If you was Paul (CEO of Habbo) what would you do to get habbo back on track?
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If you was Paul (CEO of Habbo) what would you do to get habbo back on track?
Fire all the people i employed on the moderation team that can't speak proper english and get in decent people who know what they're doing.
bring back everything that was there in 2011 and with proper moderation perhaps
get some really great mods that know what they're doing, allow fansites to do more advertising, get rid of all these really bad money making schemes like buying room promotions and making them a random order, make it so you don't have to buy credits to buy furni when it comes out, new super rares but not like ltd rares (so winning them and stuff)
employ habbos as moderators
clearly we know what we're doing.
open up a second hotel of v18 (2005-2006)
everyones misses old times.
more and more events
one halloween event/competition was stupid.
sort out the currency
you shouldn't need pumpkins to buy seasonal furniture.
battleball
the retro game needs to be brought back.
habbos as hotel managers
let habbos experience being king or queen for a week.
Impossible. More like ending the contract with the company who deal with the moderation :PQuote:
Originally Posted by mdport.
Credit tax. Get rid of it.
And also get more involved with fansites. Like have a weekly article with fansite events in it. So also bring back articles I guess.
doesnt look right to me. at all.Quote:
Originally Posted by Benney
bring back lost_witness and bucho6 haha
end the contract with the current moderation team and moderate it myself
work with fansites more
scrap the marketplace (controversial one)
more room design comps
bring back PROPER public spaces
big visits in public rooms
more hotel alertsn
no credit tax
stop trying to squeeze every bit of money I can, it worked far better before
less lag
make news articles like they used to be
remove these crap 2nd party games and focus on what habbo was really about
Resign for one. lmao ;/////
Don't lay off half the staff
Put Kitano back into the hotel as manager and restore staff ran comps and articles.
An actual proper campaign at christmas, instead of say ** ** 999 times to complete this quest.
Hire better customer support.
Redesign the habbo homepage, and put back all the missing features like who is online, search feature.
Put back events, disable the disgusting coloured speech bubbles.
I meant that ;[ Improve moderation/ terminate all contracts with companies that deal with moderating because they are failing and loosing players (just kept it in my head mwaha :D)Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
I would bring back articles/news
improve moderation deffo
comps where you win actual prizes :P
bring back public rooms
and old habbo.com/me features ;)
Simple.... leave with my head held in shame :)
okay, i worded that wrong. but it would be cool to have some experienced people that have played habbo to have a go running it.
If I was Paul Lafontaine, I'd actually listen to the community and do what they want. Bring back the most demanded! Of course I couldn't give away free furni or coins, I mean it's a business after all! But still, do what players want and then that'd more than likely bring back a few thousand...
I wouldn't rely on Social Media sites such as Twitter and Facebook to interact with players of the games I'm meant to run - I would go on the hotel like I did in the Habbo Council stage, listen to people, set up small focus groups like Yurre did to find out what players want to see, I'd listen to them and be level headed about the whole situation. Somethings I may not agree with and yes they may not all come back as features but at least I'd be listening and it would be easier to get rapid responses back, quicker than it was on Twitter.
I'd attempt to bring back articles, people seemed interested in them and again it's unfair on players who don't use Twitter and Facebook missing out on them just because we advertise them on there - if we can't bring them back then that's not the end, we'll provide the links to the competitions or set up something else to ensure everyone has a fair chance; we can bring back the Minimails to ensure everyone can read the news if they want to.
Employ someone that's key role is to go on Habbo, hold conversations with people playing if they wish, visit rooms and ultimately decide which rooms deserve to be competition rooms and which don't - make sure it's as fair as possible, anyone without the set guidelines will be removed from the competition and bans could be issued (from competitions, not the game) as cheating isn't something we promote.
Expand competitions on Habbo, instead of doing prizes and campaigns whereby players can receive a Super Rare, as opposed to furni that will just decrease in value when there's too many of them on the hotel. I would also ensure that Collectibles would not be rereleased; even as a competition or campaign such as Big Ben, Dizziti, Astro-Bar and Ghostly Organ.
I'd stick to promises former managers did, the Limited Edition Rares that have already been will not be released again, the numbers will stay - Petal Patches won't be released into the Catalogue and we'll try keep the Classical Rares we already have; we need an economy on Habbo for it to work.
Bring back MarketPlace Ads, although this would be frowned by a lot, one VIP feature is that you get free Ads whereas those without shouldn't yet they do; either bring it back or remove it from the VIP features list.
Treat fansites the same as you would other hotels and other games operated by the Sulake name; don't ban people for advertising, they make Habbo a lot more popular than it should be, allow fansite competitions, battle of the fansites if you will and continue to email them with new stories and such.
Allow fansites to write news about anything on Habbo without snide remarks from myself after they occur; I won't lie and say somethings aren't true when they are; I won't build a rod for my own back anymore and I'll make sure I'm available as much as I can.
Update the MarketPlace so that whatever item you want, it displays the average of it regardless of whether or not you have the item or there is or isn't one in there already.
Bring more campaigns that people want to see, use UserVoice to the end to ensure I go through every comment and keep looking back at The Great Unmute comments we did, I promised I would read them all!
With competitions, make better prizes, do things like Fast Food; we gain a Super Rare if we win that or get randomly selected - expand that to other things and make sure people's activity improves because of it. Do it for room competitions and more; players spend 1000s of Credits on them and then they just win a badge that 9, 99 or more have too.
