November 2010
| GoldToken's Monthly News |
I am pleased to announce the conclusion of GoldToken's 2009 Olympics. This was the fastest Olympics played here yet!
to all the players and teams for games well played from the entire GoldToken staff! The entire winners list can be found on the [ GoldToken Olympics 2009 ] wiki.- A huge CONGRATS to { Club } for being the team to not only win the most points, but to swamp all other teams! Well played!!!
also to jbdobie for a top score of 65, the player with the most points in GoldToken's 2009 Olympics!! 
- An honorable mention goes to Straycat for coming in a very close second with 64 points.
- I wish to also send a special thank*you to all the team leaders, for their diligence, patience and leadership in managing the 2009 games. It was not an easy task and required all your people and game skills to bring this Olympics to a happy conclusion for everyone - but soooooo worth it! Look at your success!
October saw the addition of two very different games on GoldToken, thanks to the awesome coding skill of Mecir:
- Domination, a game where the goal is to dominate the game map by capturing all territories on the map. The main game is similar to the well-known game Risk, and two variants which expand the game in various directions. Special to FixitDave for brainstorming the two variants and providing us with three incredible maps to conquer and "dominate" all others.
- Senet, is an old board game originating in ancient Egypt, and considered to be one of the eldest games in the world. It is one of the predecessors of modern Backgammon, and you will find that many aspects of this game are similar to those found in Backgammon. The wonderful graphics were created by marcmandy.
--Badger
In this month's newsletter, we have:
- Birthdays & Special Announcements
- Olympic News
- Photozone Competition
- Game Of The Month
- Best Recipe Contest
- Testimonial Of The Month
- Club Announcements
- Tournament News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to Oolong on November 3rd!
-- Happy Birthday to Sea Dreams on November 4th!
-- Happy Birthday to birddog on November 4th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Matt on November 5th! - From all your friends on GoldToken! We luvs ya!!
-- Happy Birthday to Chris on November 6th! - From The MasterClass Club and The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to Thomas Canty on November 7th!
-- Happy Birthday to Gypsyfire on November 7th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to venne on November 7th! - From The MasterClass Club
-- Happy Birthday to Reversi Queen on November 7th! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to katluvon on November 8th!
-- Happy Birthday to ChrisC on November 10th!
-- Happy Birthday to Budgie on November 10th!
-- Happy Birthday to Sir Legend50 of the GoldTable on November 11th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to CATCHER211 on November 11th! - Luv from your friends!
-- Happy Birthday to cmacker on November 12th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to Ranga on November 14th!
-- Happy Birthday to willy on November 14th! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to numptieheid on November 17th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to GeorgiasGrandad's wife Margaret on November 17th!
-- Happy Birthday to Mumsie on November 18!
-- Happy Birthday to Brown_Velvet on November 18th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to gamecrazy on November 19th!
-- Happy Birthday to KeronaJane on November 19th!
-- Happy Birthday to Scooter on November 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to wakefield on November 20th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Aphrodite on November 21st! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to DINGEROO on November 21st! - From { Club }, { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to GeorgiasGrandad on his 70th birthday, November 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to Miranda on November 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to bubbly on November 26th!
-- Happy Birthday to Catmane on November 28th!
-- Happy Birthday to teawoman on November 28th! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Radio on November 30th!
-- Happy Birthday to GrannyPatty on November 30th! - From { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club }
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to sweeteyes and her husband on November 13th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to sharkbite and his wife on November 18th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to Beckie B and her husband on November 26th! * If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken Support a message before the 25th of this month, so we can give them a shout out in next month's newsletter! (Please keep all announcements upcoming and not belated. Announcements submitted after the newsletter is published, can not be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
| Olympic News |
| By BrnIdGirl |
Well the 2009 Olympics has been completed and we are here to announce the big winners
Top Three Teams
GOLD goes to The 2009 Olymic Team Gaia Club with 399.167 pointsSILVER goes to The 2009 Olympic Team Hephaestus Club with 318 points and
BRONZE goes to The 2009 Olympic Team Chronos Club with 284.167 points
Top Three Players
GOLD: jbdobie playing for the { Club } with 65 pointsSILVER: Straycat playing for the { Club } with 64 points
Bronze: rabbitoid playing for the { Club } with 57 points.
Well played by everyone and we are starting the 2010 Olympics soon...there are still some spots open. If you would like to play in GoldToken's 2010 Olympics, please contact *EAGLE ONE*.
| Photozone Competition |
Septembers winner is Spinning Light Bands by marcmandy:
{ Image: www.fixitdave.hostcell.net/cp/albums/userpics/10001/normal_img0065firstmultiprintf.jpg }
This shot, entitled "Spinning Light Bands" was taken on a beach one summer night with 5 youngsters jumping and spinning the multi-colored 'neon' bands that you get at the Circus.
