Website: BLOGSHARES.COM Fantasy Stock Market For Weblogs
Description: BlogShares.Com is one of the best online game that you can play anytime, anywhere with an internet connection. It is lots of fun, exciting, challenging and highly addictive. And the best thing of all, it is FREE!!!
A player in the BlogShares.Com online “virtual” (fantasy) share market (for weblogs) game begins playing by buying shares of blogs listed with the initial B$500 (the “virtual” money / currency to play on BlogShares.Com) and 20 “chips” (one of the valuable and useful “social currencies”) given. The initial value of the shares of a particular blog is decided by the number and “quality” of incoming and outgoing links to and from the said blog. (But, at the end of the day, it will fluctuate according to “market forces”, just like in real life.)
From there most players will slowly (or maybe quite fast for some) increase their capital and then, you can start investing in more exciting stuff like ideas, artefacts, and corporations. Then the challenging game plays like “hypes (HYP)”, “public relations disasters (PRD)”, “restructuring of blogs (RST)”, “hostile takeovers (HTO)”, “industry buzz (IDB)”, “industry slump (ISL)”, “pressuring the public (PRP)”, “raidings of blogs (RAI)”, etc. will take place. Hehe, “survival of the fittest” stuff where market sense and good judgements can make a lot of different in making B$ or losing em (just like in real share markets and business arenas).
When playing BlogShares along the way, on top of the B$ “virtual” currency, you will also “earn” some “social currencies” such as chips, karmas, and sigmas. These “social currencies” have their uses, benefits and necessary applications. I found the chips very useful and always not enough … hehe 
There are also forums on BlogShares.Com for players to communicate, discuss, debate, share or trade their ideas, etc.
Btw, there are so many things you can “play” on BlogShares.Com. How much enjoyment and satisfaction you can gain from the BlogShares online share market game depends on how well you understand the game play.
Spend some time to get to know the game and watch how other players play. Do not be hasty in your investments or transactions. Just like in real life, there are good guys, there are bad guys. Therefore, on BlogShares.Com there are good players, and of course “not so good players” too. And with this simple reason in mind, there are “rules“ on BlogShares.Com that every player must follow (do not go against anyone of em!!!). Ok, here are some useful links to get you started:
(* Oh btw, the “rules” on BlogShares.Com are meant to protect ALL PLAYERS against any unscrupulous gameplays or manipulations. They are meant to ensure all players can maximise the enjoyment of the game. They are there to protect you and me.)
Last but not least, one of the reasons I like the BLOGSHARES.COM Fantasy Stock Market For Weblogs (Blogs) so much is that there are so many wonderful “senior” and “experienced” players on www.blogshares.com that are very helpful and eager to help the other players, especially newbies. They are always so willing to “teach” and share with other “junior” and “newer ” players. And when I say “share” I also mean sharing of their wealth too (yes, many of these kind players will give you free B$, shares, chips, etc. in order to help you start off in the game)!!! See? So, what are you waiting for? Go ahead, sign-up and play the BLOGSHARES.COM Fantasy Stock Market For Weblogs (Blogs) now
Have fun and all the best
cheers
Koobros Koobros (@ chip[s]monk)
Blogshares.Com UserID: 55417
ps. I am still learning how to play well in the online fantasy blog stock market game of BlogShares.Com and here’s what my current nett worth is:
pss. btw, “Dave’s mom wears army boots”
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