With the release of vBulletin 3.7, I have upgraded the boards. 3.7 brings a bunch of new features (which are listed here on the official vBulletin forums) which you all will enjoy. Here are a few highlights:
Thread Tagging- You can now tag threads when you submit a new thread.
Tag Cloud- quickly search for threads by tag using a cool web 2.0 cloud-thing. pretty neat eh?
Thread Prefixes- you will be able to attach prefixes to your thread in certain forums.(will update with specific prefixes soon)
New Profile Stuff- you are now able to leave messages for a user. the xbl info has been moved to the last option on the tab bar.
User Galleries- you can create albums and upload pictures.
Social Groups- maybe the best feature of the update. this feature is analogous to the facebook group feature. Great for clans and such.
Social Bookmarking- self explanatory. now go submit your threads to digg.
Thanks to FCH for the feature list and descriptions
Edit: Nitrous.
I want to emphasize the importance of social groups. By creating a group, your creating a miniature forum-in essence. Group membership is controlled by the creator of that group, only members can post on that groups main page (excluding staff). So, if your a Ghost of Onyx then you can have your own public group and control membership within it.
What I expect to see are forging groups, machinima groups, or some other sane group idea. I don't want to see, "GOTHS R' US." ...or... "We Hate Forge Hub!" Don't abuse it and I won't begin moderating groups.
Also, USE THREAD TAGGING. This will greatly help the search engine.