Habbox is sponsored by...

[GommeInc]

ClubTropica, Ryan? Sure it has nothing to do with Habbo itself but I assume Jin was approached. He weighed up the pros and cons and determined it'd be worthwhile for Habbox. I can only assume it's giving Habbox more money which helps it stay open and eases the burden on sierk/Jin. Sure it doesn't benefit us but we have to look at the bigger picture. If it's helping them keep the site open then it is benefiting us in a round about way. I think we just need to embrace the fact that it's helping Habbox

That's the one, the one that made the GM at the time a laughing stock.

I can only see it putting off new and current users. It seems a bit much chucking "is sponsored by" on the forum, when you could just force it into the GoogleAds by-passing AdBlock :/ That's if it actually takes off - the pictures on the website so far look disappointing and ugly.

[Nixt]

Looks like another waste of space online game that Habbox gets involved with and never takes off. Anyone remember that other game that was supposedly going to be released at one point, then as a BETA, then the date was pushed back and it NEVER came out? It caused so many arguments are was a pointless decision :/

I wouldn't hold my breath, and honestly don't see why Habbox are being sponsored by an MMORPG that has nothing to do with the theme of the fansite. Seems like a poor decision on both sides :/

You'd be surprised about how serious the Kazopark endeavour is on their part. It is actually very big and having spoken to the director on numerous occasions am aware that he is very committed to lifting this project off the ground. This is on a whole different level to ClubTropica, from my knowledge of that project anyway (which is I will admit, is comparatively minimal). Nevertheless Habbox are making considerable revenue from this sponsorship and of course, when the decision was made this was the deciding factor. The sponsorship will ensure that Habbox and its sites are able to run smoothly and efficiently and this is a very secure way of making sure this happens - adsense and donator in particular, were somewhat unpredictable in terms of the monthly revenue they produce.

In my opinion, totally non-related to the Habbox side of things, Kazopark will be a success. I am not expecting it (and neither do I think Kazopark staff are expecting it) to immediately rival Sulake or Habbo, nevertheless it has potential and may well surprise a lot of you. From a selfish point of view, Habbox will benefit from this sponsorship in the form of revenue whether Kazopark is successful or not - so we lose nothing.

It is not explicitly against the fansite way to be sponsored by a virtual game, neither is it against the fansite way to advertise them. I will reiterate however, that Habbo staff do have the contact details of members of General Management and can, therefore, get into contact if this new sponsorship troubles them.

[GommeInc]

No-one cares about Habbo anyway, though you should probably ask for special benefits if Habbox is suffering from a lack of revenue. Seeing as the fansite way seems to not exist anymore (though that may change when the websites/communities merge), there is no mention of premium services. The only mention is in an old News Article dating back to Feb 2010, and seeing as it's news article it's not an official document - like Habbox posting rare values in the news rather than on the rare values section of the site

Habbo should at least have some sort of backbone to allow websites that are struggling to offer some sort of support, especially as Habbox has been advertising Habbo - free of charge - for many years now.

And that doesn't excuse the terrible drawings I've seen, hopefully it would look better :/

[Nixt]

I am not quite sure how much I can give away but I can say Kazo is quite impressive and is good to look at and play.

The likelihood of Habbo helping us financially is zero, I would say. Sulake would suffer little financial damage, if any, if Habbox ceased to exist and therefore it will not benefit them to help us. We plan to open up communication regarding premium services, and other issues, following the merge.

[Blinger$]

Hmm, maybe you get special privliges garion but so far all kimber has said effectivly is that the alpha client has a lot of bugs and doesn't run very good yet. AND the alpha has been pushed back about a month or so now..

[Nixt]

I have now clarified what I am allowed to say . Having used the alpha client I will admit it is far from completion and there are still a lot of bugs that need addressing. What I am saying is, that in it's simplest form, Kazopark is looking good and appears to be on track to look even better .

[Blinger$]

Can we show people the hand sketches that THE PUBLIC could find? :S

[Nixt]

If you are referring to the items on the Facebook group, you may, yes.

[Blinger$]

Okay good.

[Tintinnabulate]

To the person who asked the figures on Habbox:

The running cost on average is £300 per month, Google advertising revenue (when it is used) brings in about £225 per month.