The top posters for 1998 were as follows.
total of 3270 articles with 104 users

  count   user
    980   Hitoshi Doi <doi@win.or.jp>
    296   Joe Petrow <poyopoyo@gol1.gol.com>
    200   Michael Studte <mstudte@wt.com.au>
    182   jramberg@xsoft.xerox.com (Jim Ramberg)
    172   Johann Chua <cjchua@skyinet.net>
    161   Ivevei Upatkoon <arashi@gol.com>
    139   Lin Jie Derek <sakursta@singnet.com.sg>
    139   CuSO4 <chyung@hknet.com>
    123   Kenji Shimizu <s991775@yamata.icu.ac.jp>
     65   "Richard \"Pocky\" Kim" <rickkim@wam.umd.edu>
     65   "Ching" <09419055.s94.MAIL2@mail2.dlsu.edu.ph>
     56   DamienRoc@aol.com
     53   Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@hpcc123.corp.hp.com>
     51   "Kevin Lew -- 'The Lai-Lai Boy'" <kasumi@eden.com>
     50   "Alan Takahashi" <takahash@nortel.ca>
     48   Jimmy Chan <JimmyC@relaypoint.net>
     35   "Keishi Tada" <tsubasa@po.teleway.ne.jp>
     27   Mad Mackerel <mackerel@kawaii.demon.co.uk>
     26   ayanami@skyinet.net
     22   Knight of the Black Rose <aefigueroa@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
     16   Dan Hollis <goemon@sasami.anime.net>
     16   Brian Acuff <bacuff@hooked.net>
     15   Giles Liu <gilesliu@mbox4.singnet.com.sg>
     14   jarry.sebastien@lemel.fr (S=E9bastien Jarry)
     14   "Christopher J. Sypal" <csypal@radiks.net>
     13   David Van Cleef <dvc@aeug.org>
     12   Wayde Higuchi <whiguchi@honlab.nmfs.hawaii.edu>
     12   "Abai D.BearHart" <abai@geocities.com>
     11   Kagome98@aol.com
     11   "Isabelle:)" <isabelle@usa.net>
     10   skinne@netcom.com (Steven W. Kinne)
     10   Drome Chris <drome-c@jed.uec.ac.jp>
     10   Chou <senshi@all.com.au>

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Hitoshi Doi                                               Toshi Nibunnoichi
half a UFO catcher doll, half a cel          801 tactical training squadron
http://www.win.ne.jp/~doi/                                    doi@win.ne.jp