Habbox Charity!

[JackHb]

Good idea.

If sulake refused this then like someone said, the press would love it. 'Habbo does not want to help dying children'.

I would donate to help keep HX going and give to charity

[Hiro]

I back this up 100%. Nice idea, once again

[shizzle]

It's a good idea, it would be cool that Habbox is helping a charity, I don't think any other fansite helps real life charities.

[Mathew]

Make a Wish Foundation is a charity I fully support.
I have a friend I met on another online game (just like Habbo), and he was diagnosed with cancer. He was a big Disney fan, and the Make a Wish Foundation paid for a limo to take him to Disney, a Disney Cruise, and also arranged to meet up with the developers of this online game. This online game allowed him to interact with other people, and these people, I daresay, helped regain his confidence in his health.

I think Habbox teaming up with a charity is a great idea. I can't really think of a better one than Make a Wish.

[jrh2002]

I dont think I have ever given directly to a charity in my life except for school events etc.

For this I would be willing to set up a monthly direct debit to go through habbox and donate

Habbox would look far better if the official badge was replaced with the charity logo there could be both but thats habbos decision.

This would make a good story on its own for the press to get their teeth into the generous contributions from a site run by volunteers.

The publicity on the charities site for habbox would also help benefit habbox and even habbo (not that i would want them to get promoted at the minute)

Maybe all revenue would need transfering from paypal to a bank account and all payments made for the servers from that bank account and then the statements forwarding to habbo each month etc

if this move was the way forward i would offer to be open with habbo/sulake on all the finances and even give them limited access to paypal if they requested (just to see monthly ins and outs)

If this happens I would defy their call for VIP to be removed on the basis of it ruining the charity donations the charity could even write to habbo and tell them what a good job is being done by one of their fansites.

[FlyingJesus]

Maybe all revenue would need transfering from paypal to a bank account and all payments made for the servers from that bank account and then the statements forwarding to habbo each month etc

if this move was the way forward i would offer to be open with habbo/sulake on all the finances and even give them limited access to paypal if they requested (just to see monthly ins and outs)

If this happens I would defy their call for VIP to be removed on the basis of it ruining the charity donations the charity could even write to habbo and tell them what a good job is being done by one of their fansites.

I don't see the need to involve Habbo/Sulake in this, other than perhaps as a way to get more promotion for the project. They wouldn't need to see how the proceeds are being handled because as I said earlier, it would be best if this was kept entirely separate from VIP. I personally would definitely donate even without VIP (I planned to donate just for server costs anyway ) and I think trying to re-include it just complicates matters

[Jin]

You know what, I was considering something similar to this but this seems BY FAR a greater idea.

So Kudos to you alice, even after Habbox you are still one of our greatest supporters.

[jrh2002]

I don't see the need to involve Habbo/Sulake in this, other than perhaps as a way to get more promotion for the project. They wouldn't need to see how the proceeds are being handled because as I said earlier, it would be best if this was kept entirely separate from VIP. I personally would definitely donate even without VIP (I planned to donate just for server costs anyway ) and I think trying to re-include it just complicates matters

I think for me the inclusion of VIP is a matter of principle Habbox never has been here to make profit and the stance habbo has taken is totally out of order. putting in the rules about VIP on their fansite list is clearly aimed firstly towards habbox and then the other premium services the other sites.

How can after more than 4 years of habbox forum having VIP and even before that Habbo Forum having their Elite can these idiots come along and tell you to remove it?

Sierk is a very strong character and no way will he remove something that benefits the site and even more so if it benefits a charity if its possible the site could be under threat. We will wait to see his decision but if there is not any alternative for vip or a way around removing it for habbos rules then i expect habbo will be ignored and told to do their worst.

[FlyingJesus]

I completely agree that the VIP situation is ridiculous and would love to see it reverted back to how it is now when the faecal matter collides with the air cooling aid at the end of the month, it's just that I'd really like to see this charity idea take off without being held back by controversy

Of course, once things are sorted with it (assuming we can work something out with Sulake) I'd have no problem reincorporating it, but that could well be a long way off if they're going to be stubborn

[jrh2002]

I completely agree that the VIP situation is ridiculous and would love to see it reverted back to how it is now when the faecal matter collides with the air cooling aid at the end of the month, it's just that I'd really like to see this charity idea take off without being held back by controversy

Of course, once things are sorted with it (assuming we can work something out with Sulake) I'd have no problem reincorporating it, but that could well be a long way off if they're going to be stubborn

Just a change of name for VIP would be good enough and maybe ALL VIP money could go to the charity? I am sure with a good relationship with the actual charity would bring more visitors and that would get hx more money through the adverts Then habbox could run on adverts and direct donations and the VIP as a new name would go to the charity of choice (this one i hope) I dont think I would ask habbo if i did bother contacting them i would tell them what was going to happen.

Without VIP maybe habbox could survive on adverts with a bit more promoting of them but it kills the idea of the xmas charity once and for all.