INVE$TMENT$ Mk. IV - BBC(EO)

Maestro · Post Post #0 (isolation #0) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:12 am

INVE$TMENT$!

The game of choice for speculative capitalist pigs all over the world, vonflare's *cough* and Aronis's game returns to MS.net with a bigger title under the control of a new benevolent dictator: me! Your friendly neighborhood rich businessman.

The point here is simple

:

You have money. Spend money on stocks.
Stocks increase and decrease in value. Hopefully the former.
When stocks increase in value, sell them for more money.
Literally, profit!
Repeat steps 1-4.

Stuff^TM will happen every once in awhile that affects stocks or the owners of stocks (you people). This Stuff^TM could be good or it could be bad or it could be both or it could be neither. You can do anything you want (within reason) with our little slice of capitalist h

ell

eaven, just PM me before you do it to make sure it's actually within reason. This includes but is not limited to: buying/selling stocks directly with another player (trading), attempting to takeover a company, hosting events yourself that affect stocks and/or owners, etc.

Y U NO TAKE MY MONEY

How do I play?

Same as last time, except with more $ -

you have $750 to spend when you start. No need to "/in", just start buying stocks and you'll be entered into the Google Doc linked below.

All active players from Aronis's game have higher starting $. If you have a problem with the buyout, send me a formal IRS-compliant assessment of your net worth (e.g. count that shit up using math and PM me) and we'll get you started with what you should actually have, roughly.

UPDATED STOCK MARKET SPREADSHEET

CURRENT EVENT$

EGG INCORPORATED

released a statement as the Fed began an investigation of the company for fraud. A primary investor in the company came forward with information and was granted immunity in return for testimony. The administration publicly encouraged anyone else with information to come forward immediately.

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

was implicated but no charges were levied. The assets of both companies were frozen.

Spoiler: More information about Egg Inc.

Two members of

BLACK

's board of directors, including the chairman, resigned amid accusations of fraud. The remaining directors, including the vice chairman, ask for two appointees from among the stockholders. Valid votes are

lilith2013

,

PrivateI

,

Tatsuya Kaname

,

BipolarChemist

,

Lowell

, and

Lokiben

.

PrivateI

is in the lead with 2 public votes. Stockholders in competitor companies (

WHITE

,

NATURAL GAS

,

N

E

O

N

,

EGG INC.

) may lobby the NPC directors with private pseudo-votes. Three of these lobbying votes = one direct vote.

GREEN

began an unprecedented hostile takeover of

BLUE

, purchasing 50 shares immediately and promising to purchase 10 more every day until the company was under their control. The Maestro administration threatened anti-trust action against

GREEN

, and called for private investors to invest in the company to prevent privatization. Government subsidies increased, and federal deregulation allowed

BLUE

to manually lower stock prices by $10 to encourage private investment.

Spoiler: CURRENT $TOCK$ - Check the $pread$heet for price$

Spoiler: HI$TORICAL EVENT$ / $TOCK$

February 7th, 2016 -
S
E
A
H
A
W
K
S
stock plummets in value, and eventually the company files for bankruptcy, contributing to the fall of the
United States of Aronis
.
March 7th, 2016 - The
United States of Maestro
peacefully merged with the
United States of Aronis
, after negotiations including much charm and financial skill on both sides. The leaders were seen skipping off into the sunset together, tossing around hundred-dollar bills with their portraits on them.
BLUE
is bailed out of continuing bankruptcy by the United States of Maestro.
N
E
O
N
FUTURISTICS
, the new face of Neon Hoverboards, is established and holds its IPO.
EGG INCORPORATED
rises from the ashes of Robin's Egg, a defunct pencil company.
SPRING

falls
from its place of prominence, inspiring competition from other
seasonal
companies, and
AUTUMN

