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Harry and Ginny _ Procrastination Station _ Celebdaq
Posted by: Elenarda Apr 17 2004, 08:35 PM
http://www.bbc.co.uk/celebdaq/ is a stock exchange trading game, based on how many newspaper column inches celebrities gain each week. You buy and sell shares in any celebs you want with the aim of making an obscene profit!
We used to play this on GT and I've started up a league for anyone here who fancies playing for a while - The Elenardians! Let me know your user NUMBER on this thread and I can add you to the league!
I'm off to spend £10,000 on shares!
I-mogen 
And your user ID number...
Posted by: bart Apr 17 2004, 08:53 PM
and thats me in, anybody who remembers the GT league should be quaking in there virtual boots right now.....
Bart
Posted by: Elenarda Apr 24 2004, 05:49 AM
Ha ha! I've got to gloat because this is probably the only week I'll ever beat you!
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO David Beckham! I'm over £20,000 already. Mind you I had *no* idea who to buy for this week. Ended up getting shares in Michael Jackson 
Posted by: Yoda Apr 28 2004, 07:45 AM
pah! I fear not the vaguely intimidating mumblings of ~He Who Lives Dangerously~!
I think the number you want for me is 2980985, if this doesn't work then I'll go and find another one at some point!
Yoda, wheeling and dealing again 
Posted by: Elenarda Apr 29 2004, 05:44 PM
Added you, Yoda. And where did all your money come from? 
Posted by: Yoda Apr 30 2004, 09:27 AM
*blinks* I have money? *blinks a few more times then goes and checks* aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahok, that money. Ahem *attempts not to look shifty. fails*
I think it's because that's my old account, I never stopped it when I managed to delete myself from the original gt league, but just kept changing targets every week. I believe the money there came from RotK cast, the OotP release and Matrix Trilogy cast members.
And for anyone noticing a theme, yep - I am continuing to just buy people from films or worthy contenders elsewhere e.g. JKR and...well, that's about it.
Yoda, cheat? moi?
Posted by: QuickHare Apr 30 2004, 01:29 PM
I tried to register with Celebdq, but found I was already a member of BBCi, so just logged in! UserID: 3715213.
Have yet to buy shares, so right now I've saved a lot of money!
Posted by: Elenarda Apr 30 2004, 09:24 PM
Added you too.
Come ON Michael Jackson!
Posted by: hockeygod Apr 30 2004, 11:27 PM
My number is 3715480.
Posted by: Della_Luna May 1 2004, 01:12 AM
My number is 3715490.
First purchase was Orly but let's not start that again.
~DL, who has know clue what she is doing 
Posted by: Elenarda May 1 2004, 05:02 PM
OK, we're all in there now. Anyone else fancy joining in?
Can someone please tell me why Michael Jackson shares are going down? He was all over the newspapers this morning...
The-one-who-loves-Minis
Posted by: bart May 3 2004, 05:27 PM
| QUOTE (Yoda @ Apr 28 2004, 08:45 AM) |
| pah! I fear not the vaguely intimidating mumblings of ~He Who Lives Dangerously~! |
1 (2) bart_154ce (3708783) 28504 +59.05%
2 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 35897 +55.52%
3 (3) Della_Luna (3715490) 10008 +0.08%
4 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 9957 -0.43%
5 (5) MathGeek (3715480) 9924 -0.76%
6 (6) gtyoda (2980985) 14188 -8.40%
Saying nothing...
Not going to make any comments at all... Nope nothing...~He Who Lives Dangerously~
Posted by: hershey May 3 2004, 06:22 PM
User ID: 3716303
Please add me too!
~hershey~
Posted by: Elenarda May 3 2004, 06:25 PM
You're added
~He Who Lives Dangerously~ with a trout!
~I *Heart* my Mini!~
Posted by: Yoda May 5 2004, 08:24 AM
7th out of 7 for me, , most excellent - soon I shall take over the world!
Yoda, letting the two millions go to his blunt skull
Posted by: nome May 7 2004, 02:37 AM
can I be added? User ID: 3717954
Posted by: Elenarda May 7 2004, 04:51 PM
Added you! Current chart positions are as follows:
1 (1) bart_154ce (3708783)
41704 +76.07%
2 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778)
62055 +63.75%
3 (7) gtyoda (2980985)
21537 +38.38%
4 (3) Hershey13 (3716303)
11732 +17.32%
5 (5) QuickHare (3715213)
10821 +8.21%
6 (4) Della_Luna (3715490)
10442 +4.42%
7 (6) MathGeek (3715480)
10367 +3.67%
8 (-) thenome (3717954)
9938 -0.62%
Posted by: bart May 7 2004, 10:31 PM
Oh look +76.07% who'd have thought it
~He Who is trying to sneak round the word filter~
Posted by: Elenarda May 8 2004, 07:31 AM
I don't know who to buy this week. I've got £25,000 to spend and no idea who to get shares in. Any advice gratefully appreciated
She-who-is-buried-in-thesis
Posted by: bart May 8 2004, 08:54 AM
Well I think Mr. Grantham will still have some millage in him this week, other than that go for who evers at the top of the movers and shakers list
Posted by: Yoda May 14 2004, 08:35 AM
And I shall fear no man who lives dangerously! Current positions:
1(2) gtyoda (2980985)
42198 +95.93%
2(4) thenome (3717954)
18081 +81.93%
3(1) alienmarmalade (3708778)
94762 +52.71%
4(3) bart_154ce (3708783)
61521 +47.52%
5(5) Hershey13 (3716303)
16468 +40.37%
6(6) QuickHare (3715213)
14719 +36.02%
7(7) Della_Luna (3715490)
11189 +7.15%
8(8) MathGeek (3715480)
10908 +5.21%
Advice for shares film-wise ~I *Heart* my Mini!~, is Brad Pitt (even if his film isn't out yet) & Kate Beckinsale (although after VH fever goes away so might she) and it might be worth investing a bit in Daniel Radcliffe before too soon.
