Events Department

[orientalframe?]

just saying


i've seen thishabbo (and even hffm) host loads of events recently and i barely see a break in the day, i know they have to fund their own room and prizes but surely they knew that before they applied?

[Jurv]

oh hello! i was waiting for this thread, every other department has seemed to have one :¬:

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The events hosted by Habbox really have seem to be lacking! Others will disagree with this point but I find that Habbox has steadily been going downhill for the past two years. With the radio down to about 30 listeners max during the day, Habbox is really at a low point. For the topic of discussion, events hosted by Habbox are really lacking. I've been looking at the events for a little while now, and how can a fansite only host two events in a day! Really, that number is super low! I know today, for instance, there are 5-6 events planned, and that should be a minimum for one day. How can other fansites host events 24 hours a day and Habbox can barely put out 2 in a day.Honestly, Habbox needs to step up its game!</p>

i dont know whether you were here for the habbox olympics or not but there were loads of events being hosted during that period. at the moment quite a lot of staff are posted away and i am currently going through some of the recent apps which have been sent to me. anyone who wants a trial or who has applied will be contacted later on, so yeah, hopefully we'll have some really nice additions to the team.

in regards to what you said about habbox, i would actually say that events aren't doing that bad compared to other sites. we probably need to be more consistent in terms of the amount of events but that can't always happen. unfortunately people do have lives outside of habbox and sometimes they need to post away for that reason. as well as that, people seem to forgot that all events which are hosted are funded by the events organisers so they will also need time to get hold of prizes for people as well as preparing rooms and anything else which they need to sort out to host an event.

another thing which has become an issue is habbo itself. with the current chat it's extremely hard to get your point across sometimes and it's even harder to advertise more around the hotel. you can't even host room events anymore which has proved to be a pain during the non-bst side of things. during uk times it isn't so bad as a lot of habbox users attend, but during the early hours of the morning it's very hard to start an event without only a few people turning up. before the whole habbo problem it wasn't too bad and if anything, it actually improved. it's a shame really!

thanks for posting this thread though, it's always nice to get some feedback. however, i can assure you within the next few weeks things will definitely improve and you will see a lot more events being hosted, especially with hxss around the corner.

Maybe try and have EOs from different time zones? Idk. But then I guess you end up with events with only a few people showing up.

we don't really get many non-bst users applying and if we do, it's always within a small number. before the whole issue with habbo we were getting quite a few people turning up to early morning events and it's a shame that it can't be the same now. hopefully in the coming weeks we'll have a few more trialists and advertisement will become less of a hassle.

[-Nick]

You just might not be online when the event are hosted!!!:S

[Netaxes]

I think if funding is the issue, then I think that's something the manager and upper management need to talk about. Maybe taking some of the donations and buying prizes for events so that more can be hosted. If the manager is away, its the responsibility of the assistant manager to step up and fill the job. **EDIT** As well, you cant just say "Oh, we did tons of events at this time, we host tons of events". Consistency is something that will bring people to the website!

[Richie]

I think how donations work is somewhat silly. I remember I was going to donate a good 200 tubmasters and a load of mochas to the events team so the organisers wouldn't have to pay for prizes for a few weeks and was told that's part of their job, which is fair enough but if someone is willingly offering a big donation to fund something by all means you should take it.

As for the department itself, maybe more events could be hosted. I personally don't bother attending them as it's pretty boring (no offence) I like competition. Not sure if it happens already but maybe you could have events winner of the month or something? Add up everyones points like big events and whoever has the most amount of points by the end gets a prize or something.

[Inseriousity.]

It has been talked about. If you would like to make a donation to fund events, feel free but finding consistency would also mean we need a consistent means of funding to allow that to happen. The only current way to make funds is through the Habbox Lottery which has always been inconsistent and patchy (some months doing well, some months doing absolute rubbish).

Events are definitely a bit thin on the ground atm but these things are often like a rollercoaster and consistency is easier said than done.