springs
into existence as a modern alternative.
TEAL
rebrands itself as
GOLD
, with a new positive outlook, and
DARK GRAY
emerges as a last-resort company that contributes to financiers scraping the bottom of the barrel.
Players found the
G
O
O
G
L
E
stock password and PMed it to me, their benevolent financial dictator. The first 2 to do so,
PrivateI
and
BipolarChemist
, received 1
G
O
O
G
L
E
stock each ($695 value).
WealthyInvestor called a meeting with all present
G
O
O
G
L
E
stockowners. Some of them got in on whatever opportunity he had in mind, others didn't. (???)
N
E
O
N
began a selling price adjustment to match its competitors: it's stock value was still whatever the Sheet said, but it was being sold $12 cheaper per share.
N
E
O
N
stock purchased during this deal could not be sold back by any player until the deal had ended (ended 03/11/16 @ 11 PM EST).
EGG INCORPORATED
's CFO conferred with the board of directors and agreed the company will begin lending funding to that one billionaire's space station and satellite program. Stock automatically increased in value by $5 in ancitipation of the company's growing connection to the
VIRGIN GROUP
, which has yet to offer stock purchasing in the United States of Maestro.
NATURAL GAS?
began a rebranding, and as
NATURAL GAS
the board of directors' first move was to consolidate shares. The number of total stock was slashed in half, and price doubled.
PENUMBRA
began a limited IPO with 20 stocks now available for purchase on the market.

Maestro · Post Post #1 (isolation #1) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 11:14 am

I reserve the right to do things that are not within reason, such as this:

MY FIRST ACT AS BENEVOLENT DICTATOR IS TO BUY OUT ALL PLAYERS WHO PREVIOUSLY OWNED STOCK IN THE STOCK MARKET OF THE UNITED STATES OF ARONIS - WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF MAESTRO YOU LOVABLE CAPITALIST PIGS

Maestro · Post Post #4 (isolation #2) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:45 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

And for the

FIRST EVENT OF THE GAME

:

Search around and look closely. Find the Google stock password and PM it to me.
The first 2 to do so, who do not already own Google stock, receive 1 Google stock each.

Maestro · Post Post #5 (isolation #3) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 12:57 pm

Only 1 Google stock left open in this deal!
Go find the stock password and PM me to claim it.

Maestro · Post Post #8 (isolation #4) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 2:59 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

Our first event has already concluded!

PrivateI

and

BipolarChemist

have each been awarded 1 Google stock.
Now, everybody who looked at my sig or got a PM should come buy stock!

If we get 4 more entries within (expired on 2016-03-07 23:59:00) I'll start another event when I post the stock fluctuations tomorrow morning, EST. Don't worry about optimizing or breaking the darn game; just have fun and drop some cold hard

CA$H

.

Maestro · Post Post #10 (isolation #5) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 3:09 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

Ok, so, I'm removing the available stock numbers from the OP because they update in real time on the Google Doc thanks to function magic I have in place there. e.g. Whenever I update a player's owned stocks the available stock updates automagically. So I don't wanna have to copy it over. Sue me.

Maestro · Post Post #14 (isolation #6) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 4:56 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

Only 3 more within (expired on 2016-03-07 23:59:00) for a new Special event in the morning!

Maestro · Post Post #16 (isolation #7) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 5:31 pm

In post 15, Aronis wrote:
March 7th, 2016 - The United States of Maestro conquers the United States if Aronis

So mean

And fyi, this would be the 4th time this game has been run, vonflare ran and abandoned the game twice.

Noted and modified accordingly

Maestro · Post Post #20 (isolation #8) » Mon Mar 07, 2016 7:26 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

You get an event tomorrow, and

you

get an event tomorrow, and

YOU

get an event tomorrow!

G

o

g

l

e

stocks flying off the shelves - only

3

left as of this post!

N

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O

N

considering pricing adjustment given

Egg Inc's

popularity.

Maestro · Post Post #23 (isolation #9) » Tue Mar 08, 2016 3:20 am

Spoiler: UPDATED

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

Only

1

more

G

O

G

L

E

stock available for player purchase?!

N

E

O

N

has begun a competitive selling price adjustment to match its competitors: it's stock value is still whatever the OP or the Sheet says, but it is being sold at the value in parentheses.

N

E

O

N

stock purchased during this deal may not be sold back by any player until the deal has ended.

POLITICO

sees a huge fall at the hands of a nasty tweet by Donald Trump.

YELLOW

and

BLACK

see some not-negligible shortfalls. Could it be a sign of things to come or just a fluke?

Maestro · Post Post #24 (isolation #10) » Tue Mar 08, 2016 9:16 am

WealthyInvestor has called a meeting with all present

G

O

G

L

E

stockowners. PM them to continue.

Maestro · Post Post #31 (isolation #11) » Tue Mar 08, 2016 5:56 pm

Spoiler: UPDATED

WealthyInvestor has asked me to notify all

G

O

G

L

E

stockholders who did not already PM him that "they have lost out on an opportunity". Next time, I guess?

What's next on the horizon?

