1. First Impressions on our Arrival.
Well, I opened up your site and I don't like the template in particularly, and also I dislike the banner. Having a dark banner with Christmas pictures on, those two are a bad combination. I would suggest maybe getting a lighter coloured banner to celebrate Christmas or even a light template for Christmas so you can get a good banner that goes well, because it is going to be difficult to make a banner that goes well with both Christmas and a dark theme. Also I really do not reccomend freeforums. You have to pay to get a backup of your site if you ever wanted to move hosts/ if your board got hacked which is a such a huge disadvantage of freeforums. Also the ''Machinimas & Junk" title doesn't give me a good impression of your site and makes it sound unprofessional. However on the positive side, you have no empty forums which would make me feel the forum has some activity going without properly looking.
2. Skin choice/colors and how it reflects the theme of the forum
I think the skin choice and colours go very well with the theme of your forum. Your forum is definitely suited to a dark theme and here I don't have any problems. I and quite a few others however would prefer a fixed width template rather then a full width template but for your type of forum it probably doesn't matter to the people who post.
3. Forum banner and how well it displays the forum's theme
As I've said before, I don't like your banner. Your santa head really doesn't go well as a replacement head in my opinion. Your forum seems to be about technology related things so perhaps you could get a spectacular banner which really had the ''wow'' factor? However it does go well with the theme albeit the Christmas decorations, but they are a nice addition and to me it's not a big deal that they don't go.
4. How well your Forum appeals to "Guests"
If I wasn't reviewing this forum, I definitely wouldn't have be enticed to join. Your site slogan sounds unprofessional, just like forum descriptions like "Don't be a noob. Come here, read the rules, and then go be a noob" and for the off topic section "Not for the lulz". Change these descriptions to make your site look better and more professional looking to guests. All of today's posts have been by you and the forum doesn't seem to have much activity as it is mainly you posting. To get activity there are many things you can do. Here are a few of them:
*Submit your site into google
*Use topsites
*Use directories
*Use promotion sites
*Use packages
*Use post exchanges
5. Overall Outlook on your Forum's Appearance ( the entire set-up, Organizing of Categories and Boards)
The outlook for your board isn't great at the moment. The boards are quite well organised, but you seem to be the only one who regularly posts as well as xFr1ct10nx. However there are some areas you need to improve, like the banner, making your site look more professional by editing descriptions and if you have the money you should move to paid hosting or at least away from freeforums. Also maybe widening the theme of your board to something else that more people will know about, I for one have never heard of Machinima before.
