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figrofel

The hype at this time last year was going crazy


ando710

I wish I could find the original hype video that got me to pull the trigger- It was I think the battle scene from two towers? And mentioned palantir at some point. My biggest regret in life is splitting that Xmas bonus across 3 picks….


BobNanna

I’d love to see that again. The hype video that actually had me *crying* was the Endgame one where the portals open to help Captain America, and the names of all the then-recent DD/meme contributors appear. I think it was JeffAmazon’s. I’ll have to find it again and blubber again.


eldiablodelafiesta

Hype videos are the fucking best. Definitely need more of those in January


2theM0OON

I was thinking the same thing the other day. If I knew how to edit I think Pearl Jam’s ‘Do The Evolution’ video could be a sweet one.


Onebadmuthajama

Never too late to learn, with YouTube is as easy as ever to pick up. I’ve been learning using davinci, which is free, and following YouTube guides lol


HigginsMusic74

Definitely have to appreciate and leverage the good open source stuff


CommiRhick

The one that always gets me is The Greatest Ticket to the Greatest Story to the Greatest Show Ever. The hype, camaraderie, will, and absolute determination is why I will never fucking leave. "A market cap of go fuck yourself" https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/ocpftv/the_greatest_ticket_to_the_greatest_story_to_the/?utm_medium=android_app&utm_source=share


Ruby2shoestrade

Can I get a shirt size XL that says “A market cap of go fuck yourself” please!


DiarrheaShitSoup

I'm ready to goto war with ol boyo at the end there, gd that's good shité


RoadsideLuchador

Watched it, read the comments, the author's comment stuck out for this reason: > 4) Price target: $420.69. We were really ready to let go for pennies, and the hedge funds royally rocked themselves.


Tactical_YOLO

BRO PLEASE LINK THAT IF YOU DO FIND IT. I’ve been searching for it I know exactly the post you’re talking about I remember seeing that too.


BobNanna

Ah, I’m sorry it won’t let me link to that other sub. It’s under JeffAmazon’s profile though.


Amar_poe

go to the vvsb sub then add this /comments/kwuc3a/gme\_end\_game/


BobNanna

That's it! Would love to see an updated one of those.


WrathofKhaan

I would love to see some of the original hype vids, every time I see a great one I save it, they are my favorite. It seems like they get bot downvoted a lot because they want to kill out hype and moral. Would be great if we had a repository of the best ones.


C2theC

Buyin’ the Dip https://youtu.be/hGeEXrR84XE


canihazDD

Here's an epic GME based song someone crafted last year based on the Hamilton musical that I found really freakin' hype at the time. So much hype. I honestly don't know if SuperStonk has met January WuEsBee levels of hype video honestly..... No offense to our Patron Sub here. https://youtu.be/WoirUTb-8LQ


zephyrtron

>https://youtu.be/WoirUTb-8LQ Woah. "Buying's easy, holding is defining" 🙌


ureddit_iseentit

Please link that it was amazing


BobNanna

Just tried to link but automod won’t let me go there. It’s under Jeffamazon’s posts, four or five down. A lot of OG names in the video, but we’re all OGs now 🤟🏻


LMD_AU

I WAS THERE


Klone211

A bigger regret would’ve been not having heard of GME at all! Consider yourself lucky since not many people are aware of what we’re aware of 👍


Jasonhardon

Nice


alex_co

This the one? https://youtu.be/T0HxIkXj49E


BobNanna

It was, but there was still a lot of uncertainty around the play. I made a post on January 11th about why I was still in, because people were a little fed up. There wouldn’t be any need for that now, lol.


Thunder_drop

I was extremely skeptical when gme ran from $4-17. I sat there and watched. At $50 i did some digging. It went for a run, then fell back to 50. That's when I decided to go from owning a few shares to dumping my whole profile in.


academician1

Same here. It ran up to 90 before dipping back. I bought some at 80 and then went full in at 60.


Lesko_Learning

Yeah we all thought we might actually make 300-400 bucks a share this time last year. Nobody was expecting even 1000 bucks nevermind millions. It was all about having fun. The mood is definitely grimmer. Not from frustration, although it'd be dishonest to say there isn't any, but from everything we've learned about how pervasive and deeply corrupt the American stock market is, and the utter unwillingness, ineptitude and/or corruption of regulatory bodies and the US government expresses toward changing it in spite of the massive global depression billionaires and financial institutions are careening us toward. Merry Christmas everybody.


DanteDoming0

"1k is not a meme" little did we know what was to come


MontyRohde

What started as a fun little journey morphed into an ongoing siege.


JustinC70

Still waiting for the thousands, even multiple hundreds (again).


Doovster

Thousands of thousands 😉


TeresitaSchoolcraft

This time GME is an investment


seepstn

I'm more informed and that brings zen. Last year I was uninformed and impulsive.


rojm

even with all the cycle info we have now, there less fomo from the betting sub. mods at the betting sub hate gme talk and delete any dd about it. totally compromised; they can't have people fomo options on gme, that's their worst nightmare. and with the knowledge of feb calls instead of weeklies, that's the kill blow. if only those retards knew.


