Patrick

Welcome aboard, Mr. Garner. Thank you for your service. Patrick

Nice idea, Justice. Thanks. Patrick

Nice! Congrats, Brian.

Just pre-ordered Dead Island: Riptide!

Good luck, SolidAir. Patrick

Hey all, Congratulations to Bob (sensei8) on reaching the 5,000 post count mark! He's the sixth member to do it, following Brian (bushido_man96), Pat (SaiFightsMS), Heidi (ninjanurse), Alex (tallgeese) and myself. Thank you for all of the great contributions that you have made to this community. It's been an interesting journey and I appreciate all of your support. Sincerely, Patrick

Hey pdbnb, As you already have a thread for this discussion, I am going to close this one and send everyone over there: http://www.karateforums.com/immature-rowdy-red-belt-vt44921.html Thanks, Patrick

Congrats.

Congrats ShoriKid and Rusty. Patrick

Hey jollyrogers. Welcome. Patrick

I think everyone has done a generally nice job of discussing this topic in a productive manner. Thanks all. Let's keep that going. Patrick

Welcome to KF, clfsean. Patrick

Congrats Tempest! Patrick

Congrats Devin! Happy for you. Patrick

Belated welcome, mal103. Glad to have you. Patrick

Hey Poseidon33. Glad to have you here. Patrick

My brother Sean and I played some BioShock: Infinite this weekend. As expected, a really interesting game. BioShock games are like movies. I could just watch him play. I have MLB 13: The Show that I really would like to play more. Sean and I are slowly working our way through the co-op campaign of Dead Space 3, which is an awesome new feature. Patrick

Yeah, my Dad ended up winning our little bracket challenge as he had Louisville to win it all and he was the only one of us to even have a Final Four team. Heh. Patrick

That's really awesome to hear. Thanks Alex. Patrick

Thank you for the submission, KarateGeorge. 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. The April 2013 selection is... Harlan. Congratulations! Thank you for all of your great contributions to our community. Sincerely, Patrick

Hey all, Alex (tallgeese) reached 5,000 posts at the end of February and I didn't notice it until now (thanks to Bob (sensei8) for pointing it out). Alex is just the 5th member to do this, following Brian (bushido_man96), Pat (SaiFightsMS), Heidi (ninjanurse) and myself. Congrats Alex! Thank you for all of the outstanding contributions that you have made to this community. Sincerely, Patrick

Thanks all. Glad you enjoyed it. April Fools! See this announcement: http://www.karateforums.com/april-fools-day-update-karateforums-com-etiquette-policy-vt44836.html

Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. Today, on April 1, I announced that we would be introducing an etiquette policy here on KarateForums.com. This was an April Fools joke. Devin (Lupin1) had the main idea and Noah (Wastelander) contributed to it. Thanks guys. A related side story: This Grandmaster rank is actually what I used when the site began, for a short period. Unfortunately, some people did not really appreciate it and felt it was an ego thing on my part. My goal was to have martial arts themed ranks for the staff. i.e. Guide = Sempai, Moderator = Sensei, Administrator = Grandmaster. I actually had a Master at the start, too, my friend James, a.k.a. member #2. But, that perception concerned me, so I changed my title to KF Webmaster/Administrator with no belt, but left the other staff member titles and ranks. I'll leave my Grandmaster title and belt up for a little while so those who didn't visit today can see the joke in action. I hope that everyone had a great day. Thank you for taking this with good humor. Sincerely, Patrick

Edit: This was part of an April Fools' Day joke. Hello, Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com. Unfortunately, over the last 3 to 6 months, I have noticed a trend within our community. This trend is a lack of discipline. In how members post and, especially, in how members treat more senior members within our community. This is not consistent with basic principles of respect or the way of the martial arts. As such, I am happy to announce that we will be instituting an etiquette policy, effective May 1. This etiquette policy gets to the heart of the problem by outlining how more senior members within our community, as well as Sempais, Senseis and myself, your Grandmaster, should be addressed. Please take the time to read it in full so that you are able to comply with this policy beginning on May 1. Etiquette policy: http://www.karateforums.com/karateforums-com-etiquette-policy-vt44833.html Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Patrick