Discover Habbo's history
Treat yourself with a Secret Santa gift.... of a random Wiki page for you to start exploring Habbo's history!
Happy holidays!
Celebrate with us at Habbox on the hotel, on our Forum and right here!
Join Habbox!
One of us! One of us! Click here to see the roles you could take as part of the Habbox community!


Page 3 of 8 FirstFirst 1234567 ... LastLast
Results 21 to 30 of 71
  1. #21
    Join Date
    Nov 2013
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    2,405
    Tokens
    9,762
    Habbo
    Wennn.

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by bloop View Post
    is it only for events? drews isnt

    oh and i think its kinda unfair to blame it all on dey: i think its just a lack of hosts :/
    Only staff in community departments need to have their forum name identical to their Habbo name. Having hosted Codebreaker for about 2 weeks, I find that I quite enjoy hosting events. The only thing stopping me from applying to departments like Competitions and Events is the fact that I need to have Wennn. as my forum name



    @habboxgraphics on Twitter

  2. #22
    Join Date
    Jul 2014
    Posts
    1,780
    Tokens
    4,096
    Habbo
    KrushGear

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Drew View Post
    Only staff in community departments need to have their forum name identical to their Habbo name. Having hosted Codebreaker for about 2 weeks, I find that I quite enjoy hosting events. The only thing stopping me from applying to departments like Competitions and Events is the fact that I need to have Wennn. as my forum name
    wot thats quite stupid
    but i do think the staff list on habbox shld be their habbo names, not forum names
    but the events board thingy on habbox listed down their habbo names right so y do their forum names hv to b changed :S

    (ps wennn. eek)

  3. #23
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    United Kingdom
    Posts
    2,713
    Tokens
    2,371
    Habbo
    James

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    I think Wennn. is a cute name

  4. #24
    Join Date
    Jul 2012
    Location
    UK
    Posts
    6,226
    Tokens
    325
    Habbo
    Zitrone

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    there isn't a very large habbox community within habbo thats why events SUCK cus no1 turns up and no1 wants to host for a fansite with hardly any players!

    also im glad this stupid name change rule has been mentioned

  5. #25
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Posts
    4,590
    Tokens
    2,134

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by mdport. View Post
    @dey:; is the EM at the moment but he's posted away. To be a Guest EO I think you need to meet the requirements/criteria. I found the thread in Announcements!

    Criteria:

    - Be an ex Senior Events Organiser or above.
    - Showed dedication to host events by hosting in tournaments (i.e. HxSS), competitions etc.
    - Must be able to complete 4 events per month.
    - Must be able to fund their own prizes and have their own events room (unless an Events Organiser allows you to use theirs).
    - Must adhere to the forum and staff rules whilst in the role and follow how an Event Organiser books, hosts and advertises an event (e.g. booking calendar and community notice board thread).

    If you believe you fit the criteria please PM Samanfa and Wispur alongside dey:

    ---

    Not sure if they'd let you unless you met the first one!

    That isn't all true, have a read of the paragraph above the first one. It is quite misleading but it says that as long as you have been noted as a hardworking, trusted person or something you can still apply and management will decide--whether you meet all the requirements or not.

    Should be made clearer in my opinion
    The day I get to 200 in Ping Pong II is the day my life is complete.

  6. #26
    Martin's Avatar
    Martin is offline Habbox Merit
    Ex Assistant General Manager (Community)

    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    West Midlands & South Wales
    Posts
    11,495
    Tokens
    1,617
    Habbo
    Bolt660

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Peoples Habbo name is in their postbit anyway so is visible to people so I dont see the problem with allowing people to have different names on the forum really. It seems like it would encourage a lot more people to want to be community staff, which to be honest Habbox is in dire need of..


    I'm not going to go too much into events, but I think there's a lot that could be being done that isn't and certain people lack enthusiasm and motivation to want to make the department succeed any more. If management are unapproachable, barely around, posted away large amounts and rarely putting in the effort themselves, then this trend will follow down the ranks unfortunately and the entire department will just become unmotivated and unsuccessful.


    I think some of the blame for the decline in activity can be credited to the downfall of Habbo itself, however not all of it. There are certain factors which make up a good community and good leadership, encouragement and setting an example goes a long way. Making staff members work together and enjoy the role and work together as a team to better it is crucial. All of my favourite times at Habbox have been where I've felt like part of a team within a department, where friends are made, people get on well and help each other and it really reflects well and makes things get done so much better.


    HxSS started off relatively okay, but as others have said this past week has just been dead really- the spark has well and truly gone and there doesn't seem to be much fuss about it at all really, which is a shame considering this is meant to be Habbox's big event of the year and chance to recruit lots of new members and expand on its community presence on the client.


    The fact I've had to be given permissions to add events to the panel because it was taking so long to be updated shows that there just aren't enough people putting in maximum efforts, which goes for events management as well as general management (who should be covering if the events manager is away which I believe he is again). There are currently no senior events organisers, very few events hosts, an inactive manager and right now a department which doesn't look too appealing to become a part of.


