July 2013
Due to a huge demand for it's return, we have reopened DB. If you are discontented, unhappy, annoyed, begrudging, bothered, complaining, crabby, critical, disaffected, disappointed, disgruntled, displeased, ennuied, envious, faultfinding, fed-up, fretful, fretting, frustrated, griping, grudging, grumbled, grumpy, insatiable, irked, jaundiced, jealous, kvetching, malcontent, malcontented, not satisfied, offended, picky, plaintive, put-out, querulous, sniveling , sulky, sullen, unappeased, unassuaged, unfulfilled, ungratified, unsated, unsatisfied, or even just plain vexed, is the place to let it all out!
Only one player "Got IT" this month, and it is: !!
These clubs now have their very own Tournament Winner and Tournament Participation Profile Tokens! Check them out to collect yours:
Does your club want its own Tournament Tokens, too? If so, send GoldToken Support your request. These tokens do take time to make and are made on a first come, first serve basis, so don't delay!
We've had many requests to purchase duplicate Tokens - sometimes players lose a treasured Token to the Spoof game, or they may wish to gift the same Token to several friends. We now have the capability to honor these requests! If you request duplicates, they will arrive on your Profile as a transferred Token from one of our GoldToken's Token Fairy accounts. Please note: this offer does not apply to milestone Tokens (Tournament Wins, Games Played, etc.) or award Tokens (Player of the Year, Contest Winner, etc.) - just the Tokens that are available for purchase on the Recognition Tokens - GoldToken's Treasure Trove page.
New [ Main: Dividers and Bullets ]! Asked for, even demanded by players who frequently create wiki tournaments and club pages, new page dividers and bullets are finally here! Use these new page dividers and bullets just like you do Goldies, with colons or semi colons, to separate your thoughts on all pages within GoldToken. We will be adding more as time allows, so do check back on this wiki! We have included some fun new Bullets too: *&* To use these new Bullet Goldies, use the word Score and the desired number, or Zip for nada
New Holiday Goldies: If your favorite holiday isn't on the list, please post it in the [ Goldie Suggestions ] wiki, so we can see it is added.
Someone (perhaps You?) requested sport Goldies like football or soccer on the [ Goldie Suggestions ] page, so here's the whole family: ...and guess what! ...we didn't stop there! There are a passel of new Goldies for Everyone!
If you don't know how to use Goldies yet, it's about time you learn! Follow these easy instructions: Simply type two colons : : followed by the desired word and end with two colons. There should be no spaces anywhere. ...and yes, we are working on adding a new Goldies page with the complete list, but for now, here is a preview of all the new Goldies waiting to be played with (see if you can guess how to make them!): ...and just for Platinum members: *&* . PS...July will be dedicated to special Plat Goldies! If you are a Platinum member, join in the Goldie discussion on the Platinum Members DB.Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it! --Badger In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to Massimo Villa on July 1st! -- Happy Birthday to Rebel Rider on July 2nd! -- Happy Birthday to BahamaMama on July 2nd! From laura lee -- Happy Birthday to garbear on July 4th! -- Happy Birthday to REBEL DJ on July 5th! - From { Club },The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Linda Sue on July 6th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club -- Happy Birthday to Santa Claus on July 8th! - From { Club } and The MasterClass Club -- Happy Birthday to Dru on July 9th! - From The MasterClass Club -- Happy Birthday to jenna on July 9th! -- Happy Birthday to Sir Geoff on July 10th! - From { Club }, The Word O'Rama Club & The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to theagle on July 11th! -- Happy Birthday to Eunhye on July 11th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to **YANKEE ROSE*JR FRANK PAB on July 11th! -- Happy Birthday to smokey164 on July 12th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to Karen Q on July 13th! - From { Club }, The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club and { Club } -- Happy Birthday to DAKOTA on July 15th! -- Happy Birthday to Lucille on July 15th! -- Happy Birthday to seabird on July 15th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to Scrapbooking Maven on July 16th! - From The Pork Chop Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to smiler5 on July 17th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Pinksmoke on July 18th! -- Happy Birthday to SpillerGodt on July 20th! -- Happy Birthday to Lady Silver on July 21st! -- Happy Birthday to Hoosierenvy on July 21st! -- Happy Birthday to estick on July 21st! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to RubyJoy on July 23rd! -- Happy Birthday to rUsureU_ want2doTHAT on July 24th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Corinne on July 25th! -- Happy Birthday to SarahMills on July 26th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to Pepsi Fan on July 26th! -- Happy Birthday to sweeteyes on July 27th! - From The Pork Chop Club and The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Chester on July 28th! -- Happy Birthday to AutumnLeaves on July 28th! -- Happy Birthday to peanuts on July 28th! -- Happy Birthday to Cinnamon on July 29th! -- Happy Birthday to Vonnie on July 30th! -- Happy Birthday to theoldmaster on July 30th! -- Happy Birthday to antibs on July 31st! Anniversary & Other Wishes: -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Lady Silver and Sir Silver of the GoldTable on July 1st! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to asmdrm and her husband on July 15th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to cdc11 and her husband on July 16th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Country_Gal and her husband on July 16th ! -- Happy 62nd Wedding Anniversary goes out to partygirl and rsm31 with V from Gypsyfire on July 23rd ! * 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!)
Where do the "suggested opponents" on my gamesheet come from? One of the frustrating things about playing board games is finding an opponent who is just right for you. As Goldilocks discovered when she visited the home of the three bears, you don't want an opponent who is much more skilled at the game than you are, nor do you want one who offers little challenge. One of the great features of this site is our suggested opponents. Here is how it works: We use a rating system This site uses a rating system to estimate your skill in every game you play. The more games you complete, the more accurate this rating system becomes. You can read about { Info: how the rating system works } for more details. We make suggestions Based on your performance in the games you have completed, we will suggest opponents that we feel will offer a good competition to you. We do this by comparing your rating to the ratings of other players at this site, and then recommending the players who most closely match your skill level. The suggestions change according to your skill If you are just getting started, we make suggestions based on our average player. If you end up winning the game, we suggest a more skilled opponent for the next game. If you end up losing, our next suggestion will be against another player who is also still getting the hang of the game. As your skills in the game improve, so will the skill set of your suggested opponents. We'll find the right opponent for you!
golfnutrof with (unknown photo) is June's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with 25 votes and will be awarded with a profile token. wgh came in the 2nd place with 18 votes for (unknown photo). trinitymary came in the 3nd place with 14 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 111 votes and 13 this month. Without you all, this competition wouldn't be active You can view all the images submitted for the Photozone Competition by using the following link Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2013-06 Only Natural The theme for our photo contest in July is Manmade beside Nature. Important Note: The reason I picked this theme for July is all the misunderstandings that happened during last month's competition. The theme seemed to become a bit confusing and people had different interpretations of it and as a result some entries had to be rejected. (unknown photo)To make it up to all those friends whose beautiful photos were rejected, I chose Manmade beside Nature so that we could use all those pictures in addition to all other beautiful entries that I'm sure we will be seeing 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. The deadline for this month's Photozone contest is: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Thursday, July 25th, 2013. Voting for July's Photozone contest will be closed on: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Sunday, July 28th, 2013. If you have any question about the or details you can either visit Photozone Zepher's profile or post your questions on Photozone DB. Regards, Redhairchick
