Fire Comity and vls

[Kardan]

HFFM are hosting 18 events today compared to Habbox's 4.

---------- Post added 23-09-2013 at 05:52 PM ----------

And in a 24 hour period, from 11pm BST - 11pm BST, yesterday to tonight, 2 different event organisers have hosted an event. 2/20.

[sex]

I don't think varying events is the answer to all of our problems, it would certainly help- but its about getting followers and regulars coming to events too, which is what other sites have. Their sites are fresh and current, their rooms popular, they have links with people, the overall atmousphere is completely different and staff work together more, the community pulls together more. It's all about the name and how it is represented and recognised on the Habbo client itself, mainly by events yes, but there are also lots of other strategies too. Get general management out there, people love seeing the fansite badge etc, and meeting those at the top, lets get Jin hosting an event, im sure that would be popular!


Things such as quests, mazes etc linked to the helpdesk with nice healthy prizes would sure to be a good way of getting people through?

This is again never going to happen with you in charge (unless you change), you cant get people to follow you and you hide behind a paper bag on habbo when things get tough, what sort of example are you setting to new members if they see the assistant events manager not talk to people and standing idle!!! You also have a wayyy different attitude to the new and young members (the majority who play habbo) and they seem to clash which is probably another reason why there is no habbox event following.

[Yawn]

well the events that r currently done flop every time anyway so no point doing 18 in a 24hr period cos it just a waste of time

time to scrap habbox lets all move to hffm

[Martin]

This is again never going to happen with you in charge (unless you change), you cant get people to follow you and you hide behind a paper bag on habbo when things get tough, what sort of example are you setting to new members if they see the assistant events manager not talk to people and standing idle!!! You also have a wayyy different attitude to the new and young members (the majority who play habbo) and they seem to clash which is probably another reason why there is no habbox event following.

I am not the only person in charge of events graham, I assist Alex. It's very possible for people to change and unfortunately people go through stages in life where things become difficult, and people deal with things in different ways. I've managed it in the past, being Assistant General Manager of the community gives you a good idea of what community interaction means and talking to people etc. During that time community interaction was a lot more prominent, people made friends, people saw habbox as a nice place to be to make new friends and have fun, the helpdesk was buzzing etc. I have no issues in talking to people, infact quite often in events (you're not at all of them tbh), I do talk to members, I know a lot of the regulars too and we always say hey etc. I don't see General Management doing this either all the time, but you seem to have some kind of issue with me lately for some unknown reason on a personal level.

I think you need to look at the wider picture instead of trying to pin the blame on one person, there is never a day where I don't spend hours doing something events related, being it doing the seniors jobs whilst theyre away and adding events, sending out pms, encouraging people to book, giving feedback, encouraging people to apply whilst in events, talking to my staff, sorting staff changes, making announcements, waiting days for perms to be done etc, reports, adding up and requesting reputation, being involved with regular discussions with alex and Jade. There's a lot more to it than meets the eye, and I just think that you're being a bit unfair lately, based on a small period of time rather than looking at the bigger picture. I haven't just sat around doing **** all for the last four years of my life, I wouldn't bother if I wasn't seriously bothered about wanting Habbox to do well.

[FlyingJesus]

I do talk to members, I know a lot of the regulars too and we always say hey etc

And here I was thinking that one of the main goals of the community groups was to bring new people in As I've said before, I have nothing personal against you but seriously nothing gets done and the only responses are excuses (if we get any at all), with genuine ideas either said to be "in discussion" for months at a time or totally ignored. This isn't by any means just an events issue but since that's what's on the agenda right now it would be good to see some sort of events management response to the many projected ideas rather than just the suspected personal jibes - whether unwarranted or not. As you yourself said: I think you need to look at the wider picture

[myles]

my cat died dont get me involved

[Smurfed-]

Multiple events at the same time does sound like an interesting idea and is something I'd be happy to trial. First though it's important we continue and start tackling the issues raised in this thread.

Variation in events is something we're constantly encouraging. When adding events we always check if there has been a similar event around that time. If there's been a bingo booked for 6pm but there was one at 11am we would ask the host to pick another game. Sometimes this doesn't always work and events can sometimes be missed. We've now also started refusing to book events if we feel that the Events Organiser has hosted too much. We've been given a really good idea from @Plebings; which we'll look into putting into action over the next week. This won't fix the problem but it's a good start and hopefully we'll see more exciting events coming from it.

I know weekly events are popular too, a couple of months ago we had three-four happening each week. We only have one now which is Animal Speedway so we'll look at getting more of those set up again.

Unfortunately we haven't received any complaints regarding staff being bullied. Due to Events Management not always being in the events room (especially lately as we've been away) we're not always able to take action against these situations due to there being no proof. If you do see any bullying from members of staff then please send a complaint with a screenshot to both me and Martin.

