Sportdaq

Sportdaq is the web-based sister game to the BBC's Celebdaq. Sportdaq started during August 2004. Players buy and sell shares in sport stars using £10,000 of virtual cash that they are given to play with. Each week players of the game are given dividends for the shares they own based on how much press coverage the sport stars they hold shares in got that week in a number of London based daily newspaper sport sections, web sites and BBC Radio Five Live news reports. Additionally, money can be made through out the week by correctly predicting the outcome of selected sporting events, known as Win Bonuses paid at £1 per share held at the win bonus deadline

Weekly events

;Millionaires Day - Saturday : Everyone who has a portfolio worth over £2 million pounds gets 'kneecapped'. Sport stars are listed and sometimes delisted according to a traders vote.

;Top Trader - Tuesday : The person who has made the most profit in percentage terms in accordance with the rules during the last 7 days wins sportdaq merchandise.

;Dividend Thursday: The dividends earned during the previous 2 days are handed out after midnight UK time.

Kneecapping and status symbols

This happens when someone accumulates over £2 million. They have all their money and shares taken from them and given a fresh £10,000. This prevents people controlling the market when they acquire large amounts of cash. To compensate them they are given status symbols to replace the number of millions they had.
* £1 million: fat wad of cash
* £5 million: sexy car
* £10 million: luxury yacht
* £25 million: very big house in the country
* £50 million: executive jet
* £100 million: exotic island
* £500 million: crown of a minor nation state
* £1 billion: you become Roman Abramovich (the only difference to Celebdaq with regard to status symbols)

The first player to break the £1 billion mark and win a Roman Abramovich icon did so in February 2007.

External links

*bbc.co.uk|id=sportdaq|title=BBC Sportdaq
* [http://groups.msn.com/SportdaqTalk/ Sportdaq Talk - a fan based site with no official connection to the BBC]