have two sites that play the radio and generally people don't sit and look at them, they play habbo and do other things. How do you think actual radios with no user interface work? It's ALL about DJ quality and charisma and NOTHING to do with the habbox(live) site. Look less at staff structure and more at properly vetting new djs - something that has IMO been neglected as of late. I don't tune in for furni, I don't tune in to dance to something in the help desk; I tune in for great djs with good quality microphones that know how to engage their audience. Richie and Gina could always make me laugh out loud with anecdotes and played songs that they knew people wanted to hear and that, I think, is the secret to their success in recent years compared to other DJs.

This has been said since what seems to be the dawn of time now, but we NEED more regular shows. The vault was PERFECT, bring it back. The weakest link, the Friday night call in show. Even going way back, there weren't DJs that simply took what they could get and begged for requests, there were people who actually planned their shows, knew what to play and more importantly what to say. If you want to expand your fanbase you need to find out what they want and work on it. GiveAways only go so far, too. It was jade's master plan a while ago and as you can see it really doesn't retain listeners. People tuning in because they're told to do so for a piece of furni aren't the ones that are going to stick aroud, the ones that tune in for a laugh and some good music that can identify with the djs are.

More (planned) double djing would be great too. I don't mean one person taking the floor ad the other waiting for a chance to introduce a song, I mean a proper conversation. Two big personalities, not one small and one giant one.

Be more experimental with music choice too. More people like Kpop or country music than you think. If they don't, it'll grow on them. You might lose a few listeners but over time you'll get a lot more because of your variety. If in doubt, just play it?


~~from phone

I second this

country music is all I listen to basically

[DJVeni98]

Well I do guess HabboxLive made a choice between Quantity OR Quality. I guess HabboxLive's mentality is to rather have more DJ's keeping the radio up then actually producing a really good show for the listeners. The real reason why HabboQuests has a wide listener base is because people go on HabboQuests to complete quests on Habbo and gain certain badges for their Habbo Account. Well great, i've gotten a badge now! So i'll stick around for the radio as well. That's why HabboQuests has a very wide listener base. What does Habbox have? Habbox has what every other fansite has as well. Originality beats the competition. I also do suggest that whoever does check Applications for HabboxLive should start really "Judging" the applicant more based on their skills as a DJ. As from my past at HabboxLive I did have to deal with people that didn't even know what they signed up for. Literally.

[Rachel]

Well I do guess HabboxLive made a choice between Quantity OR Quality. I guess HabboxLive's mentality is to rather have more DJ's keeping the radio up then actually producing a really good show for the listeners. The real reason why HabboQuests has a wide listener base is because people go on HabboQuests to complete quests on Habbo and gain certain badges for their Habbo Account. Well great, i've gotten a badge now! So i'll stick around for the radio as well. That's why HabboQuests has a very wide listener base. What does Habbox have? Habbox has what every other fansite has as well. Originality beats the competition. I also do suggest that whoever does check Applications for HabboxLive should start really "Judging" the applicant more based on their skills as a DJ. As from my past at HabboxLive I did have to deal with people that didn't even know what they signed up for. Literally.

Yeah that is good for Habboquest but that doesn't mean they are listening either. They probably have to be tuned in when they are on habboquest. I am not saying they are a bad fansite either I am just saying. :)

[nvrspk4]

Is the DJ timetable refreshed (as in slots cleared) on a daily basis or a weekly basis? And if on a weekly basis - if a DJ just hops on, is it not recorded in the timetable on HxL? I was curious to see uptime and there are massive gaps in the timetables that seem too huge to be true...

[Calum0812]

Is the DJ timetable refreshed (as in slots cleared) on a daily basis or a weekly basis? And if on a weekly basis - if a DJ just hops on, is it not recorded in the timetable on HxL? I was curious to see uptime and there are massive gaps in the timetables that seem too huge to be true...
Timetable is locked at 12am each morning (for the previous day)
It then clears at about 6pm each day but I triggered yesterdays clearing manually earlier for some bug fixes.

Our uptime for this month so far (including covers and missed slots which are reported behind the scenes) as of Sunday at 11:59pm is

449 hours out of 480*
*20 days multiplied by 24 hours per day

Not the best, but it's not diabolical either

[-Nick]

Is the DJ timetable refreshed (as in slots cleared) on a daily basis or a weekly basis? And if on a weekly basis - if a DJ just hops on, is it not recorded in the timetable on HxL? I was curious to see uptime and there are massive gaps in the timetables that seem too huge to be true...

I believe the timetable gets refreshed/cleared on a daily basis of that day which has just been. The DJ must book via the Panel to show on the timetable, if the DJ just connects to the server it won't show on the timetable however i believe its recorded somewhere.

[Calum0812]

Thought I'd post some staffing statistics too. This is for July only and is accurate up until the latest announcement (yesterday)

Staff In (Passed Trial & Returned): 13
Currently On Trial: 12
Staff Out (Dismissed, Resigned or Failed Trial): 23

Compared to last month:

Staff In (Passed Trial & Returned): 16
On Trial at the end of last month: 8
Staff Out (Dismissed, Resigned or Failed Trial): 26

[Lewis]

i say we get a new habbox site and merge it with the radio like habbox.com is

habboxquests.com or habboxarticles.com (which is basically the quest site, dnno what it's called)

[Martin]

i say we get a new habbox site and merge it with the radio like habbox.com is

habboxquests.com or habboxarticles.com (which is basically the quest site, dnno what it's called)

How about v7? :D


ot: I listen to habboxlive whilst doing other stuff normally so its mainly listening for me. Some people have mic level issues but they should be picked up by senior staff etc.


