Here's an early Happy New Year shout out for everyone! Another 7 hours t'ill the big '10! And so I thought, to kick off the new year, I'd open up the staff application process as I mentioned I would around Christmas time. As of right now, there's two positions that are currently open: Graphic Designer and Tutorial Writer. If interested in helping out with Gamexe.net as a member of staff in either of these two fields, feel free to pm me after reviewing the following requirements:

Posts: 200 posts, in order to ensure that you're a trusted member of the community
Submission: Must include 1 new tutorial with the application if applying for Tutorial Writer, or 15 total signatures and avatars if applying for Graphic Designer. The tutorial should say Gamexe.net on it, and all sigs and avatars should have text removed. Content already on Gamexe.net, whether simply offered or through a contest will not be considered.
Activity: Graphic Designers will be expected to post 15 new signatures or avatars a month. Tutorial Writers at least 1 tutorial a month.
(note: avatars should have dimensions of 80x80, 90x90, or 100x100 pixels. signatures cannot be animated or transparent)

Of course, the quality of the works will be considered during the reviewing process.

And that's pretty much it. Hope everyone's holidays have been great so far!

15 sigs or avatars a month? That's asking a lot imo.

Considering it takes minutes to make an avatar, I don't think so :P I mean, I'm not asking for 15 hour-long signatures. In one month, it could be 10 5-minute avatars, and 5 signatures. In one month, that's an easy contribution to make. Especially considering that you can just save a copy of works you make without your name on it and submit it to the database, rather than make separate works. So it seems reasonable to me? Plus, I don't want to just throw around titles and add people to staff if consistent contributions aren't being made - it takes away from the purpose, or the meaning.

I can submit 1 tut per month...
well, lets send the application!

EDIT: Oh 1 question: Do I have to submit/send you 1 tutorial?

Yeap. It's a show of your work, proof that you qualify for the position. Think of it as your resume

Ok, i've send you a message with a recent tutorial in it (just made )

Oh, forgot to ask; is the tutorial i've send you going to be placed on gamexe's homepage?

Not really. If any of you guys are really interested in a graphic designing career, you'll be doing a lot more than that

Well, lets say you make 20 sigs a month. If you pick 15 for avatars/sigs, you're done

15 quality pieces of work can be hard but if you have a style you can normally mass produce it pretty easily.

considering i decided not to play sports this years
i have alot of time on my hands after school so whipping up 15 Signature and or Avatars a months should be eating cake in the park

I'll start making some signatures during the week I hope to be of use to someone, after about three years of being a waste of organs.

(20:36 EDIT: I noticed no mention of the wallpaper section. Would you want some wallpapers, as the section hasn't been updated for a while?)

Haven't coded up anything for wallpapers as of yet - so no, not right now.

And there will be a delay in reviewing applications right now. Currently working on fixing some bugs in the CMS that have come up.

Fair enough Dan Out of interest, would whoever gets the job be able to submit slightly older "blank" (no text) sigs? e.g. my Pokémon SOTW sig? Because if they're pretty good then they'd be good for the site. Something I would reccommend is a written up ruling of what the designer can do with the submission, because the last thing we'd want is 'Gamexe' materials ending up on 8 different sites.

Old works, as long as no name are on them, are accepted of course so long as they meet the quality standards present in the signature section.

And btw, forgot to mention that applications are open still.