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...

and thats me in, anybody who remembers the GT league should be quaking in there virtual boots right now.....

Bart

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

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

Added you, Yoda. And where did all your money come from?

*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?

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!

Added you too.


Come ON Michael Jackson!

My number is 3715480.

My number is 3715490.

First purchase was Orly but let's not start that again.

~DL, who has know clue what she is doing

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

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~

User ID: 3716303

Please add me too!

~hershey~

You're added

~He Who Lives Dangerously~ with a trout!

~I *Heart* my Mini!~

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

can I be added? User ID: 3717954

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%

Oh look +76.07% who'd have thought it



~He Who is trying to sneak round the word filter~

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

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

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

to Yoda, who should get a new user title. 90+% increase is worth SOME recognition.

I think I will move from last within the next week; I hope.

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!

Whoops!

I forgot to buy shares last week!

Dum di dum...

QUOTE (Elenarda @ May 21 2004, 01:08 PM)

I forgot to buy shares last week!

Ditto...

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 www.rnli-exeter.org.uk which I designed and wrote myself!)

Top of the chart! Top of the chart!

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%

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...

I got from last place to 5th! Look out, I'll be 4th soon.

Can I join please (it would be ever so nice) my number is 3323784.

Wait...I still have one of these. Oops.

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

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!

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?

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.

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.

All I can say is thanks for the advice - I now have a 0.3% lead on QuickHare

Yoda, smart donkey

QUOTE

I now have a 0.3% lead on QuickHare

In my defence, I will say that it didn't help that I sold a fair few good people, fearing the worst, seeing red and clicking like mad on the button "Sell All".
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

He's such an ass at times.

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%

As long as I beat Yoda, that's fine by me.

QUOTE (QuickHare @ Jun 12 2004, 01:47 PM)

As long as I beat Yoda, that's fine by me.

Always, an admirable endeavor

QUOTE (bart @ Jun 12 2004, 04:28 PM)

QUOTE (QuickHare @ Jun 12 2004, 01:47 PM) As long as I beat Yoda, that's fine by me. Always, an admirable endeavor

I like to think I have my priorities right.

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

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...

Yes! Last place is mine!

I can't believe that I'm in front of anybody. WOO HOO!!!

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.

Go Yoda! Go Yoda! Hang onto your position with all your might!

QH, what happened?