Sulake cracking down on VIP

[Yonder]

Habbo fansites are going to die out. lol

[Tintinnabulate]

Just turn HabboxForum into a Teen Discussion Forum rather than a Habbo orienated one? Seems the simple way forward if the donation thing doesn't work.

But its still posting Habbo articles and habbo news and images.

[Dan2nd]

I'd quite like the sound of the charity idea suggested earlier. However it'll be interesting to see the other ways nvr comes up with the raise money.. I hope Habbo allow Habbox sell their yearly xmas VIP for charity

[Calabrian]

I think the Fansite VIP not being allowed SUCKS

We pay for HC, that is a form of VIP

SCUM!!!!

[kk.]

errr, quick question because im not reading all 20 pages, i thought habboxforum had nothing to do with habbox? under completely different management and doesnt really relate to habbox at all.

anyway, whats the reason they dont like VIP as well? Because the moneys going to the fansites rather than sulake? I thought that habbox get a lot of revenue anyway from the ads? and i mean A LOT!

[Tintinnabulate]

errr, quick question because im not reading all 20 pages, i thought habboxforum had nothing to do with habbox? under completely different management and doesnt really relate to habbox at all.

anyway, whats the reason they dont like VIP as well? Because the moneys going to the fansites rather than sulake? I thought that habbox get a lot of revenue anyway from the ads? and i mean A LOT!

Well read the thread then because your first question has been aswered about 40 times. It doesn't matter if the site is official or not. Habbo Fansite rules applies to ALL habbo fansites, regardless of whether it's official or not. If you cant be bothered reading the thread, don't ask questions then.

And yep, they want all the money lol.

[kk.]

**** soil, im not reading all 216 replies :/ and yes, but its only official ones that would suffer. Whats gonna happen to the unofficial ones? nothing because they can't. Yeh they can stoip you using their images but you can always change them, they cant stop you from talking about them or posting news though

[Yoshimitsui]

What i don't understand is how they have it in their intentiont that they can close unofficial sites aswell! Under what grounds can they do that? Do they feel like fansites are getting all their money or something?

[sierk]

The Dictators
This includes not linking to any site that does not follow the fansite way, whether this is a scam site or premium VIP site or porn site. If you do you are breaking the Fansite way and we will take action in the usual manner (although not run a cease and desist/ removal immediately), but the site charging a premium will be removed immediately. We recognise that popular fansites require money for hosting and other services which is why you ARE allowed to put donation buttons and adverts on your site. In the case of donation buttons, you may not offer a gift or service in return for donating, but you can publish the names of donators anywhere on your site as a 'thank you'.

How about give all members the same benefits as vip which you can? of course extra rep etc would need removing as thats not possible but here is the great idea

You can publish the names of donators anywhere on the site and the best way to publish names of donators is by making their name a different colour on the user list you are not offering a gift. a coloured name is only highlighting the people who donate and you are not offering any extra service to what any normal member can get :eusa_danc

That is actually a great idea lol, but I doubt Habbo would allow us to show who donated by "publishing" their name on the forum in different colours.

I am very touched to see so many people complaining and supporting us

I think we first need to find out what the reason is behind this sudden change in policy, and wether it is Habbo UK or sulake headquarters behind it. Then we also know who we have to address about it.

Of course it is good to organise protests against it, but don't do anything illegal as they might blame Habbox for it.

I will get some legal advice to find out what exactly our position is in all this. But in any case if we can't work it out with Sulake in a friendly way we might lose our official status which would be a shame, considering how long it took us to get it lol.

Btw perhaps somebody can come up with a good way for us to make some (or a lot ) of extra money, then it doesn't matter if we sell vip or give it for free.

[PaulMacC]

I'd still donate if I even didnt get VIP to be honest I dont use any features and use it for habbox really.