(A)GMs hosting on-client Events

[Matt]

Hey,

After having a look at other fansites (and seeing how popular they are) it crossed my mind - why don't Habbox (Assistant)GMs host on-client events. It wouldn't be a minimum but they could do it to fill up slots where there's a lot of people online and would improve the 2 (maybe 3) events per day we are seeing at the moment. It also shows the community that they are actually active and are doing something try and deal with inactivity without putting pressure on mangers to try fix it themselves. (Assistant)GMs have a lot of power that normal managers/staff don't have, so having them host means they can answer questions, help solve issues and actually interact with the community instead of just sit in the helpdesk and have the odd conversation with people who come in and ask for help.

I'll probably be called crazy for suggesting such a thing and that I underestimate the amount of time (Assistant)GMs actually invest into Habbox - but hey it's worth a shot.

[David]

i concur

[Nick]

would be cool to see considering today is sunday and there were 4 events since last saturday

every time i go on habbo i go to hffm events tbh cause no one hosts events anymore

[Brad]

I you're onto something, Matt; I agree with the fact that (Assistant)GMs would be a huge help not only to put a face to them as well!
I don't think you're crazy. I think you're onto something.

[Matt]

would be cool to see considering today is sunday and there were 4 events since last saturday

every time i go on habbo i go to hffm events tbh cause no one hosts events anymore

same.

[Inseriousity.]

It's crazy how few events there are these days so I agree :)

[Empired]

But exciting games that have had thought put into their creation like Jake's pac-man and things!
Not all the time obvs because they take a lot of time to make so sometimes we can just have bog standard games but I want some innovative 1s too!!

[Matt]

But exciting games that have had thought put into their creation like Jake's pac-man and things!
Not all the time obvs because they take a lot of time to make so sometimes we can just have bog standard games but I want some innovative 1s too!!

Surely we aren't in a position to be demanding things like innovative events!!

The only thing with asking for innovative events is we'll get given a monthly event that will be created and it'll be hosted once a month. I was more referring to just normal events to help boost online presence and the events timetable - meaning they'll be hosted a lot. I guess anything is better than what we've got lol.

[Empired]

Surely we aren't in a position to be demanding things like innovative events!!

The only thing with asking for innovative events is we'll get given a monthly event that will be created and it'll be hosted once a month. I was more referring to just normal events to help boost online presence and the events timetable - meaning they'll be hosted a lot. I guess anything is better than what we've got lol.
Oh yeah I was trying to say I want some of those as well but basically all I was really thinking of was some Pac-Man too. I love that game and I remember it being extremely popular everyyy time I was there, and it's been created before so it's not like general management would suddenly be building a game from scratch?

[Matt]

Oh yeah I was trying to say I want some of those as well but basically all I was really thinking of was some Pac-Man too. I love that game and I remember it being extremely popular everyyy time I was there, and it's been created before so it's not like general management would suddenly be building a game from scratch?

Pac-Man was good. I seem to recall it didn't last very long though? Idk it was when Chris was GM/AGM I remember that much.

[Empired]

Pac-Man was good. I seem to recall it didn't last very long though? Idk it was when Chris was GM/AGM I remember that much.
It didn't, but I also remember hardly anyone won. Like there must have been maybe 3, possibly 4 winners in the whole hour? And games were sometimes only 20 seconds.

[Matt]

It didn't, but I also remember hardly anyone won. Like there must have been maybe 3, possibly 4 winners in the whole hour? And games were sometimes only 20 seconds.

I'd want games where multiple people can play at once. Waiting 10 minutes to play an event that lasts 20 seconds doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

[scottish]

What are the prizes like in Hx events vs other fansites events

[Matt]

What are the prizes like in Hx events vs other fansites events

All events at HFFM i've won recently have been 4c. I'm not sure about Habbox though, I've not been to one in months because there's never any on for my timezone.

[Empired]

All events at HFFM i've won recently have been 4c. I'm not sure about Habbox though, I've not been to one in months because there's never any on for my timezone.
In the past it has been a prize that equates to at least 2c but that was quite a while ago so I'm sure it could have changed since then.

[scottish]

I'd imagine prizes are a huge impact on which fansites events you go to, so if it's not on par with other fansites make sure it's changed.

[Chris]

Pac-Man was good. I seem to recall it didn't last very long though? Idk it was when Chris was GM/AGM I remember that much.

Yeah it was me. I've still got the room in place actually, although I think some of the wired has been removed as some of it belonged to Sho.

Anyway yes I agree, if they have any time to slot in some events then that would be good!

[David]

Habbox is the only one ive seen that offers more than credits, the other sites hosts just trade you and throw credits at you

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[Empired]

Habbox is the only one ive seen that offers more than credits, the other sites hosts just trade you and throw credits at you

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Are you saying that's a good or bad thing? More prize options might not necessarily be a good thing, but I can't work out if you're already saying that :P

[lawrawrrr]

I have been meaning to host for ages, I've got a couple of rooms set up and everything - it's hard to book an hour in advance (things always pop up that need dealing with straight away) and other times I'm usually working on other things or generally having a break (which I think even I deserve!!)

It's really easy to let it slip your mind when you've got so many other things and discussions on the go. I will try to find time though, maybe today if I get these other bits done!

[Matt]

it's hard to book an hour in advance

Interesting.

Do you speak on behalf of all General Management or just yourself? As Kelly is given free Builders Club (if that's still a thing) you could all use that and come up with some amazing events rooms (making furni and room building no issue). Not to mention it makes a lot of sense for the AGM Community to take the lead on this seeing as it's on client and kinda their job.

Lets hope when events do happen they stay consistent! Leading by example is always a good thing :)

[lawrawrrr]

Interesting.

Do you speak on behalf of all General Management or just yourself? As Kelly is given free Builders Club (if that's still a thing) you could all use that and come up with some amazing events rooms (making furni and room building no issue). Not to mention it makes a lot of sense for the AGM Community to take the lead on this seeing as it's on client and kinda their job.

Lets hope when events do happen they stay consistent! Leading by example is always a good thing :)
I would never speak FOR them but I know we all do have things popping up all the time to deal with! Kelly does still have free Builder's Club yes, I don't think you necessarily need this for a decent events room! Some of FlyingJesus;' rooms get really full and popular and they're maybe not the most.. spectacular... rooms sometimes!

[Matt]

I would never speak FOR them but I know we all do have things popping up all the time to deal with! Kelly does still have free Builder's Club yes, I don't think you necessarily need this for a decent events room! Some of @FlyingJesus (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=24753);' rooms get really full and popular and they're maybe not the most.. spectacular... rooms sometimes!

Well my point was that free Builders Club means there should be no excuse to not host events. It should just be a part of the role.

And well in that case I look forward to their replies :D

[lawrawrrr]

Well my point was that free Builders Club means there should be no excuse to not host events. It should just be a part of the role.

And well in that case I look forward to their replies :D
Just because you have Builder's Club doesn't mean you automatically have the time to build a room or host an event!!

[scottish]

give someone else it then

[lawrawrrr]

She has BC for the HxHD mainly! Otherwise we'd have to buy all the furni all the time, which we don't have the funds for :P

[scottish]

buy it, and give someone who can't afford it the free bc so they can dedicate time to event rooms

what is bc anyway like 6 quid a month?

[Absently]

I actually do host events when I have the time and have an events room set up and tend to change it every few months. I like to try and host when we get an event on so we can keep a flow with several events in a row. At the moment I have been overwhelmed with uni exams so my activity on habbo in general hasn't been the best so that's why you won't have seen any from me in a while :)

[lawrawrrr]

buy it, and give someone who can't afford it the free bc so they can dedicate time to event rooms

what is bc anyway like 6 quid a month?
yeah I'm not going to force someone to spend their earned money so we can give away the BC for someone to host events... our bigger official events (which Kelly builds for sometimes) and HxHD are more important. The BC can only be given to a fansite rep as well - so that would technically limit it to Matt, Kelly, Lauren, me and possibly Alex (who buys BC anyway). I believe for a while we did give it to Alex instead but with the HxHD going into Kelly's hands it made more sense for her to have the BC.

