Suggestions for Change

[Inseriousity.]

No it doesn't take 9 members but Habbox have various hoops to jump through, giving them more won't help them.
Congratulatory PMs are very much cookie-cutter PMs, laid out exactly as you described. That still doesn't mean they don't take time and effort to do.
The requesting bit's easy tbh, that'd be fine. I was just getting the point across that it's not just a case of 'taking a comp out of the comp vault every couple of days', there is a lot more to it than that. Dumping it on one department wouldn't be very fair and would be too much. Spreading it across several departments would be a lot more effective but I think quality of comps would decrease when it becomes the 'secondary' job.

[nvrspk4]

To be fair, Comps has been run with a much smaller staff, I believe MissAlice is around and can explain that, I was also comps manager on HxUS for a while. If a staffer is actually devoted to comps and issues three a month, two staff members could be sufficient.

[Grig]

Yeh, when I was first around comps years ago- the staff number was indeed much smaller. BUT, the whole comp system was different; now there are wayyy more comps than before, and last for a much shorter period of time.

[FlyingJesus]

now there are wayyy more comps than before

lol really?

[Inseriousity.]

yes, really.
I think the 'competitions winners' thread displays this quite clearly (and there's still more to be added for this month). Before January, there were 9-10, now there's around 40 a month.

Competitions now last 5 days rather than the month they were.

[Nemo]

yes, really.
I think the 'competitions winners' thread displays this quite clearly (and there's still more to be added for this month). Before January, there were 9-10, now there's around 40 a month.

Competitions now last 5 days rather than the month they were.

I think he's referring to the fact there's no active competitions as there either isn't any, or they end today.

[Martin]

I think he's referring to the fact there's no active competitions as there either isn't any, or they end today.

There are often less competitions at the end of the month, since this is when the competitions calander ends and we get ready for the next month. There are still competitions there, and at the end of the month, other departments are encouraged to do competitions if they wish.

As Michael has said, the number of competitions generally througout the month has increased by a hell of a lot over the past year, and in my opinion they are now far easier to enter, get more entries, and there's more of a community feel about them with lots of people getting involved.


Furthermore, I don't think it would be a good idea to merge events/competitions at all. They are two different departments, which both offer something worthwhile to the community, and both have a strong future in my view. Competitions are getting better and better, and i'm seeing loads more events now too.

Merging them together will only hamper their success in my opinion, wheras this way each element can be worked on and improved individually, with a strong dedicated staff force on each side ensuring things are perfect.

I love working in competitions, and I enjoy the creativity side of it, and there are big differences between hosting an event on habbo, and thinkingup/planning/writing a competition. Yes, they both offer prizes and give the community something to do, but they both require different ways of thinking/organisation/admin.

Michael and Alex are doing an amazing job with competitions and in my view they've come a long way in making them far easier for people to get involved/enter. The end of the month will always see a reduction in the number of avilable comps, however this doesn't really matter too much when there's a whole month of competitions just around the corner again.

[Shar]

The competitions department has actually been progressing and the quality of the competitions are better nowadays imo. Thanks to Alex and Mike and their comps team the the department is promoted more and even more people do competitions.

[Richie]

General Manager - In all honesty, have a look at what the General Manager actually does (this isn't specifically aimed at Matt, btw, it is the role I am talking about). Okay the General Manager does a lot, that is true, so I guess the question is what does the role of General Manager actually do that the other layers of Management don't do already? It's essentially another layer of pointless bureaucracy and approval, and it has become a role that essentially restricts what Matt can really do. Therefore...

Who is matt?


Na but really, Matts a nice guy but in my opinion your one of the worst general managers as of yet. That's just my opinion though. You seem to just flow with whatever the agms think, I just get that vibe and I don't like it. As a general manager you should take control.


O/T: I agree with most of your points garion but I don't think jins gonna be too keen to give access to a site manager.

[Inseriousity.]

