Rare Values needs reform

[Samantha]

I do not understand what you mean by this?

Like you said this was given out by Ione, that's all on the wiki anyway lol.

[Mathew]

Also, with Furni Editors I haven't really got any clue what they do, I didn't know they would be actual roles as of now and I believe they only upload the rares to the site as I never got told to do that when I was a Head or an Assistant too (figured out how myself).

I think there needs to be some communication between Will and yourself if you "haven't really got any clue what they do"!

[Dean]

I think there needs to be some communication between Will and yourself if you "haven't really got any clue what they do"!

I agree. I was shocked when I saw that you didn't have a clue what a furni editor was and this is your department.

[xxMATTGxx]

Scrapping experts role in 3...2...1.

[-Danube-]

Like you said this was given out by Ione, that's all on the wiki anyway lol.

Thats what i meant, you need some integration with the Wiki.

So somewhere on the pages which has the Throne, Russian Samovar (lol) and Holoboy you could put 'Was one of Iones gifts, click here to read more about this' and link them to the wiki. It's all about finding a use for the Rare Values, and by adding links to the wiki and other places you are bouncing traffic around the site. Like on the wiki is they are talking about a range of furni, they should link to the RV Category page so people can iteract with the item more.

Basically you need to move away from just 'values' and branch out into more of a content kind of thing. Like i keep saying, Off-Client Furni Museum is the whole idea.

People keep saying 'this needs changes and so does that' which is true, but it doesn't need doing right this second. The popularity of RV is already rock bottom so waiting a little longer and actually getting things right is the main concern here. Get your head down and start thinking up ideas for a massive reform and launch this alongside V7.

You need something interative and informative and this needs to affect both the front end (Habbox.com) and the backend (your staff structure).

The deparment needs to be almost unrecognisable that you maybe consider a deparment name change, although i would love the name to stay just for nostalgia sake.

[Mathew]

good stuff!

[Kyle]

Furni Editor should not be a separate role, just an add-on for existing, trusted RVRs. If there is only one head RVR then you should perhaps consider promoting more to get the job done faster.

[xxMATTGxx]

Furni Editor should not be a separate role, just an add-on for existing, trusted RVRs. If there is only one head RVR then you should perhaps consider promoting more to get the job done faster.

Furni Editor is basically adding furni to the site, not updating the values. It was part of the reporter role but many staff members found it hard to find time in creating sprites and adding them to the site. So hence the separation after it being suggested by previous RVR management and current RVR staff.

[-Danube-]

Yes it was always part of everyones role to make images and such but many people never did it, i know when V6 was released i must have spent around 50 hours producing 2000 images to add to the site with little help from others, but it had to be done.

The role of making images was an add on to values, so a intergrating it into the actual weekly targets is a better idea then just asking people to do it if they can.

Thats why i think if each reporter is given a group of categories to look after and are set targets by a Head RVR which looks after a group of reporters would be a better idea. The Head RVR should be able to make sprite images etc so that if certain reporters found it hard to make images they could help them/ show them how to make them.

Basically it needs to be less about the values really. Values needs to be just one part of the whole resource. It needs to be a section on the site which is for light reading for people to have a look at what different furniture there is.

I also went down the root of making it interative. Maybe you could set up a feature where members on Habbox.com could suggest items of furniture that complement each other in a room. So if you click on an item of furniture it could say 'Why not try this item on furniture in a room with these items?'. I know that when i used to build rooms i'd think 'What furni would go nice with this' it would have been great to look up the item i had and see what other people have been using with it.

You could even get habbox members to upload pictures of their rooms using lots of a certain kind of furniture as an example, this would really interest all the room builders out there.

Basically you need to have a 'Rare Values Reform' meeting and open a thread in the RV Staff forums and get brain storming ideas. The title of the meeting should be "How can we extend and expand Rare Values into an informative and interactive resource that will interest many different types of Habbo User, not just traders'.

[OllzIsTasty]

Years ago, the department had specific reporters who were able to update the website with new values / furniture. It worked very well, I feel with the role coming back, the department may sort itself out. My first job here was 'Rare Values Reporter' back in 2004.