(Concept stolen from Aronis who stole it from vonflare.)
In this exciting game, you play the role of an investor in the stock market. You are provided an initial amount of virtual dollars to buy stocks, and your goal is to make as much money as possible by investing, buying, and selling wisely.
General Rules: 1: All players start with $750.00 to invest in an initial set of stocks. 2: To join, post /in and bold the stocks you wish to purchase. Please specify how many stocks you want to buy. 3: All stock prices will internally be tracked to four decimal places of precision; however, prices posted in-thread will be rounded to the nearest dollar. You will pay the amount that I post in-thread. 4: Players' cash on hand is computed to two decimal places of precisions. 5: You may do with your stocks and money as you wish provided it is done in-thread. You may enter into agreements, trade stocks, etc. Any such actions should be bolded for my sake. I will enforce all contracts agreed upon by all parties. 6: Some stocks pay dividends. Dividends will be handed out at least once every six months in-game. The formula for dividends is roughly ((Shares Owned / Total Shares) * Stock Value * Dividends Rate). 7: I will update stock prices every 2-3 days approximately. I will update portfolios once each time I update stock prices. I will update the price log at least once every six in-game months. 8: There are likely to be various special events, etc. from time to time. 9: Private communication is allowed, but please remember that all trades and agreements must be officially done in-thread to count. 10: Multiple transactions for a single stock in a single month are collapsed into a single transaction. For instance, if you buy 30 Red then sell 20 Red then buy 50 more red, I record the transaction as a single buy 60 Red transaction. Deals such as "Buy 10 Get 3 Free" get considered afterwards.
Spoiler: Creating Your Own Business
Business Rules and Regulations - While you own a business, you will automatically invest $9 each month in the company though you may choose to invest more or less in a given month. If you lack the needed funds, you will invest whatever you have. This is considered after all of your other transactions. - You will start out with 50% shares in the company. If at any point, you do not have the majority shares (or at least tied) in the company, you will lose control of it and the current majority holder will gain control. - You may buy additional unbought shares of your company at its current market price. You may buy other player's shares in the company if the other party is willing. You may sell your shares at any time, but keep in mind the above point. - Every stock has a risk value. This value is dictated by how much you invest in the company each month. By default, it will be at 40% risk if you do the default investment. Higher risk means your stock is more likely to decrease in value. Every additional $3 you invest in the company each month decreases the risk by 4%. Please avoid investing in non-multiples of $3. If you invest nothing in one month, the risk jumps up to 70%. Regardless of how much you invest, your stock will always have a minimum of 4% risk. - Dividends are a bit complicated. An example is the best way to explain. Suppose your stock has a current value of $100, a total of 20 shares, and a dividends percentage rate of 7%. Then the amount of dividends paid per share equals (1 / 20) * 0.07 * $100 = $0.35 per share. In other words, 5% of the stock's value is split evenly among all the shares. You can set the dividend percentage rate to whatever you like keeping in mind that you will pay out of pocket. Dividends are typically awarded every six months, but you can pay more often if you like. - You have two options for releasing new shares. You can either pay for half the value of the new shares or you can take a value hit to add new shares at a reduced cost. In either case, you will gain half the shares released to ensure you hold a majority. If you do the second option, the new value per share is given by (old shares * value) / new shares. You still have to pay for the shares you automatically gain regardless of which option you take. - Whenever another player buys one of your company's shares from the market, you gain 33% of the proceeds. This does not apply if stocks are traded between players. - Businesses are subject to a 5% tax once a year. The tax is based on the stock's current value. - You will receive income from your business every three months. The maximum profit each quarter is equal to (Current Stock Value / 5) * (Your Shares Owned / Total Shares Available) * (Total Sold Shares / Total Shares Available). The actual number is a random number from $0.10 to the maximum value. (Total Sold Shares includes both shares you own and that others own; i.e.: it's the number of shares not available on the market.) - Please ask me before doing anything else with your business that is not spelled out here.
