New Staff

[Ilya Nedyal]

Hey guys, well welcome new stuff...

But sadly I need to agree with HP, I'm not a big poster on this forum, but I've been registred here for over 3 years, and was closely watching forum.
I need to say then forum is degrading in past months after CGS took over it.
All the old moderators left and I see less and less artists on forums.
Anyway I hope this will get better, and you can get it back on track instead of make it die completely.
Cheers,

[kYo]

i was thinking the same like HP about the little frontpage plugs, i dont see it as a big problem but its a bit sad.. there should be enough interesting threads from members to display, quality art, tutorials and stuff... (f.e. this hq screenshots project) even if there wasn´t much from the members the content should be game/realtime related only Oo

[Kosai106]

Originally Posted by [hP]

You guys are killing this community, and I hope you realise before it's too late.

You got a very good point right there! Why would we want movie related stuff and such around here when we're developing game art? I'm just sayin' .

[Cryrid]

I don't mind those articles when they relate to game art, but the movie ones could probably stand to be filtered out of here.

[khendar]

You guys have a fair point. The plugs are posted mostly by the editors and forum leaders on CGTalk and when they post them they have the option to post to CGTalk, Game-Artist or both sites. Sometimes the forums leaders mistakenly plug non-game art related stuff on both sites. I'll have a chat to them and make sure that they only post game-art related stuff onto this site. Trust me when I say that there is no malice here, and no one is trying to actively ruin this site by posted non-related stuff here. Its a simple misunderstanding.

Part of the problem is that we're still severely understaffed here at GA, as there are currently only three active forum leaders, which makes it difficult to get the material on here the attention it deserves.

This is your community. If you guys have any suggestions on how you would like the site to run then we'd be more than happy to hear them. You can help out by letting the admins know if you see a notable thread on these forums that you think deserves a plug, and one of us will make sure it gets put up.

[kanga]

Hi
Like to introduce myself. My name is Chris and I am here to help out. Actually this is in response to the crits on keeping GArtist focused on games. Although I have never worked in the trenches at crunch time, I have taught game making at the local college here in Holland for a couple of years using their game engine while looking for more freelance work.

My personal take: games rock, movies meh
Hope to provide you with top service.

Cheers and ciao.
see you on the boards.

[exanity]

Very nice to see to two more talented members added to the roster. I look forward to meeting them!

[Dekard]

we going to see more activity again anytime soon?

[urgaffel]

The good news is that there is some cool things being planned. The bad news is that we're understaffed so it's taking a bit longer than I'd like to get things done. I'm part of the problem too since I work at a games studio so don't have much free time to spend here

[kanga]

Ok it is some 4 months later and we have a new team of moderators who are willing to put time and energy into continuing the great work done by the previous team. When you come down to it, only the work counts in a creative industry and the rest is hot air. The 'Crazy 8' were fished mercilessly out of the waters of the wip area because they are busy with what a good game art forum should be about: self improvement and offering artistic and technical help where it is needed. They are a diverse bunch and I am sure you will join me in welcoming them.

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