# Games 2009?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 3, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605 "2008-06-03T10:14:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2008, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/1 "2008-06-03T10:14:25Z")

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In addition to the Death Pool what other games ought we to have for 2009?

I would propose:

Average price of gas (based on some US national web site) on 31 December. (Boring, as we all enter and then wait a year.)

A hypotethical 1,000US$ in the stock market (Tough to track, we would have to be on the honor system.)

Anything else?

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**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/2 "2008-06-04T02:34:14Z")

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Celebrity Rehab anyone?

SSG Schwartz

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/3 "2008-06-04T02:48:08Z")

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(Someone replied! Someone replied!)

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**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/4 "2008-06-04T06:18:26Z")

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We could do the average price of gas for the last day of each month… 12 guesses to start, and still a lot of waiting, but it could at least get resurrected once a month to post the leaderboard (and griping)

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2008, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/5 "2008-06-04T09:53:16Z")

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I do not think that would work. It seems the November prediction would be linked to October and so on, so a small mistake at the beginning would snowball.

I think a one-year prediction would be worth doing. How about the 31 December 2009 price in US$ of:  
a Euro  
a gallon of gas  
an ounce of gold

All in one thread? I like that idea, although it still has the wait-all-year problem.

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**Author:** ![Amblydoper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Amblydoper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amblydoper)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/6 "2008-06-05T00:28:52Z")

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[QUOTE=Paul in Saudi]  
…A hypotethical 1,000US$ in the stock market (Tough to track, we would have to be on the honor system.)  
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I’m in!

We could use the game thread as the official score card. All trades must be announced on the dope. There might even be a fantasy stock market program out there somewhere.

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**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2008, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/games-2009/451605/7 "2008-06-05T02:40:03Z")

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I am not sure I would even want to play, but it would be fun to watch. Darn fun.

What sort of rules would we need?