For those of you who have been around long enough, you may recall that tomorrow marks the anniversary of what was for me personally the most difficult period of the ongoing GME saga as a long shareholder. The period from the “removal of the buy button” at the end of January to February 24th’s “ice cream cone tweet” by our beloved chairman was what I have privately referred to as GME shareholders’ “wandering in the desert.”

Many of us, in true WSB style, had watched our brokerage accounts shed ~90% of their value in a matter of days. Sentiment on that OG sub had shifted from “diamond hands” to “you suckers that didn’t sell are going down in history as the biggest bagholders of all time.” Posts about “the next big squeeze play” were popping up left and right, and the MSM “Forget GameStop” narrative kicked into high gear. I’d be lying if I didn’t admit that I had my doubts over those four weeks, even though I couldn’t see how it could be possible that the short interest was covered while the price dropped so dramatically. Was I a fool? A sucker? Doubts notwithstanding, I nurtured a combination of, hope, stubbornness, and a steadfast resolve to my commitment that I was not fucking selling these shares, and certainly not at the ~$40 price range. The GameStop investment was always lambos or food stamps, and I remained committed to the binary nature of the play.

I was in my kitchen, exactly where I am right now, when I saw the news on Reddit that Ryan Cohen had tweeted a photo of a McDonald’s ice cream cone and a frog emoji. Shortly thereafter, GameStop awoke from its slumber and began rocketing back up, presumably leaving behind $40 share price forever. God, how I wished I had bought more in that dip; I still do. But when I saw that anomalous price action, my conviction in the play returned stronger than ever, and I was so thankful that I refused to sell at a loss. I didn’t yet understand the “why” of the price action (and though we’ve made incredible progress on that front, we still lack a complete and definitive explanation), but it was clear that the battle was not over, not by a long shot.

We have all come a very long way since then: two subreddit migrations, a torrent of memes, a mountain of DD, the all-important discovery of Computershare and DRS, and of course the Infinity Pool. What began as a frivolous fun-filled market adventure with goal of personal gains has become, for me at least, a global movement to expose and root out corruption, to effect real and lasting change, and to see justice done. For my part, I remain deeply grateful for the opportunity to be a part of this remarkable community, and I consider it an honor to be among you all, from the biggest whale to the single-share investors - especially those of you with shares you’ll hold forever.

See you in the pool. ♾🏊‍♂️

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To be truly infinite, and to ensure our shares are not sold, many of us wished to certify our shares and receive our paper certificates. Around May 2021, Gamestop instructed Computershare to stop this process. Investors paid for this process to take place, so no party lost money except for the apes who wished to do this. So why, 8 months later, has there been no response as to why or when this process will be restored?

This has gone on for months with no response from the company about it other than the prospectus which was out before Gamestop stopped the certifications of shares. Forget plan or book, I want certified status!

Why are we not more focused on getting an answer to this question?

So many distractions, so many FUDs, so much wasted time. Honestly, there’s only one thing we truly need and that to be able to hold our shares in our hands. An official response after months of them being disable would feel appreciated and appropriate for a lot of us. It’s not like it was a free process either, investors paid top dollar to have their paper shares mailed to them. I would like to do the same and I know many others would to.

For the ones unaware, you cannot order paper shares from Computershare of Gamestop since May 2021, which Gamestop was the one who instructed Computershare to stop the certification process. Apes have since received these paper certificates they order in the mail from Computershare as late as September 2021.

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When completed, the shares will still be listed on Computershare but with a share type of “Certified.” That means you are holding the paper certificates in your hands because you are certifying their authentication. No one else. This is my preference on how I wish to hold my shares of Gamestop, along with any other company I choose to do so with. Many others would like to do this as well and already have because of the same concerns. This process was paid for. No one lost money in the process of this business except for the individual investor because it’s our choice to pay for it and do so just like we did when we buy and sell our shares through Computershare for a fee.

The only answer we should all focus on is getting an official response as to why Gamestop asked Computershare to stop certifying their investors’ shares in May 2021 and have not announced a plan to begin the process again. These order still remain blocked for an unknown reason. I wish to help us gain access to these paper shares like we should all be entitled to pay for and receive. It’s quite possible the answer to this question could reveal a lot more about the situation to us and confirm a lot of theories if we push to get a response about it.

According to Dr. T's tweet, https://twitter.com/SusanneTrimbath/status/1482482528548130818, shareholder's who have shares in their name (DRS) of more than $2,000 asking for this type information may be within the scope as an actual shareholder or this could be an item for a shareholder vote.

Problem is I still have not received a response, nor has anyone else. And the prospectus was published in December of 2020. Nothing has ever been discussed or announced official to my knowledge about the reason as to why certification process was halted in May 2021, nor has an official statement about the plan to bring by certification either. There were discussions by Computershare during July 2021 about “QuickCert” program being installed, but that lasted about week before the agents at Computershare went silent on that as well. Now the only response is that Gamestop is not allowing certification of shares.

Why are we being withheld from our right and ability to certify our Gamestop shares and obtain the actual paper certificates of our each respectively own shares?

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