Competitions

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Originally Posted by MattGarner

Interesting views regarding the department. It is something that needs to be tackled to make that area more lively and what not. I've also directed this thread to Competitions Management and the assigned AGM (Roxy), although I have also mentioned It might be time to actually do some change.

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Stop firing people who want to give members the competitions they want! :P ahaha

Would be good too see their responses.

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Originally Posted by sex

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=602060

The department is so bad lol
Look, the havent even paid people their prizes from novemeber

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That's horrific lol, it's not even like all of those unpaid people are inactive

can i just add that it seems stupid that the manager edis EVERY thread putting in the prize himself.... cant there be a fixed prize for every comp like a 2 hc and 30rep or 1months vip and a hc

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

but yeah I agree with this, the last graphic-type comp I saw was ages ago for some banner which I'm pretty sure I still haven't seen, but yeah if there were more pixely comps (and not just Habbo related, some freestyle would be nice) then it'd get people working a bit harder, show off some skills around the forum and who knows might even validate the need for a comps team.

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Did no one see my logo competition :'(! But yeah I agree that graphics competitions would be good. It could also integrate the graphics department with the rest of the forum too which is something that has been highlighted in the past.

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

That's horrific lol, it's not even like all of those unpaid people are inactive

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I am not quite sure what is going on there, I gave the Comps Dept. 70HCs the other day to give prizes and that doesn't look like it will go far given that so many people are unpaid. I think the issue is that when you only have one (maybe two) people issuing prizes it becomes very difficult to keep on top of things. It is then difficult ensuring that both manager and winner are online at the same time and then the complicated trading process has to be observed. Gone are the days when donations could be dropped into a room and this makes it incredibly difficult to hand out prizes. Perhaps the Competitions Management can expand on how this system works but I think we would see a marked improvement if the task of giving out prizes, while remaining the responsibility of the Competitions Manager, might also be delegated to another trusted individual (Comps Dept or other) who is on Habbo regularly and can therefore give out prizes far easier. Another possibility is to have a set time, each week, where competitions are handed out. Say every Monday at 7PM. Having a set time and place on Habbo would make it easier for everyone, I think, but this is perhaps something that people will want to feed back on before it is implemented.

I do think that competitions needs to be looked at and certain things, such as "one word" competitions need to be reviewed and revamped if necessary. The thing I've never particularly liked about competitions is the fact it's restricted to the one forum and you just see thread after thread. It needs to be spiced up and spread about the forum and Habbox.com itself so it appeals to a wider audience. I do know that efforts have been made to broaden the audience though - a tab added to the forum and an option to view competitions on Habbox.com and other forms of advertisement too.

We could also look at upping the VIP and Rep limits the department is permitted but we're only willing to do that if the department offers competitions that attract a larger and wider audience.

It is all very well and good to criticise but I feel I should also highlight that Competitions Management have worked very hard recently to reform the department and post more competitions. Whilst we're not there yet, they have made a lot of positive changes and the department has definitely improved.

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Originally Posted by Garion

Did no one see my logo competition :'(! But yeah I agree that graphics competitions would be good. It could also integrate the graphics department with the rest of the forum too which is something that has been highlighted in the past.



I am not quite sure what is going on there, I gave the Comps Dept. 70HCs the other day to give prizes and that doesn't look like it will go far given that so many people are unpaid. I think the issue is that when you only have one (maybe two) people issuing prizes it becomes very difficult to keep on top of things. It is then difficult ensuring that both manager and winner are online at the same time and then the complicated trading process has to be observed. Gone are the days when donations could be dropped into a room and this makes it incredibly difficult to hand out prizes. Perhaps the Competitions Management can expand on how this system works but I think we would see a marked improvement if the task of giving out prizes, while remaining the responsibility of the Competitions Manager, might also be delegated to another trusted individual (Comps Dept or other) who is on Habbo regularly and can therefore give out prizes far easier. Another possibility is to have a set time, each week, where competitions are handed out. Say every Monday at 7PM. Having a set time and place on Habbo would make it easier for everyone, I think, but this is perhaps something that people will want to feed back on before it is implemented.

I do think that competitions needs to be looked at and certain things, such as "one word" competitions need to be reviewed and revamped if necessary. The thing I've never particularly liked about competitions is the fact it's restricted to the one forum and you just see thread after thread. It needs to be spiced up and spread about the forum and Habbox.com itself so it appeals to a wider audience. I do know that efforts have been made to broaden the audience though - a tab added to the forum and an option to view competitions on Habbox.com and other forms of advertisement too.

