International Focus?

At the moment the HabboxForum is actually quiet in the evenings, and sometimes even during the day. But couldn't Habbox take a bigger stance when it comes to International Habbo user's. We have DJ's from the likes of Canada and the US, and even Australia and Hong Kong. However their main focus is always Habbo Hotel UK, and never Habbo Canada etc...

Ploughing more focus into Habbox's International fansite status, as we do cater for all Hotels, would mean that we would have more people to join the forum from other countries, making the forums more active and then have a knock on effect for new Habbo Hotel UK users who will see that it's not just a boring old place with the same old people time after time, but that it's actually got an active community.

Another thing to do Internationally is more International based events, which would get more International Hotel Users to surely join Habbox and get Habbox's word out there about how we don't only cater for the UK, but we actually do cater for people from all backgrounds.

Been tried so many times. There was even a habbox international bit on the site and a dedicated forum. both failed.

First of all I think we should focus more on getting the UK side sorted again first before going over onto other hotels :P

Yeh our UK side isn't 100% and unless we achieve 100% then that should be our main focus. I know there are fansites who try and focus internationaly. We tried with Habbox US, HabboxWorld etc. and it didn't really work out.

We do have quite a lot of international members, compared to how many there used to be and I am sure they will will spread the word. =]

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Originally Posted by Dinasaw

First of all I think we should focus more on getting the UK side sorted again first before going over onto other hotels :P

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This really.

Although, Roxy916 did approach me about attempting to get HabboxForum official on US. However we agreed it should be a future venture.

After the USA and Canadian hotels merge I think it would rock if Habbox took another stab at it. I'd love to see some fellow North American Habboxers around here!

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

After the USA and Canadian hotels merge I think it would rock if Habbox took another stab at it. I'd love to see some fellow North American Habboxers around here!

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^^^ this pretty much, as long as they wernt mac fanboys.

Many years ago I wanted us to use Hx and HxF to push forward with the international stuff (everything was here and ready to go) But it was tried with the habbox.us etc which failed even with all the really hard work the staff put in and the users just went off to other dedicated fansites for their own hotels. Maybe more international users can be pulled in but its been tried many times and most the international members are the ones who use habbo uk.

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Originally Posted by jrh2002

Many years ago I wanted us to use Hx and HxF to push forward with the international stuff (everything was here and ready to go) But it was tried with the habbox.us etc which failed even with all the really hard work the staff put in and the users just went off to other dedicated fansites for their own hotels. Maybe more international users can be pulled in but its been tried many times and most the international members are the ones who use habbo uk.

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We use the UK Hotel because it's the best one :P

I wasn't aware that Habbox used to encourage US, AU and CA users to use HabboxForum.com, I was under the impression that they used HabboxWorld, which if I remember correctly eventually closed down and it was at that time written off.

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Originally Posted by HotelUser

We use the UK Hotel because it's the best one :P

I wasn't aware that Habbox used to encourage US, AU and CA users to use HabboxForum.com, I was under the impression that they used HabboxWorld, which if I remember correctly eventually closed down and it was at that time written off.

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It is the best one for sure lol

I wanted us to push HxF and Hx at international but Sierk decided to go for habbox.us and had its own forum and never took off (The staff worked really hard) I think they tried 1 or 2 others and then gave up. :o Then HabboxWorld appeared and they all worked really hard but they were playing catchup on the already established sites so made it very very hard to be as big as it deserved.

No it's not David..? It's just we're UK based and most probably are going to say that way. There's US fansites and there's UK. UK does seem to be a popular hotel but it's just our prefered choice. As for events I doubt it's possible, we don't have US Events Managers or GMs etc. Doubt it's necessary too. Most US actually play UK too. We don't need staff yet can we have Matt and Roxy watching events around the clock either.

In otherwords we are UK based and better stay that way.

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Originally Posted by jrh2002

It is the best one for sure lol

I wanted us to push HxF and Hx at international but Sierk decided to go for habbox.us and had its own forum and never took off (The staff worked really hard) I think they tried 1 or 2 others and then gave up. :o Then HabboxWorld appeared and they all worked really hard but they were playing catchup on the already established sites so made it very very hard to be as big as it deserved.

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That's too bad. If Habboxforum.com could get established on the North American Hotel I can't imagine how much this community would grow!

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Originally Posted by BlurredView

No it's not David..? It's just were UK based and most probably are going to say that way. There's US fansites and there's UK. UK does seem to be a popular hotel but it's just our prefered choice. As for events I doubt it's possible, we don't have US Events Managers or GMs etc. Doubt it's necessary too. Most US actually play UK too. We don't need staff yet can we have Matt and Roxy watching events around the clock either.

In otherwords we are UK based and better stay that way.

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I've yet to see a US or CA fansite which comes close in popularity or with such a established community as Habbox, perhaps I haven't looked hard enough.

