One thing I have noticed (and no, not going to talk about my opinions of gamification) is that the rebranding/fixing up the website is making the website less laggy for me when I am on it. Before, I noticed I could only be on the site for 5 minutes or less due to the severe legs it was having to the point that my computer would basically freeze so I am glad to see that those issues were resolved and fixed so I can spend more time here again at one time. I have enjoyed these communities for several years due to having so many topics from Workspace point of view and then I could catch some personal account questions as well. 
Thanks for the post about what changed since I noticed this morning when I popped on that things were looking a bit different!