I know he is however, the quote he's referring to is refering to the changes that the department's gone through since January this year. There aren't any competitions from us at the end of every month because I have to:

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Week 1 - Alex3213

1st - Competition (Due: 27th September)
1st - Competition (Due: 27th September)
2nd - Competition (Due: 28th September)
2nd - Competition (Due: 28th September)
3rd - Competition (Due: 29th September)
3rd - Competition (Due: 29th September)
4th - Competition (Due: 30th September)
4th - Competition (Due: 30th September)
5th - Competition (Due: 1st October)
5th - Competition (Due: 1st October)
6th - Competition (Due: 2nd October)
6th - Competition (Due: 2nd October)
6th - 1st competition closes
6th - 1st competition closes
7th - Competition (Due: 3rd October)
7th - Competition (Due: 3rd October)
7th - 2nd competition closes
7th - 2nd competition closes

Week 2 - Inseriousity.

8th - Competition (Due: 4th October)
8th - Competition (Due: 4th October)
8th - 3rd competition closes
8th - 3rd competition closes
9th - Competition (Due: 5th October)
9th - Competition (Due: 5th October)
9th - 4th competition closes
9th - 4th competition closes
10th - Competition (Due: 6th October)
10th - Competition (Due: 6th October)
10th - 5th competition closes
10th - 5th competition closes
11th - Competition (Due: 7th October)
11th - Competition (Due: 7th October)
11th - 6th competition closes
11th - 6th competition closes
12th - Competition (Due: 8th October)
12th - Competition (Due: 8th October)
12th - 7th competition closes
12th - 7th competition closes
13th - Competition (Due: 9th October)
13th - Competition (Due: 9th October)
13th - 8th competition closes
13th - 8th competition closes
14th - Competition (Due: 10th October)
14th - Competition (Due: 10th October)
14th - 9th competition closes
14th - 9th competition closes

Week 3 - Alex3213

15th - Competition (Due: 11th October)
15th - Competition (Due: 11th October)
15th - 10th competition closes
15th - 10th competition closes
16th - Competition (Due: 12th October)
16th - Competition (Due: 12th October)
16th - 11th competition closes
16th - 11th competition closes
17th - Competition (Due: 13th October)
17th - Competition (Due: 13th October)
17th - 12th competition closes
17th - 12th competition closes
18th - Competition (Due: 14th October)
18th - Competition (Due: 14th October)
18th - 13th competition closes
18th - 13th competition closes
19th - Competition (Due: 15th October)
19th - Competition (Due: 15th October)
19th - 14th competition closes
19th - 14th competition closes
20th - Competition (Due: 16th October)
20th - Competition (Due: 16th October)
20th - 15th competition closes
20th - 15th competition closes
21st - Competition (Due: 17th October)
21st - Competition (Due: 17th October)
21st - 16th competition closes
21st - 16th competition closes

Week 4 - Inseriousity.

22nd - 17th competition closes
22nd - 17th competition closes
23rd - 18th competition closes
23rd - 18th competition closes
24th - 19th competition closes
24th - 19th competition closes
25th - 20th competition closes
25th - 20th competition closes
26th - 21st competition closes
26th - 21st competition closes

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Competition Name
Eggcelent Chocolate
There were 10 Green Bottles
Easter Fools
Then there was one
Oh Yes


Competition Idea
Eggcelent Chocolate – 7/10
There were 10 Green Bottles – 7/10
Easter Fools – 9/10
Then there was one – 9/10
Oh Yes – 8/10

Competition Introduction
Well as always, your competition introductions generally tend to be okay. There have been a few problems with images sometimes but you tend to sort them out anyway. There were 10 Green Bottles is a ridiculously long title, in hindsight, 10 Green Bottles would probably have sufficed.

Targets
Improve on image quality – Completed.
Keep on top of winners/admin work – Not completed. Not just you tbh, we both left it to the end. We’ve got to get motivated and you definitely need to do it before you go on your holidays, don’t forget!

