Arcade Manager

[scottish]

Can we have this role re-introduced?

I don't think the Forum Staff have to time to perform this role as well as their other jobs, and as we used to have this role it was quite obviously needed.

After this (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=818859) thread I think it's agreed that the arcade needs some TLC.

Hell even that threads gave more publicity to the arcade and it's picked up a bit

The roles it would perform would be;
- Add new games (permanently, trial, for one tournament only, etc)
- Remove broken games (scores not saving, etc)
- Manually hold tournament (since this doesn't support proper tournaments, would have to manually organize it)
- Introduce some reward scheme (Maybe a MOTM type thing, one member per month wins VIP and it can be for a variety of things which could change per month, maybe most plays, most high scores, most time spent, etc?)

and probably some other stuff that I've forgot to include.

[buttons]

wow didnt know there was an arcade manager before but i do remember we had tournaments, they were fun! that was probably the only and last time i played the arcade, until now.

[scottish]

nvrspk4 was an arcade manager in like, 2011 and prior I think?

[Chris]

I wonder if you'll ever run out of things to give feedback on.

- Add new games (permanently, trial, for one tournament only, etc)

This can be done by me or Matt.

- Remove broken games (scores not saving, etc)

As above

- Manually hold tournament (since this doesn't support proper tournaments, would have to manually organize it)

Forum Management or anyone else who wants to run one. We might even supply prizes.

- Introduce some reward scheme (Maybe a MOTM type thing, one member per month wins VIP and it can be for a variety of things which could change per month, maybe most plays, most high scores, most time spent, etc?)

Forum Management

[Lewis]

oh yes that would be amazing

can I just say there aren't any broken games... don't know why people keep saying that? Bejeweled works fine. Angry birds works fine. They all work fine? @scottish (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53890); @Wispur (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=55895); --- If anyone is confused as to how to submit their scores on some games, ask me and I'll show ya

[scottish]

Again, I feel someone specific for that role would be better.

Forum Management obviously have other things on there hands, and having to take time out of that purely to run an arcade tournament or sort out a reward scheme seems out of the question.

This would be an active role, where they would actively be updating arcade etc.

Where as using you or matt would be passive, as you're not going to be constantly doing it.

For it to succeed I feel as though we'd need someone actively maintaining it. Not once a month or something whenever they feel like it :P

[Lewis]

If there were to be an arcade manager role (or even if it was just staff, perhaps a form of forum staff) it'd probably be good if it was someone who's already active in the arcade, such as @Inseriousity. (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=26409); or whoever if they were up for it

[Chippiewill]

I think you need ridiculous amounts of access to do half those things practically so I don't really see the point.

[scottish]

I think you need ridiculous amounts of access to do half those things practically so I don't really see the point.

What would they need;

- Access to one folder in FTP (if I remember correctly, there's only one games folder?)
- Access to the arcade plugin/section of admin cp

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If there were to be an arcade manager role (or even if it was just staff, perhaps a form of forum staff) it'd probably be good if it was someone who's already active in the arcade, such as @Inseriousity. (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=26409); or whoever if they were up for it

I'd suggest new blood.

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oh yes that would be amazing

can I just say there aren't any broken games... don't know why people keep saying that? Bejeweled works fine. Angry birds works fine. They all work fine? @scottish (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=53890); @Wispur (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=55895); --- If anyone is confused as to how to submit their scores on some games, ask me and I'll show ya

I've never played most, but a few people seemed to complain about lack of scores saving? so I assume there was broken games.

[Lewis]

What would they need;

- Access to one folder in FTP (if I remember correctly, there's only one games folder?)
- Access to the arcade plugin/section of admin cp

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I'd suggest new blood.

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I've never played most, but a few people seemed to complain about lack of scores saving? so I assume there was broken games.

Some games can be a bit confusing or a bit vague in explanation as how to submit the scores, such as Angry Birds, but I've not encountered any actual broken games.

[Kyle]

Being able to do something doesn't mean it's going to get done Chris

Being back nevillespeak4


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[Nick]

Thought you said forum management were lazy and do nothing so why cant this be done by forum management. Ill look into hosting a better manual arcade tournament rather than the one last time.

[scottish]

Ah okay, then perhaps another role can be to sort game descriptions to include this info.

A few I've seen have no descriptions or tells you nothing about the game.

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Thought you said forum management were lazy and do nothing so why cant this be done by forum management. Ill look into hosting a better manual arcade tournament rather than the one last time.

Because again, if you's both done it I feel it would be a passive thing. You'd do it now due to this thread but then in a few months it would be lost again and I'd encourage a staff member for this specific purpose so that they have no excuse for not doing it.

[MKR&*42]

Yeah it'd be great to actually have someone dedicated to the arcade role. It reallyyy does need some more games and a new lease of life... i probably phrased that wrong but eh.

[Kyle]

We have a debates leader so why not an arcade manager

Justify it


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[Chippiewill]

We have a debates leader so why not an arcade manager

Justify it
We haven't had a new debate in over a month, one of them is two months old.

Active my ass.

[Lewis]

We have a debates leader so why not an arcade manager

Justify it


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I was actually typing the exact same thing before I saw this!

[buttons]

Lewis; i couldnt figure out how to submit a score for pacman i think

[Lewis]

@Lewis (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=70869); i couldnt figure out how to submit a score for pacman i think

When the game finishes after losing all three lives it'll ask you to enter your name (you don't need to do that) with a submit button below it. Just click the submit button :).

[Kyle]

We haven't had a new debate in over a month, one of them is two months old.

Active my ass.

