(A)GMs hosting on-client Events

[Kyle]

what happened to the weekly events that happened each day? can they not be replicated by a constant member of management?

[David]

what happened to the weekly events that happened each day? can they not be replicated by a constant member of management?

plant made like 6 of them but never hosted
then left
and no ones done anything since

[Matt]

She has BC for the HxHD mainly! Otherwise we'd have to buy all the furni all the time, which we don't have the funds for

If you're using free Builders Club mainly for HxHD (a room that isn't really that populated at the best of times) then I'd say it's a poor use of it imo. You should be using it for a number of other things and get multiple uses out of it.

I actually do host events when I have the time and have an events room set up and tend to change it every few months. I like to try and host when we get an event on so we can keep a flow with several events in a row. At the moment I have been overwhelmed with uni exams so my activity on habbo in general hasn't been the best so that's why you won't have seen any from me in a while

Surely it should be happening anyway, not just when special events are on. Out of interest, when was the last time you hosted an event? (other than hxhd which is held in your room).

[lawrawrrr]

Multiple uses like, say, the official fansite events? For rooms for other people to host in? Yeah it's used for both those things as well as the HxHD...


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[Samantha]

I've been thinking how to give my feedback on this, so if it sounds mean or anything sorry, but I just think it's fair what I am saying!

It would be amazing to get the (Assistant) General Management team to host events, it would probably make them seem even more approachable than they are now, and make them more established in the Habbox community on client. However, before one of them starts hosting an event (an additional role seemingly, as one of their priorities is to overlook the departments they manage) then they should actually look at the department in general first. It's all fine and good saying, oh yeah AGMs should host events, what about Events Management adhering to the minimums in the department? Don't get me wrong, I like Jake and everything (sorry it's really hard not to mention names when there's only one person in Events Management), but looking at the Community Notice Board, there's 2 events hosted by Jake for the duration of May so far - now there may be reasons for this (and I do apologise if there is), but looking at it from an outsiders point of view it doesn't look particularly good when the Senior Events Organiser is pretty much hosting over half the month's total (which is about 20 not counting SNQ or win a room/giveaways).

I know it's exam period, so I understand that staff may be harder to come by, and those that you have might be posted away, but there's nothing to say you can't attempt to recruit still! The job openings hasn't been bumped in over a month, some people might have finished their exams now and not realise applications are open - even sending another PM out might help (as I was tempted last time to come back)*.

*Just a note, I have the ability to host as a manager (I don't have a room or actual Credits at the moment), so I chose not to come back as really there's nothing (that I know about) that's beneficial for me actually being in the department. I don't mean I want to get paid or anything for hosting events, I mean what's the difference between hosting as an Events Organiser and hosting as a Department Manager? There needs to be that additional thing - even if it's for a normal Events Organiser, is there still an award scheme in place for hosting?

I've gone a little off topic, so I'll get back to the point - AGMs hosting would be great, Laura did a Saturday Night Quiz not too long ago if I remember correctly, (or she wrote the questions, perhaps both, I can't remember) and it went well, but it is finding the time to do it, and this goes for all the GM team. Kelly is busy with exams currently, although not to be harsh, but I don't remember the last time an event was hosted by Kelly either, unless I just haven't noticed (which is possible). Also a point that was mentioned, although even if you don't have time to give notice - you have the ability to add it to the calendar and post a CNB so I would just go ahead and host it, having an event on is better than having none at all - even if you don't get many attending because it was short notice and they didn't see it advertised, surely that's the best time to get newer people in who may be looking for something to do on Habbo?

I hope I didn't sound mean in that, I didn't want to be, but hopefully you can see where I'm coming from, and that before Laura, Kelly and Lauren start hosting events more, they should figure out how they can ensure that the department who's primary role is to host events is running smoothly and can get as many enthusiastic members as possible!

[Absently]

If you're using free Builders Club mainly for HxHD (a room that isn't really that populated at the best of times) then I'd say it's a poor use of it imo. You should be using it for a number of other things and get multiple uses out of it.



Surely it should be happening anyway, not just when special events are on. Out of interest, when was the last time you hosted an event? (other than hxhd which is held in your room).

27/04 was when I last hosted. I never said I only hosted during special events, I just meant when there was at least one other event occurring on the hour before or after so we could keep up a population.

[Matt]

She has BC for the HxHD mainly! Otherwise we'd have to buy all the furni all the time, which we don't have the funds for

Multiple uses like, say, the official fansite events? For rooms for other people to host in? Yeah it's used for both those things as well as the HxHD...

You literally said yourself it's used mainly for HxHD, I was only quoting what you said.

How often does Habbox host an official fansite event + isn't that mostly Plebings and the room builders with the occasional room from Kelly?

And rooms for other people to host in is great ... when people actually use them and there's an increased number of events as a result.

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Going back to my original post though, other fansites seem to do all of this and still manage to have their general management teams hosting your normal events on top of that. All I see are excuses as to why the current GM team aren't doing this :S Why not just say yes we will do this and not "actually I already have rooms, I've already thought of this, it's going to happen and has been planned to happen for months and months".

[lawrawrrr]

You literally said yourself it's used mainly for HxHD, I was only quoting what you said.

