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General Category => The Investor Challenge => Topic started by: Patrick on April 17, 2013, 12:09:42 pm

Title: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on April 17, 2013, 12:09:42 pm
The time has come to launch the challenge. The first official day is Monday the 22nd April 2013. The site is currently available and ready for testing on www.investorchallenge.co.za.

Feel free to play around with the site and familiarise yourself with it. The database will be wiped clean on Sunday night, and all trades from Monday will be official!

Please share this information with your friends, colleagues, facebook, twitter, or anywhere else you can think of!

As usual, comments and constructive criticism is welcome.
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Hendrix on April 19, 2013, 08:23:18 pm
Will it be possible to view the holdings of other users?
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Patrick on April 20, 2013, 02:55:27 am
I'll give each user the option, with the default being yes.
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Ykhan on April 22, 2013, 12:01:15 pm
Thanks! Just signed up. All the best guys.
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: jaDEB on April 22, 2013, 12:04:13 pm
Patrick, my screen does not work. blank, just check who is in the lead please. ???
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Ykhan on April 22, 2013, 12:11:56 pm
 :P jadeb... 100% in Sgl.. You're in the lead for now. Haha
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Patrick on April 22, 2013, 12:43:58 pm
Patrick, my screen does not work. blank, just check who is in the lead please. ???

Weird, do the other screens work? Else send me the details in a pm and I'll figure out what's up from there.

Oh and well done! For now... :)
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Krypt0n1te on April 22, 2013, 01:01:36 pm
Think he just needs confirmation that he is in fact in the lead! ::)
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on April 22, 2013, 01:03:59 pm
Think he just needs confirmation that he is in fact in the lead! ::)

Yep, he got me... The last bit of code went live very late last night, so my excuse is a lack of sleep! I don't see your list yet, are you timing your entry?
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Krypt0n1te on April 22, 2013, 01:30:08 pm
;)
Still thinking a bit.
Trying to pretend I'm clever!
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Orca on April 22, 2013, 03:00:12 pm
Where my money? It shows nil.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on April 22, 2013, 03:11:33 pm
At the moment it's only the holdings page that charges up the account the very first time. I'll put a message on the purchase page to tell new users to first click on the my holdings page.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Orca on April 22, 2013, 03:24:17 pm
Got it. was in too much of a hurry. Using my tablet without my specs also doesn't help.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: jaDEB on April 22, 2013, 03:28:11 pm
Think he just needs confirmation that he is in fact in the lead! ::)

lmao, thanks Patrick, I needed that..sorry if I caused you any additional work.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on April 23, 2013, 11:27:59 am
jaDEB, now my screen's gone blank, what is your ranking again?  ;D
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Russell on April 23, 2013, 01:23:08 pm
My screen now goes blank sometimes.     ;D
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Moonraker on April 23, 2013, 02:00:59 pm
JaDEB is doing well. As things stand he is ahead of Warren Buffet.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on April 24, 2013, 06:12:04 pm
Jadeb, I've heard rumours that your screen stopped working again  ;D
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Moneypenny on April 24, 2013, 06:55:20 pm
Mmm, you are right Patric, blank screen for Jadeb  :)
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Krypt0n1te on April 24, 2013, 07:50:16 pm
:)):)):))
Title: Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
Post by: Patrick on May 02, 2013, 06:20:03 pm
Patrick, my screen does not work. blank, just check who is in the lead please. ???

I can't see a thing. Could someone let me know how the leaderboard looks please?
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Moneypenny on May 03, 2013, 08:36:31 am
so it would seem. :D
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Aragorn on May 03, 2013, 08:50:51 am
One may suspect the administrator of some back-hand dealings in the database here.....?
 :) ;) :D ;D 8) ::)
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on May 03, 2013, 10:12:40 am
One may suspect the administrator of some back-hand dealings in the database here.....?
 :) ;) :D ;D 8) ::)

Luckily my profile is public :)

It's getting lonely here in the 6% level. Not even anyone in the 5% level to keep me company. Must admit it was a fair amount of luck as I wasn't expecting CML to shoot the lights out like it has. On the plus side, it could have been my skill in avoiding resources!
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: jaDEB on May 03, 2013, 12:49:37 pm
OK, ok, this is my story. 1st my screen goes blank, then before my screens comes on again I go blank, and fall of my chair. I have increased my medication, but is seems to do nothing. Thus I asked the IT department to have a look.

Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Patrick on May 03, 2013, 03:53:34 pm
Next time ask someone in my family for advice, veronica at #3 is my mom  :D
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Orca on May 03, 2013, 05:54:20 pm
One may suspect the administrator of some back-hand dealings in the database here.....?
 :) ;) :D ;D 8) ::)

Luckily my profile is public :)

It's getting lonely here in the 6% level. Not even anyone in the 5% level to keep me company. Must admit it was a fair amount of luck as I wasn't expecting CML to shoot the lights out like it has. On the plus side, it could have been my skill in avoiding resources!
You just lucky that I had trouble signing in for the competition and lost out some with CML. I would have been quite near you.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Orca on May 03, 2013, 06:13:27 pm
OK, ok, this is my story. 1st my screen goes blank, then before my screens comes on again I go blank, and fall of my chair. I have increased my medication, but is seems to do nothing. Thus I asked the IT department to have a look.
Tell the IT guys to look down by the bottom. They will find you there.
Get seat belts for your chair. Perhaps a parachute as well because falling from that great height you were at to the low you are at now in a split second will make one go blank.
Title: Re: The challenge has begun
Post by: Orca on May 03, 2013, 06:27:08 pm
I'm sure Patrick is a school principal. He entered every pupil in this competition hence the 200+ entrants and only 4 posters on the site. ShareNet, after years has only attracted +- 20 entrants. :)