Rayw and I have agreed to a fun competition, and we're inviting any and all parties to join!
Hollywood Stock Exchange is comparable to fantasy football, but for movie nerds. It also helps if you're good at math.
How does the competition work?
On July 4th, each competitor is allowed to begin investing their fake-money, and then we simply follow the rules of that website to earn as much fake-money as possible. Competition officially ends on Oct. 31st.
On HSX, movies and movie stars are assigned a dollar-value. Once per week, stock values are adjusted, and you use your wits to predict the rise/fall of stock prices, and when you should buy/sell.
You can create your new account now, but don't make any investments until July 4th. You can find us on the league page -- we are the Super Sexy Summertime Silly Smackdown. You can join there, or send me your username and I'll send you an invite.
Just like in fantasy football, you can spend as little or as much time on this as you want. I did this once, about ten years ago, and I spent about half an hour per week.
I haven't discussed this next item with Ray yet, but I have a feeling he'll agree. In order to join, you have to offer some kind of wager. It can be whatever you want, large or small. But no money, cuz that's gambling, and illegal. Seriously, your wager can be anything you choose. Maybe you agree to watch whatever movie the winner tells you to watch. Maybe you offer your skills on their next short vid. Whatever, the choice is yours.
I have decided that my wager is that I will send one DVD of their choice, from my personal collection, to the winner. Except you can't choose anything that is part of a box-set.
Whose in?!
Hollywood Stock Exchange is comparable to fantasy football, but for movie nerds. It also helps if you're good at math.
How does the competition work?
On July 4th, each competitor is allowed to begin investing their fake-money, and then we simply follow the rules of that website to earn as much fake-money as possible. Competition officially ends on Oct. 31st.
On HSX, movies and movie stars are assigned a dollar-value. Once per week, stock values are adjusted, and you use your wits to predict the rise/fall of stock prices, and when you should buy/sell.
You can create your new account now, but don't make any investments until July 4th. You can find us on the league page -- we are the Super Sexy Summertime Silly Smackdown. You can join there, or send me your username and I'll send you an invite.
Just like in fantasy football, you can spend as little or as much time on this as you want. I did this once, about ten years ago, and I spent about half an hour per week.
I haven't discussed this next item with Ray yet, but I have a feeling he'll agree. In order to join, you have to offer some kind of wager. It can be whatever you want, large or small. But no money, cuz that's gambling, and illegal. Seriously, your wager can be anything you choose. Maybe you agree to watch whatever movie the winner tells you to watch. Maybe you offer your skills on their next short vid. Whatever, the choice is yours.
I have decided that my wager is that I will send one DVD of their choice, from my personal collection, to the winner. Except you can't choose anything that is part of a box-set.
Whose in?!
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