Yoda, definitely cheating somehow
Posted by: nome May 14 2004, 11:08 PM
to Yoda, who should get a new user title. 90+% increase is worth SOME recognition.
Posted by: hockeygod May 15 2004, 03:54 AM
I think I will move from last within the next week; I hope.
Posted by: QuickHare May 21 2004, 10:02 AM
Weekly positions are:
1. QuickHare (3715213)
2. bart_154ce (3708783)
3. thenome (3717954)
4. gtyoda (2980985)
5. MathGeek (3715480)
6. alienmarmalade (3708778)
7. Hershey13 (3716303)
8. Della_Luna (3715490)
Time to plough some money back in after my huge saving!
Posted by: Elenarda May 21 2004, 06:08 PM
Whoops!
I forgot to buy shares last week!
Dum di dum... 
Posted by: Della_Luna May 21 2004, 07:16 PM
| QUOTE (Elenarda @ May 21 2004, 01:08 PM) |
| I forgot to buy shares last week! |
Ditto...
Posted by: QuickHare May 21 2004, 07:41 PM
On the flip side, I bought loads of shares in the celeb that's doing the best in my portfolio. Does this mean I get a very good chance of staying close to the top next week?
It'll be better than the time I collected a £20 note (About $34 or €30) in a collecting tin while supporting the charity I help out with (the RNLI - Shameless plug, but it works! All I need now is the advert for the site http://www.rnli-exeter.org.uk which I designed and wrote myself!)
Posted by: nome May 28 2004, 04:32 AM
Top of the chart! Top of the chart! 
Posted by: bart May 28 2004, 06:39 AM
| QUOTE (nome @ May 28 2004, 05:32 AM) |
| Top of the chart! Top of the chart! |
Thanks Nome, but I wasn't going to boast about it
1 (2) bart_154ce (3708783)
247897 +138.72%
2 (1) thenome (3717954)
65604 +118.40%
3 (4) alienmarmalade (3708778)
211744 +80.35%
4 (3) QuickHare (3715213)
47053 +60.32%
5 (5) MathGeek (3715480)
20179 +47.46%
6 (6) gtyoda (2980985)
81802 +19.27%
7 (7) Hershey13 (3716303)
22392 +14.07%
8 (8) Della_Luna (3715490)
12653 +6.72%
Posted by: nome May 28 2004, 06:54 AM
Rude thing. *grumbles and huffs*
I don't think I really deserved it, anyway. I'm really lazy -- buy someone, stay with them until they drop below double digits, buy somebody else...
Posted by: hockeygod May 31 2004, 06:12 PM
I got from last place to 5th! Look out, I'll be 4th soon.
Posted by: Tim Jun 1 2004, 07:47 AM
Can I join please (it would be ever so nice) my number is 3323784.
Posted by: Della_Luna Jun 2 2004, 08:24 PM
Wait...I still have one of these. Oops.
Posted by: Elenarda Jun 2 2004, 09:05 PM
Tim - you're added. I'm guessing you're 'The Invisible Man' or else someone's going to find themselves in a league they weren't expecting!
I*mogen
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 2 2004, 09:14 PM
I see Tim and Yoda both have loads of cash (Tim = 7,021,918 and Yoda = 2,086,886). I say lets vote them out......
Hang on - I'm beating both of them!
Let's keep them in!
Posted by: Yoda Jun 3 2004, 12:01 PM
Last place will be mine! - MINE I TELL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Yoda ing because the emoticon is so much fun
PS: If I wanted to go up again though, what advice is being given?
Posted by: Tim Jun 3 2004, 02:33 PM
Yes the invisible man is my normal nom de net so to speak, that was already used here so I abbreviated it to Tim.
As for good shares I have a fair chunk in Audley Harrison, I noticed him over the weekend, low price means a change of a few pennys in a big percentage swing. Unfortunately this is being balanced by Britney Spears drop, hopefully I'll get a decent div on her though. This might be awful advice though since I'm being beaten by many people.
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 3 2004, 06:56 PM
| QUOTE (Yoda @ Jun 3 2004, 01:01 PM) |
| PS: If I wanted to go up again though, what advice is being given? |
By low, sell high.
Works for me.
Posted by: Yoda Jun 4 2004, 11:31 AM
All I can say is thanks for the advice - I now have a 0.3% lead on QuickHare
Yoda, smart donkey
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 4 2004, 01:02 PM
| QUOTE |
| I now have a 0.3% lead on QuickHare |
I have righted my wrong, though, and now have a good chance of gaining higher than Yoda. But I have also picked on "easy targets" as I won't be around next week to check on them. I'll be busy with some final thingies. I don't know what they are, but they sound important. I have to go into a room with many other people and write a bit in silence. Easy.
| QUOTE |
| Yoda, smart donkey |
Posted by: bart Jun 11 2004, 10:38 PM
1 (2)
bart_154ce (3708783)
1289810 +142.70%
2 (1)
the invisible man (3323784)
84270 +134.31%
3 (4)
QuickHare (3715213)
142185 +100.68%
4 (3)
thenome (3717954)
228966 +74.09%
5 (7)
MathGeek (3715480)
31954 +24.50%
6 (6)
gtyoda (2980985)
141837 +14.92%
7 (5)
alienmarmalade (3708778)
389106 +9.75%
8 (8)
Hershey13 (3716303)
26371 +3.39%
9 (9)
Della_Luna (3715490)
13462 +0.69%
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 12 2004, 12:47 PM
As long as I beat Yoda, that's fine by me.