General Comments
Overall you’re a valued member of the team as usual. You recently got a Congrats topic and it was justly deserved as I see the hard work you put in every single day. Long may it continue! However, I can’t justify another 10/10 this month because of the admin side of things and the fact that the bar is raised after every 10/10 you get.

Overall Rating
9/10

Competition Name
Egg Hunt
Eggstraordinary Years
Palindrome Syndrome
Missing Dogs

Competition Idea
Egg Hunt – 10/10
Eggstraordinary Years – 7/10
Palindrome Syndrome – 8/10
Missing Dogs – 7/10

Competition Introduction
Well, your first month and don’t be disheartened by the lack of entries for your competitions. As it’s the first month, they’re bound to be quite low as you learn to adapt your competitions to get the best out of them. Despite that, your Egg Hunt competition was probably the best this month in my opinion even if it only did recieve 4 entries. An idea is to mix up your competitions. I have stressed the importance of HabboxComps competitions and I stand by that but a nice variety of longer comps may just help you gain some confidence when it comes to reports (as they generally tend to do better for various reasons, probably cos it’s less hassle, which we are trying to sort out!).

Targets
Have a variety of competitions – HabboxComps and non-HabboxComps

General Comments
Inseriousity.'s comments: Overall, well done on passing your trial firstly. You’ve remained active throughout the trial, asking questions. A good idea to improve your score is to get heavily involved in the next Competitions Challenge (see below). Keep it up!
Alex3213's comments: An impressive first month Phil. You've reached all your deadlines and have produced some magnificent (easter) competitions, with a wide range of entries. When you read the bottom of this thread it wiill show your amount of entries, so have a look to see if you can improve the "style" of the lower amount of entries with a different theme in order to get higher entries, in order to get a variety and contrast. One of your competitions, 'Eggstraordinary Years', was very unclear and was quite similar to a competition I did earlier; personally I didn't like it and is probably the main fault. On another negative note; I want answers for your answers! I don't know if I have completely MISSED them but I can't see any answers from you at all in the HabboxComps PM box (note from Mike: you missed them and so did I, poor guy pmed them twice to me hehe). A lovely month from you and a well deserved passed trial, I hope to see many more positive things from you in the future.


Overall Rating
Inseriousity.'s rating: 8/10
Alex3213's rating: 9/10
Overall: 17/20

Competition Name
Eggmazing
Remember the Reason
Celeb Quotes

Competition Idea
Eggmazing – 9/10
Remember the Reason – 6/10
Celeb Quotes – 7/10

Competition Introduction
Well, the competitions you did had some very good ideas behind them. It’s a shame the religious side of Easter backfired with only 1 entry but sometimes, these things just happen. You build on them. Your celeb quotes was probably harder than it looks as when you collect the answers, it’s obviously easy when you know where to look! Bear that in mind and either make it really infamous quotes that almost everyone should know or would be easy to look for.

Targets
Be a bit more active. I know you’re having troubles at the moment and I hope they get sorted out.
Post your competitions on time!

General Comments
Inseriousity.'s comments: Overall, I know you have massive potential which is why I passed you on your trial despite the shaky finish. It’s a shame there were personal problems during your trial but I hope when you come back, you come back stronger and ready to get your head down and get on with things. Good luck.
Alex3213's comments: Good month considering you've been away and it has been a struggle to find the ropes for you first of all. I can't say much but remember your winners and answers, try to get more interactive and I know that you are a very active person in the News Department, let us hope for that to be the same in the Competitions. Your competitions are a very high standard and that is what got you in the green for me this month. Not got much to say other than that. Congratulations on passing your trial!