Even more back up for the suggestion then IMO. Debate leader is a role that can be performed by any member of management with access to the official debates forum but nobody has picked up the mantle where the dedicated staf has been absent. For a month or two somebody will do stuff with the arcade throug obligation and eventually have to be reminded because they are "too busy" with other roles or "real life" just like posting stats. 1 person dedicated to providing a service and keeping users constantly engaged is better than others doing it as an administrative jb with no passion


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[Phil]

Yes, Debates has been a mess lately both myself and Dan realise that but we are currently talking about some new implementations to try and give ti the boost that it needs.

[buttons]

Lewis; what bout monkey flight

[Samantha]

On the Arcade sometimes, if you've submitted a score recently for some reason it won't do it again. I think it's more if you don't set your comment though. It's mainly fine.

[Lewis]

@Lewis (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=70869); what bout monkey flight

By the looks of it, your score has already been submitted if you look at the arcade homepage :P

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One thing I've noticed is that if there's been loads of scores or if your score is really small, it won't appear at the bottom for you to make a comment - but don't worry, it's still submitted your score. So don't think it hasn't just because of that!

[Chris]

The difference is, the debates leader role doesn't require admin access to the forum and it doesn't require FTP access. I'm not giving anyone else admin so you might as well forget this whole idea. There is absolutely no reason why Forum Management can't do this as they have plenty of time to do at least one every couple of weeks between the two of them.

[buttons]

nm it saves itself i think?
ok thx

[Lewis]

nm it saves itself i think?

Yeah, I think it does.

[Kyle]

The difference is, the debates leader role doesn't require admin access to the forum and it doesn't require FTP access. I'm not giving anyone else admin so you might as well forget this whole idea. There is absolutely no reason why Forum Management can't do this as they have plenty of time to do at least one every couple of weeks between the two of them.

Will they do it


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[Chris]

Will they do it


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They will do it. Especially if it means they get some peace and quiet!

[Chippiewill]

Especially now that Nick's back.

[Nick]

Especially now that Nick's back.

dunno if that was sarcastic ;l

[Inseriousity.]

Regarding games that don't work:

I don't have a clue how to submit Angry Birds score.
When I try to submit for Ms Pacman score, the screen changes to the forum index page and I've never got it working.

Haven't really played all of them and the rest I do play work.

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As for Arcade Manager, no offence to nvr who was a brilliant general manager but it sorta felt like a role for him rather than because it was actually needed. I don't see how what's been suggested can't be done by forum management or even competitions management to organise the competitions aspect if it actually is too much (not that it should be).

[Phil]

dno what that's supposed to mean ;lll

We'll do it if it keeps ye quiet!!

[scottish]

The difference is, the debates leader role doesn't require admin access to the forum and it doesn't require FTP access. I'm not giving anyone else admin so you might as well forget this whole idea. There is absolutely no reason why Forum Management can't do this as they have plenty of time to do at least one every couple of weeks between the two of them.

a) You can restrict them to only have access to one folder in FTP, the one they upload games to
b) You can restrict them on AdminCP to see only the arcade plugin afaik

[Lewis]

Regarding games that don't work:

I don't have a clue how to submit Angry Birds score.
When I try to submit for Ms Pacman score, the screen changes to the forum index page and I've never got it working.

Haven't really played all of them and the rest I do play work.

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As for Arcade Manager, no offence to nvr who was a brilliant general manager but it sorta felt like a role for him rather than because it was actually needed. I don't see how what's been suggested can't be done by forum management or even competitions management to organise the competitions aspect if it actually is too much (not that it should be).

I've recently played angry birds and scored #2 in the game. I'll go have a look at it again and tell you how to submit the score

for the ms pacman game, i think that might just be an issue on your side of things

[Chippiewill]

b) You can restrict them on AdminCP to see only the arcade plugin afaik

Some of the plugins habbox uses just give access to anyone with admin.

[scottish]

Some of the plugins habbox uses just give access to anyone with admin.

Give Habiba access to the Arcade plugin and see what else you have access to?

[Lewis]

Regarding games that don't work:

I don't have a clue how to submit Angry Birds score.
When I try to submit for Ms Pacman score, the screen changes to the forum index page and I've never got it working.

Haven't really played all of them and the rest I do play work.

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As for Arcade Manager, no offence to nvr who was a brilliant general manager but it sorta felt like a role for him rather than because it was actually needed. I don't see how what's been suggested can't be done by forum management or even competitions management to organise the competitions aspect if it actually is too much (not that it should be).

Ok I've figured it out again - play as many of the levels as you can and when you've reached as many as you feel you can do - be it only one or all of them - click the submit button that appears here after a cleared level. It will total all of your scores from each level :).

http://i59.tinypic.com/15eckzl.png

[Inseriousity.]

yeah I think it is cos I saw someone submit a score a while ago but I never bothered to mention it.
as for angry birds, I've never really cared because I'm crap at it lmaooo

[xxMATTGxx]

No to Admin
No to FTP

[Chris]

a) You can restrict them to only have access to one folder in FTP, the one they upload games to
b) You can restrict them on AdminCP to see only the arcade plugin afaik

A) I know but it still doesn't change the fact that it will be giving someone access to files which could allow them to mess the arcade up.
B) Yes but they would still have administrative permissions on the forum which isnt going to be happening.


No to Admin
No to FTP

Amen to that.

If you want to do the things you listed in the original post then go ahead. Theres nobody stopping you making your own tournaments and theres nothing stopping you requesting new games either. Forum Management will work on this in their own time so expect to see an update from them soon.

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