Posted by: bart Jun 12 2004, 03:28 PM
| QUOTE (QuickHare @ Jun 12 2004, 01:47 PM) |
| As long as I beat Yoda, that's fine by me. |
Always, an admirable endeavor
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 14 2004, 11:57 AM
| QUOTE (bart @ Jun 12 2004, 04:28 PM) | ||
Always, an admirable endeavor |
I like to think I have my priorities right.
Posted by: Yoda Jun 16 2004, 11:35 PM
considering I'm aiming consitently for last place, all should be aiming to top me - otherwise I will own your soul...or is that Westlife's?
Yoda, tiny bit 
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 18 2004, 03:00 PM
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (3) QuickHare (3715213) £276361 +94.37% 2 (1) the invisible man (3323784) £7160943 +90.99% 3 (2) thenome (3717954) £419793 +83.34% 4 (5) bart_154ce (3708783) £1016943 +69.43% 5 (7) alienmarmalade (3708778) £466440 +19.87% 6 (6) MathGeek (3715480) £35092 +9.82% 7 (8) Hershey13 (3716303) £27985 +6.12% 8 (9) Della_Luna (3715490) £13459 -0.02% 9 (4) gtyoda (2980985) £2140927 -0.64% |
That makes me the 'daq master for this week...
Posted by: Yoda Jun 20 2004, 11:35 PM
Yes! Last place is mine!
Posted by: hockeygod Jun 23 2004, 11:45 PM
I can't believe that I'm in front of anybody. WOO HOO!!!
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 25 2004, 06:08 PM
A bit of housekeeping to update those who have yet to find out:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (3) bart_154ce (3708783) 93009 +448.95% 2 (2) the invisible man (3323784) 472783 +193.76% 3 (1) QuickHare (3715213) 519331 +87.92% 4 (5) alienmarmalade (3708778) 783486 +67.97% 5 (4) thenome (3717954) 571021 +36.02% 6 (6) MathGeek (3715480) 38314 +9.18% 7 (7) Hershey13 (3716303) 29827 +6.58% 8 (9) Della_Luna (3715490) 13850 +2.90% 9 (8) gtyoda (2980985) 142150 +0.87% |
Bart's sneaked into the lead, and Yoda's stayed last. He will be pleased. I've beaten Yoda again, so I'm happy.
Posted by: Drie Jun 25 2004, 06:51 PM
Go Yoda! Go Yoda! Hang onto your position with all your might!
QH, what happened?
Posted by: hockeygod Jun 25 2004, 07:57 PM
For some reason, I can't get out of sixth place.
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 26 2004, 01:17 PM
| QUOTE (Drie @ Jun 25 2004, 07:51 PM) |
| QH, what happened? |
I think I reinvested last week's dividends in the wrong stock. I put too much into one person, and didn't sell them in time.
Posted by: hockeygod Jun 26 2004, 01:18 PM
Awww. Thats too bad, but it happens to the best of us.
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 26 2004, 01:41 PM
I want to know how Bart managed a 449% increase.
Posted by: hockeygod Jun 26 2004, 02:13 PM
Its called being the luckiest $^%%^^$%$^&% in the world.
Posted by: bart Jun 26 2004, 06:58 PM
Skill, pure skill either that or thowing all my eggs in the one basket called Wayne Rooney and it paying off!
Bart
Posted by: hockeygod Jun 26 2004, 06:59 PM
He's the one that scored all the goals against Croatia isn't he? You got oh so very lucky Bart.
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 26 2004, 09:19 PM
Smart, Bart, Smart.
I should have looked at football and the fact the UK is a nation of football fans. When's the next big event coming up?
Posted by: Yoda Jun 29 2004, 02:36 PM
World Cup 2006 now that England's out of it And I remain last, kudos to me
Posted by: Drie Jun 29 2004, 04:38 PM
| QUOTE (QuickHare @ Jun 26 2004, 01:19 PM) |
| Smart, Bart, Smart. |
That sounds like a children's book.
See Bart.
See Bart is smart.
Smart, Bart, smart.
See Bart begin global domination of Celebdaq.
Dominate, Bart, dominate!
Posted by: QuickHare Jun 29 2004, 07:26 PM
I'm getting a server error when I try to buy shares.
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 2 2004, 01:58 PM
Ok, it's a Friday. You know what that means?
No, it does not mean that we can all go to the pub.
Or the cinema.
No, not the end of school, either.
Now you're on the right lines.
Nearly there.
YES! It's the Celebdaq Update courtesy of me!
The weekly standings are:
| QUOTE |
| 1 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 1247417 +166.01% 2 (2) the invisible man (3323784) 71026256 +117.07% 3 (3) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1663646 +112.34% 4 (5) thenome (3717954) 828451 +45.08% 5 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 717266 +38.11% 6 (8) gtyoda (2980985) 2172581 +21.41% 7 (6) MathGeek (3715480) 42435 +10.76% 8 (7) Hershey13 (3716303) 31996 +7.27% |
Posted by: Elenarda Jul 2 2004, 02:07 PM
Yes, yes, yes!!!!
Although I've run out of ideas this week and bought Big Brother people out of desperation. I have a bad feeling about next week!
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 2 2004, 06:23 PM
Bad idea, Imogen, bad idea.
My portfolio are based on BB5 contestants, and look where I am. On the plus side, I'm still beating Yoda, and he's fuming he's not in last place. Maybe Shrek 2 will calm him down...
