Questions for Admin (Nico,Chris,Carrie,Joey) POST YOUR QUESTIONS HERE

Dear Nico, Chris, Carrie, and Joey,

1) What are the long-term goals for this website? 

Hello - the blue text is mine! (Chris)
Well I am not sure its best business practice but our long term goals are a little 'vague'. By that I mean we tend to focus on the short term backed up with an idea that we want to make Miss Bimbo the coolest fashion site on the web.
Ap place where people can escape from their jobs, school or wherever to enjoy buying clothes, getting involved in contests, chating in the forums etc etc. Basically we want to make people feel good when they log in. feel good that they are going to a site that is 'hot' in terms of the fashions, the other people, the atmos.



2) Will you ever consider an immersive-advertising approach to the games on the site, as an effort to create a higher level of "stickiness" for the game players?  If not, why?
Yes we are always thinking of ideas to make Miss Bimbo cooler, better and more playable. Its difficult because we have to do it within the constraints of our budget and so sometimes we would love to do things that blatantly arent posssible with the manpower we have. Maybe one day we will have a bottomless pit of resources both financial and human! That would be nice.   



3) Because Blouzar, LTDs website is available to players in the United States, are you bound by the USA's COPPA laws to protect players under the age of 13?

I don't think we are bound by the COPPA law because we are based in the UK. However we respect it and know that we have alot of US players so as such we want to comply with it. We comply with the COPPA law in many areas where actually we don't need to if we look at it from a leagl perspective about where we are based. For example the fact that Bimbos under 13 cannot write in forum or recieve personal messages is us complying to the COPPA law. We decidede tto incorporate this law ourselves when for example the French site (following European law) do not comply with COPPA and as such has alot more players aged 12 and 13.



Thank you, and I sincerely hope that MissBimbo grows into a world-class gaming site.
Viva la Bimbo!

Yes thanks very much - me too!

I've been noticing that either the bimbo's shoes are on the wrong feet, or her feet are on wrong. What's up with that?


Can someone else answer that? I have not noticed anyones feet being on the wrong way.

Chris why dont you answer pms, or do you only answer those from certain bimbos ?
(I pm'd you days ago and am still waiting for a reply)

I am really sorry if I don't reply to your pms. I read them all but honestly there is no way I can reply to all of them because I will never leave the office if I do.
Sometimes people ask me about support/bank issues but they are for Carrie as she loves all ofyour questions so please ask her!




Why do the larger amounts of money spent on the site ie. $20 &$10 go to blighty collectables and smaller amounts $1 &$3 go to blouzar?

This is completey wrong. About 2 months ago we had a problem whereby paypal stopped us using our paypal account (Blouzars) until we had given them some information. So as an emergency  we used my 'Blighty' paypal account instead for a few weeks. When we had sorted the problem with Paypal then we changed it back and transfered the money over.

Dear Admins,

I, as well as many other Bimbos I have talked to, am Irish. I have found, to my disappointment, that it is not possible for me to buy Bimbo dollars via SMS, which for various reasons would be the most convenient for me.
My questions are as follows:

1) What is the criteria by which you choose the countries in the SMS and phone list?

We dont have any choice. We use a third party company called allopass. We badger them to 'open up such and such' a country but really we rely on them. So please badger them! Actually I think Ireland is coming soon - Nico??!

2) Would it be possible to add the Republic of Ireland to this list? (I specify the Republic as I presume Northern Ireland is included in the United Kingdom. If not, excuse me.)

Nico?!
Nico:
This is a scoop from Allopass but it is not official so it could be changed!
The phone for Uk will be available in one week.
Ireland Text and Phone will be available on thursday!
Chili, Uruguay and Brazil around september...


Thank you for your time! You do a great job!

stargirl93

Carrie: I have contacted allopass about adding new countries to the flag list. They replied: Other countries are not yet available, because we haven't reached the necessary commercial agreements with phone carriers in these countries.

Hopefully, we'll be able to provide our service to these countries in the nearest future.
If you want to suggest your countries flag you can contact allopass.

Hi!

1) How many levels do you think that this will go up to.

We have talked about the levels and we have some more levels coming soon. Theoretically the game could last forever but also it might be cool to have a final level. We want to introduce some 'reall life' present or element to bimbos that have lived for 2 years or won 10000000 challenges. That type of thing. Watch this space. I 

2) will you make a male version of the game or some oter sort like Miss Clever hehe

Working on that too

Thats it , not very creatiive question but oh well lol.

1. Why can't you do a clean up of member clean up like members that have registered years ago and have never re logged on? I see tons of these, I am sure the sites count would be way less if there was a data cleanup of members that don't even play.

Difficult as we dont want to delete someones account unneccessarily. 

2. Why is miss bimbo affiliated with blighty collectibles? on their page there is nasty naked pictures and lady parts plates, I thought miss bimbo was supposed to be safe for the younger players, I guess not.

I have explained this above. Frankly they are completely separate business and I see no reason why you should mention the two together as my other  business are not mentioned on Miss Bimbo at all.


3. Why are threads being closed when it is a controversial topic? do we not have freedom of speech? why are we being censored if we are not using foul language?

I agree - no one likes censorship and so hopefully now with written clear rules for everyone to follow we will not see any form of censorship except when it is absolutely necessary (ie legally).

Last edited by parisoplaster (07-16-2008 18:27)

Chris - What is the worst question anyone could ask you?