    Habboxlive on the other hand has excelled itself during HxSS I believe, bridging a huge gap and thankfully saving the competition in some ways. We would be seeing 1 event per day if we were lucky otherwise! I've tuned into some really good shows lately, some of the on air competitions have been really good, and its been nice to see other people having a go at hosting events too. The support hasn't always been there which is a shame, as I feel with encouragement there is the potential for some fabulous events hosts there.


    I think a serious action plan needs to be put into place, because events is one of the most important departments at Habbox for advertising on the client and gathering a community following, and if Habbox is to improve then everyone really does need to get behind it and want to make it happen. I remember previous HxSS's have been great in terms of getting new members interested in Habbox and them sticking around, and really this needs to be happening all year round.


    There are obviously things which are holding people back from applying for events and these need to be looked at urgently really, whether its funding options, making the department and the atmousphere within it actually tempting to become a part of and ensuring the effective management and positions within the department to ensure it runs smoothly, because it's no good piling the pressure on someone to the point where they step down and you end up with no seniors at all! Oh wait...

    YOU CAN WIN STUFFS BY ENTERING COMPS! CLICK ON THE PICTURE!

    Former:

    Forum Moderator (x2), Forum Super Moderator (x4), Assistant Forum Manager,
    News Reporter, Assistant News Manager, Events Organiser (x3), Competitions Staff (x2), Senior Competitions Staff,
    Rare Values Reporter, Trade Expert, Senior Events Organiser (x3), Assistant Events Manager (x2)
    Forum Manager, News Manager (x2), Acting HxHD Manager, HxHD Room Owner, Assistant Comps Manager , Events Manager -
    Assistant General Manager (Community), Articles Manager


  7. #27
    Join Date
    Apr 2006
    Location
    Middlesbrough, England
    Posts
    9,336
    Tokens
    10,837

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    an action plan is a good idea

  8. #28
    Join Date
    Oct 2011
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    1,534
    Tokens
    4,614
    Habbo
    Boulder

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Yep, does sound like a good idea. I'm glad I made this post to be honest, I can tell you all mostly agree with what I'm saying.

    - - - Updated - - -
    Last edited by Cody; 23-08-2014 at 02:44 PM.


    If I t
    alked to my friends the way I talk to my body I'd have no friends."



  9. #29
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Bristol
    Posts
    5,642
    Tokens
    12,065
    Habbo
    djclune

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    We need more events organizers. Maybe than means providing incentives for the guest ones to turn full time, or incentives to encourage new people to join the department. I'm not sure whether the 4 events per month limit is just for the guest events organizers, or if it's for full time ones too, but if it is the same then it definitely needs to be raised and weekly, not monthly. Punishing people for buying credits at a discount is also silly, as it's ridiculously expensive to buy them from the catalogue. Turning a blind eye would perhaps be in everybody's best interest, no point punishing people on hearsay, or for attempting to spend their own money to help Habbox out. Perhaps we could implement incentives.

    We need more events organizers, that is the main problem and we need to be coming up with ways to recruit more. The way I see it there are 3 different types of people we need to be aiming at recruiting, and changing the approach for each one is essential for this to work. These different types of people are:
    1. People who don’t already work for Habbox
    2. People who work for other departments but not Events
    3. People who work for Events as Guest Events Organizers
    Obviously each of these demographics are going to require different methods.

    Group 1
    This group is essentially compromised of three groups. Group A consists of anybody already associated with Habbox outside of the client. Basically anybody on the forum or that listens to the radio but doesn’t actually play Habbo. Group B is everybody unassociated with Habbox in client. Group C is a hybrid of the previous two groups, it’s essentially everybody that plays Habbo and is also already aware/associated with Habbox.

    Group A
    This group is going to be the hardest demographic to recruit because it’s largely dominated by forum members who simply don’t play Habbo anymore. They have no interest in Habbox outside of the forum and generally only use it out of habit. We can approach this in two ways, either through advertising on the forum and the different habbox websites (UNINTRUSIVELY! There’s no better way to alienate people than by sticking massive advertisements in their face), or by attempting to get them involved within the community, the two are loosely related. Perhaps that means hosting themed events e.g. Runescape Quiz night and attempting to get those members involved in client.

    Group B
    This group is our largest target and consists of practically everybody that plays Habbo that doesn’t already know about/use Habbox. Recruiting this group primarily falls into raising awareness about Habbox, and getting them involved with the community. This means getting in client staff to help. Whether it’s Helpdesk staff informing these random players about our events when they come in to ask for help, or our events hosts promoting habbox to the people already at their events. We need to be getting new people interested in our community, and that involves having a bigger presence inside the client.

    Group C
    This group should be way easier to recruit than the previous two as these users already have a vested interest in both Habbox and Habbo. With this group raising awareness is ineffective as they are already fully aware. Here we need to be providing incentives for them to volunteer their time to help us. I’ll talk about incentives later.