Congratulations to all the winners and all the other members who post their images, some of you every month, without you all, this competition wouldn't be active so
You can view all the images submitted for the [ Photozone Competition ] by using the following link;
http://www.fixitdave.hostcell.net/cp/
Regards,
FixitDave
| Game Of The Month |
November's game of the month is Checkers! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament of the GoldToken's North American version of the game by signing up today for The November 2010 Game Of The Month - Checkers! Tournament
Checkers has a long and "checkered" history. Checkers, as we know it, probably began as a game called Alquerque, or Quirkat. Alquerque boards and pieces have been found in archeological digs dating as far back as 600 BCE, and images of Alquerque have been found carved into temple walls dating as far back as 1400 BCE. It was played throughout the Middle East and the Mediterranean basin. It was enjoyed by the Ancient Egyptians, mentioned by both Plato and Homer, and even made its way into India.
Historians place the creation of "modern" Checkers in the 12th century CE, when someone (probably France), combined the rules and pieces of Alquerque with a common chessboard. The game was called Fierges, and the pieces "ferses," the same name given to the queen in Chess. At that time the queen moved just one space at a time. Later, Ferses also became a name for the game, and by the 15th century both Fierges and Ferses had been replaced by the name Jeu De Dames, or simply Dames.
By the 16th century, Dames was hugely popular in France and formalized rule sets began to appear. In 1535 the Forced Capture rule was introduced to Dames, and players began to call Forced Capture Dames "Jeu Force." It was as Jeu Force that the game made its way to England, where it was renamed Draughts, and eventually to North America, where it was renamed Checkers. Along the way the rules adjusted and variants rose, but the basic form of Jeu Force remained intact.
Dames without the Forced Capture rule remained popular in France, under the name Le Jeu Plaisant De Dames, or Plaisant. In the 18th Century, Plaisant replaced the 8x8 grid with a 10x10 grid and expanded the piece count to 20 per side. This variant likely came out of Holland.
Checkers is only called "Checkers" in North America. In most other English-speaking places, the game is called Draughts, and in much of Europe the game is called "English Variant Draughts."
Countries around the world also have their own local names for their own local variant rules, boards, and even pieces. And many European variants, including International Draughts, use a "flying king" that can move more than one square at a time, while in both Germany and Italy, kings can only be captured by other kings. In Turkey, they use both dark and light squares, and pieces can move either forward or side to side. Canadian Checkers, or Jeu De Dames Canadien, uses a 12x12 grid with 30 pieces per side! Armenian and Frisian checkers are very wild games as the rules allow for the king to jump by multiple squares in all 8 directions!
Both Checkers/Draughts and International Draughts remain popular games to this day. National and international tournaments exist for each version, with the first World Championship tournament for English Draughts taking place in 1847. You can read more about Checkers on GoldToken's info page titled Unknown Info Topic.
Despite its name, Chinese Checkers is not Chinese (it originated in Germany), and it has nothing to do with Checkers. The name "Chinese Checkers" was chosen as a marketing strategy in the early 1900s, to lend it some Oriental mystique and to connect it to a game consumers were already familiar with.
GoldToken's Game of the Month is intended to reintroduce and remind players of some of the special games we have on GoldToken. In doing so, we are running a Game of the Month - Double Elimination Tournament open for everyone with a 5 Golderos prize to the winner.
| Best Recipe Contest |
October's winner is: Easy Cherry Dump Cake
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Submitted by FrostyColdOne
Seems you all are into sweets here,i've not made this in years,but when i did i have to say it was excellent.
Cherry Dump Cake
1-16 oz can of Crushed Pineapple
2-16 oz cans of Cherry Pie Filling
1- box of yellow Cake Mix
1/2- cup of Shredded Coconut
1-cup of Chopped Pecans or nut of choice
1 or 2 Sticks of melted margarine or butter
Preheat oven to 350
pour crushed pineapple with juice on bottom of a 9x13 baking dish spread evenly,
pour pie filling evenly over pineapple do not mix,
sprinkle coconut over pie filling
sprinkle dry cake mix over all
then sprinkle nuts over all this,
Then melted margarine or butter over top of all this,
Bake 20 to 30 min till golden brown,
CoolWhip or not,really does not need it.
GoldToken's October Fest will receive a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Silver and Wood members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Please send a big
to FrostyColdOne! November's recipe contest is: "Holiday Baking Traditions". The winner will be given a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, and can select any one that is not currently being used by another player, regardless of membership level (Guests, Wood and Silver members can keep the icon for 1 year!). Rules:
- Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
- Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.
