August 2010

GoldToken's Monthly News

Win a name icon of your choice in the "Best summertime recipe" contest. 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 (Silver and Wood 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.
• Deadline for all entries is midnight PST August 27th, 2010.

Winner will be chosen via a poll on the Cutting Board DB, and announced in the September 2010 newsletter.

After an in-depth discussion on the Platinum Members DB, a number of site improvements are in the process of being added. The first of which is entirely a surprise to everyone (except a very small handful of players directly involved in the process) and will be on beta shortly. I soooo wish we could tell all, as this is a most exciting project, but you will just have to wait or find it in a week or so on the beta site at http://beta.goldtoken.com/

I recently started playing Reversi again and have been completely re-smitten (is this a word?), with this lovely, easy to play, yet challenging game. Sometimes we forget about some of the great games on GoldToken. This has spurred me on to start a new feature, called Game of the Month to reintroduce and remind players of some of the special games we have on GoldToken. In doing so, we will run a Game of the Month - Double Elimination Tournament open for everyone with 5 Golderos prize to the winner. Join me by signing up today for the first: The August 2010 Game of the Month - Reversi Tournament

Dance like no-one's watching. Sing like no-one's listening. But most of all, play like you've never lost before.

--Badger

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In this month's newsletter, we have:

• Birthdays & Special Announcements
• Player Appreciation
• Testimonial Of The Month
• Club Announcements
• Tournament News

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Birthdays & Special Announcements

Birthday Wishes:

-- Happy Birthday to postal-guy on August 2nd!
-- Happy Birthday to Sapient on August 2nd! - From nylady41
-- Happy Birthday to Robyn Hode on August 4th!
-- Happy Birthday to Genie on August 5th! - From { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to meme22 on August 5th! - From { Club }, { Club }, The Backgammon Tournament Club, { Club } and { Club } and a special wish from Mike K of the Renegades
-- Happy Birthday to rik on August 6th! - From The MasterClass Club
-- Happy Birthday to gramat on August 7th! - From THE CLUB, { Club } & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Lillie on August 7th! - From THE CLUB & { Club } & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to TexasToest on August 8th! - From { Club }, { Club } and { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Fortesque on August 8th!
-- Happy Birthday to Gail_M on August 11th! - From { Club } & { Club } & { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to K_a_y_L_a on August 13th!
-- Happy Birthday to NanaT on August 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to norma8 on August 16th!
-- Happy Birthday to Abaitha on August 20th!
-- Happy Birthday to MGTLADY on August 20th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Mom of 5 on August 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to patchwork0 on August 21st!
-- Happy Birthday to asmdrm on August 22nd! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to jajo on August 23rd!
-- Happy Birthday to Chrissy on August 24th! From your mother LyndiLoo
-- Happy Birthday to blackdog3 on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to Diana0857 on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to Knight Rider on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to ladybird25 on August 25th!
-- Happy Birthday to rogerrabbit on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to Nukkle Dragger on August 27th! - From { Club }
-- Happy Birthday to Heartsong on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to Mystic Dreamer on August 28th! From your sister LyndiLoo
-- Happy Birthday to splodge on August 27th!
-- Happy Birthday to Uncle Chuckie on August 29th! - From { Club }



Anniversary & Other Wishes:

-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Dionysos and his wife Irene on August 6th!
-- Happy Wedding Anniversary goes out to Jon *the return* and his wife Vanilla MAX Spice on August 11th!

* 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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**Player* Appreciation*

This month GOLDTOKEN would like to send out a to Player:

chele

I found GoldToken by accident, I was a member of IYT, and went searching for other game sites to play people on the net. I've been here 7 years already! Boy, time flies when your having fun! I haven't met anyone personally from GoldToken, but I have made quite a few friends. I really like all the card games, and the Backgammon variants, but I really think Grabble is my favorite.

The Club Nascar Club is my favorite club! PattyMac has made me very welcome! And everyone in the club is friendly and helpful.

For a living, I drive a truck. I am an owner operator of a Step deck.

I travel all 48 states. I enjoy my business, it has its draw backs, but nothing beats all the different sunsets I get to see. I meet people from all walks of life, I get to some of the darnedest places, and I see alot of neat stuff! I have a few drivers that also belong to GoldToken that I play against.

The greatest thing about GoldToken are the People!

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Testimonial Of The Month

Brought to you by: *GoldToken* Players

thegazebo

I joined GoldToken some time ago, but I think my membership lapsed at one point. I was still working outside my home and time was at a premium. Then I got a message to come back. I did and really got hooked. I even bumped up to a Platinum Membership!!! The longer I am a member the more there is to like. Where else can I display my love of limericks? ( see Limericks under the Wiki Web )

Privacy/security is very important to me. Most all players seem to respect that. GoldToken Support is absolutely the best. The rare times when I have had something unpleasant to deal with involving another player it has been handled swiftly and effectively by GoldToken Support. My hat goes off to Badger, firefly, Mecir, and all the others who make this site happen. I can't imagine the amount of time you must spend just so we can play games.

I originally found this site looking for a place to play chess online. I gave up on chess, but all the other games I play ( Grabble and Dominoes plus variants ) guarantee a boredom-free life.

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Club Announcements:

All Silver level members and up are welcome to join the fun at { Club }.

I will start on August 8th, a Kitten's Golderos Giveaway Tournament Game. We are offering a gift for this game. I will be giving away total of 15 Golderos to the winner.

We also have a "Poor Kitten Game-help this ill Kitten". This is a different version of the all popular "hangman game." The club is open for anyone to join. If you have any questions please PM me.

Kitten_Tx

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Tournament News

Brought to you by: The Tournament Team

GoldToken would like to send a big *CONGRATULATIONS out to all our recent tournament winners!!!*



Site-wide club tournament The August 2010 Site-Wide Club Tournament starts August 26, 2010. if you would like your club to participate please send Jacob1987 your club number he will add your club.

• See the tournament sign up page here: http://www.goldtoken.com/games/tournaments?toc=F
• Be sure to join our sponsorship tournaments!
• When playing in tournaments, make sure you read our Tournament and Ladder Rules and Provisions Page for all pertinent rules concerning tournament play.

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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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