@Jamie, saying that it sucks won't make it suck less.You should try to help him by giving him some tips.
Anyways,
First of all, the white outer glow. Don't use it. You are using white outer glow to make a dark text readable in dark background. Why not simply try white text? These drop shadows were used way back before. Of course they are still used but they are used intelligently, when you have no other option to make the text stand out a little more.
Same applies for the outer glow of main text of the logo (Maxloads)
Secondly, the green and blue ring. Your entire forum doesn't have a single tone of green and blue so that is making it extremely stand out at the same time, if its not looking good then its deterioration the entire forum's looks. It is pixelized to the core.
Lastly the twirl effect which you tried to create in the arrows is totally wrongly positioned. It should be on the blow arrow and not on its left. If you want/need any help then i can tell you the fault graphically also.
On the plus side, i like the gradient of the green and blow arrows. Go ahead and try to make different versions. Spend about 3-4 hours since its your starting. The starters and the pros spend the most amount of the time in their work so don't feel bad or anything. Just read more tutorials and i promise you that you will be achieving what you want
