JANUARY 2006
| Introduction |
Hello everyone and welcome to 2006!! Goldtoken is proud to be a source of so much enjoyment for so many in 2005, and looks forward to carrying on the tradition in the coming new year!
Kran
In this month's newsletter, we have:
- Site News
- Badger's Monthly Message
- Kran's Tournament News
- Joggle Juggle Newsletter Game
- Games Corner
- Newsletter Picture Hunt
- Tessa's Twisters
- GoldToken Greeting Cards
- It's GoldToken History
- Testimonial Of The Month
| Site News |
An extra special Golden Thank You goes to Ray of Light and firefly for their creation and introdution of 14 GoldToken Goldies |) If you haven't seen them yet, go to send a message to someone and below the message, you will see a key sequence for GoldTokens version of smilies. Goldies!! Be sure to keep an eye out for more Goldies in the near future.
| January Birthdays! |
-- A special happy belated birthday wish to nylady41 on December 31st!
-- Very happy Birthday wishes to Leeeeeesa on January 3rd!
-- Many happy returns to GUINESS14 on January 4th from the Rebels!!!
-- Special birthday wishes to BrnIdGirl on January 5th!!!
-- A wacky birthday for a wacky gal, hope it's a great one on January 8th Trist!!!
-- A very very happy happy birthday to BabyGirl The Rebel Angel on January 9th from the Rebels!!
-- Special birthday wishes to JenJen on January 12th!!!!!
-- A very happy Birthday to Rostom on January 15th from The MasterClass Club
-- Best wishes for your special day heidibb on January 18th from the Rebels!
-- Hope all your dreams come true on your birthday January 24th Elvis, from the Rebels!!!!
-- Wishing you a fantastic birthday AquariusBlue on January 30th from the Rebels!!!
| Special Events! |
- Geri39 got her 2400 Gold Token this month, Congrats!!
- { Club } would like to wish all of Goldtoken best wishes for the New Year!!
Any birthdays, anniversaries, etc. coming up for next month (please keep these announcements upcoming and not belated), feel free to send Kran a message and let her know so that we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! |)
| Monthly Message from Badger |
Kran has bust her hind end all year with GoldToken management and truelly deserves a Golden commendation. Since there is no place up to move her, I have a very special GoldToken gift to send her in appreciation for all her hard work. Thank you Kran, GoldToken wouldn't be the wonderful gamesite it is without all you do to keep this site running smoothly. <hands Kran a Gold wrapped box through the mail>
I am pleased to announce that Matt has now stepped up from GoldToken's Assistant Manager, to a GoldToken Manager along with Kran. Despite working a full time job, he has slaved over the running of GoldToken, helping to keep things on a professional level even when I was going bananas and screaming my lungs out. Thank you Matt, for all your hard work here!!
Tessa has truelly worked hard in several GoldToken departments and honestly has been a GoldToken Assistant Manager in all aspects but name. So now, the title is to accompany her job description here. Her new task will be to step in when Kran, Matt or I am on vacation or otherwise unavailable along with her other duties here. Thank you Tessa, for the humor and energy you enfuse us all with!! Be sure to take the time to introduce yourself to Tessa and show her how appreciated for all she does for GoldToken!!
--Badger
| Tournament News by Kran |
- See the tournament sign up page here: http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F
- For December and January, many of our tournaments require you to join a 'set' of tournaments, and the highest average player receives a big prize! (You still get post-its if you are an individual winner) You will find lots of cool prizes up for grabs, license plate holders, travel mugs, koozies, keychains, and swiss carabiners, among others!
- We are saddened by the news of the passing of one of our members: Mighty Jo. She will be missed by everyone who knew her. Come join the tournament in her honor and memory - Mighty Jo's Memorial Salvo. http://goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?t=924
- We also have a few tournaments with prizes donated by some of our generous Goldtoken members. Be sure to check out Aphrodite's Certificate Nack tournament, and Merlin's Cypriot Chess!!
- Goldtoken would also like to take the time to send a big congratulations out to all December Tournament winners!!! If your name is on this list, send Badger your mailing address and a link to the tournament for your prize!
