OP 09 January, 2025 - 10:40 AM
(This post was last modified: 09 January, 2025 - 07:22 PM by Brandigm. Edited 3 times in total.)
Edit: Looks like @00JL decided to make a post, after I made mine to try to turn this around on me now. What a retard.
https://i.ibb.co/zn6GTFg/Clean-Shot-2025...-28-2x.png
Hello everyone,
This is a community report on BrandForge.
Some of the aliases of the associated users:
@Mxstermind - Main Owner (https://cracked.io/Mxstermind).
Mxsterpiece - Co-Owner (https://cracked.io/Mxsterpiece).
000jalil - Co-Owner (https://cracked.io/00JL).
On December 12, 2024, I contacted Mxstermind after seeing one of his threads about hiring graphic designers. I thought it might be a lucrative opportunity to make some extra cash, as I haven’t designed in quite some time (military duties and all). Anyway, I was accepted into the team and was the primary designer, taking over essentially all of the design orders. I don’t recall how many exactly as I was banned from the server (I will go over the reason later).
The general idea of the business was that the three owners (Mxstermind, Mxsterpiece, and 000jalil) advertised the server, and any of the freelancers on their team would be able to jump in when a ticket was opened and secure a deal with the client. A lot of his business plan was simply dumb. For the first order you sign, you get 60%, and then they get 40%. Your second, you get 65, and they get 35%. Your third, you get 70%, and they get 30%. Your fourth, you finally get 75% whilst they get 25%. Luckily, the owners never had me go through this process, and I started at 25%. Thank god.
Now, in reality, the three advertised by simply spamming posts across different forums. They actually did it in a somewhat intelligent way. I’ll give them that.
https://i.ibb.co/gvTSLRc/Clean-Shot-2025...-57-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/wQ8SpQ8/Clean-Shot-2025...-07-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/vmtRHgg/Clean-Shot-2025...-29-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/CQ0D23x/Clean-Shot-2025...-48-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/pZMWVp5/Clean-Shot-2025...-16-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/2W2ycL4/Clean-Shot-2025...-45-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/j6MCg4T/Clean-Shot-2025...-32-2x.png
Part of this thread is to simply highlight the spammy posts. They’re not “clearly” trying to advertise his Discord, but ultimately, they are once you look into it. And to top that off, the third owner continues to bump his threads.
Another part of this thread is to highlight how he treats his freelancers and his team. In simple terms, like shit.
He does absolutely nothing, across from spam his posts across different forums, and is asking for a 25% commission, which I think is absolutely absurd. I ultimately only joined as a tiny source of income while building my personal brand.
On top of that, I was finally removed because I fought back during a specific incident. The incident involved an order from a client to create a web design, logo, and X.com banner in about two hours. I ended up charging the client $335 and continued with the order as usual. The client paid, and Mxstermind held the funds until the job was done. (FYI, I grew increasingly suspicious of this, especially once he started asking if we’d rather be paid weekly, but I ultimately bit my tongue). I finished said project, and when Mxstermind decided to pay me, I received $199.80. Wait a second, that’s not 75%? That’s a little less than 60%. Exactly. I followed by asking him where the fuck the rest of the money was, and his statement was:
“The 25% is divided by the three founders who are consistently bringing in traffic and add to the advertising budget. I really like the way you operate, your excellent communication and services but I want you to understand that we are just getting started and there's huge potential for all of us here. I prefer to have a family friendly enviroment between the staff, not always client <> pro.”
What the fuck does that mean? I followed by arguing with him for an hour or two about this, where he simply couldn’t understand it wasn’t about the $52 difference. It was about the lack of professionalism and poor treatment toward his “team.” Ultimately, when I threatened to create a community report, he sent me the money whilst still trying to convince me he was in the right.
Also, it's not that big of a deal, but he did send about $5.00 less; I shut my mouth and took it, but I just thought I’d throw that in there.
Anyways, additional screenshots from Discord are below.
https://i.ibb.co/HhVbb4Y/Clean-Shot-2025...-13-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/sgSLgZR/Clean-Shot-2025...-30-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/BZh7czc/Clean-Shot-2025...-45-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/grVCYYR/Clean-Shot-2025...-04-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/WVT0xrH/Clean-Shot-2025...-25-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/m9FrFZY/Clean-Shot-2025...-09-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/q1g7154/Clean-Shot-2025...-27-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/Ct0JtWh/Clean-Shot-2025...-03-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/M69wP3V/Clean-Shot-2025...-24-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/xJZjHNt/Clean-Shot-2025...-37-2x.png
I don’t have more screenshots from the server because he ultimately banned me because I was “not promoting a “family-friendly environment between the staff” simply because I asked for the payment which I agreed upon. Seems like the other freelancers on his server were fine with it, but I will never take that shit.
I will say that I did take a bit of inspiration from what he had made (organizationally), although after doing some more market research, it was clear he wasn’t the only one doing this as he claims.
Do what you will with this information.
P.S. I understand that @Mxstermind and @Mxsterpiece are already banned on the forums, @00JL is a part of their organization. Just thought I would throw this out there in the case that they are unbanned, and/or @00JL decides to pick up where @Mxstermind left off because he is banned.
