Because Phpbb is old and outdated

And the integration into phpnuke is even worse.

so why don't we torrent up a copy of vBulletin?

Pirating is bad, mmk?

so is paying 100's of dollars a month for a forum module

It has a one-time fee of $180. That's not a terrible price.

that went down significantly...

The torrent is free for the first year and then free per year after that.

We should ask the donators, Would they rather pay 180$ or 0$?

Would you rather have a legit forum that didn't run into troubles with the law or have one that gets shutdown in a month?

Omega, stop pushing for piracy.

I have been pirating since '99 and have had no legal ramifications and saved OVER 9000!'s of thousands of dollars.