UBB 5.x and XMB.
I started with UBB 5.x, but hacking/customizing was a complete pain in the ass. The board in general was a pain to maintain too (moving servers..ugh). It just got too damn expensive to keep so I had to use the freeboards for a while.
I tried them ALL. phpbb 1 (the install process was so painful plus I just found it ugly so I ditched that). I waited and waited for Ikonboard 3 (2.x was horrid) but it kept getting delayed so I gave up, then found XMBForums. It was small, fast, but extremely buggy (these were pre 1.0, alpha builds). Up to 1.0, the board was horrible. Looked ok, but it was very very unreliable, plus support was bad. They really screwed alot of us when they released a new version and forgot to mention it would wipe out the database.
After 3 months of that I had it, I got vB on July 6th of last year. Running like a champ ever since.
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