I'm no expert, but, the amount of image ads I've seen is quite annoying grrr. I did notice that there was some lag. The placements are good, but they aren't the best. Some ads could be entered into the first post - but unsure how effective this will be, 100% image ads isn't very pleasing.
Hehe the forum owner is my friend as well Well I am a member of that forum as well, but still, the placements are perfect.
The placement is very good. Most ads are at eye lvl when I enter the site or search threw threads. Clean and nice looking site.
I have a question off topic how did you get traffic to your forum? you have a lot of members it seems and traffic.