July's game of the month is Moebius Moguls! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The July 2013 - Game of the Month - Moebius Moguls! Tournament, with the { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/ptoken39813120829125907.gif } Profile token for the winner! Return on Investment This chart shows the clubs which provide (in theory) the best value for money. There are two main factors behind the calculations: The cost of membership versus the income received, and the frequency that a club is landed on. (unknown photo) Landing Frequency The left column shows the average number of times a club is landed on every 1000 rolls. This is based on actual game statistics. The distribution is not level because the game will sometimes send players to a new location after a dice roll (because of Risky and Sticky cards etc.) So for example Sally's Place is landed on a lot less often than Fun Club Fantasia. Return on Investment The columns on the right combine the frequency landings with the return on investment (ROI) which is calculated from the cost of buying and upgrading a club compared to the income received when your opponent lands on it. For example, if you own Club to Relax Inn and Olympiads Plaza, they both provide the same return at Wood level. But Olympiads Plaza provides a much higher return than Club to Relax Inn when the clubs are upgraded to Onyx. In another example, we see that there is not much to be gained by upgrading KenNadia Court to Onyx from Platinum. The numbers don't mean anything - It is the relative values that count. The colours are the best guide. Red is a low return - green is high! How to use the chart With a pinch of salt! The values are averages calculated over thousands of dice rolls. But an individual game might have only 100 dice rolls. So any individual game can give very different outcomes to the long term average. And of course, a club with a high ROI is no good to you if you don't land on it early and buy it. Perhaps one use is to give a priority on which clubs to upgrade if you own several. For example, the chart suggests that if you own Weathering Heights and Wolf's Way you should upgrade Wolf's Way first. Frequency of landing for all squares on the board This chart shown how often you are likely to land on every area of the board for every 1000 rolls: (unknown photo) Risky and Sticky outnumber any individual club, because they exist in multiple locations. I like the wave pattern that emerges - I wonder if the game designers did that deliberately? How was all this calculated? There's no room here to show all the calculations - I will post them to my blog soon! We hope you enjoy it! Special to *JimC* 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:
June's winner is: Chicken Pot Pie
Chicken Pot PiePreheat oven to 350 degrees Ingredients 2 Pie shell 1 1/2 cup of cooked choped Chicken 1 Can of Cream of Mushroom 1 Can of Cream of Celry 1 Bag of Mix Vegatable Salt and Pepper to taste or what ever spices you would like to use..i usually use garlic and oinion power Directions take 1 pie shell and line your pie pan with it, in a bowel mix all your ingredints, then fill your pie shell, cover with the other shell..cut about three slits in and cook for about 1 hour or until brown.. This is real easy and so good GoldToken's PRIMETIME 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 PRIMETIME! July's recipe contest is: Salads. 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:
{ Image: i994.photobucket.com/albums/af66/llwgirl/usa/gfourthofjuly24.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to dellajo . for letting us step into her personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? A friend at another site told me about GT. How'd you choose your name for GT? dellajo is a combination of my first and middle names.. Della JoAnn.... my great-grandmother called me dellajo 2. What interests you most on GT? I love the friendliness/family atmosphere and goldies!! Your all time favorite game here? Favorite game?...tough...i'll come back..well, guess i'd have to say the hangman games 3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? yes, quite a few...some I'm even President or Vice President in 4. What State or Country do you reside in? I live in Virginia Beach, VA USA Virginia What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see? They've gotta see Mt. Trashmore! I am so impressed with it. It used to be the city landfill! Now it's a park, lake, skateboard park, walking trails, rose garden, playgrounds,etc. you really have to see it to appreciate it. Right in the middle of the city! http://www.vbgov.com/government/departments/parks-recreation/parks-trails/city-parks/pages/mount-trashmore-park.aspx 5. What hobbies to you have? I love to craft.. plastic canvas.. wreaths, candles, spoon roses, .. recycled crafts What other interests do you have? I really like to minister to the homeless.. volunteer at homeless shelters doing crafts with the families and kids, or playing bingo with them.. anything to give them some fun for a few hours and take their minds off things ... a little release.. just love on 'em. Or doing the same sort of thing at other types of outreaches.. so many people out there just need a little touch of lovin'... 