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And who is Lisa Lee? Did they hire new people? From the little graphic it looks like they have 5 or so people who will do various shows. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 20:57 1
- That was my question. But didn't they have a show on the old site? Who was the cast? -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:59
I have a student who plays poker online. A lot. - nubby Oct 21, 20:55 2
- Or take himself out, one or the other. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:57 1
  - heh - nubby Oct 21, 21:02
what is schmoozing? how do you score on it? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:53 8
- It's forced social networking. You get money for blogging, posting messages, etc. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:58
- every time you post or answer a poll you get H$1,000. -- nm - mafic Oct 21, 20:56 5
  - I would've made H$61,000,000 just by posting over four years in the old HSX. -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 21:00
  - Hey, make a poll, you get $10k. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:57 3
    - on a scale of 1-10, how much does the new hsx suck? - dogbert183 Oct 21, 20:58 2
      - This is basically my poll (user douglatf). -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:59
      - e. 312.50 -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:59
- Viagra -- nm - BB Oct 21, 20:55
D.Mac's "end of an era" post seems so much bigger now. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:53 1
- Ctrl-+? -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 20:54
"Go to the landfill and dig up some more Sansa media players. If you see any Digipro Graphics Tablets (and you will), grab those, too." -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:45
There is no "I" in "asshole". -- nm - CrankYanker Oct 21, 20:42 1
- Uh... right there between the "o" and the "e". -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:48
HSX 2.0 = New Coke -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:42 12
- Naw, the beta testers liked New Coke. This is like a crappy recipe that testers said sucked, and they went with it anyway. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:42 11
  - It's that cigarette from Barbarians at the Gate that tasted like crap. Literally. -- nm - David Oct 21, 20:56
  - It doesn't look like much changed from the beta-test version I hated 3 months ago. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:47
  - By the time they figure it out, it will be too late. -- nm - Redmond Oct 21, 20:44 6
    - I really need to sell my port. -- nm - Mel Profit Oct 21, 20:51 5
      - I am shocked after checking that there isn't a single port on eBay right now. - TFox Oct 21, 20:57 1
        
        People have to know they can access them before they can sell them. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:59
      - Good luck with that! -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:55 1
        
        "Take my port, please!" -- nm - mel Oct 21, 20:56
      - But you will burn in hell for the lies you will have to tell about the new HSX. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:53
  - Crystal Pepsi? -- nm - eag Oct 21, 20:44 1
    - Good one. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 20:52
BTW Green Apple Jones Soda verry good -- nm - eag Oct 21, 20:36 2
- In the long long ago, when I allowed myself to drink pop, it was a favorite. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:38 1
  - We don't need another hero. -- nm - Auntie Entity Oct 21, 20:42
So, will HSM3 Soundtrack break album sales records this week? -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 20:35 2
- Absolutely. At least the records for online downloads. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:39
- Take it to the Music Bo... oh... nevermind. - Spawn Oct 21, 20:36
Let's try to have a neutral discussion about this: now that you are used to it, what do you think of the HSX changes? -- nm - David Oct 21, 20:30 47
- I think there has been some severe degradation in the ease of gameplay. - ty97 Oct 21, 20:57
- And don't forget that peglegpete has already made $250k H$ schmoozing. That's horrible -- nm - kilbooo Oct 21, 20:43 5
  - He was the one? hehe -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 20:46 2
    - CrankYanker is also over to $250k -- nm - kilbooo Oct 21, 20:49 1
      - KIDS Fund needs another 45 million to reach presumably delist. How long will that take by splooging? -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:52
  - I'm amazed they didn't put a cap on that. A daily cap. A weekly cap. Something. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:46 1
    - I'll put a cap in yo' ass! -- nm - XIBIT Oct 21, 20:48
- Unwieldy. Difficult to figure out what to do and how to do it. Horrible port page. - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:43 2
  - The front page is actuallly an improvement over the previous front page. - ty97 Oct 21, 20:58 1
    - Well, the old front page had less use but it looked better. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 21:01
- it sucks! -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 21, 20:40
- old version was clean(er) faster minimalism, now it takes a minute to load a page, I've only done half my bonds in 3 hours - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:39 5
  - I have thousands of stocks, it takes minutes to scroll, no page down down down, NO SORT BY?? wtf? my whole method of play is screwed - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:42 2
    - Did they at least finally add a Port Liquidation button? -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:51
    - ditto! -- nm - Random Enigma Oct 21, 20:48
  - I can't believe you are even attempting to flip bonds. -- nm - TFox Oct 21, 20:40 1
    - I tried too but couldn't make it halfway. Way too frustrating. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 20:41
- After a little over 6 years, I am done with HSX if this continues. They seem to have forgotten what the game was about. -- nm - not2fast Oct 21, 20:38
- I really can't see myself continuing to play the game... too frustrating to change how I play now. - secretslacker Oct 21, 20:36 3
  - And the fact my browser has crashed the last few times I tried to go there isn't helping. -- nm - secretslacker Oct 21, 20:42
  - Mission accomplished -- nm - HSX Consultants Oct 21, 20:39 1
    - You're Fired! -- nm - HSXChef Oct 21, 20:44
- Usability has declined. Visual mapping is completely screwed up. And it's clear the whole focus of their business model has changed. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:36 5
  - What was the old business model? What's the new one? -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:43 4
    - I assume the old buisness model was using the game to sell information to movie studios and the sort. Now it's pasta/wall what sticks? -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:51 2
      - I figured once Cantor started using HSX numbers for their spread betting in Britain, HSX was set for life. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:55 1
        