[FlyingJesus]

would be cool to see considering today is sunday and there were 4 events since last saturday

every time i go on habbo i go to hffm events tbh cause no one hosts events anymore

Yeah we've had like 2 events hosts for ages which was rubbish but had a few more join this week so things should be picking up now :D and when exams are all finished there are certain people who've said they'll make a return too


I'd want games where multiple people can play at once. Waiting 10 minutes to play an event that lasts 20 seconds doesn't appeal to me in the slightest.

I prefer hosting games with multiple players for exactly this reason; if you're only catering to one person at a time then people just get annoyed and leave. Plus it's more fun when you're competing with someone other than just a bunch of wired I think


Habbox is the only one ive seen that offers more than credits, the other sites hosts just trade you and throw credits at you

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Oddly there were a couple of people in my event yesterday who were absolutely thrilled at the prospect of having a choice of prizes lol, they didn't win anything but it obviously does make us stand out a bit yeah


I would never speak FOR them but I know we all do have things popping up all the time to deal with! Kelly does still have free Builder's Club yes, I don't think you necessarily need this for a decent events room! Some of @FlyingJesus (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=24753);' rooms get really full and popular and they're maybe not the most.. spectacular... rooms sometimes!

MY ROOMS ARE AMAZING are you kidding me I get complimented on them all the time ;||||||||

[Kyle]

what happened to the weekly events that happened each day? can they not be replicated by a constant member of management?

[David]

what happened to the weekly events that happened each day? can they not be replicated by a constant member of management?

plant made like 6 of them but never hosted
then left
and no ones done anything since

[Matt]

She has BC for the HxHD mainly! Otherwise we'd have to buy all the furni all the time, which we don't have the funds for :P

If you're using free Builders Club mainly for HxHD (a room that isn't really that populated at the best of times) then I'd say it's a poor use of it imo. You should be using it for a number of other things and get multiple uses out of it.


I actually do host events when I have the time and have an events room set up and tend to change it every few months. I like to try and host when we get an event on so we can keep a flow with several events in a row. At the moment I have been overwhelmed with uni exams so my activity on habbo in general hasn't been the best so that's why you won't have seen any from me in a while :)

Surely it should be happening anyway, not just when special events are on. Out of interest, when was the last time you hosted an event? (other than hxhd which is held in your room).

[lawrawrrr]

Multiple uses like, say, the official fansite events? For rooms for other people to host in? Yeah it's used for both those things as well as the HxHD...


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[Samantha]

I've been thinking how to give my feedback on this, so if it sounds mean or anything sorry, but I just think it's fair what I am saying!

It would be amazing to get the (Assistant) General Management team to host events, it would probably make them seem even more approachable than they are now, and make them more established in the Habbox community on client. However, before one of them starts hosting an event (an additional role seemingly, as one of their priorities is to overlook the departments they manage) then they should actually look at the department in general first. It's all fine and good saying, oh yeah AGMs should host events, what about Events Management adhering to the minimums in the department? Don't get me wrong, I like Jake and everything (sorry it's really hard not to mention names when there's only one person in Events Management), but looking at the Community Notice Board, there's 2 events hosted by Jake for the duration of May so far - now there may be reasons for this (and I do apologise if there is), but looking at it from an outsiders point of view it doesn't look particularly good when the Senior Events Organiser is pretty much hosting over half the month's total (which is about 20 not counting SNQ or win a room/giveaways).

I know it's exam period, so I understand that staff may be harder to come by, and those that you have might be posted away, but there's nothing to say you can't attempt to recruit still! The job openings hasn't been bumped in over a month, some people might have finished their exams now and not realise applications are open - even sending another PM out might help (as I was tempted last time to come back)*.

*Just a note, I have the ability to host as a manager (I don't have a room or actual Credits at the moment), so I chose not to come back as really there's nothing (that I know about) that's beneficial for me actually being in the department. I don't mean I want to get paid or anything for hosting events, I mean what's the difference between hosting as an Events Organiser and hosting as a Department Manager? There needs to be that additional thing - even if it's for a normal Events Organiser, is there still an award scheme in place for hosting?

I've gone a little off topic, so I'll get back to the point - AGMs hosting would be great, Laura did a Saturday Night Quiz not too long ago if I remember correctly, (or she wrote the questions, perhaps both, I can't remember) and it went well, but it is finding the time to do it, and this goes for all the GM team. Kelly is busy with exams currently, although not to be harsh, but I don't remember the last time an event was hosted by Kelly either, unless I just haven't noticed (which is possible). Also a point that was mentioned, although even if you don't have time to give notice - you have the ability to add it to the calendar and post a CNB so I would just go ahead and host it, having an event on is better than having none at all - even if you don't get many attending because it was short notice and they didn't see it advertised, surely that's the best time to get newer people in who may be looking for something to do on Habbo?

I hope I didn't sound mean in that, I didn't want to be, but hopefully you can see where I'm coming from, and that before Laura, Kelly and Lauren start hosting events more, they should figure out how they can ensure that the department who's primary role is to host events is running smoothly and can get as many enthusiastic members as possible!

[Absently]

If you're using free Builders Club mainly for HxHD (a room that isn't really that populated at the best of times) then I'd say it's a poor use of it imo. You should be using it for a number of other things and get multiple uses out of it.



Surely it should be happening anyway, not just when special events are on. Out of interest, when was the last time you hosted an event? (other than hxhd which is held in your room).

27/04 was when I last hosted. I never said I only hosted during special events, I just meant when there was at least one other event occurring on the hour before or after so we could keep up a population.

[Matt]

She has BC for the HxHD mainly! Otherwise we'd have to buy all the furni all the time, which we don't have the funds for :P


Multiple uses like, say, the official fansite events? For rooms for other people to host in? Yeah it's used for both those things as well as the HxHD...

You literally said yourself it's used mainly for HxHD, I was only quoting what you said.

How often does Habbox host an official fansite event + isn't that mostly Plebings and the room builders with the occasional room from Kelly?

And rooms for other people to host in is great ... when people actually use them and there's an increased number of events as a result.

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Going back to my original post though, other fansites seem to do all of this and still manage to have their general management teams hosting your normal events on top of that. All I see are excuses as to why the current GM team aren't doing this :S Why not just say yes we will do this and not "actually I already have rooms, I've already thought of this, it's going to happen and has been planned to happen for months and months".

[lawrawrrr]

You literally said yourself it's used mainly for HxHD, I was only quoting what you said.

How often does Habbox host an official fansite event + isn't that mostly Plebings and the room builders with the occasional room from Kelly?

And rooms for other people to host in is great ... when people actually use them and there's an increased number of events as a result.

~~

Going back to my original post though, other fansites seem to do all of this and still manage to have their general management teams hosting your normal events on top of that. All I see are excuses as to why the current GM team aren't doing this :S Why not just say yes we will do this and not "actually I already have rooms, I've already thought of this, it's going to happen and has been planned to happen for months and months".


Yes, mainly because the HxHD room is used more than the other kinds. I was pointing out that "mainly" doesn't mean "exclusively" because that seems to be what you took it as. We have, on average, one fansite event a month with a few extras every month and again. But if Kelly didn't have the BC then we wouldn't have a HxHD really, we'd have to use the furni we have in our hands which means they can't look as impressive and we, to be honest, couldn't really accept designs from other people unless they provided all of the furni themselves (which hasn't happened in the past).

The rooms are THERE for people to use, if people don't want to host in them then we can't FORCE them to use it. They're there to make it easier for hosts and more attractive to work here, as you don't have to build a room to host events, but that doesn't seem to be something that makes that much difference in applications though.

I'm not saying YEAH IM TOTES GONNA DO ALL THE MINIMUMS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS because there isn't enough time in the day. I host events when I can, when I have a spare hour - I did the SNQ last week for example. You're getting what you call excuses because you're asking questions about why Kelly has the Builder's Club rather than someone else. We've tried to make it as appealing for events hosts to join so we don't HAVE to host events (because the whole point of having staff is so we don't have to do their jobs and can oversee and work on bigger projects).

