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Provider Poll 2019

FAT32FAT32 Administrator, Deal Compiler Extraordinaire
edited February 2 in Announcements

Hi everyone, it is the time for provider poll again! A chance for providers to get the "Top Provider" tag and for the members to get free prizes :)

Try not to discuss in this thread so it makes our life easier when counting votes. (Small discussions / compliments are fine, long discussion will be moved to another thread)

Important

Requirements to vote:

  1. Your account must be created before 1 Jan 2020.
  2. Your account must have at least 5 posts in between 1 Jan 2019 and 1 Jan 2020.
  3. Providers can vote, but not for themselves (the same goes for Host Reps).

Rules for voting:

  1. You get 3 votes
  2. One vote per provider (Some providers with multiple brand are considered as one)
  3. You can vote less than 3 times if you want
  4. This time, you get 1 additional vote. This is for "Best PR Provider", for the providers that you think having the best public relations.
  5. Voting will end on 2 Feb 2020 11:59pm (EST)

Prizes:

Prizes Provider ID
1 2 x Bravo hosting plan for 1 year redIT - @redit 1-2
2 2 x VPSmini (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 30GB Disk) for 1 year redIT - @redit 3-4
3 2 x LXC VPS IPv6 only (1 vCPU, 2GB RAM, 50GB HDD) for 6 months vServer.site - @vserversite 5-6
4 2 x KVM Mini (1 vCPU, 1GB RAM, 5GB HDD) for 6 months vServer.site - @vserversite 7-8
5 1 x 1 x VPS 1G Plan for 1 year [1] Nexus Bytes - @seriesn 9
6 5 x $20 Account Credit (non-expiring) Hyper Expert - @hyperexpert 10-14
7 5 x $10 Account Credit LetBox - @key900 15-19
8 30 x ApisCP Licenses (unrestricted) ApisCP - @nem 20-49
9 1 x UT-M-NVMe VPS for 1 year BanditHost - @Delong 50
10 1 x UT-Ryzen-M VPS for 1 year BanditHost - @Delong 51
11 5 x $10 Account Credit BanditHost - @Delong 52-56
12 2 x WinPro-1 VPS for 1 year GreenCloudVPS - @NDTN 57-58
13 2 x NVMePromo VPS for 1 year GreenCloudVPS - @NDTN 59-60
14 4 x Reseller Entry for 1 year [2] Myw.pt - @MikePT 61-64
15 4 x 4GB OpenVZ (LA, UK, DE or BG) for 1 year [3] AlphaVPS - @AlexBarakov 65-68
16 4 x 2GB KVM (UK, DE or BG) for 1 year [3] AlphaVPS - @AlexBarakov 69-72
17 5 x $10 Account Credit WisHosting - @exception0x876 73-77
18 5 x £5 Account Credit SmallWeb - @Mic-hael 78-82
19 2 x 1GB RAM KVM VPS (US, CA, FR, UK, SGP or AU) for 6 months ExtraVM - @MikeA 83-84
20 1 x RIPE ASN + /48 IPv6 bundle [4] Bakker IT - @RickBakkr 85
21 50 x $50 Account Credit (Toronto, non-expiring) LunaNode - @perennate 86-135
22 2 x $10 Cloud Credit RamNode - @Nick_A 136-137
23 5 x Special KVM for 6 months HostSailor - @HostSailor 138-142
24 5 x DirectAdmin Small Reseller Hosting (EU) for 1 year Limitless Hosting - @Lampard 143-147
25 10 x DirectAdmin Very Small Shared Hosting (EU or USA) for life Limitless Hosting - @Lampard 148-157

Notes:

  • [1] If an existing family member wins, they will receive double the resource for 1 year
  • [2] Renews at 50% recurring after that free year at 50€/yr
  • [3] Renews at normal price after that free year at 5€/m or 50€/yr
  • [4] Only for Europeans over 18 years old. In case the selected winner doesn't match the requirements, Rick will resolve it with you
  • Most providers require you to pass the fraud check if you are selected as the prize winner
  • IDs are used by lottery selection algorithm (see below)
  • Special thanks to the mods on helping to count the votes :)
  • Providers can still add prizes by PM me the details or comment in the private thread

To ensure the fairness of the lottery, this is the hash of the MAGIC_SEED that will be used for selection: 734f61dce803e89c33cf46f3f92f5d5b297a4b7ef72d81e00bdf64aa5152f82a (SHA256)

const seedrandom = require('seedrandom');

// Those values are just an example
const MAGIC_SEED = 'Seed';
const ALL_USERS = ['FAT32', 'doghouch', 'hawc', 'netomx', 'JackH', 'hzr', 'trewq', 'PieHasBeenEaten', 'teamacc'];
const PRIZE_COUNT = 5;

// Find winners
const rng = seedrandom(MAGIC_SEED + '_' + ALL_USERS.length + '_' + PRIZE_COUNT);
let output = ALL_USERS.map((user) => ({ username: user, rand: rng() }));
output.sort((a, b) => a.rand - b.rand);
output = output.slice(0, PRIZE_COUNT);
output = output.map((selected) => selected.username);

// Output
console.log(output);

If you have any doubt, you can check out the last provider poll (HY1 2019):

Thanked by 13uptime key900 MikePT seriesn RickBakkr SmallWeb samm SpryServers_Tab titus dahartigan kaz050457 donko FlamesRunner

"Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always."

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