Originally Posted by Indy phpBB FTW.

Man 3 years ago i used to use all the freebies. I used to be a gamer and all the clans made invisionfree forums, and thats how i got turned on to webdesign and stuff. I used phpBB soo damn much back when it was like 2.0.3 didnt even have image verifycation. You had to install ****loads of mods just to make it equal to IPB 1.3. Even today its not even up to ipb 1.3, every single version has major exploits in it.Now we've been waiting 1.5 years for phpBB 3, it should come out soon though now. Its still going to be way behind all the others. SMF is cool, but lets be honest it is a ugly forum. Styling is horrable. Ive tryed a few of the underground ones but but i never liked any of them.

Anyway, im still saving up i got about 40$ so far. Im starting to think IPB.
IPB
You dont have to close your board after a year with leased licence.
Better/easy styling then VB imo
15$ cheaper

VB
bit more secure
better support
Easyer to install modifications

Still hard to choose .