What could Habbox do with/without?

[dbgtz]

What's mini games? And HxTV would be great if there were people dedicated to doing it. A group of us were going to do it independently a few years back to show Habbox what they're missing out on but it fell apart because people couldn't be bothered, and considering that was a group who had a personal interest in that specifically and no other roles I can't see it being a success with the current set of staff and their... dedication



Yeah the awards show was a total shambles lol and I agree that normal shows should have people talking to make it more interactive and interesting, but for blank slots I think streaming is useful just so that we avoid hours and hours of silence



Thread creation =/= good interaction or overall worth though, someone could make a great thread with loads of discussion but not be actually taking part themselves past creation, which shouldn't then make them eligible for MOTM really. I'm not convinced that we really need an extra award added for making "interesting" threads, but there is a definite difference between that idea and MOTM. That aside, would be nice to see MOTM taking more things than post count into consideration

To be honest, I wasn't really serious about HxTV or the mini games.
One of the two games I remember was a dressing up a Habbo (so not much of a game) and the other was going around the beach outside the hotel collecting credits and avoiding crabs (or something along those lines). They were pretty bad.

[scottish]

still wouldnt be highlighting them though. the whole purpose of the idea was to shine a spotlight onto these threads.
lmao if you want to delay motm further by making them give a reason then dont complain when its late

shouldn't be taking week to come up with a few names anyway lol.

only reason anyone should be delaying is if they're new to moderating that section and haven't seen majority of the posts.

[Inseriousity.]

What's mini games? And HxTV would be great if there were people dedicated to doing it. A group of us were going to do it independently a few years back to show Habbox what they're missing out on but it fell apart because people couldn't be bothered, and considering that was a group who had a personal interest in that specifically and no other roles I can't see it being a success with the current set of staff and their... dedication



Yeah the awards show was a total shambles lol and I agree that normal shows should have people talking to make it more interactive and interesting, but for blank slots I think streaming is useful just so that we avoid hours and hours of silence



Thread creation =/= good interaction or overall worth though, someone could make a great thread with loads of discussion but not be actually taking part themselves past creation, which shouldn't then make them eligible for MOTM really. I'm not convinced that we really need an extra award added for making "interesting" threads, but there is a definite difference between that idea and MOTM. That aside, would be nice to see MOTM taking more things than post count into consideration

I know it was revived under Sammeth cos I signed up for it then but the vast quantity of work that goes into it (writing, producing, editing) does make it a challenge. I see it as a costs: benefit ratio. if its hard work but the benefits of it would make that worth it then its worth trying. There's a tendency at Habbox to just shift difficult projects under the carpet and because there's no action plan they can just be all ladedadeda leave it alone. As Habbox has lost its main USP (rare values), it needs something else and I think HabboxTV would manage that and might even create some community spirit (I remember how interested everyone got over new editions of that teenage lives thing Mrs.McCall did).

[FlyingJesus]

Teenage Lives was never recorded as an HxTV thing was it? I thought it was just a script that he wrote and updated, but even things like that are hard to come by these days hardly anyone seems to want to put in the work, and those who do always appear to be overly ambitious and attempt things that require others to pull their weight and then it all falls to pieces. It's not that we have a lack of ideas floating around, just a hideous lack of support from those who can/should actually be putting them in place

[Inseriousity.]

yeah it was just an article but hopefully we could get that sort of response over a HabboxTV thing too

[Jssy]

To be honest, I wasn't really serious about HxTV or the mini games.
One of the two games I remember was a dressing up a Habbo (so not much of a game) and the other was going around the beach outside the hotel collecting credits and avoiding crabs (or something along those lines). They were pretty bad.

omg i remember the habbo dress up game, that takes me back haha

[Nick]

Regarding the most interesting threads, I thought it was a good idea to make a new category under motm and have things like Mike suggested but in the same thread.

[Drew]

Graphics
Pixel artists. wtf. yeah as a graphics noob, I don't get this change at all lmao.
On the plus side, the most improved department at Habbox and seems to be more creative than (sadly) supposedly-community departments. Even taking out Draw my Thing (it was a collaboration), every single event that graphics have taken part in, they've tried to do something different, mostly positive.

Thanks for the feedback, Mike!

There are people who can do graphics design (designing banners) but can't draw (drawing a pixel object). Likewise there are people who can draw but can't design graphics. The Pixel Art branch was specifically introduced to encourage people from the latter group to apply and to have a dedicated group of people working on pixel art competitions and events for Habbox. Hayden and I have made good progress in that regard

Graphics. My main issue with graphics isn't that big of an issue, but they never really seem to do anything in the graphics section by which I mean staff posting things they have done. Though, the actual department is probably as good as it has been generally speaking.

I like that you've pointed this out because it's something that I've been wanting to do. The Photography Competitions were introduced to encourage activity in the Pictures and Photography forum, but I know more could be done so I agree with you there. Do you have any concrete ideas or are you just suggesting staff portfolio type threads in the Graphics section?

[Kardan]

Comps and Graphics are probably the best departments at the moment.

Forum and RV need a lot of change imo. RV just seems outdated, and if there is any relevance in today's community - there doesn't seem to be any people interested in doing it.

Forum just needs new ideas - how often do we get forum events from management? And even then, are they forum events that everyone can take part in? (And even then, does it essentially revert back to a popularity system?).

[-:Undertaker:-]

I keep hearing of merging departments especially Rare Values with Content, as well as attempts to make RVs a Content Department: and i've said time and time again how there have been various rare values staff over my time in the department who are absolutely fine if not the best at what they do (trading and knowing values) but who wouldn't write an article or a guide if their lives depended on it. The Rare Values Department isn't the Content Department and people should stop confusing the two. HxRV has a purpose, and that is to display as up to date values as possible in times whenever an item on MP is being manipulated, the averages of numbered items as well as the price history of super rares. That's it.

Let's be honest too, there's not much guidance you can give to trading other than the bleeding obvious.