Based on the scenarios below, we want you to use your imaginations and create a short play!
What would you do in these situations?

Send us 100 words of blurb on your play and screenshots of it taking place to support your entry. you can send an entry for as many of the scenarios as you wish

Scenarios:
A - It is summer. You are hanging with some friends (male and female) at the park. Some of the lads are playing football. They are challenged to a game by another group of boys. The game gets out of hand and tempers are flared. One threatens to use a knife.

B- You have found out that a good friend of yours has started carrying a knife. What do say to them?

C- A friend of yours has joined a violent gang (or is dating someone from a violent gang) on your estate. What do you do: join to fit in or find another way?

D– You are coming home from school on the bus. A group behind you are giving you some abuse and trying to make you to react. You see that they are carrying knives. Once off the bus, they decide to follow you.

WINNERS:

A: Ice-Zero, devil-mouse, Steffums, Moonli, Experting, puppy8090, xoliviA,!

B: judgery, Gnomey, giggletron, Lxr, -RoyalSparkle, Hexable, Failured

C: Lgq, .::paigee::., :Mobile, Hangoverz, Elefante.es, Klolo22, The-Gouch

D: cutiepwie, -Vasiyet, mercury-milk, Qunko, .Benoi., :Darzo, .!.J@mie.!.

COMPETITION 2:

If you have taken part in the plays or watched your friends act them out, write a review!

Let us know how you felt watching it, your expectations and how it went. Comment on the acting, set, outfits and if a duck was involved. Basically, it is your review, so make it your own.

The top published ten will receive special badges and live on in Habbo history!

Have some inspiration!

Some Habbos have already cast their reviews and we have picked a selection to get you thinking. These Habbos have NOT necessarily won this competition, but are being used as good examples.

Example 1: Evalle

Watching some of my closest friend's follow their script and act slightly mature for once made my Habbo "LOL". I also realised that a lot of work had been put into it, the Director had spent a while choosing the furniture, the layout and where his Habbowood Director's chair was to be placed. Curse the people who invented that! What surprised me the most was that it easily lived up to my expectations. The Director certainly had an eye for colour as everything suited its position. I was certainly shocked at how it all came to life. HOWEVER, i was disappointed that my Theatre Chair contained Salted not Sweet popcorn. Whilst watching it, i felt part of it, involved and interested! Next time, i would appreciate a starring role, the Lead Girl - suits me fine! I'd recommend watching it to fellow Habbos.

Example 2: EXperting

It was a truly heart wrenching story. But it sent out an important message and that message was: If you carry a knife your more likely to get stabbed yourself. The acting was superb and it was an amazing play to watch because it sent out the right message and that message was not to carry a knife!

Example 3: AshleyACID

As i sat in the comfort of the Throne sofa, the play began. It all started as a boy was walking home from school, his clothes were ripped and torn and his face was batted, through his shirt was a hole, were blood was seeping through, the actor who was playing the child, acted the slow and painful death of a knife crime very well. A Gang came onto the stage after the boy had fallen onto the floor & they started to kick and hit him. They were betraying the typical gang, knives and hoods. A Woman walking along the sidewalk stops and shouts at the gang, they ignore her and then she starts to get abusive, the gang sees that she's trying to stop them hurting the already dead child, so they go after her, stab her, beat her, and then take the baby. The play then ended.

It Doesn't Have To Happen is created by young people for young people to raise awareness of knife crime. It Doesn't Have To Happen is also there to show the real opportunities you have in life. Habbo as a community can come together and take a stand against knife crime. Take a stand, join our group page and see what you can do."

WINNERS

..Char!
The play was truly amazing; it really put knife crime in perspective for me. Everything was great from the location to the props. I was certainly impressed with the Infobus as the location, it really did set the scene and it felt like it was coming to life. The outfits were brilliant, they looked like a lot of time had been spent making them and they looked superb on the actors. The play really did seem to come to life as it put me in to great suspense. It also put across a great message about knife crime and I would recommend this play to all of the other Habbos. The play was a great success and well done to those than contributed.

Destiny-Hope-
I loved watching my friends do their play. I knew they would do a good job but it was better than expected. It made me laugh and aware of what goes on in the streets.
They worked hard on choosing the size and shape of the room, the wallpaper, flooring, furniture and their clothing choices. Not only were the cast dressed to thrill, but the extra back ground people were accurately dressed and given pivotal roles too. Their positioning had to be taken into account as well as their dress.The story sent out a message: “Don’t carry a knife, you’re gonna cost lives just to look cool and fit in!”