Hurricane Victims Fast Back (Round Robin Backgammon) - SarahMills
8x8 Trax-Beginners Prize! (Round Robin 8x8 Trax) - csain1
April Backgammon (Round Robin Backgammon) - HAF
April Large Reversi (Round Robin Large Reversi) - Smaughster
April Small Outbreak (Round Robin Small Outbreak) - The Viking
August Fast Decoy Salvo (Round Robin Decoy Salvo) - Nukkle Dragger
Club vs Club Decoy Salvo (Round Robin Decoy Salvo) - Nukkle Dragger
Club vs Club Outbreak (Round Robin Outbreak) - rapscallion
December Devious Salvo (Round Robin Devious Salvo) - steve111
Duffle Back Match Set 1-A (Round Robin Backgammon) - DIRKSTRA
Duffle Reversi Match Set 1-B (Round Robin Reversi) - Grechko
February Chessgi (Round Robin Chessgi) - rabbitoid
Goldtoken OlympicQuicksand4iar (Round Robin Quicksand Four In a Row) - McStack
January Four in a Row (Round Robin Four In a Row) - grade1teacher
January Small Go-Moku (Round Robin Small Go Moku) - *PJ*
January Thematic Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Doffen
July Fast Salvo (Round Robin Salvo) - Manpower
July Thematic Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Doffen
June Four in a Row (Round Robin Four In a Row) - Jadawin
June Small Outbreak (Round Robin Small Outbreak) - Gnahaha
Koozie 4iar Match Set 2-B (Round Robin Giveaway Four In a Row) - MORRIS
Koozie Chess Match Set 1-A (Round Robin Giveaway Chess) - Straycat
Koozie Chess Match Set 1-C (Round Robin Chessgi) - Straycat
Koozie Salvo Match Set 1-B (Round Robin Salvo) - Nukkle Dragger
mammacat's Guest Salvo (Round Robin Salvo) - zaphod5
March Giveaway Back (Round Robin Giveaway Backgammon) - theagle
March Nackgammon (Round Robin Nackgammon) - Aphrodite
Mid August Outbreak Ataxx (Round Robin Outbreak Ataxx) - adrien
Nackgammon July 2004 (Round Robin Nackgammon) - Dogpile
November Trax 2005 (Round Robin Trax) - kbalakri
Ocean Salvo (Round Robin Devious Salvo) - Sara
October Chessgi 2005 (Round Robin Chessgi) - rabbitoid
October Outbreak 2005 (Round Robin Outbreak) - SuperDupont
Pamper Me and toadisgimpy Back (Round Robin Backgammon) - AlliumCepa
PismoTigress's Purrrfect Back (Round Robin Backgammon) - dab
SarahMills Silver Backgammon (Round Robin Backgammon) - Jaybar
Septembers Outbreak (Round Robin Outbreak) - Gnahaha
Suzerainty Stealth Salvo (Round Robin Stealth Salvo) - Lorry
| Joggle Jungle Newsletter Puzzle |
Welcome to our first ever puzzle in the newsletter! Come play for a chance at some great prizes!
The rules can be found on the Joggle Jungle profile
Please PM your answers to Joggle Jungle with a subject of Newsletter Joggle Jungle. Answers will be accepted until 9pm EST Friday.
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You can also win great prizes!! Here's how:
- Be the first to send in your word list
- Send in the most words
- Find the secret word hidden in the puzzle
- Send in the longest word
- Get the highest score
Did you enjoy this game? We have a game every day, except Sunday! Check our profile for times and come join us!
| Games Corner by Tessa |
| This month's feature: Unconventional Game Strategies |
Hi fellow gamers!
I have been playing games here at GoldToken for almost 5 years and have developed some unique strategies over the years that I am now going to share with you. If you have played with me in the past, you may be aware of some of them, but for those of you who have not encountered me as of yet...well, listen up! :o)
Backgammon and all variants are the most popular games, so a good strategy is necessary!
