Patrick

Hey all, Ten years ago today, Alex (tallgeese) became a moderator at KarateForums.com. I love Alex's journey as a martial artist as told through his contributions in our community. His passion for the arts, his decisions to diversify his training, and to open a school of his own. We've seen it all play out, and I consider myself fortunate to have witnessed it. Coincidentally, May 4 marked 11 years that Alex has been a member of our community. Alex has been such a great, selfless contributor here, and I think he's only become a more valuable contributor as time has passed. Detailed, open, smart, and thoughtful. Both as a member and as a staff member, where his understanding of the moderator role is refined and helps to keep our community in a good place. If you're reading this, I hope that you'll join me in congratulating Alex and sharing your thoughts on this thread. In addition, we'll be sending Alex and his family out to dinner (and I'll be sending you a DM right after I post this, Alex, in order to set this up). Alex, thank you for being such an exemplary member, for showing others the way, and for encouraging people to share their viewpoints. Thank you for being a great member of our team and for all of your support over the years. It's a privilege to have you here. Patrick

Sorry to hear about your job, aurik! Glad your prospects sound great, though. Patrick

Happy Mother's Day.

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree for April is... Fat Cobra. Congratulations! Thank you for the great contributions you've made to our community over the past 10 months! Sincerely, Patrick

Welcome Tim. Glad to have you. Patrick

Happy birthday, Mo (mazzybear)! I hope that you had an awesome day. Thank you for all of the contributions that you have made to our community. Patrick

Welcome aboard, Littleford65. Glad to have you. Patrick

Happy birthday, Noah! Thank you for everything that you do here at KF and for all of your incredible contributions throughout the years. Hope you had an awesome day! Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We recognize one member every month as the KarateForums.com Member of the Month for their positive contributions to this community. Our honoree for March is... sperki. Congratulations! In 2 days, you'll have been a member here for 10 years! It's amazing to still see you active here after all this time. Thank you for all of your contributions that you have made over the years. Sincerely, Patrick

Congrats! Thanks for sharing this with us.

Optimistic. Bought a Gleyber Torres jersey. Patrick

Thanks for sharing in the humor, Wayofaswede, Fat Cobra and aurik. It was definitely a team effort amongst the staff. Patrick

Thanks Bulltahr. It was a team effort! Patrick

Sorry for the annoyance! https://www.karateforums.com/april-fool-s-day-the-character-limits-are-gone-vt52519.html Thanks, Patrick

Hey all, Hope you had a fun day. I've gone ahead and removed the character limits. Sorry if it was annoying. For those seeing this after the fact, the quick reply, extended reply and new post text boxes were all restricted to 280 characters, with a countdown beneath them to show how many characters you had left. You actually could not write more than that number of characters. http://www.karateforums.com/img/photos/karateforumscom-april-fools-day-2019.png Thank you for your patience! Patrick

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. We take pride in the community that we have here, and how it's different from mainstream social media sites like Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. But that doesn't mean that we can't learn from them. One thing that I have always appreciated about Twitter is the character limit they put on the posts that you make. The maximum of 280 characters forces brevity. Twitter is a platform where people are thoughtful, respectful, and consider their words carefully. That limit encourages users to value each character and each word, and to use them with great discretion. I think we should strive to take our words as seriously. As such, I have decided that we'll be limiting posts on KarateForums.com to 280 characters. Right after I make this post, this feature will be live, and you'll find that there is a character count below each new topic and reply text box, both the quick and extended replies. If you have any feedback or questions, please don't hesitate to reply to this thread or send me a private message. Thanks for reading. Patrick

Glad you liked it, Bob! Patrick

If you want any video game-related advice, my girlfriend definitely has some, she went to Japan and loved it, haha. Actually, advice from her is in the second thread Bob linked to. (Good list, Bob!) But if anyone else has any advice, definitely add it here! Thanks. Patrick

Everything was going great until Gonzaga. I'll still win the family pool, but the rest is in the toilet.

They released the trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood the other day: If you go to the :46 mark, you'll hear (and then see) the actor they have playing Bruce Lee. It was filmed down the street on Hollywood Blvd. I wasn't here at the time, but it was really cool how they took it back in time: Patrick

I filled one out for the family pool. Took some chances in the first couple rounds. Going pretty well so far, but lost my first Sweet 16 and Elite 8 team when Buffalo lost today. Hoping for an Oregon win tonight. This link should work: http://freebracketchallenge.1.mayhem.cbssports.com/brackets/shareable-bracket/993e469f280eb918fbcfaa5107854e9a15f5cd5f3b303dd7?randkey=576766&ttag=BC19_tw_sh

I'm glad that it could provide you with a boost. Our staff selects the Member of the Month, I'm just the messenger. Thanks again, Patrick

Happy birthday, Liam! Hope you had a great day. Thank you for all of the contributions that you have made to KF! Patrick

Hey all, Arcade1Up makes budget, officially-licensed 3/4 size arcade cabinets. We have a Rampage one, and I love it. Anyway, they announced recently that later this year they'll be releasing a Karate Champ cabinet that will also include BurgerTime, Caveman Ninja and Bad Dudes, and I'm definitely thinking that I want it. https://arcade1up.com/products/karate-champ I kind of wish they had styled the cabinet itself as Bad Dudes, just because that game is so goofy, but Karate Champ is better for this group, obviously. They haven't announced a price yet, but the previous ones retailed at $299, so maybe around there. Patrick

Thanks JazzKicker, you're right. I have updated the post! Patrick