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does anyone remember Celebdaq from the early 2000s

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Iudncuewbccgrcb · 03/04/2023 20:22

I remember playing (was rubbish at it) but can't for the life of me remember what it was called and google isn't helping,

every person I've mentioned it to in more recent years (milestone birthdays - lots of reminiscing) thinks I've lost my mind. No one else seems to remember it.

I've never played fantasy football but I believed it worked in a similar way. You picked a 'team' of famous people for the week based on how often you thought they might get mentioned in the press or appear on telly.

Lemar came on the radio today and it reminded me of it because I think I remember putting him in my team, or perhaps Fame Academy somehow being linked to the game

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YouveGotRedOnYou1 · 03/04/2023 20:23

OMG, yes! Haha! I can't help with what it was called but I do have a vague memory of it!!
How bizarre!

Bloatstoat · 03/04/2023 20:24

Something like celebdaq? I can remember it!

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 03/04/2023 20:29

Celebdaq! That's it!

shortest thread ever! My googling attempts got me absolutely nowhere near that.

I see it was more stock exchange based rather than fantasy football.

Apparently it's still going somewhere out there.... according to Wiki

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Bloatstoat · 03/04/2023 20:42

I might give it another go Grin I was rubbish at it though as I tended to buy stock in people I liked, and I couldn't bring myself to buy awful but popular celebs which was probably the point.

Whatthetrolley · 03/04/2023 20:47

We had an office league. The weeks we got a million points we thought we were really something!! 🤣

FfeminyddCymraeg · 03/04/2023 20:48

Celebdaq! What a blast from the past! Had totally forgotten about this!

APurpleSquirrel · 03/04/2023 21:04

I loved Celebdaq! Great way to while away the workday when not much to do.

LancreWowhawk · 03/04/2023 21:06

I LOVED Celebdaq! I did pretty well at it for a while.

modgepodge · 03/04/2023 21:48

I remember it!! In my head it’s linked with the introduction of either BBC3 or freeview, perhaps it was advertised on that?! I picked David beckham and hit a million points (which I think was the maximum) very quickly 😂

Iudncuewbccgrcb · 03/04/2023 21:59

I feel it should be more well known than it appears it actually is.

I can't believe from reading about it now that there were actual cash prizes. I don't remember that!

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SouthCountryGirl · 13/06/2023 09:48

There was also SportDaq

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It shows up on Google when you Google it.

I couldnt remember what it was called until a few posts into the thread and then asked MN to change the name of the thread to say Celebdaq

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TinyBarista · 13/06/2023 12:02

Ooh I visited the revamped Celebdaq a while back after also remembering it and going down a bit of a rabbit hole. Must visit and see how my stocks are doing now!

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JauntyJinty · 13/06/2023 12:37

I wasn't sure what I was doing when I signed up and for some reason I can't remember put all my stocks into Arnold Schwarzenegger, despite the fact he hand't been in the news for ages (scoring was based on “column inches” if I remember rightly). About 2 days later he announced he was running for Governor of California. I was briefly on some kind of leader board!

I thought I was some kind of celebrity stock exchange genius, but never repeated my success!

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Oh no it has gone Shock wondered why it wasn't accepting my login. And I'd bought up loads of then-Prince Charles.

Cheetahmum · 13/06/2023 15:04

Loved Celebdaq! Will definitely check out this new one.

Big Brother killed the original Celebdaq because it became really predictable. Whoever was evicted that week would be the number one every week and it just got boring. Our office all played it until BB took over .

NoraLuka · 13/06/2023 15:06

OMG I’d forgotten this but I spent hours on it when I was supposed to be revising A levels!

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