[Matt]

Yes, mainly because the HxHD room is used more than the other kinds. I was pointing out that "mainly" doesn't mean "exclusively" because that seems to be what you took it as. We have, on average, one fansite event a month with a few extras every month and again. But if Kelly didn't have the BC then we wouldn't have a HxHD really, we'd have to use the furni we have in our hands which means they can't look as impressive and we, to be honest, couldn't really accept designs from other people unless they provided all of the furni themselves (which hasn't happened in the past).

So are you saying the General Management team are broke and rely on this free BC for the on-client presence Habbox has today? The comment about the furni in your hand didn't seem too promising at all.


The rooms are THERE for people to use, if people don't want to host in them then we can't FORCE them to use it. They're there to make it easier for hosts and more attractive to work here, as you don't have to build a room to host events, but that doesn't seem to be something that makes that much difference in applications though.

If they aren't being used then the concept hasn't been successful. EOs need to provide their own prizes, so if they can't afford a room then EO isn't right for them. I thought we established that when Smurfed- was manager.


I'm not saying YEAH IM TOTES GONNA DO ALL THE MINIMUMS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS because there isn't enough time in the day. I host events when I can, when I have a spare hour - I did the SNQ last week for example.

By all other departments you mean Events? Hardly includes every single department here at Habbox though. Slight over-exaggeration :/


You're getting what you call excuses because you're asking questions about why Kelly has the Builder's Club rather than someone else.

I think you'll find Scott said that, I was questioning the use of it rather than the person who currently has it :) I'm all for the AGM Community having it, if they make the most out of it. That's literally all I'm saying.


You also avoided my last part about how other fansites seem to do all of this on top of host normal events.

[lawrawrrr]

So are you saying the General Management team are broke and rely on this free BC for the on-client presence Habbox has today? The comment about the furni in your hand didn't seem too promising at all.

The General Management team cannot afford to buy all of the furniture for 12+ elaborate and completely different HxHD designs, plus event rooms and official fansite rooms, no (on top of all the prizes and funding we already give out).


If they aren't being used then the concept hasn't been successful. EOs need to provide their own prizes, so if they can't afford a room then EO isn't right for them. I thought we established that when Smurfed- was manager.

If someone has 100c and wants to host, they can use 100c as prizes to host 50 events... or they can spend 80c on a room and host 10 events. I think I'd rather they use our rooms!


By all other departments you mean Events? Hardly includes every single department here at Habbox though. Slight over-exaggeration :/

If I'm doing events minimums, as you seem to want me to, then what's to stop James demanding why I don't DJ? Jake that I don't spend 5 hours behind the desk a month? You could easily argue that all departments contribute to Habbox's success. I agree that Events is probably our most public-facing department but there's a lot of other things that need to be sorted out as well. I'm working on staff recruitment tactics and member activity this weekend (one example of which you can see by Ross' feedback thread which is something we've been discussing for a while) so don't think that not hosting events = doing nothing because it really, really doesn't :(


I think you'll find Scott said that, I was questioning the use of it rather than the person who currently has it :) I'm all for the AGM Community having it, if they make the most out of it. That's literally all I'm saying.

OK then, you were questioning what it's being used for then, I hope I cleared that up that Kelly is the best person to have it and is using it for multiple things!


You also avoided my last part about how other fansites seem to do all of this on top of host normal events.

Having never been part of another fansite, and not having many personal conversations with other General Managers about their workload, I couldn't answer your question. For me, as I've explained in this thread, it's a matter of timing.

[Chris]

To be fair Matt, I think you're being a bit overly critical here. The General Manager role is incredibly demanding and I can see exactly where Laura is coming from when she says there isn't enough time in a day. Also it's completely up to them who has use of Builders Club...do you really think the Help Desk would look as pretty as it does without that?

[Matt]

@lawrawrrr (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=61966);

I'm saying as a General Management team, why not share it out. I'm not saying you should be djing, hosting events, making competitions and completing all the other minimums of each departments on your own because you're the General Manager of Habbox. My original post was about events on-client and I'm saying you all have permissions to add events, there's three of you, why not all host some events. And I'm not talking about you hosting 3 a week (or completing the minimums as set by those departments), just share it out and host to increase your presence on-client.

[David]

But if Kelly didn't have the BC then we wouldn't have a HxHD really

Yes you would


unless they provided all of the furni themselves (which hasn't happened in the past).

Yes it has

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> Well before builders club, people who made a design offered to donate the furni they used to be used in the desk. When it was finished with, they would remind the person (me) and they would get it back.

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[Matt]

mattGARNER // - Today 11:07
> Well before builders club, people who made a design offered to donate the furni they used to be used in the desk. When it was finished with, they would remind the person (me) and they would get it back.

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I remember Graham donating a lot of furni for HxHD designs actually.



To be fair Matt, I think you're being a bit overly critical here. The General Manager role is incredibly demanding and I can see exactly where Laura is coming from when she says there isn't enough time in a day. Also it's completely up to them who has use of Builders Club...do you really think the Help Desk would look as pretty as it does without that?


I'll probably be called crazy for suggesting such a thing and that I underestimate the amount of time (Assistant)GMs actually invest into Habbox - but hey it's worth a shot.

lol. I was more referring to on-client events rather than HxHD designs.

I mean we could always take some of your ideas Chris and open up hosting to all staff (and not consult the manager) and see how that goes down. I mean as a short-term solution surely that'll really help!

[Inseriousity.]

lol matt's edited that. It went something like this:

Well before builder's club, people who made a design offered to donate the furni they used to be used in the desk. When it was finished with, they would remind the person (me) then they'd remind me again then they'd remind me again then they'd remind me again then they'd hold me at gunpoint til i gave their furni back and they would get it back.

:P

[lawrawrrr]

@lawrawrrr (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=61966);

I'm saying as a General Management team, why not share it out. I'm not saying you should be djing, hosting events, making competitions and completing all the other minimums of each departments on your own because you're the General Manager of Habbox. My original post was about events on-client and I'm saying you all have permissions to add events, there's three of you, why not all host some events. And I'm not talking about you hosting 3 a week (or completing the minimums as set by those departments), just share it out and host to increase your presence on-client.

Honest question here... do you really think that Lauren should have responsibility for that? As AGM content her role doesn't HAVE to have a lot to do with the hotel really as the majority of her departments (with the exception of Values I guess) could be done EXCLUSIVELY off the hotel. It's good to advertise and support Habbox as a whole but I don't think it's fair to expect the same from her as someone who's come from a really community-oriented background such as Kelly.

Yeah, I've been saying for ages that I should be hosting more events and every weekend I fully intend to (I've said it to Jake so often) and things crop up and I forget... like I said though I'm going to try and make time today in fact. I'm building a room right this second for it actually!

I do feel like I deserve a bit of credit for doing what I do do, I have hosted the SNQ a few times recently, DJed before I moved here (it's hard now I'm at home with my parents around again), I do my monthly competition, done a couple of articles, all within the last month... and that's on top of the GM things and all the Twitter marketing I've been pushing recently!


Yes you would

Yes it has

mattGARNER // - Today 11:07
> Well before builders club, people who made a design offered to donate the furni they used to be used in the desk. When it was finished with, they would remind the person (me) and they would get it back.

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What I meant by that was that it hasn't ALWAYS happened in the past - sorry - and the HxHD probably wouldn't look as good all the time because most of the furni in there is from the BC catalogues usually, so we can use the latest releases and do cool things!

I do remember on multiple occasions that HOURS used to be spent finding the one bit of furni that noone seemed to own (I have one particular memory of searching for a black minibar because the designer REFUSED to use another colour, during Samanfa;'s reign as AGM I think), and I remember quite a few designs where the designer refused to share their furni, or had used BC to build it so we'd have to replicate, and like I said, I can't force Kelly to spend her own money on Habbo(x). Reminder here that Matt had BC, which he paid for himself.

