AUGUST 2006
| Introduction |
Welcome to GoldToken's August 2006 newsletter! July was vacation time for many of us and for those of you that are planning a vacation for this month, we hope you have a safe and enjoyable trip. If you're not planning a trip during your vacation time, you can enjoy your vacation here! No sun block lotion needed and no worrying about what the weather will be! So pull up a chair, grab a lemonade and join us here at what we feel is the best site on the net!
We have a great newsletter this month full of great ways to win prizes, so let's get started!!!!!
Tessa
In this month's newsletter, we have:
- Site News
- Birthdays & Special Events
- Badger's Monthly Message
- GoldToken Guest Club News
- Kran's Tournament News
- Games Corner
- Locker n Rocker Room Newsletter Game
- Newsletter Picture Hunt
- Tessa's Twisters
- Testimonial Of The Month
| Site News |
It's official! The new GoldToken Embroidered Patches are now available! For only $2.99 per patch, (includes shipping and handling), you can have your very own GoldToken Patch! Players have a choice of either white or black patches that are approximately 4"x4" in size. You can see a picture of our special Embroidered Patches at our GoldToken Store on MSN Groups:
- http://groups.msn.com/Goldtoken-com/goldtoken.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1363
- http://groups.msn.com/Goldtoken-com/goldtoken.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1364
In further news, since Google is now competing with PayPal and it's payment services, GoldToken.com will be adding Google to our payments page shortly!
 | Birthdays & Special Events! |  |
-- Happy Birthday to my sweetie meme22 on on August 5th! Love Mike
-- Happy Birthday to Purple Panther on August 18th!
-- Happy Birthday to tigerlily on August 3rd!
-- Happy Birthday to Robyn Hode on August 4th!
-- Happy Birthday to NanaT on August 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to patchwork0 on August 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to jajo on August 23rd!
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to Dionysos and his wife on the 6th of August for their 
Ruby Wedding Anniversary 
- 40 years! 
-- Happy Birthday to Knight Rider on August 25th!
- Ken you are one of my dearest and bestest friends on GT. We are all wishing you the best and happiest Birthday from The * A Club to Relax In * Club and from { Club }. Thank you Ken for being there for me. Happy Happy!! Kat-- The Innocent Instigators Club would like to send special birthday wishes to
Fortesque on the 8th of August! Have a great one Fil, keep playing and singing your music! -- The MasterClass Club would like to wish the following players a very Happy Birthday!
- Dr Pinball on August 16th!
- valerie on August 28th!
-- { Club } would like to wish the following players a very Happy Birthday!
- FRANK FROM CINCY on August 1st!
- Abaitha on August 20th!
- COOKIE on August 31st!
-- { Club } would also like to send anniversary wishes to the following club members:
- FRANK FROM CINCY on August 5th - 1 year
- harrelle on August 20th - 1 year
- Geri39 on August 23rd - 2 years
- Rogerm on August 28th - 1 year
- marygal on August 31st - 1 year
If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken Support a message and let them know so that we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated).
| Monthly Message from Badger |
It was exciting to read about the adventures of superkaempe the gentle giant on the Milestone Events discussion board , as he traveled across the States from Denmark, visiting several GoldToken players in the latter half of June and the first half of July. He spent 5 days in the Lake Tahoe area with my family and I, and 6 other GoldToken players from Sacramento (including jingham and his wife Kid A). We must have all put on at least ten pounds each from all the good food we ate!!
Not but a few days after superkaempe the gentle giant left to continue his trip across the States, I was able to meet greggyw and his lovely wife Pooh for lunch at Hams Station, a historical wagon train stop not far from my home.
It is purely coincidental that Pooh and I both came down with walking pneumonia after our visit! But what a fun month July was! If you ever have the chance to swing by Lake Tahoe, be sure to let me know you’re going to be here and maybe we can meet for lunch or a BBQ!Chad is still working on setting up the new service, Google Checkout, as an alternative payment method for those who would prefer not to use PayPal and should have it up and running soon. At this time, only players with a U.S. address and bank account will be able to process transactions through Google Checkout. But we look forward to their offering more options in the near future.
I apologize for those players still waiting for their prizes and packages to arrive. I have been down the past few weeks but am on the mend now, so your packages will be in the mail shortly. A special
to our management crew, Matt, Kran, Tessa and firefly, for keeping GoldToken running smoothly in my absence!! They are an awesome team and work very hard for all GoldToken players!! 
--Badger
P.S. The platinum gift for August is one of the cool GoldToken Koozies!
| GoldToken Guest Club News |
Waahoo! We have a winner everyone! { Club } held a poem contest for all our newest membership holders to participate in and after many terrific entries, the votes came in with ChristiTx77's poem receiving the most!
ChristiTx77!! Well done and thank you for submitting your work! 
