October 2010
| GoldToken's Monthly News |
It's time to get ready for GoldToken's 2010 Olympics! If you are interested in playing, join the The Olympiads Club, but please hurry, as time is limited. Sorry, you must have a silver membership to do so. But if that is a problem for you, GoldToken has a couple openings for project managers in exchange for Silver memberships. Please contact me for details if interested.
Our gaming year is quickly coming to an end. GoldToken's graphic contributes, Mecir and our beta testers are working hard to squeeze in a number of games before the upcoming Olympics. Not an easy task. The process for a new game is lengthy, and mentally consuming, starting with conception, graphic creation, coding, testing, more testing, graphic adjustments and additions, transfer to beta, more testing, more graphics and finally, when all is well, transferred to GoldToken for everyone's enjoyment. If you haven't had the experience of being a part of this process, now would be a terrific time to check it out on GoldToken's beta site, where we have recently released a lovely game designed by FixitDave. Hope to see you there!
Do you give more than the traditional
or find yourself offering your opponents the same game cheer, game after game? Enter [ The Best Game Cheer ] contest to win our most popular prize ever, a "one time" access to the entire list of site icons, where you can select any icon 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!). The winner will be chosen by GoldToken's Platinum players by poll. 
Heads up: Next month - the Best New Variant contest....start planning now!
Keep those ratings up!
--Badger
In this month's newsletter, we have:
- Birthdays & Special Announcements
- Photozone Competition
- Special Icon Announcement
- Game Of The Month
- Best Recipe Contest
- Testimonial Of The Month
- Club Announcements
- Tournament News
 | Birthdays & Special Announcements |  |
Birthday Wishes:
-- Happy Birthday to *justme on October 1st!
-- Happy Birthday to ema on October 2nd!
-- Happy Birthday to Brett smile on October 2nd! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Dmm on October 5th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Joannabell on October 5th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Dionysos on October 6th!
-- Happy Birthday to alexlee on October 8th!
-- Happy Birthday to grade1teacher on October 10th!
-- Happy Birthday to Namdnas on October 10th!
-- Happy Birthday to Nikkis No1Fan on October 10th!
-- Happy Birthday to Aunt Katie Marie on October 11th!
-- Happy Birthday to Dragon101 on October 11th! - With much love from your wife jazzbeth
-- Happy Birthday to Axe man on October 11th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to MadMike on October 12th!
-- Happy Birthday to LostSoul on October 14th!
-- Happy Birthday to restivo46 on October 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to three horses on October 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to McStack on October 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to fatdaddy on October 22nd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to Candy Cane Kaz on October 24th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to marybryant90 on October 24th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to MookiesMom on October 24th!
-- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on October 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to Neat on October 26th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Shariann on October 26th!
-- Happy Birthday to brosius on October 26th! - From The MasterClass Club
-- Happy Birthday to B*Elanna on October 28th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club and Man of Steel
-- Happy Birthday to little momma on October 28th!
-- Happy Birthday to firefly on October 28th! - With love from the GoldToken Management Team!
-- Happy Birthday to GreenEyedLady on October 29th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack on October 29th!
-- Happy Birthday to Nikki on October 29th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to BmwLady_430i on October 31st!
-- Happy Birthday to Betty45 on October 31st!
-- Happy Birthday to pepperbeach on October 31st! - From { Club }
Anniversary & Other Wishes:
-- Happy 57th Wedding Anniversary
goes out to ellieoop and her husband Bob on October 3rd! -- Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary
goes out to Allison and DEG on October 14th! Have a terrific anniversary!-- Happy Wedding Anniversary
goes out to Dbledee and Misfit Lenrad6672 from your loving wife Misfit Lenrad6672 on October 18th! Have a terrific anniversary!* 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!)
| Photozone Competition |
August's Photozone competition winner is...
CATCHER211
Who entered Image #12 of a tree covered in snow, a well deserved first place
for August's theme of Monochrome 
CATCHER211{ Image: www.fixitdave.hostcell.net/cp/albums/userpics/10001/normal_2010aug-12.jpg }
marcmandy submitted image #04 and came in second place
with a shot of a horse and cart 
bits of rubble submitted image #03 and got third place
with man and his poodle 
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
| Special Message about Name Icons from CATCHER211 |
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With the upcoming Holidays, GoldToken has added some special icons available for adoption by Gold and Platinum members
that can be found at Name Icons.If you already have that "special" icon that you are worried about losing, we will be able to put your icon on hold while you try out a festive new one!