Clare - the hardest thing anyone could ask me is:
'would you like me to send a present through to the Bimbo HQ to say thanks and to wish you guys well?'

Chris - What would be your answer to that question?

Clare - The answer would be:
'yes please the address is Blouzar ltd, studo 4.5, the chocolate factory 2, 4 Coburg road, London N22 6UJ'
and pop in for a cup of tea if you are around![

Carrie - Do you have any ideas for the site and what are they?


Carrie:
I would like to get all the bugs and glitches fixed
I would like Bimbos to have a larger variety of clothes, games, hair styles, areas in city...etc

I would like the site to be more interactive. Maybe do something with the challenges- so you actually play each other or something?

Some way of organising the clothes in your wardrobe and outfits saved?

Mainly get Miss Bimbo updated to be better than Ma Bimbo and have new design.
I get so many amazing ideas from people everyday but I think the important thing is to get the site running smoothly and get it updated- we are working hard to achieve this soon.

Hey guy's I thought I'd do a question for all of you

1) Chris - During difficult times on the forum do you ever want to give up and leave the bimbo's to get on with it?
Err - yes. Sometimes I feel like a policeman amongst 750 000 screaming bimbos. However I like Winston Churchills comment:
'peace is not the absence of war its the existence of justice'

So yes its necessary to have some form of organisation even if this means I will get my behind kicked  by half of bimboland!


2) Carrie - Around how many support messages do you recieve a day and how quickly do you estimate on answering a message from the time it has been recieved?

Carrie: I get about 50 - 60 support messages over the topics in support a day. Plus I get lots in my inbox. I try and clear as many as I can. I am also helping the mods questions and updates in admin and logging all bugs for Nico. I then try and scan read the forums to delete any rude comments- I play through the levels to test out 'bugs' and see if all areas are working. At the beginning of the week support replies are a bit slow- I don't work weekends so I have a backlog from fri night, sat and sunday. But during the week I clear most emails in the same day. It doesn't make it easy when people send more than one email- it just takes longer.

3) Nico - Which has been the most difficult bug to rectify and how do you plan on improving the overall workings of the game?
Nico:
The most difficult bugs are the ones that i don't have on my computer, because before fix them i have to see them.


Also if you can, are you all glad you took the job ?

No I curse the day Nico walked into the house and said 'Bonjour ca va?, je suis un bimbo....'

Nico:
I love my job


Carrie: It's all good    

Thankyou all for your time

1. Is there is a possibility to set up an option that when selected by the player could automatically accept all challenges sent for zero BD?

Nico:
Why not, i'll note that in the todo list.


2. In reference to the male version of this game; will the female and male ‘bimbos’ eventually be combined? (e.g. husbands/boyfriends/etc. now playing the Miss Bimbo game still be able to chat in rooms with their significant other and challenge each other)
Nico:
Not at the start in the future maybe...


yes thats our thinking. It would be cool to have the male/female games competing or mixing.



3. I know you’ve had the ‘when’ question but I would be curious to know what is the actual process of bringing the French site inline with the UK site? (This might explain better why the time lines keep getting moved out.)
Nico:
Sorry you will know everything about that soon but we can't speak about that now.


Thanks for all admins and mods!

Last edited by LataraLee (07-16-2008 21:28)

This can be answered by anyone: Chris, Carrie, or Nico. 

1. I know there has been some controversy about the female body section of the forum.  I think it's good to have a place where girls can ask questions, but I also want them to be safe. Have you guys established a clear idea of what's appropriate and not appropriate for this section? Could you maybe post a sticky with some rules about it?
Our new mods are onto this. I hope you have seen improvements and we are also thinking of changing the name of the forum


2. Do you think that safety for younger players is an issue on this website? And if so what are your ideas about how to keep them safe?
yes of course safety is an issue. Our benchmark at all times are our youngest users. In this case for
a) viewing material in the game - this is all ages
b) for actually communicating (via pm and forum) this is aged 13.
So any decision we make is with this in mind. We must make sure that we take care of our players in every way we can. Thats why all players must know that if we are aware of anything suspicious we will immediately check private personal messages and peoples accounts before taking the appropriate action.
Furthermore we will also do our best to make sure new players whom post or contribute are protected by a good well rounded supportive team of mods.
If all the mods and our friendly community of bimbos unite we are sure that this site can be one of the most protective and safe environments on the internet whilst also being a cool fun place to be. No doubt about it.





3. I think we can all agree that the players here care about the game and the people in it.  So my third question is this: what can we, as the players, do to make this site better? What can we do for the admins, the mods, the game itself, and each other?
Lovely question. You can continue to participate in the forums and create fun intereting topics. You can continue to support the mods knowing they are human and make mistakes. You can continue to welcome new players to the site making them feel welcome and warm. You can continue to monitor the site and report any untoward activity. You can also not give me an ear bashing and only write nice friendly messages instead! 

Nico:
And in case of a bug you can give us the as informations as possible to help us to fix it.

Thanks for the Q and A Session!

Last edited by LilMissChicki (07-17-2008 13:13)

1 )Will you implement the option for players to select their Bimbo's ethnicity? (Asian, Black, White, Middle Eastern, etc.)
Carrie: I would love to see this and a male bimbo in the future and will be considered later down the line

2) My second question I've sent in a PM to you.

When will we be up to sync with the french site?


Announcement/changes coming soon