[xxMATTGxx]

lol matt's edited that. It went something like this:

Well before builder's club, people who made a design offered to donate the furni they used to be used in the desk. When it was finished with, they would remind the person (me) then they'd remind me again then they'd remind me again then they'd remind me again then they'd hold me at gunpoint til i gave their furni back and they would get it back.

:P

Still happened though didn't it? Yep. So deal with it mother fucker.

[Chris]

lol. I was more referring to on-client events rather than HxHD designs.

I mean we could always take some of your ideas Chris and open up hosting to all staff (and not consult the manager) and see how that goes down. I mean as a short-term solution surely that'll really help!

Oh I'm sorry, you put a disclaimer in your first post, HOW DARE I CALL YOU OUT. :rolleyes: You mentioned HxHD so I responded to it.

The fact you've had to resort to making spiteful remarks about previous events proves that you're wrong. But in answer to that, yes it did work and no it never did any harm to the department.

[Samantha]

Still happened though didn't it? Yep. So deal with it mother fucker.
Never got mine back, you held mine for so long that my laptop broke so I had no proof of you owing me it anymore ;). I think we got even though as you gave me Dice Masters the day before the gambling ban was put in place, so you lost out on Credits there :P.

I see everyone disregarded my point in the thread though, you need to look at the specific department before saying the GM team should host, and improve that first.

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[Matt]

Honest question here... do you really think that Lauren should have responsibility for that? As AGM content her role doesn't HAVE to have a lot to do with the hotel really as the majority of her departments (with the exception of Values I guess) could be done EXCLUSIVELY off the hotel. It's good to advertise and support Habbox as a whole but I don't think it's fair to expect the same from her as someone who's come from a really community-oriented background such as Kelly.

I do. She's AGM and has power. Her hosting increases the General Managements online presence and makes it look like they're doing more to get involved.


Yeah, I've been saying for ages that I should be hosting more events and every weekend I fully intend to (I've said it to Jake so often) and things crop up and I forget... like I said though I'm going to try and make time today in fact. I'm building a room right this second for it actually!

I do feel like I deserve a bit of credit for doing what I do do, I have hosted the SNQ a few times recently, DJed before I moved here (it's hard now I'm at home with my parents around again), I do my monthly competition, done a couple of articles, all within the last month... and that's on top of the GM things and all the Twitter marketing I've been pushing recently!

Again, it's not a single dig at you. I think as a team you need to do more to increase your online presence. Otherwise it just so happens that because you're General Manager you cop the shit. Hosting events was a possible solution to this issue.

[Plebings]

I think this should be aimed at aall management really, seeing as we all have ability to host events. I'd certainly like to get back into it, but really atm I've been quite unmotivated.

As for the BC stuff, it is much easier now for the current help desk owner to have builders club. It is necesary now when implementing designs as most submissions are created using bc, so how would they donate the furni for it? You also need to take account for abilities like being able to edit the room layout and have access to building blocks too. If there's one room that is constantly used, it is HxHD. Don't want another issue where the owner runs out of builders club and the room is locked!

Kelly actually came to me a month ago with a bunch of ideas she'd like help in designing for use with HxSS events, so bc will also be used for that when the time comes.

Honestly outside of the HxHD owner, I can't see anyone who should need it more (aside from myself, and there has actually been discussion in the past on switching it from Kelly to myself), but seeing as the fansite badge events come and go and HxHD remains a constant, it is much better to keep it this way for now.

[xxMATTGxx]

Never got mine back, you held mine for so long that my laptop broke so I had no proof of you owing me it anymore ;). I think we got even though as you gave me Dice Masters the day before the gambling ban was put in place, so you lost out on Credits there :P.

I see everyone disregarded my point in the thread though, you need to look at the specific department before saying the GM team should host, and improve that first.

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Well, you should have made backups of your screenshots then. As you could have lying and be scamming Habbox - Who is very poor. That would be like robbing from a homeless man! Full on unacceptable and utterly disgraceful ;)


I kinda forgot about the dice masters to be fair - Oh well.

[Matt]

Oh I'm sorry, you put a disclaimer in your first post, HOW DARE I CALL YOU OUT. :rolleyes: You mentioned HxHD so I responded to it.

The fact you've had to resort to making spiteful remarks about previous events proves that you're wrong. But in answer to that, yes it did work and no it never did any harm to the department.

sass (H)

I'm sure others would very much disagree, but they've kinda left Habbox or are no longer active. I'd quote my resignation PM but I'll stay on topic.

I'm stating it how it is, how else will things change if people say nothing and then sit here like it's all fine. Yes GM will probably now hate me for the attitude/tone in my posts but at least it generates discussion and gets the idea out there.

[Samantha]

I think this should be aimed at aall management really, seeing as we all have ability to host events. I'd certainly like to get back into it, but really atm I've been quite unmotivated.

As for the BC stuff, it is much easier now for the current help desk owner to have builders club. It is necesary now when implementing designs as most submissions are created using bc, so how would they donate the furni for it? You also need to take account for abilities like being able to edit the room layout and have access to building blocks too. If there's one room that is constantly used, it is HxHD. Don't want another issue where the owner runs out of builders club and the room is locked!

Kelly actually came to me a month ago with a bunch of ideas she'd like help in designing for use with HxSS events, so bc will also be used for that when the time comes.

Honestly outside of the HxHD owner, I can't see anyone who should need it more (aside from myself, and there has actually been discussion in the past on switching it from Kelly to myself), but seeing as the fansite badge events come and go and HxHD remains a constant, it is much better to keep it this way for now.
I don't think it should be aimed at all management to be honest, not as a starting point anyway. We have the ability to host events if we want to, it's not a role that's compulsory for us, but it's nice to have that option if we wish to do so. It needs to be aimed primarily at the Events Department first, it might seem I'm repeating myself with this, but approximately 20 events in a month is surely not good enough when other fansites practically have 20 events a day.

However, we could say we have the ability to post competitions, and DJ, but if the department that does the role first isn't performing, then why should a manager, who also has their own department to run do someone else's job for them? I'm not saying that I refuse to do it or anyone refuses for that matter, but there are people who applied for that department, they are expected to do that certain role yet it seems that they're not.

By all means a Department Manager can add that extra event, it would help a lot, but it's shouldn't be expected for them to do so and it's not a long term fix. Hopefully you see what I mean by that.

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[Plebings]

I'd like to think no-one is under the illusion that events are thriving, however maybe it's me being optimistic, but hopefully events and management are discussing how to improve it.

What I gather from this thread is that AGMs should feel the need to host events when times are getting rough, and I totally agree and think we should extend this message to all managers who have time (aka me atm).

[Samantha]

Oh yeah by all means, I totally understand that! I think more will be discussed about improving events/departments in general after the exam period is over and we have HxSS to look forward to. I would gladly host when I can, I prefer using my own rooms though so it's just finding a free moment to make one and sell some of my stuff to get prizes.

[FlyingJesus]

I know it's exam period, so I understand that staff may be harder to come by, and those that you have might be posted away, but there's nothing to say you can't attempt to recruit still!

3 people joined this week, so the team has literally doubled in size :D and there is a push during events to get people who like Habbo games to join the events team which is a bit of a long shot sometimes obv but has had some interest


what's the difference between hosting as an Events Organiser and hosting as a Department Manager? There needs to be that additional thing - even if it's for a normal Events Organiser, is there still an award scheme in place for hosting?

There are rewards for hosting as well as various other bits and pieces like being active in the community, recruiting new staff, doing certain events/chains of events etc. Not giving away thrones or anything but there's definitely some incentive in place :P


I think this should be aimed at aall management really, seeing as we all have ability to host events. I'd certainly like to get back into it, but really atm I've been quite unmotivated.

Def agree, and motivation is a problem for all of us now we're getting old I think haha. But yeah it does seem odd to single out [A]GMs when any manager has the option to host, obviously more likely to be the community-type teams doing it but any extra hands are useful


By all means a Department Manager can add that extra event, it would help a lot, but it's shouldn't be expected for them to do so and it's not a long term fix. Hopefully you see what I mean by that.