Forgive me if I forget to say  or  |
Getting the right Bones in Dominoes to me is pure Luck  |
So far I'm doing fine  and  that I do not get stuck. |
In the Grabble Games I tend shine  |
knowing the Gold  Token will be Mine! |
One thing I will never do is  resign. |
Before my Free-trial membership goes  away |
I Will send a money order to  pay |
for Silver Level Membership  so { Club } I can stay |
No good at Chess  or Reversi so these I will not play |
cause getting a wood  token makes my day gray, |
But after a few play my  Blues fly Away! |
As a waitress  I'm a workaholic |
but here as you can see  I'm a WikiGoldieholic |
| GoldToken.com is such a frolic |
with so many games  and invites |
 zzz that I find myself playing all Night. |
What else can I say "I'm Loving  this site" |
Written by ChristiTx77
| Tournament News by Kran |
- See the tournament sign up page here: http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F
- For August and September, we have a great variety of prizes to be won. You will find lots of cool prizes up for grabs, license plate holders, travel mugs, koozies, key chains, metal rulers, clear grip light pens and swiss carabiners, among others!
- Goldtoken announces monthly tournaments open for all membership levels including guests in checkers, chess, backgammon, four in a row, and reversi!!!
- When playing in tournaments, make sure you read our Tournament and Ladder Rules and Provisions Page for all pertinent rules concerning tournament play.
- Goldtoken would also like to take the time to send a big congratulations out to all July Tournament winners!!! If your name is on this list, send Badger your mailing address and a link to the tournament for your prize!
July
NEW 3 pt nack cube tourney! (Round Robin Nackgammon (3 Point)) - China_BlueApril Devious Salvo (Round Robin Backgammon) - CrSh11
April Large Go Moku (Round Robin Large Go Moku) - basplund
December Blackhole Reversi (Round Robin Blackhole Reversi) - KevJon
December Giveaway Back (Round Robin Giveaway Backgammon) - IRISH
February Devious Salvo (Round Robin Devious Salvo) - Maverick
February Double Trouble 4iar (Round Robin Double Trouble Four In a Row) - BWL
February Giveaway Backgammon (Round Robin Giveaway Backgammon) - Buz
February Large Go Moku (Round Robin Large Go Moku) - dawn1968
February Large Reversi (Round Robin Large Reversi) - pioenroosje
February Nackgammon (Round Robin Nackgammon) - Twakkie
February Small Reversi (Round Robin Small Reversi) - nil
Freight Train's Guest Reversi (Round Robin Reversi) - johnbaker417
January Reversi (Round Robin Reversi) - SarahMills
January Thematic Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Doffen
July Decoy Salvo (Round Robin Decoy Salvo) - WereWolf
June Trax (Round Robin Trax) - dgb
Keychain Wormhole (2) (Round Robin Wormhole Four In A Row) - grade1teacher
License Small Outbreak (2) (Round Robin Small Outbreak) - theagle
March Trax (Round Robin Trax) - dgb
May Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Grimsweeper
May Four in a Row (Round Robin Four In a Row) - N_a_z
May Treble Trouble 4iar (Round Robin Treble Trouble Four In A Row) - N_a_z
November Giveaway Backgammon (Round Robin Giveaway Backgammon) - Nukkle Dragger
November Go Moku 2005 (Round Robin Go Moku) - basplund
November Large Outbreak '05 (Round Robin Large Outbreak) - Brute
Outbreak Madness LargeOutbreak (Round Robin Large Outbreak) - Twakkie
Pirate Devious Salvo (Round Robin Devious Salvo) - Tessa
Rabid's Ruckus~Backgammon (Round Robin Backgammon) - brosius
Senor Gusanos Muggers Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Grimsweeper
Swiss Carabiner Backgammon(1) (Round Robin Backgammon) - aubug
Swiss Carabiner Checkers(1) (Round Robin Checkers) - dama1
Swiss Carabiner Gvawy Check(2) (Round Robin Giveaway Checkers) - dama1
Swiss Carabiner Hypergammon(4) (Round Robin Hypergammon) - log
| Joggle Jungle Newsletter Puzzle |
Joggle Jungle is going on sabbatical. Stay tuned in the upcoming months for our next appearance. Thank you for playing and we hope you enjoyed the games!!!
| Games Corner by ZOE |
| This month's feature: Grabble |
Mary (Badger), wanted me to write about my Grabble technique. I’m not really sure that I have one, but I will explain how I play.
When playing, I usually look at the board and my letters and plot my next moves. I usually have more than one for backup. When my turn comes around I play out my words to see what gives me the most points. If I don’t have words plotted out then I place the letters in various places on the board seeing what words will be accepted and what points are allotted. Sometimes just placing the letters helps me form words that I hadn’t really seen until I placed the letter on the board.
It’s not a difficult system, and anyone can do it. It may not be the best system either, but it works well for me. Every game I play teaches me at least one new word, (some even make me smile when I find out the meaning) so it’s a learning experience as well as being fun. I love word games and play as often as I can, and maybe that’s the only technique anyone needs…. The love of the game, and a little bit of luck.
