September 2015
Club with most points: The Summer Olympic 2016 Vali Club Player with most points: cmacker Team Scores
Congrats to the winning teams and players, and thank you to everyone who participated! A heartfelt to the hard-working volunteers who made this event possible!
I’d like to add my name to the list of players that disagree with your proposed solution to end "Endless" tournaments! Admittedly, I’m a slowpoke. I have over 500 active games with 100 or so active over 9 months. But, I don’t see myself as an abuser of the system or being inconsiderate of others just because I’m not able to make moves as quickly as some would like. I used to enjoy playing in the Olympic tourneys. But, when the time limits were added, I soon quit. I hate to win or lose by forfeit. I played in the first Overall Competition that 1926 set up. Enjoyed it as well. Played many games that I’d never tried previously. But, when the time limits were added, I had to leave the club. Sometimes, I think I spend more time managing a club than playing games. But, I enjoy the little club I inherited. I’m proud of how active we are and how well we do... especially compared with all the mega clubs. I miss doing all the club vs club wiki challenges. Folks just don’t seem to have the time for non-automated challenges. Therefore, I mainly play in the monthly club challenges. When the proposed solution is implemented, I’ll no longer be able to play in those tourneys. I will no longer have a reason to be in a club which has become the main reason I’m a paid member of this site. I know you will never be able to please everyone; but, I think you’ve already gone above and beyond in trying to accommodate the speedy players with 1 day tourneys, no days off tourneys, time-limited Olympics tourneys, head-to-head games, etc. Plus, there’s always the option for them to participate in clubs like the overall competition that have time limits or other quick game clubs. Anyway, just wanted to let you that not everyone agrees with the proposed solution… would guess most of us don’t even think there’s a problem. Thanks Summer break is over, but we still managed to eke out one more weekend of fun! We had friends visiting from Florida this past weekend, and we went to the drive-through safari park and the aquarium. We fed the neighborhood ducks corn kernels. We played games and had lots of laughs and made more great memories. Now we're back to playing our games on GoldToken instead of across the table, but thank goodness we have GoldToken - it's so easy to keep in touch! Also, I seem to have slightly better luck playing Triple Shake here than at the kitchen table. I hope September is a good month for all of you! Let's play! --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 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 kiwiyeti on September 2nd! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to nanners on September 3rd! - From The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Sushi Warrior on September 3rd! - -- Happy Birthday to Dragon Jr on September 4th! - -- Happy Birthday to CaperViv on September 4th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Eggy on September 6th! - From The Classic TV & Music Club - -- Happy Birthday to ken on September 7th! - From your wife nadia maria - -- Happy Birthday to Hamsarnie on September 8th! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to lyndab on September 8th! From your husband kiwiyeti - -- Happy Birthday to Rosesncards on September 8th! From The Daily Laugh Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to chris3 on September 10th! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to Meeshamouse on 12th! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to Brendans Grandmom on September 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to China_Blue on September 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to BearRuff on September 13th! - -- Happy Birthday to ditzyblue on September 13th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Bluejay on September 14th! - From The Pork Chop Club and The Scoop's Castle Club - laura lee -- Happy Birthday to Philliesfan 915 on September 15th! - -- Happy Birthday to sandi en margarita on September 15th! - -- Happy Birthday to generous52 on September 16th! - From The Daily Laugh Club - -- Happy Birthday to NEUROTIKA on September 16th! - From The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Redhairchick on September 16th! - From The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to babken on September 18th! From The Backgammon Tournament Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club and The MasterClass Club - -- Happy Birthday to BILLYBILL on September 18th! - -- Happy Birthday to Carol91859 on September 18th!