Posted by: Yoda Jul 2 2004, 10:27 PM
Shrek 2 is a marvellous aid for calming me down right now, just a shame some ignorant hare posted the list and it's right in front of me and I'm not last this is terrible what shall I do there's no hope and I'm looking like I know what I'm doing this is wrong just wrong!<beat (stage term for 'take a breath')> 'waily-waily-waily'
And I'm done. Bonus points if you can guess the quote.
Yoda, leaving and yet...not...yet leaving
PS: Am disappearing home so expect me to plummet in the league with gleeful abandon as I don't buy any shares in the next couple of weeks!
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 5 2004, 12:33 PM
After reading http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040705/80/exc8g.html in the news, I fear that Celebdaq may be under scrutiny from BBC bosses. I can't see why this would be similar to other "commercial alternatives" as the article says, but just watch this space. I'll keep you updated if there are any developments.
And is the quote from Terry Pratchett's The Wee Free Men?
Posted by: hockeygod Jul 5 2004, 02:16 PM
I lose one space and I'm in next to last place. Didn't we have two other players?
Posted by: bart Jul 5 2004, 03:40 PM
It seems, both poor Imogen and Nome have been "kneecapped" back to £10000 this week 
Don't feel too sorry for them though, they did get £1million for the privilege
1 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) £273027 +185.11%
2 (3) the invisible man (3323784) £999454 +91.81%
3 (5) QuickHare (3715213) £725841 +43.68%
4 (6) gtyoda (2980985) £165882 +17.34%
5 (7) Hershey13 (3716303) £31812 +6.98%
6 (8) MathGeek (3715480) £39977 +4.43%
7 (4) thenome (3717954) £10000 +0.00%
8 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) £10000 +0.00%
Posted by: hockeygod Jul 6 2004, 01:30 PM
WOO HOO!!! I'm back to 6th place!
Posted by: Yoda Jul 12 2004, 04:01 PM
Meh, I forgot to get the table when I was in the 'Daq, but it appears somehow I'm not last this week either! I blame my movie skills. Remember everyone, Spidey 2 premieres in the UK on Thursday!
Yoda, buying up the predictables and crossing fingers
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 12 2004, 04:10 PM
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| VALUE OF SHARES £0.00 CASH AVAILABLE £10000.00 TOTAL WORTH £10000.00 7 DAY PROFIT/LOSS 0.00 WEEKLY GAIN 0.00% TODAY'S CHART POSITION 110495 |
What happened to my shares? I lost them all. A
(1m) symbol has appeared, though.
Posted by: Yoda Jul 12 2004, 04:28 PM
Once you hit the million mark you start again with £10,000 and 0 shares - go get another million is your new task
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 12 2004, 04:29 PM
I might be at the bottom of the list for a while, then while I recoup my losses this week.
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 16 2004, 10:49 AM
Current standings are:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (2) thenome (3717954) 1053317 +234.11% 2 (3) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1028218 +91.76% 3 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 2046142 +86.22% 4 (4) gtyoda (2980985) 2356411 +80.49% 5 (7) QuickHare (3715213) 1012990 +29.90% 6 (5) Hershey13 (3716303) 36433 +7.32% 7 (6) MathGeek (3715480) 41066 +0.06% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% |
A fair few people are reaching their millions, so are dropping to the bottom of the list while they build up their empire again.
Posted by: Yoda Jul 19 2004, 09:47 PM
Something has clearly gone wrong with my plans...I'm 3rd!
Yoda, losing money is more difficult than it looks (I'm not a student any more or it'd be no problem)
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 23 2004, 01:55 PM
It's that day again. The weekend is coming, the weather's nice and someone's about to leave the Big Brother UK house. Elsewhere in life, Celebdaq has just paid out dividends. Therefore, it is perfect timing for the Elenardian leaderboard. Here it is:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) thenome (3717954) 1144150 +170.36% 2 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1044886 +59.07% 3 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 1020359 +56.73% 4 (6) Hershey13 (3716303) 37967 +4.21% 5 (7) MathGeek (3715480) 42558 +3.63% 6 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% 7 (3) gtyoda (2980985) 2350030 -1.79% 8 (5) bart_154ce (3708783) 1992338 -5.14% |
Those interested to know will notice that Yoda is plummeting, and is lower than Tim (the invisible man), who has yet to buy any shares yet. Therefore, Yoda invested wisely and lost his money as expected.
Nome is on top. Well done, but I'm rising through the ranks to hopefully overtake both Imogen and Nome in a week or two.
Bart did badly. Real bad. Will Rooney save him this time? Probably not.
Finally, Hershey and HG have gone up in the world thanks to Yoda and Bart's demise. They make sure Yoda stays near the bottom.
I think I've mentioned everyone. If I haven't, you're on the board somewhere!
Posted by: hockeygod Jul 23 2004, 02:49 PM
Hey look at me. I'm the top of the bottom half.
Posted by: QuickHare Jul 30 2004, 12:15 PM
HG! What happened?!
The new table is as follows, presented by Me: your friendly Celebdaq reporter.
