[tiwil]

Perhaps credit rating could be used  with post count for acquiring a 2nd vps? Rather than requiring more posts, make the requirement for a second vps to have a minimum credit rating for those 20 monthly post?

I agree but disagree with this. Credit rating can be used to see if a user is contributing to the forum for some sort of time. So the 2nd VPS may only be given to whom that is contributing for the forum for some time. Let's say we ask minimum of 750 or 1000 credit rating. Not much users achieved that, I think. But one who have 750 or 1000 already gave their time to contribute to the forum, either longer posting or much more posts (which mean longer time they're in the forum).

The credit rating should only be used to filter who is eligible for 2nd VPS. One who get 2nd VPS should still post more than the minimum 20 posts. In Free VPS for example they asks for 2x more than the monthly minimum because they have 2 VPS. We probably can ask for another 10-15 posts, this should be considered based on the data. I mean, if we require 40 posts but not enough place to post, then it's very hard to keep the 2nd VPS even though they're really trying to post.