[Lampard]

of course i ll choose phpBB one of the best free forum script PhpBB Developer team has made a great job and it seems they have created something close to the perfect forum software. administration is clear and organized by comprehensive tabs (and more over, respects W3C norms, that was one of the most problematic problem with the previous PhpBB 2).
the default theme is really well designed, and buttons are particularly beautiful. an accent has been clearly put on the design and the general ergonomics of the software.
it finally gives to PhpBB 3 users a global feeling of a very well polished product. the security has obviously not been forgotten, as phpBB provides many modern tools to prevent spamming (CAPTCHA, spam accounts detection,...) without being annoying by bothering users to prove they are human.

I don't know why, but phpBB always looked hard for me, and the users to use. Thats why i always made SMF, or myBB Forum, maybe there are good updates now, i used phpBB 3 years ago.