February 2015
goes to Hillbilly for being voted 2014's Player of the Year. She's a gaming master, friendly and kind and embodies the community we strive for here at GoldToken. Please be sure to congratulate her on this honor! She will receive a 2-month extension to her membership and a special Recognition Token for her Profile collection! see her "up front and personal" interview down farther.
Those of us who create all the tournaments here at GoldToken would like to welcome greggyw to our team. He will be helping T-Rex set up the monthly site-wide tourneys. This task has grown greatly in the last five years, and his contributions to the cause will be greatly appreciated. Welcome aboard, Greg. From Roberto, your friendly neighbourhood tyrannosaur ***T-Rex*** -
Did you initially join GoldToken in the months of May or June? (Check your profile for your Joined: date!) If so, you can write to GoldToken Support in the month of February to receive this beautiful Profile Token:
2015 has started off with a bang. The winter Olympics are under way, we have begun making fixes on some of the bugs around the site. Ole man winter is starting to release his grip on the United States. We have many fun contests going on and everyone is having a grand ole time. We on the management team look forward to what comes next. Have a wonderful month and a happy valentine's day. --BrnIdGirl In this month's newsletter, we have: Birthdays & Special Announcements 1st Stop Information Photozone Competition Photo Album of the Month Game Of The Month Best Recipe Contest Red Panda's Trivia Connection Up Front & Personal Testimonial Of The Month Contest of the Month Caption Contest Icon Mania! Breaking Club News Olympic News
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to neonlicht on February 4th! - -- Happy Birthday to littlebug on February 4th! - -- Happy Birthday to Gamerazer on February 5th! - -- Happy Birthday to Badger on February 6th! - With love, from The Management Team! - -- Happy Birthday to Carolark on February 6th! - From { Club } and The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to Kitten_Tx on February 6th! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to nana210 on February 7th! - From The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to pambo on February 10th! - -- Happy Birthday to Paul -UK- on February 10th! - -- Happy Birthday to dolcol (LAW-10) on February 10th! - From { Club }, The Word O'Rama Club,The Backgammon Tournament Club & The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to gpr11 on February 11th! - From { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to Oartkickel of the Wolf Pack on February 12th! - -- Happy Birthday to globalroamer on February 13th! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to jfromfl on February 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to Mr-Sid on February 14th! - -- Happy Birthday to DIRKSTRA on February 15th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club - -- Happy Birthday to Nancy on February 16th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, &{ Club } - -- Happy Birthday to KaTtdAnCe on February 17th! - -- Happy Birthday to PattyMac on February 18th! From The Daily Laugh Club andThe Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to Beckie B on February 18th! - -- Happy Birthday to birdstoe on February 18th! From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to Deer Slayer on February 18th! - -- Happy Birthday to shobee1 kinobi on February 19th! - -- Happy Birthday to partygirl on February 20th! - From { Club }, The Word O'Rama Club, { Club }, The Pork Chop Club, and The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to superkaempe the gentle giant on February 20th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Friendship Club, and The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to ellieoop on February 22nd! - -- Happy Birthday to Sweetcheeks on February 23rd! - -- Happy Birthday to Dbledee on February 23rd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Word O'Rama Club & your wife Misfit Lenrad6672 - -- Happy Birthday to Sherlock on February 24th! - -- Happy Birthday to MaryF on February 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club - -- Happy Birthday to marcmandy on February 25th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to Mark007 on February 25th! - -- Happy Birthday to Ray of Light on February 25th! - -- Happy Birthday to Dollar Store Queen on February 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to Spencer on February 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to Tolp on February 27th! - -- Happy Birthday to chessbro on February 28th! From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to steve111 on February 28th! - -- Happy Birthday to csain1 on February 28th! - From The Innocent Instigators Club - -- Happy Birthday to capecodder on February 29th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club-
Anniversary: --Happy 16th Wedding Anniversary wishes go out to LyndiLoo & LifeScape and February 6th! Many special wishes sent to you both! - --Happy 27th Wedding Anniversary wishes go out to Redbee and her hubby on February 6th! Many special wishes sent to you both! - --Happy Wedding Anniversary wishes go out to sweeteyes and her hubby on February 15th! Many special wishes sent to you both! - -- Happy 60 Wedding Anniversary goes out from Bluejay to her wonderful husband Mike on February 19th!! Many special wishes sent to you both! --Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Executioner and his wife on February 22nd! Many special wishes sent to you both! - --Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Gamerazer and his wife on February 22nd! Many special wishes sent to you both! - --Happy 13th Wedding Anniversary wishes go out to Feaster and his wife on February 22nd! Many special wishes sent to you both! - * If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound 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, cannot be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)
