Each week we at the Buzz interview two random players of Bootleggers. How random? Well, we go to the Users Online, close our eyes and we have a few clicks. Awesome, we know. So, here are the two interviews of this week! Enjoy!
Bako
Hello Bako! Could you introduce yourself to our lovely Bootleggers Community?! Sure! Well, my real name is Pavel to start with, it's a Slavic name. I started playing Bootleggers since the end of 5th round. I was introduced to this game by a good friend of mine (He doesn't play BL any more though). We played with several friends in an internet cafe and never followed the family account rules, which always ended up with a ban. But it didn't matter we had much fun playing it that way. Lots of friends quit the game at the end of round 6, and that was the point when I began to play serious and follow all the rules. Through the rounds I had several breaks that lasted around half a year. Always tried to quit Bootleggers, but nostalgia always kept me coming back here. I'm a common player there is nothing special about me. My highest achieved rank so far is Don. Always wanted to reach the Nation Don in the old days, which was somehow not possible for me. Now I just play the game without any goals to achieve, I play to enjoy and to communicate with friends. Currently member of ETS, which I really like. ETS people are always open for my questions. I hope to stick with them as long as I can. This is a summary of my Bootleggers career, now the real life! I'm a male, 20 years old. I'm still going to college and doing Law-school. My hobbies are to play video games, to hang out with real life friends, to drive cars. Not much interesting, just a regular student life I lead!
Brr, long answer! Law-school eh?! You want to become a lawyer? Haha, that’s what all people think I want to become when I tell them I'm in Law-school. No, I want to become a notary.
A notary! A NOTARY! Uhh, why? Well first I wanted to be a broker, the middle man who rates the house values and tries to sell it. But then I wanted to do something with the Law, I mixed those two up and concluded to become a notary. Yes it does take a while before you become a notary, it is of course my biggest achievement. But for now I'm planning to graduate and start as a helping hand in a notary office and to "climb the ladder" to the rank of a notary.
Ambitious eh! Enough about laws, Bootleggers time! What’s your opinion about the current state of Bootleggers? To be really honest, I personally would describe the current state of Bootleggers as "poor". Many great and good people left Bootleggers, I'm talking about people who didn't quit because they personally wanted to but because the game forced them by becoming "different". Maybe because people can't rank beyond Boss/GF, I mean in the old days we had every week new State Dons and their spots were always occupied. I also miss the old Moderators and the old Bootleggers, with old crimes, old gym. I know BSF is trying to improve the game, that's what every owner would do. "The game is changed too hard in the past 6-7 years"…
What would you change if you were BSF2000? The old gym, the current moderators, the old crimes, the old bootlegging. I would make crew based changes, which TheWridge presented to us while ago in the Buzz. Crew on stats should get more benefits. And before I forget, ranking became more difficult, for example in the old days I ranked with 26-27 OC's to R.Boss with current ranking system I ranked with 32 OC's (with same crimes, gta, booze etc). I ask myself: In this kind of time, when people are unable to rank properly, (not blaming the UG or common shooters because the game is about dominance) he makes ranking more difficult. I would consider to back-up the game to 2007 or something (excluding the bugs ofc).
Another long answer, WOAH! Will Bootleggers ever be the same? I don't think that Bootleggers ever will be same again. We have to adjust ourselves to the current Bootleggers and make the best out of it!
Back up, fancy idea! So, what’s your favourite feature on Bootleggers? I think busting!
Enough Bootleggers for now! Random question incoming! We got a new pope, yay or nay? Yay. I love Italy with all my heart. And I personally think that a Pope represents Italy. A Pope gives this big Image to Italy. Like Queen Elizabeth to England!
Queen Elizabeth, blegh. Twitter, your opinion! I would love too, unfortunately I do not use any social networks!
