The first stage of the forum upgrades has now been completed but they remain in a degraded state and are still being worked on. Normal posting/reading should now be possible.
Please read this thread for more details.
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i tried to sign up for that but it wasn't it time so they'd already cancelled (or whatever term is appropriate) my membership and added an extra year onto my gold membership. i was literally arguing with them in the ticket office to take my money back and they wouldn't have it