Events

[Danny]

I spoke about this on Habbo a few days ago but since HxSS with the exception of Zebbadi, the majority of Events have been hosted by the community. The events have been fun, active so my proposal is this. Keep things the way they are now all year round. Aslong as an event is booked and the respective host has the ability to provide prizes, I don't see what the issue would be. There would be the freedom to host events without feeling the need to complete minimums, as we all have lives to lead and can't always complete each week. If the issue is somebody new comes along and could compromise Habbox's Official status then they would have to complete an events trial perhaps, but in the whole I think this would work more in Habbox's favour

[Katy]

Get them all to trial first. Then they can host when and how many they want a year:).

It wouldn't be fair to just trial some of them and not others.

[James]

So you're saying: scrap the events minimum & let anyone host?

Thats not meaning to take the piss, thats a genuine question

[Absently]

If we do this the events department becomes defunct. Let's look back a few months ago where everybody was allowed host events, nobody hosted events. People only host during special events and once that's over they don't bother. I genuinely don't see the point. If people want to join the events department, where the minimum is two events (which isn't all that massive) they are welcome to, especially now that they don't have to change their names ;)

[Danny]

It sounds crazy but look at the facts, most of Hxss has been kept alive by the community not events staff so yeah James I kinda feel events is a little redundant. Zebbadi has contributed the most, no disrespect to anyone else in the department

[Kyle]

As a collective the events team (including guests) have hosted approximately 37% of the events over the past three weeks. Without zebbadi, that drops down to about 20%. I don't agree with opening up events to other hosts but I certainly think more effort needs to be made to keep those hosting during HxSS as slightly more permanent fixtures if they enjoy creating and hosting games :) It's a worrying state of affairs in any department where the majority of its staff manage to do more in terms of minimums than their manager, too.

[Hannah]

I wouldn't suggest opening it up as a free for all, but there are members of the community who would like to host events but would rather not be dedicated to minimums if they can't ensure in themselves that they'll be able to get the time (despite it only being 2 a week).

Then again, there is nothing stopping members of the community hosting these events, it just wouldn't be an official Habbox event.

[Alysha]

It was opened up and no one hosted, if you get rid of the minimums then even less will be hosted. Yes, minimums play on a sense of obligation rather than a want to host, but at the end of the day, they applied for the department and knew up front the minimums in place.
Opening up would just drive events further into the ground. It needs a loyal team, and if that can expand, minimums could be lowered; two a week isn't that much in the scheme of things.
If opening up say weekly events to community hosting, I'm not against that. The only reason it's been popular during these two weeks is hxss and that hype will die down. So not sure it'd even work

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It was opened up and no one hosted, if you get rid of the minimums then even less will be hosted. Yes, minimums play on a sense of obligation rather than a want to host, but at the end of the day, they applied for the department and knew up front the minimums in place.
Opening up would just drive events further into the ground. It needs a loyal team, and if that can expand, minimums could be lowered; two a week isn't that much in the scheme of things.
If opening up say weekly events to community hosting, I'm not against that. The only reason it's been popular during these two weeks is hxss and that hype will die down. So not sure it'd even work

[Matt]

Basing this off the main booking thread calendar, if the minimums are 2 Events per week and HxSS is over 2 weeks, each host should have hosted 4 as a minimum (not including on air comps):

Meanies: 2
Zebbadi: 25
!:random!:!: 6
Cabl: 1
Kimmy/Ripieno: 3
Lesbon: 2
lRhyss: 0
Mrs_Plant: 2
Ozzinator: 2

43 Events in total, more than half hosted by Sam alone. One EO hasn't even viewed the booking calendar thread either. I'm not sure if allowing all staff to host or opening it up to a wider audience would do anything major. Everything will most likely go pretty quiet after tomorrow.

[Absently]

It was opened up and no one hosted, if you get rid of the minimums then even less will be hosted. Yes, minimums play on a sense of obligation rather than a want to host, but at the end of the day, they applied for the department and knew up front the minimums in place.
Opening up would just drive events further into the ground. It needs a loyal team, and if that can expand, minimums could be lowered; two a week isn't that much in the scheme of things.
If opening up say weekly events to community hosting, I'm not against that. The only reason it's been popular during these two weeks is hxss and that hype will die down. So not sure it'd even work

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It was opened up and no one hosted, if you get rid of the minimums then even less will be hosted. Yes, minimums play on a sense of obligation rather than a want to host, but at the end of the day, they applied for the department and knew up front the minimums in place.
Opening up would just drive events further into the ground. It needs a loyal team, and if that can expand, minimums could be lowered; two a week isn't that much in the scheme of things.
If opening up say weekly events to community hosting, I'm not against that. The only reason it's been popular during these two weeks is hxss and that hype will die down. So not sure it'd even workI know that Jake tried community hosting where he had an event once a week that was advertised as community where people were allowed just host the game themselves, but nobody really bothered.

