Feast:
I have a ultra wide monitor and the website is still forced at this squished portrait sized format.
This is very unintuitive especially for long posters who roleplay a ton of details in their posts and it just makes readers scroll down alot.
As jase mentioned up above (msg #73), modern design standards limit the width of text which according to those who know about such things actually makes it easier to read - something about being able to see the whole line without turning your head side to side or making your eyes constantly refocus (as I understand it, field of focus is quite narrow, the rest is peripheral) ... so while you're scrolling you're saving your neck/eye muscles.
On a whim, I just compared the RPoL layout to the main online news site I favour (govt. owned, not commercial), and RPoL is still a little wider than that.
I have to say I used to like the text wider too, with a preference for squeezing as much on a page as possible ... BUT I have to confess I'm not only getting used to it, but I'm now at the point where I don't even think about it anymore, yay for me ! :P