Episode 7 Challenge Debriefing

Challenge 7.1: Wall Street

Objective: Earn as much money for the pot as possible.

Here is the trading the players engaged in over the four days of this challenge (Note: There were a lot of calculations involved in this challenge so I would not be surprised if I mucked something up, just let me know if you find any errors):

Day 1

• Andy bought 2557 shares of T at $39.10 per share for a total cost of $99,978.70
• Evin bought 500 shares of CPB at $39.24 per share, 63 shares of GOOG at 463.55 per share, and 1418 shares of DIS at $35.00 per share for a total cost of $98,453.65
• Fred bought 2860 shares of EBAY at $33.15 per share for a total cost of $94,809.00
• Padraig bought 14 shares of GDAXI at $6,838.32 per share for a total cost of $95,736.48
  
  
• Andy sold 2557 shares of T at $39.44 per share for a profit of $869.38
  

Day 2

• Andy bought 12820 shares of F at $7.84 per share for a total cost of $100,508.80
  
  
• Fred sold 2860 shares of EBAY at $33.11 per share for a loss of $114.40
• Padriag sold 2557 shares of GDAXI at $6,816.89 per share for a loss of $300.02

Day 3

• Fred bought 1762 shares of AXP at $56.30 per share for a total cost of $99,200.60
• Padraig bought 3100 shares of HAL at $31.38 per share for a total cost of $97,278.00

Day 4

• Andy sold 12820 shares of F at $7.89 per share for a profit of $641.00
• Evin sold 500 shares of CPB at $38.95 per share, 63 shares of GOOG at 458.16 per share, and 1418 shares of DIS at $34.43 per share for a loss of $1,292.83
• Fred sold 1762 shares of AXP at $56.40 per share for a profit of $176.20
• Padraig sold 3100 shares of HAL at $31.74 per share for a profit of $1,116.00

There were a couple of violations, however. Day 1, Fred only invested $94,809.00 of his allotted $100,000, which is below the $95,000 minimum. In addition, Padraig invested in GDAXI, a German market index, which is neither a stock or on a US market. Therefore, as per the rules, both Fred and Padraig's $100,000 were forfeited and a $1.00 pot penalty was issued for each offense.

At the end of the challenge, Andy had a net worth of $100,980.28. Evin had a net worth of $98,707.17. Rounded up to the nearest cent, Andy was worth $1.01 to be added to the pot, while Evin was worth $0.99 to be added to the pot. A total of $2.00 was earned, while $2.00 in penalties was issued.

Earned: $2.00, $2.00 Deducted

Reward: None

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Challenge 7.2: Minesweeper

Objective: Successfully Uncover 10 Mines.

This challenge played out fairly straight forward, players took turns making selections and flagging grid spaces on the forums. With time running out, Fred and Padraig contacted me about finishing the challenge over AIM and I arranged a chatroom. The two of them alternated their turns back and forth and managed to successfully flag all ten mines. You can see Fred and Padraig's gameplay here.

Here is the completed gameboard.

The challenge was completed successfully and $3.50 was added to the pot.

Earned: $3.50

Reward: None

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Challenge 7.3: In the Dark

Objective: Gather keys to unlock a vault filled with money.

Andy, Evin, Fred and Padraig attended this challenge. Yes, you heard me right, 100% attendance, and only seven episodes to get there! Andy, Fred, and Padraig were on AIM when I made the chatroom at the time of the challenge, Evin showed up a bit later. Nonetheless, the turn order was Andy, Fred, Padraig, Evin.

Fred and Padraig each found a safe right away. After a couple turns had gone by they had both correctly guessed the safe combinations and possessed one key each. A little later, Evin found a safe and guessed the correct combination on his first attempt, obtaining a key. Later, Evin found the last safe and once again cracked it on his first attempt, obtaining a second key.

All the while, the guard was scrambling about battling the players, and doing a poor job at it. The guard challenged Evin four times, losing three times, battled and lost to Padraig once, and battled and lost to Fred once. The guard never battled Andy. The guard's sole victory came in his fourth encounter with Evin, at a very inopportune time for the group. The guard defeated Evin, taking his two keys, with less than ten minutes remaining in the challenge. The group simply ran out of time to reclaim the keys.

No player obtained all four keys and the vault was not opened. No money was earned and no exemption won.

Earned: $0.00

Reward: None