Would you like SNQ to be replaced?

[Inseriousity.]

Yes it does happen. Things get cancelled all the time, just because its never happened to SNQ it doesn't mean its not ever going to get cancelled. I'm not defending the actual reason for it's cancellation, I'm just saying that things do get cancelled for whatever reason.

I will see if anyone is interested in hosting SNQ tonight, and if they are not then I will run Pac-Man tonight instead to make up for it.

I'll host SundayNQ at 7pm, you host Pacman for the rest of the hour once it's done as a peace offering. #eventbros

[Lewis]

Habbox Saturday Night Takeaway irl!!!!11

A bumper couple of hours on a Saturday night of special games/comps/onairquizzes and interactive stuffs to win some fantabulous prizes with heaps of advertising, bumped up prizes and lots of management involvement irl

No but in all seriously it would be good to see something fresh on a Saturday night I think to make people want to come online especially to take part! Whilst I do enjoy the SNQ when I've had chance to go, I do think it's over a bit quick sometimes and the format has become a bit stale. I really enjoyed the pub quiz style format that Mathew did for HxSS one year, making full use off the hour- although that does require a lot more questions and I know that sometimes proved difficult enough as it is!

Maybe a few gameshow style events could be thrown together to fill the slot or something haha, doesn't all have to be the same event I guess!

Saturday Night Takeaway would be so fun ahah. I wonder if we could come up with something for that.

oi I've suggested saturday night takeaway like a million times for habbox ;l

so yes I think it would be excellent to make an event similar to that

[dbgtz]

So are we having snq this week or not considering its 7 and the room is locked.
really great idea guys to cancel the only event people basically log on for and offer nothing as an alternative

No offence, but you rarely seem to actually participate and just tend to sit there and complain about how there's no staff behind the desk. Perhaps if you spent less time complaining, more people would feel inclined to host.

Was anyone even intending to host it this week, as it's a little convenient that they were creating another layout the exact time it was on - the new layout thread was posted before the hour was up so surely it could have still be hosted? I know cancelling happens, I don't mind it being cancelled, but I'm just wondering why it wasn't on when potential hosts were online?

I've been busy this week and only just got home yesterday. I may have been online but I wasn't particularly active in the process.

From what I have gathered from previous weeks the SNQ has become very disorganised. People host with very little preparation, dbgtz often writes the questions for them and frequently does so past 6pm. It used to be that questions had to be submitted 3 days in advance and checked by 2-3 people and all staff we encouraged to host. What has happened to force this bi gchange!?

If staff don't want to host in future then I'm happy to do so until an alternative format is properly discussed. The 7pm slot shouldn't just be allowed to become empty what the hell is going on with hxhd n habbox lately :S

The latest I did it was at 3pm I believe. This was a week I had exams so sorry for prioritising my education

I can't think of one single instance where 'it happens'. It is literally ridiculous that this was the case, considering dbgtz and other staff were online at 7, that they chose to update the layout at this time and then read this thread and couldn't be arsed to post a reply. SNQ hasn't gone stale, we just have lazy ass management. If you can't cope with a weekly 20 question quiz then how are you going to pull of a bigger event. lmao

I also wrote the questions for 2 of the weeks I didn't host. Fancy telling me again how lazy I am? Not replying instantly =/= lazy. I do have other things to do, as much as that may shock you.

Lmao seriously? It shouldn't be asked on Skype as it is not official, and I don't see why it needs to be asked on there. It should be on the forum, like it was before as you need solid proof and knowledge of someone hosting it. Questions should be done days before, not less than an hour before as well, also the staff should be getting the questions not the manager who should be checking them, as if Tom got them wrong then who would check then? It seems somewhere down the line no one can be arsed to do it and no one is actually checking if it is being done properly.

The Help Desk isn't the busiest room on Habbo, but for the Saturday Night Quiz it gained some interest, even if it was only a couple of people - why should players be bothered about playing if the hosts can't be bothered to host or take time to host and do it right?

I don't think it needs scrapping, it needs some dedication and someone to say that's not right it shouldn't be done on Skype, questions should be done in advance etc. no wonder it seems stale.

For as long as I've been staff, it's been done on Skype. The difference is now, nobody actually volunteers to host. A good chunk of staff also work on Saturdays, so that can't be avoided. Also, see my answer to Kyle. The reason it seems stale is because it's been the same format for god knows how long at this point, nothing to do with when the questions are done.

