Habbox Diversity

[beth]

i don't think another quiz would be appropriate, i don't think we'd get enough people at the new second one and we have a vip quota so we can't double up on prizes. moving it a couple of hours later would work. maybe 9-ish?

[HotelUser]

not even bothered about saying this. in my eyes habbox is, was and always will be uk based no matter how many *removed* americans sign up.

ps. i'm in a **** mood.

Edited by Jordan (Forum Super Moderator): Please do not be rude about other members

Arguably one of the kind and dedicated staff member who did wonders for Habbox and certainly a lot more than one hell of a lot of UKers (and Canadians, we shant forget that) is Nvrspk, who is American.

I do not, never did and never will see Habbox as based and oriented around one geographic location. This just simply isn't the case, because all around the fansite every day I see aspects from multiple cultures or multiple places shine through. And on a completely coincidental and unrelated note I know quite a few skinny and fat folks all around the world, in America and the UK

[Catzsy]

I understand that this website wasoriginallybased in the UK before the Merge, and after the merge, but now post merge, this place is a mixing pot were we have people from around the world, I think since is the case, Habbox should be able to cater to so more people in other timezones.

Arguably one of the kind and dedicated staff member who did wonders for Habbox and certainly a lot more than one hell of a lot of UKers (and Canadians, we shant forget that) is Nvrspk, who is American.

I do not, never did and never will see Habbox as based and oriented around one geographic location. This just simply isn't the case, because all around the fansite every day I see aspects from multiple cultures or multiple places shine through. And on a completely coincidental and unrelated note I know quite a few skinny and fat folks all around the world, in America and the UK

I agree with both of these. Since the merge I have seen the amount of international members absolutely skyrocket and I believe that if this forum is too grow and grow they should be catered for a lot more. The OP brings up a good point I believe which all departments should think about although HXL do lead the way here imo.

[Zeptis]

I agree with both of these. Since the merge I have seen the amount of international members absolutely skyrocket and I believe that if this forum is too grow and grow they should be catered for a lot more. The OP brings up a good point I believe which all departments should think about although HXL do lead the way here imo.

Yeah HxL is doing fine, they pretty much always have a DJ on they are not to worry

[beth]

i think what rosie means by the hxl comment is that currently we have a very strong group 3 team and are a 24 hour international team, rather than just our airtime.

events wise internationally i posted about this in staff only a month or so ago and i made an extended effort to host events out of gmt times the last two or so weeks i have been banned and then ill so i will be getting back to hosting those events soon.

however i do not think we need another snq. unless perhaps the help desk held a later mid week event?

[GommeInc]

I understand that this website wasoriginallybased in the UK before the Merge, and after the merge, but now post merge, this place is a mixing pot were we have people from around the world, I think since is the case, Habbox should be able to cater to so more people in other timezones.

Indeed, it would be ideal to cater for these people and they probably should, but the merge was a bad idea considering the lack of support Habbo gives fansites since before the merge was ever thought about. Publicity brought up an interesting point: Prizes. Are there enough prizes in stock to give to winners of different events? To combat this, Habbox would need to really work towards events that Habbos would enjoy on Habbo that would make them cough up some rares as prizes (or credits and smaller furniture) to cater for departments creating new, different events for other members of the community (I say different as to have an exact double of an event makes it boring the second time round and makes it obvious Habbox or any other fansite is just trying to cater for more people, when making problems obvious makes the problem worse )

If this is a problem, I'm slightly concerned that no action is being taken sooner. I seem to be noticing people saying "It isn't a problem, this isn't a fixed location hotel" and just leaving it at that. Prove it, go and fix these concerns as they clearly exist. However, I have to agree that this is a UK majority website and it may never change, the use of language, characteristics and choice of discussion seem awfully British.

EDIT: Out of curiosity, what were the questions like in the Quiz? I can see UK members doing well and other nationalities doing poorly Quizzes tend to have to be one-culture/nation based, otherwise you get a mess. So if you do want to cater for other nationalities, have two seperate events (UK Quiz/US Quiz) because making multi-cultural quizzes are virtually impossible to do in real life, let alone virtually

[Hopeless]

There are events that benefit everyone though, I don't think the SNQ should be separated from the other events that are consistently provided by Habbox. Without opening up the timetable in the last few weeks I know Publicised has done events at 2 and 3AM GMT. Which is peak time for those users in Cananda/America. There are also events in the morning in UK which is a good time for the Australians. There is something for all users regardless of their time zones.

In addition, SNQ is on a Saturday and it's 12-2PM for American and Canandians which really isn't all that much of a bad time

[xxMATTGxx]

There are events that benefit everyone though, I don't think the SNQ should be separated from the other events that are consistently provided by Habbox. Without opening up the timetable in the last few weeks I know Publicised has done events at 2 and 3AM GMT. Which is peak time for those users in Cananda/America. There are also events in the morning in UK which is a good time for the Australians. There is something for all users regardless of their time zones.

In addition, SNQ is on a Saturday and it's 12-2PM for American and Canandians which really isn't all that much of a bad time

Think it was more aimed at people from the other side of the world such as Australia/New Zealand and so on. Because 7pm in Sydney is like 6am or something silly like that.

[Hopeless]

Think it was more aimed at people from the other side of the world such as Australia/New Zealand and so on. Because 7pm in Sydney is like 6am or something silly like that.

Ah, OK, I probably should read or something. My point about SNQ not being differentiated from other Habbox Events that are on around the clock and therefore allowing everyone to participate regardless of time zone remains though

[-Charityy]

I don't think there should be two SNQs as the prize is VIP and we have quotas, etc. However moving it back an hour or two couldn't hurt. The thing is... I'm American and I am able to come to the SNQ every week. It's not aridiculously early time for anyone in the US (I'm not sure about Australia though).