Account Preferences PreferencesWith the following information you will learn how to locate and set-up your preferences to customize your Game Sheet and your game playing. Where are my preferences located?In the middle of your Game Sheet you will notice the Options box. Looking under the My Account heading you will see the Edit my Preferences link, by clicking on that link it will take you to the Introduction to the Preferences Pages.How do I use my preferences?In the Introduction you can see the various categories of things that you can customize on the left. By clicking on one of the categories, you can view and edit the settings in that category. Account TabFrom here you can change your nick name, your e-mail address (it must be a valid address), or your password. It also has a place where you can enter, if you wish, where you are from, your age, or gender. There is also a box that you can enter any additional information, such as what games are your favorites, time-limit you like, your tournament wins. You can put pretty much put anything as long as it abides by GoldToken Discussion Board Rules. Game Sheet TabThe Game Sheet Preferences Tab is where you are able to customize your Game Sheet. You choose from many options, information about invitations, sort games in the order you want to play them, show finished games, show your Chums, Polls, Photos, Banners and many more options. Game Options TabGame Options Preferences is where you can decide action you would like to occur after you make a move in a game. Do you want to see the ratings? Set your default setting for invitations. How you want to display your move history and messages on your game. Graphics TabOn the Graphics Preferences Tab is where you can make your game board the size you want. There are different colors you can select for your Game Sheet. If you use Web TV this is where you can mark your settings. If you want to use the Classic Design display. Here is where you would set whether you see player icons or not and if you want the ability to click like different profiles, blogs and photos. E-mail TabThe e-mail tab gives you options on whether you want to receive e-mail when it is your turn, if you have been invited to a game or when the next round of your tournament starts. You may also choose to receive GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter. Messages TabThis tab gives you options on how you want to display incoming and outgoing messages. You can select what you would like to happen after you compose and send a new message. There are options on how to display the discussion board posts, and here is where you can enable translation support. Profile TabIn this section you can configure the appearance of player profiles. In the main section of your Game Sheet you can move the Ratings and Current Games up, down or to the side bar. You can organize your Side bar, which contains Blog Info, Photo Album Info and Player Comments by moving them up, down or to the main section. I you want to see other profiles the way you have yours set up View all profiles using my settings If enabled, you will see profiles of other players using your own settings, rather than theirs. Clock TabBy setting the clock to match your current time, all dates and times listed on this web site will be shown using your time zone. Please make sure the clock shows the correct time, because that is the time that is used to determine what day it is when calculating your days off and vacations. Days Off TabThis is where you can pick the days you would like to mark as your days off. Your games will not time out on either of these days, unless you are in a tournament where the rules state No day off. You are only allowed to change these once per week. Vacation TabHere you will find a calendar to set up your vacation days. Click on a date to set that day as one of your vacation days. To see a different month, click on the << or >> arrows beside the month name. There is also a box, if checked, the site will automatically set vacation days for you. We recognize that everyone has some events that make it impossible to get back to a computer. In light of that, we have implemented a policy that will automatically schedule vacation time if you time out in a game. How this works is that the first time you time out, our system checks to see if any vacation time has been used in the previous two weeks. If not, then it schedules two days of vacation time, and then extends your timed out game automatically for you. If you time out again, it will see that you have used vacation time in the previous two weeks, and so it won't automatically scheduled vacation time for you. This gives each player a little breathing room without unduly penalizing the other player. Chums and Chumps Tabs
You can use your Chums List to help keep you informed of when your friends are online. Just put your chums name in the Add Box and click add to list. When they approve your request, you will see them on your Chums list from your Game Sheet.
