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Yes they are seperate examples of what functionality I am looking for.
For the identity issue, I am correlating Blizzard forum with bluzzard site. And Steam forum with steam site.
Another example is myanimelist.net and it’s forum.
As I said, my site itself is already established. I just want a forum as an extension to the site, it is same as installing Bbpress. If it is ethical to install bbpress with a WordPress site, it should also be ethical to use any other forum software as an extension of that site.