HxL

[Inseriousity.]

There isn't a cap on department staff limits anymore. We trust managers to be sensible and not go OTT.

When people apply, they apply under the full knowledge that there are requirements they must comply with. Leeway is often given. No-one is automatically fired if they do not meet these requirements. There are some people who could argue that perhaps it needs to be stricter. There are people as I type this who have got away with doing only 5 events last month when others have done 30 and the same numbers can probably be applied to HxL slots. I do not think it would be practical to have a situation that you have endorsed above as the working model. It would make it more difficult I think to build up a team camadarie(sp) that is needed, I believe, for the department to re-emerge from the ashes.

As for why people are coming back as guest djs and not regular djs is simply because you are in the betwixt and between stage. You see yourself as too old to be fully committed to a volunteer position on a habbo fansite but still want to help out where you can. It is I think a little sad that this is required as back when I was a young teenager, it used to be the height of cool to be a radio DJ on a popular fansite like HabboxLive, ClubHabbo or ThinkHabbo. I think this is no longer the case but I do believe firmly in the value of Habbo radios and also believe that there is the audience out there who would be interested, they just aren't being reached at this moment in time.

[Mathew]

I haven't read the large majority of the thread so I'm not sure if it's related... but I think there's enough Guest DJs now. I thought it was enough before, but a further two have been added today and I think there's the danger of its exclusivity being weakened. I feel the position should be an honour for older DJs who contributed a lot in the past yet no longer listen frequently. Richie and Luce are both good examples of this - people who flick between fansites or those who are young enough to meet the requirement should be regular staff. People will tune in if they know an old DJ has come back for an exclusive show; this won't be the case if half the team is given the prestige.

[GoldenMerc]

but none of the guest dj's are even like the old guest djs
Guest DJ's should replicate what it used to replicate, them being a guest on Habbox.
Such as Mizki, Barkseh they should be guest DJ's... But as usual RemelKid knows best so what ever i guess, Hope Matt see's right soon and sorts it out himself or atleast changes Grig to manager, that would help

[scott]

I've not really paid very much attention to habboxlive recently so I don't know a huge amount as to what is happening. I wasn't aware of the change in the timetable reset and I think that changing it to reset at the end of a week is a bad idea, you want djs to prebook and I think they will be much more inclined to prebook slots if the timetable was cleared after a day, I don't really see the issue that it was changed to once a week anyway, if the djs were booking properly then it wouldn't be a case of 'to make the timetable look busier'. I havenoticed that a few djs have been removed from the team and it is good to see that staff who are not willing to pull their right within the department and help improve habboxlive have been removed from the team, hopefully that is something that you continue.

weekly shows are something that helps attract a fan base to the site more so than just a normal show so I do think that y ou need a lot more than one, although stuff like an hour dedicated to rihanna or a specific artist is definitely something I would steer well clear of. A few good weekly show ideas I remember are like, boys v girls, chart shows (not just pop but rock, dance etc.) these are things that attract listeners in for they shows and then also attracts them into the site which will bring them onto habbox(live) more.

What I see from looking through the staff forums is that there isn't a tem atmosphere at all, and that's something that isn't helping the decline in the site I do think that once you ave a good team then that is the time that the listeners, site and team atmosphere will start to improve, that goes back to people who aren't pulling their weight no longer being kept on the team. I remember when I started at habboxlive a long long time ago I'm sure @Grig; will remember it just felt like it was a huge family and everybody helped each other out and it was just s great atmosphere which I think then helped us get on to make habboxlive better, I do however doubt that habboxlive will ever be like that again.

I became a guest dj because I don't have enough time in a week to commit to being. regular dj, I do think though that you should start to watch you don't star taking on too many guest djs as it will start to become a bit ott.

excuse mistakes wrote on my iPad and half the time it has a mind of its own

[iLogan]

but none of the guest dj's are even like the old guest djs
Guest DJ's should replicate what it used to replicate, them being a guest on Habbox.
Such as Mizki, Barkseh they should be guest DJ's... But as usual RemelKid knows best so what ever i guess, Hope Matt see's right soon and sorts it out himself or atleast changes Grig to manager, that would help

Erm, if you could get in touch with Mizki or Barkseh then we'd be more than happy for them to become guest dj's. Before we appoint any guest dj I speak to @Grig; and he has to agree.

If you have suggestions then go ahead and give them, but I'm getting pretty sick of you criticizing me when you've never been in the department I manage to understand how the department is ran. Grig has equal say in terms of staffing.

[Mathew]

you want djs to prebook

I think precooking would have been easier to sort out..

Is there any evidence that weekly shows actually increase listeners? I haven't really tuned into HxL for years so I have no idea who the staff or shows are anymore. I used to know about the weekly shows but now they appear to be given to anyone who asks and it's not really the most well-known individuals who get them. Perhaps that's just because there's a general lack of staff posting anyway... and indeed that's a debate for another thread. I do question the extent to which weekly shows increase listeners though, or whether it's just something that sounds good on paper. Would be kinda cool to see a graph or something!

[BOOMitsGINA]

I think precooking would have been easier to sort out..

Is there any evidence that weekly shows actually increase listeners? I haven't really tuned into HxL for years so I have no idea who the staff or shows are anymore. I used to know about the weekly shows but now they appear to be given to anyone who asks and it's not really the most well-known individuals who get them. Perhaps that's just because there's a general lack of staff posting anyway... and indeed that's a debate for another thread. I do question the extent to which weekly shows increase listeners though, or whether it's just something that sounds good on paper. Would be kinda cool to see a graph or something!

Yes listeners do rise, I do the FNQ (Friday night quiz) and the listeners do go up. Sometimes they stay around the same amount as the previous shows but I try to make the quiz as fun as possible just like my other slots.
Honestly I think we need more weekly shows like previously stated.

[Samantha]

Erm, if you could get in touch with Mizki or Barkseh then we'd be more than happy for them to become guest dj's. Before we appoint any guest dj I speak to @Grig; and he has to agree.

If you have suggestions then go ahead and give them, but I'm getting pretty sick of you criticizing me when you've never been in the department I manage to understand how the department is ran. Grig has equal say in terms of staffing.

Getting in touch with them and giving them guest dj would just emphasise more that you've got too many, I thought you said that you would offer it to those who were professional radio djs or ex HabboxLive management, your list isn't that at the moment in all honesty. You also have to consider why can't they do 3 hours per week, have they given good reasons not to or do you just like them or something?

[iLogan]

Getting in touch with them and giving them guest dj would just emphasise more that you've got too many, I thought you said that you would offer it to those who were professional radio djs or ex HabboxLive management, your list isn't that at the moment in all honesty. You also have to consider why can't they do 3 hours per week, have they given good reasons not to or do you just like them or something?

Like I said myself and Grig have an in-depth discussion about each DJ before we invite them to become a Guest DJ. Perhaps "professional DJ" isn't the term we should have used. Many people have been in touch about becoming a Guest DJ and the majority of them have been declined. At the moment we're offering the Guest DJ position to ex-HabboxLive management, DJ's who's quality exceeds the average of HabboxLive's quality or any other circumstances which we mutually feel acceptable. For example Sam and Wiki have returned to HabboxLive as Guest DJ's to host a special perm show.

I'd never hire someone just because I like them, I'd hire them if they met the requirements to be a (Guest) DJ.

[Richie]

Getting in touch with them and giving them guest dj would just emphasise more that you've got too many, I thought you said that you would offer it to those who were professional radio djs or ex HabboxLive management, your list isn't that at the moment in all honesty. You also have to consider why can't they do 3 hours per week, have they given good reasons not to or do you just like them or something?

lol I'm a guest dj