MAY 2006

Introduction

Welcome to GoldToken's May 2006 newsletter! May is a special month of celebration for many reasons, but one of the most important celebrations is Mother's Day. GoldToken Management & Staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a very special Happy Mother's Day! We hope that all Mothers around the world have a terrific day!


In addition, while the creation of our Grabble game has had it's ups and downs as far as the dictionary part is concerned, GoldToken Management would just like to extend it's gratitude once again to all of the players that have helped, and continue to help, in the building of GoldToken's dictionary for the game. Without the help and patience from such dedicated players such as yourself, as well as firefly, Ray of Light and Chad, we would have never seen the game come to light so quickly! Thank you again to everyone for all your great help and spirit in our quest to make Grabble the very best game it can be!

In this month's newsletter, we have:

• Site News
• Badger's Monthly Message
• Kran's Tournament News
• Joggle Juggle Newsletter Game
• Games Corner
• Locker n Rocker Room Newsletter Game
• Newsletter Picture Hunt
• Tessa's Twisters
• Testimonial Of The Month

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Site News

Welcome to our newest game addition! Grabble Race!! Just when we think we have it all, Chad and his hard working helpers come through once again! We hope everyone enjoys this new game, we surely appreciate the extra fun!

For further good news, GoldToken's promotional Silver membership drive for guests went off without a hitch! GoldToken would like to thank all the guests that contacted Badger and Matt to participate in the special trial offer. We hope everyone is enjoying it and having fun learning more about GoldToken and all it has to offer!

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May Birthdays!

-- Happy Birthday to rabbitoid May 10th!!!
-- Happy Birthday to Canola May 1st!!!
-- Special birthday wishes to SouthMsGurl on May 3rd, from the Rebels!!!
-- Many happy returns to * on May 4th, from the Rebels!!!
-- Special birthday wishes to sandie on May 8th, from the Rebels!!!!!
-- Wishing you a fantastic birthday cherimoya on May 10th, from the Rebels!!!
-- Happy Birthday to mrbugs001 on May 11th, from the Rebels!!!
-- Best wishes for your special day Rose of Sharon on May 13th, from the Rebels!!!!
-- A very happy Birthday to stanley7 on May 18th from the Rebels!!!!!
-- A special happy birthday wish to Luke on May 24th, from the Rebels!
-- Loving Birthday Wishes to my husband STUSTU on May 18th xx from MountainMist

Special Events!

• { Club } would like to say Happy Mother's Day to all Moms, Grandmas and Great-Grandmas!!

• A big congratulations to ANATOLIAN MAN on the birth of his Granddaughter REBACCA born 4-29-06 at 11:45 pm! 6lbs 3oz!

Any birthdays, anniversaries, etc. coming up for next month (please keep these announcements upcoming and not belated), feel free to send GoldToken Support a message and let them know so that we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter!

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Monthly Message from Badger

Everyone knows firefly for her creativity and happy smiles where ever she posts. But what you may not know, is that firefly has been volunteering behind the scenes for the past two years here at GoldToken, and has more than proven her ability to be fair minded and helpful of any who need her assistance. I am most pleased to announce that firefly has now joined GoldToken's management team to better serve you! Feel free to send her warm golden smiles and her to the GoldToken Management Team!!

Can you believe it? This is GoldToken's 17th newletter. Over a 255 prizes have been sent to winners of newletter games during this time and the fun is far from over! In this issue, you can win a GoldToken ruler, calculator, pen, keyholder, mug, a license plate holder or even a 6 month silver membership! Read below to find out how!


--Badger

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Tournament News by Kran

• See the tournament sign up page here: http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F

• For May and June, 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, keychains, metal rulers, cleargrip light pens and swiss carabiners, among others!

• For all guest Go Moku lovers, the chance to win a 6 month silver membership is right around the corner if you join in on the fun in Tessa's Go Moku!!! http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?t=1047

• When playing in tournaments, make sure you read our Tournament and Ladder Rules and Provisions Page for all pertinant rules concerning tournament play.

• Goldtoken would also like to take the time to send a big congratulations out to all April Tournament winners!!! If your name is on this list, send Badger your mailing address and a link to the tournament for your prize!