I think that the content side of things could really easily adapted for the change but I don't think that Habbox could keep up with demand on the international community side of things. Personally I would like to see it happen as a lot more fansites are international fansites and in some cases official aswell, but it just might not be feasible for us to venture back into something like this.

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Originally Posted by Alkaz

I think that the content side of things could really easily adapted for the change but I don't think that Habbox could keep up with demand on the international community side of things. Personally I would like to see it happen as a lot more fansites are international fansites and in some cases official aswell, but it just might not be feasible for us to venture back into something like this.

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There's certainly no lack of help, from both the current Habboxers and new Habboxers that would come from going international.

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Originally Posted by Catzsy

We do have quite a lot of international members, compared to how many there used to be and I am sure they will will spread the word. =]

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Tbh i am not surprised that more international people don't come on. The attitude that we get because we aren't up-to-date with the ins-and-out of the british media and stuff is bad. Take Garion for example, i replied to the Sarg saying that it wasn't even in the news over here (because he said ignorance is bliss) and then God Garion just comes in and acts all high and mighty about not understanding what happens in the British media because i am not British.

But i wouldn't mind seeing a few more international kids overall..

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Originally Posted by Blinger

Tbh i am not surprised that more international people don't come on. The attitude that we get because we aren't up-to-date with the ins-and-out of the british media and stuff is bad. Take Garion for example, i replied to the Sarg saying that it wasn't even in the news over here (because he said ignorance is bliss) and then God Garion just comes in and acts all high and mighty about not understanding what happens in the British media because i am not British.

But i wouldn't mind seeing a few more international kids overall..

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You know full well that was not the case. You stormed into the thread as usual insisting that the kid who was kidnapped had probably wandered off. Then when you were corrected, instead of admitting to your own fault, you kept hopelessly defending yourself until you were ultimately arguing with everyone in the thread. You do it in any thread which is at all about a topic that would be unfamiliar to foreigners but you come across in such a way as if you're almost purposely misunderstanding the topic and then you shove your own terminology in which is only familiar to yourself (as an international member) just to cause as much confusion as possible. If you really were that bothered about understanding various topics or phrases you would just spend 3 seconds Googling it rather than creating a page of nonsense in a thread.

When this is the attitude you undertake, don't be shocked when it's not taken to kindly. In case you haven't noticed, there aren't any other international members sharing your complaints.

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Originally Posted by Blinger

Tbh i am not surprised that more international people don't come on. The attitude that we get because we aren't up-to-date with the ins-and-out of the british media and stuff is bad. Take Garion for example, i replied to the Sarg saying that it wasn't even in the news over here (because he said ignorance is bliss) and then God Garion just comes in and acts all high and mighty about not understanding what happens in the British media because i am not British.

But i wouldn't mind seeing a few more international kids overall..

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Well done on telling people exactly what happened in that thread and for not missing out any important bits :D :rolleyes:

Lemme explain what really happened:

Thread: Missing British Boy Found Safe In Pakistan

The thread was posted with a Source which explained the full story of the news. i.e. he was kidnapped.

Then this is what you posted.

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hmm, big whoop if i am honest. People go missing all the time. He probably just took a wrong turn somewhere =/

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If you had even bothered reading the news article which Black_Apalachi had linked to in that thread, you would not have made a complete fool of yourself by stating "took a wrong turn somewhere". His family went through a 6 hour ordeal and the boy was kidnapped at the end of it.

then you posted:

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or its because it wasn't even in the news over here. thats how important it is.

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I think its obvious that a British getting kidnapped in Pakistan will mainly be on British and Pakistani news, not Australian headlines. Garion was right in saying "If you are going to visit a forum with a high proportion of British members, then expect to see British news posted.".

If you are going to post in the news forum in future, its usually a good idea to read the Source. If you cant be bothered like in the above mentioned thread, then don't bother posting in that thread at all. Its pointless posting. Time to report that post of yours for pointless posting as it clearly was.

What most people are forgetting is that you resources for events etc on habbo.com is hugely limited. I mean many people give the odd hc on habbo.co.uk because it is so well known and trusted. But in America who would give a few super rares or something to a unknown fansite?

Although I am sure if Habbox asked in an Announcements that any habbo.com donations would be great you might get bits and bobs, but I doubt anything magnificent as most our users play .co.uk

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Originally Posted by Android

What most people are forgetting is that you resources for events etc on habbo.com is hugely limited. I mean many people give the odd hc on habbo.co.uk because it is so well known and trusted. But in America who would give a few super rares or something to a unknown fansite?

