Habboxlive

[Matthew.]

• Do you listen to habboxlive? [Yes/No] Depends on who's DJing
• Do you listen to other habbo radio stations? [Yes / No] Sometimes
• What does other radio stations have that habboxlive does not have? Listeners, structure, dedication.
• Would you tune in if there was more shows dedicated to specific genres that you may enjoy? [Yes / No] No.
• If 'Yes' to the last question, what sort of music genre shows would you like to hear? N/A
• If you were to be placed in the management role of this department tomorrow, what would you change? The dedication of the staff. You see a lot of other stations doing giveaways and promoting listeners, I rarely see that at HabboxLive. Also, you need someone that knows what they're doing in the International Side. Bringing up Lindsey was a good idea however I feel like it's almost too little too late because you dont have really anyone else who's experienced up in the "senior" roles.
• Would you tune in more often if there was bigger habbo related prizes? [Yes / No] No.
• Would you tune into the station if there was prizes for non-habbo related prizes? (Giftcards etc) [Yes / No] Yes.
• What does habboxlive lack in? Dedication, passion, international staff, staff in general, entertaining shows.

[Richie]

Thanks for creating this, Richie! I've had a read through and these are the possible changes that we'll be discussing with HabboxLive management this week:

• Banning streaming during peak hours & weekends
• More special shows - E.g. Debates Show
• More double DJ shows
• Bigger prizes, giveaways, etc
• Less restrictions on how many times an artist can be played per hour
• More lenience on uncensored music with the introduction of watershed hours
• DJ Quality Control - More use of the test servers during DJ trial stage
• Bigger variety of music. Less chart songs.

I will +rep everyone who has contributed too! Thanks.

Banning streaming during peak hours & weekends - Good idea might seem to be a difficult task though
More special shows - E.g. Debates Show - Agreed.
More double DJ shows - Agreed, they're far more enjoyable to listen to as everyone seems much more up beat, if done properly of course.
Bigger prizes, giveaways, etc - I don't really feel the need for habbo furni personally so i disagree.
Less restrictions on how many times an artist can be played per hour - Agreed once it's not excessive.
More lenience on uncensored music with the introduction of watershed hours - Agreed, once people don't take the piss.
DJ Quality Control - More use of the test servers during DJ trial stage - Agreed but again it might be hard if there isn't many applicants.
Bigger variety of music. Less chart songs. - Agreed, I'd say still obviously play chart music but presenters should mix it up a bit

The idea of a watershed was discussed when I was AGM and didn't go forward for this reason so I agree.

When you were in charge alongside @xxMATTGxx; I was allowed to present an R&B / Rap hour, this brought in some new faces. So I don't agree entirely. Not sure if your views have changed since leaving but you definitely gave the go ahead, as I remember you listening. It's much easier for someone to disagree with changes, if they aren't the ones in the main chair.


I think watershed shows are a great idea, a warning can be given prior to a show but presenters should be warned that everything played during the show is viewed by management and a warning can be issued at their discretion. You know there'll be some clown that will think it'll be okay to play 'tenacious d - **** her gently' or something along those lines, i think there's a difference between an artist using explicit words to add further emotion to a song and a song that has a soul purpose of taking the mick / mocking the new leniency of rules.


Every show should ideally have a mix of different types of genres to cater for all. I've requested Kanye West a number of times and presenters tend to ignore the request or tell me they haven't got a clean version of the song. Music is so much harder to get these days, I'm sure all presenters will agree with that, so getting a clean version of a song is going to be a hard task unless it has been in the top 40 before. Hence why I think we're having a chart fest .

[Inseriousity.]

I have no problem with weekly shows or more leniency in general but introducing a watershed is impractical with the various timezones that Habbox represents. Although I think there's been a mixup with the definition of watershed lol because your idea of a 'watershed show' is totally different to an actual watershed (after a certain time there's more leniency). If Chris does mean what you said there then yeah there isn't really an issue for me there.

I would be surprised if I did tune in lol. not a huge fan of r&b and rap. I might've suffered through the terrible music just to be supportive I suppose!