- From The Daily Laugh Club,The Classic TV & Music Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever Club The Scoop's Castle Club and The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to Marge44 on 18th! - From The Daily Laugh Club, , The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever ClubThe Scoop's Castle Club and The Word O'Rama Club - -- Happy Birthday to Grover on September 20th! - From The Word O'Rama Club, The Daily Laugh Club, The Classic TV & Music Club, The Scoop's Castle Club and The Monkeytyper's Gaming Paradise Club - The Scoop's Castle Club - The Scoop's Castle Club - laura lee -- Happy Birthday to jgbrunelle on September 22nd! - -- Happy Birthday to doc2309 on September 23rd! - From The Scoop's Castle Club - -- Happy Birthday to Nicodemus on September 25th! - From The MasterClass Club - -- Happy Birthday to bomoan on September 26th! - -- Happy Birthday to jaro70 on September 26th! - -- Happy Birthday to Oh No Mr Bill on September 27th! - From { Club } and The Backgammon Tournament Club - -- Happy Birthday to Redbee on September 27th! - From The Classic TV & Music Club - The Scoop's Castle Club - laura lee -- Happy Birthday to nadia maria on September 29th! - -- Happy Birthday to Silkwood on September 29th! - From The Daily Laugh Club , { Club },The Scoop's Castle Club & The Pork Chop Club - -- Happy Birthday to JTOhio on September 30th! - -- Happy Birthday to sweetblue on September 30th! - -- Happy Birthday to hoot on September 30th! From The Pork Chop Club, The Daily Laugh Club, The Deborah's Cove Family Club, The Diamonds Are Forever ClubThe Scoop's Castle Club & { Club } - Anniversary & Other Wishes: -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to sallyp and her husband on September 1st! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Gail_M and her husband on September 2nd! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out from The Daily Laugh Club to theoldmaster and his wife on September 2nd! -- Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary goes out to nightingale and her husband on September 6th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to BrnIdGirl and her husband on September 17! -- Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary goes out to GeorgiasGrandad and his wife, Margaret on September 29th! -- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to ken and his wife nadia maria on September 29th! Other Wishes: * 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!)
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golfnutrof with (unknown photo) is August's Photozone competition winner who won the challenge with votes and will be awarded with a profile token. robin50 came in 2nd place with 12 votes for (unknown photo) Dmm came 3rd place with 9 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 2015-08 Moonlight The theme for September's competition will be: CLOUDS!
This month the Theme was (unknown photo) and things made out of Wood can be beautiful as you can see in the photos of the participants. Please click on their links and take a look. They worked hard on their Albums. to all that participated. The Winner is: oldog's Album Second place is Cheetah's Album titled Wood Art Third place is Scheherizade's Album Come join in on all the fun at Photo Album Contest The next Theme will be Instruments (unknown photo) Get your Photo Albums ready and maybe you'll be our next winner of this awesome Profile Token! Best of luck, ladyvic
September's game of the month is Tourne-Case! Join us in a fun Double Elimination Tournament by signing up today for The Game of the Month - Sept 2015 - Tourne-case Tournament! We hope you enjoy it!
August's winner is: CHA GIO (crispy fried spring roll)
CHA GIO (crispy fried spring roll) 1/2 c. Taro or sweet potato, grated 1/2 c. carrot, finely shredded 1/4 c. shiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced 1/2 onion, finely chopped 1/2 t. oil 1 lb. ground pork 2 nests of Mien (aka glass noodles or mung bean thread noodles) 1 egg frozen square spring roll wrappers (thawed) i prefer TYJ Oil for frying 1) boil the Mien in water til clear, rinse well with cold water, drain and cut noodles to about 1" lengths....set aside. 2) in large bowl toss together the vegetables and 1/2 t. oil 3) add ground pork and Mien, mix well 4) tightly roll up 2 T. of mixture in each spring roll wrapper and seal with egg (for those that do not know how to roll them here is a helpful image ...tho i roll from bottom up : http://cookfeast.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Chicken-Spring-Rolls-Wrap.jpg) 5) heat 1" oil in fry pan over medium heat 6) fry spring rolls in batches turning often til golden brown (5-7 min) do not overcrowd the pan serve warm with fish sauce for dipping FISH SAUCE: 1 T. fish sauce 1 T. sugar 1 T. white vinegar 5 T. water finely chopped garlic and red pepper flakes (optional) Heat the sauce/sugar/vinegar/water mixture til sugar is completely dissolved, remove from heat and add garlic and pepper GoldToken's pegasiswolf 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 pegasiswolf! September's recipe contest is: "Favorite Cabbage 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:
**~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~** We would like to say to Scheherizade for letting us step into their personal life for a bit. 1. What brought you to GoldToken? Someone we used to work with told my hubby about it, first, for chess purposes, then, hubby told me about it for backgammon purposes. The rest is history. How'd you choose your name for GT? The nom de plume comes directly from One Thousand and One Nights (also known as The Arabian Nights), as well as the Rimsky-Korsikov piece. The “I” in my spelling comes directly from a typo on a cd I have of the classical piece, from Time-Life. 2. What interests you most on GT? The variety of games available is fantastic, and then, the people I play. I’ve met some incredibly fabulous people here. One of those awesome people SandiaStar has the same as me, and, 2 years ago we got to celebrate together in a delightful yet supposedly, haunted B&B in Trinidad, CO. It’s the first time we finally got to meet in person. It was a GREAT weekend. We plan on doing it again, soon! favorite game here? I have too many to claim as a "favorite". Love so many of the games here on GT. I play varieties in a myriad of categories, which include: backgammon, dice, word, shakes, poultry, salvos, cards. So, like, aaaaah, most of them? 3. What State or Country do you reside in? Currently residing in, and loving Colorado. What in your State or Country do you think tourists should definitely see? The are so many tourist opportunities from one end of the state, to the other that it's hard to pick a single one. Colorado Springs offers immediate access to Pikes Peak, The Olympic Center, Pikes Peak International Raceway , The Broadmoor, The World Arena, Cave of the Winds, The Manitou Cliff Dwellings, The Manitou Springs Incline, The North Pole, or even the U.S. Air Force Academy . If you feel like driving an hour north, south, or west, you can be in Denver, Pueblo, or Cripple Creek. Water activities are in abundance during the summer. I could be here all day with the winter opportunities. The outdoor, hiking, and biking activities are endless. You could spend a week in Colorado Springs, and STILL have things to do as a tourist. 4. What hobbies do you have? I write poetry, when the muse moves me. I’d call myself a very amateur photographer. Living in Colorado, nature photography is hard to ignore. I also like to say, “how can you take a bad picture of mountains?” I also enjoy reading. Shameless plug, now. My favorite sci-fi series of all time is Spinward Fringe, by Randolph Lalonde. He is my favorite author, bar none, especially, when it comes to interacting with his fan base. I love this story, and believe in this series so much, I permanently inked myself for it. We are a small, but, extremely rabid fan base. We have big dreams to see this sci-fi space opera up there within the ranks of the Star Trek, Firefly, Battlestar Galactic, Stargate, Star Wars universes. Yes, we small group, dream big. 5. Children? Grandchildren? Spawning just wasn’t for me. I have nieces and nephews. That’s sufficient breeding within the family lineage, me thinks. My children will always have four legs and fur. 6. Do you work? Not anymore, due to health issues based on genetic tendencies . Love you Mom and Dad , but, really? Did we have to inherit the biological frailties, too? what kind of work do/did you do? I used to work in the information technology industry, in a data center operations atmosphere, monitoring the problems and changes that occurred to the systems and applications. It was a job. Then I got sick. Things happen. 7. Any pets? See question #5.8. Are you under 30?___ 30 to 50? ___ or over 50? I’m sorry. Insufficient data. Subject ceased calculating at 39. Unable to access. 404 Not Found. Male or Female? I am woman. I am invincible. I AM TIRED. 9. What's the farthest you’ve been from home? Lived in Germany, twice. First, when I was knee-high to a hickory stump , when my father was in the Army. Second time, was during the ages of 16-20, with my Mom. She worked for the FBI at the time, applied to, and got an opening at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany. I thank God for having been able to spend my formative years being influenced in a European culture. Not many people are able to say that they graduated high school in Germany. I also attended a semester of college at the University of Maryland, in Munich, Germany. During the Oktoberfest. Need I say more? 10. If you could be anywhere right now where would that be? Laying on the beach in Hawaii 11. Favorite season? Spring12. Favorite movie? All About EveActor? Tom HanksActress? Betty DavisSong? Baby, Come Home, Led Zeppelin Bouree, Jon Lord Ka’ena, The Brothers Cazimero Charmaine, Bill Hailey and the Comets Piano Concerto No. 21, Mozart If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know. Laura laura lee
I have been a member for 10 yrs and really enjoy playing here.. there are many new games to choose from and I try some of them out on the beta site where you can post anything that goes wrong and they fix it..also you can try them out to see if you like them..I have joined some clubs and enjoy tournaments...they have such a big choice to choose from and lot of games other sites don't have..lost hubby 8 yrs ago after 58 yrs of marriage and there is no need to be lonely just go to G.T. and see many friends you have made..best site I have played on and a big thumbs up to all who keep it going so well.. capecodder
Club Owner of the Year September's contest is the Club Owner of the Year submitted throughout the month. All entries will be posted in a poll for voting and winner will be announced in next month's newsletter. Winner will receive two extra months on their current membership. Please post the name of the player along with what club they are nominated for on the Discussion Board! ** _Who will be next to join this amazing group of club owners?
