Looking good AJ.
Glad you tried my suggestion on changing the text around. You are right that it does seem a tad bit off. Try this color in the theme stylesheet and see how this looks:
#021a32 as this is the actual color code itself that is used in the majority of my bully artwork and I have used that color with .css stylesheets with pretty good results.
Otherwise the theme is well done and gives BB a much more modern feel to it.
Never experienced slow loading ever on BB since I have a very good connection, as far as the avatar settings goes...this is pretty much what I did on every forum I hosted or was admin on since sizes larger then that can cause things to slow down for some users...namely on threads that have 100's of posts..etc.
btw AJ....I hope you did not take offense at my feedback earlier since I was not complaining or anything like that. I just cant help myself when it comes to giving feedback whether it is on art or on forum themes.....since I happen to be a web designer myself (more years then I care to mention) and I just have a critical eye for little details like that....lol. Just ask anyone here who knows me well how critical I am on details and they will tell you a good bit
I will state that I am very glad to see activity from your corner since that shows that you care a lot about keeping BB going and that is one of the marks of a good admin. So keep up the good work m8 and if you ever need or want help on anything regarding any possible work on BB in the future (providing I still have a internet connection by that time and am still around) I am more then willing to offer my services to you as a friend, staff member and coder. I just cant help but try to contribute as much as I can to the forum and community while I still can make a difference.
