I’m sure some of you have stumbled upon a few mentions of this award that had my name floating around with it. There was an initial post about it from a visitor here, Shonuff, and then a subsequent post from Thrills Killa on The Xbox Domain…and ofcourse one other mention by a good friend of mine, Mosler, on the Xbox.com message boards.
I was awarded the Microsoft MVP Award 2007 in the Xbox category.
I didn’t have a chance to initially be the one to share this with the community as internet searches and such are a bit faster than I am. But I did plan to be the first to tell everyone about being awarded with such an honor. I believe this award speaks more about the community a person is involved in than it does the individual and so I wanted to be sure I shared it with everyone. It is, afterall, the response, the feedback, the nominations etc of you all that made my MVP selection possible.
A few would have this swept under the rug as if it was no big deal but to me, it is a big deal. It goes well beyond simply managing communities, responding to message board posts etc…it is representing an entire collective of people who share, for the most part, one thing in common. And I plan to represent you all as best as I can.
So I wanted to again say thanks to the community…to Microsoft and all the great people I’ve had the chance to get to know there…and to everyone involved in making my selection possible.
What is the Microsoft MVP award?
The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award is an annual award that is given to outstanding members of Microsoft’s peer-to-peer communities, and is based on the past year’s contributions those members make in those communities online and offline.
Also, I’d like to congratulate the others who received the Microsoft MVP Award 2007.
October 9th, 2006 at 11:00 am
I’ve said my peace already man. Looks like they finally got one right here. You can do nothing but improve that crew. I am just happy to have known you before you blew up.
You tha man playa!
October 9th, 2006 at 11:26 am
I saw this a few days ago when the guy posted about it in the comments here, but wanted to wait until you made your official announcement about it. Congratulations, that is an awesome thing to be given.
October 9th, 2006 at 11:38 am
Congrats!
October 9th, 2006 at 11:48 am
Awesome Congrats again Deacon!!
**Happy Dance**
P.S. We did a couple shoots for ya Sat night!!
October 9th, 2006 at 11:52 am
there’s my Twylyght! thx for the shots..wish i could’ve been with ya to make the birthday memorable
October 9th, 2006 at 11:57 am
Once again, congrats man! I agree with Sirharper in that they got it right this year. They gave it to someone who not only earned it, but knows what to do with it. Well said response you gave and I think it says a lot about your relationship with the community when the overall Xbox community can come together like it did and without doubt give congrats to you.
Now with that said, I know you now have the power to look at my personal info for the Xbox forums. So, I guess I must start bribing you like I do the other mods to look the other way. Get with DD (Dirty Diva) on how to setup a Swiss bank account for the transfer. …I never knew Xbox Live gaming was going to be this expensive.
October 9th, 2006 at 12:00 pm
lol @ Green…i’ll look the other way
haha
October 9th, 2006 at 12:04 pm
You definitely deserve it, congrats!
October 9th, 2006 at 12:05 pm
Sorry that I leaked the info early it’s just you’re my dawg deacon and I got excited….lol But congrats again!
October 9th, 2006 at 12:11 pm
no sweat Thrills…i appreciate you thinking it was news worthy dawg