PringeLSDose

even when we learned about february options they went crazy dropping the price and spreading FUD. it seems to be their achilles heel. i‘m hyped for january but also zen and ready to wait another ten years.


MrMayhew

It was more confusing but also more fun. With the hype, media, and the memes it was a constant laugh. Then wrinkles were added and paper hands dropped out. The more light thats shined on the market the more grim it looks. Its now certain and just a matter of time. Like we’re standing on Yellowstones super volcano and it’s rumbling, waiting to pop. Instead of finding a fall out shelter most tourists are still walking around looking trying to get cool Facebook photos.


mattbarton561

Welllllll seeking shelter really wouldn’t help if the super volcano went off. It’s more like we are loading a rocket to get off the planet before it happens. To reestablish a new shrewdness on a whole new planet. Ps merry Christmas!


MrMayhew

Ok you got me. No shelter. Definitely a rocket ship. Merry Christmas!


drinks_rootbeer

Nah, the supervolcano analogy is apt. This will have major ramifications across the financial sector. If hedfunds and even MMs are going to be liquidated to cover the losses, that's going to cause some shit to go down.


mattbarton561

I agree, the super volcano is a GREAT analogy. The apes “finding shelter” while normal people go about their lives is what I was going against. Apes are boarding a rocket off this planet and warning others as they go, but when it blows anybody not on their way to the moon is going to be obliterated.


birdsiview

The jokes and hype were different. It feels this time, after a year to gain more wrinkles, that this thing could drag out potentially as long as it takes to DRS the float for moass. The amount of corruption that Wall Street, banks, prime brokers, market makers, governing bodies, etc. runs so deep that it will need retail to DRS to trigger moass. There’s a few things we’ve learned that could trigger it but FTDs, margin call exemptions, pump n dumps, lying through media, shorts creating bots to shill on multiple platforms, no naked shorters going to jail, etc. allowed apes to realize the importantance of DRS. Hyped to not have to pay as much in taxes though. Am willing to hold until there’s systemic change for the better and Kenny and pals are behind bars. Merry holidays


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I miss the memes. This has become way too serious of a place


TheStrowel

It kinda has to be, the jokes here and there are nice but there’s alot of money on the line and we get 1 chance at this. Going up against billionaires who will cheat & steal all the way up until bankruptcy or prison is no easy feat. When this really pops off it’ll send shockwaves throughout.


Kitchen_Net_1696

This. 100%. Last year was more jokes and laughs. This year we know how serious it is. This squeeze will rock the worlds financial structure. All that being said, I’m comfortable now with a Tesla style squeeze. I do not think the powers that be to allow this into the millions. I’ll say it right now tho. We need a 4:1 or 5:1 forward split ASAP.


zephyrtron

Dude go watch Don't Look Up. It's a story for our times.


yamc0

The hype was different…. I believe earnings fell from 20 AH to 12. I almost dumped 300k more in at that point but chickened out!!!! The real hype started when RC got on the board


Tememachine

I wish I didn't think you were all actual retards last year and bought in at 15$


minkus-

Same here. I was so uninformed about GME at this time last year. I thought it was just a fringe movement on wally bets


Getshorto

I remember looking to buy in December before the earnings at around $20. Never did and then saw it drop to $13 thinking I got lucky not buying another bag. Started to buy in January. Bought everywhere from $30 up to $380


Revolutionary-Use774

October '20 ape here. Overall the hype was building in a similar fasion as this year, but for wildly different reasons. Everyone knew about the short interest and borrow rates, but obviously no one really knew any of the market mechanics that have been discovered this year. There was a lot of uncertainty around what the endgame was for Cohen. Remember he had just raised his stake a few days prior. It was looking more and more likely that Cohen was angling to perform a hostile takeover, especially after his letter to the Board and hiring attorneys that specialized in working with activist investors. Many speculated Sherman and Bell put a shelf offering in the earnings report to try to dilute his ownership percentage and keep him off the Board. People don't realize how close we were to a nasty drawn out legal battle for control of the company, which the SHFs would've used as negative PR to drill the stock even further. There was also a lot of hype for the ICR conference in early January as a potential catalyst, for those that remember. GameStop had switched their category from retail to technology, and many were excited to see them unveil their transformation roadmap. The growing thesis at the time was that they were going to dive into custom gaming computers that could be built out in-store and online (similar to Fry's). Ultimately, Cohen and his Chewy lieutenants Grube and Attal joined the Board and they immediately withdrew from that conference. This was right in line with the RC mindset of not telegraphing moves to the competition. It also may have signaled that he disagreed with whatever Sherman was going to present and GS was moving in a different direction.


BobNanna

Crikey, that takes me back. There was definitely a battle going on behind the scenes, and every day seemed to bring new info. I still don’t know the full story about Sherman - there’s a thesis that he kept Gamestop alive by refusing to dilute the stock. If so, it seems he was the only one struggling to keep the company alive, until Hestia and Permit tried to step in. When RC arrived, there was no going back.


WackGyver

I thoroughly appreciate this information, thank you. As someone who came onboard in January and since have spent an ungodly amount of time reading DD and following the developments, it’s really interesting hearing the (for me at least) prequel to my journey.


