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HSX Orange...
HSX decided to switch its focus from being a virtual trading game to being a social network influencer.
The site was redesigned in orange colors so it gained the nickname "HSX Orange". The layout of the site was redone so it worked on mobile better.
You would make $2,000 for each post you made on the HSX boards. You would make $2,000 for each person that responded to your post.
Instead of having leagues, if your port was a certain level, you could start a "fan club". You would earn $20,000 for each player that joined your fan club (league).
The players really did not like it. There were major bugs that made it impossible to do any trading. The top news posters at the time (like me) had their own fan clubs where they posted news. A very large number of active players quit HSX.
HSX Orange only lasted about 2 weeks before it was taken down and the original HSX was restored.
There are no screenshots online to look at.... but you can see screenshots of HSX Orange in these videos that were made by HSX to appear on HSX Orange:
20 years and 3 days... and still enjoying playing. What's your best memories about HSX? {nm} Jan 27, 01:10
HSX Orange {nm} Jan 27, 04:58
Thanks for the laugh!! {nm} Jan 27, 12:22
oh, you laugh. but some of us ... well .... {nm} Jan 27, 14:02
I can laugh now because I went thru it :) {nm} Jan 28, 22:14
So, what was HSX Orange? {nm} Feb 05, 06:56
It didn't last long...lots of complaints, etc.. so eventually the colors were changed. {nm} Feb 05, 15:50
It wasn't the colors. The damn site didn't work! {nm} Feb 05, 19:22
Well...yes, THAT too. :-) But the colors were ugly as well..at least IMO... {nm} Feb 06, 09:45
IT was all about being social - not me (I), I hated that part. {nm} Feb 07, 14:24
HSX Orange... Feb 05, 16:46
thx! {nm} Feb 05, 17:13
Wow, that's hilarious! Talk about misjudging the audience. Thanks for the info Razor! {nm} Feb 18, 08:09
When stocks halted, the prices were not even close to the huge adjust the next day if the movie opened big. :-) {nm} Jan 27, 08:27
Yeah the big upward adjusts were fun bu the easy post-adjust shorts were nice {nm} Feb 01, 13:04
True, but back then you couldn't short - so you either held it or sold off, or you were sunk on big adjusts! :-) {nm} Feb 02, 08:33
Ah, you meant the friday halt, that was before my time. Feb 02, 15:41
watching the numbers keep going up and up the opening Friday night of AVNGR {nm} Jan 27, 09:06
PASON and SHREK Jan 27, 11:11
i remember PASON and blair witch project were both much bigger adjusts than just about anyone expected {nm} Jan 27, 14:03
Increasing my port from 60M to 90M in 1 weekend due to DEADP. Thank you RREYN. {nm} Jan 27, 14:08
HOLY CRAP... you made me look and I see I"ve been on here for 23 years.... geez... {nm} Jan 28, 15:48
I guess you're the geezer of the group...you even got me beat by a few months!! :-) {nm} Jan 28, 16:51
Ahh yes the glory days. Feb 04, 15:38
I REMEMBER... Feb 04, 16:51
I just sold my port a couple summers ago on Ebay... Feb 04, 18:58
How much was in the Portfolio, and how much did you get for it? {nm} Feb 05, 04:48
Portfolio Feb 05, 11:51
Was that HSX Minute sponsored by HSX, cease-and-desisted by HSX, or what? Did any of the HSX Minutes ever go beyond Feb 05, 12:02
HSX Minute was from HSX Orange....which lasted 2 weeks before being taken down {nm} Feb 05, 16:31
when I figured out html for your handle and the boards were full of color {nm} Feb 12, 19:02