- Creating a business requires PM'ing me the following information: 1) What is the name of the stock? You should also specify a color if [color=Stock Name]Stock Name[/color] doesn't render properly. 2) How many shares do you wish to initially release and at what starting value? Please keep in mind as stated above, you need half the total value in liquid cash as you will start out with a majority share. 3) Is the stock competing with any other stocks. For a competing stock, the stock does better when the competitor(s) falls in value and does worse when the competitor(s) rise in value. Please note that competition is both symmetric and transitive. 4) What is the dividends percentage rate for your stock (as described in the above rules and regulations)? Remember: You will pay dividends out of pocket every six months (months 3 and 9). 5) Are there any other special characteristics you would like to implement for your stock? I do not guarantee that I will implement all your suggestions for this question, but I will at least consider them (and let you know which aspects I do implement). An example of something that fits here is Pink doing better when more people invest in the stock.
Last edited by Ircher on Sat Jun 25, 2022 10:26 am, edited 19 times in total.
Aquamarine: $39 (17/100 share(s) remaining) This stock is managed by PookyTheMagicalBear.
Blue: $221 (40/40 share(s) remaining) This stock is very volatile, but it does pay dividends.
Cyan: $356 (99/100 share(s) remaining) This stock competes with Blue. It tends to go down in value, but when it goes up, it goes up by a lot. This stock pays moderate dividends.
Gold: $10 (0/30 share(s) remaining) This stock is managed by RH9.
Green: $45 (77/100 share(s) remaining) This stock does not grow very much, but it consistently pays small dividends.
Lime: $33 (0/30 share(s) remaining) This stock is managed by NotAJumbleOfNumbers. It competes against Cyan and Blue.
Midnight: $1 (0/100 share(s) remaining) This stock is managed by Aronis.
Orange: $102 (0/20 share(s) remaining) This pricey stock shows strong and consistent growth. It does better when Silver loses value.
Pink: $45 (31/150 share(s) remaining) This stock does better when more people invest in it and does worse when fewer people invest in it. It pays marginal dividends.
Purple: $25 (74/80 share(s) remaining) This stable stock rarely loses value, but when it does, it plunges by a lot.
Red: $69 (75/100 share(s) remaining) This low-risk low-reward stock steadily grows over time.
Silver: $28 (0/40 share(s) remaining) This stock pays moderate dividends and does better when Orange loses value.
Yellow: $75 (88/100 share(s) remaining) This high-risk high-reward stock pays high dividends.
***We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy) ~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl ~CheekyTeeky*******Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect. ~Taly***
Ugh dangit I don't know what I was thinking, I'm such a fool. The only way out of this mess is to sell all this awful bluecoin and then get all the orangereum I can
Hey all! Excited and nervous to play my first game with you!
Is my /in invalid, since no one’s commented on it?
***We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy) ~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl ~CheekyTeeky*******Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect. ~Taly***
In post 14, Ircher wrote:Your in is valid. Check post 1 for the current stocks you can purchase. You have $750 to spend.
Current Stocks and Prices
Blue: $83 (32/40 remaining)
Green: $50 (180/200 remaining)
Orange: $73 (28/30 remaining)
Purple: $15 (18/60 remaining)
Red: $41 (133/150 remaining)
Yellow: $49 (186/200 remaining)
Can I purchase any amount at once?
***We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy) ~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl ~CheekyTeeky*******Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect. ~Taly***
1: Blue $120 (40/40 shares left) This stock is very volatile, but it does pay some dividends.
2: Green: $50 (200/200 shares left) This stock does not grow very much, but it consistently pays small dividends.
3: Orange: $70 (30/30 shares left) This pricey stocks shows strong and consistent growth, but it is a bit riskier than Red.
4: Purple: $15 (60/60 shares left) This stable stock rarely loses value, but when it does, it plunges by a lot.
5: Red: $40 (150/150 shares left) This low-risk low-reward stock steadily grows over time.
6: Yellow: $60 (200/200 shares left) This high-risk high-reward stock pays high dividends.
***We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy) ~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl ~CheekyTeeky*******Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect. ~Taly***
***We just need to tread carefully because if you slip up around her as scum she notices and will tear your spine out and slap you to death with it. (I'm slightly scared of Nancy) ~the worst*******Nancy is pretty heavenly ngl ~CheekyTeeky*******Nancy-scum feels like a hot knife slicing through butter. Nancy-town feels like a magnifying glass in the sun glaring down at an insect. ~Taly***
- Blue's scandal is quickly forgotten, and the stock bounces back. - Purple LLC considers expanding the company. - Yellow announces new special offer: Buy 4 Yellow stocks for only $200! This offer lasts for two months (in game time; this is roughly two days in RL time).