Your Chumps List is a list of the players on this site with whom you'd rather not play games and from whom you'd rather not receive messages. If someone on this site is bothering you, you can add that player to your Chumps List and not have to worry about being bothered by that player again. If you enter GoldToken site tournaments, you may be matched up with this player, but you will not see any messages they may post. Just put the player's name in the Add box and click add to list. Be aware adding a player to your Chump list is serious. If you decide to remove them from your Chump list, you will need to contact GoldToken Support to remove them for you. * If you have a question about a site tip or helpful tool you would like answered next month, please send GoldToken's Newshound a message before the 25th of this month.
smiler5 with (unknown photo) is January's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token. Buddha came in 2nd place with 13 votes for (unknown photo) Dmm came 3rd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo) to all the winners and to all of the members who participated either by submitting photos or voting and commenting. We had a total of entries and votes this month.Without you all, this competition wouldn't be activeYou can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2015-01 - Places of worship The theme for February's competetion will be Love(unknown photo)(unknown photo)
Talk about some Beautiful Pictures! We really had some (unknown photo) Photo Albums this month with the Mountains Theme The Winner is Cheetah's Album titled Mountains Everywhere The Runner up is anguslady's Album Since February brings Valentines Day Our THEME will be So get your Photo Albums Ready and post them at Photo Album Contest The winner will receive this Profile Token Please let me know if you need any assistance Best of Luck, ladyvic
February's game of the month is Barricade! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The February 2015 Game of the Month Tournament! We hope you enjoy it! There were no nuggets submitted this month. You can write a knock-out Nugget and reap the rewards! If your Nugget is chosen as the winner for GoldToken's Game of the Month in GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter, you will win:
January's winner is: Flourless Chocolate Cake
One of my neighbors distributes the See's Candy chocolate, and gave me a huge bag of their "overrun" chocolate. The last of the vat stuff, hardened into a brick like block. I was delighted!! After playing with homemade chocolate almond bark and peanut butter cups, it was time to bake this old family favorite! *** Ingredients 2 sticks (8 Tablespoons = 1 cup) of unsalted butter, cut into pieces (you can also use 1 cup of high quality margarine)8 large eggs 1 pound (16oz) of semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped A pan of Boiling water Instructions Adjust your oven rack to lower middle position and heat oven to 325 degrees (350 degrees for us high altitude folk). This is important so the top or bottom doesn't overcook. Line the bottom of an 8-inch springform pan with parchment paper and grease pan sides. While the original recipe calls for lining it with parchment paper, I was out of the paper, and just greased the pan REALLY well. Cover the bottom of the pan and along sides with a single sheet of foil and set in large roasting pan. You are doing this so you don't have any water seep in. This is actually important. However, since I was out of foil, I skipped this step and it turned out fine...but do be aware, this could be fatal to your cake. Boil a pan of water. In a mixer, beat the eggs until they double in volume. This takes about 5 minutes or so. In a double boiler, melt the chocolate and the butter together, stirring until completely blended. Not having a double boiler, I zapped the chocolate and butter 1 minute at a time in the microwave until it was melted instead. If you zap yours, be sure to stir with a wooden spoon to help it melt in between each minute. Fold 1/3 of the beaten egg foam into the melted chocolate/butter mixture until only a few streaks of egg are visible; fold in half of the remaining egg foam, mix again. Then the last of the remaining egg foam, until mixture is homogenous and totally blended together. Scrape the chocolate mixture into your prepared springform pan. Place the springform pan inside the roasting pan. Carefully pour enough boiling water in the roasting pan to come about halfway up the outside sides of the springform pan. Very carefully, so you don't get any water seepage in the springform pan. Bake at 325 degrees for about 25 minutes. The top will have a thin "crust" (like a brownie) that has formed on the surface. The cake will be very soft at this point, and you need be careful to not disturb it much. I let mine sit in the oven with the door open once the 25 minutes are reached for a few minutes to help it "set". Remove the springform pan from the water bath and set on a wire rack to cool. Once cooled to room temperature, cover and refrigerate overnight to mellow. You can also place it in the freezer at this point. This cake is best served very cold. About 30 minutes before you are ready to serve, remove the springform pan sides, invert the cake on a plate or a sheet of parchment paper. I used a plate because after that you are going to turn the cake back over on a serving platter or another cake. It was just easier. Eat plain (it's delectable!) or sprinkle the top with a little powdered sugar and add some seasonal berries. Bet you can't eat just one slice!!!! GoldToken's Badger 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 Badger! February's recipe contest is: "Casserole/Hot Dish". 