Habbox Q2 2011 - What would you like to see?

[Inseriousity.]

What would you like to see on HabboxForum in the coming months? A brand new update for the site skin to match what we currently have

What would you like to see from Habbox Help Desk in the coming months? Design a help desk competition where people get shortlisted and the best design becomes he real help desk for a month or two

What would you like to see from HabboxLive in the coming months? A new layout for the habboxlive.com site + more server trials

What would you like to see from Competitions in the coming months? more competitions with BIG prizes

What would you like to see from Events in the coming months? A lot more staff v member based games

Funny you should mention that actually... keep an eye out next month

[-Danube-]

Yeahhh, EOs are required to do at least 1 event per week (while ensuring it adds up to 5 a month). To be fair, I wouldn't say no to the requirement being raised because the majority do it anyway.

It's also worth noting that HabboxLive has 42 DJs which is, on average in a 168 hour week, only 4 hours per DJ.
Fitting that ratio to the events team which only has 12 people at present (albeit adding a bunch of trialists shortly), EOs would have to do 14 events per week. Our staff limit at events is 25 which still means 6 events per week; not impossible, but shouldn't be expected. There's the reason why Events can't be compared to HabboxLive and shouldn't be expected to perform 24 hours a day.

Although we ask our staff to do 1 event per week we expect more and they know that, however, if we asked them to do three per wee/12-15 per month I think it's a lot to ask because the have to spend their own furni for prizes. I myself would agree with the limit being raised but some people just can't afford that.

I wouldn't expect you do get your current Staff Member to do 14 events a week, do you think i'm crazy? LOL.

What i meant in the post i made was that you as Managers should have a long term target of getting as close to 1 event an hour as possible. Everyone should have a long term target or we just wouldn't progress now would we. I meant in my post that you should slowly increase the amount of events required per week and also slowly increase the amount of staff you have. If you filled your department up to 25 people and they were all doing say 2/3 events a week, then none of us would have an issue with you increasing your Staff Limit even more.

You also said

Oh and yeah, find us some international people who are willing to host events and then get back

This really isn't up to me is it now? If you started to slowly do more and more events you would find that you would be slightly overlapping into the peak time for another Time Zone, which attracts people from different Time Zones to Habbox. This means that when Events Apps open, you would have an increased amount of applications from international people.

I feel like i gave some rather obvious improvements and targets for your department and all i got back was a 'NO WE ARE FINE AS WE ARE'.

[scott]

Before international people apply for events there needs to be some international events held. That will attract the international people to Habbox and then eventually they will apply. You cant expect them just to come to you.

[sophiethenerd]

I feel I should stick up for events here.
Hosting international events is hard. You have to book them in advance, you don't know when your going to be free anyway let alone in the morning and in the very late evening. Parents might say "Right go to bed now." " I need to host an event for habbox!" "I don't care go to bed." "Can I just cancel it?" "No,go to bed!"

Or you might want a lie in or want to go to bed early so you miss the event.
Also its difficult hosting an event let alone when your tired.

[Catzsy]

Less strict moderation, more strict super moderator guidelines.

In what way?

[Mathew]

I wouldn't expect you do get your current Staff Member to do 14 events a week, do you think i'm crazy? LOL.

Yep.

What i meant in the post i made was that you as Managers should have a long term target of getting as close to 1 event an hour as possible. Everyone should have a long term target or we just wouldn't progress now would we. I meant in my post that you should slowly increase the amount of events required per week and also slowly increase the amount of staff you have. If you filled your department up to 25 people and they were all doing say 2/3 events a week, then none of us would have an issue with you increasing your Staff Limit even more.

Perhaps a long term target sure, but I was under the impression this thread was for quick things which we could see from each department in Quarter 2. As I do say though, we're not HabboxLive and, personally, I think striving for 24 events per day is OTT. I don't quite understand the last sentence here either: what's the point in having a staff limit then, regardless of how many events our current staff do?

This really isn't up to me is it now? If you started to slowly do more and more events you would find that you would be slightly overlapping into the peak time for another Time Zone, which attracts people from different Time Zones to Habbox. This means that when Events Apps open, you would have an increased amount of applications from international people.

This past month we have been slowly "doing more and more events" (12 yesterday) and I'm sure we've overlapped into several time zones considering how many there is. Indeed, we get international applications, but no where near enough where we can afford to turn down GOOD people from the UK in place of not-so-good people from overseas.

It was our intention last month to open applications specifically for people in a non-GMT time zone, however with an influx of resignations towards the end, it seemed much more appropriate to open to all. Perhaps when we have a stable team of GMTers then we'll consider other options.

I feel like i gave some rather obvious improvements and targets for your department and all i got back was a 'NO WE ARE FINE AS WE ARE'.

Perhaps the obvious-ness of the suggestions were what surprised me Several of our Department Reports have stressed the need for us to get some non-GMT EO's. Pretty much all general Habbox Feedback threads (whether it be events, HxHD, HxL); everyone says more people are needed from overseas. Sadly, you can't magic them out of nowhere.

