Competitions Feedback

[Dentafrice]

What happened to the old competitions department, that offered high prizes, and got high-quality entries?

If you don't make the prize high enough, the desire to actually make something good.. isn't going to be there.

[MissAlice]

Firstly I have to say I'm disappointed, and shocked that donations are used to run staff competitions and to benefit VIPs who are able to enter the main competitions. My donation was for the benefit of all members and not to benefit a minority at any time.

There appears to be 9 staff in the Competitions Department, so I can't understand that it's a lot of work to organise competitions to be released at different times of the month. Surely if you closed competitions one week apart and made good use of the department staff there would be less of a burden on yourself. You have I think 2 senior staff, not sure what they do, but they could deliver winners prizes and ease the pressure on you.

Better prizes for alt competitions will encourage members to be creative, as for them it's not always about winning the prize but more about winning the competition. Prestige

DieselShaq mentioned the lottery, here is some proof that there was always a rollover and you can see for yourself how successful it was. Of course it's an easy to enter competition and it doesn't matter that by typing in 3 numbers you can win a lot of furni. It's all about the thrill of winning and the very fact that anyone can enter, because you don't need any skills to do so, it's all about luck Also if you don't own much furni rollovers are a great opportunity to win a bit more than normal. I see staff can enter this too! So why do they need members donations for their competitions?

http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=87503 the fifth lotto
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=83966 the fourth
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=80584 the third
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=77367 the second

[H0BJ0B]

Hey again,

Thanks for your replies. Below are some replies to the topics brought up. They are replies to comments made in jrh2002 and MissAlice's post. Dentafrice - thanks for your comment, it has been noted.

In regard to both of you saying you do not/did not wish for your donations to go towards staff or VIPs - we had quite a few donations before both of your donations were made and so those are the prizes that go towards VIP and staff comeptitions. Your donations will be used in the public competitions.

As I said in my original post, we are going to be raising the prizes however there will need to be a leash on the amount we raise it if we are also going to be giving 2nd and 3rd places as requested earlier which will hopefully encourage some more high-quality entries as everyone here has stated.

Regarding the lottery - when I came to the competitions department, the Lotto wasn't functioning in a rollover way. Looking at the posts you've provided MissAlice, and seeing it get 14 pages of posts, maybe doing a rollover would help. Lotto's tend to be won after about 10 weeks though I believe and so a 10 HC prize towards someone who's entered with little effort seems a little contradictory towards the mention of bigger prizes for harder work.

Weekly seems a bit too often though however this may just be my opinion. I will look into getting a poll put up on Habbox.com and I'll also put one in the Competitions forum so that the people that actually enter competitions can have a say on it.

Senior staff do help with moderation and I might look into getting them to help with the winners however there are a few things which restrict the amount they can do.

I have got a few more ideas in mind after reviewing the posts made and as mentioned earlier, hopefully they will be ready to implement next month.

Thanks again for your time in giving feedback and helping me know what the members actually want.

H0BJ0B
Competitions Manager

[MissAlice]

Regarding the lottery - when I came to the competitions department, the Lotto wasn't functioning in a rollover way. Looking at the posts you've provided MissAlice, and seeing it get 14 pages of posts, maybe doing a rollover would help. Lotto's tend to be won after about 10 weeks though I believe and so a 10 HC prize towards someone who's entered with little effort seems a little contradictory towards the mention of bigger prizes for harder work.

Weekly seems a bit too often though however this may just be my opinion. I will look into getting a poll put up on Habbox.com and I'll also put one in the Competitions forum so that the people that actually enter competitions can have a say on it.

Thanks for replying

I'm pleased to see you will be raising the prizes, that's what I hoped for The Competitions Department has plenty to keep them going for quite a while and just as importantly thank you for respecting that my donations are for all members and not for minorities

The Lottery is very different to any other competition that is run, you can be any age, requires no skills, and allows the whole community regardless of their ability to enter easily. How many competitions do you know that have that quality? It's an important competition because it draws in new members as well as old. You want to know if anyone has won it, and when they haven't the prospect of winning a rollover gives you the opportunity to try your luck again. When you have very little furni the idea of winning quite a bit can be exciting. So one competition that is regularly run that still amounts to only 1 club sofa a week isn't a great deal, and I'm sure everyone loves a rollover

With regards to polls, that's an excellent idea, asking those that enter the competitions to give their opinions as I'm sure those members will tell you what they do actually want, not too much I hope

Keep up the good work!