        Maybe they are so silly that they actually think they can still get data. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 20:56
    - It was based on people trading stocks, hence the port page was very important. Now the port is no longer the main purpose of the site but just some - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 21, 20:48
- The portfolio and all the trading activity that goes along with it has taken a back seat to God knows what. I really don't know what purpose the site - CrankYanker Oct 21, 20:36 1
  - Like I said on a BB. They would have been better off making the game into a Facebook app than adding social features to the game -- nm - kilbooo Oct 21, 20:38
- "Now that you are used to it" isn't for a few days yet, if not a few weeks, if ever. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:36 1
  - It's when I say it is, mara. Now fall back in line. -- nm - David Oct 21, 20:54
- I wished I were not the KIDS Fund manger so I didn't have to return. - Qale Oct 21, 20:35 1
  - Ditto. (nm) - nubby Oct 21, 20:36
- The portfolios are terrible. Without changes to the way it looks and functions I don't see myself sticking around there for very long. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 20:35
- trades are slow, slow, slow,,, -- nm - BAD Oct 21, 20:34
- Too much de-emphasis of the game. Simple actions take more clicks to accomplish. Far too much advert/cross selling for my taste. Schmoozing is ugh - kilbooo Oct 21, 20:33
- It's worse than I thought. I figured I could deal with pretty much any change. But that is an abomination of it's former self. I am done there. -- nm - Redmond Oct 21, 20:33
- It's confusing and less user-friendly. - nubby Oct 21, 20:32 4
  - Also, the column IDs/labels go away when you scroll down. WTF? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:45
  - That was the common beta tester's response. - Spawn Oct 21, 20:34 1
    - It looks basically the same. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:40
  - Yeh im in agreeance -- nm - eag Oct 21, 20:33
- I have yet to look at the rancid pile of shit. - Spawn Oct 21, 20:32
- The message boards lend themselves to grouped discussion and information distribution. They are not chat boards. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:32
- I think I am willing to give it a chance *if* they restore game function. - TFox Oct 21, 20:32
- honestly, after backboarding, i haven't even logged in yet and may not do so for some time -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:31
this is pretty funny if you ever read the trades (an Onion-y satire of Hollywood Reporter) -- (link) - chris Oct 21, 20:30 1
- "Deep Impact meets Armageddon" -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 20:55
God love Trish so her hubby buys her Fable 2 for her bday btw happy bday Trish and she still plays Oblivion -- nm - eag Oct 21, 20:25 1
- oh yea, happy birthday trish! -- nm - dogbert183 Oct 21, 20:28
Okay looking at the mess in the thread below. Do we have any gay STers that are in relationships? Why can't you guys find anyone? -- nm - Redmond Oct 21, 20:24 14
- ST seems to bring out the asshole in a lot of people, and it pisses me off. - Spawn Oct 21, 20:33 2
  - Cuzzin Todd's been challenging your title lately. -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 20:36 1
    - MORE estrogen shots today Ms Sensitvie? -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 20:44
- Nice. Thanks. -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 20:30 2
  - It's because I care. -- nm - Redmond Oct 21, 20:35 1
    - Me too. -- nm - Luke Skywalker Oct 21, 20:47
- old ugly and broke and live with my mother, that pretty much sums it up -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:29 1
  - you all should be on the next season of The Pickup Artist -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:30
- because I'm not very attractive -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 20:28
- Don't make me reach for the negative Qale Points. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:27
- That whole pressure about being promiscuous and flighty. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:26
- One of them loves to grab boobs but dates a doctor - so we are still not sure where he falls - Epiphany Oct 21, 20:26 2
  - Hey! - nubby Oct 21, 20:51
  - If this is who I think it is - eag Oct 21, 20:32
Uhm... HSX Minute? This is new. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:23 1
- The fact that the Daily Minute is 11 minutes long and apparently weekly just seems to sum up the entire experience. -- nm - Ender Oct 21, 20:29
Thanks, Spawn! I went with "emotionally guarded." Many good suggestions! -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:23 7
- Me talk good sometimes. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:30
- did you think about therapy? -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:23 5
  - *no longer trusts chris* -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:35
  - She goes to 6 pack therapy - Epiphany Oct 21, 20:25 3
    - That reminds me, I gotta run to the store to get a 6-pack and dinner. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:37 2
      - Aw, pookie! Too bad we're in different time zones. I generally stop by 7:00 your time. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:43 1
        
