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The voting period of the KarateForums.com Awards 2012 has now ended. Thank you to everyone who voted. Results will be announced soon! Patrick

Today is the last day! If you haven't voted yet, you only have a little while left! Please get those last minute votes in. Thank you to everyone who has voted thus far. Patrick

Hey all, Did you pick up any deals during this year's frenzy? After a couple of years of wanting to buy one, so I could play with my brother, I finally picked up a PS3 (bundled with the first two in both the inFAMOUS and Uncharted game series). I also bought a bundle of an extra PS3 controller with the Killzone Trilogy and a DVD of The Social Network. Plus, I picked up a bunch of gifts for family that I don't want to post in public. I'm also keeping my eye open for lower-mid priced HDTV deal to play the PS3 on (my current TV is an 8 or 9 year old CRT TV). and a deal on Call of Duty: Black Ops II so I can play with my brother. What did you find that you can share? Patrick

Congrats on the promotion. Patrick

Haha. Thanks all. Glad to hear it. Patrick

Congrats. Patrick

Hey Dobbersky, I have just sent an email to the address we had on file, inviting lozzielizzie back to update us here on KarateForums.com. Obviously, lozzielizzie is under no obligation to reply. But, I wanted to send a one time only courtesy request and if I don't hear back, that'll be the end of it. The address may not even work. But, we'll see. Thanks, Patrick

Welcome aboard, ossemon. Glad to have you. Patrick

I hope that everyone who celebrated had a nice day. We had some nice family time. Patrick

Thanks Danielle, Bob, darksoul, Heidi, DoctorQui and Alex. That's kind of you. Patrick

Thanks Brian. It was one of those games that ended close but we didn't really play it close. Heh. Patrick

Thank you, Brian. That is very touching. Patrick

Hey all, Going back to the beginning, we have celebrated and noted the half birthday of KarateForums.com. Today marks 11 and a half years that we've been online! I'd like to take a moment to thank all current staff members for their efforts in helping to keep this community on track, always in pursuit of our culture-based goals that speak to who we are and the level of discourse that we aim to facilitate, which is based on respect and civility, above all else. Thank you Heidi, Brian, Danielle, Alex, Bob and Ev for everything that you do to help maintain this reality. Sincerely, Patrick

That's pretty cool, Justice. Congrats. Thanks for the mention. Patrick

Good luck, blacknebula. Patrick

Hey silverback. Welcome aboard. Patrick

Yeah, that was a tough one. This sounds kind of sad, but tonight (week 11) is the first time that I've been able to watch the Dolphins at home this season. In the first 10 weeks, they were not on once. Patrick

Good luck, PaulS. Patrick

Welcome to KF, seikokaistudent. Glad to have you. Patrick

Thank you to everyone who has voted thus far. If you haven't yet, please take a few moments to do so. It really adds to the event! Thanks, Patrick

Thanks for sharing this. Patrick

Good luck, Ev. Patrick

Hello, Welcome to the voting period of the eleventh annual KarateForums.com Awards. Through these awards, we recognize just a few of the individuals who have made outstanding contributions to KarateForums.com in the past year. These awards take into consideration all community activity between October 19, 2011 and October 18, 2012. As a voter, you should place your vote based upon activity made during this period - not activity prior to or after it. You submitted your nominations and, from those, we have our KarateForums.com Awards 2012 nominees. In all, 18 different members have been nominated in the various categories that make up this year's awards. They are MasterPain, pittbullJudoka, DoctorQui, Lupin1, Harkon72, JusticeZero, FangPwnsAll7, JohnnyB, bushido_man96, evergrey, tallgeese, DWx, xo-karate, sensei8, Groinstrike, SamsIAmz, ninjanurse and KarateEd. Congratulations to all of you! With the ballots crafted, it is now time to vote. In order to do so, you must have a KarateForums.com account that had at least 10 posts made on or before October 18, 2012 (Eastern Time). There are just two guidelines to keep in mind when voting: 1. You cannot vote for yourself or an article that you wrote. 2. Do not attempt to artificially inflate our vote totals in any way. This includes but is not limited to trading votes, encouraging people to vote indiscriminately (publicly or privately), mass mailing/posting and any other behavior that could lead to results being artificially skewed. Individuals found to be participating in these activities will be disqualified from nomination in any category. Please note that you do not have to vote in every category. You can vote for as many or as few as you would like - please go for as many as you feel comfortable with. The more valid votes we get, the better! The categories are listed below. Please click the link(s) and vote in the poll(s). Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/member-of-the-year-vt43974.html New Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/new-member-of-the-year-vt43973.html Community Spirit Award http://www.karateforums.com/community-spirit-award-vt43972.html Staff Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/staff-member-of-the-year-vt43971.html Funniest Member of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/funniest-member-of-the-year-vt43970.html Article of the Year http://www.karateforums.com/article-of-the-year-vt43969.html So, that's all there is to it. Please vote. We need as many valid votes as possible! Voting will be closed on November 24, 2012 at 8 PM ET. Please do not post your votes in this or any thread. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to private message me or reply to this thread. Please do not post a reply on the poll threads. Thank you for reading and for visiting KarateForums.com. Your participation in these awards is the most important ingredient to them being successful. Sincerely, Patrick

Please vote for the Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2012. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: MasterPain pittbullJudoka DoctorQui Lupin1 Harkon72 JusticeZero Voting will be closed on November 24, 2012 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.

Please vote for the New Member of the Year in the KarateForums.com Awards 2012. Award Description: This award is intended to acknowledge the non-staff member who was new to our community this year (registered on or between the dates of October 19, 2011 and July 18, 2012) and who you feel best exemplifies the qualities that KarateForums.com puts a premium on. Knowledge is valuable, but most valuable is a kind and helpful nature. You don't need to be a martial arts expert to be nominated for this award - you need to be someone who is kind and who shares what they know in a productive fashion that helps others. Here are the nominees: DoctorQui FangPwnsAll7 JohnnyB Voting will be closed on November 24, 2012 at 8 PM ET. Please do not respond to this thread. Thank you for voting.