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1098974 +120.50% 2 (4) bart_154ce (3708783) 2766911 +78.06% 3 (3) QuickHare (3715213) 1035783 +75.76% 4 (1) thenome (3717954) 1193320 +34.11% 5 (8) gtyoda (2980985) 2397363 +13.52% 6 (5) Hershey13 (3716303) 40356 +6.29% 7 (6) MathGeek (3715480) 43697 +2.68% 8 (7) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% |
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 6 2004, 03:18 PM
Yep, me again. I've popped up from below the popular threads to give this week's standings.
| QUOTE (CelebDucky) |
| 1 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1222891 +125.20% 2 (2) QuickHare (3715213) 1063709 +78.04% 3 (6) bart_154ce (3708783) 2013263 +32.63% 4 (4) gtyoda (2980985) 2467969 +17.77% 5 (5) Hershey13 (3716303) 42219 +4.62% 6 (3) thenome (3717954) 1197966 +2.40% 7 (7) MathGeek (3715480) 44257 +1.28% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% |
Yoda's not going to be very happy, being 4th. However, Imogen will be glad to hear she has remained on the top spot for the last two weeks now. And Tim still hasn't brought any shares...
Posted by: Yoda Aug 10 2004, 11:41 AM
Nope, Yoda's not very happy at all, in fact he's a bit to see I'm (now) in 5th place, which is way to high - let's see if this weeks wise investment will plummet me to the usual rank. In the meantime, I really must give Tim a call - I owe him £10 as well which I'm sure he's anxious to get off me!
Yoda, in debt yet not a student...odd
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 10 2004, 05:49 PM
Yoda, there's too many ex-students who are in debt... to me.
Invest badly, and I hope to see you on the bottom very soon. I'm not being horrible, just wishing you luck on getting to last place, where you want to be. I might join you for fun soon. I'll reach another million first.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 13 2004, 12:18 PM
It's Friday. It's the 13th. Fear not, nothing can really go wrong. Can it?
Here's the latest standings on Celebdaq, posted by the one who really should let it lie.
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1455025 +104.15% 2 (2) QuickHare (3715213) 1111817 +75.51% 3 (4) gtyoda (2980985) 2623408 +33.22% 4 (5) thenome (3717954) 1253150 +27.88% 5 (3) bart_154ce (3708783) 2016822 +26.83% 6 (7) helenllama (3768164) 10644 +6.44% 7 (6) Hershey13 (3716303) 42604 +0.91% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% 9 (9) MathGeek (3715480) 42137 -4.79% |
It seems Imogen is the top again for the third week running. What shares has she got? Myself am following up the rear (no sniggering in the back!). Then Yoda. Tut, tut. He tried so hard to invest badly, he's actually risen in the table. He now stands at third place. Bart's there just being Bart. I bet he thought I wouldn't notice our newest member, helenllama. Not being told anything of this, I assume this is DL in disguise. Pretty good for just starting. Invest all you money to get great returns. And as a tip, do what Yoda's doing. I wouldn't usually say that! Hershey doing not so well, but at least she brought shares, unlike Tim, who still sits in 8th. When was the last time he logged on to the internet? This time the only person who lost money was HG, who sits at the bottom making surethe rest of the names don't fall off the table. How nice.
Now I'm off for a pint. Anyone coming?
Posted by: Drie Aug 13 2004, 04:09 PM
| QUOTE (QuickHare @ Aug 13 2004, 05:18 AM) |
| Now I'm off for a pint. Anyone coming? |
Why not? Even though it is only 9:00 a.m. here, like the country song states, "It's 5:00 somewhere!!!"
Posted by: Yoda Aug 13 2004, 10:44 PM
Well I can't go for a beer I'm afraid, but I have celebrated by adding a new signature line, courtesy of Matt Dawson of the England Rugby Squad
Yoda, not minding winning (clue to this week's success for me: Collateral 
)
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 16 2004, 06:32 PM
But will I be beating you next week?
Anyway, Yoda; we have a drinking contest to sort out.
Posted by: Drie Aug 17 2004, 03:45 PM
| QUOTE (QuickHare @ Aug 16 2004, 11:32 AM) |
| Anyway, Yoda; we have a drinking contest to sort out. |
Yes, you do. I have all kinds of money bets placed on the two of you. Lemme know what happens!
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 17 2004, 03:49 PM
Aren't I nice?
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 17 2004, 04:30 PM
| QUOTE (Mr HG) |
| Aren't I nice? |
Normally, yes. But why this time?
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 17 2004, 04:34 PM
I would hate to see anyone fall off the list, so I'll maintain the bottom spot.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 18 2004, 11:08 AM
That's Yoda's job.
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 18 2004, 02:13 PM
Aww, please Mr. QH? I like the bottom spot.
Posted by: Yoda Aug 18 2004, 04:51 PM
My spot! *snarls at HG* Bad Shares! *snarls at my shares* Why don't they plummet anymore? Meh, will content myself with getting to a million quickly and losing all my money because of this. And I really must give Tim a bell. Unless he's still in the middle of Dartmoor (where he was when he hadn't taken out the money I owed him from my account and so, despite my ing could not actually cash the cheque). Hmm, long explanation there.
Yoda, off to shout at his shares
PS: Current stage of drinking contest planning - 'Whut?' with intentional 'u'
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 18 2004, 05:21 PM
Yoda, have you started drinking already?
HG, you needn't ask me to stay at the botom. Just expect a visitor or two that Yoda sends round... 
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 18 2004, 06:57 PM
Well maybe if my famous people woul do something I'd move up.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 18 2004, 07:13 PM
Email Yoda and find out from him. Maybe if you both swapped celebs, you'd be high up and Yoda would be closer the bottom. But wait til Friday as you won't gain much beforehand.
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 18 2004, 07:16 PM
I could do that or I could stay in last place.
Posted by: Yoda Aug 18 2004, 10:18 PM
Stay in last place - it rules (we so need a 'rock on!' emoticon at this point!). If you want to consistently stay there, go for a movie star, they only tend to go up for two days before plummeting every time. That's why my place fluctuates a lot, because I don't always juggle the celebs I have all the time!