I don't think it's about it being an expectation, more about pulling together as a site to do what we can for each other. With no disrespect to the DJs I think a lot of us tune in purely to support the team rather than because we particularly want that music - everyone has their own stash of tunes that they could whack on if they wanted. Similarly people post in threads that don't necessarily excite them, read articles that they already know the outcome of, and enter competitions they have no intention of winning, all to give each other props and keep the community alive

[lawrawrrr]

I don't think it's about it being an expectation, more about pulling together as a site to do what we can for each other. With no disrespect to the DJs I think a lot of us tune in purely to support the team rather than because we particularly want that music - everyone has their own stash of tunes that they could whack on if they wanted. Similarly people post in threads that don't necessarily excite them, read articles that they already know the outcome of, and enter competitions they have no intention of winning, all to give each other props and keep the community alive

Can I just say I think this is a perfect attitude - and something a lot of people seem to be missing. Co-operation is pretty much the only way we're ever going to have a leg to stand on, and the amount of times I see DJs upset noone tunes into them when they don't bother to support their colleagues, or events hosts the same... or even when one department is doing particularly badly so another steps in to support (such as managers writing articles/asking their staff to chip in, as a hypothetical), it's a little bit hypocritical!

If we all supported each other then events would have 20 more people in, the radio would constantly have over 10 listeners at least, there would be 5x the amount of posts a week etc... I just wish people could see and understand this but it's hard!

It was lovely to see some of the more vocal people in this thread in my event earlier today and I would really like to thank them for coming as so often we see criticism then noone actually supports when we do do things so it restored my faith a bit haha!

[Meanies]

would be cool to see considering today is sunday and there were 4 events since last saturday

every time i go on habbo i go to hffm events tbh cause no one hosts events anymore

Event numbers have fallen completely at the minute mainly due to a lack of staff, we have only had 2 active these past few weeks due to people having exams, broken computers and busy lives but once exam season is over, there are many people who have said they will be interested in joining us and the numbers will jump up again.


Pac-Man was good. I seem to recall it didn't last very long though? Idk it was when Chris was GM/AGM I remember that much.

Pac Man still is good! Chris set up the original and I think then Coral made one, and I had one until my BC ended. It is a great game for getting people into the room as a lot of people have never seen a Pac Man on Habbo, but the downside as you mentioned is the waiting around. Having said that, there isn't really anything stopping it being a multiplayer game by adding a few extra scoreboards and have them go head to head.


It didn't, but I also remember hardly anyone won. Like there must have been maybe 3, possibly 4 winners in the whole hour? And games were sometimes only 20 seconds.

When I run my one there are only 3 main prizes but other prizes are on offer too. One method is where all scores through the hour tot up and the 3 players with the highest score at the end of the hour each get a lump of credits along with raffle tickets. However, anyone who can collect all the blobs in the game wins an instant 5 credits and anyone who scores over 100 points grabs themself a raffle ticket too. This method was good for keeping players in the room as obviously they wanted to get their score as high as they could, but wasn't so appealing to people coming into the room half way through as they were at a big disadvantage. The other method which seems much more successful is still offering prizes for collecting all the blobs and collecting over 100, but rather than ading all the scores up, the 3 players with the highest score in ONE game would win prizes at the end of the hour. I believe when Coral had her one, she was offering x amount of credits for collecting x amount of blobs and it ended up very expensive for her that way.



What are the prizes like in Hx events vs other fansites events

I'm not sure what other fansites offer, but the bare minimum we offer is 2 credits or furni to equal value with a complete ban on things like stools, ducks, hc furni etc. Most events staff however do give a larger amount than this and we have the forum rewards and raffle tickets as an extra incentive to those who have no use for credits.


Are you saying that's a good or bad thing? More prize options might not necessarily be a good thing, but I can't work out if you're already saying that :P

Having our variety of prizes has it's ups and downs I think. For Habboxers that have no use for credits, it is nice for them to be able to win something outside of the hotel. People that don't mind leaving a few credits behind for the chance to win big in the raffle also have that option which is something I'm sure no other fansite offer. It can be a bit of a mouthful to list all of the prizes at times if done properly, and the bloody Habbo filter is a nightmare for getting me muted while listing the prizes. This is part of the reason why we have now merged the rep and tokens prizes so there are now 3 options rather than 4 and you will receive both rep and tokens.


what happened to the weekly events that happened each day? can they not be replicated by a constant member of management?

I did start setting up some Weekly Events a while back but they ended up taking a back seat because no staff at the time were interested in hosting them and I wasn't able to commit myself to hosting at a certain time on a certain day every week. Instead, I started using them as general events rooms every now and then such as Escape and Pac Man.


I've been thinking how to give my feedback on this, so if it sounds mean or anything sorry, but I just think it's fair what I am saying!

It would be amazing to get the (Assistant) General Management team to host events, it would probably make them seem even more approachable than they are now, and make them more established in the Habbox community on client. However, before one of them starts hosting an event (an additional role seemingly, as one of their priorities is to overlook the departments they manage) then they should actually look at the department in general first. It's all fine and good saying, oh yeah AGMs should host events, what about Events Management adhering to the minimums in the department? Don't get me wrong, I like Jake and everything (sorry it's really hard not to mention names when there's only one person in Events Management), but looking at the Community Notice Board, there's 2 events hosted by Jake for the duration of May so far - now there may be reasons for this (and I do apologise if there is), but looking at it from an outsiders point of view it doesn't look particularly good when the Senior Events Organiser is pretty much hosting over half the month's total (which is about 20 not counting SNQ or win a room/giveaways).

The last 2 weeks I haven't hosted and hold my hands up to that, but I would rather allow myself to fail meeting the minimums than just put myself as posted away, although I technically was away as I didn't have the time to host. I have been covering extra shifts at work and it has taken all the energy I have out of me, by the time I get home and cook dinner etc I've been ready to get into bed and hosting an event is the last thing I felt like doing. I'm back to my normal hours now but had my brother staying this weekend so that pulled me out of action for what should have been a busy bank holiday weekend of events. I've also had to end my BC subscription and scrape together a general events room for the timebeing as although it's only £7 a month, that is £7 that I have to spend on more important things at the moment.


I know it's exam period, so I understand that staff may be harder to come by, and those that you have might be posted away, but there's nothing to say you can't attempt to recruit still! The job openings hasn't been bumped in over a month, some people might have finished their exams now and not realise applications are open - even sending another PM out might help (as I was tempted last time to come back)*.

Part of the reason for my lack of activity last month is due to trying to recruit people. I'm sure many people reading this thread will have received a PM from me seeing if they would have any interest in joining the department, along with targeting people who are new to the forum. Of the handful of replies I got, they were not interested at the time due to other department commitments or other constraints like exams and I do intend to send out another batch later in June when the majority will be free for the summer. Along with the forum tactic, poaching people on Habbo who were hosting events independently was something I really thought would have worked and put a lot of time into it but from a lot of interested people, they all flopped at the last moment.


*Just a note, I have the ability to host as a manager (I don't have a room or actual Credits at the moment), so I chose not to come back as really there's nothing (that I know about) that's beneficial for me actually being in the department. I don't mean I want to get paid or anything for hosting events, I mean what's the difference between hosting as an Events Organiser and hosting as a Department Manager? There needs to be that additional thing - even if it's for a normal Events Organiser, is there still an award scheme in place for hosting?

Yes we do have a Rewards Scheme for staff which offers credits, tokens, rep, vip or raffle tickets on a weekly basis depending on their performance over the week. It is done a points basis where they earn x amount of points for meeting certain criteria and these points then determine which Reward Tier they are able to access where the higher the tier, the higher the reward. A few examples of earning points would be through hosting events, taking part in a 3 hour block of events, topping the leaderboard, reaching a certain amount of users in your room, hosting no duplicate events during the week and we even offer points for posting and making threads on the forum.

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[Samantha]

Event numbers have fallen completely at the minute mainly due to a lack of staff, we have only had 2 active these past few weeks due to people having exams, broken computers and busy lives but once exam season is over, there are many people who have said they will be interested in joining us and the numbers will jump up again.