We have a winner for the Best Nugget contest! FixitDave submitted this one for the new "All Aboard" game:Game basics The idea of the game is to create a none stop run of carriages between your station cards. It doesn't matter which path you take as long as the station names on the cards have a joining carriage. It's simple enough with one card, but with multiple cards you should try and use the least amount of carriages to join all the station. When drawing your station cards look at where the stations are on the map, if one card is not easy to link up with other cards, discard it...you can draw more later. Once you have your first set of station cards, it's time to collect carriages. You can select any two carriage cards that are face up or down cards. or You can pick up one engine face up card To start creating your run, simply click on the track you want to take. If you have enough carriage cards of the matching colour, the track is yours. With grey tracks, you can use any colour carriage cards. What are the engine cards for...these are wild cards and can be used if you don't have enough carriage cards to claim a track. In 2 player games, once somebody claims a track, nobody else can use it. In 3 or more player games, tracks with two coloured runs can be used. to FixitDave! He's earned a 2-month extension to his membership!
The Caption Contest winner for the August, 2015, newsletter is Aazlon with: NASA unveils its prototype spacesuit for cats. Aazlon! To enter September's Caption Contest, click on the link and post your best caption. photo titled September, 2015, Caption Contest The winner will be chosen by our news team, given 5 Golderos and announced in next month's newsletter.
We had NO winner for last month's Icon Hunt.....I will run the same ones this month as last month in hopes that someone will find them all. Start looking, the GoldToken's Icon Fairy loves to announce WINNERS!.. The icons to find in September are:{ Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon070927171439.gif }{ Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon090502170001.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon110506160718.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon100504134201.gif } { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/icon081207123931.gif } Be the first to post your answers to the Icon Mania or send a PM to the GoldToken's Icon Fairy There were so many adorable Kitties last month and lots were adopted out. Now thru September, the Icon of the Day and the Icon that the Icon Fairy will be wearing will be "Dogs". Dogs dogs dogs everywhere, If you see one you like give the GoldToken's Icon Fairy a shout out and it's yours and here is the Icon Of The Day Or if you are not into dogs come on over to the Name Icons board and fine one perfect for you. Remember Platinum can save up to 10 and gold up to 7 ...Happy September!
News from Knight Jarlynn There are two tournaments The Sept 2015 — Knight Jarlynn's big Chessgi tournamen Tournament (unknown photo) The Sept 2015 — Knight Jarlynn's Dice Chess tourney (unknown photo) Both Tournaments start in September so hurry up and get signed up The Sallyp and Friends Club is looking for a new guest to adopt. If you have never been a member before, by one of the current members or if you are a brand new member, you may qualify. Contact sallyp or johnnyyboy for more information, this is a great club to get started in. Introducing Prime Time TV Club: { Image: i64.photobucket.com/albums/h175/mepattymac/de2c9f44-c1e3-4208-b813-c4d39798d5cf.png }The The Prime Time TV Club is gearing up for The Fall Season of Fun, Games and TV Shows. Watch for the exciting Games, Wikiless and even Prize Golderos Tournaments! They also still have those "Can't Get Enough Games" running. Don't miss out on the FUN If interested in joining, message any of the officers and they will make sure an invite will soon come. Come on what are you waiting for? Fall?
Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!Winter Olympic Winners
2014 Summer Olympic Winners
2015 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 silknlacy. 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 1:55PM on 7 September 2015 Find referring pages |
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