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Only staff in community departments need to have their forum name identical to their Habbo name. Having hosted Codebreaker for about 2 weeks, I find that I quite enjoy hosting events. The only thing stopping me from applying to departments like Competitions and Events is the fact that I need to have Wennn. as my forum name :PQuote:
Originally Posted by bloop
wot thats quite stupid :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Drew
but i do think the staff list on habbox shld be their habbo names, not forum names
but the events board thingy on habbox listed down their habbo names right so y do their forum names hv to b changed :S
(ps wennn. eek)
I think Wennn. is a cute name :(
there isn't a very large habbox community within habbo thats why events SUCK cus no1 turns up and no1 wants to host for a fansite with hardly any players!
also im glad this stupid name change rule has been mentioned
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Originally Posted by mdport.
That isn't all true, have a read of the paragraph above the first one. It is quite misleading but it says that as long as you have been noted as a hardworking, trusted person or something you can still apply and management will decide--whether you meet all the requirements or not.
Should be made clearer in my opinion :P
Peoples Habbo name is in their postbit anyway so is visible to people so I dont see the problem with allowing people to have different names on the forum really. It seems like it would encourage a lot more people to want to be community staff, which to be honest Habbox is in dire need of..
I'm not going to go too much into events, but I think there's a lot that could be being done that isn't and certain people lack enthusiasm and motivation to want to make the department succeed any more. If management are unapproachable, barely around, posted away large amounts and rarely putting in the effort themselves, then this trend will follow down the ranks unfortunately and the entire department will just become unmotivated and unsuccessful.
I think some of the blame for the decline in activity can be credited to the downfall of Habbo itself, however not all of it. There are certain factors which make up a good community and good leadership, encouragement and setting an example goes a long way. Making staff members work together and enjoy the role and work together as a team to better it is crucial. All of my favourite times at Habbox have been where I've felt like part of a team within a department, where friends are made, people get on well and help each other and it really reflects well and makes things get done so much better.
HxSS started off relatively okay, but as others have said this past week has just been dead really- the spark has well and truly gone and there doesn't seem to be much fuss about it at all really, which is a shame considering this is meant to be Habbox's big event of the year and chance to recruit lots of new members and expand on its community presence on the client.
The fact I've had to be given permissions to add events to the panel because it was taking so long to be updated shows that there just aren't enough people putting in maximum efforts, which goes for events management as well as general management (who should be covering if the events manager is away which I believe he is again). There are currently no senior events organisers, very few events hosts, an inactive manager and right now a department which doesn't look too appealing to become a part of.
Habboxlive on the other hand has excelled itself during HxSS I believe, bridging a huge gap and thankfully saving the competition in some ways. We would be seeing 1 event per day if we were lucky otherwise! :P I've tuned into some really good shows lately, some of the on air competitions have been really good, and its been nice to see other people having a go at hosting events too. The support hasn't always been there which is a shame, as I feel with encouragement there is the potential for some fabulous events hosts there.
I think a serious action plan needs to be put into place, because events is one of the most important departments at Habbox for advertising on the client and gathering a community following, and if Habbox is to improve then everyone really does need to get behind it and want to make it happen. I remember previous HxSS's have been great in terms of getting new members interested in Habbox and them sticking around, and really this needs to be happening all year round.
There are obviously things which are holding people back from applying for events and these need to be looked at urgently really, whether its funding options, making the department and the atmousphere within it actually tempting to become a part of and ensuring the effective management and positions within the department to ensure it runs smoothly, because it's no good piling the pressure on someone to the point where they step down and you end up with no seniors at all! Oh wait...
an action plan is a good idea ;)
Yep, does sound like a good idea. I'm glad I made this post to be honest, I can tell you all mostly agree with what I'm saying. :P
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We need more events organizers. Maybe than means providing incentives for the guest ones to turn full time, or incentives to encourage new people to join the department. I'm not sure whether the 4 events per month limit is just for the guest events organizers, or if it's for full time ones too, but if it is the same then it definitely needs to be raised and weekly, not monthly. Punishing people for buying credits at a discount is also silly, as it's ridiculously expensive to buy them from the catalogue. Turning a blind eye would perhaps be in everybody's best interest, no point punishing people on hearsay, or for attempting to spend their own money to help Habbox out. Perhaps we could implement incentives.
We need more events organizers, that is the main problem and we need to be coming up with ways to recruit more. The way I see it there are 3 different types of people we need to be aiming at recruiting, and changing the approach for each one is essential for this to work. These different types of people are:
1. People who don’t already work for Habbox
2. People who work for other departments but not Events
3. People who work for Events as Guest Events Organizers
Obviously each of these demographics are going to require different methods.
Group 1
This group is essentially compromised of three groups. Group A consists of anybody already associated with Habbox outside of the client. Basically anybody on the forum or that listens to the radio but doesn’t actually play Habbo. Group B is everybody unassociated with Habbox in client. Group C is a hybrid of the previous two groups, it’s essentially everybody that plays Habbo and is also already aware/associated with Habbox.
