DoctorEncore

Wicked Weed, Foothills, and NoDa are all very well regarded in NC. Anything you get from them should be decent. I've traveled the country extensively and I think the craft brew here is among the best.

I thought REmake on the Gamecube was fantastic and fixed most of the problems in the original game. I also loved the added tension from the Crimson Head zombies. I haven't played 7 or RE2 Remake yet, but hope to get to them later this year. Honorable mention goes to Code Veronica which I rented numerous times for Dreamcast.

The dinosaur reveal scene from Jurassic Park. Everything about it is absolutely perfect. The writing, the acting, the effects, and, most of all, the music. I will never forget seeing this in the theater as an 8 year old and being in complete awe.

I think all the updates it makes are for the better. It retains some of the classic trial and error style from older games without all the frustration. Also, the movement is just so much better than anything on 8 bit consoles. I haven't played Shovel Knight or Messenger, but I think I actually prefer this to Blazing Chrome so far. Also, the boss fights are a lot of fun.

Not gonna lie, I actually enjoyed the Mekadragon fight. He's actually not bad when you figure out you can spam the uppercut slash. It only takes like 3 or 4 rounds to beat him like that.

It's insane to me that any pension or fund would have enough invested in GameStop to make $300 million, but if so, I hope they sold!

I can send you the code from the last one if you need it. Not sure if account specific.

This is a great idea. This is what I do with my pricier NES and SNES games. I love how it looks and they're still accessible.

I am not a fan of grading, especially for CIB stuff. I also have some serious issues with what Wata and Heritage have done to the hobby and how lower income collectors have been effectively priced out. Aside from those ethical issues, part of the joy of collecting for me is cracking open the box at any time to admire the contents. I also collect a LOT of games, so the space issue is real. So grading is not for me. If you're definitely going to get things graded, consider just doing a few of your showpieces or favorite items. Although maybe you should just go all out since I'm pretty certain you'd be the only person in the world with a complete graded 32X set. Haha.

That's certainly the overwhelming narrative on wsb, but you have to remember who that benefits. Most traders on that site have just a few shares, but the big buyers who got in early have thousands of shares. And if the shorts actually cover and the stock is squeezed even higher, those early adopters will be multi millionaires. The "Fight the Power" mentality is encouraging people who wouldn't normally buy stocks to jump in. Those people will have no chance to sell when the stock craters and they will lose it all. Convincing them not to care about losing their money is an amazing strategy for the people who do care. And no matter what happens, hedge funds will still be around making billions after this is over. It's just like Die Hard with a Vengeance. “The only thing better than blowing up 100 billion dollars worth of gold is making people think you did.”

Next week will determine whether this was one giant joke or a true market changing event. I'm pretty excited to see how it plays out.

It's running! Up 0.37% since I bought in! Hahahaha.

He is definitely NOT going to be the one holding the bag. He's already pocketed $13.8 million, so even if GME goes to zero on Monday, he will have won.

Wow, it actually held. Unbelievable. I'm starting to wonder if some of the funds started taking positions earlier this week to ride the retail investors. It would have been stupid of them not to.

I'm thinking a big drop right before close, then a big bump Monday morning if people haven't gotten bored. I think the novelty is starting to wear off.

Someone else may understand it and be able to explain it better, but if the shorts are not going to cover today and retail traders continue to hold, then the battle will continue into next week. I don't think data is available on when margin calls are actually scheduled, but a lot of wsb people were saying it would be today. If that was true, then the shorts injected more cash into their accounts today or they already had cash to cover continued losses or they will try to cover at the end of the day or after hours.

I don't necessarily believe it will be a real money maker short term (although it does have buy/hold ratings from Morningstar), but I think the downside is minimal. I mostly just want to see what can happen if Reddit coordinates on a true commodity with a huge worldwide market. This time I can play along without the insane volatility of GME which is having wild swings today.

I'm jumping in on SLV. Redditors are pumping it and it's pretty safe overall. It's only seen about a 10% swing in the last three months and it is a decent long term hold. Volume has jumped exponentially in the last five days without a big corresponding swing in price.

I have to say, I'm actually really impressed with the hold that's going on by all these day traders. I would 100% have exited by now. I'm also amazed that the stock is still 120% shorted. It seems like we're at a bit of an impasse.

Nice! I wasn't expecting it to bounce back. I think it's a decent long term hold if you can get in under 10 though.

Agreed. But it certainly wasn't the image he was projecting (or allowing others to project about him). Even if I think the dude is shady, it's still funny to watch the hedge funds get blown up for irresponsible gambling.

Also, the guy who's been the most visible during all this has been scamming everyone. He's a a licensed financial advisor, not some average dude day trader. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/29/famed-gamestop-bull-roaring-kitty-is-a-massachusetts-financial-advisor.html

Yes. It has become even more volatile and unpredictable, but without the previous highs.

Actually, they were the only people who gave Trump a chance in 2016. I believe they had his chance of winning at 38% or something around there.

Well if you want to invest in the market, nothing can truly protect you from a total crash. But averaged over time, your gains from the ten years before the crash and ten years after the crash will still have you way ahead compared to bonds or cash. Long term investing is all about constant cash injection, not timing. You shouldn't even look at the market if you're in long term. And as you're nearing short term (i.e. retirement), you should be getting out of the market anyways. Here's a great article from 538 that touches on a similar (although not identical) scenario: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/worried-about-the-stock-market-whatever-you-do-dont-sell/