January 2015
The management team of GoldToken would like to wish everyone a safe, happy and wonderful GoldToken 2015!
The 2013 Winter Olympics are complete. The results are: Region with most points: { Club } Player with most points: 1926 Team Scores
Player ScoresGold goes to 1926 with a whopping 180.5 points Silver goes to cmacker with 137.667 points, and Bronze goes to bengt with 131 points. President of the winning club is Kat to all the winners.
Post your Bug on the Platinum Members in the thread: (Unknown post) or send a PM to GoldToken Support. We're going to do our best to fix as many of those pesky bugs as possible!
Did you initially join GoldToken in the months of March or April? (Check your profile for your Joined: date!) If so, you can write to GoldToken Support in the month of January to receive this beautiful Profile Token:
to pepperbeach for having the token at the end of the year!!! For being the player who was holding it she wins a 2 month extension to her current membership. The token has been moved and the game is afoot again. Can you find it and hold on to it? Remember the token you are looking for looks like this: . When you find it claim it by writing to GoldToken Support and let them know where it is currently located. If you are the first person to find it the token will then be transferred to your account. No Spoofing it allowed. Note Once the token is moved from your account it has to move again before you can claim it again. Once a year (a random date each December), who ever holds it gets a 2 month Silver membership prize or extension of their current membership.
A friend is trying to get a new website up and running, and we're including the information here for anyone who's ready for a new adventure: Welcome to AlphaFleets Online! Engage in this free-to-play space and ground war for control of the universe. Immerse yourself within this one single infinite space that's player driven! Control a ship and explore the galaxy, drive trucks and tanks, and build buildings that can protect your lands or build satellites to defend your world! Choose to build a world that gives you resources, or upgrade your defenses against your enemies, or perhaps go on offense and upgrade your weapons for mass destruction and gain control over enemies' worlds! Define your power and build your empire against real players in the fight for domination. AlphaFleets is new and in development - Alpha Stages. We are currently looking for alpha/beta testers so that we can make this game better and balanced. We are consistently making almost weekly updates, so join us, and help us make AlphaFleets a great game!
I hope 2015 is off to a great start for all of you! My family is preparing to move again. We arrived in NW Arkansas last January and have been renting a house, but have decided to commit and buy a house nearby. This move will be a lot easier than the last one - bringing 3 cats on a 19 hour drive was not so much fun. I'm looking forward to a new start in a new home (new to us), and am doing my best to be a healthier, happier person this year. For Christmas, my family got new bicycles and have been out every dry day that's been over 40F so far. I know that whatever this year brings, though, I can always count on my GoldToken family for support and encouragement! Send me a game invite if you have room to spare on your gamesheet - I'll play anything at least once. --heyred72 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 SIRI on January 2nd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to Big Giant Head on January 3rd! - -- Happy Birthday to GUINESS14 on January 4th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Word O'Rama Club and The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to BrnIdGirl on January 5th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Pork Chop Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club and The Innocent Instigators Club - -- Happy Birthday to China_Blue on January 5th! - From { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to Toodles on January 6th! - From The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to Callie on January 8th! - From The Pork Chop Club, The Word O'Rama Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club - -- Happy Birthday to Capricorn - on January 9th! - -- Happy Birthday to The TT on January 11th! - -- Happy Birthday to GOPACKGO on January 11th! - From { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to BEECCLES13 on January 12th! - -- Happy Birthday to Blackhawks Fan on January 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to vlf on January 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to sarahjan on January 13th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to ArkAngel on January 14th! - From The Pork Chop Club and The Backgammon Tournament Club - -- Happy Birthday to adopt 3 on January 17th! - From { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Pork Chop Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to gravyrun on January 17th! - From The Daily Laugh Club and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to HeartOnFire on January 18th! - -- Happy Birthday to Kinoko zoku on January 19th! - -- Happy Birthday to monkeytyper on January 20th! - The Pork Chop Club, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The Word O'Rama Club and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to Dbledee on January 23rd! From The Backgammon Tournament Club - -- Happy Birthday to jerseygirl on January 23rd! - The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club, The Word O'Rama Club and From monkeytyper - -- Happy Birthday to spellbound on January 24th! - From { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to ET124 on January 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to squirrel on January 25th! - From { Player:monkeytyper}, The Word O'Rama Club, The Pork Chop Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club - -- Happy Birthday to kittyrambo on January 26th! - From { Club } and { Club } - -- Happy Birthday to mutt on January 29th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club - Anniversary & Other Wishes: --Happy 61st Wedding Anniversary goes out to Chuckc33 and Lori on January 5th! Many special wishes sent to you both! - --Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to kellymcinaz and her husband on January 16th! - --Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to furryfeet and his wife on January 22nd! Many special wishes sent to you both for your 48th wedding anniversary! - -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Jane and hubby on January 31st! - * 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!)
