Do note the difference between entering the game for the first time and making changes to your existing entry:
* New entries submit an entry with 100 shares as described below
* Existing players may only shift position for 20 of their shares each round, as described below. But you don't have to if you don't want to!
See the Initial thread for scoring rules and/or to see what your entries look like.
Australia results
Submitting an initial entry
The first time you play this game, you shall submit an entry where you place 100 shares among the drivers, fulfilling these conditions:
* You may only hold 100 shares (or less, which doesn't help you) in total at a time.
* You can not own fractions of a share, just integer shares.
* You can place no more than 50 shares on any one driver.
* You must own shares in at least three drivers.
* You may not own shares in more than ten drivers.
* You may edit your first entry as much as you like until the edit deadline (first free practice) for the coming race.
Note that there is no limit to the number of shares available for each driver.
Also note that your initial entry is the basis for the following rounds too! You'll be allowed to change no more than 20 shares before each race, so make sure your initial entry looks at least 80% respectable...
Entry Example A:
Massa 37
Hamilton 22
Kovalainen 16
Webber 12
Coulthard 10
Button 3
Editing your entry after the first round it takes part in
* After the first race your entry took part in, you may only change 20 of your shares at a time (for the next race).
* You do not have to edit your entry at all! If you so wish, you can leave your entry as it is from race one and not make a single change throughout the season.
* If a driver is replaced -temporarily or permanently- during the season, the shares placed on him will automatically be transferred to the replacing driver. So you could say that the shares actually are attached to the car number.
* You may edit your changes as much as you like until the edit deadline for the coming race.
* Edit deadline for changes is the beginning of first free practice for each race.
Example B:
After the first race, the shareholder who submitted the entry in Example A realizes that Red Bull stink infinitely, and submits an edit to her entry as follows:
Sell:
Webber -10
Coulthard -10
Buy:
Alonso +10
Hamilton +5
Kovalainen +5
Her new "portfolio" will after the entry look like this:
Massa 37
Hamilton 27
Kovalainen 21
Alonso 10
Button 3
Webber 2
This might be a good format to post changes:
Example B again:
Massa 37
Hamilton 27 (+5)
Kovalainen 21 (+5)
Alonso 10 (+10)
Button 3
Webber 2 (-10)
Coulthard 0 (-10)
Posting changes in this way may make it easier for you to keep track of what your portfolio looks like, if you look back into these change threads.
Just look at the initial thread, and it's a bit of a drag to backtrack some players' changes!
An edit doesn't have to look just like above, any way is fine as long as it's easy to understand which driver shares are to be sold and which to be bought.
NOTE: I won't automatically be posting updates on what each player's portfolio looks like, so remember to keep track of what you own!