Stock flux may be a little late tomorrow b/c work schedule

Maestro · Post Post #35 (isolation #12) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 5:01 am

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

Fortune dictates that an

EGG INCORPORATED

event is incoming later today!
The Google Doc will be updated then as well. For now, these values are not live on the Doc.

EDIT: Done. Event incoming.

Maestro · Post Post #37 (isolation #13) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:25 pm

EGG INCORPORATED

's CFO has conferred with the board of directors and has agreed the company will begin lending funding to that one billionaire's space station and satellite program. Stock has automatically increased in value by $5 in ancitipation of the company's growing connection to the

VIRGIN GROUP

, which has yet to offer stock purchasing in the United States of Maestro.

That billionaire guy donates $42 to every

EGG INCORPORATED

stockholder too. Yes, even you Aronis.

Maestro · Post Post #38 (isolation #14) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:27 pm

In post 36, Aronis wrote:Buy 2 egg in case something good happens with it

Wait lol you could only afford 1

Maestro · Post Post #39 (isolation #15) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:58 pm

btw

NEW$

PURPLE

fires an intern who pressed the wrong button 2 days in a row.

NATURAL GAS?

sees its first

not-so-silent-but-definitely-deadly

fall in price.

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

continues to see little result from its sales. The CFO begins to take it personally. He comes into work upset.

SPRING

sees a small, creeping decline. Experts suspect groundhogs are involved in speculation somehow.

POLITICO

is retweeted by Bernie Sanders, and cashes in on some amazing publicity for a huge increase in price. Becomes even more politically entangled. The CEO's friends start "unfollowing" her on Facebook.

G

O

G

L

E

remains best in the biz.

Maestro · Post Post #44 (isolation #16) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:44 pm

In post 43, Yimmy wrote:i would also like to sell all of my eggs

...

Very well. Yimmy has no Eggs to sell. So he resorts to counterfeiting some to sell. He receives twice the profits on these 12

EGG INCORPORATED

stocks and 2

DARK GREY

stock as well.

The

DARK GREY

Market has seen his foul deed and is impressed.

There are now 12 (that is, one dozen) falsified

EGG INCORPORATED

stock certificates floating around in the United States of Maestro, purchased by unwitting inve$tor$ not as keen-eyed as yourselves. These investors have since suffered various horrible fates, but the cause of their misfortunes lives on: all

EGG INCORPORATED

purchased from this point forward has a chance (dependent on how many are left in circulation) of being a fake.

I'll PM you if you buy a fake one, and you can do whatever you want with it including attempting to sell it to another player or something (selling it this way will net you

twice the profits

and some

DARK GREY

stock, by the way). If you keep the counterfeit stock for too long, or if you ever try to sell it directly back to the market, you might suffer penalty as law enforcement is likely to find out and assume you are the original counterfeiter.

Maestro · Post Post #45 (isolation #17) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:47 pm

In post 44, Maestro wrote:twice the profits

In retrospect,

dayum

. In my game, crime apparently pays

very

well.

Maestro · Post Post #47 (isolation #18) » Wed Mar 09, 2016 3:59 pm

^ btw Stuff^TM like that can happen via PM, you just need to CC me or it's not legal and doesn't get put on the Doc

Maestro · Post Post #53 (isolation #19) » Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:24 am

In post 50, Aronis wrote:If thats how things work, can I sell 5 google stocks I don't have plz? Tia

And buy 1 egg stock while Im at it

Counterfeiting

G

O

G

L

E

stock would get you arrested immediately, so if you want that to be a thing...?

In post 51, Cheery Dog wrote:Anyone want to break the stock market with doing stuff with dodgy eggs?

I suppose I should be asking stuff though. Where do the "double profits" come from if those shares are sold to another player?

DARY GREY

, of course. Criminal overlords, the lot of them.

Fluctuations when I get off work in (expired on 2016-03-10 19:30:00).

Maestro · Post Post #54 (isolation #20) » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:58 am

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$ for 3/10

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$ for 3/11

Maestro · Post Post #56 (isolation #21) » Fri Mar 11, 2016 10:45 am

That's what I get for doing two days at once. Ugh. Fixing.

Maestro · Post Post #58 (isolation #22) » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:07 pm

In post 57, Lokiben wrote:Buy one of every available stock.

You have $135 leftover, sir.

NEW$

GREEN

receives permission from the United States of Maestro for a small loan to

BLUE

; both companies see profit margins rise early Friday morning. Could this be the beginning of a partnership of sorts?

