In the run up to the London 2012 Olympic Games twiDAQ, the free fantasy stock exchange game, is adding an extra dimension to its virtual stock exchange by launching The Olympic 100 – an index of the 100 most popular Olympic and Paralympic Tweeters, tracking the share prices of the top athletes, Olympic teams and pundits.
With only 15 days until the Games begin, twiDAQ’s The Olympic 100 index will help keep track of all the interesting and intriguing share price changes of the popular and most successful Olympians, such as Michael Phelps, Jessica Ennis, and Usain Bolt. Plenty of medal predictions are likely to find their way onto Twitter from a variety of pundits and sports commentators, so The Olympic 100 index will keep track of the most vocal pundits to help savvy speculators spot potential virtual investments.
twiDAQ founder, Jim Morrison said, “The London 2012 Olympics will be an exciting event for sports fans and Britain as a whole; twiDAQ will track the Twitter chatter of 1,500 Olympians and reflect it in virtual shares, adding an extra layer of excitement to this Summer’s games.”
twiDAQ is freely available to everyone with a Twitter account, tracking the values of over 500,000 accounts, each with shares to be speculated and traded to increase a player’s virtual worth. Alongside the dedicated Olympic index, the smorgasbord of accounts are categorised into other indices such as Media & Politics, Fame & Fortune, Web & Online, and Science & Technology.
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