Crankeye.com

*No Slogan, No Polls, Just Resources.*

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Somewhere in 2002-2003 when Iframes were hot and HTML and a few images were all you needed Crankeye.com was created. (Mostly spawning from the raw urge to share my new found love for an amazing program RPG Maker 2000) Inspired by the work of Don the translator, but frustrated at the extremely slow Russian website I set forth to create a new place for RPG Make Fans to find a decent download. RMRK would grow to become one of the best providers of one of a kind resources.

I collected all my tools, RTPs, patches, installs, and uploaded them to the website. Hard to find applications where now available with fast downloads.

Soon my school friends (chums for you english) started to become very interested. At that point I decided it was time to add new Staff members. Former staff member Brandon Orange Co, and ReFreak101. I remember fondly at a Birthday party:

(After talking about Crankeye.com to both staff members)
Refreak101: Your Brandon Orange??? I'M REFREAK!!

Some might call it destiny. The LOLz were EPIC.

It was around that time the infamous "Babe of the Day" section was created.

Its also note worthy the shoutbox and flash games were a huge hit during this phase.

**RMRK V2.0**
After many tiring hours screwing with forums, adding new content, checking posts, responding to emails, coding HTML, the site began to grow. We brought on many staff members including pegasusgamer2005 and neosirus.

We began adding more content then ever, adding tutorials, graphics, and even sounds.

It's Notable that adding Rpg Maker 2003 was a huge hit. We received so many hits we actually ran out of bandwidth. I had to beg my mother to upgrade our hosting account. Yeah I know right?

I decided it was now time for a new look. I used my newly acquired photoshop 7 skills to hax0r a new design.

**RMRK V3.0**
By now I had started to experience was some only here of, a girlfriend. It was time to pass the torch on. therophster (Roph) has been lurking around the forums, IRC, and anywhere else. He knew all the staff and members. Slowly but surely the torch was passed on to Roph.

Around this time RPG Maker XP was released. We hosted a great translation by the Postality knights. Fret not our severs were able to cope.

**RMRK V4.0**
The RMRK you are experiencing now.

SO THERE ROPH. SURE IT'S CONSIST, BUT THAT'S LIKE 6 YEARS IN LIKE HALF A PAGE. SO YEAH.

For more information ask Crankeye :)

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### Appearance

The site has been through a few changes in it's look, over time. It's currently based around dark purple colors, and goes best with the RMRK Dark theme.

### Content

The site has gained more content since the most recent update. It's main offerings are RPG Maker downloads, a collection of resources, tutorials, and flash games. The downloads include multiple versions of RPG Maker, Gamemaker 7 Lite, RTPs, patches, utilities, and help files. The resource galleries have been updated, and more resources have been added. Crankeye.com's tutorials section features tutorials posted on the forums, for both RPG Maker and Gamemaker. The site also has a featured project section, which displays information about the game, and a link to the project thread. Crankeye.com's traffic is still very impressive.

### Controversy

There is controversy among people in the RPG Maker community, most notably RMXP.org, on some of the content the site hosts. The sore red thumb is the download of **Rpg Maker XP Postailty Knights Edition Enhanced V2.0**. The version (like 2000 and 2003) is a translation of the japanese version and (also like RPG Maker 2000 and 2003) was added when no official english version of the maker existed. After Enterbrain released an official version, the site continued to host the "PK" edition and continues to do so.

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When Crankeye.com's old hosting crashed, Silverline setup the site on the server he ran RMRK on. Though to avoid any possible trouble, the downloads are hosted elsewhere.