Love this forum UI/UX. It's clear, snappy, intuitive. How far we have fallen.

That said, allowing posts with no auth is a choice.

It's nostalgic, but good lord does it need a bit of contrast...

Seems pretty readable to me. The information density is high, there are slight box shadows in interactive elements. We need more like this.

A dark red LIVE against a military green background... Again, it's nostalgic, I loved steam back then, but this isn't winning any design award.

Try another theme, looks great I think. Black or dark blue is crisp

You can always turn it off.