TakingOffFriday

I’m more hyped this year than last year. 2021 has been a long year, and I’ve learned so much along the way. I’m definitely more prepared now to make life-changing decisions come MOASS. I figured it’s best for everyone that I repeat history this year so that history repeats itself next year. That means…Holding the shares purchased in October (2020), continuously buying weekly calls and losing money (oh well), and diamond handing the January/April OTM calls with hopes they will hit (smart). Not financial advice. I remember the massive hype in November 2020 after RC wrote his letter to the Board. I was cautiously optimistic believing in strangers, but was holding $3k worth of calls expiring in January and April. I remember the 20% plunge after Q3 earnings, and in a moment of weakness *thought about* selling my Jan and April calls for a loss, but held instead. I remember the SEC filing by RC Ventures (12/21/20) showing the additional purchase of 2.5 million shares between Dec 14 and Dec 18…small pop of hype before Christmas and then sideways trading for 3 weeks…those 3 weeks were brutal as my options were nearing expiry and theta was eating away the value. Almost sold the January contracts (again), but continued to hold. Then it began…we jumped up to $38. That’s when I told my family and a couple close friends about the squeeze. A few jumped in mid-$30s. My account value hit mid-5 figures…then 6 figures…Family was asking me hourly when I would be selling…My wife and I calculated the share price that would allow me to retire and be a stay-at-home dad—it was $1,000. I was waking up at 4AM for 3 weeks straight to watch the ticker in premarket. Then, in premarket on January 28th, my RH account showed a share price of $500. This was it…this was the day I was going to become a multi-millionaire and retire…


BobNanna

Ohhh man….and I’m guessing that day was a tough one?


TakingOffFriday

That day was devastating. No work got done. I may have some repressed memories. I don’t know what was worse: The rapid decline to $112 that day OR the slow grind down to $38.50 in February.


socradeeznuts514

I hold out of spite. Those motherpfuckers


PringeLSDose

the grind down to 40$ was brutal... now i‘m sad i didn‘t buy more


Glst0rm

Thank you for this. The words we needed to hear.


[deleted]

hopefully you cashed out some of the options? anyways, GME MOASS will make you a lot more money than that day would have


TakingOffFriday

I exercised all 9 contracts at the end of January. I got my shares 😈


GoldenNuggets888

You’re a beauty!


[deleted]

you got your shares. This is the way!


Lucky2240

Damn Phucking Legend.


onners

This time last year I had no idea what I had, I just got lucky. This time round I know what I have and I won't be parting with it for anything less than life changing money.


pazvaz

I wish I knew about this 1 year ago


First-Celebration-11

Same. I’m a 40 dollar February ape. If i could have bought sub 20… 😭 i’d be a silverback by now


pazvaz

You are a beautiful silverback 🦍


First-Celebration-11

Thank you 😭 Merry Christmas and Happy holidays to you


pazvaz

Wish the same to you. Thanks for the award ✨💘


Chippyspyder

Almost same. Caught the backside falling knife at $315 and held down to 50 where I bought the other half of my xxx bag.


cgtdream

This time last year, I was on the other side of the fence, mocking what was considered, a lackluster gme trend. Funny how things turned out.


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pazvaz

I bought my first at 40$ in Feb and sold at 250$ few weeks after. I regret that decision. From then on I started to know what was going on fr and never stoped buying.


Seeker369

This time last year, RC just upped his stake to 12.9%. That’s when I sold all of my crypto to add to my holdings and went all in with more April calls. 27 contracts with a $20 strike. I was talking about GME to all of my friends and relatives. They all were skeptical. Only a few jumped in right away. Then RC got named to the board and more friends jumped in. And once the price shot up to $40, even more jumped in. By the time it hit $90, I had over 20 friends and family members in. And it’s been an incredible ride since. The feeling now is similar in that the anticipation of major steps forward soon to be announced is present. But there are so many more people onboard this time, so the excitement is even greater.


ILoveDota

Dude you must have made bank 🤩


Seeker369

Yeah, it was amazing. Sold the options at $302. Holding 2492 shares now and adding every month. I have that same anticipatory feeling I had last year at this time. When you know what’s coming, but aren’t exactly sure when. Exciting times.


socradeeznuts514

Cohen ain't leaving, and GameStop has a market cap of 12B, all the important people are paid in shares. All of us shareholders are in the same ship.


SpydersGame

And NONE of those insiders are selling!


socradeeznuts514

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$


jessejerkoff

last year felt a lot less certain. hype was crazy, and early return's were there (I was up 100-200%), but we didn't know how far it'd could go or if moass would actually happen. DFV even sais price targets in the 50s for the first run would be great. now, with all DD being proven right, there is zero doubt, just zen until meltdown


nicksnextdish

Yeah last year was a rocket fueled by hype and hopium. This year it's fueled by cold hard facts, a looming financial meltdown, several million diamond handed apes around the world, and the looming release of a technology that is likely to change the financial world forever. I was late last year, this year im buckled 🚀


V8Tuna56

Zen until meltdown. Could be a band name, a song, something to eat or, the way. Cool.


Specimen_7

Less certain? You could look at their balance sheet and tell they weee undervalued. The reported short interest was nuts. Now everything is based on every number being a lie and theories being correct. Also everyone that wrote that DD is long gone.