Depic
Lights, camera, ACTION... I trembled in my theatre chair. The terrifying story had sent me a clear message: carry a knife and your more likely to be stabbed. I know it's only Habbo, but knife crime is a major problem and the performance I watched was very well thought out. It seemed weird watching my friends be serious, making sure their grammar was correct, but it was all for a good cause. The Furni suited the play and the play sent out a message. But what went wrong? I wasn't in it. :( The acting was great by creating an atmosphere to send out the right message. Don't carry a knife, or you will suffer.

irJen
To vividly capture the impossible situation many teens have thrust upon them today, is a difficult task, but one GlamourModel executed with excellence. On such a difficult topic, confronting a friend carrying a knife, the way the two characters reacted provoked feelings I’ve never had to deal with myself. The scene is overwhelmingly genuine, grasping the antagonizing position Steven has found himself in. To the audience’s relief Steven doesn’t give in easily and his friend is caught by surprise when he utters the line “if you carry a knife you're more likely to get stabbed yourself!” Designed to shock, those statistics do just that. Although she stands by her insecurities, I suspect with Steven’s support she would stop carrying a knife, realising the frightening reality that this is attracting more danger. To summarise GlamourModel’s play in five words: outstanding, intriguing and evoking. A definite must see!

Steff10
Watching the play was quite shocking as it felt real to me and close to an experience that I have had in the past. I could feel how the actors were feeling, it was like I was right there with them.
The acting was really good, it looked well-rehearsed and everyone seemed to know what they were doing. The room was set out really good and made it look more real to me. The outfits were awesome, they looked well picked and all the costumes were very well created. The play fitted very nicely together and everyone had a fair part. My favourite part was the cliff hanger which made me sit on the edge of my seat! It had a very good ending and I would give it a 10/10.

AliBabes.
As I sat in my director’s chair, watching my friends putting all their emotions into this play and the director making sure every last detail was perfect, I have to say I was slightly overwhelmed. The play reminded me of some real life situations and issues that made my heart ache. The acting was simply fantastic and made me laugh, cry and smile in all the right places. I would strongly recommend watching this to other Habbos.

observatien
Watching one of my closest online friends play was fantastic! It was interesting and magical. I was sat in a relaxing, Igor vibrating chair so I could sit back, relax, and enjoy the show. As soon as they started the play, everything came to life. The room wasn’t just any room, it was the dark, scary alleys behind the empty dull-lit streets. I was biting my lip with terror as I looked at the alleyway. Then the characters started to perform, I had a great time watching them I felt as if I was actually there. Some parts had me sweating with terror, some parts had me doubling over laughing. After the play, I came back to reality where I was hugely disappointed – I just wanted to go back and watch it again! It was entertaining, and it gets the message across. I know a lot more now.

Geaks
"Don't do it Jack!" I heard shouted across the room as the Director shouted "CUT!" This scenario had taken serious thinking, the set had been perfectly positioned until every last detail was correct. The actors had took several hours rehearsal before the final preparations to the last scene. This story was truly powerful and was created to capture the hearts of young people. The Director had stressed all afternoon over every last detail to make his work a success. But there was more to the acting and set that the eye not could see, beneath this was a story of realism was something very shocking, many teenagers lives are ruined by such violence and other people's actions. This had truly made me realise how many lives are effected by something so small and hideous, a knife. It was the end of the filming, the Director gave me a few hints and tips if I ever wanted to go into his business, I laughed at such a remark. I was then left to think about the true saying 'If you carry a knife, you're more likely to get stabbed yourself.'

Soap!
The script was terrible, TERRIBLE!
It was quite obvious that the director was ridiculously unprofessional, judging by his rather silly looking hat that had "DIRECTOR" written across it!
I was so excited about the play, that I was the first AND the last person to arrive, ten minutes after I've seated myself on the hideous lodge stool, they locked the doors up because no-one else showed up. What a great way to start a play, eh?
The curtains opened. The stage was completely empty, not a single piece of Furni on it! The ONLY actress in the play walked on stage, dressed as a cheerleader, or at least that's what I thought, and delivered a five minute speech about her ex-boyfriend who was a knife carrier. She did not even know her lines for God's sake! She had to read them from under her sleeve, marvellous!!
Honestly, need I say any more about this embarrassing play? I think not!
Bottom line is - The play would've been quite educational for teens, if only the whole cast, AND crew were replaced!

Paintings.
It was yet, another sensational performance by all the actors! A story that had you at the edge of your Habbo Theatre Chair and raring to know what was going to happen next. The set stood out and my standards were met with a great storyline that must have taken days to write. As the play came to its conclusion, the crowd (including me) gave a roaring clap and a standing evasion. I am certain, this story will inspire all young teenagers to drop knives and find all that life has to offer!

Bucho6 and Lost_Witness say NO and have joined the official group - will you and your friends?