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For those of you who are interested or have been following the Rainbow Studios Track Designer hiring process, I have some official news for you.  We have made our selection and I promised I would return and let you know the details.  Well, here I am.

First off, let me thank everyone who was a part of this.  Twisted Dirt for providing such an amazing site and the forum to do this.  Without these guys (and gals?) many of us wouldn't even be here.  To all who participated in the thread and helped me round up some of the most talented track designers in the community.  To ALL of the applicants who believed in THQ/Rainbow, the game, and themselves enough to put their name in the mix.  And to the whole MCM2 community who has stuck by this game come hell or high water.

I must say that with the good news I am about to present, there is a bit of sad news.  News that was inevitable.  We obviously couldn't hire all the applicants and although we all knew that going in,  I still can't help but want everyone to know how impressed Rainbow is with your work.  Every single track designer that was a part of this process has an amazing talent, was very professional, and I am very greatful that I got to know you a little better.  I can't say everything that I am feeling, in this forum, or maybe even in words, but I hope to convey the message that I respect each of you and what you bring to the table.  There is enough red tape here to wrap the world in, so thanks for your patience and understanding.

Enough of that...On to the good stuff!  Rainbow is proud to present the hiring of two new very talented Track Designers.  The first is Mike Mamula (KXmotox45) from Jacksonville, Florida.  The second is Robert Munoz (FourtwentyADD/TK_fears/PMA_plex) from San Diego, California.  Please join me in congratulating these guys and give them a warm welcome by asking them tons of questions that they aren't at liberty to answer.  LOL.  I can't even tell you what they are working on but trust me, you will surely love it!  I will let these guys take it from here and thanks again for all your help and making me feel like a true hero when I'm here.

Until next time...

DIZ_No_Rebase
Robert Kinnaman

P.S.  Special thanks to (in no particular order) Steve Titow (AUS_Twisted) / Denny Steel (V_Sdesign) / Alex Lewis (VMX_SKYmx99) / Paul Valenti (VMX_ElDiablo) / Troy Bjerke (AMA_King) / Clint Rutjes (cR) / Colin Eberly (5ifty1) - I would work with any one of you and hopefully someday I will.  NOOBS:  If you are looking for a good track to ride or race, start with this list.  These names represent a historical part of MCM2, old and new, and they are respected embassadors of our product.

Awesome news! Great job guys! I hope your future with Rainbow is an unforgetable one. May the tracks be plentiful and flow like wine now. 

I would like to thank Diz for the great opportunity and the many kinds words you have shared. Your one heck of a person and I'm glad I got to share some of my work with you and THQ/Rainbow. It was an honor to take part in this great opportunity.


I would also like to Congratulate Mike and Rob on there new job. Best of luck with your new adventure, I hope its a good one. Make us all proud.


Best Regards,

Denny (AKA. V_SDesign / GHeTTo_101)

Congats guys 

First off I just want to thank Robert (DIZ) for taking the time to look at my work and presenting it to the rest of rainbow studios, because i would of never expected to have this wonderfull opportunity, so thanks diz!. also i want to say thanks for all the help your giving me, to get started on the right track. Im going to try my hardest to do my best work possible for rainbow studios. But, i need to say thank you also to the motocross madness 2 community and twisted dirt for all the great things they have done, because without them what im doing now would not be possible. so once again thanks to you all.

=|Robert.M

Thanks Diz for letting us know,

.. and congrats to everyone who was considered IMO you all have produced professional grade work just to get to that stage.

Big congratulations to Mike and Robert.M, i guess you will be RBW_mx45 and RBW_fourtwenty from here on, hope you both (as well as Diz and |RBW|faKt0r) can still find the time to drop by here from time to time to clue us in with whatever info you are allowed to or just shoot the breeze and maybe even produce a track or 2 for the MCM2 community ..

.. and if you should ever need any custom tools in your new venture just drop me a line, always happy to help out ..


Best of luck in Phoenix,
Laurie

Congratulations guys.  I'm jealous. 

Now if we only knew what you will be working on.  I sure wish there was a way that TD could help Rainbow out.

Good luck and be sure to enjoy it (even the crunch times).

Bruce

Well Done guys this is great new 
Congratulations and Good luck to all


Extreme

Congrats guys.  We all know you two DESERVE it.  Don't forget about us little people. 

way to go fellas now we know we will have great track creaters making tracks for the next mx game

Wow what a great job to be involved in! Congrats to KX Moto and Plex(who was a VRT for a while)  and think about this guys!!! Keep testing, creating, screwing up and reach for the stars and it may happen to YOU someday!  Thanks Diz for checking HERE for your future employee's.

AND MOST OF ALL  MXU FOR PC!!!  2006!!! (with an editor of course!)

Sweet bananas,  I was hoping for Alex and Mike (old friendship bias ofcourse :X) and I'm glad to see that at least one of them nailed it.  I'm sure Alex and everyone else can make it into the circle some day as long as they keep trying,  you all rock. 

Congratulations!

I did make it Simon.  I turned it down.  Too many reasons to explain. 

Kudos to all the candidates and their great work; and a special congratulations to Mike and Robert.
I only wish ALL the good creators in the community could receive financial compensation for their time, energy and talent.
Way to go guys!

Damn...I think Rainbow's red tape is just about as bad as our government's if that's even possible! LOL

Well, I'm glad that everyone finally knows the outcome of this 4 month process (started in April, 2005)! LOL

Robert (Diz), just wanted to thank you, Elliott, Rob B., Graham and the rest of the team at Rainbow for making my time in the studio one that is truly indiscribable (for legal reasons as well as the obvious ones) and amazing. You guys really impressed me far more than I expected, and there's just a great bunch of guys there.

Trust me when I say that (just about) ANYONE here would give their left nut to work in an environment like that!

I think I'm safe in saying this here...the one thing that really stuck with me from my visit to Rainbow and really seemed to sum up the whole staff, was mentioned to me by Robert Baumsteiger (executive producer) when we were returning from lunch. He said that the whole building is full of stuffy-corporate types (lawyers and doctors,...) and the Rainbow guys all roll in, in their 4-wheel drive pickups, try to get air over the speedbumps, park right next to Lexus', BMW's, etc... and roll their dirtbikes off of their trucks and onto the freight elevator and take them upstairs into the office! lol

I dressed up nice for my interview even though they told me that it was casual dress...not corporate casual...just casual. I had a nice shirt and tie, dress slacks and dress shoes on. The whole staff INCLUDING the Director (runs the whole show basically) were wearing T-Shirts, Shorts and sandals, or flip-flops and a few of them wore sneakers! lol

I'm a little let-down that I didn't make the cut. But like I said originally...just the fact that two people whom I call my friends got the job is good enough for me. Congrats guys...you are great guys and definately DESERVE the job!

I won't say, "Don't forget the little guys" cause I have both of your cell numbers and if I think you're blowin' me off I'll hound you like a Jehova's Witness! lol

Finally...hopefully without sounding condescending... I'm PROUD of you both! WTG!!! 

Very well put Paul.  I couldn't have said it better myself.   

ADD is taking over haha

Awesome to see my bro Rob get the job, would of also loved to see anyone else who applied get it too.
Does this mean no more MCM2 Rob ? I still want to finish the freeride 

Plex, good job man,  you kick ass,  still making badass tracks since way back in the 01/02 days when we did that *#*#* together.

Good luck in your future endeavors.

GREAT JOB GUYS!!! IM SOO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!!!!

Nice work guys

It's great doing this for a living isn't it