Player of the Year Yes, it's that time again. We're preparing to choose the 2014 Player of the Year. The polls will soon be going up. Please remember, voting is in two stages. 1st stage is preliminary voting. That is where the top players in the games are listed and voted on by the rest of the players. Stage 2 is a final poll listing all the winners of stage one to pick the ultimate Player of the Year. How is one picked to be in stage one you ask? We are glad you asked. There are 4 criteria a player has to meet to be eligible to be listed in stage one. To qualify for the list: 1 ~ Players may not have won Player of the Year before. That includes FixitDave, PIRANHA, Kat, stormy rebel, superkaempe the gentle giant, PattyMac, Jacob1987 and heyred72. 2 ~ Must be listed on the Best Players list for a game or a variant. 3 ~ They must be active on GoldToken. This means they must have been on the site sometime on or after December 1, 2014, and 4 ~ Must have played the game or a variant at some point during this year. It must also be noted that each player can only be on one poll. So even if you are a chess master you could end up on another poll and therefore not be nominated in chess. This does not make you any less of a chess player, it just means you are also good in another game. * 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.
Jools with (unknown photo) is December's Photozone competition winner, who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token. smiler5 came in 2nd place with 17 votes for (unknown photo) TallPaul came 3rd place with 10 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 2014-12 Trees The theme for January's competition will be Places of Worship(unknown photo)Be it a Church, Mosque, Synagogue, Temple, Ancient Stone Circle or any other place - show us your best shots! As this is a new year, we have a new token for the winner:(unknown photo)Please post your entries on the Photozone DB with "Photozone Contest" in the subject line to enter and please give your entries a name as well.
We had several wonderful albums submitted for December's Theme -- Winter to all who entered. The Winner is... Cheetah's Album titled My Homeland - Winter in Germany The Runner Up is... WolfGirl's Album Our January theme is Mountains So get your Mountains Photo Albums ready and post at Photo Album Contest to win your very own Profile Token Best of Luck, ladyvic
January's game of the month is Gami! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The January 2015 - Game of the month - Gami Tournament! What card should I take after I get a Gami, by Fian: First and foremost is "Can my opponent make a Gami on the next move." If the answer is "Yes" the obvious card to take is one that breaks up the opponents Game. If the answer is "No" then next is there a card that will help you make a Gami on the your next move. If the answer is "Yes" then take it. If the answer is "No" I find the best card to take is the last card your opponent put in his/her hand from the stock. Your opponent has a plan and that card helps to achieve that plan. We hope you enjoy it! Special to *Fian* for writing this month's Game of the Month Nugget. You too, 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:
December's winner is: Scalloped Potatoes and Ham
Ingredients 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter, plus extra for greasing dish 1/2 yellow onion, diced 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 1/2 cups half-and-half 1 1/2 cups milk Freshly ground black pepper 2 pounds russet potatoes, washed thoroughly 3 cups diced cooked ham 2 cups grated Monterey Jack cheese Chopped fresh parsley, for sprinkling, optional Directions Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Add the butter and onions to a large skillet over medium heat and sauté until starting to soften, 3 to 4 minutes. Sprinkle the flour over the onions and whisk them together. Continue cooking the onion/flour mixture until golden brown, about 2 minutes. Stir in the half-and-half and milk and whisk around, allowing the mixture to thicken; this will take 3 to 4 minutes. Add some pepper, stir the sauce, reduce the heat and keep warm. Slice the potatoes really thin using a mandolin or a really sharp knife, the thinner the better. Generously butter a 2-quart baking dish, then add half the sliced potatoes and half the diced ham. Sprinkle on half the cheese then pour on half the sauce from the skillet. Repeat with the rest of the ingredients, ending with a layer of cheese and sauce. Sprinkle extra pepper on top. Cover the dish with foil and bake it for 40 minutes, then remove the foil and bake until the cheese is golden brown and the sauce is bubbling, an additional 20 to 30 minutes. Sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired and serve it up. GoldToken's Nancy 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 Nancy! January's recipe contest is: 4 Ingredients or Less. 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:
There is no winner for last month's Trivia Connection yet! macBruck came close, getting all 10 correct but not making the "connection". You can still submit answers for last month's Trivia Connection - find it in the last month's newsletter: [ Main: December 2014 ].
