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30-05-2016, 10:36 AM
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.
30-05-2016, 10:38 AM
xxMATTGxx

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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.
30-05-2016, 10:42 AM
Matt

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Originally Posted by Chris

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.
30-05-2016, 10:45 AM
Samantha

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Originally Posted by 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.

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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30-05-2016, 11:15 AM
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).
30-05-2016, 11:21 AM
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.
30-05-2016, 01:51 PM
FlyingJesus

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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

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Originally Posted by 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.

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

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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
30-05-2016, 03:45 PM
lawrawrrr

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Originally Posted by FlyingJesus

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!
30-05-2016, 04:45 PM
Meanies

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Originally Posted by 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

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.

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Originally Posted by Matt

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.

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Originally Posted by Empired

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.

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Originally Posted by scottish

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.

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Originally Posted by Empired

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.

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Originally Posted by Kyle

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.

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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.

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

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.

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Originally Posted by Samanfa

*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.

bye
30-05-2016, 05:00 PM
Samantha

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Originally Posted by Meanies

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.

bye

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.

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