[b] Current driver ratings DRIVER DShares Race Season VPP Owners[/b] Räikkönen 591 6.40 115.24 156 29 Hamilton 485 5.25 94.57 190 25 Massa 413 4.47 80.53 224 24 Kovalainen 371 4.01 72.34 249 26 Alonso 271 2.93 52.84 341 21 Heidfeld 271 2.93 52.84 341 19 Rosberg 232 2.51 45.24 398 19 Kubica 219 2.37 42.70 422 17 Webber 131 1.41 25.54 706 14 Trulli 98 1.06 19.11 944 13 Coulthard 93 1.00 18.13 994 8 Piquet 86 0.93 16.77 1075 7 Nakajima 77 0.83 15.01 1201 10 Vettel 74 0.80 14.43 1250 9 Glock 44 0.47 8.58 2102 5 Bourdais 40 0.43 7.80 2313 6 Fisichella 27 0.29 5.26 3426 6 Button 26 0.28 5.07 3558 4 Barrichello 19 0.20 3.70 4869 3 Sutil 15 0.16 2.92 6168 2 Sato 12 0.13 2.34 7710 2 Davidson 5 0.05 0.97 18504 4 [b] NEW PLAYER ADDITION + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + DRIVER 1 2 3 5 10 20 30 50[/b] Räikkönen 160 160 160 159 158 155 153 148 Hamilton 195 195 194 194 192 188 184 177 Massa 229 229 228 227 224 219 214 205 Kovalainen 255 254 254 252 249 243 237 225 Alonso 349 348 347 344 338 326 315 296 Heidfeld 349 348 347 344 338 326 315 296 Rosberg 408 406 404 401 392 377 362 337 Kubica 432 430 428 424 415 397 381 353 Webber 720 714 709 699 674 629 590 525 Trulli 960 950 941 923 880 805 742 642 Coulthard 1011 1000 990 970 923 841 773 664 Piquet 1092 1080 1068 1044 990 897 819 699 Nakajima 1219 1203 1188 1159 1092 980 888 748 Vettel 1267 1251 1234 1203 1132 1011 914 766 Glock 2113 2067 2023 1940 1760 1485 1285 1011 Bourdais 2319 2264 2211 2113 1901 1584 1358 1056 Fisichella 3396 3278 3169 2971 2570 2023 1668 1234 Button 3521 3396 3278 3067 2641 2067 1698 1251 Barrichello 4754 4528 4322 3962 3278 2438 1940 1378 Sutil 5943 5593 5282 4754 3803 2716 2113 1462 Sato 7314 6792 6339 5593 4322 2971 2264 1533 Davidson 15848 13584 11886 9509 6339 3803 2716 1728 The above table illustrates the VPP changes if a new entrant adds shares to a driver. [b] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SHARE CHANGE + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + DRIVER -20 -10 -5 -3 -1 [b]VPP[/b] 1 3 5 10 20[/b] Räikkönen 162 159 157 157 156 [b]156[/b] 156 155 155 153 151 Hamilton 198 194 192 191 191 [b]190[/b] 190 189 188 186 183 Massa 235 229 226 225 224 [b]224[/b] 223 222 221 218 213 Kovalainen 263 256 252 251 250 [b]249[/b] 248 247 246 242 236 Alonso 368 354 347 345 342 [b]341[/b] 340 337 335 329 317 Heidfeld 368 354 347 345 342 [b]341[/b] 340 337 335 329 317 Rosberg 436 416 407 404 400 [b]398[/b] 397 393 390 382 367 Kubica 464 442 432 428 424 [b]422[/b] 420 416 413 404 387 Webber 833 764 734 722 711 [b]706[/b] 700 690 680 656 612 Trulli 1186 1051 994 973 953 [b]944[/b] 934 916 898 856 784 Coulthard 1267 1114 1051 1028 1005 [b]994[/b] 984 963 944 898 818 Piquet 1401 1217 1142 1114 1088 [b]1075[/b] 1063 1039 1016 963 872 Nakajima 1623 1380 1285 1250 1217 [b]1201[/b] 1186 1156 1128 1063 953 Vettel 1713 1445 1340 1303 1267 [b]1250[/b] 1233 1201 1171 1101 984 Glock 3855 2721 2372 2256 2151 [b]2102[/b] 2056 1968 1888 1713 1445 Bourdais 4626 3084 2643 2500 2372 [b]2313[/b] 2256 2151 2056 1850 1542 Fisichella 13217 5442 4205 3855 3558 [b]3426[/b] 3304 3084 2891 2500 1968 Button 15420 5782 4405 4022 3700 [b]3558[/b] 3426 3190 2984 2570 2011 Barrichello N/A 10280 6608 5782 5140 [b]4869[/b] 4626 4205 3855 3190 2372 Sutil N/A 18504 9252 7710 6608 [b]6168[/b] 5782 5140 4626 3700 2643 Sato N/A 46260 13217 10280 8410 [b]7710[/b] 7116 6168 5442 4205 2891 Davidson N/A N/A N/A 46260 23130 [b]18504[/b] 15420 11565 9252 6168 3700 The above table illustrates the VPP changes if an existing player moves shares around.