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The new umoo.com is here!

We just released our

new version which is

the culmination of a massive

effort to improve

performance,

connectivity,

add new

functionality to boot,
and most important improve

YOUR user experience

@ umoo.com.

Major changes in this release include:

+ Mid-Day Tournaments: now you don't have to wait for next day tournament. Check out our tournament lobby and see what surprises we prepared for you for that day.

+ Hourly Tournaments: These new fast-paced tournaments, starts on the hour a few times a day. More trading opportunities to meet new players, win and collect different money prizes and more in these hourly tournaments.

+ Short Cover Orders: be a winner not only when the markets go up but also when the markets go down, sounds familiar, right? :)

+ Improved User Experience: We’ve simplified our interface features based on user feedback and testing. Now we have easier Market Data Access, Tournament Information and, easy access Tournament Lobby.

Our special $10,000 FREE tournament starts Monday, October 20.
new players >> Join Us Now.

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don’t need to get it over the net, just over the moneyline!

Have you checked out the Beach Volleyball Rankings yet? Or are you always checking your UMOO player rankings?
If you’re not following either “sport” then you should, both are f.a.n.t.a.s.t.i.c
(regarding umoo we maybe a bit biased)

UMOO is relatively new, but Beach volleyball started in Santa Monica, California in the 1920s, later it appeared in Europe & by the 1940s, doubles tournaments were being played on the beaches of Santa Monica for trophies. Now players are competing for that gold medal in the Olympics! The first professional tournament was held in France for 30,000 francs during the 1960’s. It was a prestigious sport, just like Trading.

We want to spotlight our Mini tournaments in relation to beach volley.
Why? How?
Well, it’s just 2 players per team in beach volleyball, and with our mini tournament, it’s just 2 to 10 players max, so both are pretty intimate games. You can play volley and a mini indoors or outdoors, barefoot too if you like ☺ but imagine if you did have internet access near a beach, you could play a mini on the sand, but 4sure it’s a little less energetic than playing volley in the sand.

But then again by participating in a mini tournament, you’ve got a better chance to win and you can double, triple and even make 5 times your money!!
Enough said, right?

When Water Ballet Meets Finance Entertainment

Big week for synchronized swimming at the Olympics. In honor of the great women of this (breath taking) sport we want to spotlight one of our tournaments: the double-up. Basically a Double Up tournament means there’s a 50% chance to win and double your money!

Synchronized swimming originated in the early 1900s in Canada, and almost exclusively performed by women. It requires great water skills and incredible strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, accurate timing, and excellent breath control.
Similar to the ideal characteristics of a great stock market trader, right?Well, maybe minus the excellent breathing control… ☺


Synchronized swimming is a fusion of swimming, gymnastics, and dance, while UMOO’s fantasy stock trading is a fusion of trading, gaming and fun.

In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, there are 205 countries scheduled to compete and for each country many teams compete for all kinds of sports. To reach this momentous occasion in synchronized swimming, teams competed in qualifying tournaments in which the top three (3) teams automatically advanced to play @ the Olympic Games. So, in order for the team from Russia for example, to win and get to the Olympics, the only thing they need to accomplish is being one of the top three positions, which of the three has no significance.

This is very similar to how u can win in our double-up tournament. But with Double Up tournaments the odds are even more in your favor. The only thing U need to do is make sure your portfolio ranks above 50% of the players in the same tournament. So you’ve definitely got a great chance to win folks! If Anastasia Davydova (the defending Olympic and world championis) were a trader do you think she should grab more Microsoft or Apple stocks to win our Double Up tournament?




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Where Do Good Ideas Come From?

Helllooooo Internet. A new start-up, a new-blog. For early stage technology companies like ours the formula is usually: Creativity + Innovation + Entrepreneurship and …. viola! Here comes a good idea. { clearly, it’s a bit more complex then that ☺ } But, Where do good ideas come from?Where do they live? Some reside in a garage, others at a college dorm room. In our case, our high-tech company is growing in the land-of-low-tech. We love our next door neighbors. The auto-repair shops, the small printing houses, the many eclectic production spaces. To kick things off in a bang (literally!) we and, our local community, wanted to welcome you to o.u.r space. WelcomeU the Umoo style. So, here we go, click on the clip below and, welcome to umoo.com.
We Know Your Gonna Like It Here.
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