Pac Man still is good! Chris set up the original and I think then Coral made one, and I had one until my BC ended. It is a great game for getting people into the room as a lot of people have never seen a Pac Man on Habbo, but the downside as you mentioned is the waiting around. Having said that, there isn't really anything stopping it being a multiplayer game by adding a few extra scoreboards and have them go head to head.



When I run my one there are only 3 main prizes but other prizes are on offer too. One method is where all scores through the hour tot up and the 3 players with the highest score at the end of the hour each get a lump of credits along with raffle tickets. However, anyone who can collect all the blobs in the game wins an instant 5 credits and anyone who scores over 100 points grabs themself a raffle ticket too. This method was good for keeping players in the room as obviously they wanted to get their score as high as they could, but wasn't so appealing to people coming into the room half way through as they were at a big disadvantage. The other method which seems much more successful is still offering prizes for collecting all the blobs and collecting over 100, but rather than ading all the scores up, the 3 players with the highest score in ONE game would win prizes at the end of the hour. I believe when Coral had her one, she was offering x amount of credits for collecting x amount of blobs and it ended up very expensive for her that way.




I'm not sure what other fansites offer, but the bare minimum we offer is 2 credits or furni to equal value with a complete ban on things like stools, ducks, hc furni etc. Most events staff however do give a larger amount than this and we have the forum rewards and raffle tickets as an extra incentive to those who have no use for credits.



Having our variety of prizes has it's ups and downs I think. For Habboxers that have no use for credits, it is nice for them to be able to win something outside of the hotel. People that don't mind leaving a few credits behind for the chance to win big in the raffle also have that option which is something I'm sure no other fansite offer. It can be a bit of a mouthful to list all of the prizes at times if done properly, and the bloody Habbo filter is a nightmare for getting me muted while listing the prizes. This is part of the reason why we have now merged the rep and tokens prizes so there are now 3 options rather than 4 and you will receive both rep and tokens.



I did start setting up some Weekly Events a while back but they ended up taking a back seat because no staff at the time were interested in hosting them and I wasn't able to commit myself to hosting at a certain time on a certain day every week. Instead, I started using them as general events rooms every now and then such as Escape and Pac Man.



The last 2 weeks I haven't hosted and hold my hands up to that, but I would rather allow myself to fail meeting the minimums than just put myself as posted away, although I technically was away as I didn't have the time to host. I have been covering extra shifts at work and it has taken all the energy I have out of me, by the time I get home and cook dinner etc I've been ready to get into bed and hosting an event is the last thing I felt like doing. I'm back to my normal hours now but had my brother staying this weekend so that pulled me out of action for what should have been a busy bank holiday weekend of events. I've also had to end my BC subscription and scrape together a general events room for the timebeing as although it's only £7 a month, that is £7 that I have to spend on more important things at the moment.



Part of the reason for my lack of activity last month is due to trying to recruit people. I'm sure many people reading this thread will have received a PM from me seeing if they would have any interest in joining the department, along with targeting people who are new to the forum. Of the handful of replies I got, they were not interested at the time due to other department commitments or other constraints like exams and I do intend to send out another batch later in June when the majority will be free for the summer. Along with the forum tactic, poaching people on Habbo who were hosting events independently was something I really thought would have worked and put a lot of time into it but from a lot of interested people, they all flopped at the last moment.



Yes we do have a Rewards Scheme for staff which offers credits, tokens, rep, vip or raffle tickets on a weekly basis depending on their performance over the week. It is done a points basis where they earn x amount of points for meeting certain criteria and these points then determine which Reward Tier they are able to access where the higher the tier, the higher the reward. A few examples of earning points would be through hosting events, taking part in a 3 hour block of events, topping the leaderboard, reaching a certain amount of users in your room, hosting no duplicate events during the week and we even offer points for posting and making threads on the forum.

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I had a feeling there would be something keeping you from hosting (obviously wasn't sure what though), at least something is actually being done and you're not just doing nothing! The rewards scheme seems interesting and seems to cover a lot of stuff too :D.

[Cerys]

Just jumping in to say this - not a clue if it's been said already because I've only skimmed whats been said :P

I agree on (A)GMs hosting events IF they have the time. Quite often I see people high up in the HxHD like oh I'm bored wish there was an event on, when they're capable of hosting one themselves if they're that bored! I don't think it should be an expectation though because it's not like the (A)GMs are little kids skiving their school work to come on habbo. They have jobs and bills to pay, which is a tad more important than rushing home to host an event :P

But I really do agree with whoever it was who said sort out the dept before saying (A)GMs aren't pulling their weight (or something to that effect). Who knows if this has been suggested before, but why not introduce casual/guest hosts? HxL has guest DJs who (I assume) don't have to meet the minimums/have a different set of minimums, so why can't events do the same? Obviously limit who has can do it like only allow previous dedicated EOs to have that option. I've talked to many people who used to host in the past and they all say pretty much the same thing, myself included, that if they didn't have the pressures of minimums then they'd host. Yknow come and go as they please; host for their enjoyment because they want to, not because they have to. So guest EOs who are trusted previous hosts who will do a good job but not forced into it weekly or whatever it is now. (Trusted so that they won't be all like yeah I'll do it gonna be fab then never show their face again)

Also I think it should be more certain whether or not people can use other peoples rooms to host because when I've been asked that before and said yeah if you need a room to host in they'll help you, I've had other habbox members be like lol no ur wrong gotta have ur own room soz. Dunno if they're doing that to be awkward and make the other person not apply or if they genuinely believe you can't.

Not a clue if this has been suggested already or discussed in the past, so apologies if it has, but just a lil idea of mine.

[Meanies]

Just jumping in to say this - not a clue if it's been said already because I've only skimmed whats been said :P

I agree on (A)GMs hosting events IF they have the time. Quite often I see people high up in the HxHD like oh I'm bored wish there was an event on, when they're capable of hosting one themselves if they're that bored! I don't think it should be an expectation though because it's not like the (A)GMs are little kids skiving their school work to come on habbo. They have jobs and bills to pay, which is a tad more important than rushing home to host an event :P

But I really do agree with whoever it was who said sort out the dept before saying (A)GMs aren't pulling their weight (or something to that effect). Who knows if this has been suggested before, but why not introduce casual/guest hosts? HxL has guest DJs who (I assume) don't have to meet the minimums/have a different set of minimums, so why can't events do the same? Obviously limit who has can do it like only allow previous dedicated EOs to have that option. I've talked to many people who used to host in the past and they all say pretty much the same thing, myself included, that if they didn't have the pressures of minimums then they'd host. Yknow come and go as they please; host for their enjoyment because they want to, not because they have to. So guest EOs who are trusted previous hosts who will do a good job but not forced into it weekly or whatever it is now. (Trusted so that they won't be all like yeah I'll do it gonna be fab then never show their face again)

Also I think it should be more certain whether or not people can use other peoples rooms to host because when I've been asked that before and said yeah if you need a room to host in they'll help you, I've had other habbox members be like lol no ur wrong gotta have ur own room soz. Dunno if they're doing that to be awkward and make the other person not apply or if they genuinely believe you can't.

Not a clue if this has been suggested already or discussed in the past, so apologies if it has, but just a lil idea of mine.

Guest Events Organiser has been a role in the past but was something that was always going to be phased out eventually. It was at one point limited to only 3 staff in that role at any given time and they would be people along the lines of what you said - ex events staff or other members who have been around for a long time. It then got to a point where people were just sitting in the role and not doing anything at all where it became a bit pointless and so a minimum was brought in for them which I think was 1 event a fortnight. In an attempt to boost people joining the department, the general minimum was reduced to 1 event a week and this pretty much ruled out a need for the guest role anymore.

To clear up on using other people's rooms - yes, you can and are more than welcome to. I'm pretty sure any events host would be willing to let someone else host in their room and I've even had a few generic rooms set up in the past for that sole purpose. So long as the host has full priviledges in the room (kick, ban) then there is no issue with using someone elses room at all. Obviously it is ideal to have your own room but it is not completely necessary.