Overall Rating
Inseriousity.'s rating: 7/10
Alex3213's rating: 8/10
Total: 15/20

Competition Name
Eggs Galore
Gotta be there
Easter changes
More than just a potato
The hotel merge

Competition Idea
Eggs Galore – 9/10
Gotta be there! – 7/10
Easter changes – 7/10
More than just a potato – 9/10
The hotel merge – 8/10

Competition Introduction
Well, as I said with Alex, your competitions tend to be generally okay. I have seen a recent pattern emerging though. When red bolding words, make sure you only red bold the necessary words. I know you’re an experienced Comps Staff and I can see the reasoning behind the words you do bold but it’s not really needed most of the time. Just the prize, how to enter (habboxcomps/reply to thread) and what-to-do (match, answer etc). We had a little trouble with the Hotel Merge competition. I knew it’d be popular but in an attempt to simplify things (which yes, we are trying to do), it actually made it harder! I don’t mind harder competitions now and again, they tend to be the ‘VIP prizes’, so feel free to do them, they should be rarer than the simple competitions though, that’s the only thing!

Targets
Make sure you check your work. – Completed. Still finding small errors but definite improvement.
PM HabboxComps with the answers – Half completed. Another small improvement but not enough to warrant a ‘completed’

New target: Make sure you pick a winner as soon as you can. You’re doing it but it’s a bit slow (and it’s not just you!)

General Comments
Inseriousity.'s comments: Well, overall, you’ve had another great month. Every month, there’s at least one competition that makes me think ‘wow’ and you delivered again this month. Ironically enough, it was the potato competition that did it for me! Sounds like such a silly idea but I think that’s what makes it good, it was silly and yet effective because of that. Well done!
Alex3213's comments: Another excellent month for you. You have had a brilliant standard ever since you came to the department, and although it was 4 months ago, you coped with the change of competitions fairly quickly. I don't have much to say to you this month, grammar still isn't perfect mind you but I don't really want to waffle on! Keep it up, I don't expect anything less from you now.

Overall Rating
Inseriousity.'s rating: 10/10
Alex3213's rating: 10/10
Total: 20/20

Competition Name
Brainy Bunny
The Prize Egg

Competition Idea
Brainy Bunny – 8/10
The Prize Egg – 9/10

Competition Introduction
Well, there’s not much to say really as you haven’t been able to do much. However, what you did do was still of a high standard of work. You’re very creative with your ideas and it’s nice to see. The Prize Egg competition in particular did extremely well and even I entered it (in my head) because it looked fun to do and that’s the key to success!

Targets
Improve your pictures by making them smaller and transparent – Not completed. Well you weren’t here so a bit unfair to put completed really!

General Comments
Inseriousity.'s comments: Overall, what you did do was at the high standard I’ve come to expect from you. I obviously can’t give you a good score mainly for consistency purposes but when you do come back, I’m sure you’ll boost it up again! Look forward to seeing you!
Alex3213's comments: You're always the tricky one. I struggle to think of what to give you as a rating and what to say as a comment. I know you've had problems in real life as well as your computer's internet going to pieces. That obviously has been took into account but I don't think you hit the bar as much this month. Your competitions are always very interesting and some of them do get many entries, they're original and of course fascinating! Still want you to be slightly more active though, because I know you have been on but been standing 'idle' sometimes (don't take that too harshly, couldn't find a better way to describe it). You are someone who has a high potential and I know what you're made of, hope real life is going okay.

Overall Rating
Inseriousity.'s rating: 7/10
Alex3213's rating: 8/10
Total: 15/20

News from the Department

Well, quite a lot of comings-and-goings. DJ-Ains.T and Dilusionate have both passed their trial even if Phil mercilessly beat me on Gyroball (I WILL RECLAIM MY TITLE, JUST YOU WAIT AND SEE!). RNB.Queen and AidenFTW24 both resigned before their trial ended and Skyescaper did not pass his trial. Phew, that’s all that out the way.

Before we start the new Competitions Challenge, it’s time we announce the winner of the old one! Well done to ihatehash (Mike2) who has successfully beaten off all the competition to win the title. For someone who didn’t really like the idea, it’s clear no-one else really tried so he scooped the title from underneath our feet and deserves his prize nevertheless! He gets Staff Member of the Month, +rep from me and Alex and 10/10 on his reports. And now that brings us onto Competitions Challenge 2, which is slightly harder but will be a challenge that’ll run into next month!

