This forum software wasn't made by Bungie, it was made by Ideal Science, the link is underneath this. There is nothing wrong with phpBB, I have seen a forum made with phpBB, come from a standard forum that was just normal and it had a huge upgrade and is now probably one of the best forums on the web. phpBB is way better then this it doesn't have the huge border (that is probably just the site layout however) you have more options, it is set out better, you can easily download updates, patches, themes and plugins for it, it uses standard BB code instead of some of this weird stuff they got going here, it has better profile options that allow instantly adding people to contact list in msn, aim etc. It is more user friendly and most people use phpBB so more people are used to it and know how to use it.