June 2013
Today is my GoldToken anniversary. The last nine years managing this fabulous site have been incredibly wonderful, and I thank each and every one of you for helping make this the warmest family on the net. GoldToken would be nothing without you, your involvement and competitive gaming skills. You are the best!!
This months Got It winners are: , ;;DragonsLadye;; ;;Genie;; *&* to all! Watch the discussion boards to get yours. A complete list of all the players who Have It will be posted in the new info page, Signature Goldies!
Do you enjoy GoldToken's Newsletter Caption contests? If so, you are also apt to find our latest discussion board even more fun, Caption Humor, managed by our very own Giant Gila Monster. Watch for his first update in July's Monthly Newsletter!
A new addition to our monthly newsletter, is the hidden logo contest. Be the first to send the hidden GoldToken logo (unknown photo) (<<<---this one doesn't count lol), location in this months newsletter, and win 5 Golderos! Watch for it in all our future newsletters!
This May, GoldToken added one of the most popular games to ever hit our game pages, Moebius Moguls, where the goal is to collect as many properties and Golderos as you can, designed by marcmandy and finely crafted by our beloved programmer, Mecir. If you haven't started a game yet, be sure to give it a go. Hint: Care to win 5 Golderos? We don't have any Nuggets written on this game to date, and I would love to see it as our next game of the month!
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This month, we are working on a mobile version of GoldToken. If you have a Gold or Platinum membership, we invite you to help us test it on GoldToken's beta site at http://beta.goldtoken.com, where all our newest site improvements are tested. Have a wonderful month and play like you mean it! --Badger In this month's newsletter, we have:
Birthday Wishes: -- Happy Birthday to dingbat on June 1st! - From laura lee, cissy & { Club } -- Happy Birthday to cindygal on June 4th! From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to rann on June 4th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to The Librarian on June 4th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to Chris is Untouchable on June 7th! - -- Happy Birthday to G_net on June 9th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club -- Happy Birthday to katja on June 9th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to ajj52 on June 9th! - -- Happy Birthday to LyndiLoo on June 10th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on June 11th! -- Happy Birthday to blackangus on June 11th! - From The Word O'Rama Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club -- Happy Birthday to Honeybear on June 14th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club } -- Happy Birthday to game_77 on June 15th! -- Happy Birthday to blondie on June 17th! -- Happy Birthday to nightingale on June 17th! -- Happy Birthday to peterjane on June 19th! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to wildgeese on June 20th! -- Happy Birthday to Turn-Key on June 23rd! -- Happy Birthday to GameNut on June 23rd! - From { Club } -- Happy Birthday to Jacob1987 on June 24th! -- Happy Birthday to katkrazy70 on June 24th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to Fliss on June 25th! - From The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Fade on June 25th! -- Happy Birthday to Giggles on June 26th! -- Happy Birthday to LittleTree on June 27th! -- Happy Birthday to TexasRose on June 27th! - From The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club and The Word O'Rama Club -- Happy Birthday to Ken2 on June 28th! - From The Pork Chop Club -- Happy Birthday to Stealthfire on June 29th! -- Happy Birthday to SandyPaws on June 30th! - From The Pork Chop Club Anniversary & Other Wishes: -- Happy Anniversary to Badger for 9 great years of running GoldToken! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to stanley7 and her husband on June 7th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to dustmuffin and her husband on June 10th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Ana and her husband willy on June 24th! * 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!)
I received some Banneros. What can I do with them? Banneros are special virtual GoldToken coins that are only available as prizes in various contests and tournaments, or as gifts from GoldToken administrators. Banneros work like Golderos when purchasing banner space, but the only way to obtain them is to have administration give you some (you can't buy, share or trade them to other players), and they can only be used to purchase Banners, nothing else ( Each Golderos or Banneros = 50 cents US each). If a player wants to extend a banner while not having enough Banneros, Golderos will be used to fill the missing amount. So if someone needs 12 Golderos or Banneros to extend their Banners, and has 5 Banneros and 15 Golderos, it will cost them 5 Banneros and 7 Golderos. If the player has no Banneros , only Golderos will be used. Banners are a wonderful way to promote your GoldToken club, federation, site contest or a special tournament to other GoldToken players. And yes, as long as it is family friendly, you can advertise your business using a GoldToken banner too! Start your own banner today!
