LMAO, mate, do one.
If you don't want CONSTRUCTIVE criticism then don't post, simple as.
The banner is vile and puts people off, that's a fact, so are the userbars:
http://www.gfxeffectx.com/viewtopic.php?t=310&f=3
Looks like over kill with Photoshop effects to me and what's more they're not even transparent properly.
The forum looks sloppy, with all the different styles of graphics.
Take a leaf from:
http://beatcontrol.me/ 's book, the forum is uniform and the styling is all the same with no stupid reflections or a cartoon character that shouldn't be there, oh and like font size 7px text that's disgusting and hard to read.
Everything about your site puts me off, including your stinkin' attitude. HMF.
Best thing about it is the domain name...............