Amazon gift cards for all Daily & Weekly Winners.
We have had gift cards in the past, but do to popular demand the contest winners for the new Jan-April Contest will be seeing more Amazon gift cards in their Inbox. $100,$150,$250 gift cards will be sent to those who win Daily and Weekly prizes, making this Contest the best yet, because You get to choose the prize!
New Forums, T-Shirts and Corporate Name to start the new year.
Our new Commuity Server (Survivor forums) was a joint effort from the development and production departments and the outcome was a nice looking place for Survivors, Newbies and Staff, to meet and share ideas about the game. What do you think about the forums?
The new WallStreetSurvivor T-shirts are here, and thanks to our Creative Department, we have a really cool looking shirt. What do you think of the design?
Finally, we have a new Corporate Name, Stock Trak Group, Inc. (BB:STKG), as of last Friday which better reflects our true purpose: building world-class Stock Market simulation software and games.
Do you Feel like you’re Swimming with Sharks?
We’ve noticed that many Survivors feel like they can’t win prizes* and compete with our top players like GoMaxGo and Dojimon. We see comments like, “I can’t ever beat those sharks.” That may be true, but we’re thinking of ways to make the game experience better for everyone.
So, we’re toying with the idea of breaking the contest into groups based upon past performance in the Permanent Portfolio. It would go something like this: after having played the game for 30 days, everyone would get a handicap (like in golf) and be placed into a playing group, or league, of their relative peers. That way, you would be competing for prizes against Survivors of relatively the same skill level. And the contest would never end. Prizes would be awarded on a regular basis like Monthly and Weekly.
Of course, not all groups, or leagues, would be created equally. The League for GoMaxGo and Survivor would be the top league and they would compete for the biggest prizes. But anyone, with determination and learning, could eventually move up into the top league where the big boys play.
How does that sound, Survivors?
*In the last Survivor survey, an overwhelming majority of Survivors (89%) said they preferred more prizes of lesser value rather than fewer prizes of greater value.