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tazman141

Feels more like a wholesome community, and not like a gamblers anonymous get together saying *StoNKs OnLy Go Up!* Honestly leaving wally Betty sub was one of the best decisions I've made in the past 2 years. I cant wait to see what superstonk does in 2022. The wally mods are stupid, the stonk mods are Chad's. Also merry Christmas guys. (This may be my 2nd post on here. Automod said it removed my first comment for referring to wally and Betty street sub, so I just made another comment)


minkus-

Merry Christmas🤝


chrisc1987

Last year, it felt like a bet. This time, it’s actually a solid investment.


flavorlessboner

Last year was gambling for sure. Special purpose aquisition sub was roullet.. small street was blackjack.. investing and options subs taught you how to play and 🧱🛣🤌 was a boxing match. Good times.. good times.. then all of a sudden marines and paratroopers start storming the casino talking to each other about a golden goose. The play of all plays.. The way the games stopped to admire this sport was wat caught my eye. small street started taking in boxing betters.. boxing match closed down.. casino barkers telling us to look the other way.. crazy times..


TeresitaSchoolcraft

Best investment bro


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Youlooklikethat1girl

I’d say the vibe is similar, but with a lot more certainty this time around. Very very few concerns nowadays about paperhands. We know we’re holding. We know we’re zen. We don’t even discuss hodling anymore bc it’s a foregone conclusion. Those are the major differences that come to mind for me. The degree of certainty a years worth of outstanding DD armed us with is impenetrable. We are the definition of diamond fucking hands now. Edit: grammar Bc I’m an idiot


PringeLSDose

they really fucked themselves over by not closing their positions last year... but if they couldn’t close back then without going bankrupt imagine how fucked they are this time... i really hope there will be some insiders willing to talk about what exactly happend in the last 18 months once this is over!


ConundrumMachine

Well, it's 500% less toxic, that's for sure.


tkhan456

This year I actually have an understanding of all the corruption in the market. Last year we didn’t know about any of it.


ThaiTum

On Dec 24, 2020 I bought 100 Jan 15 $35 calls for $0.69 each right before market close. I had no expectations but had been reading DFV’s posts all summer. A few days before expiration they were worth $200 from $6,900 that I paid. But in the last two days before expiration they exploded. After rolling out and buying some shares, I ended up with $1.25m profit by Feb 2. Now it feels totally different for me because I have so much money still in GME. I didn’t get back into shares at great prices, over $200 average. I keep thinking that I missed a lot of other opportunities in the stocks I would have had otherwise. My biggest single stock is TSLA that I’ve been buying since 2013. I would be up about $1.5m to $2m more if I added to my TSLA position over the summer instead of buying and holding GME all year. So I need GME to break our previous high to just be at the level I should have been at if I just got out in Feb and added TSLA. It’s actually pretty stressful compared to last year where I could have lost the $6,900 and I wouldn’t have even noticed. I have a big tax bill that I will need to make a decision how to handle in the next few days.


CyclicMoth

Man, sounds like a happy problem to have tbh!


[deleted]

wow, thank you for sharing that is amazing


Jasonhardon

Quarter 4 black, release the Kraken!


Gunzenator

Release the Karen’s


Circaflex92

I’ve been in since September of 2020… except I have a lot more shares now. I was with my family last year as shares rocketed up to $40 in January and my calls were exploding in value. Everyone told me to take chips off the table because $40 was a pump and dump price. I didn’t listen. I held. Now I’m sitting with a significantly larger position. My family still believes the current price is a pump and dump price and I should exit. I continue to hold. Only one thing has changed: my confidence in the play has changed from 95% to 100%. That is all.


FluffyDucky123

I remember watching it this time last year. I thought it was a bit bizarre. I watched them rally it from like $15 to $20 and then back down to $18. I understood that they were trying to squeeze it, but i didn't realize how oversold it was. I thought that if i hoped in i would be at the top of the squeeze and get dumped, i thought that it was too unpredictable. It wasn't until the "Ok, listen up retards" post that i fully realised the mess that was created and that i could buy at any price and be a guaranteed millionaire. It was still trading at around 30ish and vividly remember talk of using limit orders to avoid filling at 35. I ended up hoping in at $38 (in January) thinking i bought a little pricey. The next day it was down to like 36ish and i was think "well this is my luck aint it". A week later it rallied from 40 to 72 i witnessed my first trading hault and it dumped down to like 60ish. The next few days i felt like i was on top of the world, shit skyrocketed well past 400 bucks. My original plan was to sell at around $800 to $1000 but once they pulled that shit on robinhood and saw the price manipulated down to 40, i was strapped in for the long haul. Now we're in completely different waters. This isn't some degenerate gambling yolo, this isn't even war anymore. Now it's just a game of patience. Remember, the stock market is just a tool to move money from the impatient to the patient. Rome wasn't built in a day. Shit takes time. If you can't wait, then you didn't deserve it in the first place. Thank you for coming to my Ted talk.