How often does Habbox host an official fansite event + isn't that mostly Plebings and the room builders with the occasional room from Kelly?

And rooms for other people to host in is great ... when people actually use them and there's an increased number of events as a result.

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Going back to my original post though, other fansites seem to do all of this and still manage to have their general management teams hosting your normal events on top of that. All I see are excuses as to why the current GM team aren't doing this :S Why not just say yes we will do this and not "actually I already have rooms, I've already thought of this, it's going to happen and has been planned to happen for months and months".

Yes, mainly because the HxHD room is used more than the other kinds. I was pointing out that "mainly" doesn't mean "exclusively" because that seems to be what you took it as. We have, on average, one fansite event a month with a few extras every month and again. But if Kelly didn't have the BC then we wouldn't have a HxHD really, we'd have to use the furni we have in our hands which means they can't look as impressive and we, to be honest, couldn't really accept designs from other people unless they provided all of the furni themselves (which hasn't happened in the past).

The rooms are THERE for people to use, if people don't want to host in them then we can't FORCE them to use it. They're there to make it easier for hosts and more attractive to work here, as you don't have to build a room to host events, but that doesn't seem to be something that makes that much difference in applications though.

I'm not saying YEAH IM TOTES GONNA DO ALL THE MINIMUMS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS because there isn't enough time in the day. I host events when I can, when I have a spare hour - I did the SNQ last week for example. You're getting what you call excuses because you're asking questions about why Kelly has the Builder's Club rather than someone else. We've tried to make it as appealing for events hosts to join so we don't HAVE to host events (because the whole point of having staff is so we don't have to do their jobs and can oversee and work on bigger projects).

[Matt]

Yes, mainly because the HxHD room is used more than the other kinds. I was pointing out that "mainly" doesn't mean "exclusively" because that seems to be what you took it as. We have, on average, one fansite event a month with a few extras every month and again. But if Kelly didn't have the BC then we wouldn't have a HxHD really, we'd have to use the furni we have in our hands which means they can't look as impressive and we, to be honest, couldn't really accept designs from other people unless they provided all of the furni themselves (which hasn't happened in the past).

So are you saying the General Management team are broke and rely on this free BC for the on-client presence Habbox has today? The comment about the furni in your hand didn't seem too promising at all.

The rooms are THERE for people to use, if people don't want to host in them then we can't FORCE them to use it. They're there to make it easier for hosts and more attractive to work here, as you don't have to build a room to host events, but that doesn't seem to be something that makes that much difference in applications though.

If they aren't being used then the concept hasn't been successful. EOs need to provide their own prizes, so if they can't afford a room then EO isn't right for them. I thought we established that when Smurfed- was manager.

I'm not saying YEAH IM TOTES GONNA DO ALL THE MINIMUMS FOR ALL DEPARTMENTS because there isn't enough time in the day. I host events when I can, when I have a spare hour - I did the SNQ last week for example.

By all other departments you mean Events? Hardly includes every single department here at Habbox though. Slight over-exaggeration :/

You're getting what you call excuses because you're asking questions about why Kelly has the Builder's Club rather than someone else.

I think you'll find Scott said that, I was questioning the use of it rather than the person who currently has it I'm all for the AGM Community having it, if they make the most out of it. That's literally all I'm saying.


You also avoided my last part about how other fansites seem to do all of this on top of host normal events.

[lawrawrrr]

So are you saying the General Management team are broke and rely on this free BC for the on-client presence Habbox has today? The comment about the furni in your hand didn't seem too promising at all.

The General Management team cannot afford to buy all of the furniture for 12+ elaborate and completely different HxHD designs, plus event rooms and official fansite rooms, no (on top of all the prizes and funding we already give out).

If they aren't being used then the concept hasn't been successful. EOs need to provide their own prizes, so if they can't afford a room then EO isn't right for them. I thought we established that when Smurfed- was manager.

If someone has 100c and wants to host, they can use 100c as prizes to host 50 events... or they can spend 80c on a room and host 10 events. I think I'd rather they use our rooms!

By all other departments you mean Events? Hardly includes every single department here at Habbox though. Slight over-exaggeration :/

If I'm doing events minimums, as you seem to want me to, then what's to stop James demanding why I don't DJ? Jake that I don't spend 5 hours behind the desk a month? You could easily argue that all departments contribute to Habbox's success. I agree that Events is probably our most public-facing department but there's a lot of other things that need to be sorted out as well. I'm working on staff recruitment tactics and member activity this weekend (one example of which you can see by Ross' feedback thread which is something we've been discussing for a while) so don't think that not hosting events = doing nothing because it really, really doesn't

I think you'll find Scott said that, I was questioning the use of it rather than the person who currently has it I'm all for the AGM Community having it, if they make the most out of it. That's literally all I'm saying.

OK then, you were questioning what it's being used for then, I hope I cleared that up that Kelly is the best person to have it and is using it for multiple things!

You also avoided my last part about how other fansites seem to do all of this on top of host normal events.

Having never been part of another fansite, and not having many personal conversations with other General Managers about their workload, I couldn't answer your question. For me, as I've explained in this thread, it's a matter of timing.