We could also look at upping the VIP and Rep limits the department is permitted but we're only willing to do that if the department offers competitions that attract a larger and wider audience.

It is all very well and good to criticise but I feel I should also highlight that Competitions Management have worked very hard recently to reform the department and post more competitions. Whilst we're not there yet, they have made a lot of positive changes and the department has definitely improved.

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Looking at the dates. Wasn't that at time when there wasn't like a strong General Management team? Might of been issues trying to get furni around and what not back then. Although I've forgotten when them problems were around!

Edit: All the recent ones = red. Habbo have made it harder for departments to give nay furni to people, you can no longer drop them in donations rooms. It is also a pin trying to organise times and what not when both people are online together.

Kudos to them for reforming it, both great managers too I must say and they do work hard to provide the quantity so good job to them :D. I think yeh, it's more about re-introducing the creativity. I remember I saw a connect the dots competition. How is this a competition? But we need to consider quality too!

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Originally Posted by MattGarner

Looking at the dates. Wasn't that at time when there wasn't like a strong General Management team? Might of been issues trying to get furni around and what not back then. Although I've forgotten when them problems were around!

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That is a possibility, certainly now the General Management team are much more active on Habbo and this makes getting prizes easier. Nevertheless I do think the difficulty that comes with trading on Habbo now remains an issue and the possibility of having a weekly prize giving time would do well to solve the problem of people being online at the same time and trying to orchestrate a meeting between Manager and prize winner.

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Originally Posted by Garion

That is a possibility, certainly now the General Management team are much more active on Habbo and this makes getting prizes easier. Nevertheless I do think the difficulty that comes with trading on Habbo now remains an issue and the possibility of having a weekly prize giving time would do well to solve the problem of people being online at the same time and trying to orchestrate a meeting between Manager and prize winner.

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Yeah I just added that to my post above. Habbo have it made harder >;[!

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Originally Posted by Garion

Did no one see my logo competition :'(! But yeah I agree that graphics competitions would be good. It could also integrate the graphics department with the rest of the forum too which is something that has been highlighted in the past.



I am not quite sure what is going on there, I gave the Comps Dept. 70HCs the other day to give prizes and that doesn't look like it will go far given that so many people are unpaid. I think the issue is that when you only have one (maybe two) people issuing prizes it becomes very difficult to keep on top of things. It is then difficult ensuring that both manager and winner are online at the same time and then the complicated trading process has to be observed. Gone are the days when donations could be dropped into a room and this makes it incredibly difficult to hand out prizes. Perhaps the Competitions Management can expand on how this system works but I think we would see a marked improvement if the task of giving out prizes, while remaining the responsibility of the Competitions Manager, might also be delegated to another trusted individual (Comps Dept or other) who is on Habbo regularly and can therefore give out prizes far easier. Another possibility is to have a set time, each week, where competitions are handed out. Say every Monday at 7PM. Having a set time and place on Habbo would make it easier for everyone, I think, but this is perhaps something that people will want to feed back on before it is implemented.

I do think that competitions needs to be looked at and certain things, such as "one word" competitions need to be reviewed and revamped if necessary. The thing I've never particularly liked about competitions is the fact it's restricted to the one forum and you just see thread after thread. It needs to be spiced up and spread about the forum and Habbox.com itself so it appeals to a wider audience. I do know that efforts have been made to broaden the audience though - a tab added to the forum and an option to view competitions on Habbox.com and other forms of advertisement too.

We could also look at upping the VIP and Rep limits the department is permitted but we're only willing to do that if the department offers competitions that attract a larger and wider audience.

It is all very well and good to criticise but I feel I should also highlight that Competitions Management have worked very hard recently to reform the department and post more competitions. Whilst we're not there yet, they have made a lot of positive changes and the department has definitely improved.

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Just an addon to the idea, where the prizes are given out the following monday at 7pm from the competition ending. If the competitions ends on a monday, then it will be the next monday (one week). If you miss it, then you don't get your prize, if you give the staff x hours notice then you can arrange it for the next week.

That way, it's only the participants fault if they dont get their prize. I hope i explained it well enough

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Originally Posted by lNaughtynemo

Just an addon to the idea, where the prizes are given out the following monday at 7pm from the competition ending. If the competitions ends on a monday, then it will be the next monday (one week). If you miss it, then you don't get your prize, if you give the staff x hours notice then you can arrange it for the next week.

That way, it's only the participants fault if they dont get their prize. I hope i explained it well enough

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So a bit like the National Lottery? The ticket is valid for X amount of time if the winner does not turn up then that's it.