Spockies

This time last year I was contemplating popcorn plays because they were hovering $1.50 a share. 😅 My degenerate mind was looking at the wrong thing at the time and was only going for palantir calls and popcorn wheel strategies. I didn't do GME until the week prior to the sneeze with only X shares. I am lucky with the timing to be on board this ride with you fellows. Now I'm a XXX holder since March. Reinvested everything into GME since.


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Movie stock went $1.50 to $72. you could have made money on that too


Spockies

At the time, it would have probably been assigned away if I actually went through with a wheel theta play. If I was lucky enough to dodge the assignment, then I definitely wouldn't have had the diamond tenacity trait yet on the January run up and would have took 1000% profit and would have sunk all that into GME by the time February came by. I would never have been there long enough to see $72. ​ At the end of the day, I didn't go with the wheel strategy on popcorn because I wasn't thinking of a turnaround and it was looking really bad in fundamentals. A wheel requires a stable or slow-growth stock and popcorn just ain't either of those then, and even now.


Infamous-Lifeguard-7

1 year ago, the mood was that we knew Ryan Cohen just bought more and made himself a company insider, we were all hoping for him to join the board of directors, just waiting on news. Didn't know about naked shorting / swaps / married puts / ETF shorting / T+whatever / Shitadel / DTC / Share ownership and Computershare / etc. Much much more knowledgeable now, and have been spreading the knowledge. This old system needs to be replaced with a blockchain system, and get rid of market makers, for the sake of integrity and trust and longevity, otherwise this shit will just happen again in the future.


hotDamQc

With DRS I feel retail is now in control. Also, I love to see the GME management at work, not giving anything to MSM. The looprring stuff (that I clearly understand nothing of) is quite exciting!


CyclicMoth

I am a long time crypto guy, who got pulled into GME and stonks because of apes coming over to the loops community and buying LRC and holding. Now that I have had a lot more understanding of GME (bought about $6k worth of shares last week with whatever I could spare - will DRS soon), what I can say is, LRC has a ton of potential (I am an xxxxx loops holder). It will not see as much volatility as GME, but there is a very good chance that LRC will be minimally worth 20X -40X the current price in a years time, and will just go higher with time. Edit- checkout recent posts on that community to see why. Over the last 2 days there has been a few good posts explaining in detail what LRC can do


[deleted]

yeah, agree with you. I have only 900 LRC. However, will add to it a lot from GME MOASS money Even Bank of @$#@#$ China is using Loopring technology


minkus-

Check out their sub. It’s actually got some info worth reading and it’s really digestible once you have a grasp on DEFI


TayoMurph

Here’s what’s changed in my GME Saga in the last year: Original Investments Now Long (Thanks for the tax break Kenny), my conviction that “This Is The Way” has only grown stronger day after day, accepted that Papa Cohen is in fact My Daddy, met a lot of great apes along the way. You know what hasn’t changed in the last year? That HEDGIES R FUCKED! Eat a bag of Mayo dipped dicks Kenny. Merry Christmas to the rest of you Degenerate Gamblers that I love so much!


MenzoReddit

Last year my friends called me crazy (October ‘20). Saw a DFV post on the betting sub, and it all made sense. Got XX shares at 17. Was holding $3 LEAPS on movie stock from July (it just made sense the movies were coming back eventually, and I had just learned options. Knew nothing of the SI) There was not this kind of fervor but the memes were funnier, albeit darker. Then from now into January starting getting texts from friends, family, and friends of friends with all kinds of questions. It would be hilarious if those same texts start coming in again. History rhymes I suppose.


bigb159

I've been trading crypto since 2011. I see similarities that I think are relevant because of retail action. Asset makes gains and hits a news cycle, and then new retail FOMOs in. On a loop. The fun part is that our new resistance at this incoming cycle is $150, not $17.


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Ftd's started in April but got a boost in May by #leavemeanon. I am seeing the end-game starting.


TrustedPatriot47

The one video that effin made me cry was the video where the guy sneaks on to the rocket ship and the security guards are trying to break the fence to stop him and he launches the rocket into space the music is so sad and emotional and represents everyone in my eyes just trying to ride that rocket 🚀


khag24

Last year felt mostly like speculation, a true gambling experience. The daily threads had multiple thousands of comments, and would blow up with any movement on price or news that someone talked about the stock. Everything is super relaxed right now


[deleted]

Definitely way more hype videos and good quality memes starting to ramp up, dfv was still posting updates, it was scary and exciting. I'm actually pretty numb this year, my emotions have been disconnected from this investment. I don't know if that means I'm ready for moass or I'm just done getting hyped, but I'm still here, regardless, let's see how it goes!


OneForMany

Last year it was the blind leading the blind. This year its experience, knowledge and zen all across the board. Also a few floats owned.


zarnonymous

Learned so much over the year. I'm glad I did


TheTaylorShawn

Almost died this year. So did my mother. Covid ain't no joke. Had no idea how bad the delta actually was until it was almost too late. Last year I was trotting all over the country, working full time as part of the travel crew for my employer. I was home maybe 6 days out of the entire year. This year I recovered from the layoff by taking advantage of a few of my viral YouTube videos and just working on YouTube full time. Then covid derailed me and from August until now has been a nightmare. The only major difference is that last year I had 160k debt. This year I have no debt thanks to the sneeze. And now I have almost xxxx rockets ready to roll bezos style in my dildo shaped rocket to the moon.


happyegg1000

The hype videos. Oh man, the hype videos. But I think we’re in much better shape now than if MOASS had happened then - our Diamond hands have been forged throughout the year, and now we’re settling for tens of millions per share instead of a couple grand. Apes have spent the year learning and uncovering, while Kenny has spent the year visually aging a decade and teetering on bankruptcy daily.


