We will be performing a major ugprade to the site starting this weekend. It may be unavailable for a long period of time.
The major upgrade will include new forum software, new frontpage, new look, new galleries. All users and threads will be ported over and all you'll have to do is re-verify your acccount. The old galleries will be available as an archive.
I will post a more concise timeline as we get closer to the weekend.