diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
index 6bca989e9f..416d4e72b4 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Game.cs
@@ -235,6 +235,9 @@ namespace OpenRA
 
 		public static void HandleKeyEvent(KeyInput e)
 		{
+			if (world == null)
+				return;
+			
 			int sync = world.SyncHash();
 
 			if (Widget.HandleKeyPress(e))
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SequenceProvider.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SequenceProvider.cs
index b9358ecfdc..196ccc2ee2 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SequenceProvider.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/SequenceProvider.cs
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		static void LoadSequencesForCursor(XmlElement eCursor)
 		{
+			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen();
 			string cursorSrc = eCursor.GetAttribute("src");
 			string palette = eCursor.GetAttribute("palette");
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 
 		static void LoadSequencesForUnit(XmlElement eUnit)
 		{
+			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen();
 			string unitName = eUnit.GetAttribute("name");
 			try {
 				var sequences = eUnit.SelectNodes("./sequence").OfType<XmlElement>()
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Viewport.cs b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Viewport.cs
index 852d04c2a1..3a56467d54 100644
--- a/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Viewport.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/Graphics/Viewport.cs
@@ -70,12 +70,35 @@ namespace OpenRA.Graphics
 			Timer.Time( "endFrame: {0}" );
 		}
 
-		public static void DrawLoadScreen( Renderer r, float loadFraction )
+		static string[] loadComments = new[] {	"Filling Crates...", "Charging Capacitors...", "Reticulating Splines...",
+												"Planting Trees...", "Building Bridges...", "Aging Empires...",
+												"Compiling EVA...", "Constructing Pylons...", "Activating Skynet...",
+												"Splitting Atoms..."
+		};
+		static Stopwatch lastLoadScreen = new Stopwatch();
+		public static void DrawLoadScreen()
 		{
+			// Update text at most every 0.5 seconds
+			if (lastLoadScreen.ElapsedTime() < 0.5)
+				return;
+			
+			lastLoadScreen.Reset();
+			
+			var r = Game.Renderer;
+			var font = r.BoldFont;
 			r.BeginFrame(float2.Zero);
 			
-			// Do stuff
+			// Hardcode layout for now
+			WidgetUtils.FillRectWithSprite(new Rectangle(0, Renderer.Resolution.Height/2 - 64, Renderer.Resolution.Width, 128), ChromeProvider.GetImage("loadscreen", "stripe"));
 			
+			var logo = ChromeProvider.GetImage("loadscreen","logo");
+			var logoPos =  new float2((Renderer.Resolution.Width - logo.size.X)/2,(Renderer.Resolution.Height - logo.size.Y)/2);
+			r.RgbaSpriteRenderer.DrawSprite(logo, logoPos);
+			
+			var text = loadComments.Random(Game.CosmeticRandom);
+			var textSize = font.Measure(text);
+			
+			font.DrawText(text, new float2(Renderer.Resolution.Width - textSize.X - 20, Renderer.Resolution.Height - textSize.Y - 20), Color.White);
 			r.RgbaSpriteRenderer.Flush();
 			r.EndFrame();
 		}
diff --git a/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs b/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
index a5f430e9ed..c006515c1f 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Game/ModData.cs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 			FileSystem.LoadFromManifest( Manifest );
 			ChromeProvider.Initialize( Manifest.Chrome );
 			
-			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen(Game.Renderer, 0f);
+			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen();
 			
 			ObjectCreator = new ObjectCreator( Manifest );
 			SheetBuilder = new SheetBuilder( TextureChannel.Red );
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		string cachedTheatre = null;
 		public Map PrepareMap(string uid)
 		{
-			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen(Game.Renderer, 0f);
+			Viewport.DrawLoadScreen();
 
 			if (!AvailableMaps.ContainsKey(uid))
 				throw new InvalidDataException("Invalid map uid: {0}".F(uid));
diff --git a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
index 0908d165f3..77d5c8bdcd 100755
--- a/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
+++ b/OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Delegates/IngameChromeDelegate.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Delegates
 			var postgameText = postgameBG.GetWidget<LabelWidget>("TEXT");
 			postgameBG.IsVisible = () =>
 			{
-				return Game.world.LocalPlayer.WinState != WinState.Undefined;
+				return Game.world.LocalPlayer != null && Game.world.LocalPlayer.WinState != WinState.Undefined;
 			};
 			
 			postgameText.GetText = () =>
diff --git a/mods/ra/chrome.xml b/mods/ra/chrome.xml
index 1b74499780..ce0e659fd0 100644
--- a/mods/ra/chrome.xml
+++ b/mods/ra/chrome.xml
@@ -208,4 +208,8 @@
 	<collection name="checkbox" src="buttons.png">
 		<image name="checked" x="0" y="112" width="16" height="16" />
 	</collection>
+	<collection name="loadscreen" src="dialog.png">
+		<image name="stripe" x="512" y="371" width="128" height="128" />
+		<image name="logo" x="544" y="128" width="253" height="240" />
+	</collection>
 </chrome>
diff --git a/mods/ra/dialog.png b/mods/ra/dialog.png
index b7047caefa..77b83b1e51 100644
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