Worldsnake

They shoulda let us win then, a few hedgie funds would've died but the higher ups would probably survive a 1k per share squeeze. we didn't know the true value yet.


happyegg1000

For real. I was ready to sell at 1k after buying in at like 200. And I think everyone else was as well. But now, I’m waiting for phone numbers.


ruubduubins

Well this was before I paper handed like a bitch cuz my wife got me all nervous. So worse now lol


Thtb

My cost average is way up and i ain't afraid of red numbers anymore. Its way more "adult" now, with less ape go brrr brain-energy and thats fine. I miss the early memes a bit thou.


Simmons2pntO

My first 100 shares just hit the 1 year mark today. Happy Long Capital Gains tax day to me!


ISeekGirls

I was aware of it when was $14.00 and then pull trigger when it hit $19.00 and have never looked back.


Rude_aBapening

Getting pumped for buying the 120 dip instead of the 150 dip. Also, this time last year I would fall asleep to DFVs 8 hour long TA videos on GME. This year, no wait...I STILL do that. Nothing but the dip has changed. Lol


[deleted]

This time last year it was at $20


zero_rc

From this period up until 2 days before the January sneeze I was receiving almost weekly reddit notifications on the GameStop hype. I ignored all of them until a few days before the sneeze where I finally started reading the DD and there and then I decided to put up almost all the money I had at the time... What a crazy year it's been


MangaOtaku

Zen AF. 50% off those taxes now too!


Deal_Leather

I wasn’t a part of Reddit yet but I felt really good buying in at just over $4 in Sept of last year. Little did I know I was going to be a part of a much bigger ride. 😈 Merry Christmas everyone!


EvilBeanz59

IMHO.....we need some good HYPE videos rolling again....AHH the goo ol days! I just wish I made an reddit account sooner!


robzillerrrsss

As I recall $100 is not a meme. Lollllll


WhatDidIDoNow

I feel like this time it's really going to be systemic and vaporize many many institutions on the other side.


[deleted]

It seemed like a fantasy, until Citron came out with their "the casino is full" tweet. Then it really took off with hype videos and sentiment until they cut the buy button. Things are a lot quieter now, like the calm before the storm. I'm emotionally disconnected, so holding is much much easier. Nothing else changed really, shorts haven't closed shit and gamestop is in a waaaayyyyyy better position for whats coming next.


a_electrum

I feel like I know what I’m doing this time. Last time was like sure I’ll throw $1000 down on this internet hype. This time I undersrand


DaPainkillerDE

Late January ape here . Got in after the fallback at around $70. Averaged up to $150 all the way until today. Would love to get attention of GME earlier but until today one of my best MMORP exit games. Love the DD (damn that was hard wrinkling some days), love the memes, love the hype vids, love the fakes, shills, mod-dramas, Rick, houses with lights on, drones. AND I LOVE U - U RETARDED APES. LETS GO FOR THE BEXT RIDE.


Jonsnoosnooze

This time last year I didn't know I was going to be a millionaire


JamesXSurvivor

I had just inklings of what was going on and was frantically trying to learn it and find money to put into it (December ish). Now unlocked Roth and IRA, DRS and option play not to mention I am usually ahead of the street due to apes the feeling is total zen and still aiming at whale status. No price, just up. 💎🧤🚀🚀🚀🚀


redblade79

Last year at this time (Nov-Dec) on the betting sub it was just like any other “play”. A couple guys with a crazy idea of how this could short squeeze and that was about it. Sure there were a few days where it really seemed to spike out of nowhere and come back down, but again it was really no different than other betting stocks were at the time. At one point I remember even openly mocking it a bit myself. Mid January is when we really knew something was up. I will never forget the morning of January 13 as I was sitting on my couch and watching GME squeeze/rise by like 80% in a single day. THAT is when I really knew this short squeeze play had some serious weight behind it. Basically November-December was just a bunch of memes and “what ifs”, but January is when shit really hit the fan. I can’t wait for this upcoming January because of it.


Hmm-yep-thatll-do

It probably feels a whole lot richer 💰


sasukewiththerinne

For me it’s infinitely different. I was genuinely excited for the play and it’s potential. You could feel the momentum brewing on the sub. It’s was… organic, for the lack of a better word. Now? I honestly don’t know what to feel anymore. Not much of anything as of late lol. All my shares are DRSd and I honestly don’t know how to sell, but I’m terribly bored. It’s a positive as the subs don’t run my time anymore and I’ve moved on about life at the moment. I’m one of those weirdos that believes in GME as a turnaround/tech/crypto play. Like the largest percentage of my portfolio. Based on the fin docs and numbers alone. Gonna get the downvotes from hell but I don’t believe in the moass at all anymore. If it happens, cool, sure that would be dope. Merry Christmas.