ZOE
If you think you’ve got what it takes to impart some unknown game skills to other players out there, send your submissions for Games Corner to GoldToken Support
| Locker n Rocker Room Newsletter Game |
| By the Locker Room Crew |
July's Trivia Winners
CORRECT ANSWERS
1.WHAT IS THE WOMAN IN ME
2.WHO IS OZZY OSBOURNE
3.WHO IS JONNY GREENWOOD
4.WHO IS TEARS FOR FEARS
5.WHO IS POLY STYRENE
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July's Scrambler
CORRECT ANSWERS
1.WHO IS KASEY KELLER
2.WHO IS FRANCESCO TOTTI
3.WHO IS STEVEN GERRARD
4.WHO IS TOMAS ROSICKY
5.WHO IS JOHN ALOISI
This Month's Winners
AJ
dawn1968
sparkles43
If your name is mentioned above as a winner PLEASE PM the locker room crew with your name and address. Thank you for playing.
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THIS MONTH THE LOCKER-N-ROCKER ROOM
BRINGS AMERICAN IDOL TRIVIA TO THE NEWSLETTER
Please PM your answers to Locker Room Crew with a subject of August's Music Trivia.
Answers will be accepted until 9pm EST Sunday, the 6th of August..
All answers are to be SUBMITTED IN THE FORM OF A QUESTION and MUST BE PMed to Locker Room Crew.
Only one PM from each player. Anymore than one will not be accepted.
Answers posted on the Discussion Board will not be accepted. Answers that are not in question form will not be accepted.
ALL ANSWERS MUST BE SUBMITTED IN QUESTION FORMS
(EX - WHO IS OR WHAT IS )
Good luck!
For all you American Idol Lovers
1. In What season did Clay Aiken lose the title of being the next american idol to Rueben Studdard?
2. True or False The "American Idol" series was based on a British version called Pop Idol?
3. Fantasia Barrino won the Title of American Idol in What season?
4. In Season 1, a finalist records a Album named "Thankful" Who was this?
5. Season 4.. Who lost the title to Carrie Underwood?
| Newsletter Picture Hunt |
Hooray! to July's Logo winners!! The winners are:
1) pepperbeach
2) laura lee
3) Sondra
4) Honeybear
5) SarahMills
6) Nancy
7) Nan54
8) Buz
This months treasure hunt is August butterflies and bugs. Be among the first ten players to find all 12 GoldToken Logos hidden among player's profiles - each featuring the GoldToken horse and a holiday theme. A special thanks to firefly for providing our GoldToken logo with this wonderful fun adventure!!
Last months July logos were hidden on these players profiles, (you may still be able to see some of the logos by looking at these profiles):
DallyGirl
DGriebeling
Beccagirl
Balrog
*WHY
Abinadi
GinnyB
Dee Dee
Cherie
Backgammon Player IYT
Sir Guinness of the GoldTable
Straycat
Thank you to all 12 players for allowing us to borrow your profiles for this fun hunt!
The first treasure hunt player to find all 12 wins two of the new GoldToken Embroidered Patches!! The next ten players to correctly find the 12 logos will win one of the GoldToken Lasor Engraved Rulers!! And everyone else who correctly finds all 12 will win a cool GoldToken Squiggly Pen. Best of all, guests that find all 12 will win a 2 month silver membership!
* Note: you must have always been a guest to win this membership.
Everyone can play! Guests included! Once you have found all 12, message Contest Director with Profile Treasure Hunt in the subject line and the first 10 correct will win a prize! Good luck!!
Note: sharing the logo locations before the contest ends disqualifies you. So please play fair.
| Tessa's Twisters |
Hi everyone,
Get ready! I have another Twister for you! If you are the first player to answer this riddle, Badger has a GT keychain pen for you! So what are you waiting for? Come join the fun! Hurry on over to the poetry board!
See you there!
Tessa
He packed his bags for a trip,
To visit the USA!
Met several of his GT friends,
And really enjoyed his stay!
He spread lots of fun and joy,
Everywhere he went!
And he has lots of pictures,
To rememeber this special event!
I know this is an easy one,
You don't need anymore clues!
So hurry and post your answer,
Cause if you snooze, you lose!!!!!!
Please post your answers on the DB.
| Testimonials Of The Month |
A couple testimonials from our newest Membership holders!
Hi,
You should be ashamed of yourself! You are simply a little devil!
You let me sample the Silver membership and now I am hooked! You've changed me forever - I can never go back....you got me - bang! Hee Hee Naaaa, I'm kidding with ya! 
I want to thank you for the chance to try out being a member ~ the games are great! I've really been enjoying trying all these new ones out. Though, I think I've earned a lot more wood tokens 
Regardless, they have me hypnotized. 
There is still so much I've yet to figure out ~ like Wiki, and some of the games but I'm having a lot of fun learning and experimenting. Thank you again for giving me this chance! Lore_Lamia
P.S. Here.... For your kindness...
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I am a silver level membership until August 22, and the truth is that i do not have time to get bored in this site. There are many ways of amusing myself. I do not want that there comes the moment to pass to guest again.
willy
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Would you like to make your affection for GoldToken known? Please send your testimonials (or any other material submissions) to GoldToken Support for possible inclusion in future editions -- thank you!
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