April

2nd Mid August Outbreak (Round Robin Outbreak) - Gnahaha
August Hot Outbreak (Round Robin Outbreak) - Gnahaha
Blue Warrior Gammon For Gold-B (Round Robin Backgammon) - coan_net
Club vs Club Tourney Chess (Round Robin Chess) - FragileKitty
Cylindrical License 4iar (1) (Round Robin Cylindrical Four (Only) In A Row) - Furbster
December Fast Checkers (Round Robin Checkers) - FuzzyDuck
December Knights vs Bishops 05 (Round Robin Knights vs. Bishops Chess) - Tony
December Small Reversi (Round Robin Small Reversi) - SarahMills
February Chessgi (Round Robin Chessgi) - Rogue Trooper
Goldtoken Olympic LG Outbreak (Round Robin Large Outbreak) - greggyw
Guest Four in a Row!!! (Round Robin Four In a Row) - Tactician
January Los Alamos Chess (Round Robin Los Alamos Chess) - TypeOMarty
January Salvo (Round Robin Salvo) - spellbound
July Nackgammon (Round Robin Nackgammon) - Tlingit
June Go Moku (Round Robin Go Moku) - M and M
Keychain Large GoMoku (2) (Round Robin Large Go Moku) - dawn1968
Koozie Salvo Match Set 1-C (Round Robin Decoy Salvo) - Eggy
March Loop Trax (Round Robin Loop Trax) - dgb
March Wormhole (Round Robin Wormhole Four In A Row) - N_a_z
Mid August Salvo (Round Robin Salvo) - Phil The Hat
Mid July Quick Sand 4iar (Round Robin Quicksand Four In a Row) - coan_net
Mug Go-Moku Match Set 1-A (Round Robin Go Moku) - Jabberwocky
November Decoy Salvo (Round Robin Decoy Salvo) - BlueJeans
November Large Outbreak (Round Robin Large Outbreak) - Brute
November LosAlamos Chess '05 (Round Robin Los Alamos Chess) - ypercube
November Quicksand 2005 (Round Robin Quicksand Four In a Row) - Kreator
November Stealth Salvo (Round Robin Stealth Salvo) - coan_net
October Outbreak Ataxx 2005 (Round Robin Outbreak Ataxx) - The Viking
September Thematic Chess (Round Robin Chess) - Doffen

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Joggle Jungle Newsletter Puzzle

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, the 5th of May.

P	N	A	R	B
S	D	K	I	U
A	G	T	V	S
G	O	O	M	N
D	C	A	I	G

You can also win great prizes!! Here's how:

• Be the first to send in your word list and win a GoldToken Laser Engraved Ruler.
• Send in the most words and win a GoldToken Laser Engraved Keyholder.
• Find the secret word hidden in the puzzle and win a GoldToken Carabiner Keyholder.
• Send in the longest word and win a GoldToken Art Stamp.
• Get the highest score and win a GoldToken Calculator.

Last Month's Winners!

• First to send in word list: Pamper Me
• Sent in the most words: marybryant90
• First to find the secret word: Chester
• Sent in the longest word: Pamper Me
• Received the highest score: heyred72

If your name is one of the above 5 names, PM your mailing information to Joggle Jungle!!

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Games Corner by ChipsChap

This month's feature: On-Line Site Reviews

Last year, some GoldToken members came across my page of site reviews at http://www.bobnewell.net/checkers/checkersites.html and were a bit put out that I rated GoldToken an overall "B" for checkers. Not realizing, perhaps, that the rating pertained to checkers and checkers only, the loyal GoldToken fans thought their site deserved an "A".

In fact, they happen to be right.

I'm in the process, lengthy though it may be, of rewriting all of the site reviews. The A-B-C-D-F grading system is being eliminated completely because it leads to hasty conclusions that are too simplistic (all "A" sites are "better" than all "B" sites, for instance). Instead, the reviews now look at a large number of subjective and objective factors, and draw a bottom line conclusion that more accurately expresses the merits and demerits of any given site.

And if you look at the "big picture" then GoldToken surely is a top site.

Perhaps GoldToken doesn't have the most checker players, and perhaps the top grandmasters don't play here. But numbers don't tell the whole story.