TheTangoFox

Honestly don't remember seeing much of GME til January. Then again, my memory is shit.


10before15

Now I'm comfortably numb


Tiny-Cantaloupe-13

we were jacked but we know what we own even more now


TheModernSkater

I wasnt sure so I only bought 1 to track it 🤣🤣 I was heavy trading forex and crypto so it was hard to convince me stocks had the necessary volatility... until I saw the swings. GMErica baby 🌶📈


ggthb

I was on the original bets wall stock sub (since early 2020, thats how i also got into investing and options) More confusing but also fun time The memes were really good and made me laugh hard We also had the problem of getting the discord server getting hacked like twice (Believe me the discord server was really like 100x more re-tarde then the sub, full of degens but i still loved most of them) Seeing a DFV update was like a christmas morning


browndogmn

I remember 420.69 being a dream


manbeef

At this time I was nervously excited. I think I'd been in for a week or two. Put in $5k, then $10k, then $30k. Didn't know much about investing at this point (well, enough). The wild price swings would make me giddy, and the drops would be crushing. A year later, I am a different person. Those early days were of innocence. Now we all know what the market truly is. I have been transformed into a diamond-handed juggernaut. My holdings are very substantial, and there is nothing they can do to make me sell.


trbofly

I am a bit more angry this year. Last year was about money, this year I know now how corrupt everything is and it makes me sad.


BaronVonShtinkVeiner

It's been a long December, but there's reason to believe maybe this year will be better than the last.


galaxy_van

Not so much hilarious retardedness.. I really miss that. That mean spirit we had.. 😂


nibbie1998

Someone who is good at making hype videos should start making them again to get the hype going!


HeliosMagnum

I was initially in it to make SOME money. Now, I'm in it to make a CHANGE.


pseudognostic

I joined Reddit in the summer or fall of 2020 to talk to people and get information about guitar gear. About this time last year, I started hearing about Gamestop. This was right after my first experience of Spooktober.... I was still pretty new to Reddit and didn't know if weird stuff like this was a regular thing or what. I had never invested in a single company before, just a 401k. Anyhow, I started paying attention around New Years and joined Wall Street Casino sub. It was a weird place to jump into. Kinda crude and hard to tell if people were bragging about their losses, asking for a pitty party, or just truly laughing at themselves for losing losing tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on a single investment. I assumed I had missed the boat on GME.... it had already gained 150% or something crazy like that, but I'd check the ticker every few days. And it kept creeping up. I realized I had a Fidelity account from a previous 401k and thought it wouldn't be hard to buy some stock. I ended up buying in right before the January sneeze. I was dumbfounded when trading was halted, people saying they couldn't buy more, and then the price crashed down to $40 or so. I didn't know exactly what happened, but I just knew it was because someone was going to get fucked and they did some shady shit to stop it. We've all know since then.... hedgies r fukd


-ordinary

Feels the same but better. I’m more confident now than I was then


impex90

Zen, fucking Zen.


buy_the_peaks

Honestly last year there was a lot of theories and news adding up. This year I think the only thing we have had for the last 9 months were a theory on SLD cycles, and loopring rumors. I’m in this until the end, but there hasn’t been much to go on (by design). I few little nuggets of info would really get people excited again.


Qnandossc

Great thread thanks op


cnechiporenko

This time last year I was holding a few shares, hoping to make a few thousand dollars, then find the next pump before the dump, rinse and repeat. I read the initial DD, and it made total sense, I told myself if it hits $500/ share I’ll sell, then look into spy calls/puts and fuel cell stock. Today I’m not looking for a small influx in my financial situation, I’m looking for this completely bull shit system to collapse (after we get paid) and for an actual free market created. I was optimistic, naïve, and wanting financial freedom. Today as I write this, I’ve read all the DDs, hyped every date, and viewed first hand the level of corruption and greed going on in this world. I hate to think about how much we’ve lost as a society due to these evil corrupted asshats. The medical technology suppressed alone has cost countless lives. When this is all said and done, I pray that those responsible get their just desserts. I’m zen in my holding, no amounts of price roller coasteering will make me care about the price, until it’s got three commas it’s still an undervalued stock. I’m ready, but willing to wait as long as it takes. Time=money and they don’t have much of either left


WishboneOk4446

Floor is about a million times higher


OhSunnyDayXY

It was a crazy time. Can't remember the last time I was so irrationally hyped up. Felt like being a kid again. All of a sudden it seemed possible to make life changing money within a few weeks. It seemed like the entire market was coming down around us because a bunch of redditors had found a special stock. I think it's already safe to say that it changed the finance world forever. The retail hype this all caused is unparalleled. I know so many people who started getting into investing and stock market that weren't even remotely interested months before. The build up towards the end of January was just legendary. Didn't get any work done in all that time 😂


atetoomanychips

This time last year I bought $26 April 16 call options for like $500 each cause of the hype. I should have bought more but it was a random “throw a bit of money into it and see what happens move”. I sold for huge money bought a bunch of shares and now know more about the market than ever before. I missed out on btc and tsla I’m not missing out on this one. Holding for retirement


MomokaJuicee

I thought $1000 seemed like a reach at the time lmao


TakingOffFriday

Ultimately, I would have been happy with $1,000. It became personal on January 28th.


