We knew going in that this theme wouldn't be for everyone (like the smaller post area) and would have a fairly specific audience. Personally, I'm not a fan of the sidebar handling, but I'm not really a big fan of sidebars in general anyway. You have to try new things though to get the feedback you need from users.

Tung really stepped outside of the theme designer's box with the design to me. It's fun to do something really specific with a design once in a while rather than just putting out another minimally-styled black-and-white theme. I like to do themes that should be sold on their design merits rather than the feature set.