6. Children? Grandchildren? I have 3 sons and 1 daughter . They have blessed me with 7 grandchildren and i just found out there is another on the way! So far there are 3 grandsons and 4 granddaughters Do any of them play on GT? None of them play here... 7. Do you work? I do not work.. i'm on disability. I did work in the art office at Wichita State Univ. I loved it and actually cried the last few days of my job... i hated that i was leaving..i had to keep the door to my office closed so people didn't catch me crying! I really loved it! Very interesting working with all those artists, and the museum! 8. Any pets? No pets .. no money to keep them 9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? I am over 50.... 10. What's the farthest you've been from home? Was it a vacation or for business? The farthest i've been from home? Well, i was born in kansas Kansas..lived here, Maine, New Hampshire, few other states, so i guess any of them would be it! i did go to mexico once, with a youth group, but i think that might be closer than maine! 11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? In a log cabin on a small lake and wooded area.... has to have a porch too..... 12. Favorite season? spring! I can do all things through Christ Who strengthens me. If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
My dad loves playing board games and he started teaching me to play them when I was just 4 years old. I could beat most kids in my age groups and few wanted to play me so I was playing adults if and when I could find them. I was introduced to Gold Token by Crow57, he said it was a nice safe place for a young teenage girl when I was 16 and still in high school. Over the past 12 years so much has changed in my life: 9-11, graduating from high school, going to college, having two jobs, buying land and building a home with my boyfriend, getting married to him, having our son (Mark Christopher 1-17-2011) and a daughter (Tamber June [TJ] on 2-25-2013) in all that time GT has been a part of my life. I have enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people and I was heart broken when I lost three people I came to know as friends here. I enjoy playing the games even the ones I am not that good at. I have enjoyed my time here at GT and am looking forward to many more years and games. juneleeJune
Best Blog What Is A Blog? A blog (according to Wikipedia) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog. Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; others function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. If you decide to enter the world of blogging, you should decide what kind of blog you want your blog to be. What do you want to write about? Are you going to write about many things or something specific? Decide how often you are going to add entries, every day, once a week, once a month. Once you have decided what you are going to write about, you need to think about how you are going to write it or enter it into your blog. Be it by text, by pictures, or even external links. A great blog will take advantage of all of the above things, your blog story or viewpoint can be enhanced and made much more enjoyable and interesting to read by the use of pictures and links. Write about what you are passionate about, write about what you know and make sure you know what you are writing about. For the more serious bloggers, you won't be taken very seriously if your blog is full of grammar and spelling mistakes. So make sure you spellcheck. No matter your blog content, people will continue to come back to read it as long as you continue to make it interesting! Winner will receive a GoldToken signature Goldie to sign their blog with, like this: The contest winner will be chosen by poll on the Blog Entries DB based on entries submitted in July. Deadline to enter is July 31st, 2013. Unfortunately, there were no entries submitted to the DB for June's Best Short Story contest!
The Caption contest winner for the June, 2013, newsletter is MikeyB with: (unknown photo) I was just kidding. There is no spider. MikeyB! To enter July's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. (unknown photo) The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next months newsletter.
The icons to find in July are: { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100412180444.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon090502165648.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon130312225340.jpg } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon070722235415.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon130310223828.gif } Be the first to find...message the GoldToken's Icon Fairy or post on Icon DB. Oh My! The Icon Board has gone to the birds! Rows 1 thru 3, many of our special birds of Fairy Land have landed. Be sure to drop by and check them all out, they are up for adoption! And REMEMBER, if you do not ask for your icon to be saved when you turn it in, it will be put back into circulation.CLUBS If you do not have your own unique icons for your Club, please contact the GoldToken's Icon Fairy We have many fun icons for Club adoption.
