did you make sure to change X to a real number?
Code:
<if condition="$forum[forumid] == X"><td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/$forum[forumid]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
<td><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
<else /> <td><img src="$stylevar[imgdir_statusicon]/forum_$forum[statusicon].gif" alt="" border="0" /></td>
<td><img src="$vboptions[cleargifurl]" alt="" width="9" height="1" border="0" /></td>
</if>
my bad

just a mistake when i was typing