lol yeah. so far it looks like you have this competition in the palm of your hands so far. the first thought that came to mind when i saw this was 'purchased themes arent allowed'. it looked a good deal like one of those default themes you might use for a blog etc. i like the changes you have made etc. but as a personal opinion i dont think it captures the essence of forgehub. good job
Could you use a lighter background color? and i think you should change the symbols, not just have them change color. The main reasons i stay away from FHX is because i cant tell what posts are bolded (new) and i hate the really dark background on FHX.
Its completely from scratch....Yeah, well they wanted simple so thats what I did changing the symbol would look very strange on this kind layout. Just think of it monitor or whatever then something different you know...I don't think it would look very good.