There's the strong sense of community; there's site management that cares about customers; there's a family-safe environment that is rare on the internet of today; there's the wide variety of game offerings, discussion groups, and clubs; and there's the inexpensive, tiered membership system that allows for participation wherever you land on the economic spectrum.

So, today you'll find that my reviews are changing rapidly to reflect these softer factors. I still emphasize checkers, of course, as that is the purpose of the reviews, to serve my large checker audience. But you won't any longer find me recommending one site over another simply "by the numbers" without regard for the rest of the story.

Some of this reflects my impatience with the poor customer service found at some major competing sites, and some of it my dismay at the horrible atmosphere to be found in so many places... places that you wouldn't want your mom to know you had visited, if you know what I mean. GoldToken is a refreshing change from all of that; it's a haven and a safe harbor in the dangerous, tempestuous sea of the internet.

If you have a moment, take a look at my new reviews and let me know what you think. I can be reached at bobnewell@bobnewell.net.

- Bob


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

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Locker n Rocker Room Newsletter Game

By the Locker Room Crew

April's Music Trivia

CORRECT ANSWERS
1.WHO IS PRINCE
2.WHO IS STING
3.WHO IS LUCILLE
4.WHO IS EDDIE VAN HALEN
5.WHO IS JOHN BONHAM

April's Music Trivia Winners Are

• First to send in the Trivia yayamom
• Runner ups Mykimus
• Runner ups AJ
• Runner ups Morris
• Runner ups dawn1968

We have ONLY ONE WINNER for April's Scrambler

• pegasus

CORRECT ANSWERS
1. BEYOND THE BLUE NEON
2. STRAIT COUNTRY
3. GEORGE STRAIT
4. OCEAN FRONT PROPERTY
5. CARRYING YOUR LOVE WITH ME

Everyone else wrote "artist country" instead of "strait country"

• If your name is one of the above, PM your mailing information to Locker room Crew!!

Thank you

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THIS MONTH THE LOCKER-N-ROCKER ROOM
BRINGS SPORTS TRIVIA TO THE NEWSLETTER

Please PM your answers to Locker Room Crew with a subject of May's Sports Trivia.
Answers will be accepted until 9pm EST Sunday, the 7th of May..

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!
Here are your questions:

1.A yearly contest in men's bodybuilding; judging is based on the sheer muscularity of the contestants.
2.Nicknamed "The Human Vacuum Cleaner", he received 16 Gold Glove Awards during his career.
3.A basic set consists of 6 hoops, 1 peg, 4 mallets and 4 balls coloured red, black, yellow and blue.
4.When this flag is shown, there is only one lap left to race.
5.Nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise," he had 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts and a 2.86 ERA in a 20-year career.

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SCRAMBLER TIME

Please PM your answers to Locker Room Crew with a subject of Newsletter May's Scrambler

Names of Players in all sorts of Sports

Could be NHL-NFL-MLB-TENNIS-PGA TOURS-AUTO-HORSES-MORE

1.YORARO SNNORBO
2.HIPL LMKECINSO
3.STOMHA STUMRE
4.YRETR BLOATEN
5.CHAMILE DERD

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Newsletter Picture Hunt

Hooray! to April's Logo winners!! The winners are:

1) pepperbeach
2) Honeybear
3) SarahMills
4) Buz
5) Nancy
6) Peg
7) Snoopy
8) Stefi won the silver membership!


This months treasure hunt is May flowers. Be among the first ten players to find all 12 GoldToken Logos hidden among the Platinum member's profiles - each featuring the GoldToken horse and a flower or two. A special thanks to firefly for providing our GoldToken logo with this wonderful fun adventure!!

Last months April logos were hidden on these players profiles, (you may still be able to see some of April's logos by looking at these profiles):

Mark007
Lil Red
korin
johnnie
hortonspal thecat
GUMMY
ghost1
FragileKitty
DanDaMan
Crosseyed Mary
Chad
Pawnman

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 a GoldToken Travel Mug!! The next nine players to correctly find the 12 logos will win one of the new GoldToken License Plate Holders!! Best of all, the first guest to find all 12 will win a 6 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 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.

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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

She is a special friend of mine,
And I really do adore her!
She always makes me smile,
And there's nothing I won't do for her!

Her Goldie Story won the prize,
It was really very witty!
Gel Pens in all colors,
To make her letters pretty!

