Monday, March 12, 2012

WSG Boss Profiles

  1. Ned Competant - The Clueless One: Likes all the really basic stocks, not too risky or adventurous. Started off investing in Apple and Coca Cola, but later on in the game when he won't make too much revenue from it. Lowest level sector boss, only acquire middling options from his defeat. More of a tutorial thing.

  1. Amet Gala - The Party Boy – Chummy, but only because people are paid to laugh at his jokes. He's a fan of vice, and has invested in as many boozing, carousing, fun spirited stocks as possible. Early supporter of Virgin and likes to think he's a close personal friend of Richard Branson (who thinks that he's a bit of a wank, he candidly admits).

  1. Esther Menshel - The Schmoozer – She knows that networking is key. She'll bend over backwards to make sure you're comfortable as long as it'll net her a profit. She likes to invest in a handful of retail and tech (especially the phone market; she's always chatting), consumer goods, as well as some healthcare to show her philanthropic side.

  1. William Chumbly - The Braggart – Braggart works hard on his portfolio and harder on his physique; A bit of a harmless Patrick Bateman. He's a classic investor, mostly to give him some bragging rights at the gentleman's investment club. He's always on his blue-tooth, trying to one-up anybody who needs to contact him. He likes light financial, basic materials, and industrial stocks, trying to feel included in the old boys club of speculation.

  1. Edward Verm - The Conservative One – A pencil necked paper pusher, the conservative one got where he is today by keeping his head down and his nose to the grindstone. A proponent of hard work and scrupulous investing, he only invests in inelastic commodities. Financial stocks, industrial stocks, and basic materials are what he's after. Mr. Conservative doesn't let his money go to the fickle interests of the Vulgate. He is also terrified of confrontation and does his best to stay out of the way.
  1. Mildred Grisley - The Matriarch – She's won every drinking contest at the boy's club. She'll fire you crassly just to prove a point. She's had to struggle her way to the top, and do it in heels, and she's not going anywhere anytime soon. Despite her caustic persona, she's a huge investor in healthcare having wanted to go into nursing before being told it was “a girl's job”. Or maybe because of all the people she's put in traction. Other interests of hers involve consumer goods, and some ETF's for good measure.

  1. Robert Baron - The Right Hand Man – A staunch defender of the main baddy and a significant part of his legal council, the right hand man is a shrewd investor with all the right instincts. He's maintained a very diverse portfolio, although prefers to focus on stocks that don't have to do with people. ETF's, financials, industrial goods, high level tech, and basic materials are his milieu. Unlike the conservative one, the right hand man loves confrontation and has been known to hire people just to have an impulse firing pool.

  1. Vincent Grabbal - The Boss Man – Bordering on Mafia Don, this CEO does any and everything in his power to ensure his success. He's managed to rally the other big investors around his general causes, and if they show a hint of doubt, they risk being cut off. Boss Man has a fully diversified portfolio, sampling high yield stocks of every variety, but focusing on large scale financial sectors most acutely.   

Amet Gala Boss Cinematic

INT – NIGHTCLUB – NIGHT
AMET GALA is standing with his supermodel secretary by his side amidst his crowd of yes men who are belly laughing deeply.

AMET 
[continuing]... and so I say to her, 'What happened to you this morning, a hostile makeover?!

AMET is suddenly aware of PLAYER's presence.

AMET 
Hey guys, look who it is! How 'bout a drink [PLAYER]? Had anything besides prison wine lately? Make it speedy, I have a yacht to catch to the Bahamas in a few hours.

PLAYER 
All I came for is a friendly wager between old colleagues.

AMET 
A wager? Now we're talking. When did you become a gambler, [PLAYER]? Did I ever tell you guys about that casino boat in Monte Carlo? [NAME] here wouldn't come out of the room the whole night. I was getting fed fougasse all night while you went over quarterly reports, remember? (Laughter)

PLAYER
I think my luck's improved, Amet.

AMET 
Well I'm game. Sally, call the deckhands and tell them they're all fired. Also, push back my trip in the agenda by a week.

Inter-quest Cinematic Dialogue

Alexander aligned the pegs of the plate key, sliding the bust of the Minotaur into the fresco adorning the temple door. The rumbling of shifting cogs and buckling jointures echoed through the tiled hall as the doors parted. At the far end of the space, a statue of Diana held the end of a rope gleaming gold.

Walking cautiously, Alexander drew his dagger, remembering the words of the Oracle: “He who unties the knot shall be king”. He grabbed the rope and shouted skyward “This is your test Zeus?! Halter of warriors?!”. Suddenly the twine grew hot in his hands as a heavy footfall rebounded from the arcade.

Alexander's hands flew open as a griffin emerged from the dark. It charged, mouth glinting and wide, and he ran to the door, cogs moaning and the door moving shut. He fell against the door, the snapping beak of the beast held back by a muzzle nailed in with brass tacks and connected to Diana's rope.

Alexander pulled a pan flute, a relic of Orpheus, from his satchel and played. The griffin's head lolled and fell to the ground. He sprinted back to the knot and with a deft swing cleaved the rope, Diana's hand crumbling to the ground. He wrapped the twine around his arm, and approached his new mount.