Sulake cracking down on VIP

[Ostinato]

no gay emails

LMAO

[jrh2002]

You go to bed!

Yeah I'm gonna get in contact with Nigel and put forward the idea of charity, perhaps not to save VIP but it's something I'd like to do anyway really, and it seems to have good support already based on this thread/that convo

Whos Nigel?

[Sammeth.]

Whos Nigel?

nvrspk4!!!11

The charity idea is quite a good'un I must admit. It's nice to do regardless of the VIP situation

[Digital]

Simple way round this.... Change the V.I.P to 'Donated' Then its not really vip

[Homosexual]

^i'm with digital

[jrh2002]

nvrspk4!!!11

The charity idea is quite a good'un I must admit. It's nice to do regardless of the VIP situation

Hard work when ppl start using first names instead of habbo names lol

I think its a great idea and a way forward i would line up a charity to start all this from just before vip needs stopping then on that date resign from the official list out of protest and then do good for the children og britain or the world

Dont back down Mr Nigel we need you :eusa_danc

[HotelUser]

Yes, Habbox has been ordered to remove its VIP services.

FJ it doesn't really work like that, RuneScape is alowed to shut down sites as the idea is someone is making money as a result of using their images. Yes, Habbox is not for profit, but it makes revenues through VIP donations. Therefore, Habbo has the right to take us down, even if we really haven't done anything wrong. If we post a message about L_Ws mother, they can yank our right to use their images and content, so that's what they'll do if we run a competition.

We were going to announce this seperately but I guess cat's out of the bag. VIP will be leaving end of November however we will continue to honor any VIP payments through their end, so if you really wanted you could buy VIP for two years and have it.

Right before the Christmas charity thing too.

Can't VIP be given away for free since it can't be sold anymore?

[jrh2002]

Right before the Christmas charity thing too.

Can't VIP be given away for free since it can't be sold anymore?

The site will collapse or have to downgrade servers to continue to keep going in which case the lack of reliability will drive people away so expect it all to fall apart without a fight.

[Tintinnabulate]

Would it be possible to register as a charity?

People will not be paying for VIP features, but will simply be donating towards the charities main goal - to raise money for a specified charity. And if management choose to, these people may just by chance receive features others don't. They can't complain for that surely - as admins, mods etc. have different features from normal users so why not just make those who donate to charity coincidently get something extra.

That way, we could give the donations towards a charity, but in the UK the company is actually allowed to keep a percentage for the upkeep of the company.

The charity could even be interchangable, with users getting to vote each month which charity the donations go to?

Another quick thought of a loop hole... People who decide to 'donate' for the upkeep of the website happen to become 'Staff'.
We could invent a new role that includes all the features of vip, but maybe some element of optional 'work' that could be done and it could just be a coincidence that those who donate generally appear to be the main people with this 'job'. They can't criticise us for hiring staff with extra features than others to run the site.

Or make them "Respected Members" or "Habbox Helpers"
Habbo won't know who donated.

[HotelUser]

The site will collapse or have to downgrade servers to continue to keep going in which case the lack of reliability will drive people away so expect it all to fall apart without a fight.

More advertisements I suppose.