HabboxLive issues and concerns.

[Robbie]

Can't reply to http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=660220 so I'm making another thread.

I made a point of listening to HxL during the day the past week or so and I have to say I thought better of HxL.

1) 90% of the time it was either Sacha, Keri or Solar DJing for hours in a row. They'd actually say on air "I'm looking for somebody to cover but nobody will". It just seems like some of the DJs are lazy and don't want to DJ. This means they are streaming, which makes people tune out. Because they're streaming, the other DJ's don't feel the need to go on.

2) International DJs being on air at UK peak times. This is an issue because thats not what they were hired for. They were hired to make sure the radio is never offline and that it carries on streaming throughout international times. Maybe let them have 1 slot a week that is UK peak, and then if they don't book any international slots - get rid. HIRE MORE INTERNATIONAL DJ'S!

3) That stupid HabboxLive staff version of "Telephone". It's absolutely awful and every time it came on the listeners would drop by at least 7-10. Sorry but nobody there can sing and it hurts my ears and has made me tune out a few times.

4) Quality of DJ's. I don't want to name any names but a few of the DJ's I have heard are absolutely awful. Their microphones are awful, they speak over songs, speak too quietly, spend forever picking songs while going "um ah erm ah what shall I play oh I just got a message on MSN ah um nah don't like that song hmm ah" - this has made me tune out on a few occasions and I definitely notice listeners go down with certain DJs.

5) Variety. A few of the DJ's for example Keri play a brilliant mix of music variety - but play the same songs every show. This is better than most DJ'S, however, that just play top 40 songs and it's the same songs every show. A DJ will play the same songs in their slot that were only played 30 mins earlier in the previous DJ's slot - it's awful!

6) Timetable. As said before - DJ's are not booking slots leading to the same DJ's streaming. See above points.

I'm sure there's more but I can't think atm. I'm not bashing the whole department, the vast majority work hard but a few are very very lazy and are lettting the department down. The HxL management are not being strict or harsh enough in dealing with the lazy DJ's. I personally think it's because they're in their own "groups" and others will be upset if their friends are fired. At the moment, HxL is reminding me of Labour under Gordon Brown. Tired, out of ideas, and in need of a change and maybe a fresh leader....

Sorry if I come across as harsh.

[Minstrels]

HxL is still going? I thought Habbo radios died four years ago.

[Robbie]

HxL is still going? I thought Habbo radios died four years ago.

Lol, I don't normally listen but people complained and I thought I'd see for myself.

[Calvin]

I agree with all those points Robbie but all the DJs just reply with the same things each time such as "we can't play variety because it loses listeners" and such each time a feedback thread about HabboxLive is made and start getting all offensive.

[wiktoria]

I agree with all the points, and I get really bored listening to the same voice all the time. I don't think HxL doesn't have enough dj's I just think DJs can't be bothered.
What is the point of being a dj if you can't be bothered to do your job?

There's some djs who get distracted A LOT, for example I was tuned in and the dj was talking about one thing then the next minute she was talking about her msn and then she was talking about something else and it was really confusing because I didn't know what she was talking about and in the end I just tuned out

[Dinosaurawrr]

I very rareley stream,
yesterday iIstreamed because i wasnt even at home.
No-one would dj so i had to leave my laptop running and go out and control it using teamviewer fron my phone.

as for internationals this is true apart from hazy and matt who work extreemly hard its unreal.

I hate playing it but if its requested i have to I try to play everything thats requested and put in some variety the best i possibly can.

i have given ideas to matt to help but im not sure if any will be put in place.

[,Jess,]

With the radio being down DJs streaming etc well this is something that just started being a problem since the radio was only down for 6 hours the whole of last month. I think that it will sort itself as quickly as it's come about. We are trying to get more aest DJs but they have always been the hardest to get but that is one of the main things we are working on.

The thing about stopping international DJ at UK times has always been something that I have avoiding doing because UK DJs sometimes DJ in inter times and like if you stop one then you have to stop the other and that could cause even more problems with finding DJs. If we get the international DJs and UK DJs to good amounts where we can comfortably fill the timetable then we could trial it and see how it goes.

DJ quality has been improving lately and it will continue to, they do get a decent amount of feedback about their shows but a few people have said they think show quality has increased, not perfect but it is better than when that last hxl thread was made.

There are a lot of DJs away atm and there are some that do DJ a lot more than others, we have minimum slot requirements that should be fulfilled by every DJ. I was going to up it for the summer but couldnt because it would have caused problems where literally it was impossible for the DJs to do. Might be possible now with less staff, will see what Gemma thinks

[sammy]

I agree with all the points, and I get really bored listening to the same voice all the time. I don't think HxL doesn't have enough dj's I just think DJs can't be bothered.
What is the point of being a dj if you can't be bothered to do your job?

There's some djs who get distracted, for example I was tuned in and the dj was talking about one thing then the next minute she was talking about her msn and then she was talking about something else and it was really confusing because I didn't know what she was talking about and in the end I just tuned out

We need you back Wiktoria

On a serious note I do agree. Some DJs don't pull their weight and obviously that's a problem but I think Jess & Gemma are after more staff (especially Intls) so the problem should improve.

I certainly don't think we need a "fresh leader". Jess does so an awful lot and I think she is perfectly fine and capable to continue running the radio!

[Robbie]

I very rareley stream,
yesterday iIstreamed because i wasnt even at home.
No-one would dj so i had to leave my laptop running and go out and control it using teamviewer fron my phone.

as for internationals this is true apart from hazy and matt who work extreemly hard its unreal.

I hate playing it but if its requested i have to I try to play everything thats requested and put in some variety the best i possibly can.

i have given ideas to matt to help but im not sure if any will be put in place.

Yeah, I wasn't having a dig at you. You're one of the ones who was actually on air and actually DJing and not streaming a lot. I was saying it's unfair on you because I've seen you have to DJ for hours before now because of the laziness of others.

EDIT: @Above - Threads like this are made time and time again and nothing ever changes, thats what I meant by the 'new leader' comment.

[xxMATTGxx]

I agree with most of what has been said in this thread really. I could go on how it's quite worrying in regards of "covering" but this is something we are trying to tackle. Hopefully we can improve this over the upcoming weeks.