PURPLE

tries to

course-correct

their recent business failures with

a new GPS system, but it also fails.

Two members of

BLACK

's board of directors, including the chairman, resign amid accusations of fraud. The remaining directors, including the vice chairman, ask for two appointees from among the stockholders. See below.

After a massive overnight plunge,

NATURAL GAS?

begins a rebranding, and as

NATURAL GAS

the board of directors' first move is to consolidate shares. The number of total stock is slashed in half, and price doubles.

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

ends its attempt at a competitive price war. All

N

E

O

N

may now be sold normally.

SPRING

's Vice President of Frolicking is seen for the first time in 3-4 months, in Baltimore MD of all places. Perhaps

SPRING

is considering a relocation for its headquarters?

PENUMBRA

has begun a limited IPO. There are now 20 stocks available for purchase on the market.

G

O

G

L

E

continues being awesome.

WealthyInvestor

has asked me to remind

G

O

G

L

E

shareholders that their opinions on a new business proposition are needed.

BLACK

is holding a public hearing for two of its stockholders to be appointed to the board of directors. Valid votes are

lilith2013

,

PrivateI

,

Tatsuya Kaname

,

BipolarChemist

,

Lowell

, and

Lokiben

(barely).

Stockholders in

BLACK

must use direct votes (in-thread, using the VOTE: tag), but stockholders in competitor companies (

WHITE

,

NATURAL GAS

,

N

E

O

N

,

EGG INC.

) may lobby the NPC directors by PMing me using the HURT: and HEAL: tags with a valid vote's username. You may send one HURT: , one HEAL: , or one of each. Three of these lobbying votes = one direct vote.

Purchasing

BLACK

stock while this event is ongoing will not allow you to enter the voting process. While this event is ongoing, I will post updated tallies with the

NEW$

.

Maestro · Post Post #59 (isolation #23) » Fri Mar 11, 2016 6:10 pm

OP will be updated toorwowowzzzzZzZzz

Maestro · Post Post #72 (isolation #24) » Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:32 am

Spoiler: Updated $tuff - prefluctuation

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

BLACK ELECTION$

PrivateI

- Lokiben, PrivateI

lilith2013

- Tatsuya Kaname

NOT VOTING

:

lilith2013, Lowell, BipolarChemist

Maestro · Post Post #74 (isolation #25) » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:36 am

Maestro · Post Post #75 (isolation #26) » Tue Mar 15, 2016 7:58 am

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

NEW$

RED CROSS

sees a dip in prices as blood donations continue to drop. Help out!

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

GREEN

share prices fall slightly after its newest mobile app flops. Unrelatedly, they begin an unprecedented hostile takeover of

BLUE

, purchasing 50 shares immediately and promising to purchase 10 more every day until the company is under their control. It is unknown what they plan to do with the company post-merger.

The Maestro administration threatens anti-trust action against

GREEN

as the hostile takeover of

BLUE

begins, and calls for private investors to also shore up the company's public offerings against

GREEN

's financial machinations. Government subsidies increase, and federal deregulation allows

BLUE

to manually lower stock prices by $10 to encourage private investment.

The

BLACK

election$ continue;

PrivateI

leads with two public votes. See below.

The benevolent financial dictator forgot about the changes after

NATURAL GAS

's rebranding. All is well now.

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

EGG INCORPORATED

releases a statement as the Fed begins an investigation of the company for fraud. A primary investor in the company comes forward with information and is granted immunity in return for testimony. The administration publicly encourages anyone else with information to come forward immediately.

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

is implicated but no charges are levied. The assets of both companies are frozen.

Following its IPO, rumors begin circulating that

PENUMBRA

's CEO is a Werewolf... its stock rises slightly as a result.

POLITICO

invests in South American silver mines. Both the financial community and the public are confused.

G

O

G

L

E

continues being awesome, albeit slightly less so.

BLACK ELECTION$

PrivateI

- Lokiben, PrivateI

lilith2013

- Tatsuya Kaname

Elections end in (expired on 2016-03-17 00:00:00) or once all stockholders have voted.

NOT VOTING

:

lilith2013, Lowell, BipolarChemist

Maestro · Post Post #80 (isolation #27) » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:59 am

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

NEW$

BipolarChemist

's business partners encourage him to start a charitable foundation for

RED CROSS

. Their management implies at a press conference that they would be excited to work with such a successful and altruistic financial mogul.