[Meanies]

As has been said already, anyone was able to host events at the start of the year and it wasn't being used, so I chose to remove that option from staff, why would anyone join events if they could just host anyway? Community hosting was trialled and was not a success as no one was interested so it also was scrapped.

As we all know, Sammy has put a hell of a lot more into the department than anyone else and it is greatly appreciated, I have already put his name forward for when I resign next week and hope they make a good decision.

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[Inseriousity.]

I think making decisions based on HxSS (and other big events) is futile as it's not representative of the day-to-day running of Habbox. As I have mentioned before (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=827222), I think this issue is a much wider problem than staff indifference. Admittedly, departments have always been propped up by a minority of 'above and beyond' staff but Habbox is getting to the point where those staff are having to cover for a lot more people than they usually did. While I disagree with the idea, I do think it's a good point to bring up. If the community has to host such a huge proportion of events to keep it going, that's a shame. I stopped being staff because it was just depressing how this sort of thing is becoming more and more like the norm at Habbox with little being done to counteract it.

On the plus side, I have been really impressed with some of the more original events from people for this HxSS. I haven't been super active this year as I've decided to move on and just become a forum lurker (aside from the occasional login, I'm just not interested in Habbo). It's usually just Plebings who tries new original ideas for events (most of them sublime) so it was nice to see Jord's duck game which is nervewracking lmaoo and the others.

[zebbadi]

It's going to die down after HxSS and no one will want to host, it's the same old scenario. There are ways to get people into the department and I actually do have some ideas how we can try and achieve that. I was also impressed with the unqiue events hosted by some of the members. I have jotted them all down and I hope they get implemented very soon.

[Kyle]

Admittedly, departments have always been propped up by a minority of 'above and beyond' staff but Habbox is getting to the point where those staff are having to cover. I stopped being staff because it was just depressing how this sort of thing is becoming more and more like the norm at Habbox with little being done to counteract it.
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What can be done

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It's going to die down after HxSS and no one will want to host, it's the same old scenario. There are ways to get people into the department and I actually do have some ideas how we can try and achieve that. I was also impressed with the unqiue events hosted by some of the members. I have jotted them all down and I hope they get implemented very soon.
Problem is not 100% type of events, it's variety in hosts.

[Inseriousity.]

I have already given suggestions to improve membership. Even if they would not work or management tried their own things, at least the community (and staff) would be able to see that attempts are being made. If you click the link, you can see why I think this is not currently happening.

[Brad]

What can be done

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Problem is not 100% type of events, it's variety in hosts.

I agree with Kyle here.
There is something that we are missing in terms of getting the number of EO's. I know for me the only reason I left hosting is due to the change in staff..
It's hard to work for someone who isn't motivated in their position.

[Kyle]

I have already given suggestions to improve membership. Even if they would not work or management tried their own things, at least the community (and staff) would be able to see that attempts are being made. If you click the link, you can see why I think this is not currently happening.
wwhat were your suggestions (repeating things helps in feedback)

[Inseriousity.]

No it doesn't lmao. You of all people should know that.

[Kyle]

don't be a pessimist (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=828171) :)
What have you suggested to improve the situation? :P even if repetition is just for my benefit

[Inseriousity.]

This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=827222)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=816462)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=790483&highlight=action+plan)

[Kyle]

This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=827222)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=816462)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=790483&highlight=action+plan)
Those are problems. What specifically would you suggest be done to combat low staff numbers?
lawrawrrr; what is the funding situation at the moment? Can tokens->credits exchange be reimplimented?

[MKR&*42]

This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=827222)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=816462)
This (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=790483&highlight=action+plan)

Omg

I forgot Laura's comment when she said "skimmed thread.. but we're not lazy"

lmfao.

[Kyle]

Omg

I forgot Laura's comment when she said "skimmed thread.. but we're not lazy"

lmfao.
ahaha completely missed that. golden.

[lawrawrrr]

Those are problems. What specifically would you suggest be done to combat low staff numbers?
@lawrawrrr (http://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=61966); what is the funding situation at the moment? Can tokens->credits exchange be reimplimented?
Matt handles Habbox's funding and holds most of the BGs, I have credits which I buy myself which I'll use to fund big events, competitions and things like that because I (personally) think that's more important than the token shop, ngl.

[Inseriousity.]

They are problems but they have ideas within them. I have moved on from active engagement with Habbox's problems. I just no longer have the patience to care so my contribution to feedback will probably be a few paragraphs here and there rather than the usual dissection of problems/ideas/solutions that I would usually enjoy. If you still care enough then great.

The most recent thread (top link) has my current analysis in it, that hasn't really changed.

lmaoooo hayden ikr