Also, understand that this is not necessarily a scam report. I walked into this since I had some free time on my hands as a designer, not caring all too much. This is more so of a community alert to throw their horrible business practices out there.
https://i.ibb.co/zn6GTFg/Clean-Shot-2025...-28-2x.png
Hello everyone,
This is a community report on BrandForge.
Some of the aliases of the associated users:
@
Mxsterpiece - Co-Owner (https://cracked.io/Mxsterpiece).
000jalil - Co-Owner (https://cracked.io/00JL).
On December 12, 2024, I contacted Mxstermind after seeing one of his threads about hiring graphic designers. I thought it might be a lucrative opportunity to make some extra cash, as I haven’t designed in quite some time (military duties and all). Anyway, I was accepted into the team and was the primary designer, taking over essentially all of the design orders. I don’t recall how many exactly as I was banned from the server (I will go over the reason later).
The general idea of the business was that the three owners (Mxstermind, Mxsterpiece, and 000jalil) advertised the server, and any of the freelancers on their team would be able to jump in when a ticket was opened and secure a deal with the client. A lot of his business plan was simply dumb. For the first order you sign, you get 60%, and then they get 40%. Your second, you get 65, and they get 35%. Your third, you get 70%, and they get 30%. Your fourth, you finally get 75% whilst they get 25%. Luckily, the owners never had me go through this process, and I started at 25%. Thank god.
Now, in reality, the three advertised by simply spamming posts across different forums. They actually did it in a somewhat intelligent way. I’ll give them that.
https://i.ibb.co/gvTSLRc/Clean-Shot-2025...-57-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/wQ8SpQ8/Clean-Shot-2025...-07-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/vmtRHgg/Clean-Shot-2025...-29-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/CQ0D23x/Clean-Shot-2025...-48-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/pZMWVp5/Clean-Shot-2025...-16-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/2W2ycL4/Clean-Shot-2025...-45-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/j6MCg4T/Clean-Shot-2025...-32-2x.png
Part of this thread is to simply highlight the spammy posts. They’re not “clearly” trying to advertise his Discord, but ultimately, they are once you look into it. And to top that off, the third owner continues to bump his threads.
Another part of this thread is to highlight how he treats his freelancers and his team. In simple terms, like shit.
He does absolutely nothing, across from spam his posts across different forums, and is asking for a 25% commission, which I think is absolutely absurd. I ultimately only joined as a tiny source of income while building my personal brand.
On top of that, I was finally removed because I fought back during a specific incident. The incident involved an order from a client to create a web design, logo, and X.com banner in about two hours. I ended up charging the client $335 and continued with the order as usual. The client paid, and Mxstermind held the funds until the job was done. (FYI, I grew increasingly suspicious of this, especially once he started asking if we’d rather be paid weekly, but I ultimately bit my tongue). I finished said project, and when Mxstermind decided to pay me, I received $199.80. Wait a second, that’s not 75%? That’s a little less than 60%. Exactly. I followed by asking him where the fuck the rest of the money was, and his statement was:
“The 25% is divided by the three founders who are consistently bringing in traffic and add to the advertising budget. I really like the way you operate, your excellent communication and services but I want you to understand that we are just getting started and there's huge potential for all of us here. I prefer to have a family friendly enviroment between the staff, not always client <> pro.”
What the fuck does that mean? I followed by arguing with him for an hour or two about this, where he simply couldn’t understand it wasn’t about the $52 difference. It was about the lack of professionalism and poor treatment toward his “team.” Ultimately, when I threatened to create a community report, he sent me the money whilst still trying to convince me he was in the right.
Also, it's not that big of a deal, but he did send about $5.00 less; I shut my mouth and took it, but I just thought I’d throw that in there.
Anyways, additional screenshots from Discord are below.
https://i.ibb.co/HhVbb4Y/Clean-Shot-2025...-13-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/sgSLgZR/Clean-Shot-2025...-30-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/BZh7czc/Clean-Shot-2025...-45-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/grVCYYR/Clean-Shot-2025...-04-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/WVT0xrH/Clean-Shot-2025...-25-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/m9FrFZY/Clean-Shot-2025...-09-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/q1g7154/Clean-Shot-2025...-27-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/Ct0JtWh/Clean-Shot-2025...-03-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/M69wP3V/Clean-Shot-2025...-24-2x.png
https://i.ibb.co/xJZjHNt/Clean-Shot-2025...-37-2x.png
I don’t have more screenshots from the server because he ultimately banned me because I was “not promoting a “family-friendly environment between the staff” simply because I asked for the payment which I agreed upon. Seems like the other freelancers on his server were fine with it, but I will never take that shit.
I will say that I did take a bit of inspiration from what he had made (organizationally), although after doing some more market research, it was clear he wasn’t the only one doing this as he claims.
Do what you will with this information.
P.S. I understand that @
Also, understand that this is not necessarily a scam report. I walked into this since I had some free time on my hands as a designer, not caring all too much. This is more so of a community alert to throw their horrible business practices out there.