The Forums Itself

I apologize if this is the wrong section but I wanted to ask a question about the forums itself. Why this kind of template the one you all selected? Its a lovely template, but looking at it from the main page and how its set up seems to be a little confusing. I guess im curious as to why this one was used compared to the standard version for most forums, because I feel it is was like the regular templates, that would make it a lot easier on people, especially those who are not familiar with the forums.

- Lux