Before international people apply for events there needs to be some international events held. That will attract the international people to Habbox and then eventually they will apply. You cant expect them just to come to you.

Maybe so, but I don't fancy having EOs stay up till 3am for the good of a fansite >> vicious cycle <<

[Andii]

Scrap HabboxLive & Merge w/ Hx, I think you're going to be doing that anyway?

yea agreed. . . theres no point having two different things when you can just combine them anyway

[Alex3213]

This really isn't up to me is it now? If you started to slowly do more and more events you would find that you would be slightly overlapping into the peak time for another Time Zone, which attracts people from different Time Zones to Habbox. This means that when Events Apps open, you would have an increased amount of applications from international people.

I feel like i gave some rather obvious improvements and targets for your department and all i got back was a 'NO WE ARE FINE AS WE ARE'.

As you are fully aware, Habbox originated as a UK fansite with a sister site being HabboxWorld - two entirely different things. Therefore, Habbox will always have a majority of British Isles visitors regardless of the merge or not, just like many US fansites we're not incredibly aware of nor visit often, I'm sure you'll agree. This means whenever applications open, the likelihood is the majority will be UK applicants, as many US citizens still are able to attend events (due to only the 5 hour time difference) there'll be a slightly smaller proportion of them who apply in the majority and the rest will just be anomalies (sorry Josh ) who will apply. Any manager who simply lets every single person who does not come from the BST or GMT timezone is clearly an idiot and does not deserve their job, I know for a fact not one manager here who needs international (yes, I... I said it!) people would do that. That is not a factor which gives them any advantage, it is beneficial for the department, yes, however will not be part of the choosing process when trialists are being chosen. It's like you hiring someone when you were Rare Values Manager just because they were rich and had an idea of the trading market but the report they gave was "I DONT HAVE ANY EVIDENCE BUT I THINK THAT LIKE THE THRONE SHOULD BE 2,000 CREDITS, AGREED???" - I wouldn't take them on board, Luke wouldn't take them on board now, you wouldn't take them on board.

Whether you had quit by then or not, before and even during your absence the amount of events was very minimal. At one point I'm sure you only had to do one event a month, maybe it was two (definitely two because that's how much it was when I joined). There was an event every three days, when I worked under Roxy that happened several times, that's the ratio events were happening at. If you think that they're saying "no, we are fine as we are" then you clearly must be mistaken unless I was hallucinating for the last three years.

Perhaps the obvious-ness of the suggestions were what surprised me Several of our Department Reports have stressed the need for us to get some non-GMT EO's. Pretty much all general Habbox Feedback threads (whether it be events, HxHD, HxL); everyone says more people are needed from overseas. Sadly, you can't magic them out of nowhere.

Dunno why you bothered putting the "" to be honest, I think that was a very valid comment. I'll get my favourite magician to abracadabra 10,000 users who live in Australia to attend our forums! Hooray, the world is saved!

Before international people apply for events there needs to be some international events held. That will attract the international people to Habbox and then eventually they will apply. You cant expect them just to come to you.

Of course but you've also got to remember that most people do have a sensible sleeping pattern (unlike Martin! ) and therefore if you think someone will sacrifice a sensible sleeping pattern (even if it was a one off) to plan their event, book their event in advance and host it whilst they're half asleep (I can't function past 12am and 1am when I've been on MSN I speak stupidly). In addition, Habbox is a team and as you said, they can't be expected to come out of no where but there have been events in the morning whatever the department, I know that HxL, HxE and HxHD have done some fairly reasonable times for all timezones.

Funny you should mention that actually... keep an eye out next month

OMG WUT COULD IT BE?!?!?!

[Mathew]

Therefore, Habbox will always have a majority of British Isles visitors regardless of the merge or not, just like many US fansites we're not incredibly aware of nor visit often, I'm sure you'll agree.

This is so true. We don't go straying to USA fansites so it really is no different.

Dunno why you bothered putting the "" to be honest, I think that was a very valid comment. I'll get my favourite magician to abracadabra 10,000 users who live in Australia to attend our forums! Hooray, the world is saved!

The is in place so that a perfectly acceptable statement can be changed into a tounge-in-cheek comment if the recipient so wishes. Kind of like something to cover my back incase Danube turns ugly (even though he already is). , indeed.

Not much to add, just thought I'd say that this was a really good post but can't rep until tomorrow

[A]

What would you like to see on HabboxForum in the coming months? A new layout would be quite nice
What would you like to see from Habbox Events in the coming months? I think they are fine the way they are
What would you like to see from Habbox Help Desk in the coming months? New layout and design, staff are fine!
What would you like to see from HabboxLive in the coming months? Ive got to say a few things, some bigger radio events, and a new layout for habboxlive, that same layout is getting quite old and boring.
What would you like to see from Rare Values in the coming months? Rare values being posted quicker.
What would you like to see from Competitions in the coming months? Once again, these are fine the way they are!

Thank-you for letting me answer this