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Can we please have more events like @Comity; hosts, fed up with the usual bingo and pod racing. He just did defend your pod and as much as I know it isn't original and new, you don't really see any of the old games being reintroduced and hosted. I'd love to see a better range of events. Don't get me wrong there are a couple of events hosts who do come up with interesting games and ones I haven't seen before but I tend to usually find it's always the same boring games.
Thank you.
That was the best event ever. loved it graham xxx
i only hosted it because i played it last night and had so much fun, i hadn't seen it in games section since like 08 but last night i was like :o
but ty
Surveys we've held in the past have consistently shown that Habbox users favour more traditional games over original, although I would really prefer a mix of both so we can cater for everyone. I daresay the more abstract games gain more popularity too: I hosted "Who Am I?" yesterday and it went down really well. I put together a list of events over a year ago and it can be found in the Staff Handbook.. I'll post it again for the Events Organisers to see, and hopefully we'll begin to see some variation.
Thanks Jake!! :)
clearly 3 of you teaming up to try and getting him to pass his trial!?!?! ;)
anywayzzzzzzzzzz loads of 'new' events have been done, especially like volunteer r/p/s. bingo/pod racing was done a lot over past few weeks as it was requested, I remember everytime I asked what people wanted me to host they'd either reply find the tele or pod racing :P
Watch out for a new original event making way onto your screens with in the next few months hosted by myself and @LissaW; Enough said :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Catchy
no scott! I just liked the game. Me and jake were having a ball and @Mathew; i can't believe you hosted who am I? without me :(
I look forward to it, winky woo ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by santa-my-nana
^^^ This!Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
personally, i thought it was rubbish
you didn't even show up ;lQuote:
Originally Posted by mrwoooooooo
I don't think it's an uncommon thing to see the rarer events being hosted on Habbox anymore, which was a problem a couple of months ago. I feel that this has been a focus of the department from my perspective and it's great to see something being done about it. Granted they may not have been as varied as they could have been during the HxSS period however I definitely think it's something which is being sorted out. Like Matt said, when surveys have been done in the past (and I'm pretty sure there was one before Matt did it with similar results), both traditional and the less common events are equally enjoyed (near enough anyway) so I do think it is important to keep the Bingo and Don't Roll A Six from time to time.
I know that there are some staff who do host some original events which is great news. I think there needs to be a balance between the two and I think this is already improving and now just needs to be maintained. I do know that sometimes hosts begin to slack so host some boring FF cos ya don't need to set up a room so if this happens again in the near future both Mathew and Alex need to address it as soon as possible.
I'd also like to say how good I think the new trialist batch have been. :)
There are 50 events on our list but there are dozens more we could add: a poll wouldn't really be feasible. I have been considering making a feedback thread for everyone to discuss the Events Department though, just so we can get a feel for what people do and don't like in general. Perhaps that may work? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
I'd completely disagree with that, as then the top few events will just be hosted mainly as they're the most liked :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
Should just update the staff handbook and make sure EOs are aware of it and then pick from it.
I love to host original games,
But I also like to host 'filler' events that I call them,
You can't host original after original event, so during the week, I like to host the same old boring games, while buying furniture / building rooms for an original game at the weekend,
I'll try to host more original events more often ;)
But make sure you come to bingo at 11pm ok... :rolleyes:
Need to figure out a way to do this in a controlled environment though. Just a random feedback thread may lead the discussion all over the place. I'm just hoping the events tab comes back soon.---------- Post added 29-08-2012 at 04:28 PM ----------Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathew
Love your events btw;)Quote:
Originally Posted by :odey:
And this is what is what works best. It's just the best way to do it! Gives such a variety all over.Quote:
Originally Posted by :odey:
Whilst events have been brought up (aww poor Alex on his first day), what's happening about Weekly Events? Do they still exist? If so, it could be an idea to perhaps just have an hour, or maybe even 2 hour slot, a week where you KNOW you're going to get an event which is hosted not too often. Not as a Weekly Event (just came up when I was thinking about them lol) but with different hosts each week but from the public's point it would mean that if they want something different, they can have it!
Not entirely original every time of course, that's just too difficult to ask.
I agree. We've kept the Events Applications open for quite a while now and there seems to be a steady stream of decent applications coming in... although I'm sure it has something to do with the time of the year too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex3213
Done! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Habbic
Nice idea. Who would have thought you had such a strict system? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by :odey:
Maybe so!Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
True too.
@Mathew; Has the management ever thought about revamping the way we give prizes?
For example, having a "point system" for the PLAYERS. Say that every time a player wins a game, they win one point. They can collect throughout the year and maybe have a system that allows players to redeem these points for goodies (ie. 80 points=habboxforum vip; 50 points = events staff for a day; 30 points=1 habbox lottery ticket; 20 points=option to pick a SNQ question; etc?)