"I'll host it" is solid proof regardless of whether it's in skype or the forum. That's just nitpicking really (forums are not exactly the most easygoing method of communication and it's easier to get someone to host when the conversation is free-flowing rather than stilted). In fact, I actually think the opposite. Perhaps instead of staff chats, it might be easier to ask 1 person if they'd like to host. I think people like it more when they are approached personally.

Why not host it any other week? No offence, but you seem up for hosting now it's all public but never offer any other week. It's no big secret it's hard to get hosts for SNQ. I also don't see who it would be easier for to ask 1 person at a time than ask everyone at once.

[lemons]

wtf red always participates you liar

snq needs to be taken outside of hxhd to attract new people and needs better prizes

[Inseriousity.]

I'm not going to pretend hosting SNQ is fun (I hate coming up with the questions) or that I do it frequently. I will however step in if I am asked to rather than it being missed completely. Tommy asked me and I said yes. I find it's harder for people to reject a personal request rather than asking the whole group (psychologically, it's called diffusion of responsibility).

[Red]

No offence, but you rarely seem to actually participate and just tend to sit there and complain about how there's no staff behind the desk. Perhaps if you spent less time complaining, more people would feel inclined to host.



I've been busy this week and only just got home yesterday. I may have been online but I wasn't particularly active in the process.



The latest I did it was at 3pm I believe. This was a week I had exams so sorry for prioritising my education




I also wrote the questions for 2 of the weeks I didn't host. Fancy telling me again how lazy I am? Not replying instantly =/= lazy. I do have other things to do, as much as that may shock you.



For as long as I've been staff, it's been done on Skype. The difference is now, nobody actually volunteers to host. A good chunk of staff also work on Saturdays, so that can't be avoided. Also, see my answer to Kyle. The reason it seems stale is because it's been the same format for god knows how long at this point, nothing to do with when the questions are done.



Why not host it any other week? No offence, but you seem up for hosting now it's all public but never offer any other week. It's no big secret it's hard to get hosts for SNQ. I also don't see who it would be easier for to ask 1 person at a time than ask everyone at once.

Get a grip. On ONE occasion, @Empired; and I commented on why you were making staff leave the areas to host the snq, and funnily enough someone came in asking for help that time. If I don't speak that's because half the answers are ridiculous google based, but any time I'm there I usually try to answer at least one, and get entered into the raffle. Also what happened to the monthly snq raffle. I never see anything posted about the winner. And you have the audacity to say any time i'm there I don't speak; more like any time you you are in there, you are sat on an afk seat lmao.

[dbgtz]

Get a grip. On ONE occasion, @Empired; and I commented on why you were making staff leave the areas to host the snq, and funnily enough someone came in asking for help that time. If I don't speak that's because half the answers are ridiculous google based, but any time I'm there I usually try to answer at least one, and get entered into the raffle. Also what happened to the monthly snq raffle. I never see anything posted about the winner. And you have the audacity to say any time i'm there I don't speak; more like any time you you are in there, you are sat on an afk seat lmao.

I'm certain you've said it on multiple occasions, because I always tell you to PM me since I'm, you know, hosting and was willing to discuss it with you at another time.
When you say "google based", are you saying I got questions from Google or that you need Google to answer them (or both?).
Yes the raffle is still in place with May still to be drawn.
I also never actually said you didn't speak so not sure why you're randomly attacking me on that. The reason I would sit on the idle seats is because a) better to have people in there and b) if I'm doing something else and not looking at Habbo and something happens, I can go and read all the chat logs and essentially monitor the room.

[Red]

And I'm certain that it was raised the once in the desk, and yes that was your response. The only other time it was mentioned was in a thread somewhere and I don't remember seeing you respond to it, or provide a valid reason why it was done. I mean you need to google to find the answer. Where are the winners being posted? There was a thread that used to be updated. You said I don't participate. I equated that with not speaking during the quiz.

[Samantha]

@Inseriousity.; it might be easier, but it is not a rule that you need to be in the staff Skype chat, so someone could be missing out on hosting it. Understandably, if they want to host they could ask management, but it should be seen by staff on the forum as surely they should be active on it.
@dbgtz; yeah everyone needs time away, but you have 3 senior staff, and 2 managers above you, so surely one of them could have sorted it out?

[Earthquake]

A Habbox awards show would be great where we can all attend as guests and there be awards to different staff, users and an award to a another official fansite