{ Image: i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/llwgirl/NewYear/29410_zps617295e1.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to Dionysos for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? Like quite a lot of people, I was in a web game site called Itsyourmove.com, but their idea of games are not mine, so, in 27 April 2001, I changed to GoldToken, and am still there. What interests you most on GT? Your all time favorite game here? I, to start with, was only interested in chess, but the rest came about a year afterwards. Now, though, my all time favorite game is backgammon - and its variations, but still run a chess club, The Fighting Pawns, inherited from firefly - who still plays chess and others, but now only occasionally. Do you belong to any of the clubs? As far as other clubs go, I now belong to 11, including a few that are mostly there for fun, like The Daily Laughs club. What State or Country do you reside in? I was born in London, England, which is a very large town, and stayed there, with my parents, until I was 23, then married, and moved to all sorts of places in either England or Wales - mostly in the rural countryside, as neither my wife, Irene, nor me now like to live in any largish town. It's alright for two or three days, as a holiday, but to me, that;s all. But, now that I am retired, I left Britain, to fly about 2,000 miles and live in Paphos, Cyprus - a lot hotter, and also a very nice tourist area. Plenty of tourism in Cyprus, from the seaside areas to the countryside. We live in a wine area called Stroumpi, which is in between Paphos and Polis towns, and The Akamus, which is a nature reserve, is only 10 miles away. Do you work? We are both retired, but, for the last 30 years, we started our own typesetting/graphic design company. We sold it in 1999, and bought a Cypriot house, and our retirement income on the proceeds. Any pets? Pets? Two cats which came with us to Cyprus, and two Cyprus kitten strays, which we took in, and became firm friends. The only thing is, they miauw in Greek! Age? Well, let's say we are passed the age of retirement - we are both in our 71st year. What's the farthest you've been from home? Furthest we have been? That's a difficult one - before typesetting, I was a merchandise manager (Europe) of a San Francisco company, and so travellled to California - three times, and the whole of Europe. For our holidays, though, apart from Britain, we have been to Peru - Maccu Picchu, which is a splendid area try it some time - and Egypt, South Africa, Kenya, and Jordan, where we visited Petra, where one of the Indiana Jones movies were, as well as the Dead Sea, and Wadi Rum, where they filmed Lawrence of Arabia. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? Although we adore Cyprus, the year 2016 is our Golden Wedding, and for the first time we are going on a cruise, starting from Miami, to the Mayan cities, swimming with stingrays, transit the three Panama locks, and white water rafting in Jamaica - as well as several others - so WATCH THIS SPACE! If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
I joined GoldToken in 2003 after looking for game sites on the web. GoldToken was (is) such a friendly, welcoming site, I played, never looked back and is now the only game site I play on. I remember CoolStream welcoming me to the game site and getting me started here. He had such a keen sense of humor. The sense of family is strong whether it is game playing, discussion boards, tournaments or clubs. I have made many good friends on here and some are close friends that know as much about me as anyone though we have never personally met. We share our ups and downs, joke and laugh and just generally enjoy each other's company. GoldToken support works very hard for all of us and is continually coming up with new ideas for our entertainment, whether it be new games, discussion boards, contests, troubleshooting, etc. They genuinely care when players come upon hard times and do their best to support them. You don't find that at any other game site. So while I have a tendency to get too many games at times, it is my time for relaxing and just enjoying, win or lose. Thank you, GoldToken! LittleTree
Original Poem Have you written an original poem? If so head over to the and share it with us. You could win 5 Golderos. Note Entries must be posted on the Board no later than January 28, 2015. We have a winner for the Best Special Occasion Gift Idea contest!;;congrats;; to hoot who will receive two extra months on her current membership!
The Caption Contest winner for the December, 2014, newsletter is AZD159 with: Excuse me, but is it alright to come in now?? AZD159! To enter January's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled January 2015 Caption Contest The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
The holiday season is over and what a wonderful collection of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas icons this year, so many thank you's and congratulations on the icon mania board, to our fabulous icon creators. Looking forward to all the new icons that become available thru the year. The Icon Hunt will resume in February as soon as members have gone back to the their favorite icon or selected a new one. There are so many to choose from so come on over to Name Icons and see the wide variety - don't see what you want ask the GoldToken's Icon Fairy who is always ready to help search for that special icon you want. There are also a lot of great Club Collection Icons that can be adopted by your club, remember silver members can wear these. Ask the GoldToken's Icon Fairy for more information. Here is the Icon Of The Day. Be sure to check back periodically on the icon board as they change often. A lot of new icons have taken over the Holiday spots and are up and waiting adoption. See you there
December's Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!Winter Olympic Winners
Our First 2014 Winter Olympic Winners
Summer Olympic Winners
Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined
** (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 Flowery. to her 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 2:36PM on 22 January 2015 Find referring pages |
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