RS Section = Crap

[JoeyK.]

I remember when people from the RS section would voice their opinions and suggestions only to be ignored or told no "this is a habbo forum".
Habbox might have more traffic than other UK Habbo fansites, but that doesn't change the fact that it's not as popular as it once was - in any section.

TBH, I don't think you need to change anything about the RS section. Not much point as there aren't enough active users any more... And let's face it, you're not going to attract more users from outside Habbox (unless they play Habbo too).

I think a lot of people grew up with Habbox and have just moved on from Habbo and such. I mean you still get people who have formed close friendship groups that post and people that check back to see what's going on (I fall into the last category).

When I was running Competitions, I'd suggested the idea of having a Runescape forum Competitions / Events section, and had drafted up basic templates for these to go on. There were a few users who were willing to donate large amounts to the effort, and two Comps staff who had said they were willing to take on the extra duties it would require. Like you said, the idea was shot down by management because this was a Habbo forum, and all official departments were to focus only on that particular game.

Honestly, I still think it was a bit of a mistake not to make an effort to appeal to all of Habbox's users, as at the time, a large amount of the community had moved from playing Habbo to just RS. Note that the Habbo sections of HxF are still (comparatively) going strong, whereas the sections that have been ignored have all but died.

I do agree that it may be a little late to attempt to change things though. Like you said, we have lost a large amount of our Runescape community, which were probably just people who have moved on with their lives and no longer play. It would be difficult to bring new Runescape players into the fold when there are so many established Runescape fansites already, especially since they have less restrictive rules than Habbox does for this section. However, I think it might encourage current Habbo players who are just starting RS or who play both to be more active in these forums if there was a little more to do.

There's no reason not to try to liven up the section a little bit though, there does seem to still be interest in the forums. When I'm browsing, I usually see a large amount of people viewing the Runescape forums, which leads me to believe that the reason that no one's posting is simply because there's no one starting discussions outside of 'Selling this and that' or 'Look what levels I got today'.

[Aidenn]

The main popular sections are the trading sections / goals + achievements mainly.

Theres not much to discuss because you can guarantee the discussion was probably made a while ago with the same members answering the question.

[Slowpoke]

Would you like me to move this over to Feedback? It's likely it'll get noticed by more members and by management over there?

[DPS]

Would you like me to move this over to Feedback? It's likely it'll get noticed by more members and by management over there?

Yeah

[Slowpoke]

Moved. I agree with you though buddy, Runescape is a lot busier nowadays and I know a lot of people on here play. I think some of the guys who used to moderate the Runescape sections used to run competitions and they were successful. It'd be great to see the competitions return as it gave the section more of a community feel and definitely made it more active You have my support!

[DPS]

It would be great for the section to come back from the dead.

Pk'ing and free trade is back so i dont see whats stopping people. I still say that Pk'ing and free trade being removed didnt help the forum as many quit.

[Slowpoke]

It would indeed. I don't play anymore but Runescape was always a great area of the forum. And if I'm remembering correctly, it was Aiden who was incharge of the comps when he was a moderator? Maybe you could start doing them again Aiden (if you are interested)?

The removal of PK'ing and Free Trade definitely did have a negative impact on the forum

[DPS]

I think Aiden is having trouble with the forum, he said on RS.

[xxMATTGxx]

I think Aiden is having trouble with the forum, he said on RS.

Quite a few people who are with Virgin Media (me included) are currently having problems accessing certain websites and Habbox is one of them.

In terms of the RS section, we will listen to any of the suggestions that you guys have and we will try and implement them if it's something we have to do. But the sound of RS related competitions sounds great so far.

[DPS]

That's weird im with Virgin and HxF has been normal