We haven’t really done a quest for a while and so for the next month, we’ll be working on a new quest to present to the members! The challenge is to get involved as much as you can into the behind-the-scenes of the quest! In previous quests, me and Alex have had a last minute dash doing stickies and so now’s your chance to get involved, especially in the ideas section. I want something new, something original, something daring, something hugeeeeeeeeeeeee and more importantly, something fun. A definite challenge but we’ll manage.

Well, there’s going to be a new thread coming soon where you can post your feedback. I won’t be stickying it (we’ve been told to cut down so I have, that’s news as well hehe) but you can feel free to use it whenever you like! A new thread will be made for the new challenge though.

Number of entries
Well, as you can see from the graph, we’re slowly going downhill and while this is obviously not good enough, the amount of resignations and problems we’ve suffered, I’m just pleased we kept our head above water. There were a lot of days where no competitions were posted at all because of this reason and I sincerely hope we get at least one competition a day this month.

Results of Competitions Challenge in full detail can be seen here.

Eggmazing (DJ-Ains.T) – 16 entries
Quizeggical (RNB.Queen) – 4 entries
Eggaholic (RNB.Queen) - 17 entries
Egg Hunt (Dilusionate) – 4 entries
Caption Phrase (Inseriousity.) – 21 entries
Easter Favourites (SkyeScaper) - 17 entries
Easter or West...er? (Inseriousity.) – 4 entries
Eggcelent Chocolate (Alex3213) – 2 entries
Eggs Galore (ihatehash) – 6 entries
Brainy Bunny (Vanity) – 4 entries
Eggstraordinary Years (Dilusionate) – 2 entries
Remember the Reason (DJ-Ains.T) – 1 entry
Palindrome Syndrome (Dilusionate) – 5 entries
There were 10 Green Bottles (Alex3213) – 9 entries
Name that film (Inseriousity.) – 7 entries
Gotta’ be there! (ihatehash) – 17 entries
St Erea (Inseriousity.) – 11 entries
Easter Fools (Alex3213) – 10 entries
The prize egg (Vanity) – 16 entries
Easter changes (ihatehash) – 11 entries
Grand National (Inseriousity.) – 20 entries
Then there was one (Alex3213) – 12 entries
More than just a potato (ihatehash) – 14 entries
Missing Dogs (Dilusionate) – 2 entries
Celeb Quotes (DJ-Ains.T) – 2 entries
Survivor (Skyescaper) – 5 entries
Mashed up (Inseriousity.) – 3 entries
Oh Yes (Alex3213) – 9 entries
The hotel merge (ihatehash) – 18 entries

Total: 269




Staff Member of the Month is

IHATEHASH

Well done for winning the first Competitions Challenge but can you win the second? The new challenge you can’t win on luck and good competitions alone! You need to be getting stuck in, good luck!

do around 20 of these:

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Congratulations [insert HabboxForum username here],

You have won the [insert name of competition here] competition, well done! The prize for this competition is:

[Insert Habbo prize]

You are now given the choice of "swapping" your HC Sofa(s) for forum reputation points. 1 HC Sofa will give you 10 extra rep points added to your account instead. HC Sofas can not be traded in for anything else. Please reply back to this PM as soon as you can with your choice and you will be guided from there.

Congratulations once again
[Insert your HabboxForum username here] - Assistant Competitions Manager

It's a busy period which we decide to dedicate to the admin work. To combat this, we ask other departments to chip in with a competition every month, similar to the idea about spreading them out to the community departments. Getting them to do it once a month is hard (excluding graphics dept. who do it every month without fail), getting them to do it full time will likely be harder.

edit: Oh I should add that the graphics in those reports are not done by the graphics dept. but alex did them. the graphics dept. always do good graphics unlike those ones, sorry alex