Specialsteel with (unknown photo) is May's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with 21 votes and will be awarded with a profile token. ladyvic came in the 2nd place with 15 votes for (unknown photo). Ray of Light came in the 3nd place with 13 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 118 votes 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 2013-05 Roaring Lions and Funny Cats Also, you can see the all of the pictures who have so far won the 2013 monthly challenges here Photozone Zepher's Album titled 2013 Winners The theme for our photo contests in February is Only Natural. 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, Monday, June 24th, 2013. Voting for June's Photozone contest will be closed on: 12:00 Midnight, Pacific Time, Friday, June 28th, 2013. If you have any questions about the rules or details you can either visit Photozone Zepher's profile or post your questions on Photozone DB. Important announcement: Due to some issues regarding pictures being seen correctly when posted in Photozone DB, we are requesting all of you to please upload your entries on your Gold Token album first and then share them from there. It's easier to share and also all the entries will be seen without any issues. Thank you for understanding and cooperating.
Regards, Redhairchick
June's game of the month is Xiangqi! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The June 2013 - Game of the Month - Xiangqi! Tournament! The winner will receive the Director of Capture Management profile token - { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/ptoken39813120830140915.gif } The basics of Xiangqi Xiangqi, otherwise known as Chinese chess, has very unique, but somewhat similar moves to traditional English Chess. The pieces that are involved in Xiangqi include the soldier, the chariot, the horse, the elephant,the adviser, the cannon, and the general. Before telling about how the pieces operate, we must understand the structure of the board and how it effects the movement of the pieces later on. To start off, pieces are placed onto the lines of the board instead of the spaces of the board. You might surprisingly find the movement of the pieces just as easy as if you were moving them on the spaces. Another fact about the board is that the board is separated into two sections, each side known as yours and the opponents side. The one space that perfectly across the center is called the river. So in this way, using the lines make it so you go across the river in one line instead of going in the river using the spaces for the pieces. Also, at the far rear in the center, is a 2X2 box called the fortress. You can tell where this section is by depicting the diagonal lines made where the fortress is. All of these factors, the two sides separated by the river, the river, and the fortress are all a part of how pieces move within this game. Now that you may or still may not have a decent understanding of the board, we can now move on to the movement of the pieces. The soldier: This would be your equivalent of a pawn with a few distinctions. The soldier can only move one forward when it is on your territory, and also only attacks by moving one space forward when it is on your side as well. Although, when it is on the opponents side, it's abilities are modified. When it is on then opponents side, it can move one space horizontally either way.So thus, be careful when moving your soldier, it can never take any spaces backwards. The Chariot: This piece is actually your exact equivalent of your English chess rook. So if you don't know how English chess works, then information of how the piece works will still be provided here. The piece can move any amount of spaces it wished horizontally and vertically and captures pieces by moving these amount of spaces. This piece is known for being an extremely valued piece and is considered as the most valued, other than from the general of course. The horse: The horse is an interesting piece that moves in a different pattern than any other piece. The horse moves by moving one line horizontally or vertically, then moves diagonally across one space. This would be similar to the English chess Knight of you would like to correlate to that. There is one major exception though. A horse CAN NOT jump pieces in front of it. This means, that if there is a piece directly in front of it, it can not move in that direction since there is a piece in front of it. This can be used to peoples advantage and their disadvantage. The term for blocking off their path is called "Hobbling the Horse." The elephant: This piece may be hard to utilize for some but it can be used for many good strategies as well. The elephant moves in a specific way with many exceptions, this would be why it would hard to utilize. The elephant moves by going diagonally two spaces exactly. Now for the exceptions of this. The elephant can only stay within your own side of the board. This means that there are only eight possible positions in which the elephant can be in including it's original position. Also, the elephant cannot jump as well as the horse. So if there is a piece that is one space diagonally in front of it, the elephant can not move in that direction. The terminology for blocking the direction of the elephant is called "blocking the elephant's eye." The adviser: The adviser is one of the most restricted, but helpful pieces. You have two advisers, both within the fortress. They both can only move within the fortress. The movement is made by going on one line diagonally within the fortress. So this piece is known for being a defensive piece for the general. The cannon: This piece may be the most extraordinary piece of all the pieces within this game. This piece does move like a chariot but it attacks in a peculiar way. It attacks by jumping over the first piece, and then capturing the piece that is on the other side of the piece it just jumped. You do not capture the piece you jumped as well; only the piece that you captured from capturing the piece on the other side of the piece you jumped over. The piece that you jump over is called the screen or the platform for the cannon. So therefore if there is only one piece in your desire path, you cannot attack but only move. The general: Last but not least, is the general. The general is a piece that cannot be lost or else you lose the game, like the