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:
ON VACATION SEE YOU SOON
{ Image: comicsworthreading.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/hillbillybears.jpg } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to Hillbilly for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. What brought you to Goldtoken? One of my sons was a member back in 2001 and I was learning to play chess. He suggested I might be interested in GoldToken and he was SO right! How'd you choose your name for GT? At that time I had just moved to the country and loved to go barefoot. My city friends called me a Hillbilly...and it stuck. 2. What interest you most on GT? Favorit game? So many great games and the friendly people. I know..."most" means one and I mentioned TWO. I can't really say I have a favorite game but I enjoy the gammon games. 3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? I belong to several clubs and try to be active in their tourneys. 4. What State or Country do you reside in? city or country? I live out in the country on 80 acres in the great "Show Me" state of Missouri. What in your State do you think tourist should definity see? Missouri has several interesting places to visit: The Truman Library in Independence, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis, the Ozarks in southern Missouri during the Fall, and the many celebrity shows in Branson. 5. What hobbies to you have? I love Goldtoken, reading, and being outside observing and appreciating nature. I love to watch the wild animals out in my fields: coyotes, foxes, opossums, raccoons. I once even saw a cougar at the back of my property. Also, there's the many varieties of birds that come to my bird feeders. 6. Children? Grandchildren? I have 3 sons and a daughter, 3 Granddaughters and 3 Grandsons, and 4 GREAT-Grandsons (14, 12, and 4 year old twins) and 3 GREAT-Granddaughters (4, 3, and 9 months). 7. Do you work? I took early retirement from my accounting job in 2000 to come to the country and marry the boyfriend I had when I was 15. We had 8 beautiful years together before he died in 2008. 8. Any pets? I have two pets: Lady, a lab mix, a stray who adopted me back in 2010, and Checkers, a feral cat who is always "on guard" and is gradually accepting me on her own terms. 9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? Male or Female? I'm a female WAY over 50! My body will be 75 in April but my mind won't let me accept that. 10. What's the farthest you been from home? Was it a vacation or for business? I am blessed to have a loving friend here on Goldtoken who took me to The Netherlands to meet Noortje, another member of Goldtoken. We had been chess partners on another site for six years and she was dying from cancer. 11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? If I could be anywhere right now it would be right here where I am. I love this place and enjoy it every day...especially in the Spring when everything comes to life again. May I also add that I have never written so many sentences starting with "I"? If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
I have been at Gold Token since June 2010, I have met so many great friends here. Too many to name but I will name a few blackangus, hoot, GinnyB, ladyvic, scoopdedew, Rabid Wolf and many many others. I belong to a lot of different clubs, I run the Deborah's Cove Family, and the Diamonds Are Forever clubs. I help out in Scoopdedew's Castle Club, Animal Icon club, and also The Wolf Pack. I enjoy all the clubs I am in and the people I have met. This site is like a huge family. I am glad to be a part of it. I was invited as a guest to join and I did. Then things just happen so fast. The first club I joined was Sally and Friends Club, then I went to Jane's Gems and then she had to give up the club so I took over from there. Then later on asked the members if they wanted a name change and then it came to be Diamonds Are Forever Club. I have three sisters here that I asked to join this wonderful site and they are missdeedee2j, donn8962, and jenell mcguire. I hope to be here for many more years and still meet new friends along the way. Trsm149 (unknown photo)
Best Joke Post your best clean family friendly joke on the Jokes Board DB. Winner will receive 5 Golderos.
