better, the color blends in better, still heavy on the thickness, but that's just my opinion... the front page and forum pages are really
tight, the extra graphics (avatars, rank bars, and member info bars) on the thread pages seems a bit "oversized" in comparison, from an artistic viewpoint. But then, you aren't trying to impress artists, you are giving your users what they want, the whole idea...
I'd still work on the owners of the site about the logo, send'm a copy of this page, if you want.