English chess king. The general is also a piece that cannot move outside of the 2X2 fortress. This piece can only move one space horizontally and vertically. Also, with one special move called the flying general. This is only when there is one line completely free of any pieces, except for the general. This is when the general moves from his side of the board to the other side taking the opponents general in the process. This does not happen often since there is usually a piece that is pinned between the two generals so that this does not occur. The reason of this would be because if one person removed the piece from that position, the general could perform the technique and then you'd lose the game. So with this in mind make sure you always have pieces protecting your general. So, with all of this in mind, you should now be able to finally be able to play the game of Xiangqi! If you do not understand some of the context within then I am truly sorry for the misunderstanding and hope you can learn easier form other sources. Also, a fun fact about this game is that pieces may be the same but differently written for a reason. it was believed this was done since effective dyes weren't used bacl when this game was first played so they needed to make pieces with different characters to depict one's pieces from their opponents. Good luck! We hope you enjoy it! Special to JuicePill 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:
May's winner is: Overnight Apple Cinnamon French Toast
Overnight Apple Cinnamon French Toast **yummy and easy to make** ¾ c butter, melted 1 c brown sugar 1 tsp ground cinnamon 2 (21 ounce) cans apple pie filling 20 slices white bread 6 eggs 1 ½ c milk 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ c maple syrup Grease a 9x13 inch baking pan. In a small bowl, stir together the melted butter, brown sugar and cinnamon. Spread the sugar mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread the apple pie filling evenly over the sugar mixture. Layer the bread slices on top of the filling, pressing down as you go. In a medium bowl, beat the eggs with the milk and vanilla. Slowly pour this mixture over the bread, making sure that it is completely absorbed. Cover the pan with aluminum foil and refrigerate overnight. In the morning, preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Place covered pan into the oven and bake at for 60 to 75 minutes. When done remove from oven and turn on broiler. Remove foil and drizzle maple syrup on top of the egg topping; broil for 2 minutes, or until the syrup begins to caramelize. Remove from the oven and let stand for 10 minutes, then cut into squares. Invert the pan onto a serving tray or baking sheet so the apple filling is on top. Serve hot. GoldToken's MysticKah 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 MysticKah! June's recipe contest is: "Chicken Recipes". 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/summer/familyRV.gif } **~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to ladyvic for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? My sister generous52 introduced me to this wonderful site May 30, 2005 and i've been playing games here since then..I think i go into DT's when i can't play here..lol How'd you choose your name for GT? I chose my name ladyvic because i always try to act like a lady and since my name is Vickie that = ladyvic 2. What interests you most on GT? I love playing the games here at GT, there's more choices of games and the most friendliest people than any other site i've ever played at and the owner here Badger has been nothing but wonderful to me since i've met her. I feel like people here are part of my family and are always here when i need them. 3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? I belong to 37 clubs, President of 7 and pollster of 5. The club owners ask me to help out with their clubs and i enjoy it greatly and the game coordinators have been so nice to me...The clubs are great to join here..from helping me out with my computer problems to keeping some excitement going to even finding out what's going on, on tv. 4. What State or Country do you reside in? I live in Virginia.. What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see? most people come here for the Nascar Races in Martinsville or to the Beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains which i love to see the leaves pretty colors in the Fall. 5. What hobbies to you have? What other interest do you have? I like to play my electric guitar in the Praise band at church and sing, i also like to make jewelry and door wreaths and love teaching the children at church and of course playing games at GT. 6. Children? Grandchildren? I have 1 son that is a big help to me, don't have any grandchildren yet but maybe one day. 7. Do you work? I became disabled in 1998 after my 3rd back surgery so i don't work. 8. Any pets? I have a beautiful Dachshund that keeps me alot of company and a couple outside cats 9. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? I am 53 yrs. old (Whew! I'm getting old!) lol 10. What's the farthest you've been from home? Was it a vacation or for business? The farthest i've been away from home is Florida on my honeymoon with now ex husband 11. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? Since i can't travel because of my back, I'm happiest right here playing my games at GT or playing my guitar and singing at church. If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
Hi I do enjoy the games at GoldToken very much. I joined this site in 2006 after someone from another game site told me about it. I really like this site not only for the games but for meeting the other players who are so friendly and of course the competition is great I think my favorite games right now are backgammon and tourne_case but that changes from time to time, and really enjoy all the games I play. I think I'm addicted Mary
Best Short Story June's contest is: Best Short Story posted on the DB.
The winner, chosen by poll, will be posted in next month's newsletter and will receive the "Short Story Winner" { Image: www.goldtoken.com/pics/albums/photo39813120714173620.gif } Profile Token. We have a winner for the Club of the Year Contest!to The Sallyp and Friends Club, owned by sallyp! All the members of the club will be receiving a special Profile Token to commemorate this honor!