The Caption Contest winner for the January, 2015, newsletter is Robyn Hode with: I couldn't find my mittens!!! sandi en margarita! To enter February's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled February 2015 Caption Contest The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
The GoldToken's Icon Fairy's "Icon Hunt" is back....Can you find these icons below?...be the first to pm the Icon Fairy or post on the Icon Mania and win this token for your profile. { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon131022144907.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon130503144925.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100504144827.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110506185449.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon130321175442.gif } icons are now on the board for adoption, you can find those here Name Icons in column one. See you there and from the Icon Fairy! Don't forget the Icon of the Day, its a cutie Icon Of The Day
They will sponsor a few inter-club tournaments from time to time but mostly just ladders. Come and join them, for more information contact RubyJoy With the help of johnnyyboy, ladyvic reports that three of her clubs are now running Mine Team Knock-Out Tournaments. Come join in on the fun games in these clubs The POPULAR GAMES CLUB, The Save Our Earth Club and The ANIMAL ICON CLUB. The POPULAR GAMES CLUB has also added Domination to their play list. More info, no problem, contact ladyvic The Sallyp and Friends Club has a nearly a full membership but is always looking for new members. They have a new series of tourneys the `18 and win series`. 12 different tourneys each month the object to win all 18 game types to win the series, it will run all year long. They tend to run tourneys is various series and usually a small prize of Golderos for the winners. They offer about 6 or 7 different tourney types and find they usually fill quickly. Contact sallyp or johnnyyboy for more info about this fun club! The Loose Cannons Club has a new owner - meet M3...this club plays exclusive Xiangqi (shee-ung-CHEE), Janggi (CHAHNG-ghi), Shogi (SHO-ghi) and Mini Shogi. A new tournament has been set up and they need more players...Come join the fun, contact M3 and get signed up Today! Jacob1987 sets up tournies that only Club Members can participate in. Is your Club listed? If not contact Jacob1987 today. The Site Club Challenge February 2015 Tournament - starts on Feb., 28th The Site Club Challenge March Multiplayer 2015 Tournament - starts on Mar., 28th. Also Site-Wide ClubvsClub... [ Main: Site-Wide Club Vs Club Whist January 2015 ] Our Club Highlight this month: The Deck of Cards Club This is a card club for those who love to play cards! They like to have a friendly group of card players join together for in-house tournaments and club vs club challenges via the wiki system. When they have enough signed up for a "team" they send out challenges. Motto is: Let's just all have fun and enjoy card games. The Deck of Cards Club is one of the most active card clubs here at GoldToken. Why not join a team or ladder, or play in one of our championships? If you have questions, PM MrLarry47. The most important thing is to
January's Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!Winter Olympic Winners
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** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **Did you find the hidden coin in the newsletter ? Our winner last month was Rand al*Thor. to him for spotting it and being the first to send a message to GoldToken Support. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game and win 5 Golderos,so you will only be eligible to win the Coin Hunt once every six months.[ Main: GoldToken's Monthly Newsletter - Past Issues ] Wiki Options This page was last edited by GoldToken Support at 8:45AM on 2 February 2015 |
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