Group A
This group is going to be the hardest demographic to recruit because it’s largely dominated by forum members who simply don’t play Habbo anymore. They have no interest in Habbox outside of the forum and generally only use it out of habit. We can approach this in two ways, either through advertising on the forum and the different habbox websites (UNINTRUSIVELY! There’s no better way to alienate people than by sticking massive advertisements in their face), or by attempting to get them involved within the community, the two are loosely related. Perhaps that means hosting themed events e.g. Runescape Quiz night and attempting to get those members involved in client.
Group B
This group is our largest target and consists of practically everybody that plays Habbo that doesn’t already know about/use Habbox. Recruiting this group primarily falls into raising awareness about Habbox, and getting them involved with the community. This means getting in client staff to help. Whether it’s Helpdesk staff informing these random players about our events when they come in to ask for help, or our events hosts promoting habbox to the people already at their events. We need to be getting new people interested in our community, and that involves having a bigger presence inside the client.
Group C
This group should be way easier to recruit than the previous two as these users already have a vested interest in both Habbox and Habbo. With this group raising awareness is ineffective as they are already fully aware. Here we need to be providing incentives for them to volunteer their time to help us. I’ll talk about incentives later.
Group 2
This group consists of everybody already working at Habbox (outside of events, of course) and is split in two groups, Client Staff and Site Staff. The latter usually fall into the Group A category from the previous section and so has already been largely discussed. The only way this differs is that they already work for Habbox. Increasing staff bonding could help. For example, we could host Departments Competitions where the different groups all compete with one another through a variety of in client AND forum based events.
The Client based staff will be easier. They want to work for habbox because they already do, so we need to find out why they don’t want to work for events so that we can change these negative aspects to make the department appeal to more people. I have a limited knowledge of events, but a few suggestions from what I do know would be by perhaps turning a blind eye to people buying credits from places other than the catalogue. I’m sure management reading this will instantly dismiss this, but I’m not suggesting we advertise and actively encourage it. I see this to be comparable with HabboxLive in regards to piracy. It’s not condoned, but as long as it’s not in your face obvious it shouldn’t be a problem as Habbox itself isn’t breaking any rules. This is a key point in my opinion, as one of the largest deterrents for any prospective EO’s is the fact that they have to largely provide their own prizes, which can get expensive.
It will be easier to recruit more Guest EO’s from this group, as opposed to fulltime EO’s, simply because the rules are more lax.
Group 3
The Easiest group, they already host some events but don’t want to do it fulltime due to time constraints or whatever other reasons. Odey, or whoevers in charge needs to be actively working to convert some of these into full time EO’s. It would be helpful to ask them all why they chose to be Guest EO’s rather than fulltime ones so that we can make adequate changes. We need incentives to make people want to work fulltime rather than part time, whether that means funding some of the prizes for the fulltime organizer’s and not for the Guest EO’s or something. I also think 4 events per month is a little small, even for guest organizers. 6 per month, or 1 per week (so at least they are consistent rather than all being hosted on the same day, at the end of the month).
Incentives
Host of the Month
This user will receive either a reimbursement for the events they’ve hosted that month or a consistent lump sum of credits (100?). It could be decided on a point basis so that whoever hosts the most events will win, with the organizers receiving 5 points for every event hosted. This way the organizers have a set objective every month. I don’t think subjectively picking someone is the best way to go about it, which is why I’ve suggested the point system, as this can lead to staff favoritism, and there’s a definitive criteria so that you know and understand how you can win, as opposed to the staff of the month system we already have, which I don’t think anybody outside of management understands how it’s decided.
Reimbursement credit scheme
As well as receiving points for the Host of the Month, they could receive points in a separate system, which doesn’t reset each month. Quarterly (every 3 months) they can cash these in for reimbursements. Say you get 3 points per event, you host 15 events in that quarter, you receive 45 credits back. Leaving the department, not meeting your targets or posting away automatically resets it back to 0 to discourage any of these from happening.
General Criticisms
• Not enough events are being hosted during prime times. There needs to be some sort of system established so that events are happening during PEAK times. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve came online to see that all the events were hosted BEFORE MIDDAY. That’s ridiculous. Fair play for those people actually bothering to host events, and I understand not everyone’s from the UK, but for those that are, we need events during the prime times in the evening.
• Too many Guest Organizers, not enough Full Time ones.
• Firing people for buying credits through alternative means
• Lack of consistency with the events. There should be one daily event, which is on at the same time everyday so that people not familiar with Habbox become familiar with it as they become regulars at it. Perhaps called ‘The Daily Event’ (or something more creative). Habbox, not the organizers, should fund it; to ensure that there is one everyday. It will need to be booked in advance so that there’s always someone available to host it and if not we can get someone such as a manager to host it instead.
There have been some really good events this year, and it started off really well. I don’t want to name certain people for fear of missing somebody out, but some hosts have done extremely well and have been consistently hosting a lot of events. It is a shame that activity plateaued towards the end of HxSS, but that’s partly due to a couple of organizer’s being fired which can’t be helped. Hopefully management will begin to implement changes to encourage new people to join the department, and hopefully some of what I’ve suggested will be helpful. I’m sure there are people inside the department with better ideas, and perhaps asking them what they think will be of value.
Why is it on official if it's a senior+ doing it?Quote:
Originally Posted by OldLoveSong
It's also HxSS right now so there should be plenty of events!