Channelling my inner millennial I thought I would start off a series of "listicles" inspired by buzzfeed, complete with gifs and tips on how to navigate the difficult world of scouting. This first topic is very near and dear to my heart, I love scouting but sometimes the challenges are tough, if you don't scout because of one or all of these reasons don't feel bad, just try and help the scouts around you, give them some words of encouragement, pat them on the back, it's hard out here for a scout.
1. Accidentally interrupting someone having cybersex
I mean, not much you can really do in this sitch, I once accidentally went into a room and interrupted them, but I don't think the girl was feeling it and jumped up from the bed half "naked" and was super keen to join! So really, while awkward it can be a good scouting opportunity if they aren't "satisfied"
2. Copping abuse
This is always a big problem all scouts face, mainly because people assume you are trying to scam them, little do they know how great HDA is and the fun community we have formed! When you are confronted with abuse don't stoop to their level, kill them with kindness! Explain to them you don't want any of their personal details, like, ever and they should give HDA a shot! If they aren't happy after 24 hours they can leave, what do they have to lose? I also say if they think I'm scamming after spending some time with us they can report me (you can't be reported if you don't talk to them again, if you do chances are they stuck around base and are actually a member, therefore is happy with HDA and won't report you (hopefully)
3. Working with noobs
Everyone started somewhere. Usually if a noob is struggling it is because 1. English isn't their first language or 2. you aren't being clear enough or slow enough in your instructions. So when trying to get someone new to join try and go slow and be patient, hopefully they will get the hang of it, otherwise there is always the IR rank.
4. getting someone into base and they lagg so much they leave
Unfortunately there are many reasons why people leave as soon as they get into base, it could be a variety of reasons. I know first hand that base takes *ages* to load when using a phone or an iPad so they might leave out of frustration when the room doesn't load, they might not like how busy base can be and leave because it is so chaotic. If you really believe in the potential recruit try and find out why they left, it could be something really easy to fix. You could even offer to get their badge and motto sorted outside of base so they aren't lagging through the difficult and sometimes confusing process.
5. successfully getting someone into base and they don't want to leave other agency badges
Again, there are so. many. reasons. why people leave during the recruit process. Unfortunately you often can't do much about people who leave because they want to keep their badges. If the agency isn't an alliance, I recommend trying to find out information about their agency, maybe they pay less than us, maybe there is something that annoys them about their current agency, all you can do is
6. full friend lists
I don't know about you but i'm constantly reaching a 1100 max, and it is basically impossible to manage your friends list without wanting to throw your iPad/Phone/Laptop across the room.
7. Struggling to find people during graveyard shifts
You guys know the time, there is certain pockets on Habbo where literally nobody is around, if they still had that little counter where it told you how many people are online it would probably read under 1000.
8. Non-english speakers
The language barrier is made 10 times harder on Habbo cause you can't use hand gestures or facial expressions to tell them whats going on! There is an english speaking Habbo for a reason.
9. People who "just want to have fun!"
The struggle is real, when you find someone who is kinda interested, but in the end decide HDA isn't for them, they just 'want to have fun!' these kinds of people are the hardest to convince to join HDA, but it isn't impossible, trying to explain how fun HDA is, how many events we hold and partys to attend, plus all the great friends people will make makes HDA one of the most fun places in Habbo!
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