One sec. Parents mad e me get off...And when i got back i was challenged to online poke battles. So yeah...
About the forum's theme. I was thinking RPG Games such as pokemon, mario, final fantasy all that good stuff. Naturally it would be mainly associated with pokemon and pokemon games.
For a name i was thinking TheRPGZone and that's why my theme idea is this
I don't think you should cover the initial costs, though. You see, the one who pays for it gets it onto THEIR computer, and unless you know how to set it up, you're stuck.
So regarding vBulletin i can cover initial costs and stuff. Or we can go with Forumotion or some other free forum host service until we can get a decent amount of members. So we can start a possible Donation...Thing.
Sorry for being out and not answeing your VMs. About Q1 why is that? I'm allowed to say mine, i'm 14....
About Q2 When i go to school i can donate 30~50$ a month.
And i saw the shop. It's nice.