Good morning to all our friends! What a fantastic week of weather we've had. The sound of puppy dogs splashing in the pools and chasing the hose can't be beaten!
On a different topic this week, we were quite interested to find that the 'Cat' has now been voted into the Monopoly family, after the dog has ruled the single animal position for many years!
We're more then happy to welcome them to family but come on... the dogs always going win right?!
On a different topic this week, we were quite interested to find that the 'Cat' has now been voted into the Monopoly family, after the dog has ruled the single animal position for many years!
We're more then happy to welcome them to family but come on... the dogs always going win right?!
The Scottie dog has a new nemesis after Monopoly fans voted to add a cat to the game and eliminate the iron token. From now on, a cat will round the board in iron's place.
The online contest to change the tokens was sparked by chatter on Facebook, where Monopoly has more than 10 million fans. https://www.facebook.com/monopoly. The initiative was intended to ensure that a game created nearly eight decades ago remains relevant and engaging to fans today.
The vote on Facebook closed just before midnight on Tuesday, marking the first time that fans have had a say on which of the eight tokens to add and which one to toss. The pieces identify the players and have changed quite a lot since Parker Brothers bought the game from its original designer in 1935.
The online contest to change the tokens was sparked by chatter on Facebook, where Monopoly has more than 10 million fans. https://www.facebook.com/monopoly. The initiative was intended to ensure that a game created nearly eight decades ago remains relevant and engaging to fans today.
The vote on Facebook closed just before midnight on Tuesday, marking the first time that fans have had a say on which of the eight tokens to add and which one to toss. The pieces identify the players and have changed quite a lot since Parker Brothers bought the game from its original designer in 1935.
"We
put five new tokens out for our fans to vote on and there were a lot
of fans of the many different tokens, but I think there were a lot of
cat lovers in the world that reached out and voted for the cat to be
the new token for Monopoly," said Jonathan Berkowitz, vice president
for Hasbro gaming marketing.
The 5 pieces that contested for a spot on Monopoly included a cat, robot, diamond ring, helicopter and guitar. Fans from more than 120 countries voted. The cat received 31 percent of votes for new tokens. The results were not entirely surprising to animal lovers.
The 5 pieces that contested for a spot on Monopoly included a cat, robot, diamond ring, helicopter and guitar. Fans from more than 120 countries voted. The cat received 31 percent of votes for new tokens. The results were not entirely surprising to animal lovers.
By
visiting Monopoly's Facebook page, voters chose which piece they most
wanted to preserve in the nearly 80-year-old board game. The eight
tokens are an iron, racecar, Scottie dog, a shoe, thimble, top hat,
wheelbarrow and battleship and their fates hung on the click of a
button. In the final hours of voting, the shoe, wheelbarrow and iron were neck and neck for elimination. They were each sitting at 8% of the total votes, just a few hundred votes separated your favourite token from the bottom of the list. This sparked passionate efforts by fans to save their favourite tokens, and the social-media buzz created by the Save Your Token Campaign attracted numerous companies that pushed to protect specific tokens that reflect their products.
Most of the pieces were introduced with the first Parker Brothers iteration of the game in 1935, and the Scottie dog and wheelbarrow were added in the early 1950s. The Scottie Dog was the most popular of the classic tokens, and received 29 percent of the vote. The iron got the fewest votes and was kicked to the curb.
Now the Cat has finally joined the Monopoly family, he can now work alongside the pooch just like Cooinda Cat Resort & Dogs Country Club.
Must be pretty impressed with that, http://www.cooindacattery.com.au/index.html?
We'll leave it up to you to decided who's better, the Kitty or the Canine?
Until next week,
Gemma & Frodo
P.S - Dogs RULE!
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