# Today's complete timewaster...Hollywood Stock Xchange! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388 "2005-03-07T17:08:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/1 "2005-03-07T17:08:30Z")
[HSX](http://www.hsx.com/) Sign up and get two million Hollywood dollars to ‘buy’ and ‘sell’ movies & moviestars. I’ve bought ‘stock’ in Adrian Brody and Pirates of the Caribbean 2. Loads of fun. Total braincandy. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/2 "2005-03-07T18:30:20Z")
Get out now!!! Save yourself time and more time. I remember playing that, and finding out that there was no payoff for my time-investment. No sense of accomplishment, It’s like gambling without real money. It’s only a matter of time before you “go all-in” on some proposition. Funny note: I remember when they had a scrolling stock ticker outside their business on Santa Monica Blvd (Or wilshire, I forget) ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/3 "2005-03-07T18:39:57Z")
The last time I logged in was about two years ago. I found that _The Mask II_ was going cheap, so I sold off all my assets and sunk all my HSX$ into it. Now, it’s finally payday. Or not. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/4 "2005-03-07T18:41:38Z")
I was on it years ago, actually making their leader’s list one month. But the concept began to depress me and I quit. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/5 "2005-03-07T21:05:17Z")
Someone named fembot is no. 2 on the charts. **Cartooniverse** , you know anything about that?🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/6 "2005-03-07T21:10:51Z")
I finally made my first million betting on the Oscar options. Put H$ on the likely winners, plus an alternate for each category. Forgot to buy the option “Sideways”, though, so I only scored 7/8. Strangely, I haven’t seen a single nominated movie. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2005, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/todays-complete-timewaster-hollywood-stock-xchange/293388/7 "2005-03-07T21:18:34Z")
**Shirley Ujest** , I’d like to add you to my league, if that’s OK with you. What’s your username on HSX? Mine is TerminusEst (no space).