Yoda, we so need a juggling emoticon at this point! 
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 19 2004, 04:05 PM
Wow, thanks for the advice Yoda.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 19 2004, 04:08 PM
Welcome to Celebdaq - home of the people who don't want to go anywhere.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 21 2004, 08:24 PM
Yesterday I was too busy to report on the Celebdaq standings. I'm a very busy guy at the moment, so here's Saturday's standings:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 2023946 +42.35% 2 (2) QuickHare (3715213) 1160660 +39.64% 3 (3) alienmarmalade (3708778) 1621059 +34.35% 4 (4) thenome (3717954) 1350783 +33.05% 5 (5) helenllama (3768164) 12042 +12.62% 6 (6) gtyoda (2980985) 2692320 +11.27% 7 (7) Hershey13 (3716303) 43283 +1.47% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% 9 (9) MathGeek (3715480) 41181 -1.87% |
As you can see, not much has changed.
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 22 2004, 01:22 AM
Cool, I have lost more money and am keeping the bottom spot warm.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 22 2004, 02:44 PM
In a few weeks, I'll be joining you. I want my next million, then I'll try losing it all.
Posted by: Elenarda Aug 22 2004, 04:13 PM
I forgot to buy shares
Might explain why I'm losing money!
Imogen
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 22 2004, 04:16 PM
I might be wrong, but aren't shared the point of stock exchanges? Sorry if this sounds horrible. I'll also mention that Tim has forgotten to buy anything since he won his last million.
Posted by: Yoda Aug 23 2004, 10:34 AM
Own up - who lost HockeyGod?
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 23 2004, 01:13 PM
What do you mean lost? We've tried that in the past but he keeps coming back...
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 27 2004, 02:26 PM
Here are the weekly standings:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) 11151269 +86.77% 2 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 2042002 +77.05% 3 (5) Hershey13 (3716303) 67759 +56.55% 4 (3) thenome (3717954) 1448801 +33.48% 5 (7) helenllama (3768164) 15896 +32.62% 6 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 1182950 +18.14% 7 (6) gtyoda (2980985) 2722579 +4.10% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% |
Posted by: Yoda Aug 30 2004, 02:43 PM
Well, good news - I've managed to contact Tim (despite his best attempts to live up to his claim of invisibility). He's in a similar situation to the one I was in last year - where my internet connection was none too reliable - so hasn't been able to get a link to Celebdaq for long enough to buy any shares. He'll be back on more even terms with the rest of us come October, that said he still has a 5 million lead on any one of us!
Yoda, sending out news
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 30 2004, 02:55 PM
Where did I go?
Can asomeone re-add me to the league? My number is 3774067.
Posted by: hershey Aug 31 2004, 02:24 PM
I think someone needs to post last week's standings because by some stroke of luck I'm in first!
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 31 2004, 02:32 PM
I have not ben near a computer all weekend, so I don't know what the standings are/were. I'm sure there is a simple reason why HG was lost. I think it might be he clicked on "Remove me from this league" at some point...
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 31 2004, 02:34 PM
No, I was dropped completely from Celebdaq. I had to completely re-register.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 31 2004, 02:54 PM
Could it have been long inactivity on your account (ie you haven't signed in for ages)? Could it be you used your login elsewhere on BBCi and they threw you off? Could it be that the BBC just made a mistake? No-one knows... I will look into it, though.
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 31 2004, 02:57 PM
I'm almost positive it was inactivity. Anyways I re-registered and I am back in the game. I just need to get back in the league.
Posted by: QuickHare Aug 31 2004, 02:58 PM
Looks like it. Rules state:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq rules) |
| In the fast-paced world of the celebrity stock market, you may lose money on your shares if you don't keep on top of the game, but if your account remains inactive for a set period of time, it will be deleted. Traders whose accounts remain inactive for 30 days will receive a warning in their weekly email that their account will be deleted after a further 30 days if they don't continue to play the game. This is to clear the game of unused accounts. N.B. If traders opt to receive no mail from Celebdaq, they will not receive this warning. |
So can the one in charge of the League add 3774067 to it? Ta.
Posted by: hockeygod Aug 31 2004, 02:59 PM
Thanks QH for clearing that up. I won't tell Hershey on you now.
Posted by: QuickHare Sep 3 2004, 07:06 PM
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) thenome (3717954) 1790646 +76.17% 2 (2) bart_154ce (3708783) 2071883 +71.14% 3 (3) Hershey13 (3716303) 82224 +21.35% 4 (4) helenllama (3768164) 18242 +14.76% 5 (5) gtyoda (2980985) 2788903 +9.18% 6 (7) alienmarmalade (3708778) 2010000 +0.00% 7 (6) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% 8 (8) QuickHare (3715213) 1138949 -24.05% |
I'm bringing up the rear...
Posted by: Yoda Sep 10 2004, 03:52 PM
Weekly update time!
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
1 (2) gtyoda (2980985) 1568753 +98.85% 2 (4) alienmarmalade (3708778) 16000 +60.00% 3 (3) Hershey13 (3716303) 107437 +30.66% 4 (6) thenome (3717954) 1010478 +27.80% 5 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 89484 +24.49% 6 (5) helenllama (3768164) 18802 +3.07% 7 (7) QuickHare (3715213) 138949 +0.00% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 10000 +0.00% |
My third million! And congrats to nome as well, whose about to bump up to her second million
And of course congrats to bart, who recently made his second (hence his severe plummet from leading!)Yoda, also earning real money (but not on this
)Posted by: Yoda Sep 23 2004, 07:42 PM
It occurs to me that we're falling behind on these - this is today's standings, and after tomorrow's dividends I'll put up the table again:
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 26586 +63.71% 2 (2) Hershey13 (3716303) 168962 +44.23% 3 (3) bart_154ce (3708783) 140719 +24.08% 4 (6) gtyoda (2980985) 10211 +5.19% 5 (4) helenllama (3768164) 19189 +3.42% 6 (5) thenome (3717954) 972740 +2.29% 7 (7) QuickHare (3715213) 138949 +0.00% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 10000 +0.00% |
Yoda, who's only just started earning again...
