Competitions

[hah]

Last time i made a thread telling competitions to improve their quality of competitions etc and they said they would but they didnt so i don't even know why I'm bothering make this lol.

Lets start of with your wonderful world cup event. Im just gonna re-post what i said in the other thread.

I count 64 names there of people who entered.




Now lets look and see who entered these super fun competitions :rolleyes:
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=650163 - 13/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=649957 - 8/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=645190 - 10/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=650170 - 17/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=649380 - 20/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=649514 - 21/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=649580 - 16/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=645163 - 16/64
http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=650343 - 7/64

Less than a third of people didn't enter the competitions. That isn't very good. I got the answer "we didn't expect most of the people to enter" sorry but what a load of ********, people wouldn't have put their names down if they didn't wanna take part, i entered the first competition and i even remember comments in the thread asking where they serious. I didn't bother entering the rest because they all looked depressing and boring as hell.

The images you use for the competitions. Seriously they are tacky as hell, i mentioned this five months ago and the manager says they are still working on it? lol, very efficient. It takes the same amount of time to go to http://habboemotion.com/ and get an habbo related image or http://habbofansite.net/fontgen/ and make a nice header for their competitions, but that would probably ruin their tacky boring image and they wouldn't want that.


Most of the competitions are also boring, hence why less than a third of people entered the world cup competitions. I was told by ex-staff that they dont like simple competitions like guess the lyrics, anagrams, hiding images around the forum and making people find them, mixing up celeb faces and making people guess them. Instead there are hundreds and hundreds of boring ones like "the history of the world cup" and "which food best describes you" seriouly, these things belong in the general category not the competition forum.

The manager says im the only person who thinks all these things are wrong with competitions and that the competitions are not boring. So can you vote in the poll and tell me what you think of the things i've talked about and the suggestions i've made.

Obviously competitions staff can't vote in the poll

[Tintinnabulate]

I joined the competitions department to bring more competitions like the ones you stated, i.e. word searches, fill up a jar with 2p coins and get people to guess how much money was in there, anagrams and just general simple ones. Its because I agree with you that I hate - and I have said this before - long boring ones. Quizzes are not bad either as long as they aren't super hard.

The competitions staff have to make their own images and the guide unfortunately doesn't tell them any links you have put in your post, which is a big shame as after looking at HabboFansite.net, its awesome.

I have voted no in your poll.

[hah]

I joined the competitions department to bring more competitions like the ones you stated, i.e. word searches, fill up a jar with 2p coins and get people to guess how much money was in there, anagrams and just general simple ones. Its because I agree with you that I hate - and I have said this before - long boring ones. Quizzes are not bad either as long as they aren't super hard.

The competitions staff have to make their own images and the guide unfortunately doesn't tell them any links you have put in your post, which is a big shame as after looking at HabboFansite.net, its awesome.

I have voted no in your poll.

Im almost 100% sure i suggested these sites back in December when i said they should use images lol

[Tintinnabulate]

Im almost 100% sure i suggested these sites back in December when i said they should use images lol

Lol I guess it was not added to the guide then. I think just the text banners from HabboFansite would look nicer. I did try to find Habbo related images and I did once but its impossible to find it for all comps, but just the text looks nice I think.

[Nemo]

God no they're boring. They target one type of 'market' as it were, in that they only ask the same type of question. Rather boring after the first...one. I'd like to see competitions for stuff like design a logo for blahblah, stuff that actual gets people being creative. There's many talented pixel artists on this website, and those who dabble in photoshop and other designing programs. Of course, that would also limit it, so yeh, have a mix of competitions like the ones you lot mentioned.

Also, correct me if im wrong here, but i reckon VIP should be used more as a competition prize, aswell as furni. I for one couldn't give a damn about reputation seeing as hardly anyone cares much about it anymore, and i would be more likely to enter if VIP was a prize.

[Tintinnabulate]

God no they're boring. They target one type of 'market' as it were, in that they only ask the same type of question. Rather boring after the first...one. I'd like to see competitions for stuff like design a logo for blahblah, stuff that actual gets people being creative. There's many talented pixel artists on this website, and those who dabble in photoshop and other designing programs. Of course, that would also limit it, so yeh, have a mix of competitions like the ones you lot mentioned.

Also, correct me if im wrong here, but i reckon VIP should be used more as a competition prize, aswell as furni. I for one couldn't give a damn about reputation seeing as hardly anyone cares much about it anymore, and i would be more likely to enter if VIP was a prize.

Number of VIP being given out has been limited and they only have so much to give out.

I remember a few years ago when there were LOTS and LOTS of "design an avatar" or "design a signature" competition. A member would contact a member of competitions staff, give them the prize (a few HCs) and the staff would post the competition saying "Design an avatar for Saurav. The prize is 3 HCs".

That is no longer the case.

And finally, three of the four competitions posted have to be "Habbox Comps" competition, where the entry has to be sent via PM rather than posted in the thread itself - which limits the types of competitions they can do really.

[Nemo]

Number of VIP being given out has been limited and they only have so much to give out.

I remember a few years ago when there were LOTS and LOTS of "design an avatar" or "design a signature" competition. A member would contact a member of competitions staff, give them the prize (a few HCs) and the staff would post the competition saying "Design an avatar for Saurav. The prize is 3 HCs".

That is no longer the case.

Yesyes, i remember that. Was brilliant. Bring that back i say!

That's a shame about the VIP

[Tintinnabulate]

Yesyes, i remember that. Was brilliant. Bring that back i say!

That's a shame about the VIP

Yepp was fun Got people involved as a community.
Added a bit to my post after you quoted btw

And finally, three of the four competitions posted have to be "Habbox Comps" competition, where the entry has to be sent via PM rather than posted in the thread itself - which limits the types of competitions they can do really.

That is no longer the case.

[Nemo]

I am unsure of this, most likely because my brain is not taking anything in and doesn't quite get it. 4 hours sleep is not good.


Also saurav for forum analyst

[FlyingJesus]

The images you use for the competitions. Seriously they are tacky as hell, i mentioned this five months ago and the manager says they are still working on it? lol, very efficient.

Same manager who said that "next month" there would be big changes for about 6 months, and then the big change was just more of the same.

I was told by ex-staff that they dont like simple competitions like guess the lyrics, anagrams, hiding images around the forum and making people find them, mixing up celeb faces and making people guess them.

Well that's entirely stupid seeing as how that's the sort people actually enter lol, rather than ones where you have to force yourself to take enough interest in a really boring topic to write an essay on it.

The manager says im the only person who thinks all these things are wrong with competitions and that the competitions are not boring

Same manager who thinks I'm the only person who reckons events and comps could easily be merged. tbh if the simpler competitions are used then the workload can be shared around all the community departments if events don't want the full extra workload - DJs already do competitions anyway and it's not like it really takes a genius to lift a thread out of the "comp ideas" forum and post it publicly.

The competitions staff have to make their own images and the guide unfortunately doesn't tell them any links you have put in your post

That explains a lot haha..

I'd like to see competitions for stuff like design a logo for blahblah, stuff that actual gets people being creative. There's many talented pixel artists on this website, and those who dabble in photoshop and other designing programs. Of course, that would also limit it, so yeh, have a mix of competitions like the ones you lot mentioned.

Photoshop's for noobs who can't use Paint but yeah I agree with this, the last graphic-type comp I saw was ages ago for some banner which I'm pretty sure I still haven't seen, but yeah if there were more pixely comps (and not just Habbo related, some freestyle would be nice) then it'd get people working a bit harder, show off some skills around the forum and who knows might even validate the need for a comps team.