Yea I think it looks much better on the bottom as well between screens. The old design had a "tiled" look.
Oropher, you mean the ogre's club? If so, it didnt really fit with only the head and trying to keep somewhat of a blue/silverish color scheme. However, there will still be ogre clubs on GameOgre.
How does it look and is everything easy to read like the top menu, body text etc? May change the body text (the text under MMO News Lair) from gray to black so it can be read better.