[RedTyger]

Gotta agree with the others, I can scarely see any of the status icons and the blurry logo is unreadable. I'm using a laptop as well.

I think the look overall needs something that stands out. At the moment it feels like almost one colour everywhere, there's no distinction between what should be subtle, what should stand out or anywhere in between. The avatar etc border on the postbit for instance stands out as much as the text and makes it look terribly cluttered, whereas the statusicons are almost invisible (I'm on a laptop as well, one with a Vaio X-Black screen no less ).

I'd agree that you also need something that says "Here We Are". The only thing that gives away the subject of your forum is the links section. I suppose the logo might do but I can't read it.