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On 8/10/2021 at 12:23 AM, northern b said:

wow a real flashback

one of the great threads that seems to have been lost was the stuck thread  of the greatest Kung Fu movies! 

Are you referring to 'The Greatest Old Skool Kung Fu Movies Of ALL Time!'? Or was it another thread?

https://www.36styles.com/kungfufandom/topic/506-the-greatest-old-skool-kung-fu-movies-of-all-time/

 

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Many moons ago, I created threads like this as "cyber shelf-life" is fleeting and thought it would be a good idea to archive our memories before they were gone. Obviously, I have not updated this particular thread in a while, but when I saw an old timer recently rejoin the forum, I decided to take stock of the earliest members to see who was still around.

I made a list of members who joined the forum the first two weeks after it transitioned from ezBoard to KFC in October 2007. I came up with 112 posters (with a post count of 100 posts or more). Of those 112 members, 24 were active – just today – Wow! That’s roughly 22%. Now, that is dedication. In the last 3 months, 40 of 112 (36%) have been active.  Again, that’s some serious commitment. My hats off to all of you for hanging around this place for the last 15 years (or more).

The list I created is below. I tried to make some comments as I best I could remember of those less active members. Sorry if I missed anyone, and if anyone in the list is an original KFF’er but I didn’t note it, please LMK.