My strategy is always be sure to come to the game with a pair of loaded dice up your nose! When you see that your opponent is in the lead.........SNEEZE!!!!! You are sure to roll a pair of doubles! And even if you opponent notices the loaded dice, trust me, knowing where they came from, they won't take them from you!
When you are racing your opponent to the finish line and it looks like all is lost, go for the QUADRUPLE 6!! This is a crowd pleaser! So far I have yet to accomplish this move in competition, but it leaves the audience breathless! And my opponent speechless!
Now all the 4iar games are very easily won as long as you come prepared with a blue and red magic marker! Pick the color of your choice and just make your moves before your opponent even gets there! Just be very careful not to breathe in the fumes from the markers! It will cause you to sneeze and your loaded dice will fall out! Not cool to bring loaded dice to a game of 4iar!!!
AHHHHH! Reversi! My ratings prove I am a Master at this game! All that is needed to play is a bottle of white out and a black magic marker! Make your opponents stones disappear with the white out and fill them in with your black marker. Be sure to only accept invites where you are black! Also bring a can of silly string with you. If your opponent catches you cheating, SPRAY AND RUN!!!!!!!!
Outbreak is a very confusing game and those darn little fellows can disappear rather quickly if you don't have a good strategy. The tools needed to win in this game is a bit more costly but well worth the investment. You must purchase inkpads in red, orange, yellow, blue, green and purple and have stamps made of all the viruses. Pick the virus of your choice and.... well, Need I say more! ;)
Those are just a few of the many strategies that I have used that has placed me as # 10,0005 on the list of best players!
Hope you find this info helpful! If you need any further help you can look me up at the very bottom of the best players list! I am ALWAYS there! ROFL!!!!!!
Tessa
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 Kran
| Newsletter Picture Hunt |
Hooray! to Decembers's Logo winners!! They are:
- violet unicorns
- SarahMills
- Nancy
- Irishrose
- Honeybear
- Linda J
- fatdaddy
- Judy
- Silkwood
- pepperbeach
- RamblinMaam
- Player#1161 This player needs to let Badger know who they are again, as this is a mistaken player ID. |)
- nylady41
- Slowgamer
- gingerbread gurlie
This months treasure hunt is Goldtoken T-shirts. Be among the first ten players to find all 12 GoldToken Logos hidden among the Platinum member's profiles - each featuring players wearing a Goldtoken tshirt.
- Bonus prize!! A six month silver membership will be awarded to the first guest, wood or silver member to find all 12!!
A special thanks to firefly for providing our GoldToken logo with this wonderful fun adventure!!
The first treasure hunt player to find all 12 wins a GoldToken Travel Mug!! The next nine players to correctly find the 12 logos will win a set of the new GoldToken Post-it Note Pads!!
Everyone can play! Guests included! Once you have found all 12, message Badger 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.
Last months December logos were hidden on these players profiles (you may still be able to see some of Decembers logos by looking at these profiles):
Matt
Kran
agenna
antibs
El Lobo Loco
BlueJeans
Care-N
BobK
bob MIA
Carlo OTDP
golfnutrof
JonaLee
Thank you to all 12 players for allowing us to borrow your profiles for this fun hunt!
| Tessa's Twisters |
Hi everyone,
Happy New Year!!
Now it's time for the first twister of the new year!!! If you are the first player to answer this riddle, Badger has a GT keychain pen for you! So what are you waiting for? Hurry on over to the poetry board!
See you there!
Tessa
She is a talented lady
One that you should know,
And if you turn your lights out
You will see her glow!
If you play the treasure hunt
You'll see her works of art,
Pretty profile pictures
That are sure to warm your heart!
Do you know who this is?
Go post it if you do!
Be the first to answer correctly
And Badger will send a prize to you!
Please post your answers on the DB.
| GoldToken Greeting Cards |
Hello everyone. We just wanted to remind all players that we now have a special The GoldToken Greetings Club Team. If you have a loved one or a friend that are GoldToken players and they need a GET WELL card, a INSPIRATIONAL card, or a SYMPATHY card. Please contact one of our The GoldToken Greetings Club Team.
When requesting a special GoldToken card for someone, please include something about the person, their likes and dislikes.
