Yeah, it loads for a long time (as do other forums and threads currently) and only the topics will be shown then.

// egads...

All the Stardock forums are real wacky today. The 'Head Weeble' needs a good kick up the backside. If I see that 'egads, forums go boom' message once more, i'm going to... going to... well, you know...

fuzzy crosses fingers and hopes this will post...

When everybody is away, that's when people like to work on the the more widely-used things.   It's like how the network administrator will upgrade the systems at midnight.   Whenever something's live and in use, it's a no-win situation for the maintenance guy who has to change it.    He's damned no matter what he does or how he does it, and the whole world knows about it.