[Kimmy]

1. Stop with the time wasters
2. just song shows
3. community shows which have events

I do not do time wasters, whatsoever. I've made it very clear that if people don't want to be in the department then they can go. I've gotten rid of a few DJs at my own discretion due to 'time wasting' also, so I'm countering that.
If you mean streaming, just song shows can get a bit tedious... Considering that everyone thinks it's okay to stream (I've outlined clearly that it is not).
I've established a new on air/on client event where every Sunday at 7pm DJs can book to host whatever event they'd like to host and someone will be on air to run parallel with this. You can win prizes from both.

[Alkaz]

Do you listen to habboxlive? [Yes/No] - Occasionally
Do you listen to other habbo radio stations? [Yes / No]
What does other radio stations have that habboxlive does not have? From past experience, DJs have a far better presence on air and actually engage like a professional DJ rather than them just talking about their day at school or how their cat stole a chip off of their dinner plate.
Would you tune in if there was more shows dedicated to specific genres that you may enjoy? [Yes / No] Possibly, I'm rather set in my ways but there would be certain genres that I would definitely tune into if there was a good selection of music from that genre.
If 'Yes' to the last question, what sort of music genre shows would you like to hear? Rock N Roll, Classical... I can't think right now.
If you were to be placed in the management role of this department tomorrow, what would you change? It's such a hard thing to say as I have no HxL experience. I would however look back at what was happening during the days of ,Jess, tenure as manageress as what ever she was doing worked well for HabboxLive and then I would adapt it and apply it to 2015. I would definitely get rid of DJs that mumble a lot on air and try and work on improving the professionalism of the on air entertainment as well as the site content on HxL.om.
Would you tune in more often if there was bigger Habbo related prizes? [Yes / No] Former Forum Manager, Elkaa did a forum takeover and gave away something like 20 thrones and it was a well publicised event. The radio was maxed out at 200/200 listeners in a matter of no time and it stayed that way for the majority of the day. So yes I would however I wouldn't expect Habbo to give away this kind of furniture on a regular basis.
Would you tune into the station if there was prizes for non-habbo related prizes? (Giftcards etc) [Yes / No] That would possibly make it even more appealing. Especially if I could chose what giftcard I wanted to actually have.
What does Habboxlive lack in? A presence on Hx and HxF. It just disappears.. as well as professional sounding DJs.

[FlyingJesus]

Watershed isn't necessary even if we weren't international - there are no laws on censoring online radios, and as someone who has had to censor certain songs for people in the past I can honestly say it would be a lot easier for everyone to not have that as a worry. As long as people don't start playing loads of A*C* or racist chants it shouldn't be a problem, and I'd like to think that our DJs wouldn't do that anyway

[Kimmy]

I may speak with Chris about relaxing the rules on song swears to an extent. There's always going to be one smartass who thinks it's okay to play songs that are plain vulgar as opposed to a swear here and there to express emotion.

It may be easier to shape the warning system around people who abuse the freedom not to censor rather than around those who do not censor, as some songs aren't too excessive with it. However, I may also have it limited to two-three songs per slot so that people don't overuse it.

I'll see.

[Chris]

Watershed isn't necessary even if we weren't international - there are no laws on censoring online radios, and as someone who has had to censor certain songs for people in the past I can honestly say it would be a lot easier for everyone to not have that as a worry. As long as people don't start playing loads of A*C* or racist chants it shouldn't be a problem, and I'd like to think that our DJs wouldn't do that anyway

I agree to be honest. The only reason the no swearing rule was ever put in place was to try and protect the younger listeners from the bad language. I doubt it was effective back then and it certainly wont be very effective now.

I may speak with Chris about relaxing the rules on song swears to an extent. There's always going to be one smartass who thinks it's okay to play songs that are plain vulgar as opposed to a swear here and there to express emotion.

It may be easier to shape the warning system around people who abuse the freedom not to censor rather than around those who do not censor, as some songs aren't too excessive with it. However, I may also have it limited to two-three songs per slot so that people don't overuse it.

I'll see.

Good idea!

[David]

I agree to be honest. The only reason the no swearing rule was ever put in place was to try and protect the younger listeners from the bad language. I doubt it was effective back then and it certainly wont be very effective now.

i suppose you wont have the same stance on forum filter?

[Chris]

Hah I knew that was coming. I did question myself after I posted that :eh: