April 2011

GoldToken's Monthly News

to Mecir, GoldToken added a number of Photo Album Improvements this past March:

• Gold members can have two photo albums now
• Platinum members can have up to 10 albums
• Each album can have a name of your choice
• Membership-based photo limits are applied per-album, not per-player - this means that Gold players can have twice as many photos as before, and Platinum members ten times as many
• You can move existing photos between albums
• Photos can now be marked as private, semi-private, or public. Public photos are viewable by everyone, semi-public photos are viewable by your chums, and private photos are viewable only by you


A huge to Ray of Light for adding the new Chess variant, Three Checks Chess! In this new variant, the goal is to either checkmate the king, or to put the king into check exactly three times. Be sure to send Ray your appreciation for this welcome addition!


GoldToken's news team has openings! Do you have good organization and wiki skills? Would you like to join GoldToken's news team? If so, send GoldToken Support a message today!

GoldToken's Club Banner contest was a huge success, with 16 creative entries! You can see the entire list of banners on the Read below to see who won!

For players who would like to get a jump on upcoming contests, here's the list:

May	Club of the Year
June	Nom De Plume - 500 words or less
July	Best Blog Contest
August	Splitting Bars - Best Original Song
September	Club Owner of the Year
October	New Game Design
November	Most Original Profile
December	Most Original Photo Album

HAPPY_GAMING!

--Badger

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In this month's newsletter, we have:

• Birthdays & Special Announcements
• Player of the Year
• 1st Stop Information
• Olympic News
• Game Of The Month
• Best Recipe Contest
• Up Front & Personal
• Testimonial Of The Month
• Interesting Club Of The Month
• Club Banner Winner!
• Poetry Contest
• Club Announcements
• Tournament News

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

Birthday Wishes:

-- Happy Birthday to dreamflight on April 1st!
-- Happy Birthday to dellajo on April 2nd!
-- Happy Birthday to Mike K of the Renegades on April 2nd! - From The Friendship Club, The Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club }, { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to AndrewB on April 2nd! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to phil on April 3rd! - From: THE CLUB
-- Happy Birthday to SnowFlake on April 5th!
-- Happy Birthday to Hillbilly on April 9th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club }, THE CLUB and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to heyred72 on April 9th! From The MasterClass Club
-- Happy Birthday to Lowell on April 10th! - From The Friendship Club, { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Indiana Jones on April 12th!
-- Happy Birthday to AJK on April 15th! - From: { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to jackgammon on April 16th! - From: The Gammon Addicts Club
-- Happy Birthday to Sir Silver of the GoldTable on April 16th! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club }, THE CLUB and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Toybox38, my wonderful husband- From your wife Trish41 on April 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to MsDot on April 17th! - From: The Gammon Addicts Club, THE CLUB and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Unique1 on April 17th!
-- Happy Birthday to ChrisM on April 18th!
-- Happy Birthday to losflores on April 19th!
-- Happy Birthday to runabe on April 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to snoopy57 on April 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to Whistler Gandalf on April 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to csesugar on April 21st! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Lyonsgirl on April 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to Morticia on April 21st! - From: { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to betty on April 22nd!
-- Happy Birthday to clare on April 22nd! - From cissy
-- Happy Birthday to laura lee on April 22nd! - From { Club } and cissy
-- Happy Birthday to Rhfuqua on April 22nd!
-- Happy Birthday to BobK on April 23rd! - From The Backgammon Tournament Club
-- Happy Birthday to Millie on April 23rd! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to sparkles43 on April 24th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to TerryS on April 26th!
-- Happy Birthday to wingfoot on April 28th! From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to furryfeet on April 29th!
-- Happy Birthday to mayonnaise on April 30th!

Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary to runabe and his wife on April 4th!
-- Happy 37th Wedding Anniversary to Bluefin and his wife on April 20th!
-- Happy 5th Wedding Anniversary to Dragon101 and jazzbeth on April 29th!