    Group 2
    This group consists of everybody already working at Habbox (outside of events, of course) and is split in two groups, Client Staff and Site Staff. The latter usually fall into the Group A category from the previous section and so has already been largely discussed. The only way this differs is that they already work for Habbox. Increasing staff bonding could help. For example, we could host Departments Competitions where the different groups all compete with one another through a variety of in client AND forum based events.

    The Client based staff will be easier. They want to work for habbox because they already do, so we need to find out why they don’t want to work for events so that we can change these negative aspects to make the department appeal to more people. I have a limited knowledge of events, but a few suggestions from what I do know would be by perhaps turning a blind eye to people buying credits from places other than the catalogue. I’m sure management reading this will instantly dismiss this, but I’m not suggesting we advertise and actively encourage it. I see this to be comparable with HabboxLive in regards to piracy. It’s not condoned, but as long as it’s not in your face obvious it shouldn’t be a problem as Habbox itself isn’t breaking any rules. This is a key point in my opinion, as one of the largest deterrents for any prospective EO’s is the fact that they have to largely provide their own prizes, which can get expensive.

    It will be easier to recruit more Guest EO’s from this group, as opposed to fulltime EO’s, simply because the rules are more lax.

    Group 3
    The Easiest group, they already host some events but don’t want to do it fulltime due to time constraints or whatever other reasons. Odey, or whoevers in charge needs to be actively working to convert some of these into full time EO’s. It would be helpful to ask them all why they chose to be Guest EO’s rather than fulltime ones so that we can make adequate changes. We need incentives to make people want to work fulltime rather than part time, whether that means funding some of the prizes for the fulltime organizer’s and not for the Guest EO’s or something. I also think 4 events per month is a little small, even for guest organizers. 6 per month, or 1 per week (so at least they are consistent rather than all being hosted on the same day, at the end of the month).

    Incentives
    Host of the Month
    This user will receive either a reimbursement for the events they’ve hosted that month or a consistent lump sum of credits (100?). It could be decided on a point basis so that whoever hosts the most events will win, with the organizers receiving 5 points for every event hosted. This way the organizers have a set objective every month. I don’t think subjectively picking someone is the best way to go about it, which is why I’ve suggested the point system, as this can lead to staff favoritism, and there’s a definitive criteria so that you know and understand how you can win, as opposed to the staff of the month system we already have, which I don’t think anybody outside of management understands how it’s decided.

    Reimbursement credit scheme
    As well as receiving points for the Host of the Month, they could receive points in a separate system, which doesn’t reset each month. Quarterly (every 3 months) they can cash these in for reimbursements. Say you get 3 points per event, you host 15 events in that quarter, you receive 45 credits back. Leaving the department, not meeting your targets or posting away automatically resets it back to 0 to discourage any of these from happening.

    General Criticisms
    • Not enough events are being hosted during prime times. There needs to be some sort of system established so that events are happening during PEAK times. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve came online to see that all the events were hosted BEFORE MIDDAY. That’s ridiculous. Fair play for those people actually bothering to host events, and I understand not everyone’s from the UK, but for those that are, we need events during the prime times in the evening.
    • Too many Guest Organizers, not enough Full Time ones.
    • Firing people for buying credits through alternative means
    • Lack of consistency with the events. There should be one daily event, which is on at the same time everyday so that people not familiar with Habbox become familiar with it as they become regulars at it. Perhaps called ‘The Daily Event’ (or something more creative). Habbox, not the organizers, should fund it; to ensure that there is one everyday. It will need to be booked in advance so that there’s always someone available to host it and if not we can get someone such as a manager to host it instead.

    There have been some really good events this year, and it started off really well. I don’t want to name certain people for fear of missing somebody out, but some hosts have done extremely well and have been consistently hosting a lot of events. It is a shame that activity plateaued towards the end of HxSS, but that’s partly due to a couple of organizer’s being fired which can’t be helped. Hopefully management will begin to implement changes to encourage new people to join the department, and hopefully some of what I’ve suggested will be helpful. I’m sure there are people inside the department with better ideas, and perhaps asking them what they think will be of value.
    Last edited by The Don; 23-08-2014 at 03:08 PM.
    That's when Ron vanished, came back speaking Spanish
    Lavish habits, two rings, twenty carats

  10. #30
    Join Date
    Jul 2006
    Location
    Leeds
    Posts
    17,006
    Tokens
    26,134
    Habbo
    e5

    Latest Awards:

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by OldLoveSong View Post
    simply arent enough enough people applying to be events organisers. Habboxlive staff are allowed to host events aswell but are only official if its a senior+ hosting. I've seen tons more DJ's hosting events and doing more competitions on air ever since HxSS. Would be nice if all departments were allowed to host outside of the Hxss but then events department would lose its purpose basically if every department were allowed to host
    Why is it on official if it's a senior+ doing it?

    It's also HxSS right now so there should be plenty of events!

Page 3 of 8 FirstFirst 1234567 ... LastLast

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •