Bring Back HabboxTV

[Phil]

While I wasn't around when HabboxTV was a thing, I'm not sure if it's worthwhile bringing it back. While some user may want it back, it seems like it's for nostalgia purposes than anything else. I think the biggest difficulty would be trying to build a team of skilled people who are willing to make these videos somewhat regularly. I mean, if departments like events are finding it hard to recruit staff, I feel that HabboxTV would find it much harder.

Did it have much of an audience?

[Judas]

https://habbox.com/retro/he.php

OMG wow how cool! I remember 'Cyanide' was like the first incarnation of HabboxTV, I think. At least it was the first proper show. Then 'The Street' was probably the most popular series that was ever made in this kind of format. It had several series and grew into a pretty mature and engaging story.

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While I wasn't around when HabboxTV was a thing, I'm not sure if it's worthwhile bringing it back. While some user may want it back, it seems like it's for nostalgia purposes than anything else. I think the biggest difficulty would be trying to build a team of skilled people who are willing to make these videos somewhat regularly. I mean, if departments like events are finding it hard to recruit staff, I feel that HabboxTV would find it much harder.

Did it have much of an audience?

You're right, it would. But it's not like other departments such as events and competitions since all of the work can be produced in advanced. Someone just needs to upload the shows at the right time then. Of course finding staff will be hard, but all it really needs is one or two popular series for people to become interested. It would definitely take a long time, but how would we know until it was tried?

Yeah a few shows were quite popular and there was quite a lot of excitement for a few of the shows

[Jurv]

i can't see the harm in trying it out again it's not like we're doing anything else..

i'd certainly help out if it got up and running, i wasn't around when it first started but it looks fun

[Judas]

Really bad flash animations that were essentially Habbo soaps.

I think nostalgia is making people think of HabboxTV as a super great thing - when really, it was quite crap If it was done these days, the quality would have to be much better, and personally, I think the interest would be there if it was done for the forum and about people on the forum, rather than a Habbo soap type thing. I think it was wixard that managed to create those flash things that went down well?

Obviously it's not for everyone. Nothing is. But everything on every Habbo fansite back then was basically pretty tacky and rubbish lol. I think the people in charge now generally have a better understanding of what people want, what is good and what isn't. And there should be some kind of research to see what users would be interested in viewing.

The peak of it didn't really involve animations, they were more like slideshows that told stories and they were just like mini-series. I think it could be fun, if anything else.

[Lewis]

yeah bring it back and @Kardan; can remake this! https://habbox.com/retro/images/A...TheyRetEp3.gif
(if it's the same kardan)

[Judas]

i can't see the harm is trying in out again it's not like we're doing anything else..

i'd certainly help out if it got up and running, i wasn't around when it first started but it looks fun

Exactly If it fails, then it fails. But then again it could be really fun. At least Habbox could say that they tried to do something a bit different.

[rnix]

i miss that hotel view so much
It makes me laugh all the !,-,., on the names in the shows

[Phil]

I'm not against giving it a go but personally I think Habbox needs to improve as it is now before bringing in another department. Not that I'm saying Habbox is bad or anything but it's not as big as it was when I joined in 2010 and throughout 2011 and maybe even 2012. 2013 just wasn't a good year and Habbox kinda went into a slump. I think it's doing so well right now and it's on its way back up to the top. I just think we should just keep going in the direction that we are going and then, when we're ready, throw in something like HabboxTV to mix it up

[Judas]

I'm not against giving it a go but personally I think Habbox needs to improve as it is now before bringing in another department. Not that I'm saying Habbox is bad or anything but it's not as big as it was when I joined in 2010 and throughout 2011 and maybe even 2012. 2013 just wasn't a good year and Habbox kinda went into a slump. I think it's doing so well right now and it's on its way back up to the top. I just think we should just keep going in the direction that we are going and then, when we're ready, throw in something like HabboxTV to mix it up

Well like I said, it's not something that can just be done overnight. Plans would need to be made and maybe if there were pilot episodes etc and people became interested then Habbox would be ready to take it on?

Besides, maybe new content like HabboxTV is what the site needs... If it's in a slump it probably needs new things ASAP to rejuvenate some life and interest.

[Kardan]

yeah bring it back and @Kardan; can remake this! https://habbox.com/retro/images/A...TheyRetEp3.gif
(if it's the same kardan)

I was like 12