* If you would like to announce any birthdays, anniversaries or other special events coming up for next month, please send GoldToken Support 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, can not be put in after the fact, we're sorry!)

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GoldToken's 2010 Player Of The Year!

GoldToken's most honorary and prestigious award for our top players with meritorious conduct, Player of the Year!


Actually, Players of the Year, as there are three! to these three top players that represent what it means to embody the heart and soul of GoldToken:
stormy rebel
heyred72
Kat

to all three of you ladies for being an esteemed part of our warm GoldToken family! You have our deepest appreciation and respect.

Be sure to send them your best wishes and congratulations!

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Player Appreciation

A special message of gratitude goes out to gravyrun who has sent out many kind greetings to new players joining the site! His warm and friendly ways, plus generosity in doing our welcomes are most appreciated! Thank you for all the time and devotion you put into sending those welcomes, as we've had several players contact us to say that you made them feel very welcome to our site.

Thank you again for helping GoldToken stay the family friendly site that it is!

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1st Stop Information

BETA_SITE

What is GoldToken's Beta site?

This is our testing site for many new additions that are brought into GoldToken. With the special Membership Options we offer, our Platinum and Gold members have the privilege to join in and be a part of helping, plus advising, with new site features or game creations and to test coding before it is brought here to the main site. You can find our Beta site located here at: http://beta.goldtoken.com/!

Get inside information before it goes live! Join our Gold and Platinum membership levels!

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Game Of The Month

Aprils's game of the month is Reversi! Join us in a fun Double Elimination (3 Point) Tournament by signing up today for The April 2011 Game Of The Month - Reversi Tournament!

Reversi is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side, one light, the other dark. The player's goal is to have a majority of their colored pieces showing at the end of the game, turning over as many of their opponent's pieces as possible.

Reversi's history is a troubled one. Lewis Waterman patented the game as Reversi in 1888, though he had been marketing the game earlier than that date. James Mollett contested the claim that Reversi was Waterman's game, as he noted that the rules and play were very similar to his own game invention, The Game of Annexation, originally published in 1870. Mollett's Annexation game was played on a cross-shaped board, while Waterman's Reversi was played on a normal chessboard.

It is Waterman's version which is still played today, though it has not had a continuous history of popularity. During one of its down cycles, Japanese inventor Goro Hasegawa reinvented the game, with very minor differences, and marketed it in 1971 as Othello, after the Shakespearean play, which is the version most players are familiar with and the rule set played on GoldToken. The main difference being that the original Reversi game did not have a defined starting position. Othello's modern rules state that the game begins with four markers placed in a square in the middle of the grid, two facing light side up, two pieces with the dark side up and the dark player makes the first move.

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Olympic News

Brought to you by: *GoldTokens* Olympic *Presidents*

March 2010 Olympic Winners! A big congratulations to these players & their clubs!

The Cam Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament
Cam	GOLD	{ Club }	MrLarry47
Cam	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe
Cam	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	AndrewB

The International Checkers Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 1 A Tournament
International Checkers	GOLD	{ Club }	BossJoshua
International Checkers	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Sir Face of the GoldTable
International Checkers	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	Kinoko zoku

The Shake It Fast Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament
Shake It Fast	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	Freddie
Shake It Fast	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	the celt
Shake It Fast	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	flyingferret
Shake It Fast	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Lillie

The Pipes Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Pipes	GOLD	{ Club }	TrueIndian
Pipes	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	brosius
Pipes	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	YNWA

The Small Reversi Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Small Reversi	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	eli
Small Reversi	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	sandra1
Small Reversi	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club	Lorraine of the Renegades

The Xiangqi Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2 B Tournament
Xiangqi	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	barefootony
Xiangqi	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	DaveG39
Xiangqi	BRONZE	{ Club }	M3
Xiangqi	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Sir Face of the GoldTable

The Large Go Moku Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Large Go Moku	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	DavidJ
Large Go Moku	GOLD & SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	dawn1968
Large Go Moku	BRONZE	{ Club }	das ist Walter
Large Go Moku	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	YNWA
Large Go Moku	BRONZE	{ Club }	golfnutrof

The Chivalry Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2 B Tournament
Chivalry	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	AndrewB
Chivalry	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	McGoo98
Chivalry	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Sir Face of the GoldTable

The MiniDots Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 4A Tournament
MiniDots	GOLD	{ Club }	jfromfl
MiniDots	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Jacob1987
MiniDots	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	G_net

The Straight Rummikub Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3A Tournament
Mystery Game 6 Straight Rummikub	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	TallPaul
Mystery Game 6 Straight Rummikub	GOLD & SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	cmacker
Mystery Game 6 Straight Rummikub	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Jacob1987

The Small Go Moku Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Small Go Moku	GOLD	{ Club }	DavidJ
Small Go Moku	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	dawn1968
Small Go Moku	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	1926
Small Go Moku	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Pluto Club	heyred72

The Tourne-case Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 4B Tournament
Tourne-case	GOLD	{ Club }	wldndn
Tourne-case	SILVER	{ Club }	BrnIdGirl
Tourne-case	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	DOTY
Tourne-case	BRONZE	{ Club }	Gail_M

The Pente Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Pente	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Sir Legend50 of the GoldTable
Pente	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	Oakheart
Pente	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	Dave b nimble
Pente	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	Whistler Gandalf

The Go 13x13 Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2A Tournament
Go 13x13	GOLD & SILVER	{ Club }	M3
Go 13x13	GOLD & SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Sir Face of the GoldTable
Go 13x13	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Ceres Club	phonic

The Dice Pipe Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 5A Tournament
Dice Pipe	GOLD	{ Club }	kiwiyeti
Dice Pipe	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Jacob1987
Dice Pipe	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Jupiter Club	ditzyblue

The Large Dice Pipes Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2C Tournament
Mystery Game 3 Large Dice Pipes	GOLD	{ Club }	funtobewith11
Mystery Game 3 Large Dice Pipes	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Straycat
Mystery Game 3 Large Dice Pipes	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	MsLady

The Go 9x9 Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 2 B Tournament
Go 9x9	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	willemien
Go 9x9	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Minerva Club	barefootony
Go 9x9	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Apollo Club	Sir Face of the GoldTable

The Golden Pente Competition in The 2010 Olympic Tournament Group 3B Tournament
Golden Pente	GOLD	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Vulcan Club	Sir Legend50 of the GoldTable
Golden Pente	SILVER	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	Dave b nimble
Golden Pente	BRONZE	The 2015 Winter Olympic Team Juno Club	Whistler Gandalf

Competitions are published when gold, silver & bronze winners have been determined.

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Best Recipe Contest

March's winner is: Apple Cinnamon Pancakes

• Submitted by Sapient

Prepare a light pancake as the box amounts recommend
Peel an apple - green works nicely
Use an apple peeler to slice the apple into the batter
(add more apple as you use up the batter so it retains apple in the batter )
add a teaspoon to vanilla extract
add cinnamon to the batter..

Add a little light olive oil to the frying pan and mix a little of butter or margarine to fry the batter ... medium heat and add enough water to keep the batter on the thin side so it is more like a crepe... cook till slightly crisp... eat while its hot! LOL

Some sausage links or bacon goes well!

GoldToken's Sapient* 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 Sapient!

• April's recipe contest* is: "Seafood". 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:
• Entries must be posted by the recipe guardian/creator on the Cutting Board DB.
• Recipe must be original and have never been posted on the Cutting Board DB before.

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Up front & personal

* Interview by:* { Player: llwgirl }

This month we interviewed AndrewB of The UK
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1. What brought you to Goldtoken?
Think I found it by search engine, looking for a games site other than chess.

