another dodgy online game from the uk where you trade virtual shares in bands (including d4, datsuns, pacifier). we can start our own wee nzm group as well, plus they refer to the 'interweb'.
sign up here: popex.com/cgi-bin/popEx/popEx.cgi?Mentor=109667
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the other advantage of this dodgy game ...
the other advantage of this dodgy game is that it is based on the sharemarket and you get greater dividends if you hold your shares for more than 2.5 days, rather than buying and selling all the time. Thus, it's not as time-consuming as paranormal deathmatch.
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er we have a chart ... called nzm. ...
er we have a chart ... called nzm. original I know, it's number is 12540. the styling details have got a little messed up. or at least I edited them, but they won't change, so it's a little ugly at the moment.
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the chart/clan is all sorted. roll up ...
the chart/clan is all sorted. roll up roll up and join the fun!!
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How do you join charts/clans/friend ...
How do you join charts/clans/friend groups?
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That's a good question! This site is ...
That's a good question! This site is not as easy to navigate (and it certainly aint logical or consistent), so in short i have no idea : (
Um, but I added you anyway. So I guess if you get in message me at 109592 (this whole game is ID number not name driven)...
good luck!!!
oh, and on a how to play note, it seems that checking out which bands are paying dividends is a good way to start. Also, you can check out share price movements for bands recently. Starting out by buying stock of your favourite bands doesn't seem to work too well.
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Opps, should of thought of that ...
Opps, should of thought of that earlier. I did remember the golden sharemarket rule though...
Buy when prices are low and sell when high!!
(Therefore the dividend receiving bands are not a good choice?)
Erm well. Somewhere in the rambling ...
Erm well. Somewhere in the rambling website it actually said that it was supposed to be good practice for share-trading... it was also LAST RESET in November of 2000, when some ppl had turned their 5 grand into 179 million!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, as to what to buy. Dividends are a good option. You need to own for at least 2.5 days to get dividends. Dividends give you money to buy other bands. In this game, you can submit band news to a dividend board to help work out the band's popularity.
The other way to make money is through capital gain. Capital gain is a lot about hype. Say for example, the Datsuns, which I bought. Their price is high because they are doing well. Currently their shares are worth more than Pearl Jam. That means (realistically) that Pearl Jam are either cheap, the Datsuns are over-hyped or both. One part of hype is dividends. People buy bands with high dividends cos it makes them sound good. So lots of the high-dividend artists (e.g., Nirvana) have a sky-rocketing price.
What I was suggesting about not buying your favourite bands also applies to the sharemarket. If you want to make money, emotional attachment shouldn't come into it. Thus, kiwi music may not be a good investment in monetary terms, but pink is. Yes that's a crime. Don't worry, I own a lot of kiwi music and no pink.
Sermon Ends. Sorry