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Originally Posted by pucca

I'll say this about both forums. They both have their advantages and disadvantages. As some pointed out, there's alot more to vbulletin than there is to phpbb. My sister who happens to own a puccafan forum(looks at username) is made from this company, and I must say, it is simply astonishing to find out what features comes with the package. I on the other hand own 2 forums from phpbb, and haven't touched vbulletin at all, but that doesn't mean I'll never try it. I'm actually quite anticipating the release of vbulletin gold. With phpbb, it's totally free, while as vb, you gotta pay and with some kids wanting to run their own forum, asking mommy and daddy for an owned license of 160 isn't easy to come by, and not to mention that if they ever want to upgrade, they have to pay another fee >_<.

Now, if you really wanna talk passion, for some people, the best feeling in the world is installing hacks and finding out that they work in the end. With vbulletin, they practically have all the features there, so it really takes the fun out of hacking the system. With phpbb, installing subforums, custom profiles, reporting posts hacks are all there for you to add, which really adds to the fun. And not to mention the fact that you get respect for doing it as well. Posting your forum and listing the hacks you've done really makes people appreciate what you've done to make the forum the very best that you can make it.

Templates wise, phpbb also has nearly 200 different templates that people have made to distribute, and you don't have to go digging for it either all over the web.

Sorry for the rant. I simply wanted to add some debating value to this which I have yet to see, because it's obvious that this is a biased forum. It's like going to phpbb and asking this very same thread. ^_~

Well, installing 100 hacks on vB is fun, too.