Posted by: Elenarda Sep 23 2004, 07:47 PM
Whoops! I've fallen behind with this - who needs to be re-added? Just PM me to kick me next time!
Imogen
Posted by: bart Sep 23 2004, 08:19 PM
| QUOTE (Yoda @ Sep 23 2004, 08:42 PM) | ||
It occurs to me that we're falling behind on these - this is today's standings, and after tomorrow's dividends I'll put up the table again:
Yoda, who's only just started earning again... |
Looks at screen...
Taps screen...
Wipes screen clean...
Sends screen off for fixing...
Nope still something wrong, have you got that list the wrong way round Yoda, it says on mine Imogen's top?
Posted by: hershey Sep 23 2004, 10:06 PM
Of course she is. Silly Bart!
Posted by: bart Sep 23 2004, 10:07 PM
| QUOTE (hershey @ Sep 23 2004, 11:06 PM) |
| Of course she is. Silly Bart! |
Ah, yours is faulty too!
Posted by: hershey Sep 23 2004, 10:12 PM
No my is quite right oh Master over the Control of Droolage.
Posted by: Yoda Sep 23 2004, 10:14 PM
I think that all our pcs have caught the little known bart'sdoom virus 
Posted by: Elenarda Sep 24 2004, 04:16 PM
Bah humbug! Let me enjoy winning at this for once. Gooooooo Prince Harry shares!
Imogen
Expecting her % profit to plummet now!
Posted by: QuickHare Sep 24 2004, 08:48 PM
I found I was too distracted over the last month or two to actually buy shares. I've brought some now, so will either do well or badly...
Posted by: QuickHare Sep 30 2004, 11:30 PM
Due to trading problems, this week's league table will not be posted as many people were unable to buy/sell shares, and it'd be unfair to Yoda, who was whining.
Posted by: Yoda Oct 1 2004, 04:06 PM
ahem.
Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!
Just to expand on the 'trading problems' - they're admining the site, so all trades have been suspended.
ahem.
Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine!
I couldn't sell any of my shares and they're all plummeting! Hence:
Whiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
iiine!
Posted by: QuickHare Oct 3 2004, 03:50 PM
The Celebdaq Trading Floor is back up and running, so you have until Friday morning (or whenever I can get to the computer) to make money.
Yoda can now stop his whining.
Posted by: QuickHare Oct 8 2004, 07:11 PM
The latest table is as such:
| QUOTE (That Celebdaq Thing) |
| 1 (1) Hershey13 (3716303) 788045 +80.82% 2 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 1248295 +52.87% 3 (3) alienmarmalade (3708778) 2102391 +47.88% 4 (5) gtyoda (2980985) 3017404 +38.70% 5 (2) bart_154ce (3708783) 2250026 +35.69% 6 (6) helenllama (3768164) 21224 +4.98% 7 (7) MathGeek (3774067) 10301 +0.06% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 8010000 +0.00% 9 (9) thenome (3717954) 1957433 -0.05% |
Posted by: Yoda Oct 8 2004, 09:18 PM
hmm, from -5% to +38% in 4 days - not bad, if I say so myself. I will be buzzing Tim this week, now he's back at Exeter, to see if he'll decide to earn more and shame us all by leaping to 10 million in two weeks. Yes, I have seen him leap 2 million in two weeks.
Posted by: Yoda Oct 22 2004, 11:12 AM
Well, it's not exactly that I was late in posting last week's standings, I just posted them to the wrong place. The wrong place just happened to be nowhere in particular, but anyway - currents results:
| QUOTE (The 'Daq ) |
| 1 (2) Hershey13 (3716303) 1558380 +58.32% 2 (3) bart_154ce (3708783) 496486 +40.96% 3 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 192852 +33.66% 4 (5) gtyoda (2980985) 22236 +32.44% 5 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 349146 +20.65% 6 (6) helenllama (3768164) 23169 +5.65% 7 (7) MathGeek (3774067) 10670 +1.54% 8 (8) the invisible man (3323784) 10000 +0.00% |
Despite constant attempts I have been unable to raise Tim at uni, suspect he may have changed his mobile number of is in lecture hell. Probably the latter. That aside, the only majorly noticeable event is that hershey is on 1.5million and hasn't been pounced upon by the 'daq spenders to present her with a nice icon. That's 500000 up the tube when they do - unfair!
Yoda
Posted by: hockeygod Oct 22 2004, 12:14 PM
WOO HOO! I'm not in last plce anymore.
Posted by: Yoda Oct 25 2004, 07:21 PM
| QUOTE ( 'Daq High Command) |
| Statement to shareholders regarding site closure The site has been closed to allow us to upgrade some systems across both 'daq sites (Sportdaq and Celebdaq). This closure means that the sites will be closed for trading from mid-morning on Monday 25 October 2004 with the service returning once the work has been completed. Given the complex nature of the work being undertaken we are not able to specify how long this will take, although we expect the site to re-open on Tuesday morning. Should this not be the case users will be notified through a further statement. We would like to thank all users for their patience and understanding while we undertake this essential work. |
All my shares are plummeting again!!!!!!yoda, it's a conspiracy I tell you - a conspiracy!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: QuickHare Oct 31 2004, 05:14 PM
Due to a change in the servers at the BBCi website, users need to confirm their details before trading. This is for security reasons and to add extra information. Users need not update, but cannot use the service fully if they don't, such as trading.
