Wherein our hero realizes the folly of his ways and wanders far and wide in an attempt to find his true destiny...
John Robb seems to be really getting into HSX. Good for him - it can be a lot of fun. I've been a player since spring of 1999. I cut my teeth with a huge win on "The Blair Witch Project" and eventually played myself into the top 1% of players with a 50 million dollar portfolio. But Ilost interest when I stopped seeing the big games, and I didn't want to devote the time necessary to get those big gains. Like they say, "the first 50 million is the easiest" - well, they don't actually say that, but they should
I've ignored my portfolio for the the past 12 months and lost just shy of 10 million dollars in holdings. Still the 40 million or so that I have left is enough to get me a ranking in top 3% of all players for all time. Regardless, I think that John's enthusiasm and this moderate war-chest just might be the excuse I need to give it another shot. I'll see what kind of magic I can work on the HSX this coming Saturday (to take advantage of the free trading on Saturdays). Maybe I can pull some real earnings out of the hat this time.
And I look forward to some hearty competition from other blogging players...hmmm...maybe The Project could support some type of standardized odds making system to facilitate this sort of thing? We could call it "Paybacks"...?