[Samantha]

Just jumping in to say this - not a clue if it's been said already because I've only skimmed whats been said :P

I agree on (A)GMs hosting events IF they have the time. Quite often I see people high up in the HxHD like oh I'm bored wish there was an event on, when they're capable of hosting one themselves if they're that bored! I don't think it should be an expectation though because it's not like the (A)GMs are little kids skiving their school work to come on habbo. They have jobs and bills to pay, which is a tad more important than rushing home to host an event :P

But I really do agree with whoever it was who said sort out the dept before saying (A)GMs aren't pulling their weight (or something to that effect). Who knows if this has been suggested before, but why not introduce casual/guest hosts? HxL has guest DJs who (I assume) don't have to meet the minimums/have a different set of minimums, so why can't events do the same? Obviously limit who has can do it like only allow previous dedicated EOs to have that option. I've talked to many people who used to host in the past and they all say pretty much the same thing, myself included, that if they didn't have the pressures of minimums then they'd host. Yknow come and go as they please; host for their enjoyment because they want to, not because they have to. So guest EOs who are trusted previous hosts who will do a good job but not forced into it weekly or whatever it is now. (Trusted so that they won't be all like yeah I'll do it gonna be fab then never show their face again)

Also I think it should be more certain whether or not people can use other peoples rooms to host because when I've been asked that before and said yeah if you need a room to host in they'll help you, I've had other habbox members be like lol no ur wrong gotta have ur own room soz. Dunno if they're doing that to be awkward and make the other person not apply or if they genuinely believe you can't.

Not a clue if this has been suggested already or discussed in the past, so apologies if it has, but just a lil idea of mine.

A few years ago Guest Events Organisers were introduced by myself when I was Assistant General Manager (Community), the manager was away at the time so I couldn't really discuss it them, but it did work for a period of time. As far as I know, it still exists, but the current event minimum is 1 event per week which makes the role sort of pointless as that's what the guest minimum was as well. There was also community hosting that was introduced by Jake? I think and that took members of the community hosting as well - I think people like thms; took part in that! I think it'd be great to do, as long as the guest role is actually for those who have been dedicated before, and can show that they can do the job they're meant to do - also the minimum for normal Events Organisers would need to change, or the guest one would.

[Brad]

Just jumping in to say this - not a clue if it's been said already because I've only skimmed whats been said :P

I agree on (A)GMs hosting events IF they have the time. Quite often I see people high up in the HxHD like oh I'm bored wish there was an event on, when they're capable of hosting one themselves if they're that bored!

Something that came to me, and may be something that could benefit is if a seasoned Habboxer wanted to host an event while nothing is going on, could we give like an incentive or a reward system like we do with posting on the forum.
This is just something I think would benefit.
Like requirements of an official event privileges would be something like;
> Been Part of HabboxForum for at least six months
> Have been in some form a role at Habbox
> Posted minimum of 250 posts on habboxforum

Something along those lines. That way if someone who is well known at habbox wanted something to do, they get a reward based upon how many events the host, or something like that?
If this has been a suggestion in the past, let me know how it went.

I think we did have before where any Habbox staff could host events. Could this not be implemented again?

[scottish]

Something that came to me, and may be something that could benefit is if a seasoned Habboxer wanted to host an event while nothing is going on, could we give like an incentive or a reward system like we do with posting on the forum.
This is just something I think would benefit.
Like requirements of an official event privileges would be something like;
> Been Part of HabboxForum for at least six months
> Have been in some form a role at Habbox
> Posted minimum of 250 posts on habboxforum

Something along those lines. That way if someone who is well known at habbox wanted something to do, they get a reward based upon how many events the host, or something like that?
If this has been a suggestion in the past, let me know how it went.

I think we did have before where any Habbox staff could host events. Could this not be implemented again?

so basically become an EO without being an EO so you can avoid doing mins but still essentially become staff.

would seem pointless for anyone to become staff in that case.

[Meanies]

Something that came to me, and may be something that could benefit is if a seasoned Habboxer wanted to host an event while nothing is going on, could we give like an incentive or a reward system like we do with posting on the forum.
This is just something I think would benefit.
Like requirements of an official event privileges would be something like;
> Been Part of HabboxForum for at least six months
> Have been in some form a role at Habbox
> Posted minimum of 250 posts on habboxforum

Something along those lines. That way if someone who is well known at habbox wanted something to do, they get a reward based upon how many events the host, or something like that?
If this has been a suggestion in the past, let me know how it went.

I think we did have before where any Habbox staff could host events. Could this not be implemented again?


so basically become an EO without being an EO so you can avoid doing mins but still essentially become staff.

would seem pointless for anyone to become staff in that case.

Although the idea is a good one, I have to agree with Scott on this in that it would put people off joining the department. There was at one point the ability for any member of staff to host events which I believe was brought in during a very quiet spell and is something I dismissed for the reasons Scott has mentioned. There was a period last year where I attempted to revisit this idea with the Community Hosting Scheme whereby any respected member of the community would be able to take over an event and host for just 1 round if they wished. I know that's kind of going back on what I've been saying about people hosting without joining the team, but the idea behind it was that it would encourage people to actually join and give those that don't normally host the chance to experience it with the hope that they would later go on to join the department. Over the period it was running I think there were only 2 or 3 instances where someone actually stepped in and wanted to host a round so it was deemed a flop and done away with.

[Brad]

Although the idea is a good one, I have to agree with Scott on this in that it would put people off joining the department. There was at one point the ability for any member of staff to host events which I believe was brought in during a very quiet spell and is something I dismissed for the reasons Scott has mentioned. There was a period last year where I attempted to revisit this idea with the Community Hosting Scheme whereby any respected member of the community would be able to take over an event and host for just 1 round if they wished. I know that's kind of going back on what I've been saying about people hosting without joining the team, but the idea behind it was that it would encourage people to actually join and give those that don't normally host the chance to experience it with the hope that they would later go on to join the department. Over the period it was running I think there were only 2 or 3 instances where someone actually stepped in and wanted to host a round so it was deemed a flop and done away with.

Could it be for the fact as well that people just cannot commit to the full 1 hour slot?
I know in some cases or not, games that have one round lasting 15 minutes would benefit from having the full hour slot, but those games that last roughly 2 minutes or so would get over-rated for the full hour.
Would even offering 1/2 hour slots be beneficial as someone like myself, would be able to commit to a 1/2 slot instead of a full hour.

Again, I might just be restating other people's ideas or what not, but something to rethink.

[Meanies]

Could it be for the fact as well that people just cannot commit to the full 1 hour slot?
I know in some cases or not, games that have one round lasting 15 minutes would benefit from having the full hour slot, but those games that last roughly 2 minutes or so would get over-rated for the full hour.
Would even offering 1/2 hour slots be beneficial as someone like myself, would be able to commit to a 1/2 slot instead of a full hour.

Again, I might just be restating other people's ideas or what not, but something to rethink.

Shorter slots is something that has been brought up before also, I can't remember exactly why it didn't get put into action but the way the events panel works at the moment wouldn't be able to cater to that and would depend on Tom; or one of the site coders making some alterations to the way it works. I don't think it would necessarily be a bad thing to have a 30 minute time slot as like you said, some games can get a bit boring and tedious both for the players and hosts I'm just not sure how easy it would be to operate. Thanks for stepping up with some ideas, normally these kind of threads state all the downfalls but no one ever makes any suggestions on how to make it work!!

[Samantha]

Could it be for the fact as well that people just cannot commit to the full 1 hour slot?
I know in some cases or not, games that have one round lasting 15 minutes would benefit from having the full hour slot, but those games that last roughly 2 minutes or so would get over-rated for the full hour.
Would even offering 1/2 hour slots be beneficial as someone like myself, would be able to commit to a 1/2 slot instead of a full hour.

Again, I might just be restating other people's ideas or what not, but something to rethink.