- Deadline for all entries is midnight PST September 30th, 2010.
Winner will be chosen via a poll on the Cutting Board DB, and announced in the December 2010 newsletter.| Testimonial Of The Month |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players |
I have been playing on this site since 22 May 2002, and have found that this site is the best from all the others I play on.
All of the players are polite. I still play on other sites, and find that I always recommend this site to all. I never have had any problem with anyone. 
Keep up the good work & best regards,
babken
| Club Announcements: |
I have four clubs, Fairy Tales, Club Nascar, To Your Health and Prime Time TV...we play story grabble, which is a regular game of grabble but the player then uses the words they formed in the game in a story. It has been such a fun game to play and to read the stories, we pulish them on the discussion boards and then are put in our club newsletter. Wanted to share this story with the site, hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did and the players did putting it together...
This story was taken from a game in The To Your Health Club....and was written by LadyeFantasy and Crispies. All underlined words where placed in the game of Grabble and then put into the story.
There once was a lady who lived at # seven Daisy Lane. She had a wonderful view of the Confederate Recreation Battleground ... complete with an old black cannon, in the nearby canyon . Her house was a wonderful little cabin . Despite having tiny bony little hands, her garden was lush with bright sweet-smelling flowers. There was also a lush apple tree, and she loved eating the juicy red apples and sharing them with friends. It was the beginning of a beautiful fair day when she stepped out in her garden that morning. Noticing her bricks were loose, she decided to grout them. She liked a tidy garden. Now she had to decide between the different samples of various colors and textures of grouts and also whether to change the pattern of the garden's bricks or just repair the existing one. While contemplating this, she heard the lazy drone of a plane overhead. It was a familiar summer sound like the bees in her garden. She waited for it to fly overhead, and then once the small plane appeared, waving Hi as if the pilot could actually see her and be surprised. When it flew near the peak of a nearby mountain she noticed that it seemed to be trying to land. It was kind of exciting and she wanted to tell someone from the local coven of nature lovers. As she began to journey down the grassy knoll towards her sleepy little village, she met another early riser , her neighbor down the lane. He was bringing her the cork tiles for her newest renovation project in the house. " Oh my cork tiles !!! How nice of you Na to bring them while the day is still cool! Did you see the plane I was watching?" "Yes" he said. "At first glance I thought it was a chimp piloting the little craft." "I hope it doesn't ruin all that new work done by the utility wirers , they just barely got it finished last week." "That IS a good point, I'm glad we aren't talking about multiple planes!" "Will you keep an eye out and that will allow me to get back to my projects at home? I still have a desk to get sanded and stained before the rising sun begins to put out it's dapples of bright rays in my lace window curtains and make the house too warm." It will be nice when I'm done to go back out and enjoy the fresh air. As I walk towards my little house, and look at it's front windows, I can see my little white qat already lying in the sunshined window ... her favorite place to be on such a beautiful day. "Good morning little Ta , would you like a bowl of milk ? " I then received quite a jolt as I remembered that I'd forgotten to give Ta her little treat. I had been distracted earlier when thinking about my walk a few days earlier. Now, I needed to contact two covens , the nature lovers as well as the historical. I wanted to get more information on an old volcano site I stumbled upon. There were different coloration's of magmas and I was curious as to why. It really made me think, and sometimes I just wanted to hop in a taxi and fly away. But alas, I love this area. Just then, a little grey rabbit popped out of his hole, with a sly little look on his face, as if to say , "You know you'd never be happy anywhere else !" , scampering off to enjoy the beautiful day with all it's fresh clean air and bright sunshine. I was definitely cured of any wanderlust! Laughing to myself, I mused contented with my life, "Well, this will definitely never be as 'fancy' as the Ritz ... but re the truly important things in life ... it is all I'll ever want ... or need !!! In fact, I was so happy I started to sing- Do Rey Mi and a Tra la LAAAA. It might not be everyone's idea of the "good life" ... but I'm right at home.
PattyMac
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{ Club } is not a club for playing games. It does not require that you give any suggestions or help others to be a member. It is one to be a member of just in case you do have problems and need answers or would like to help others with your programming problems. These programming problems could be as simple as Excel, Word, or the like or as difficlult as HTML, CSS, or PHP. Come join the fun and let us help you with your problems.
This club is open to all. funtobewith11
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{ Club }
This club is one I have recently taken over to try to bring back to life. We play games and
. I am looking for some new members that want to have fun, play games and maybe even help out with official duties. If interested please join us as it is open to all. funtobewith11
| Tournament News |
| Brought to you by: The Tournament Team |
GoldToken would like to send a big *CONGRATULATIONS out to all our recent tournament winners!!!*
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