@Habbic; @santa-my-nana; @Comity; @catchy
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Originally Posted by Habbic
I think this is a good idea :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
I like this idea because I get a bit bored with just a choice of rep or furni... I don't collect furni and I'm not really fussed about rep. So as much as I sometimes enjoy playing events, if I win there's nothing really in it for me. Although not sure if it's just me who doesn't collect furni or care about rep power.Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
i always made sure i hosted different events, i got bored hosting unlucky chair tbh but people wanted a bit of a difference so i didnt mind :/ i had a few other event ideas that don't require too much furni so if any events hosts would like to steal those ideas (i also have a big weekly idea) then please PM/VM me and i'll let you know!
I was going to host these events but i quit instead (a) don't see myself returning in the forseeable future so I really don't mind!
Weekly Events still very much exist and I've been in the process of sorting them out since Monday. We have a few EOs willing to take the plunge, and I'm hoping a few other departments are willing to dedicate some time on the client. HxHD has the SNQ, so I think it would be nice if site-based departments (like Graphics and Content) came out of their shell and introduced themselves to the client. We're working on it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex3213
Focusing a couple of hours each week on a "lesser-known event" is exactly the intention of Weekly Events and it's worked well for us so far (especially considering the fact that an award is given out... and sometimes VIP).
Good idea but as the majority of users don't use habbox then not really a worthwhile system to implement.
Might seem like most do lately as it's been the tournament, but after that it's mostly randoms :P
Do we still have Jungle Run every Friday since Nadia well... Got outed? @Habbic; I don't think that's true... I always see Habbox people at events so I don't know where you got that idea from tbh.
come back i'm here now ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by laura
a tick box multi choice poll rather than a choosing just one event poll would work.
good point there.
What kind of motivation can we give non-habbox players to come back and play other games hosted by Habbox? hmm.
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Originally Posted by Habbic
I agree it would be nice to get a general idea of how the 'habbox population' rates events...
More habbox people might play though if the point system was introduced!Quote:
Originally Posted by Habbic
That's good. I think this time round they need to be given far more publicity, I very rarely saw any of the Weekly Events signatures around on the forums.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mathew
And good. More of a reason as to why they need to be shown all around then! There have been Weekly Events in the past which performed poorly week in, week out (although I can't remember what) and that shouldn't be happening! :)
Phil and I considered introducing a points system last year, although it never really took off. We actually created the thread and asked EOs to post their winners, but we found it didn't really work out after the first day. We were going to award a month of VIP to the person who won the most events each month, but we decided to go with the "Player of the Month" idea that you can see today. The main problem with this idea is that we'd have to ask EOs to record every single winner, and I don't know how feasible that would be. I know it works out with the tournaments, but then I don't want the exclusivity to be taken away from tournaments either. Alex and I will discuss it with Mike, then perhaps put it to the Events Organisers. Thanks! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
Perhaps you could host the Weekly Event on behalf of the News Department?! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by laura
It would depend as the motivation behind it would mainly be VIP as nothing else could really be given away?Quote:
Originally Posted by Red
@Mathew;
How about having a little "thing" on the habbox thing. LOL okay, that didnt explain much.
You know how Help Desk staff and News Staff has a habbox account to keep track of their tasks?
What if we have one for the events department; but to have like a tiny one-line "submit form" where hosts can just type in the username of winner and press "submit" or something and then automatically it generates a list of winners in one page for everyone to see and it auto counts how many times each of those players won?
Not sure how feasible this is but I think it could work.
@Habbic; @-Amyy; @Red; @Comity; @Catchy; @Smurfed-;
Nope, no more Jungle Run sadly... although that was one of my favourite Weekly Events! :(Quote:
Originally Posted by Catchy
The signatures can be seen on the Weekly Events thread in the CNB, and on the page on Habbox.com. EOs with a Weekly Event do tend to add them to their signature (I know Alex did before he replaced it with a HxSS one, booo)! The problem at the minute is that there's only a couple of them! :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Alex3213
I know there was one Weekly Event in particular that was problematic last time and there's a chance of it coming back in the near future. I've made some suggestions how it can be better run next time, though! :)
So like a public leaderboard? Surely that could easily be done but it depends if the events managers were open to change.Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer
tbh with ideas above
I think we should have a panel for booking events so it's auto done and logs it so management can still see booking/unbooking etc. Would allow it to be added to hx.com a lot quicker and just more efficient in general, if that was done then there could be an area on it to allow EOs to post the winners for each round/event.
I already have access to a Leaderboard system on Habbox.com so I don't think it would be too difficult from our position. The real task would be making sure every single Events Organiser is recording their winners and posting them in a thread. We'll talk it over. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Volunteer