So I decided to go "scavenging" around for some nice plugins that we can use for the forum to keep users more up to date on the recent posts/threads because I'm pretty sure most users just look at the "Chit Chat" or general section and sometimes just stumble upon other threads in others sections.
http://mods.mybb.com/view/recent-topics-on-index-page
http://mods.mybb.com/view/top-x-stats
http://mods.mybb.com/view/unanswered-posts
http://mods.mybb.com/view/ajax-forum-stat
http://mods.mybb.com/view/ad-stats
http://mods.mybb.com/view/recent-topics-on-index-page
http://mods.mybb.com/view/recent-topics-on-index-page
http://mods.mybb.com/view/top-x-stats
http://mods.mybb.com/view/unanswered-posts
http://mods.mybb.com/view/ajax-forum-stat
http://mods.mybb.com/view/ad-stats
http://mods.mybb.com/view/recent-topics-on-index-page