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[nvrspk4]

Timetable is locked at 12am each morning (for the previous day)
It then clears at about 6pm each day but I triggered yesterdays clearing manually earlier for some bug fixes.

Our uptime for this month so far (including covers and missed slots which are reported behind the scenes) as of Sunday at 11:59pm is

449 hours out of 480*
*20 days multiplied by 24 hours per day

Not the best, but it's not diabolical either

Oh that's indeed super reasonable. Was just looking at days that were 3/4 empty over the past few but the daily refresh explains it :D


Thought I'd post some staffing statistics too. This is for July only and is accurate up until the latest announcement (yesterday)

Staff In (Passed Trial & Returned): 13
Currently On Trial: 12
Staff Out (Dismissed, Resigned or Failed Trial): 23

Compared to last month:

Staff In (Passed Trial & Returned): 16
On Trial at the end of last month: 8
Staff Out (Dismissed, Resigned or Failed Trial): 26

Thanks for sharing :)


Out of curiosity, are there a lot of permanent themed shows? Is there a thought to making a successful permanent show part of a track to a promotion? I know some people will say they can't be sure they'll be free and there should be ways for those people to get promotions as well (consistent DJing, covering, listeners, etc.), but perhaps if you have a permanent show and its successful its written into the promotion criteria that you have a better shot? It seems like the permanent shows with a clear theme that people knew would be on and the DJ had a pre-set theme to talk about rather than having to make crap up.

Ideas like a Dear Abby themed hour (with a funny person giving advice), a joke show, a country show, even two characters who squabble in a funny way (I think once I did a show with a manager where they kept "getting in trouble" on the radio and I kept threatening to throw them off). Just thoughts, entertaining things that keep people tuned in for more than the music (and prevents them from tuning out bc they don't want to miss the next bit.)

[Calum0812]

Oh that's indeed super reasonable. Was just looking at days that were 3/4 empty over the past few but the daily refresh explains it :D
Might also be worth mentioning that all DJs must have two slots booked on the timetable somewhere by 8pm on Monday. Failure to do this and they get a caution. We think of it as a sort of activity check but it also keeps the timetable booked up.


Thanks for sharing :)
No problem :)


Out of curiosity, are there a lot of permanent themed shows?
We have two at the moment with a couple of DJs giving us their ideas for shows. We're hoping for a good five or six though within the next couple of weeks!


Is there a thought to making a successful permanent show part of a track to a promotion? I know some people will say they can't be sure they'll be free and there should be ways for those people to get promotions as well (consistent DJing, covering, listeners, etc.), but perhaps if you have a permanent show and its successful its written into the promotion criteria that you have a better shot? It seems like the permanent shows with a clear theme that people knew would be on and the DJ had a pre-set theme to talk about rather than having to make crap up.
It certainly is considered by us when we look into promotions because it shows a certain level of commitment. However, with recent affairs, we are struggling to find people who deserve the roles, and who have been here long enough to know the roles well enough. For this reason, I'm concerned at the idea of introducing more requirements.


Ideas like a Dear Abby themed hour (with a funny person giving advice), a joke show, a country show, even two characters who squabble in a funny way (I think once I did a show with a manager where they kept "getting in trouble" on the radio and I kept threatening to throw them off). Just thoughts, entertaining things that keep people tuned in for more than the music (and prevents them from tuning out bc they don't want to miss the next bit.)
See this is what we need. Constructive advice about what shows are wanted. It's all very well me thinking ideas up with the DJs but if the community don't want them, forget it. I like the idea of doing some kind of drama, how do we think that'd go down? Maybe only an hour a month or something but an idea nonetheless.
I did The Chatathon (Debateathon, Argueathon, whatever people want to call it) which seemed to go down quite well so maybe we do need a chat show with two people who are willing to put the planning into it.

Thanks for the suggestions though, +rep :)

[nvrspk4]

See this is what we need. Constructive advice about what shows are wanted. It's all very well me thinking ideas up with the DJs but if the community don't want them, forget it. I like the idea of doing some kind of drama, how do we think that'd go down? Maybe only an hour a month or something but an idea nonetheless.
I did The Chatathon (Debateathon, Argueathon, whatever people want to call it) which seemed to go down quite well so maybe we do need a chat show with two people who are willing to put the planning into it.

Thanks for the suggestions though, +rep :)

Perhaps you could create some kind of a competition for ideas for a show? Either internally or among the members? Sure there will be some swings and misses but some will take. Also as far as two people chat show, we all have the friends where we say "your life could be a sitcom" - those people put together on air ensure hilarity :P Often you don't even need to plan it - I think Jess and someone used to do that show and I know Adzeh and Angel-Light used to do a joint show as well, they didn't even have to plan they just jumped on air and had a conversation with each other and the audience.