Soooo 2010. Alrighttt, last question! What’s behind your username? Well my names previously were Croccifixio and Crossifixio (based on the character from "The Last Don" and I wanted to go on with this names when the time is "right". I started playing Bootleggers this February again after half a year of break. So I meet up with some old friends that used to play this game also. I tried to get them back but I didn't work. So I thought by myself I should think of a nickname that represented the old Bootleggers for me and for them. As I already told you I started playing this game in an internet cafe. And the Administrator who worked there was called Bako (Yugoslavian name I think). Every time when we made too much noise he threatened us with kicking us out of the internet cafe, always the funny moments. So this is actually how I chose the nickname, in remembrance of the good old times at the internet cafe.
Really last question! Anything you’d like to add? Yes, I would like to say that no matter how Bootleggers is these days, we all have our good memories about the game, we just have to make more good memories and stop mentioning only the bad sides of the game!
Beautiful words and that ends our interview with Bako. Alright, time for the second interview!
LisaLoo
Hello there ma’am! Could you introduce yourself to the Bootleggers Community? Well i've played bl for roughly 6yrs now, seen and done pretty much everything. Was Nation Don back in '08 aswell as being Crew Boss to the TesticlesOfFury last round! I've played the part of the ranker, the banker, the shooter, the forum whore you name it i've done it all!
To all those stupid readers who thinks this is Lissa… YOU’RE WRONG! We are talking with Lisa here, duhhh. What username did you have when you were promoted to Nation Don? CrazyKangaroo i was NDon #17!
So, we’re NOT talking with Confectionary, duhhhhh! How did it feel to be Nation Don? Tbh when i was LDon i planned to quit as i was 9 months pregnant at the time, but after giving birth and taking time out i came bk and within 2days i got the invite for SDon and 2days after that NDon so it came at a busy time for me having a newborn baby so i couldn't appreciate it as i couldn't be active enough, but having said that it was a nice feeling to know i had reached the top spot as not many ppl make it that far!
Oehhh, a kiddo! What’s your opinion of the current state of Bootleggers? Where do i start? As much as i like a few of the updates i think the game has lost the appeal it had yrs ago, the forums are run by trolls, the kill system is in my opinion a joke! One player should not be able to kill so many so easily, i expressed my views with sky and he said he liked the ideas i had so hopefully things will change. Although i have never been victim to the random shootings i can see why ppl quit or stick to trollin forums without playing the game when they are getting killed for no reason. Bsf would make alot of ppl happy with some interaction now and again and give some input in the GF, I can't see it happening but it's little things like that, that ppl appreciate, esp the ones buying points.
Seems legit. What would you change if you were BSF2000? Well anyone who knows me will tell you i'm a very chatty person so i guess the first thing i would do is spend time in the GF chatting with the players and discuss their suggestions and ideas. Maybe have a vote and Implement the ones i liked if that's what the majority asked for and discuss the ones i didn't like and explain why rather than just ignoring the very ppl who have kept the game going for years! At the end of the day without Bsf we as the players wouldn't have a game but also without the players Bsf wouldn't have a game either so i think i would gain a mutual respect and build a better game with the help from the players! That's pretty much the only thing i would change as the rest would follow.
Ahhh, will Bootleggers ever be the same? Honestly no. If Bsf isn't prepared to keep his players happy they are not likely to spread the word and invite their friends to play and build the game back up so sadly we are stuck in a rut just sitting in wait for Bsf to pull the plug alltogether!
Don’t pull the Goddamn plug! Random questions on the way ma’am. Brad Pitt, bon appetite? No thanks!!!
Justin Bieber then! Facebook, your opinion! I'm a self-confessed Facebook addict!
Addddddd me as a friend! Pepsi or Coca Cola? Coca-cola!
Mika or Aldarion?! Aldarion!
Sooo, Lisa. What’s behind the name?! Lisa is my name it's as short and simple as that!
The Bootleggers Buzz at this moment, does it rock or suck?! I'm not sure tbh, i feel it does need something i'm just not sure what!
Uhhh, useless answer!!! Details?! I've just woke up it's as good as it gets right now.
Women, sigh! A big thanks to LisaLoo and Bako for the interviews! I hope you liked it, till next week!