        Hrm. Damn. Ah, well ... I can just catch up to you. :-) -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:51
I am somewhat blown away at how much less shitty the Sports exchange looks. - TFox Oct 21, 20:18 14
- I would bet the sports leagues put a stop to it. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:40
- Why is this that taking the place of the old Ticker Talk? -- nm - secretslacker Oct 21, 20:38
- "Sports Stock Exchange is best viewed with Internet Explorer 7 and Mozilla FireFox 2." - nubby Oct 21, 20:31 1
  - i know i saw that same one many months ago -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:35
- What's this? wsex.com or something else? -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:22 3
  - It's a super-secret development project that Subversive uncovered. See B2. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:24 2
    - WTF. No way this is part of the new project. This looks too good. It was an old project that was abandoned. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:29 1
      - And that's one amateur-hour CAPTCHA. -- nm - Mop Oct 21, 20:29
- The look and feel of the Sports Exchange is great, actually. I'd play it in a hearbeat. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:20 2
  - Since there is a void online where I used to play a movie exchange, I concur. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 20:31
  - (bery post) And I just discovered they kicked out my registration and portfolio. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:22
- yeah, it's like they listened to all the comments. -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 20:19 2
  - Like, how did they develop those sites simultaneously? - TFox Oct 21, 20:25 1
    - that sports one has been around awhile i believe - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:30
Anyone care to share some of their favorite movies from this year, ones that i probably didn't see in theatres - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:15 10
- I agree with Dano and pixie. I just saw In Bruges this weekend and was taken aback with how very good it was. - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:25 2
  - I saw In Bruges, liked a lot! - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:26 1
    - Man on Wire is the best movie of the year. -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 20:29
- what Dano said about Man on Wire. In Bruges. -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:23
- I enjoyed Choke alot. B+ nm -- nm - Jovian Oct 21, 20:19
- Man on Wire, Boy A -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 20:16 4
  - Frozen River, The Wackness, Mister Lonely, Surfwise, The Edge of Heaven, Reprise, The Visitor -- nm - Dano Oct 21, 20:26 2
    - thanks -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:31
    - don't forget The Happening -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:27
  - i'm confused - chris Oct 21, 20:22
Alright, I'm done looking at the traffic accident. I'm turning it off. - Qale Oct 21, 20:14
any single, attractive ST ladies who want to be cast on Drew Barrymore's new dating reality show? - chris Oct 21, 20:09 8
- am I fabulous? -- nm - loosilu Oct 21, 20:19 4
  - Yes - and you could provide natural friction - Epiphany Oct 21, 20:27
  - But of course ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:27
  - Absolutely. -- nm - mara Oct 21, 20:23
  - email them and find out! -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:20
- Drew Barrymore is dating chicks now? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:16 1
  - sorry, she's just producing it - chris Oct 21, 20:19
- Guess I can't pass as being under 40 :( -- nm - MojaveMeg Oct 21, 20:15
oh this sucks, not all the stocks on a bond page are in order, look at JTURT, Romance and cigs is out of the stack order -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:05 1
- I noticed that on BBTHO page. There's a film from 2000 at the top. -- nm - Krusty Oct 21, 20:07
how come JLEGU shows an almost $19 on his bond page but only 3 something in my port? -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 19:59 3
- Take it to the HSX boards - you can earn $$$ by posting! -- nm - Roger More Oct 21, 20:04 2
  - I'd rather get an answer -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 20:06 1
    - Then ask Mr. Havens, since he's the only one that apparently knows anything. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:09
Julianne Hough Collapses After "Dancing" -- (link) - budice Oct 21, 19:58 1
- oh no, my love! -- nm - Gwaahjo Oct 21, 20:14
paint, dry a couple more bonds done finally, lets get a glass of water and watch it evap while I try the rest of the bonds -- nm - zeitgeist Oct 21, 19:56
Canadian Hotness: Miss Vancouver, Miss Toronto, Miss Universe Canada -- (link) - budice Oct 21, 19:55 1
- I don't know who Sophie Monk is, but... Oh. My. God. -- (link) - Mop Oct 21, 20:14
I'd go on three dates over one weekend if I had the chance ... . -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 19:53 11
- I'm pretty sure they were all with the same person though. -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 19:56 7
  - Oh ... right ... . Well, I'd still go on three dates in one weekend with the right dude. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:05 4
    - How 'bout Mr. Right Now? *bats eyes* -- nm - nubby Oct 21, 20:08 3
      - Forget him! How 'about Curves to the Right -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:09 2
        
        How 'bout both of you? -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:20 1
        
        Pippy endorses this statement -- nm - Epiphany Oct 21, 20:29
  - Yeah, I am getting that there is some confusion. All three dates were with Kelly this weekend. -- nm - Redmond Oct 21, 19:58 1
    - I figured as such. I think I'll work on finding someone who'd tolerate just spending one date with me, much less a whole weekend. :) -- nm - Qale Oct 21, 20:03
- i'm pretty sure the world would end by date 3 if i did -- nm - chris Oct 21, 19:54 2
  - You going on a single date would be the breaking of the Fourth Seal. -- nm - ReluctantCynic Oct 21, 20:05 1
    - true -- nm - chris Oct 21, 20:06

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