I have no idea how technical this is but users being able to directly upload their custom thumbnails without emailing would be great!
I like the floating "maintenance continues" thing here, since you can't really miss it. maybe you could use something of a similar fashion for upcoming events in the future? like a headline and then a link to the actual news page for details?
I liked it when you could see the latest comments/new characters ect on the right side of the page, it disappears once you go into a thread as well as "latest topics". Edit: oops that one has already been mentioned, my bad!
Ohmageddon: Path of Conquest
Ohm the Conqueror vs. Saal, "Eva", Francis Herrman, Theakon, and Brett Black
@ 4:40 AM May 17th