How did you happen to choose your GT name? Name just my first name and surname initial

2. What interest you most on GT? Like playing tournaments

3. Do you belong to any of the clubs? How about the chat only clubs ?
Belong to a number of clubs. ot chat only clubs not one for chatting


4. What State or Country do you reside in? Live in Hull, UK
Do you live in the City or Country? Live in City

What in your State or Country do you think tourist should definity see?
not sure really what toursist should definitly see

5. What hobbies to you have? reading, puzzles
What other interest do you have? Chess, watching football (soccer)

6. Children? no

7. Do you work? yes
If so what kind of work do you do? Accountant
Do you enjoy your job? yes I enjoy it

8. Any pets? No pets


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We would like to say to { Player } for letting us step into her personal life for a bit.

If there are any questions you would like to see asked in future interviews, please let us know.
Laura
laura lee

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Testimonial Of The Month

Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players

I joined goldtoken in June 2003. I was playing at itsyourturn when someone told me to check out goldtoken. I signed up. The people on goldtoken are great. I have made a lot of life time friends. There are a lot of things I love about goldtoken; Tournaments, Players, Games, Clubs. My favorite games are Hypergammon, Dice Pipe, Reversi, Outbreak but I will play any game on the site because I love a good challenge.

Jacob1987

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Hi I joined on 5 October 2002. I like the variety of games and variations on the site. Favorite games are chess and variants, cribbage and variants. I also like a lot of other games. I can't remember how I found the site.

AndrewB

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Club Banner Winners!

We are pleased to announce two winners to the Club Banner Contest! Both clubs have won a full years banner exposure to these banners:

The Sallyp and Friends Club - { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/banner-1129.gif }

The Word O'Rama Club - { Image: goldtoken.com/pics/banner-681.jpg }

Be sure to send both clubs your for their excellent winning entries!

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Enter April's Poetry Contest!

• Poetry contest Rules:
  • Contest is open to all guests and members
  • Post your entry on the Poetry Corner
  • 500 words or less
  • Your poem must be original works and never posted on the Poetry Corner DB before.

Winner will receive 10 Golderos!

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Interesting Club Of The Month

Interview by: laura lee

This months club interview is with The High Rollers Club

Hi Paul,
1. Please tell us a little about your club....
Name? The High Rollers Club
How long has this club been on GT?... Oct. 19, 2009
About how many members do you have? 145

2. Are you the original owner? Yes
If so, what prompted you to start this club? To have a special club for the best Shake Game Players

3. What kind of games does your club play? All Shake Games
What kind of discussions does your club get into? All kind

4. Does you club do a lot of club vs. club ? From Time to time we play other clubs

5. What do you think of the tourney ones? we have Tourneys each month
Or do you enjoy doing the wiki's? I have some special wikis set up to pass information around about how everyone is doing with their shake tourneys

6. Do you have a lot of 'helpers' ? no

7. What are your future plans for your club? none

I see you have other clubs too. What are the names of them? One of them is the Olympics, then there's { Club } and { Club }, and last is { Club }

What do you do in the Coupon club? help others save money by passing around links to coupons and special offers
So you don't play games in that club? No, We pass links to coupons and coupon sites around to each other by message boards and wikis

How about the Programmers Unite club? That too is a chat only club, we talk and help with computer and programming languages

And Royal Court? We play mostly Shake games and gammon games in that club

Paul funtobewith11 for the interview and the look into you clubs

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Club Announcements:

{ Club } is looking for new members to join! 

I have some new inner club challenges now in sign ups and we also do monthly wikiless tournaments!
If you would like to request something that you would like in the group,come on in and make yourself at home
Pepsi Fan


The Rocky horror Shock Shop Club Come Join and Discuss what you like about the musical.
MM David littlefair XI

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Wanted

• Do you have a special story, poem or testimonial you would like to share? How about some club news, announcements or any other special events? Then don't delay, send GoldToken Support your submissions today! We look forward to hearing from you!

** (Please note: All submissions are added on a first come first serve basis.) **

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