Seeing as how the first thread was ruined:
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152491&highlight=motm

We'll revote using the above finalists.

Good to see it's back.
Coach still gets my vote.

REALLY a hard choice. But, I have to go with my original vote of akashik.

Glad to see it back as well. :)

Go Sprintserve!

Go DarkTidesNET!

<<-- Would love to vote... But I read the rules: - Only members who have registered prior to the given month are eligible. (Registered Date Must be April 30th, or earlier. Glad to see its back though!!! :banana:

Haha nice work reading the rules :p

I love that dancing banana, I really do.

i voted darktidesnet, he seems to be a cool guy.

i voted for akashik - always a helpful guy

Originally posted by rrdega
<<-- Would love to vote... But I read the rules: Glad to see its back though!!! :banana:

:confused:

You could still vote.....you just weren't able to be nominated :)

Originally posted by akash
You could still vote.....you just weren't able to be nominated :)
Ah!!! My bad... :o I misunderstood!

In that case... Oh my... Its a tough bunch! << Folding up my secret vote 'n stuffing it in the ballot box... >>

Go akashik. :D

Cheering for the Coach, how's that for irony?

Go Coach!

:emlaugh:

lol, that's the one Coach joke that has never been used on me before. Nice one. :D

Originally posted by akash
:confused:

You could still vote.....you just weren't able to be nominated :) Well, shouldn't it be a "rule?"

If they weren't here, how can they know?

Any idea how to get around the technical difficulties of implementing that rule? :D

Originally posted by SoftWareRevue
If they weren't here, how can they know?
SWR, I believe a thought like that went through my head as I first read the rules, and thus my misinterpretation... It would make perfect sense to me! &nbsp;&nbsp; And it would preclude the issues of folk registering just to stuff the ballot box, eh?

Originally posted by Pilgrim
Any idea how to get around the technical difficulties of implementing that rule? :D
I'm not sure of the overall "powers" of the mods, but can't they "see" who casts votes, and just delete out those with registration dates that're too late? &nbsp;&nbsp; Granted, the rolling results might flucuate, but in the end the result could be made accurate, eh?

Coach....

Oh boy I'm finally on here! and two people have voted for me! (thanks whoever you are!)

2 out of 30,000 members like me!
...well it's a start :banana:

Edit: My vote goes to DarktidesNET - I'm a sucker for nice people ;)

Tough choices.. however I picked akashik :D

I vote for Coach...

I cast my vote for Coach (again), though Darktides or akashik coulda been contenders :D

akashik -- us oldtimers gotta stick together ;).

akashik and Coach are equal first.. 18 each :D

I've voted.. but it's a secret :p

Originally posted by shaunewing
I've voted.. but it's a secret :p
I've been watching. &nbsp;&nbsp; So I know how you voted... &nbsp;&nbsp; ;)

GO SPRINTSERVE! He gets my vote.

Voted for coach his posts are always very helpful and informative. He was very helpful in this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=152009

Originally posted by shaunewing
akashik and Coach are equal first.. 18 each :D

I've voted.. but it's a secret :p

Still are after a few more votes (even)... gosh this is actually getting a little exciting... maybe I won't have to be the brides-maid again :D

akashik, I'm sure I'll be bridesmaid. But if I have to wear pink again, I'm going to be highly upset. :D

But you look so charming in pink! Though fuschia really does bring out the colour in your eyes so much better... *g*

Shush now... back for my senior prom so many years ago my date wore a fuschia dress and she insisted I wear something to match it, so we went and that's what she picked out.

Fuschia cumberbund and shash. :(

Ugh... I can't believe I just posted that on a forum with nearly 40,000 people.

Need to see a photo of that, Coach :D

I had a dork haircut to go along with it. I'm sure my mom still has those photos around somewhere so I'll get in touch with her and get them scanned and send them to you.

Or perhaps I might just start a "Post your nerdy pic" thread. :D

Go Coach! :D

Fuschia cumberbund and shash

Hmmm. Rethinking that vote for coach.:D

My vote goes to akashik :)

Hmm tough choice between DarktidesNet and Fazel :-/

Do you not know the rule of "follow the case", Matt? It's DarktidesNET! :D

I "followed the case" directly from how it was written in the poll at the top of the screen :)

Blame akash!

Originally posted by DarktidesNET
Blame akash!

nEw iT wAs hIs fAuLt!

I didn't know what has happened at the previous voting table, i thought I had another chance to vote using different OS to browse the forum. :D

And so I voted Coach since I previously voted DarktidesNet. Hmn.. If DarktidesNet is up for the next month voting, ya will definitely have my vote.

Good luck Coach.

I think that Bryan should have got the MOTM award for May regardless of what ub3r did.

I'm only in here because of ub3r's unsportmanship, I couldn't really find any reasons why I should be voted MOTM. Having said that I desperately want a WHT t-shirt, perhaps HeadSurfer or Akash might be feeling generous this month and give us soon-to-be-confirmed losers a free consolation prize t-shirt ;)

Originally posted by blue27
Good to see it's back.
Coach still gets my vote.

Ditto.

This is better than a horse race (http://pages.sbcglobal.net/rrdega/aniglop5.gif)! &nbsp;&nbsp; :banana:

not if you're a horse like me ;)

Originally posted by rrdega
SWR, I believe a thought like that went through my head as I first read the rules, and thus my misinterpretation... It would make perfect sense to me! &nbsp;&nbsp; And it would preclude the issues of folk registering just to stuff the ballot box, eh?

Speaking just for myself, I did an awful lot of reading here before registering.