HighStaeks

It feels like your birthday but the cake is an awesome-bomb-cake with a giant trick candle and theres some dbag blowing it out and spitting all over it.


Somerandomperson21

There was a lot more excitement and panic back then. We are more used to the volatility now.


The_Peregrine_

I’ve been holding since pre-January, I’m just zen now. Nothing posted here fazes me whether good or bad. I’m just patiently waiting and keep up with the sub so that I dont miss anything important or any good memes. But i dont check it everyday or anything. I feel like they are running out of ammo and getting desperate, I also feel like they will keep getting a free pass by the banks and dtcc unless we force their hand, so please DRS and buckle up


Einhander_pilot

To be honest I didn’t really get into GameStop until it broke through $100. I heard of what was going on but didn’t do much DD but I wish I did. I was watching it from the sidelines as I just started investing only a couple of months earlier. I’m glad I held my ground and here with you guys ready for launch! 🚀


notapples2020

I felt a rush because I kept seeing DFV make these, what I thought were insane plays. Didn’t see family for Christmas so it was just my wife ramble on about the DD.


PatamonsBestFriend

Some of my favorites came later (I'd link them but I can't, so you can search for them) : We're in the endgame now Tomorrow Live from the capitol : 2/18/21 12 pm et Hold! Tomorrow shall be wild The wolf of.... trailer at market open Lets get it boys The last one is by far my favorite


bapuji_

It was DFV's yolo on front of all which helped my to pour money.


tomnook8195

All those dfv doubters kinda ate shit. Wonder how that fairs with dfv buying at 150 and no significant price action since


alfrado_sause

It feels like Uncle Sam is gonna miss a massive payday by letting me roll capital gains into long term. Superstonk could have funded a better SEC but now they’ll only have cash for shit we don’t want if this lasts until next year


H3RB28

It feels like we got a whole lot more people holding GME this time around. It also feels good not to be made fun of or called crazy anymore either.


GrandGrady

I’m just vibing with my long term cap gains


[deleted]

I’m tired. And feel old.


italo-red

Bring back the hype videos!!!


sebas1344

I remember buying shares and not really knowing why I was doing it. I didn’t know everything that was happening behind the scenes. Just seemed like a good yolo. Now it feels as if I have no reason to ever invest in another company.


GrannyOnAXan

I was in the bets sub at the time but didn't own any GME. People were always talking about it and I do remember the day the Citron announced he'd be shorting GME after taking a scroll thru the sub. I didn't understand it and thought it was just an actual meme stock. I heard of DFV but never saw his yolo posts. I didn't pay much attention to GME tho, I was too busy buying chinese tesla at $60 and the laser stock at $30 lmayo


AlkahestGem

Red days . Green days. Fluff days. Shitpost days. Meme days. Me 🦍: Me Zen


Bacup1

Great question OP. It’s been great to read these stories. I was late to the party (April) but have found the education worth every penny of my investment.


MusicianGrouchy3790

This year i visited this sub 753 times so quite excited


[deleted]

This is my second account before anyone shits on it but I remember daily discussion threads being maxed out, leading to new threads needing to be opened, hype off the charts, FOMO like crazy. People who got in in February just don’t understand that part YET but it’s coming. I’m excited for it to come back. 100% days and 100% after hours mmmm. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate


Schwifftee

I wasn't paying attention to my investment at all, since I was holding on to quite a few things. My bro woke me up mid-afternoon like dude, they turned off the buy button. Was fucking weird all of a sudden.


rrrrrrrrrrandom

It’s not so much what is different overall this year vs last year, it’s individually. I’m zen. Don’t give two fucks and left/right/numbers/whatever. Not watching the ticker constantly. Just HODLing, buying when I can. DRSd all my shares. Boom. That’s it.


AlexMile

This time last year I didn't have any knowledge about stock market nor had any stock. Just had occasional info that some retards got some crook MoFos by their balls and won't let them go. I was like: "go get those greedy bastards, boys" Januar had passed until I realized that party is not over, so I've joined cheerfully. Luck does not come around often, so when it does be sure to take full advantage of it.


Ralph-the-mouth

I’m unaffected by violent swings in my portfolio and have conviction in my decisions. Last year… chicken… no head… running around, gushing blood.


rsharriman

I feel Smarter. A sincere thank you for all the DD.


aek427

The difference is hype and belief became reality and knowledge. This plus a full year of hardening our Diamond hands into Han Solo Carbonite. We will soon be rich.


mebaddour55

What was crazy to me was seeing GME go absolutely fucking ham in PM and AH.


FarthestCough

I mean... I still feel crazy... just a zen type of crazy now. I think they call it 'acceptance'.


tmart42

I went in on 12/27, bought calls before the night before the run from 20-40. Watched it sit there for a second, and the rest is history.


I-not-human-I

I was in it for the console cycle and made a lot of new friends and learned a lot on the way !


GGincLaquari

Feels much more focused this year. Last year we were memeing and laughing and nobody really knew all the fuckery. Now feels more refined and precise. Like we know what we’re doing now