When Lewis; was the manager this happened at some points, but it was more so for those events that were really popular so you were allowed to overrun/book another 30/60 minutes of the same event. It could potentially be trialled to see how it would work, I would imagine it would be a little similar to the Saturday Night Quiz as that never really needs an hour slot either!

[FlyingJesus]

The minimum is one hour a week which is massively lower than any other department I'm sure, there's no way we can lower that to make a guest role :P

I think rather than having half hour slots introduced it would be better if people don't feel like hosting one thing for a full hour to just have it so that a change of game can be done within the hour - if that's actually an issue for anyone. Obviously it would have to be stuff that you can easily flick between rather than spending 20 mins remaking your room half way through hosting. Just the other day we had an event where after a while people got bored of it so the game was changed, and I have no issue with that if it keeps people interested and in the room

[Brad]

Shorter slots is something that has been brought up before also, I can't remember exactly why it didn't get put into action but the way the events panel works at the moment wouldn't be able to cater to that and would depend on Tom; or one of the site coders making some alterations to the way it works. I don't think it would necessarily be a bad thing to have a 30 minute time slot as like you said, some games can get a bit boring and tedious both for the players and hosts I'm just not sure how easy it would be to operate. Thanks for stepping up with some ideas, normally these kind of threads state all the downfalls but no one ever makes any suggestions on how to make it work!!


When Lewis; was the manager this happened at some points, but it was more so for those events that were really popular so you were allowed to overrun/book another 30/60 minutes of the same event. It could potentially be trialled to see how it would work, I would imagine it would be a little similar to the Saturday Night Quiz as that never really needs an hour slot either!


The minimum is one hour a week which is massively lower than any other department I'm sure, there's no way we can lower that to make a guest role :P

I think rather than having half hour slots introduced it would be better if people don't feel like hosting one thing for a full hour to just have it so that a change of game can be done within the hour - if that's actually an issue for anyone. Obviously it would have to be stuff that you can easily flick between rather than spending 20 mins remaking your room half way through hosting. Just the other day we had an event where after a while people got bored of it so the game was changed, and I have no issue with that if it keeps people interested and in the room

Which I guess if you think if you could almost do a dual host with another staff.
I totally get where you are coming from, FJ.
I think the 1/2 hr. Slot was supposed to give an option for those who only have limited time.
If the minimum is 1hr/week they can still give that 1hr, just in 2 different times.

If they are able to change the timetable to give the option of 30/60minute slots then it might draw people that have time limits or attention spans (especially like myself who only have an attention span of like 45minutes on the game)

[Lewis]

In reply to @Samanfa (https://www.habboxforum.com/member.php?u=68263);

Yes, the carnival I had was quite popular when it was getting hosted but lowered after a while - the main issue was the lack of games in the timeslot. Some people were also confused because of how I wired it - with some initially thinking it wasn't a carnival.

As for the hours, yes, I did encourage if possible that if an event was highly popular to extend it for 10 mins, 20 mins, 30 mins or whatever possible - any overtime was rewarded and/or put towards the minimum depending on how much overtime was done on the event. Even if there was another habbox event on at the time, I didn't really have a problem with this if it seemed there was little interest in the other event and/or as long as users were made absolutely aware about the other event by the host.

There weren't really half hour slots as such, but I was a bit more relaxed with the timings of events. E.g. I had no problem with someone deciding at 19:30 to host an event until 20:00 or whatever time it may be. It didn't really occur much though, it was mainly myself that did that if I noticed there wasn't an event on at a certain time I was availiable.

Also another thing (I don't know how commonly it happened, maybe a few times) I didn't mind staff changing the event half way through the event or whatever time into the event if they felt it was in the best interests to populate the room or bring in more players. It's better to have an incorrectly labeled event on the panel that is full of players than a strictly correct labeled event that's empty for an hour afterall. I don't know if that's still allowed.

[Inseriousity.]

Tbh I don't think 'not allowed to change the event halfway through' has ever been a rule. It's just never been explicitly stated.

[Lewis]

Tbh I don't think 'not allowed to change the event halfway through' has ever been a rule. It's just never been explicitly stated.

Yeah that's kind of what I meant I suppose - it certainly was never actually stated/in the handbook to not be allowed whenever I was normal events staff. But as you said it's not really been made clear that you can anyway (as far as I know)

[lawrawrrr]

Wiring a carnival might be sooo hard like that, it sounds like a LOT of work and a LOT of wired! My idea was more to have 8 sections in a room and you could have multiple rounds on the go at once?

[FlyingJesus]

It's better to have an incorrectly labeled event on the panel that is full of players than a strictly correct labeled event that's empty for an hour

Absolutely, I've changed what I'm hosting at the last minute a few times due to what people are asking for. Usually I'll be like TELEPHRASE IN 5 MINUTES WOO and some peasant like Elegance will be all no I will only go if you host bingo and then they all chime in :P got to keep the little people happy


My idea was more to have 8 sections in a room and you could have multiple rounds on the go at once?

That's what The Cube was isn't it that was all in one room with a different person "hosting" each part

[lawrawrrr]

Absolutely, I've changed what I'm hosting at the last minute a few times due to what people are asking for. Usually I'll be like TELEPHRASE IN 5 MINUTES WOO and some peasant like Elegance will be all no I will only go if you host bingo and then they all chime in :P got to keep the little people happy



That's what The Cube was isn't it that was all in one room with a different person "hosting" each part

That was just one person at a time and required a LOT of hosts, my idea would be like 6 players at a time and could work with 2 hosts probably!!

[Plebings]

having a wired carnival wouldn't be too hard really, long as there is a host manually activating triggers/hosting. it'd just use up a few match furni effects, which myself and james should have plenty of!

defo something that was brought up as an idea for hxss and i think could be a cool project

[lawrawrrr]

having a wired carnival wouldn't be too hard really, long as there is a host manually activating triggers/hosting. it'd just use up a few match furni effects, which myself and james should have plenty of!

defo something that was brought up as an idea for hxss and i think could be a cool project

Yah but then there could still only be one round at a time! If there was a big room then multiple rounds could be hosted at the same time :)

[FlyingJesus]

Do you mean literally having like 6 copies of the same thing in one room or just one one game that allows for multiple people at a time like the hxhd one which was like a maze race

[lawrawrrr]

Do you mean literally having like 6 copies of the same thing in one room or just one one game that allows for multiple people at a time like the hxhd one which was like a maze race

Idk I don't remember the hxhd one


My idea is like the cube thing, theres 6 different areas of a room each one with a diff game and when a group is done in one section they go to the next

[Inseriousity.]

HxHD has done that one laura. It worked really well and you can probably squeeze 3 hosts on depending on the games that are chosen.

[lawrawrrr]

HxHD has done that one laura. It worked really well and you can probably squeeze 3 hosts on depending on the games that are chosen.
I don't think I was around then, or maybe going through one of my anti-Habbo phases. Nice to hear it went well though, that maybe gives me the motivation to spend time building it!!!

[FlyingJesus]

I'm sure it was last year maybe for halloween or something it was like a 6 player obstacle course thing

Had a really shit queue though I do remember that

[Ms.Aquamarine]

I think it'd be neat to see something like the Christmas Grotto/Bunny's Burrow/Eggathalon again, but hosted by AGMs and/or with other staff members during HxSS (or any other time). They were pretty fun to host and people seemed to enjoy them a while back. :Mini-Smile:


http://i.imgur.com/b4ji0Iz.png
http://oi39.tinypic.com/2vw7oec.jpg

[Alkaz]

When I was AGM, myself and Garion/Nixt would occasionally host events. Just an AGM hosting meant the events were popular and could go for 2+ hours. Not sure why more AGMs haven't done it.

[scottish]

When I was AGM, myself and Garion/Nixt would occasionally host events. Just an AGM hosting meant the events were popular and could go for 2+ hours. Not sure why more AGMs haven't done it.

Back then every event was popular regardless of who was hosting it though..

[FlyingJesus]

To be fair we have awful numbers ATM (and I've been pants this week myself tbh) but when we do host we tend to get a big number in the room and aren't often holding out for extra players