AlbertV 10347   today  
BLfan 284   today  
Chemical Lemon 343   today Original KFF
chen lung 1093   today  
D1 Ma 422   today  
danthemandmv 325   today  
dionbrother 782   today  
fabhui 358   today  
ironfistedmonk 559   today Original KFF
kingofkungfu2002 1389   today  
KUNG FU BOB 6593   today  
mark187 865   today  
massa_yoda 1247   today  
Ninja Sinai 202   today  
One Armed Boxer 5103   today  
Poelie 118   today  
saltysam 2747   today  
Shaolin Patriot 394   today Original KFF
spannick 1149   today Original KFF
tantao3-son of tantao2 109   today Original KFF
teako170 2897   today Original KFF
thekfc 2166   today Original KFF
thundered mantis 567   today  
venom10463 829   today Original KFF
andy338 630   11/24/2022  
Karlos 2292   11/24/2022 Original KFF
Killer Meteor 3940   11/24/2022  
thehangman 919   11/24/2022  
ukrevrend 167   11/23/2022 Original KFF.
luckystars 203   11/19/2022 Active poster 2008, 2010-2014
Jesse Smooth 716   11/15/2022 Original KFF. 
The Dragon 4152   11/14/2022 Active poster 2008-2015
Kwok Choi 1019   11/3/2022 Original KFF. Former Mod.
Mike Leeder 282   11/3/2022 Original KFF. Everyone knows Big Mike.
tdb 566   10/23/2022  
Iron Boat 558   10/19/2022  
JustinB 150   10/15/2022  
rdenn 1004   10/13/2022  
Bus 641   9/17/2022  
Yakuza954 391   9/4/2022  
wackiechan 138   8/24/2022  
Grady-San 182   8/6/2022 Active way back, took hiatus, but is now back.
dbmaster514 229   7/1/2022  
JAMAL 655   4/1/2022 Creator of many fan discs
peringaten 784   3/23/2022 Original KFF. Attended LKL funeral
Tosh 1973   2/16/2022 Original KFF. Talked other day. Doing well.
globe 288   10/19/2021 Owner of many reels
froffeecoffee 290   9/24/2021 Active 2008-2010
TheGrimReaper 246   6/6/2020 Active several years
Tigerstyles 677   6/15/2019 Active poster 2008-2015
shukocarl 909   3/20/2019 Original KFF. UK based.
Dragon Ma 125   4/22/2018 Original KFF. Fan from down-under
waywardsage 441   7/22/2017 Active several years
Bravery 421   7/12/2017 Active poster 2008-2010
gfanikf 434   2/15/2017  
WalkOn 125   1/22/2017 Original KFF. Brooklyn based.
Morgoth Bauglir 4685   1/31/2016 Big poster for many years.
jmungus 209   1/16/2016  
xianzai 298   12/21/2015  
Delirious 312   12/13/2015 Active 2008-2011, 2015
David Rees 1572   11/19/2015 Very active until 2015.
WhiteTiger1 286   11/4/2015 Active first few years
FrankBolte 506   10/16/2015 Original KFF. Changed his alias. 
DAJIZZARIZZA 301   10/4/2015 Active trader for a while
Nakadai 176   9/27/2015  
Daigoro 943   9/26/2015 We all remember this guy
daisho2004 2938   9/26/2015  
bobo 666   7/13/2015 Very active until 2015.
BaronK 1034   7/12/2015  
Monk Sante 496   7/11/2015 Original KFF. Met at CKT gathering in 2013
Maz 188   7/4/2015  
Knockabout 120   6/18/2015 Active 2008-2012
venomsfreak 201   6/10/2015 Big Venoms fan. Active 2008-2011.
iron flag 157   6/1/2015 Original KFF?
thedirtytiger 500   5/24/2015 Very active until 2015.
mantis FIST 235   5/6/2015 Active 2008-2012
Chinatown Kid 1521   4/10/2015 Original KFF. Was on FB but gone
Brigadier Chow 235   3/20/2015 Active first 2 years
hanak 100   1/29/2015  
ShaKwon 156   1/27/2015 Active 2008-2012
silver hermit 721   12/6/2014 Big poster between 2008-2011
Endsang 529   12/5/2014 Original KFF. Mainly active 2008-09.
June 107   10/5/2014 Original KFF. Philly based fan
kungfusamurai 1127   9/13/2014 Original KFF. Kev from Canada.
magicpoe 559   8/6/2014 Original KFF. Happily married. Spoke today 
vengeanceofhumanlantens 648   5/16/2014 Original KFF. Former Mod.
Topgun 119   2/25/2014 Original KFF. Previously from SE Asia
HAZ 2393   2/23/2014 Original KFF. Former Mod.
venoms5 2054   1/24/2014 Original KFF. Owner of coolasscinema.com
greenfan 282   12/29/2013 Greenfan DVD release Ninja in AC.
Winfred 590   9/20/2013 Original KFF. Great poster.
Cesare 465   8/22/2013 Big Wei Pai fan
oldeschool17 924   5/4/2013 Atlanta based fan
Sandpalm79 160   4/24/2013 Active 2008-2012
falkor 1231   1/26/2013 Original KFF. Megafan. Rarekungfumovies.com 
Milkyway 615   1/8/2013 Original KFF? Active first 2 years
bamboo spear 234   11/10/2012 Active 2008-2011 
Mark Pollard 1052   9/8/2012 Former KFC owner. 
doug maverick 177   5/22/2012 Active first few years
Stuntman Jules 108   4/4/2011  
wudangimmortal 103   12/12/2010  
The Running Man 576   7/27/2010 Active first 2 years
dragonherb 248   5/19/2010  
Chen Kuan Tai 136   3/24/2010 Active first 2 years
Sifu 701   12/30/2009 Very active first 2 years
houndslow 134   10/30/2009 Favorite trader for many. RIP
achiever 121   10/15/2009 Did some trades with him back in the day
bboyninku 106   7/9/2009  
TheManInWhite 158   3/7/2009 Original KFF. Former Mod
5 Element Boxer 218   10/30/2008 Active for the first year
Linn 1 838   5/20/2008 Original KFF. Admin. RIP.
bubbabgone 103   4/21/2008  
     
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       
       

 

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Shaolin Patriot

@teako170 Great to see you've kept up with the above members thread. 

Just to confirm, I'm definitely a member of the original KFF (back to the days of the great Linn Haynes, RIP). 

 

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@teako170 wow, thank you for this post. Brings me back all the excitement and memories from the days I discovered this community, it was a blast for me back in the day as I was an "isolated fan" lol. There was no kung fu scene nor specialized stores were I lived, only a small videoclub with a couple of titles on the shelves. Didn´t know about Sammo Hung, Shaw Brothers, nothing. Just about a couple of Jackie and independent old kung fu films.