We received several wonderful entries in this contest! Thank you so much for your submissions. Watch for them to be used in the weeks to come. But for now >>> Here's to the winner of the June's Poll Contest, with the submission of the following question and the many answers that were supplied. We will post it soon! "Do you like animated graphic icons?" Thank you and congratulations go out to safoocat. safoocat won a personalized GoldToken Signature Goldie: ! This month's contest will have the same prize, so send your submission to GoldToken's Pollmaster now! Now you can give us more suggestions on things you think would be good questions to ask. To see previously used polls, go to your Game Sheet, look at the box the Current Poll is in and at the bottom is a link to “More Polls”. Click on that to see how they are worded and to make sure your question hasn't already been asked in some way. We will probably post most of the polls submitted in the near future but only 1 can win! Rules:
News from GoldTokenThe first Summer Olympics is in the process of being organized. For those that wish to play, head on over to the The Olympiads Club. Be sure to tick all the discussion boards so not to miss any announcements. Games will be starting mid August. Hope to see you thereThe Classic TV & Music Club announces that they have a Trivia Discussion Board, trivia questions about Classic TV and Music are asked and the members answer, and then it is their turn to try and stump the members with their trivia questions. They also have "Tag Lines" Discussion Board where famous lines from shows such as "Here comes the Judge!"...are submitted for members to answer. Can you guess what popular TV shows that comes from? Come join the fun and test your Trivia and Tag Line knowledge. For more information contact Carol91859. The 2012 edition of the The Overall Competition Club is moving toward its conclusion. jbdobie is leading with 400.5 points followed by Hamsarnie with 359 and AndrewB with 303.5. One-hundred twenty-five players participated in the 2012 edition. The first rounds of the 2013 edition are completed. McGoo98 leads with 37 points followed by RabidWolff of the Wolf Pack with 31.5 and the celt with 30.5. Every month a new challenge starts (five games) with three, two, and one golderos for the top three players. The overall winners for 2013 will receive forty, twenty, and ten golderos. Discussion on the 2014 edition starts on July first. For more information, rules, and sign ups check The Overall Competition Club or send a message to 1926 The Friendship Club is enjoying the new recognition tokens that GoldToken has added to all of our fun and enjoyment here in the site, earning them has become a new goal for many. They have added many games with Tokens given to the winning player, so if your collecting them this a great opportunity to join in some fun with token rewards. Contact the owner katja for more information. News out of the The Pork Chop Club has owner porkpie1 stating that their club has that real family feel to it. The officers of the club make up fun games for all the members to join in and enjoy. They also offer wikiless and clubvsclub challenges. So if you enjoy that cozy family feeling come join in for some games and chat. Have fun gaming! from porkpie1, Pepper and eliphont551 { Club } is a new club that plays only Moebius Moguls. They are still building the club but have announced that they will be having a player of the month drawing each month. They are also running two prize tours! So if you love the Monopoly like game of Moebius Moguls, what are you waiting for? Joining is easy......Come join in and play this latest new fun game. More info? Contact the owner roses4gypsy Another new club The CHRISTIAN/JEWISH ALLIANCE Club is now hosting a "Bible Trivia" discussion board game, so if you want to brush up or learn new bible versus and bible stories this is the place for you..Contact Morse for invite into the club. The The Sallyp and Friends Club was Winner of the "Club Of The Year" contest again this year. A huge honor for this great club. sallyp sends out to everyone that voted for The Sallyp and Friends Club. But most of all she would like to say a public thank you to thier president johnnyyboy who she feels makes The Sallyp and Friends Club the club that it is today. She states that it might be my name up there but its his hard work day after day coming up with new idea that keeps us up there with the other great clubs. Big to you johnnyyboy SallyP and Friends would welcome any new members, come take a look. CLUBVSCLUBCongrats goes to The Prime Time TV Club for winning the Loco Ocho Championship [ Main: ClubvsClub Loco Ocho Championship ] Currently the ClubvsCLub has several games still in progress. Tourne-case and Backgammon where recently started. If you club would be interested in joining, please contact any of the officers { Club } The Daily Laugh Club has just finished a inter-club automatic challenge with The Wolf Pack Club of Backgammon - The Daily Laugh Club took the win! If you have any clubvsclub news, I would be happy to report it...just let me know... and in all your games!
June's 2012 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!
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 (unknown photo)? Our winner last month was birdstoe. to her for spotting it and being the first to reply. We would like to give everyone a chance to play this fun game so for that reason 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 Badger at 9:32AM on 2 July 2013 Find referring pages |
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