I will jump right in the deep end and say what I don't like, as opposed to what I do...
The 6 things I don't think look so great are (top to bottom - left to right)):

1 - Banner Font
2 - The "Share" Icons (Twitter, Facebook etc)
    - Makes it look too unsymmetrical with there being nothing to balance it the right side.
3 - "Welcome", "Date" and "PMs" section
    - Not sure how to explain it, but it just doesn't look right with the overall design (the fade - and also the fact the right side (PMs) are "split" into 2)
4 - Glow and circular images on the announcement table
    - Again, they don't really go with the overall design
5 - Announcement table "text"
    - By this I mean, the fact there are 7 staff on the right side, and only 4 lines of text for news. I just personally prefer it to be even (so 4 and 4, or 7 and 7)
6 - Affiliate, Report, Copyright
    - I feel as though these are unfinished and should be green buttons or something.


I wouldn't say any of my dislikes/suggestions are harsh or bad etc. so I hope you don't take any to heart or anything.

Thank you very much for the critique, Stinky. I'll get to working on them as soon as I can.

Actually, would moving the contact icons down to the footer, such that they are on the same level as the 'To Top', make more sense?


Last Edit: Dec 17, 2010 1:50:06 GMT by PHYsics

I would agree with all of Stinky's points.

Just one last thing, the font (I think it's Century Gothic) that you've used for the board descriptions, etc. looks really ugh. I can't put it into words very well, but I think it's one of those fonts, that when overused looks annoying (for want of a better word). Use it more exclusively (perhaps only for forum and category titles?) and use Verdana / Arial for everything else.

Thank you very much for the comment.