I would make Monster Plants count towards your pet badge to ensure you can gain that way.
I would bring bulk Credit purchases, I wouldn't remove the tax as personally I don't mind it, unless lots disagree then I would fully support it, make it so that for 101c you can buy 100 Bronze, 10 Gold, 20 Silver, 5 Sacks or 2 Gold Bars. Bring bulk offers like furni to Credits to get discounts too, it would help a lot knowing players are getting better value.
All those achievements players can't get anymore, I'll find a way so they can, you want to get the badge for Fireworks? Just set them off, a great alternative to it. Those old quests, we'll find a way.
Train or end contracts with moderation; bring either more experienced or get rid of those not pulling their weight and also improve customer support. Change the way tickets are run and ensure all are dealt with, without being closed or merged first. Dependent on bans, give people second chances and have set guidelines on ban times so that people aren't getting perms for being sexual.
Sexual, bullying and racism could be mutes, up to 24 hour bans but no more - they should learn after the first time.
Advertising Retros - always looked into, maybe a week or month ban at the top, they'd know not to do it again and they might not even be a retro to begin with.
Selling accounts - perm, can be dealt with in good time, they're going against the Habbo way much more than others but again can be appealed.
Don't ignore tweets or messages regardless of how many we get - ensure everyone is listened to and instead of going on about toast or stupid things on Twitter, actually read, listen and reply to the more meaningful ones.
Regard that those who are being moderately rude to you are only doing it for the good of Habbo, they were there before you and they know things that have changed so give them a chance.
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Originally Posted by Benney
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Originally Posted by karter
Agree with you, that'd be a silly idea to let Habbo's become moderators.
But sort out moderation completely - get proper Customer support agents who respond to tickets with useful responses.
More interaction with fansites and the hotel itself.
Bring back certain past-staff members i.e: Lost_Witness, Redtiz etc.
- Bring back battleball, diving, & lidos
- Allow users to create their own room layout
- Make Habbo a site that is more than building: Allow Habbos to interact with each other, allow habbos to play games against their friends.
- Remake the habbo.com/me site & habbo.com homepage
- Decide on a different forum software
- Make more credits for your money
- New UI with cleaner interface with features such as hiding friend bar, new navogator, new shop, inventory being able to search for furniture, more cleaner UI
- Bring classic feautres like BB , diving ect.
- English speaking moderators with a hotel manager, and 2 other staff to help run compeitions
- New homepage design, with updated habbo homes, and forums bringing back articles.
- Remove social media intergration out of client itself and having to contact staff that way, also removing those horrible non habbo games.
I also think by giving every user 5 coins who has logged on the past 2 weeks like as a one off would bring a lot more users back.
To increase sales I would make it so you get 45 Coins for £3 again, this would encourage more people to buy coins again.
bring back news and the articles i hate all this fb and twitter stuff, support staff who know what they're doing and get rid of the pumpkins and others they use
I would:
- Automate all competitions
- Cancel the contract with the outsourced moderation company and automate moderation
- Make bans last for 30 days
- Make it 1 credit to make a room
- Make it 1 credit to post on the new forums.
- Ban gambling on habbo.com
I'd kill myself. So that they could hire someone better. Sorted (Y)
get some decent staff
I'd bring back wobble squabble ^.^
Focus a little less on the financial side and SPEND money on improving the game.
People saying they would bring back certain staff members should realise that that wouldnt work at all...
wow samanfa u take this 2 seriously lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Samanfa
You won't be very popular.Quote:
Originally Posted by James22
@Halas; it was something to do lol.
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Originally Posted by Red
lol totaly stole what i was about to post
If i was Paul honestly i would quit and decide to work at mcdonalds because thats where my talents would be more suitable for.
THIS!! I don't understand why they aren't doing this!! i mean look in uservoice there are so many ideas which are good! yet they come up with some stupid games, ugly speech bubbles?? are these REALLY NEEDED right now?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mk,
ugh
If I was Paul I would Find someone that Can Manage Habbo properly and move down to a lower position.
Why were you never this vocal during the Council? :( You'd make an excellent hotel manager/CEO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Samanfa
Well it seemed that Ben and others were superior, I did tell him to change The Habbo Way (flirting, meeting your dream date etc.)Quote:
Originally Posted by October
I'm tempted to inform channel 4 about the gambling on Habbo, since well it's illegal
Burn it.
Burn it with fire.
Then rebuild.
I'd resign and live on an island in the Caribbean. Habbo is dead, Paul killed it.
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I was thinking about that the other day. A generation of kids has grown up gambling on a virtual game, I wouldn't be surprised if in 20 or so years half of the "big names" in Super rich casinos are out on their a** for betting away all their IRL money. This virtual gambling is an addiction, people just sit in casinos all day and it really isn't healthyQuote:
Originally Posted by Zak
I used to. I grew out of it pretty quickly.. then sold all my furniture. Then quit... then came back :DQuote:
Originally Posted by ndy
I would bring back the good old times the old games not have changed the home page and put hc and vip seprate bring in more comps not hire more new staff who are more for the teen group stage
Scrap the Credit Tax
It's just a pain
Bring back the retro Battle Ball Game
I had hours of fun playing that game!
Bring in Player Moderators
A selected group of Habbo's who have more power than Guardians.
They would have the ability to temporarily mute and Contact Habbo Staff directly.
This group would be hand picked by Habbo Staff.
Get Better Server's
The lag can be ridiculous at times.