Contest description and rules.

Top 10 posters (January 2010):
1. Steve-Hostirian (-)
2. arbet (new)
3. XeHSean (5)
4. crazypenguin
5. Virtuous_Host (new)
6. arberb (new)
7. zippyhosts (new)
8. highfxhost (new)
9. pacifich (new)
10. hostwebdata (new)

(N) previous month's position
(-) same position as last month
(new) new player


Lots of reading for me this weekend, but I am glad I do it because not only its a great way to read some great posts made by our active members, it is also a great way to notice some of the members that might have slipped by me during the month.

The 2010 opening month, I have to tell you, was interesting to say the least. I was excited to see crazypenguin finish in the top 10. He has had some great runs before as well and solid knowledgeable contributions.

But this month is special in more than one way. I decided to break all the rules (or modify them as I go) because I could not just single out one particular member deserving of the award. I was actually impressed with 3 members. Steve-Hostirian had a strong start to the year, finishing the month #1 and sharing some great insight knowledge on the way, which makes Steve our first winner!

Two other members didn't finish the month in the top 10, but as I've been saying since the beginning - this contest is about quality, not quantity. I did have too much of a good time reading these members' posts, and it would be a real shame if they went unnoticed. Hence, it is my utmost pleasure to announce two other most valuable members of January 2010: csn-uk and ITEHosting.

Check out this month's winners posts and you will immediately see why their contributions are being honored.


Congrats to all Top 10 members who made it this month! The winners will be contacted in private.



MVM General Stats
Total contest months: 14
Wins: handsonhosting (promoted to staff position) (2: Dec 08, Jan 09), Lesli (1: Feb 09), Steve-Hostirian (7: Mar 09, Apr 09, May 09, Jun 09, Sep 09, Oct 09, Jan 10), Zachary McClung (1: Jul 09), csn-uk (3: Aug 09, Nov 09, Jan 10), brybert (1: Dec 09), ITEHosting (1: Jan 10)
Honorable mentions: Lesli (1: Jan 09), siforek (1: Mar 09), csn-uk (1: Apr 09), Zachary McClung (2: May 09, Aug 09), lweeks (1: Jun 09), Steve-Hostirian (1: Jul 09), romes (1: Jul 09), RightServers (1: Oct 09), CoreXchange (1: Oct 09), charlier (1: Oct 09), e-Sensibility (1: Nov 09), Digitallinx (1: Dec 09)

Thank you so very much for this award. There were some great threads and replies in January, as always. This is why Hosting Discussion is the first forum I check everyday, then on to the rest. Heck, I even log on from home now on the weekends just to see what's going on.

Not sure to say if we broke it or Artashes but ether way thank you for the award and congrats to Steve and ITEhosting as well. It certainly was an interesting month and I can mimic Steve in saying HD is now part of my routine (often on late morning checking things out before I call it a night ) and hopefully it will be the same for many others in the days to come

Even though I don't post as much as I used to I still check HD atleast 20-30+ times a day lol

I know, I know...I have no life


Congrats to everyone on the list!

That is what I can an addiction, my friend.

Congrats everybody! Keep up the good work.

lol Art...Yeah, it's an addiction, but I don't think this one is a bad one; do you?

It's definitely not as bad as Artashes' own addiction: buying and running forums.

P.S. Congratulations everybody!

lol That's funny...