What the hell browsers are you people using? Netscape? My PC lags all the time, but never from the forums. Try surfing with scripts turned off though, if you are lagging from here, it can only help. Seriously, I understand that lagging sucks, it just seems like every time something changes on the forums we have to have at least one (though usually two or more) threads made about it and how it is going to ruin everything.
I like it, I think it gives upcoming head-makers something to strive for, in the end this will lead to better quality heads being sold, which is something that has gone down significantly in my time here. People open damn head shops without putting any effort into it, maybe now they will be encouraged to do a little better.