The Design Crew

One of the things that sets RSBandB apart from other forums is the graphics that come out of here. There are many truly brilliant artists on RSBandB, and according to some unwritten law that may or may not exist, the Design Crew are supposed to be some of the best.

There are some truly brilliant artists in the DC. Flipvlug's website designs and MQs photomanips are amongst the best art I have ever seen.

But what is this being used for?

In the time I have been in the Design Crew, which is five months now, the entire design crew have done 9 projects, some optional, some mandatory. Of those, only one of them is actually something you guys have seen, and that is the SOTM trophies. We have made a couple of other things, including a piece I am really proud of, which I worked with MQ on which can be seen here.

I really am starting to doubt the point of the Design Crew's existence. I have asked Shane if the DC could do some work on the design of the site, and he declined. Thats fair enough, really, it is his site - but why does the DC even exist, then?

I have talked to various people about this, and they basically all agree, the Design Crew, in its current state, is surplus to the needs of the forum.

I am not going to leave the DC, but I do pose the questions: why does the DC even exist, Shane? What, if anything, is there for us to do, other than sit on our backsides all day twiddling our thumbs?

I'll hold my comments on this, most of those in charge of the DC know what i have to say about it and i have been saying it now for a good year. XD

I will say that leadership changes have just happend, give it a few months and see what happens.

That my friend is sweet!

Offtopic for a second, I love that except the lighting feels strange (more shadows perhaps?). The text is fan-****ing-tastic though.

I agree however that the DC should do more. In fact I don't think I've ever actually seen them do anything except sit around and look good with their yellow user bars. There are some god damned good artists in there which makes my paintshop pwnage sig look like it was drawn by a (talented) child.

Naturally Mike and Shane will be the only ones who know what they really want with the site, so it's only fair that they handle that themselves.
Therefore DC is pointless unless they have projects worth doing. Projects worth doing come once in a blue moon, such as the SOTM trophies. Since they're so scarce though, why not just ask for help from the people you know you can rely on when you need them...?

And still, for God's sake, no changes to the DC website. Who cares if you're coming up with something new? Anubis became DCC and resigned from DCC several times over without making any appearance in the list of DCC members on the website. "Design Crew Coding" is, and has been for a long time, non-existant! Why isn't someone else given the job of maintaining things like that if they can't do it themselves?

With that said, I'm not against the Design Crew. I resigned for MasterOfTheVortex's reasons, as I knew there would be no point in staying. The only things I ever got to do besides Anubis's projects was make some peoples' signatures in the DC sig shop. This started fine and suddenly became overloaded with requests because nobody else was filling them. I was sick of the lack of co-operation from other members of the crew and the fact that making signatures is not going to help RSBandB in the long run. All it will do is encourage more people to join the forums only for requesting signatures... And they will eventually be swept away with activity scans.

The DC is not what it used to be. I remember wanting to be in it, to be honest, pretty much only for the rank. I found that when the rank was overlooked there was only a deep void of nothingness. You don't need a rank to show how good a graphic designer you are. Not even the rank of SOTW Judge has much of a meaning to it anymore. The entry requirements are somewhat contradictory. On the DC website, it says...



If that's so, how are SOTW Judges selected?
How are DC Members selected?



So, you only need the Design Crew to make signatures for leechers?

I don't think you're in any situation to comment on the Design Crew. Sorry.

Creepy's been a lot more active on these forums than you have Nate. You don't need to see inside the forums to see that the crew has done little to nothing.

Indeed, if people could see inside the forums they'd know that the DC have actually been doing something for the past few months. Despite what Brad decides to tell you.

I believe MQ posted the submissions for the last project I made in the tutorials forum (even if a lot of our members decided not to do the project, after asking for one.)

I have to disagree with Anubis the Hammer's comment (Lmaonade). I am not part of the solution nor part of the problem, due to the fact the only way I am involved in the entire situation is being a regular at rsbandb. Which pretty much means no one gives a crap what I say.

I think the main problem is that The Design Crew are totally redundant. If they cannot modify the site so it looks much better. Currently there is nothing I can see that they should do (A new banner would be nice) around here except run the Signature shop. I am really doubting there existence.

May I also point out that this is the second group to come into speculation as of recent times.