Please keep a copy your current icon on your computer & we will do the same. We will have to take it off the icon list, and this way we will have 2 copies when it is needed again. When you have done this, and find a new icon you would like to try out, go to Icon Mania and we will swap it out. If you have any questions, or need help saving a copy of your current icon, please send me a PM.
CATCHER211
| Game Of The Month |
Octobers game of the month is Outbreak. In this wonderfully infectious game, you control a virus colony and attempt to mutate the viruses of other players into those of your own. The Outbreak name was the brainchild of our two favorite brothers, Chad & Taylor, and is based upon an aracade style game called Ataxx. There is even a variant here called Outbreak Ataxx which was made to be slightly closer to the original version.
Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament of the original game by signing up today for The October 2010 Game Of The Month - Outbreak! Tournament 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 |
Septembers winner is:
My own surf and turf
Submitted by Scrapbooking Maven
Ingredients
1/2 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/2 pound tender beef sliced very thin
1 bag stir fry veggies partially defrosted
1/2 can bamboo shoots (or the whole thing if you like)
1/2 can water chestnuts (same theory as above)
1 small onion sliced very thin
3 teaspoons corn starch in 1/4 cup water
2 tablespoons Chinese black bean sauce
black pepper to taste
2 teaspoons soy sauce
a couple of splashes of your favorite white wine
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
2 cloves garlic crushed
In a bowl mix the beef, soy sauce, garlic and wine. Heat a large skillet to medium high,heat oil, and add beef (with marinade). Cook until beef is about half done and add shrimp. Cook that until shrimp turns opaque and curls. Remove beef and shrimp- set aside. If necessary add a bit more oil, sautee onion until almost done, then put in the stir fry veggies, water chestnuts, and bamboo shoots. Cook until they are hot through and through but not too mushy. Return beef and shrimp to pan, add black bean sauce. Make sure corn starch is desolved in the water and add to skillet. Reduce heat to medium and stir until the sauce thickens slightly. Adjust flavors to taste.
This can feed at least 4/5 people very well. I like to serve it with either white rice, or lo mein (linguini).
GoldToken's Surf and Turf Winner will recieve 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 Scrapbooking Maven! October's recipe contest is: "October Fest". 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 November 2010 newsletter.| Testimonial Of The Month |
| Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players |
Since 2005, I've been a faithful member of ItsYourTurn.com. It was there that I met Betty45. She kept telling me about a game site she found and continued to nudge me to join and play a couple of games with her. That game site was GoldToken. Eventually I did give in. In the beginning, I didn't think much of this site. As a guest member, there was little you could do. I was hesitant to invest any money into something I wasn't exactly thrilled with. I didn't know what a wiki was, it just didn't seem like there was much to it. I couldn't have been more wrong! This site is huge and has so much to offer! In order to get the most out of this site, you should become a platinum member. I know, I know... I sound like a spokesperson for Gold Token. I'm not, I assure you. I was a guest member for many months until I decided to take the plunge and become a paid supporter. I wish the site would allow guest members to "sample" the platinum membership for a limited amount of time. Everyone would understand what I'm talking about. I love the little icons you can adopt to go with your screen name. I really like using the Goldies to dress up messages and text and I think the Clubs are a great way to meet new friends! The games and their variations are awesome!
More than the great variety of games, the cute icons and the clever goldies, there is an incredible group of people here. That's what it's all about. I am so grateful to my friend Betty45 for pushing me to join. To murrsquito who was the very first person to invite me to a club, to furryfeet who quickly became someone I looked up to. I'm grateful to nisqually, lab rat, Callie, poohbear, mojodanielle and Miss Traven for teaching me how to navigate the site and edit wikis. I know I'm not the brightest crayon in the box! You were all so patient. That's what makes this site special! These people and so many more like them! I can go on and on about all the great new friends I've made here but there's not enough room.
GoldToken for a wonderful game site! tweeter42
| Club Announcements: |
Need a Club to Join?
{ Club }
This is the club with your money in mind. I have set this Club up to help all save money no matter where you live. If you find yourself having to save every penny you can in every way possible then this is the club for you.
It does not matter what country you live in because we all use the internet and can order from different sites. If we all work together and help each other we can all save. No game playing required. This club is open to all but is filling up fast. Hope to see you there! 
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!!!*
- See the tournament sign up page here: http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F
- Be sure to join our sponsorship tournaments!
- When playing in tournaments, make sure you read our Tournament and Ladder Rules and Provisions Page for all pertinent rules concerning tournament play.
| Wanted |
- Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken Support your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you!
** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **
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