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Patrick
KF Administrator
Joined: 01 May 2001
Posts: 19191
Location: Harbinger, NC, U.S.A.
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 Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:39 am Post subject: April Fools! |
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Hello,
April Fools!  Knowing how sensitive the whole buying ranks thing can be, we decided to take advantage of that to have a little fun. Getting any belt you want (even no belt) if you pay $5? Even the prospect of not getting a belt unless you pay? (Thanks baronbvp for giving me that opening... it hadn't even crossed our minds.  ) This is what most would probably consider the stuff of McDojos.
The PayPal payment link was real and if we had received any payments (we didn't), I would have changed their belts... and then changed them back and refunded their money after we made this announcement. JKDManCT is not a real person (if you look closely, JKDManCT has his style listed as TKD... doesn't make a whole lot of sense, lol). We also "promoted" 5 members (armanox, baronbvp, DancingSteve, Elky and obiwansbane) and gave them 7 days to pay or they would go back to their normal belt. All belts have been restored to their normal status.
In advance, I appreciate everyone being a good sport. Thank you for visiting KarateForums.com.
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cross
Black Belt
Joined: 22 Jan 2003
Posts: 1904
Location: Australia
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 7:47 am Post subject: |
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| Nice one Patrick! |
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DancingSteve
Yellow Belt
Joined: 12 Aug 2006
Posts: 72
Styles: Shotokan (Shodan)
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Im not going to lie and say I knew it the whole time. But april fools did cross my mind. Luckily I didn't WANT to buy a belt..so I didnt jump on board asking all sorts of questions.
Good joke by the way.
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Elky
Orange Belt
Joined: 24 Nov 2006
Posts: 225
Styles: Shotokan Karate
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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Ha ha ha ha! I didn't even notice I'd been promoted!
I really should pay more attention! |
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french fri25
Green Belt
Joined: 04 Sep 2006
Posts: 354
Location: long island
Styles: Hapkido, Moo Duk Kwan, Chanbara, Arnis De Mano
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 4:00 pm Post subject: |
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| lol... wow. that was pretty good. i was totally fooled. i really thought you could buy a belt. just goes to show how gullible i am. |
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obiwansbane
Blue Belt
Joined: 14 Nov 2006
Posts: 284
Location: Canada
Styles: Open Shotokan,
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| Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 5:22 pm Post subject: |
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aw i got owned :'( at least i got a temporary belt... it looked nice on me  gives me something to look forward to...
but you had definately gotten me.. it didnt cross my mind that this was a joke
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baronbvp
Black Belt
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 1148
Location: Berlin, Germany
Styles: JKD/MMA, Muay Thai, Shorin Ryu, military combat arts, fencing, archery
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I thought I got to 970 posts only to have black awarded early and then end up back with no belt. Where's my gold gilt WWF/UFC belt!
Great joke, Patrick and other moderators. April Fools never even crossed my mind even though I'd been messing with my kids all day.
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bushido_man96
KF Sensei
Joined: 31 Mar 2006
Posts: 18264
Location: Hays, KS
Styles: Taekwondo, Combat Hapkido, Aikido, and I research Medieval Combat
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| Elky wrote: |
Ha ha ha ha! I didn't even notice I'd been promoted!
I really should pay more attention! |
You must be aware, always, of your surroundings, Grasshopper!
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marie curie
Black Belt
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
Posts: 1021
Location: PA, USA
Styles: Ko Sutemi Seiei Kan Karate, Kajukenbo, Kodokan Judo, Gracie Barra Jiu-Jitsu, Olympic Tae Kwon Doe
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Hehe, this was cute- but expected since you had a nice one last year in naming yourself member of the month
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baronbvp
Black Belt
Joined: 27 Feb 2005
Posts: 1148
Location: Berlin, Germany
Styles: JKD/MMA, Muay Thai, Shorin Ryu, military combat arts, fencing, archery
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Now that's awareness of your surroundings!
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on the post.