ORANGE

's continued lack of investment appeal starts to personally affect the CFO. He is seen at AA meetings with the CFO of

N

E

O

N

who, after a bout of depression, resigned before being featured on an episode of

Celebrity Intervention

.

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

GREEN

follows through on the second day of the hostile takeover of

BLUE

, purchasing 10 shares and reiterating that they intend to purchase 10 more every day until the company is under their control. It is unknown what they plan to do with the company post-merger.

The Senate Finance committee begins preparations for a hearing on

GREEN

's hostile takeover of

BLUE

, and its ramifications for the stock market. Stock prices remain manually lowered (and potentially frozen) to encourage private investment and prevent a takeover.

The

BLACK

election$ are almost over, but several are not voting. See below.

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

EGG INCORPORATED

continues to remain frozen in financial scandal, with

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

heavily implicated in a counterfeit scheme, though no charges have yet been brought against the latter. Public opinion, helmed by one particularly outspoken investor/activist, sways in favor of focusing the investigation on

EGG

, the less popular and seemingly more insidious company.

POLITICO

strikes silver and gold... literally then figuratively. Excavations started alongside their newly-acquired silver mining rights uncover a super-vein in the Peruvian mountains. Donald Trump tweets wishing he owned the company.

WealthyInvestor, along with a small group of

G

O

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L

E

stockholders, call a joint press conference for Friday.

BLACK ELECTION$

PrivateI

- Lokiben, PrivateI

lilith2013

- Tatsuya Kaname

Elections end in (expired on 2016-03-17 00:00:00) or once all stockholders have voted.

NOT VOTING

:

lilith2013, Lowell, BipolarChemist

Maestro · Post Post #85 (isolation #28) » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:00 am

In post 58, Maestro wrote:
NEW$

GREEN
receives permission from the United States of Maestro for a small loan to
BLUE
; both companies see profit margins rise early Friday morning. Could this be the beginning of a partnership of sorts?

PURPLE
tries to
course-correct
their recent business failures with a new GPS system, but it also fails.
Two members of
BLACK
's board of directors, including the chairman, resign amid accusations of fraud. The remaining directors, including the vice chairman, ask for two appointees from among the stockholders. See below.
After a massive overnight plunge,
NATURAL GAS?
begins a rebranding, and as
NATURAL GAS
the board of directors' first move is to consolidate shares. The number of total stock is slashed in half, and price doubles.

N
E
O
N
FUTURISTICS
ends its attempt at a competitive price war. All
N
E
O
N
may now be sold normally.

SPRING
's Vice President of Frolicking is seen for the first time in 3-4 months, in Baltimore MD of all places. Perhaps
SPRING
is considering a relocation for its headquarters?

PENUMBRA
has begun a limited IPO. There are now 20 stocks available for purchase on the market.

G
O
O
G
L
E
continues being awesome.
WealthyInvestor
has asked me to remind
G
O
O
G
L
E
shareholders that their opinions on a new business proposition are needed.

Maestro · Post Post #86 (isolation #29) » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:24 am

Spoiler: $TOCK FLUCTUATION$

NEW$

The

RED CROSS

privately reaches out to

BipolarChemist

, now recognized as an advocate for medical law reform. A spokesperson for the organization denies backchannel counter-lobbying, but the Associated Press continues to push for information on the private talks.

The CFO of

ORANGE

and the former CFO of

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O

N

continue their friendship, the former sponsors the latter in AA.

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

GREEN

&

BLUE

, coming soon.

The

BLACK

election$ are over!

PrivateI

is the new chairman of the board of directors, and

lilith2013

is the second appointee elected by shareholders. Both are approved and begin their terms immediately.

PrivateI

may PM me with directives for the company from now on, or he may ask me to create a PT for the board, which includes

lilith2013

, for now. (and me playing 2-3 NPCs)

MULTI-COMPANY EVENT

EGG INCORPORATED

&

N

E

O

N

FUTURISTICS

, coming soon!

Other news later on. Google Doc not updated yet.

Maestro · Post Post #88 (isolation #30) » Thu Mar 17, 2016 8:28 am

In post 87, Aronis wrote:Sell 7 neon, use that money to buy as much blue as possible

Pretty sure this = +$20 and +12

BLUE

Maestro · Post Post #94 (isolation #31) » Thu Mar 24, 2016 9:04 am

There was a stock market crash etc.

Don't worry Aronis, I was just V/LA. Should've posted something here.

THINGS WILL CONTINUE HAPPENING