An example would be: "My friend has just gone through major surgury. Her account name is dingbat, and she collects Armadillo's and is not a very graceful person and doesn't really dont like the winter time. But no need to fear, she loves all TRAX variations." With some information such as this we can make the Greetings Card more personal.
You can message Badger the players home address so she can mail the card to them when it is completed.
Thank you all from The GoldToken Greetings Club Team.
BB, Beckie B, and dingbat
| It's GoldToken History, Part II |
| By Kas, player #29! |
To show how Chess4Fun, the oldest club on the site, came around, here's some nice information given by its president, Kingpin1...member #7!
Feel how Goldtoken’s club history started:
The early formation of the club was a new concept. Chess sites were not very common at that time. Belonging to a club as a new group at a new chess site seemed different in some ways. Later with lots of clubs around & more chess sites, our club was still that rock of concrete that it always had been. It peaked once at 80 members. It had 2 ladders going on & then 2 teams from the club would be playing against the other team. 80 is a lot for people to reasonably handle so a slow attrition was allowed to get it down more to reasonable management levels. That is why we now have 1 ladder for the club for those within the club who wish to play on it.
The switch over to GoldToken went slowly. After all, many of the club had friends at the other site. They could always go back to the other site, but somehow things are never the same. People were allowed to play their challenge matches here even though the club was back over at IYT. Club db's, wikis, & different things went on here, but there were lots of clubs forming at GT as there are now. When the club approved of making the move over here to GT, it was still a unit, but things were more diversified with other clubs. When the rules at GT later changed about individuals only playing club chess/or other games for only 1 primary club, then C4F had to adjust in some ways because some people still wanted to belong to the club, but compete for a different club in club competition. Although that slowly is not now a real problem, it just points out how C4F has adapted to changing times & changing places to keep-up with it all. Deaths, illnesses, on-line friends meeting in different places, job changes, sending music or pictures to friends, C4F has always been a part of many lives & helping mutual friends whenever possible.
That's where the quote ends!
My personal experience which hit me the most within C4F was playing our honorable member the late Jon Messenger, he's got his own memorial cup these days within the club. When he knew I collected original waxes of trumpeteer Herb Alpert, on AM label, from the 60's and 70's and needed only 4 or 5 more to get it complete...couple a weeks later there were 3 of them here in my mailbox on the other side of the world...in perfect condition.... I hardly had the time to thank him...couple a weeks later he went away....
C4F has a history for so many years now, I hope this "club thinking" will stay the heart of Goldtoken and the other clubs...a special site with special people.
That's for now,
Cheers, Member #29
| Testimonial Of The Month |
Just play one game
Come join the fun just play one game,And soon you too, will see;
No doubt your lives won't be the same,
AND THIS I GUARANTEE!
You'll find yourself from dusk till dawn,
Returning to this FUN;
Many nights you'll fight that yawn,
Saying: "one more,THEN I'M DONE" !
I went to the bone yard,And what did i see?
Two of them boldly staring at me,
I picked them up and decided to play,
Cause that's all i could do,..Just give them away!
Now it's your turn but remember my name,
Cause i'll be back, to play our game! LOL
- A special thanks to Beckie B for both these GT Testimonial poems!!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!...I just got my shirt in the mail and love it!!! and the goldtoken pen was such a nice touch.....you are awesome....now I can't wait to get my jacket and premium membership gift....it is like Christmas came early....I am truly glad that I was told about GoldToken and I actually feel like i have a wonderful online extended family....Sherry catlover
- As if one wasn't enough, we got a second one from catlover!!
Would you like to make your affection for GoldToken known? Please send your testimonials (or any other material submissions) to Kran for possible inclusion in future editions -- thank you!
| Wanted |
- Are you witty and fun? Can you be found online at GoldToken several times a day throughout the week? If so, you might enjoy posting Random Trivia! Contact Badger for more information about how you can be more involved with posting this fun game!
- If you would like to post special club news or announcements for your club, please send it in, in 100 words or less and spellchecked, to Kran and we will gladly add what we can, on a 1st come 1st serve basis.
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