The Caption contest winner for the May, 2013, newsletter is golfnutrof with: (unknown photo) I swear it was like this when I came in here. golfnutrof! To enter June'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 month's newsletter.
We have a winner from last months Icon Hunt.....numptieheid was the first to send in the correct names for all the icons. and so much to all of those that participated. We have five new icons for the June search. I'm sure everyone understands that The Icon fairy loves to spread joy to as many players as possible , so for that reason players are only eligible to win the Icon hunt prize once every six months. Thanks for your cooperation. The icons to find in June are: { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon070812211704.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100419195102.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon111117153237.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110506161046.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110404171504.gif } Be the first to find...message the GoldToken's Icon Fairy or post on Icon DB. The "Adopt A Cat" was even more successful than the "Dog Parade" so many were adopted out. Members found it hard choosing from all the adorable Kitties Sometime in June we will highlight a different kind of pet, ones with feathers, so check back and make sure you have the Icon Mania checked so that you get all the news. 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 first Poll Contest with the submission of the following question and the many answers that were supplied. We will run it on Wednesday, June 5. "What is your favorite spectator sport?" Thank you and congratulations go out to marcmandy. He already has his own 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:
The Friendship Club have set up a "Memorial Tournament" for gmak, The Friendship Club members as well as GoldToken will miss his daily presence. Also a member that was away for awhile but has returned a "Welcome Back" game for Brewmaster. They have also started a round of Guys Vs. Gals challenges, Loco Ocho has already started, so hurry and sign up. Need more info contact the club owner katja { Club } has set up their first ever Inter Club Challange, their opponent is { Club }. They are starting a member drive with a goal of 100 members added by 12/31/2013. Morse wants to thank everyone that messaged him and sent prayers for his recent hospital stay, he is recoverly slowly The Innocent Instigators Club reports that over the last few months, they have tripled in size to finally reach its membership goal. While still a small club (which they consider a good thing), they field 49 Inter-Club Challenge/Ladder teams and have 41 Inter-Club Challenges active. They are expecting those numbers to grow; so, please join them on the Ladders or send them a invitation to a Challenge. The Innocent Instigators Club club management would like to welcome all our wonderful new members and thank all our members for making The Innocent Instigators Club a great place to play. Contact csain1 for more information. The Daily Laugh Club A preacher was walking down the street when he noticed a little boy trying to ring the doorbell which was just out of his reach. He watched his efforts for some time and then walked over to press the bell. After he pressed it he bent down to the boy and asked, "Now what?" To which the boy turned and shouted, "NOW WE RUN!" As well as enjoying a good giggle each and every day, in Daily Laugh they have completed 130 wiki tourneys and 60 wikiless tourneys since the start of the year. In addition to their daily games (there is a new one every day), they also have a Guys v Gals challenge underway, a competition to be the first to win 5 games against the club owner, and a range of ongoing club v club and inter-club games. There really is something for everyone. Contact the club owner smiler5 who promises a very warm welcome. Big News from The Club Nascar Club Their 2012 Season of Nascar Racing has come to a close. Winner of Segment One gravyrun, WONRHAF, HRTrules and arrows1 Winner for Segment Two Kitten_Tx Winner for Segment Three smokey164 Over All Winners
Their 2013 Nascar Racing is currently under way but there is still time to join in. Contact Ace1316 or PattyMac for more info The To Your Health Club has started their annual "Play for Charity" shake games. Each tournament member lists a charity of their choice when they sign up, upon completion the club owner sends 20 dollars to the winning charity. Fun games with a charitable outcome. Congrats to them for a worthy cause. New Clubs at GoldToken{ Club } The Gypsy's Mini Empire Club is playing the new game Moebius Moguls. If you love this new game, contact the club owner roses4gypsy for more information. The club is open to join on your own, no invites from an officer is necessary. There is a limit to 40 members so hurry and join before all the spots are taken! ALSO New The CHRISTIAN/JEWISH ALLIANCE Club Membership is by INVITATION ONLY.If you would like to become a member,please message Morse ALSO New The Diamonds Are Forever Club They just had their 1st Wikiless tournament that started June 1st. They will be playing all of the popular games. Contact Jane for more information on this new club. CLUBVSCLUBThe Sallyp and Friends Club has Won the recent completed Dice Pipe Championship to your team If you are the club game co-ordinator or a club owner and are not a member of the { Club } please join in. This is a great meeting place to find clubs for challenges and they put up clubvsclub challenges for tournament play by Club, right now they need one more club for each of these tournaments. [ Main: ClubvsClub Backgammon ] [ Main: ClubvsClub Tourne-case ]
May's 2012 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!
Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined
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