Posted by: Elenarda Oct 31 2004, 05:48 PM
Someone's dropped off the list as well. It happens if an account is inactive for 30(?) days. Give a yell if it's you and I'll add you back on.
But have you noticed... I'm top this week with 135% increase! (Watch it plummet during NaNoWriMo!)
Imogen
Posted by: QuickHare Oct 31 2004, 06:30 PM
Mrs Elenarda, that would be Tim (theinvisibleman) as he has not been near a computer for ages. When he gets back into the swing of things, his number is 3323784.
And I've just looked at my shares. I should rise through the ranks soon, but not much...!
Posted by: QuickHare Nov 5 2004, 09:18 PM
| QUOTE (Celebdaq) |
| 1 (1) alienmarmalade (3708778) 2632486 +205.07% 2 (2) Hershey13 (3716303) 1016381 +63.83% 3 (4) QuickHare (3715213) 1460422 +42.25% 4 (3) bart_154ce (3708783) 2554727 +14.47% 5 (5) gtyoda (2980985) 3020742 -4.67% |
I notice we have some AWOL members:
Please step forward helenllama, MathGeek, the invisible man. You need to sign in to Celebdaq to carry on your rankings, though I fear the current scores have been wiped.
Posted by: QuickHare Nov 19 2004, 04:14 PM
| QUOTE |
| 1 (1) QuickHare (3715213) 2200725 +95.57% 2 (2) Hershey13 (3716303) 1049085 +60.71% 3 (4) gtyoda (2980985) 3041833 +55.49% 4 (3) alienmarmalade (3708778) 2759036 +9.13% 5 (5) bart_154ce (3708783) 2489892 -22.56% |
Can I ask if anyone wishes for me to cary on posting the leader board, as many people are not really that bothered? Or am I wrong?
Posted by: Elenarda Nov 19 2004, 06:01 PM
I'm checking. It was my own fault this week. Madonna plummeted so I had to sell her last night. A real bummer with the divis.
:-)
Posted by: blonde_jenius Dec 9 2004, 08:08 PM
can i join the league? my number is 3810379
Posted by: Helen Dec 19 2004, 02:12 PM
Sorry. Forgot about Celebdaq once I went to uni.
Will my user ID still be the same or do I have to reregister?
Just asking coz trying to reactivate my account and it is not letting me sign in.
Helen
Posted by: QuickHare Dec 19 2004, 09:09 PM
Firstly, the username is case sensitive. Secondly, the site underwent some revamping recently. I think unused accounts were all deactivated and removed after a long period of inactivity. You may have to re-register.
Posted by: Helen Dec 20 2004, 11:55 AM
Can you please add me back on. I have reactivated my account and am currently buying some shares. User ID 3812621
Helen
Posted by: Yoda Dec 28 2004, 08:33 PM
Nice to see the league filling up again - but note my sudden fall from grace. Isn't it amazing how quickly everyone can turn against you?
| QUOTE |
| 1 (1) bart_154ce (3708783) 30628 +137.28% 2 (2) Gareth (3812080) 33376 +81.84% 3 (3) sorryevapau (3812279) 21498 +80.41% 4 (4) alienmarmalade (3708778) 80238 +67.59% 5 (6) evapauuk (3813280) 16033 +60.33% 6 (5) QuickHare (3715213) 88559 +50.54% 7 (7) blonde_jenius (3810379) 16102 +22.97% 8 (8) helenllama (3812621) 10123 +1.30% 9 (10) Hershey13 (3716303) 57208 -0.22% 10 (9) gtyoda (2980985) 130007 -14.96% |
(I hope all can understand it!)
Posted by: Yoda Apr 13 2005, 02:15 PM
oh...yeah...celebdaq
| QUOTE |
1 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) 36210 +265.69% 2 (1) evapauuk (3813280) 108363 +228.39% 3 (3) Gareth (3812080) 361855 +145.99% 4 (4) sorryevapau (3812279) 895105 +125.31% 5 (5) bart_154ce (3708783) 1004630 +78.85% 6 (6) blonde_jenius (3810379) 278637 +74.77% 7 (7) QuickHare (3715213) 57918 +33.76% 8 (8) gtyoda (2980985) 59839 +12.47% 9 (9) helenllama (3812621) 24995 +11.53% |
How did Imogen do that? How?
yoda, pluuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmet!
Posted by: hershey Apr 19 2005, 05:27 PM
I neglected my portfolio and had to begin again. Can someone please add me back into the league?
Thanks,
Hershey
Posted by: hershey Jul 12 2005, 03:03 PM
Here are the most recent standings for those who care!
| QUOTE |
| 1 (2) evapauuk (3813280) 159407 +1117.59% 2 (2) alienmarmalade (3708778) 95632 +837.11% 3 (3) Hershey13 (3814801) 22607 +145.41% 4 (4) gtyoda (2980985) 30667 +98.80% 5 (7) sorryevapau (3812279) 14068 +40.68% 6 (8) Gareth (3812080) 14068 +40.68% 7 (5) QuickHare (3715213) 98084 +34.42% 8 (6) helenllama (3812621) 66649 +9.86% 9 (9) bart_154ce (3708783) 609526 -2.06% 10 (11) blonde_jenius (3810379) 15792 -8.78% |
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