my first vb forum, woot!

[vbmechanic]

I'm on PC at 1280 with an NEC LCD1765 and it looks sharp to me. I'm not sure how orange on purple is unreadable? Or melon on purple? The text color (light purple) would be better as white, but respectfully as well, I would call it neither drab nor unreadable. Is it perfect, no.. but usable, in my opinion, yes.

I believe the dark color scheme lends itself to the wizardry and castle feel without being the same overused colors you see everywhere. Of course black on white would be more readable but not appropriate for the target audience.

ps. definitely reduce your forums for opening.. it looks like a vast wasteland of empty space and no one really wants to be posting to themselves in an empty forum. Trust me, this is a cardinal rule of community design.