[Suicide Junkie]

If they were meant to spark flamewars, they did a pretty bad job of it. Highly active, friendly debate as we see occasionally is a good thing.

But, it seems that you of all people, GP, have dragged this thread off topic!

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So, to bring it back, some of the points and suggestions made recently:
1) Using the top game-banner to show news, perhaps colour-coded by subject/category
2) Changing the backgrounds on the news items for improved contrast and topic matching.
3) Turning the "Order <game related to forum>" link at the top into a special button on the sidebar.
4) Options for location of sidebar, or hiding it.
5) Fixing the black border line and the lack of space between it and the actual forum text.
6) If the "not-an-ad" bars are too intrusive, they will simply be blocked, and there is no way to force them to be shown except on a very temporary basis.