Fantasy sports stock simulation
- Fantasy sports stock simulation
A fantasy sports stock simulation is a type of fantasy sport game. it differs from the standard fantasy sports games in that it involves buying and selling of individual player stocks rather than building a team and setting a lineup. The beauty of a game like this is that not only can it involve multiple sports all at the same time, but people who want to play it aren't tied to getting involved only at the beginning of a sport's season. Another perk of such games is that competitors come from a wide variety of sports interests.
Fantasy stock simulations are similar to prediction games and prediction markets in that players speculate on the future of stock prices in a virtual world.
The format was largely developed by Wall Street Sports in the 1990s, with the game growing to 75,000 members by 1998. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Wall Street Sports Partners with SportsLine USA | date=1998-05-22 | publisher= | url =http://www.clickz.com/6001 | work =ClickZ Network | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-31 | language = ] Wall Street Sports was later sold to Sandbox.com, which grew to an audience of 3.5 million players. [cite news | first=Murphy | last=Kathleen | coauthors= | title=Sandbox.com | date=2000-11-01 | publisher= | url =http://www.iw.com/magazine.php?inc=101500/10.15.00cowatch.html | work =Internet World Magazine | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-31 | language = ] However, Sandbox.com went bankrupt in 2002 and the game ceased operations and the domain name was sold to an off-shore betting site. [cite news | first= | last= | coauthors= | title=Online Fantasy Sports Games Provider Sandbox.com Files for Chapter 11 | date=2002-09-16 | publisher=DIGITAL MEDIA WIRE | url =http://www.digitalmediawire.com/archives_091602.html | work = | pages = | accessdate = 2007-10-31 | language = ]
Jockstocks.com went "live" with its stock trading game in the Fall of 2002, featuring MLB, NBA, NFL, NHL, PGA and NASCAR listings, and encompasses all of the major sports in the United States into one game. Protrade (founded by Jeff Ma of Bringing Down the House fame) and RotoHog are other popular formats.
ee also
*RotoHog
References
External links
* [http://www.stocktrak.com StockTrak]
* [http://www.jockstocks.com Jockstocks]
* [http://www.protrade.com ProTrade]
* [http://www.fantasysportsstocks.com: Fantasy Sports Stocks]
* [http://www.rotohog.com RotoHog]
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