Thank you Enigmatics, that's very flattering to know that you think that highly of me. ;)

And thank you to the rest that have voted so far as well, no matter who you voted for.

*cough* I see sprintserve coming up on the backstretch *cough* Go sprintserve!

Coach has my vote

ps its my 200th post YEPEEE

I've voted Fazel :)

Originally posted by UH-Matt
Hmm tough choice between DarktidesNet and Fazel :-/

Me too =/

Coach is taking a substantial lead... (should have bought the whip for this old nag - it's running out of puff coming into the home straight)

:D

That's okay, I've seen Coach up here so many times I think it's just his time.

Originally posted by DarktidesNET
That's okay, I've seen Coach up here so many times I think it's just his time.


Don't feel bad..have a beer :beer:

I get the feeling next month will go right for you ;)

I'm not, I think sprintserve should win over me anyways. :D :)

It's tough every month. I think Bryan deserves it, sprintserve, akashik, fazel, Lesli and many others here. People like that, ones I didn't mention and the ones that have won it before (and been nominated before) have really made this place continue to be a quality place to be. The mods also get a serious nod in that.

It continually amazes me that with as many people that this place has, it still has some sort of order. If we could only get some more of the quality posters at WHT to post in the requests forum occassionally, I think that area would increase in quality as well.

I may be the only one who thinks this, but I believe that the overall quality of WHT has stepped up a few notches in the last month or two.

Nicely put Coach! :D

I disagree about the request forums bit.

The higher quality host's can not really post to requests.
There is the 30% (I think that's it) rule.

But that's another topic that has been hashed out millions of times!! :eek3: :(

We've definitely got a core of really strong posters, both frequent and not-so-frequent. Must...keep...raising...post...quality...!! :D

Hey - we need a teeshirt that says *that* for MOTM, not just the WHT name and logo.

EDIT TO ADD: And Esr Tek, I reply to some of the threads in the requests forum. I usually get underbid, but every once in a while someone does decide to check the site. Low signup percentage compared with how many threads I've replied to; but then again, some of them may be back on WHT in a few months (either because their host went under, or the customer decides that they want a different feature set, or other things.)

Originally posted by living_media
We've definitely got a core of really strong posters, both frequent and not-so-frequent. Must...keep...raising...post...quality...!! :D

Hey - we need a teeshirt that says *that* for MOTM, not just the WHT name and logo. Yes. Much better than, "Must...keep...raising...post...COUNT...!!"

We certainly do have a nice member base with some real gems in our midst. I've noticed that the community spirit at WHT has improved over the last few months and MOTM has played a very huge part in that in my opinion. Of course having said that the new moderating team has also settled in nicely and their contribution should really be recognized in some way (perhaps by opening up MOTM to them as well?)


It seems Coach will win (barring no major ub3r style upsets) - so congratulations are in order for him :)

Speaking of post counts, Esr Tek finally has 1000. :)

I agree with Lesli, as usual. I rarely post there, but when I do post there, it is always under cut. However not everyone who requests goes for the cheaper plans. I specifically remember one where my offer was 3x higher than most of the other offers (still within guidelines of course though).

The customer signed up here, not with the lowballers because they understood quality over price.

Unfortunately, people think that a day or so of downtime is the norm, as is taking a couple of days to answer a ticket. Perhaps if more of the better hosts posted offers there instead of letting it be a newbie playground, the expectations of service would increase and people would realize the difference between the prices they normally see down there and what better providers offer.

Then again though, my time here at WHT is better spent in forums other than that one, so I can understand why many feel it is a waste of time.

Meh... :(

I think whether or not to post in the request forum could be a thread of its own. In the few months I've been hanging around this forum I don't think there has been more than a couple dozen requests that were even reasonable enough for me to reply to.

You've definitely got a point, blue27. Lots of posts with people who want lots of resources for a low fee. Some of them simply don't know what they need, but they figure that getting more for paying less is a good thing (I used to be this way - that's what lead me to sign up with Communitech in the first place.) If they're coming from the free web hosts, they haven't really had the tools to see how much bandwidth they use; and I don't know if Geocities has, in the many years since I stopped using the service, put bandwidth information in place on the free accounts (how much people get per month, let alone how much a given site actually uses per month.)

hehe Yes finally I'm in 1k club... :banana:

It took me a bit, but I read more than I post :D
(Plus I frequent many other forums, one of which has a 1.5k post count ;) :D )

Blue - I completely agree... Hardly ever anything worth replying to.
I hardly look at them anymore, as I got sick of seeing promising titles and get in to see they want
10Gb space and 300GB reseller for FREE or under $10 a month :puke:

When does the voting end or did I just miss it?

Voting ends on the 22nd :)

Go Go Fazel! ;)

Thanks Akash!

Not much longer to go folks, so get your votes in :cool:

:banana: Coach! :banana: Coach! :banana: Coach! :banana:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :beer:

Looks like Coach is going to pull this one off... congrats

I nominate akashik for June MOTM! Gotta luv his style and grace... :)

Too early for that? KayO, I'll come back later... :spiny:

Originally posted by akash
Voting ends on the 22nd :) :banana: &nbsp;&nbsp; What time? &nbsp;&nbsp; :banana:

Sorry - busy weekend ;)

Congrats to Coach for winning May MOTM! :beer:

Prize details will be PM'd as soon as they're available ;)

Congratulations Coach!
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; :beer:

Congrats Coach.... :beer:

Congratulations Coach!! :gthumb: :beer:

Waytago Coach!

Hey all thanks again. I guess I finally got this one just in time. :D

*poses* :blush:

Congrats Coach! Keep up the good work.

Very deserving Coach. Keep up the good work.