She is one of Jerry's Kids,
And she sells Mary Kay!
If you know who this is,
Go post your answer right away!



Please post your answers on the DB.

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Testimonials Of The Month

Top Gear aka dodgy, invited to GT by his fiancee, bubbly & set up a club after tasteing club life which bubbly was in, and Top Gear has never looked back since. { Club } was started on the 1st May 2003........ & quickly grew with many members wanting to join. As the games grew we decided that we needed help, and invited eliphont551 & MountainMist to help out as presidents & introduced JenJen as our Pollstar, who all joined on the 3rd May 2003.

We also approached jfromfl to help us out as president, as we kept on growing & growing.....
Honoury Lifetime members as we call them, as they have been with us from the start are...
NightWishes Joined 3rd May 2003
Senorita ZORRO_ joined 3rd May 2003
vic223 joined 4th May 2003
sweetiepie of the wolf pack joined 5th May 2003
Desert Rose joined 6th May 2003
ZOE joined 6th May 2003
Mikee joined 21 May 2003
jfromfl joined 20th Jun 2003 & now Co-President
nylady41 joined 22 Jun 2003
Many friends have come & gone, but i can say with hand on heart that the 49 members we have at the moment, like the club very much, and we are proud to the fact that we were voted 4th best club on GT, remarkable considering we have only been together 3 yrs this coming may!!!!
We do miss our friends when they leave, but most leave because of circumstances outside of GT. (What!!!... they have a life outside GT????....LOL) but are always welcomed back if they do return...we are always looking for new members to join, we are limited to 100 members, so we still have plenty room, if you are interested just PM me.*
We also have a sister club called { Club } which is a close part of dodgys, and this club has tournys against other clubs, so as you can see most tastes are catered for..
eliphont551 is a remarkable woman who starts many many games in our club then hands out some of the games to other presidents to monitor & run accordingly, eli is very enthusastic about our club,and spends many hours on GT of which are mainly why this club is so successful.
Our presidents who, out of the goodness of thier hearts, monitor wikis everyday, run tournys in Dodgy's, and still find time to play there games, all without any fuss & never moan about there workload. and they all do it on a voluntary basis...... ( Wonder if i can hire them at work!!! LOL). but on a serious note i want to thank them from the bottom of my heart for all the hard work, each & everyone of them puts in, and i am sure the Presidents would join me, in thanking the many members that have come through our doors, and even helped out with tournys, who have made this club what it is...... and thats a real nice friendly, even sometimes crazy club, which is getting better & better each & every week.

Here are some of the comments our members have made......

... I fell in love with you and bubbly... you guys are great....funny and fun loving and I wanted to be a small part of your world.... I do forget how I got in....it was either you bubbly or my sister vic223 that got me invited..........ZOE

......So here I is, years later and still love the club. I have been having lot's of fun and I love the tournaments that the Dodgy Club provides. The tournaments are fun and innovative, and Top Gear and the rest of the officers keeps us on our toes. I sure love the Dodgy Club!!!!!!!! pepperbeach

This was the first club that I joined, invited by eliphont551, and still my favorite! Great tournments and club games. Everybody is friendly and there are never any problems of any kind.eliphont551 was the first to help me with the wiki's and later after I learned talked me into helping out with runnuing some games. GREAT club!

So......Like the look of our club??? Membership is my invitation only, so PM myself or a President, who can be your mentour, even if you have not been in a club before, your Mentour can guide you round, and even show you how to edit wikis etc.......
Go on you know you wanna!!!

Hello ...I'm MountainMist. I was a member of { Club } when I was asked to be a Newshound by Pete and Sarah,never having done any work on wiki`s it was a bit scary at first,but with help from Sarah and other officers i soon picked it up,i used to bring news of new GT tournies to the members and any other items of interest,then i was promoted to vice pres and then pres and started to run games and ran lots of quizs which the members found fun to join in.It has always been a happy club,with lots of joking,pranks,and lighthearted fun.No one thinks they are better than anyone else and all officers work hard to bring fun,new games and fun chat to the members who join in wholeheartedly,it may not be the largest club on GT but it is one of the most friendlist clubs to join,hence all the long time members......



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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Wanted

• 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 GoldToken Support and we will gladly add what we can, on a 1st come 1st serve basis.