[GETTING READY] Post your Finland and Spain usernames..
Just a thought, post your Finland and Spain Habbo usernames ready for the new beta or 'Project 514 > Habbo Talents'
The article
First off.. the 514 project now has an official name! No longer will it go by its numerical mystery code, from now on, you will know it as… *drum roll please* … Habbo Talents!
And with that reveal, we’d love to give you a peek at the process ahead, what’s happening next, when and how it will all go down… It’s a long post, with loads of information, but you should be a whole lot wiser by the end of it :)
Habbo Talents – What is it All About?
Habbo Talents is one of the biggest projects to ever be rolled out in Habbo (maybe the biggest)! It’s built around the idea that Habbos come to the Hotel for different reasons, because they enjoy doing different things. Some enjoy certain things more than others, and sometimes they enjoy it so much that they excel at it! We’re thinking room builders, traders, event hosts, help desk owners etc. Different Habbos with different talents.
This idea developed into a so-called ‘talent tree’ with paths branching out in different directions. The thought being that if you really love doing something in Habbo, you could follow a specific path, which eventually would give you some extra talents (tools/abilities) to make what you love doing easier and even more enjoyable! Obviously, if you enjoy more than one thing, you could follow more than one path.
Starting Off With One Path – Habbo Helpers
Since the project is so big, we need to start somewhere, with one path, and then we’ll build from there. Lately there has been a lot of talk about ‘Habbo Helpers’ (this is the official name, but it might be better known to some by its working title, HabboCM), the reason being that this is the first of the Habbo Talents paths to launch. Simply put, it will give Habbos that enjoy helping others a chance to do it in an efficient way that will benefit everyone.
Through a long series of tasks, the path will cover everything from the basics of Habbo, to guiding new members and helping others. It will eventually make those that keep at it, full-fledged Habbo Helpers with access and ability to really make a difference and to help out fellow Habbos for real. Though everyone will be able to enter this path, it will not be an easy one to complete. Becoming an actual Habbo Helper, will take a lot of knowledge, skill, and dedication over time (scroll down to see a mock-up version of the first steps of the path)!
The aim is to give the full-fledged Habbo Helpers the tools they need to pick up help requests that won’t require a moderator’s attention. They would be answering a large variety of smaller “Calls for Help” within certain categories (scroll down to see an early mock-up version). This will in turn free up a lot of time for the moderators and player support, giving them a chance to focus on the bigger cases. Please note that Habbo Helpers will not have the ability to ban or unban others.
Alpha Testing Habbo Helpers
Before we can launch it, we need to test it… vigorously! Since this is something we’ve never done before, and because we truly believe that it could be something amazing, we need to make absolutely sure that it works the way we envision it before we roll it out in all the Hotels.
That’s why we’ll be starting out with a small Alpha test phase during the first week of May, testing some of the most crucial Habbo Helpers features. Alpha will be launched first in Habbo Finland, which is a smaller Hotel, then it’ll expand to Habbo Spain, which is slightly bigger. It will be available to a small group of native speaking Habbos (Finnish & Spanish), selected through a poll that’s open for all. These Habbos will be given the chance to help out with a limited set of issues, giving us the opportunity to see how the help process would work.
After Alpha Comes.. Beta!
Once we have all the information and learning we need from the Alpha phase, we will most likely have some things that need to be improved and perhaps changed, and unfortunately we have no way of knowing exactly how long this might take. However, we’re hoping to be able to roll out a bigger Beta test in the same two Hotels, Finland and Spain, come mid-May. The Beta phase would include most of the Habbo Helpers path (which could still after this point be developed further), and it would allow for all Habbos in the test countries to join. This round would give us an idea of how the process of the path would work, including the introduction flow for new Habbos.
…And After Beta?
Hopefully, Beta won’t take too long, and we can quickly move on to launching the full Habbo Helper path in all the Hotels globally within the month of May! Again, we can’t make any definite promises, because our Magic 8-ball refuses to give us a proper answer to how the tests will go, but everyone is working very hard to make it happen as smooth as humanly possible. Let’s keep our pixel fingers crossed for a quick delivery!
Too Long, Didn’t Read? Here’s a Summary!
If the summary leaves you with questions, consider reading the above after all :)
1. 514 => Habbo Talents, HabboCM => Habbo Helpers
2. Habbo Helpers is the first path to roll out from the Habbo Talents “tree”.
3. By working your way through the path, you will eventually become a Habbo Helper!
4. Alpha testing starts 1st week of May in Habbo Finland, then moves to Spain the following week.
5. Beta testing will commence in the same two countries once Alpha testing is over, probably mid-May.
6. Once Beta is done, the Habbo Helpers path will roll out in ALL Hotels, hopefully by end of May.
7. The rest of the paths will follow once we see that the Habbo Helpers path works.
– and yes, once it’s out there, everyone (everyone!) can enter the Habbo Helpers path, however, to become a full-fledged Helper will take a lot of dedication, skill and time. So ultimately, it might not be for everyone. However, we have other exciting paths to come, so stay tuned for that :)
So there you have it! Exciting times are ahead, and we’re looking forward to sharing even more details with all of you going forward!
If you have questions about the Habbo Helpers test phases in particular or Habbo Talents in general, don’t be shy to ask Heini and Inka on Twitter, they know everything there is to know about this project!
..seeing as it is on Finland the first week then Spain the following week.
28-04-2012, 10:09 PM
Kyle
It is for native speakers only. Don't offer to help in a project where you will be of no assistance at all.
28-04-2012, 10:23 PM
MKR&*42
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Originally Posted by Kyle
It is for native speakers only. Don't offer to help in a project where you will be of no assistance at all.
This lol^.
I do have accs on them both but haven't used them in months - I'm sure they're probably called wazzervaldez or something weird.
03-05-2012, 02:18 PM
e5
I've signed up but not to help on there because I can't. Just to witness it live. I am called Ell10TT I think or elli0tt
03-05-2012, 03:33 PM
Catchy
Apparently @Intricat; was talking to a developer and they have no idea that it's 'supposed' to be being launched today. Paul tweeted me last week that it would be thursday but apparently the developers have not got a clue about it and it's just marketing who's pushing the idea so god knows...
03-05-2012, 06:35 PM
Kieran
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Originally Posted by Catchy
Apparently @Intricat; was talking to a developer and they have no idea that it's 'supposed' to be being launched today. Paul tweeted me last week that it would be thursday but apparently the developers have not got a clue about it and it's just marketing who's pushing the idea so god knows...
Yep. Exactly what he said. Developers said they're being very careful with releasing this and want to make sure its 100% right before they do, due to the nature of the update and it'll be released when it is. Any of these dates being put on the blog were done so without the developers even knowing!
