about
  Team Blackbolt have become one of the most talented and resourceful collection of individuals in the XBMC community.

Built from a core team of 'in-house' developers and a careful selection of partners who bring their own creations to our library, growing our community and being able to offer more high quality projects to more users.
  
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   Blackbolt (MC360, Ellipsis, Project J)
Blackbolt started XBMC skinning in 2004. during the production of MC360 in 2006, Team Blackbolt was formed. as team lead focuses mainly on skin design and graphics.

Working first on Xbox Classic, a solo project which is now maintained by Jezz_X, then moving onto MC360 in 2006. Ellipsis marks the third skin by the team and the first ‘original’ design, as Blackbolt calls it, the first two skins having been replicas of already existing designs.

Blackbolt likes to unwind on Xbox Live with games like Battlefield, Call of Duty and Forza. He is also a huge Superman fan and his favourite film is Back to the Future. Blackbolt also plays the guitar.


 Equinox (MC360, Ellipsis, Xperience, Project J)
Equinox broke into the scene in 2006 during the production of MC360, helping enormously with software creations such as XBMC Skin Editor and XPR Express. Equinox is now lead coder and co-team leader at Team Blackbolt.

Equinox joined Team Blackbolt originally to help with the quality control of the code structure of MC360, due to its increasing complexity, he was able to bring his real-life software engineering skills to help improve the skin and make it as great as it is today.

Music and software are Equinox's main passions, he enjoys writing music and listening to it. he also loves Xbox Live and has earned the nick-name ‘cannon fodder’ from the rest of the team.


 Rocky5 (MC360, Xperience, Project J)
Originally a modder for Xbox apps, Rocky5 joined Team Blackbolt on Blackbolt’s request. Working first with graphics and animations, he has now turned his hand to coding.

He also worked as part of the MC360 team back in 2006, making sure that the skin matched the real 360 dash as closely as possible. he also developed animations and effects closely with Blackbolt. now working on Xperience with XBMCG33K and Arcanthur.

Xbox Live has another victim in the team, Rocky5 enjoys almost all game types, his favourites being Call of Duty and Battlefield. Quite the opposite to Equinox, he is known as ‘Rambo’ by Blackbolt, for his charging tactic in almost all games, Blackbolt prefering to use Rocky5 as bait.


 XBMCG33K (Xperience, Fusion)
Originally started drawing comics in the mid 90's. Eventually grew into computer graphics as more of a hobby but now as a passion. Only discovering XBMC a couple of years ago, has been hooked ever since.

G33k started out with the concept of Xperience only a few short months ago and has seen the project grow from an idea to a reality. Xperience is more than just a skin it's a way for the team to express themselves.

G33k also has a passion for gaming which makes him yet another formidable foe of Xbox Live, he enjoys FPS game types particularly Halo 3 and Call of Duty. Similar to Blackbolt's usage of Rocky5 as bait, G33k likes to use Equinox as a decoy and pick off the the enemies one by one from afar with his Sniper Rifle.


 Arcanthur (Xperience, Fusion)
Started skinning WindowsBlinds and Winamp in the late 90’s then moved on to creating skins for Evox and Avalaunch and eventually designing the logo for the Avalaunch program. Now skinning with XBMC due to the design possibilities.

He enjoys playing Call of Duty, Halo, and Gears of War on Xbox Live. Not limited to FPS's, Arcanthur also likes to play RPG's, racing, and adventure games. his current favorite game is Fallout 3.

Playing guitar is another of his passions and occasionally Arcanthur likes to draw both in the traditional medium and digitally.

  
partners
   Hitcher (Alaska)
Hitcher got his start with XBMC Skinning with his fanart view mod for MediaStream. He then moved to modding for AEON, adding lots of unfinished parts of the skin, fixing bugs and adding new features. There are currently two major mods available based on Hitchers original 'AEON Hitched' mod.

Now running development for Alaska, Hitcher, with help from cf2009 and ccMatrix has been able to finish another unfinished project of Duncan Harris. With his utter determination and dedication, Hitcher has been able to bring some of the best ideas for XBMC to fruition.

TV shows are Hitcher's main passion, he enjoys shows like 24, Being Human and LOST. Also a fan of Xbox Live, Hitcher is most looking forward to Halo Reach.


  WingmanNZ (ATV)
WingmanNZ found XBMC back in 2004 after searching for something that could offer him a greater media experience. Shortly after finding XBMC, WingmanNZ discovered Team Blackbolt's MC360 skin, it was then he became addicted to all things XBMC.

WingmanNZ works in partnership with Eumel on their ATV skin, WingmanNZ designing graphics and eumel developing the code. Beginning work in late 2009, the two man team has already been able to bring the much improved design of ATV 3.0 to XBMC in only a few short months and it promises to be one of the best homages XBMC has seen yet.

TV Shows like Lost, Smallville and The Big Bang Theory are WingmanNZ's favourites. Not a stranger to the online shooters, he enjoys the Battlefield series much like Blackbolt. currently awaiting a new graphics card so he can play Battlefield Bad Company 2.


 Eumel (ATV)
Eumel began to hone his coding abilities running the website for his Counter-Strike clan. He later brought his skills to XBMC in 2009, now coding the ATV 3.0 homage.

Eumel is extremely talented, currently studying Mechanical Engineering, he is a master automotive mechanic. It's this attention to detail and quick learning that Eumel has been able to bring to XBMC and his skinning.

Probably the biggest gamer that Team Blackbolt has seen, Eumel has played his share of MMO's like WOW, Age of Conan and even plenty Counter-Strike. He likes to unwind training at the gym and burying himself in all things PC and technical.