I had the money, but i was bought out??

[moshelinho]

well i was playing a single player campaign and this is what happened,

i had 5 stocks of my company and other 5 were owned by another player, now my company was valued more than 30mil, and i had 9 mil in cash, if i had to buy the other 5 stocks then i had to give 8.5mil(which was possible), and suddenly i get a pop up saying that i have been bought out?????? by another player, i say there shud be an auction for buying out other players too, or atleast give some time so we can buy our own stock!!!!! i created such a huge emipre and lost it without a fight, very disappointing!

 

[StreetWired]

well i was playing a single player campaign and this is what happened,

i had 5 stocks of my company and other 5 were owned by another player, now my company was valued more than 30mil, and i had 9 mil in cash, if i had to buy the other 5 stocks then i had to give 8.5mil(which was possible), and suddenly i get a pop up saying that i have been bought out?????? by another player, i say there shud be an auction for buying out other players too, or atleast give some time so we can buy our own stock!!!!! i created such a huge emipre and lost it without a fight, very disappointing!

Awwww.. I actually like the part of being bought out, as I replay the scenario and buy them out first... But, to your point, if any other player owns even 10% of your stock, then they can buy you out if they have the total amount of what your Company is worth. Usually, once a player starts to buy my stock, I focus mainly on buying up as many shares of my Company as I can. Then I save my money and buyout the other players stock in my Company. Once my Company is secure, I then concentrate on getting the other players stock. Usually, just 10% in each of the other stocks will save you a bundle when you go to buy them out. Of course, the more stock you have the cheaper the buyouts, and as the game progresses, it is very easy to raise cash fast if you have a good infrastructure setup in your Company.
One more scenario you might not be aware of, is if a player owns stock in your Company & maybe other Companies, if he is bought out, the player that bought him out gains any stock he owns. So, if several players own some of your stock, watch the other stocks and if you see someone buying up a lot of another's stock, you can pretty well assume he will be buying them out soon, and will get any stock belonging to him in the other Companies. So, although he may only have had 10% stock in your Company, creative buyouts could give him a much larger stake and you could get bought out if the total that he nows hold is 60% or greater. Meaning, if any player ever controls 60% of your stock, in effect they own your Company, so if the buyout they did was a different Company, but in doing so they gain 60%+ of your stock, they you are automatically bought out at the same time.
I have had that happen too..

 

[HermannLombard]

Assuming that you own 50% or more of your own company, why would you be compelled to sell any--or all--of those shares to another investor? [I mean in a simulated real world, not in the current game rules.]

 

[StreetWired]

Assuming that you own 50% or more of your own company, why would you be compelled to sell any--or all--of those shares to another investor? [I mean in a simulated real world, not in the current game rules.]

I was commenting on the start of the game, as you can raise some cash to get your company rolling.
As far as a simulated real world. same reason, you raise the cash necessary to expand your company, done all the time, course they usually just issue more stock, that reduces the value of existing stock.
Also, in the game, usually when I own all the stock, and want to buy out another opponent, I sell as much stock as I need to to get the cash for the buyout, then I mainly work on buying it back..

 

[gamepower]

The game is 75% railroad management, and 25% pure economics. And you're right too, they don't always follow wallstreet.

For instance, consider the following companies:
You own:
A. 90%
B. 0%

If you first buy B, and then A, it will maybe cost you $11,000,000.
But if you first buy A (which owns 90% of B), and then B, it will only cost you $2,000,000 total.

Likewise, if someone buys a company of which you are a stockholder you get a lot of money for it. Chances are you can then buy him, and viola, you own 3 companies.