The number of people in events is always up and down, like Martin's said earlier this is the lowest it's been for a while. I remember around May and June time we were getting 25+ people in each event some of which are now regulars. More could be done on advertising as having a whole event that only manages to get 5 people in is very poor. I know this could possibly be down to the event that's being hosted but I often see the events that are regularly hosted getting popular too. For example, Zebbadi's hosting fridge races at the moment and he's managed to get 31 people in.

Quality of prizes has come up in this thread too. We do have an events prize fund in place but this isn't as good as it could be mainly due to funding. Yes, the lottery is a great way of getting funds for the department but I'm spending £30-40 from my own pocket a month on credits on top of the ones from the lottery to keep the prize fund running. Habbo have a double credits offer on at the moment so perhaps I can buy some more tomorrow.

Lack of staff is another issue we're facing at the moment. When Graham was staff he raised a very good point which has been mentioned previously in this thread. Instead of just welcoming people to events we need to start having proper conversations rather than the usual "Hello how're you?" We need to start making friends with potential members and encourage them to stick around and perhaps even apply to a Habbox role.

Once we start seeing improvements we can look into trialing the two events at a same time. I'd rather have two good quality events then two average ones on at the same time.

If you have any other ideas on how we can improve the above then don't hesitate to let us know.

[Kardan]

Multiple events at the same time does sound like an interesting idea and is something I'd be happy to trial. First though it's important we continue and start tackling the issues raised in this thread.

Variation in events is something we're constantly encouraging. When adding events we always check if there has been a similar event around that time. If there's been a bingo booked for 6pm but there was one at 11am we would ask the host to pick another game. Sometimes this doesn't always work and events can sometimes be missed. We've now also started refusing to book events if we feel that the Events Organiser has hosted too much. We've been given a really good idea from @Plebings; which we'll look into putting into action over the next week. This won't fix the problem but it's a good start and hopefully we'll see more exciting events coming from it.

I know weekly events are popular too, a couple of months ago we had three-four happening each week. We only have one now which is Animal Speedway so we'll look at getting more of those set up again.

Unfortunately we haven't received any complaints regarding staff being bullied. Due to Events Management not always being in the events room (especially lately as we've been away) we're not always able to take action against these situations due to there being no proof. If you do see any bullying from members of staff then please send a complaint with a screenshot to both me and Martin.

The number of people in events is always up and down, like Martin's said earlier this is the lowest it's been for a while. I remember around May and June time we were getting 25+ people in each event some of which are now regulars. More could be done on advertising as having a whole event that only manages to get 5 people in is very poor. I know this could possibly be down to the event that's being hosted but I often see the events that are regularly hosted getting popular too. For example, Zebbadi's hosting fridge races at the moment and he's managed to get 31 people in.

Quality of prizes has come up in this thread too. We do have an events prize fund in place but this isn't as good as it could be mainly due to funding. Yes, the lottery is a great way of getting funds for the department but I'm spending £30-40 from my own pocket a month on credits on top of the ones from the lottery to keep the prize fund running. Habbo have a double credits offer on at the moment so perhaps I can buy some more tomorrow.

Lack of staff is another issue we're facing at the moment. When Graham was staff he raised a very good point which has been mentioned previously in this thread. Instead of just welcoming people to events we need to start having proper conversations rather than the usual "Hello how're you?" We need to start making friends with potential members and encourage them to stick around and perhaps even apply to a Habbox role.

Once we start seeing improvements we can look into trialing the two events at a same time. I'd rather have two good quality events then two average ones on at the same time.

If you have any other ideas on how we can improve the above then don't hesitate to let us know.

Why have you started refusing events from hosts that have deemed to host too much? Why is hosting too much a bad thing?

[AgnesIO]

Quality of prizes has come up in this thread too. We do have an events prize fund in place but this isn't as good as it could be mainly due to funding. Yes, the lottery is a great way of getting funds for the department but I'm spending £30-40 from my own pocket a month on credits on top of the ones from the lottery to keep the prize fund running. Habbo have a double credits offer on at the moment so perhaps I can buy some more tomorrow.

Just in response to this bit, please say you are joking? Seriously, don't waste your money providing prizes for Habbox - whilst I admire that commitment, it is simply ludicrous. I think you will really regret it in a couple of years time..

---------- Post added 24-09-2013 at 12:32 AM ----------

Why have you started refusing events from hosts that have deemed to host too much? Why is hosting too much a bad thing?

I wondered this also. I decided he must mean the same event?

[Smurfed-]

Why have you started refusing events from hosts that have deemed to host too much? Why is hosting too much a bad thing?

I meant we've started to refuse events that hosts have hosted too much. If that makes sense? We're not stopping them from hosting we're just asking that they branch out more.