[David]

I think how donations work is somewhat silly. I remember I was going to donate a good 200 tubmasters and a load of mochas to the events team so the organisers wouldn't have to pay for prizes for a few weeks and was told that's part of their job, which is fair enough but if someone is willingly offering a big donation to fund something by all means you should take it.

As for the department itself, maybe more events could be hosted. I personally don't bother attending them as it's pretty boring (no offence) I like competition. Not sure if it happens already but maybe you could have events winner of the month or something? Add up everyones points like big events and whoever has the most amount of points by the end gets a prize or something.

Isnt that player of the month?

It has been talked about. If you would like to make a donation to fund events, feel free but finding consistency would also mean we need a consistent means of funding to allow that to happen. The only current way to make funds is through the Habbox Lottery which has always been inconsistent and patchy (some months doing well, some months doing absolute rubbish).

Events are definitely a bit thin on the ground atm but these things are often like a rollercoaster and consistency is easier said than done.

I don't ever see anything about Habbox Lottery except in your sig, is it just left to run on it's own legs or am i missing something?

[Dean]

It has been talked about. If you would like to make a donation to fund events, feel free but finding consistency would also mean we need a consistent means of funding to allow that to happen. The only current way to make funds is through the Habbox Lottery which has always been inconsistent and patchy (some months doing well, some months doing absolute rubbish).

Events are definitely a bit thin on the ground atm but these things are often like a rollercoaster and consistency is easier said than done.

Isnt that player of the month?



I don't ever see anything about Habbox Lottery except in your sig, is it just left to run on it's own legs or am i missing something?

This. I haven't heard of Habbox Lottery in a while. Why not make it a regular, weekly occurrence?

[Samantha]

This. I haven't heard of Habbox Lottery in a while. Why not make it a regular, weekly occurrence?

It's monthly or attempts to be, I think weekly is too often though!

[Alex3213]

This. I haven't heard of Habbox Lottery in a while. Why not make it a regular, weekly occurrence?

Because there just wouldn't be enough tickets in a week which is why it is monthly (or is meant to be).

There has to be a line between the effort you're putting in for the outcome which can be used for funding. I think the way it is working at the moment (or again, should be.. ) is good cos with the amount of managers there are, 216 tickets is more than reachable (whereas with 1 or 2 people working on it it's so much harder and lol I use too many parenthesis) but I agree that it needs to have more of a place here. As you said Mike, it's the only way currently Habbox can make funds without donations and therefore it is important that it is advertised and is an exciting event for people to participate in.

As with Events it's definitely noticeable that it is going downhill which is a shame especially as it is the summer holidays I think - or is about to be maybe idk - so it is key for Habbox to take this opportunity with both hands, and if possible, feet too! I'm sure it is very difficult with only having one manager present at the moment but that's no excuse. How many staff are actually not posted away at the moment just out of interest?

I think the other thing is variety is now more important than ever due to the lack of events (let's not make excuses as to why, I'm sure they're all true however the point still stands, there are very little events) and I think this is something which still needs to be addressed. It's much better than it was, in fact a lot better: Connect 4, Simon Says, Dice Do-Me-No and Assault Course are all on the first page of the CNB, but I'd be interested to know what the rule is on duplicate events. I think that it is important to have the same event no more than once in a 3 hour period. For example if Bingo was at 12pm, it shouldn't be on at 10, 11, 1 or 2 so it really makes sure that this is sorted. It was something I noticed due to the HxO and when you're trying to engage Habbox users (as well as attract new ones), it'll get a bit stale and boring if the same events keep coming up. Credit to those EOs who's events I just mentioned though because I know when I saw Connect 4 one morning for example, I know I would have came online to have a go if I was around.

When HxSS comes along it'd be interesting to note the proportion of events hosted by normal EOs and then other staff afterwards, to see if there are really any problems which do need to be sorted out.