Sulake cracking down on VIP

[J0SH]

Well there is a solution to that, don't call it VIP, use it as a form of donations to help fund for hosting and such, then for that they get a coloured name and extra features to show your appreciation. Sorted.

[--ss--]

I think Habbo are chatting crap to be honest.

How can they say they will force you to change your domain if it contains the word Habbo? So if I go and set up a company called Glasses Ltd (Example) then i can e-mail every website with the word glasses in there domain and threaten them to do what I want and if they dont oblige they have to change domains? I don't think so!

They are talking through there arse if you ask me, and what they are doing is probably breaking some form of law in some way.

Technically HabboxForum reffer's to "Habbox" Forum, the term Habbox can be broken up further into Hab and Box , Sulake may have the term Habbo copyrighted but they haven't got "Hab" registered and so nothing can be done about that and Habbox will have a solid defence if Sulake do try to take legal action .

oo I just got a idea, someone email into BBC watchdog / BBC news , i'm sure they'd be interested on how large companies are trying to squeeze money out of the small coumminity sites ran by teens

[Sammeth.]

It takes them months to remove all the exposed sites etc so something this trivial i think they will make themselves look stupid.
You sites all need to join forces to win this because your site is at risk otherwise you may get vip to keep going for the next year but the cash will soon run out.

I read somewhere lost_witness said until anybody says anything it would be ok to keep selling vip etc so this must have come from the **** heads at head office.

Back to the days of secretly ebaying furni to pay site bills? :eusa_wall

Yeah, Lost_Witness has never had a problem with it, so it's pretty much the Sulakers themselves rather than the office staff.

Trying to find loopholes here much!

[Mr.OSH]

well then I think we all need to demand a legitimate answer?!

In my opinion this does seem highly unfair on sites like Habbox and ClubHabbo which have to maintain themselves and as you guys say the amount of advertising and promoting Habbo fansites do deserves habbos respect if nothing else, the forced removal of a key feature which allows many of these sites to maintain themselves seems rather untoward and worrying.

Its in place on other hotels too!



They never say why, they just say what they'll do if you don't follow what they say.

Personally by the sounds of it I don't think it really shows much gratitude to refuse to listen to fansites that many struggle because habbo has added a rule that makes little sense other than indicating they want to eliminate any competition for "customers" although VIP is more of a donation if anything. I very much hope habbo can reconsider or something when they see the sort of effect it has on many fansites (however I'd rather they we didn't have to feel the effects first for them to realize this is a bad idea). I hope that this decision has not been made by people who do not appreciate what habbo fansites do for habbo and just see them as a marketing problem - I don't think making fansites remove VIP will actually help them make much more money anyway if people want to buy credits of HC they will I doubt buying fansite VIP will prevent them from doing it.

[JackHb]

Well there is a solution to that, don't call it VIP, use it as a form of donations to help fund for hosting and such, then for that they get a coloured name and extra features to show your appreciation. Sorted.

Yeah that is what I just mentioned to Jrh.

Habbox should try some hard core advertising, approach runescape to advertisie a banner on all Habbox sites lol

[Jordy]

O.o didn't notice it, I need a dose of coffee

There's one easy way of getting around this all. Removing VIP and replacing it with a donation system, users donate to the site and in return you get a thank you reward of being added to a usergroup with special privledges. They cannot do anything about that as users are not "Paying" but "Donating" out of their own will.
If they do not allow gifts to be given out then surely they should scrap the badge system on the hotel client or maybe even scrap credits and HC as they are forcing user's too pay for their extra privledges. Far too much Irony and stupidness behind this all.

UkchaserAl said that no service what-so-ever can be given in return for a donation otherwise it would be considered breaking the Habbo Way.

I've said from the very beginning 'Just take no notice till you get the email' and I believe that's what they've been doing and it's worked so far, but when they get the email there's 3 options I imagine, work-arounds are not an option and there's no point reasoning with them, whether this be pathetic or ridiculous, everyone has to comply.

You could ignore the email but then one day we'll end up trying to get on the Habbox Network only to find their host has shut them down because they could obviously believe a multi-million pound business.

Comply and go mad with adverts.

Remove all reference's to Habbo on HabboxForum and seperate it from Habbox.

Or I guess you could simply sell the site for a fortune and leave someone else to sort it out before you either; Have to close the site, have to start paying yourself or end up in court. I believe it's called Jumping off a sinking ship but it's what I'd do. Sell habbox for a fortune, move on and enjoy the cash. The longer you leave it, the more chance it'll end up closing or depreciating, or ending up in a commerical court

[coley]

We should have a protest, All get naked and go into the lobby and not move til they let us keep VIP!

[Minstrels]

Technically HabboxForum reffer's to "Habbox" Forum, the term Habbox can be broken up further into Hab and Box , Sulake may have the term Habbo copyrighted but they haven't got "Hab" registered and so nothing can be done about that and Habbox will have a solid defence if Sulake do try to take legal action .

oo I just got a idea, someone email into BBC watchdog / BBC news , i'm sure they'd be interested on how large companies are trying to squeeze money out of the small coumminity sites ran by teens

Go find the email then.

[--ss--]

Go find the email then.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/

[Minstrels]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/gotastory/

Go send the email then.