I don't know about the rest of what you mentioned but the EC boards have been different for years now.

> I saw that the board entirely changed and also noticed my account where I was
> hosting some of my good files I use and a board for my Guild Wars group is
> erased. I saw somewhere on the forum that hosting became an issue but then it
> was under the process of moving.
>
> I hope it gets restored soon. :\
>
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