Although I am sure if Habbox asked in an Announcements that any habbo.com donations would be great you might get bits and bobs, but I doubt anything magnificent as most our users play .co.uk

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We used to have quite a bit of furni on .com I know a few people have already donated to Habbox on there :P I don't know who has it or if it still exists though lol

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Originally Posted by Dinasaw

We used to have quite a bit of furni on .com I know a few people have already donated to Habbox on there :P I don't know who has it or if it still exists though lol

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Probably nvr ;)

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Originally Posted by Saurav

I think its obvious that a British getting kidnapped in Pakistan will mainly be on British and Pakistani news, not Australian headlines. Garion was right in saying "If you are going to visit a forum with a high proportion of British members, then expect to see British news posted.".

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Perhaps you missed the part where i posted that we get a lot of international news?

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Originally Posted by Blinger

calm down buddy, we hear international news all the time. Like americans being kidnapped, maddie mccain or whatever her name was being stolen.. Even recently, how a german boy was brought to a brothel

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anyway, i'm not going to reply back here on this topic because of oli's luverly private message.

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Originally Posted by Blinger

Perhaps you missed the part where i posted that we get a lot of international news?




anyway, i'm not going to reply back here on this topic because of oli's luverly private message.

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Maybe you missed the part where I said "Australian headlines".

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Originally Posted by Saurav

Maybe you missed the part where I said "Australian headlines".

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It is kind of a catch 22.

For it to succeed we need international players to organize events, competitions and donate furniture. However we don't have a great deal of international members here to take them roles.

So it would be really hard to do, i myself tried with habbox.us but because i didn't play US i couldn't provide the US community with as much as habbox.com could provide UK.

Personally i would love to see it happen but if it was tried again i would:

- Hire more international DJ's
- Hire international events/competitions team
- Get some buzz around it! Do some big week full of events, scape some prizes together
- No more separate sites, hx/hxf/hxl will focus internationally (mainly USA)

I think more international activity would fix the current inactivity the forum is currently experiencing too. I think Yonder's outline above summarizes what needs to be done quite nicely.

hey don't hate on australians we will blow you up with americas nukes

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I can actually help to keep the radio active.. But i wasn't selected for International DJ. And as for forum, i will try to make it active and alive than before by posting maybe some interesting news, jokes or something nice?

People say we have tried and failed but have you heard of the saying "never give up?"
Thats something that annoys me with habbox is that they will try something for few weeks and if its not working the way they want it to they forget they even tried at it. If we had a few International events/comps that should atleast start to bring in more people if there is enough advertising around the hotel.
I know Its hard to get interest from other hotels but if you stick at it we will eventually get up there.

We tried it for more than 2 weeks lol. But I'd be happy to help in anything international based, as I've got quite a bit of furniture on various international hotels. All our international folks end up on Habbo UK, because that's where all their UK buddies are- from this it is clear that there will never actually be any new members coming into Habbox. It is possible though, take for example (in the past because now it's become worse, but still holds itself) HabboHut, they managed to get people from every English speking hotel to their site. This was partly due to various staff DJing, but also due to the amount of DJs, events stuff etc. that actually played their own regional hotels, plus there were regional managers.

I'd say if we are happy the UK side of Habbox is going close to 100%, then you could try. But I'd mind you that this initial 'hype' would die down and the international effort would slowly die out, like it has numerous times in the past.

HabboxWorld was just used as a place where practically anyone could get smod :L

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Originally Posted by Favourtism

HabboxWorld was just used as a place where practically anyone could get smod :L

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lols, but why would we need more than one Forum for Habbox? When we can just focus on making HabboxForum.com/HabboxLive.com/Habbox.com more international friendly. Then it surely wouldn't need to cost as much as registering another domain...

Edit : I know Habbox still owns HabboxWorld.com for testing, but still there is no point opening it back up where you could just try to attract more people to HabboxForum.com

If it was decided that we would take an international focus, I highly doubt that would involve an international website. There is, as has been highlighted, a considerable amount of work involved in creating an international interest in Habbox. It would be great if we could attract more members from international backgrounds to the forum and perhaps it is something we will look into doing later in the year. Right now though, we need to focus on maximising Habbox on a UK basis as we have suffered in the recent months. Things are indeed picking up and we are continuing to work to make sure we achieve on this level. Thenwe can look at achieving internationally. We don't want to bite off more than we can chew.

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Originally Posted by Garion

If it was decided that we would take an international focus, I highly doubt that would involve an international website. There is, as has been highlighted, a considerable amount of work involved in creating an international interest in Habbox. It would be great if we could attract more members from international backgrounds to the forum and perhaps it is something we will look into doing later in the year. Right now though, we need to focus on maximising Habbox on a UK basis as we have suffered in the recent months. Things are indeed picking up and we are continuing to work to make sure we achieve on this level. Thenwe can look at achieving internationally. We don't want to bite off more than we can chew.

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Exactly what most of us agree. However, can we really offer more to UK users? We've given them essentially everything we can think of, and we're the largest Fansite in the UK. Would be nice to see more International users from all over the world joining the Forum..