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I understand that there is a fine line drawn here by Cantor Fitzgerald. Antibody is the messenger.
Like Logo, at times when I can't log in, I wonder if the plug has been pulled. Suddenly. Without warning.
I doubt that DMac made the changes unilaterally. As Bob Dylan says, we all have to serve someone.
For CF, if there is no advertising revenue, (remember the daily redirect to Netflix?) it is a total loss, unless they can sell data. Got it. So if the data is skewed, it is not correct enough to be trusted.
I realize that the three holidays presented a challenge this year, and I am afraid that in an effort to get better accuracy over the holidays, the part of the site that pulled us all in is gone.
I go back to 2000. GRNCH was in the theaters. CASTA would not go away. We have endured changes. (new Starbond system, Orange. new share limits.) But the thing that drew me in was the announcement, every Sunday, of the weekend box office numbers and how it translated to a game.
The big hype is opening weekend. They do not advertise on TV or radio for week 3 or 4. Delist amounts are an afterthought. The world ends not with a bang, but with a whimper. They do not interrupt 60 minutes to tell us how much a movie made in its 4th weekend. Only the opener..
Yes, I do not like the multiplier for the Thursday amounts. I felt there needed to be a new formula. But something is beter than nothing, and right now we have no formula.
I grad school I took projective geometry. Given a couple of points you can project the curve. Well, this is all an execise in projecting. From a Thursday preview, to a weekend estimate, to a 24 day 4 weekrun.
But taking out that weekend part removed some of the excitement.
I don't know how CF is going to react to all of this. Hoepfully, this will go back to "normal"
How I feel about the new rulles Dec 26, 12:18
Frame 1:53 is from Saturday, Janaury 20, 1968. And yes, Sundays will never be the Same. {nm} Dec 26, 14:23
Doesn't exactly look more accurate, either.. {nm} Dec 26, 18:48
I'm just not sure what to do with some movie stocks anymore... just feel like I'm riding things up and down. {nm} Dec 26, 19:43
Ditto {nm} Dec 27, 11:17
It's made the game BORING {nm} Dec 26, 20:31
+1 {nm} Dec 27, 02:58
Yep {nm} Dec 27, 04:10
Well, I had an open mind, and gave it a few weeks Dec 27, 04:53
the anticipation was fun, as was the possibility of swings. {nm} Dec 27, 08:12
Agreed {nm} Dec 27, 21:26
Maybe we can get it changed back, if enough people agree {nm} Dec 27, 05:03
+1 - But I got told we'd never get enough posters to post to show that majority... {nm} Dec 27, 06:01
All it's going to take is one person to agree, and I don't get the impression any arguement is going to change his mind {nm} Dec 27, 06:12
Boooooriiiiiiiiiiiiing............. {nm} Dec 27, 05:35
This game is now boring. Friday adjust were great. Both changes (to saturday halt and this one) sucks {nm} Dec 27, 06:42
maybe it kinda seems that way, but 2016 is actually going to be the biggest $ year ever {nm} Dec 27, 10:12
Hopefully we'll be around to see what happens to theaters in the next 10 years or so... {nm} Dec 27, 15:45
I just hope/wish "they" notice the suckness and bring the Halt back to Friday or earlier, which would be even better {nm} Dec 27, 17:45
Walking away from HSX Dec 27, 06:24
hate to pile on, but it's felt like the website has been dying a slow death for awhile now... Dec 27, 07:29
agreed on most of your IM {nm} Dec 27, 07:59
I too have wondered why BOT can succeed for people who love film in great dialogue, but hasn't translated Dec 27, 08:11
There was a social function to the halt and the adjust similar to the work lobo's contests (and contest idea) have done. Dec 27, 08:28
very well put gary! {nm} Dec 27, 08:34
The single most exciting thing about box office is opening weekend. It's an unknown. Dec 27, 08:36
also well said shadow. {nm} Dec 27, 08:54
I agree with your IM. {nm} Dec 27, 09:13
+1 {nm} Dec 27, 09:47
The most direct comment I can make is that I don't even come to the site every day any more and it doesn't bother me. Dec 27, 10:00
it seems to me that what people want out of HSX and what HSX needs out of HSX are two different things Dec 27, 12:50
I'm assuming that many traders would like to start that discussion. {nm} Dec 27, 13:03
I understand that there is a fine line drawn here by Cantor Fitzgerald. Antibody is the messenger. Dec 27, 09:15
Agreed on al of it. I see muself drifting away from the game more and nore {nm} Dec 27, 09:44
Agreed {nm} Dec 27, 11:01
Yep, boring now. They should deregulate the whole thing... get rid of the stock limits, etc. just go for it! Dec 27, 13:15
I don't trade often anymore, but I'm pretty much done. Dec 27, 13:27
Lobo said it perfectly. I agree 100 percent. The daily enjoyment has faded for me. {nm} Dec 27, 19:05
