Patrick

Hello, I have upgraded the forum to phpBB 2.0.1, this allows for a lot of new functionalities. As we will be working (changing) on the site in the coming weeks/months, I will post a fuller explanation later, but for now, here are a few: Enhanced PM Inbox Avatars More indepth post formatting Polls (You can post a poll!) Many other small enhancements Keep in mind that most EVERYTHING that you see on these forums right now will be changing, the smilies will be back to normal, etc... just so you you all know right now. There are broken images... maybe broken links... lots of things, it will all be fixed. Thanks, I look forward to this site becoming the place for Martial Artists everywhere.

When will you guys start reading my posts!? lol "Keep in mind that the forum will look different (aqua and orange) and be missing some things. This is only temporary and I will be making changes every day to get it back in line with the KarateForums.com Style."

Sentry, I edited your post and altered the question slightly, just to make sure that no one would be offended. Thanks.

The long running KarateForums.com Survivor Challenge has come to an end with our final two competitors being SaiFightsMS and KSN Doug. First, I would like to say that I hope that everyone had fun and learned a little bit as well, while becoming closer to the KarateForums.com Community. I would like to thank KickChick, Jack and anyone else that I have forgotten (sorry, my memory isn't too great ) that contributed challenge information. This event started way back on March 18, 2002 and is now ending on August 2, 2002. 4 months and 15 days! Now, onto the Final Vote. I will space the votes out to add a little suspense to this Final Vote. The following are the votes for the CHAMPION. VOTE 1: KSN Doug VOTE 2: KSN Doug VOTE 3: SaiFightsMS And that's it! KSN Doug is our champion. Congratulations to him and thank you to all our previous players, especially SaiFightsMS, for their quality level of play. KSN Doug will receive a special title under his username for one month in honor of his win. Thank you for participating.

Good news! We have gotten this all sorted out and I plan to upgrade the forum in the evening, CST U.S.. Keep in mind that the forum will look different (aqua and orange) and be missing some things. This is only temporary and I will be making changes every day to get it back in line with the KarateForums.com Style.

I am going to close this thread and start a new one to announce the winner. Thanks.

There will be more of a complete site soon.

Oh, hey Mark. Glad to have you over here. I may take you up on that, we'll have to see,

Welcome. Spongebob is a cool show.

We have reached the 50,000 post mark! This is a large plateau. Thank you to everyone that has contributed something to KarateForums.com and made these first 14 months exceptional. Thank you to the following people: James, Deby, Jack, Sai, Tobias, Karateka, SpinningGumby, G95Champ, Blade13, Rush, Lars, Jackie McGhee, Timothy Dick, Avity, LLC., my staff at phpBBHacks.com (Frank, Curtis, Dimitri, Billy, Daniel, Chin, Meik and Dan), Jared Smith, Tom Rutter, Frank Feingol, Kickboxing.com, Farid Dordar, Dale Floyd, kicker, KSN Doug, Lori, Ken, Javier, Xpoison Freex, three60roundhouse, ZR440 and many other users, individuals and companies that have contributed to this website in some way. I am going to take this opportunity to mention that in the coming weeks and months we will be upgrading in many ways, changing in many ways (for the better) and instituting a lot of new features and refining current ones. This is an exciting time for KarateForums.com and I look forward to everyone being a part of it. _________________ Patrick O'Keefe KarateForums.com - Administrator/Grandmaster [ This Message was edited by: Patrick on 2002-08-01 23:59 ]

Hey, Welcome. Moved to Martial Arts Entertainment. Please check your private messages.

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Yeah, it is very hard to get money that way. However, you can definitely make money as a long term investor. In each 10 year period, including the depression, the market has ended positively. Meaning it has gone up overall every 10 year period. 100% of the 10 year periods. The entire existence of the stock market.

There isn't an easy way. Hard work and dedication would be a plus. Come up with an idea and work at it. Get a job, work hard and make your way through the ranks... Hard work in general... try to do what you love, it will make your job easier and make your ascent to wealth easier was well.

Hey, Well, I received another vote. I am going to set a final deadline on votes for August 2 at 10:00 PM CST. Yes, this is the final deadline. After this, the winner will be announced. If SpinningGumby, ramcalgary or three6oroundhouse see this... I have NOT received votes from you. Please get them to me by e-mail or PM as soon as you can. Thanks everyone.

I believe that I have found someone that can substitute for the other person to order to move us along, progress wise, on this upgrade. I will post with a date when I set one in stone. Thanks.

Welcome.

I am going to push back the date for now. I have only received one vote and I would like to get at least 2 more. I'll post when we are closer to finishing. Boy, this was a long event. Thanks.

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You all should have received an e-mail from me, if you did not, please let me know. (Hate to start a new topic just to get people's attention, but it is the only way right now. Thanks. )

I have just sent an e-mail to players that were voted off and kickchick. If you did not receive an e-mail, please let me know. The winner will be announced late night July 29, if I can help it.

Ok, the questions are now closed. It is now time for the final vote. I am going to be sending some form of contact out over the next 2 days to all people that may vote for the end champion. (Past players + KickChick). If it happens to be a tie, I will vote. Good luck to our two final contestants, I hope that everyone has had a little fun here.