 

I think I read avidly like most of the ezboard forum, must been year 02 or so... seem to remember it had some sort of limitation to the pages you could surf back (maybe 99? or some hundred? don´t remember). I began just asking questions, quite timidly ´cause I was intimidated if they had been answered before. I remember my first guru was a member with the "captain caveman" or "caveman" nick. All his recomendations were pure gold for me back then. Anyone knows about him nowadays?

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Great post. I love seeing all the people that have been here for so long. I still check in every day, even if I don’t have anything to say. It seems lately there just isn’t enough time in the day to watch movies and talk about them. A part of me wishes I was closer to retirement age….

Anyway, yes 2007 I think was when I joined KFC. I was searching the internet for answers about a recent DVD release for a Jackie movie. Found Asian Dvd guide forum a bit before, but they weren’t nearly as active. Talk about opening up a whole new world.

I'm sure I’ll keep visiting this place till I’m dead. Here and bluray.com are my main forums. 

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13 hours ago, Shaolin Patriot said:

@teako170 Great to see you've kept up with the above members thread. 

Just to confirm, I'm definitely a member of the original KFF (back to the days of the great Linn Haynes, RIP). 

 

Thanks. I suspected you were but wasn't 100%. Corrected it for you. Yes, Linn still has a presence in this place despite the years. Wonder what he would think of all that.

11 hours ago, thundered mantis said:

@teako170 wow, thank you for this post. Brings me back all the excitement and memories from the days I discovered this community, it was a blast for me back in the day as I was an "isolated fan" lol. There was no kung fu scene nor specialized stores were I lived, only a small videoclub with a couple of titles on the shelves. Didn´t know about Sammo Hung, Shaw Brothers, nothing. Just about a couple of Jackie and independent old kung fu films.

 

I think I read avidly like most of the ezboard forum, must been year 02 or so... seem to remember it had some sort of limitation to the pages you could surf back (maybe 99? or some hundred? don´t remember). I began just asking questions, quite timidly ´cause I was intimidated if they had been answered before. I remember my first guru was a member with the "captain caveman" or "caveman" nick. All his recomendations were pure gold for me back then. Anyone knows about him nowadays?

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Yeah, I believe threads pages would disappear once it hit a certain number. I saved a lot of pages from those days. Initially, just to have for future research, but now its become more a nostalgia thing.

5 hours ago, massa_yoda said:

Great post. I love seeing all the people that have been here for so long. I still check in every day, even if I don’t have anything to say. It seems lately there just isn’t enough time in the day to watch movies and talk about them. A part of me wishes I was closer to retirement age….

Anyway, yes 2007 I think was when I joined KFC. I was searching the internet for answers about a recent DVD release for a Jackie movie. Found Asian Dvd guide forum a bit before, but they weren’t nearly as active. Talk about opening up a whole new world.

I'm sure I’ll keep visiting this place till I’m dead. Here and bluray.com are my main forums. 

Yeah I was in the same boat, so I haven't been posting much over the last few years, but I still popped in to browse nonetheless.

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@teako170 I'd also like to add that YOU were certainly a huge factor behind the success of KFF over its long history. Looking forward to many more years! 

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I can only echo what Shaolin Patriot above me said - cats like @teako170 @KUNG FU BOB @Asmo @One Armed Boxer and, I'm sure, others have helped take this forum to new heights through their absolute love of the genre.

Reading this thread has been quite emotional.

Here's to all the members of this lovely place, past and present, and wherever you may be.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Karlos said:

I can only echo what Shaolin Patriot above me said - cats like @teako170 @KUNG FU BOB @Asmo @One Armed Boxer and, I'm sure, others have helped take this forum to new heights through their absolute love of the genre.

Reading this thread has been quite emotional.

Here's to all the members of this lovely place, past and present, and wherever you may be.

 

 

Also big props to @SMK for providing KFF a new home after Pollard and kungfucimema disappeared into the night. 

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