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Oh I hated this game! I was so bad at it and made no profit in the week I had it rented.

Turns out I did about as well in the real stock market. gg.

The game was really fun though

I sucked at it for the longest time, but every now and then, I'd have an incredible run of luck. A 10-year-old Gordon Gekko, I crushed it on Wall Street, bought the boat, the houses, and even the family castle (why I bought the castle from my own family trust, I'm not really sure; in retrospect, I assume it was some sort of complex inheritance-tax-evasion mechanism).

Lots of fun! Unfortunately, I grew up to be considerably less successful and, at least for now, castleless. :)

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