I might have to look into if there's another way to collapse the XY forum. I know I can collpase the whole Current Gen Gaming, but I visit the other boards in there, so I just leave it the way it is (and I'm pretty good at looking away from things when I don't want to, so I never look at the most recent thread, anyway).
And like I said, sometimes simple is better. I never find myself enjoying when I've got fancy sigs and whatnot, but I love to see the creativity that other people have.