Sunday, December 31st, 2006
Issue: 3   Editor: Nobody


Elite Guard Interview Nobody
As many are aware, I posted a topic in the Game Forum, each day, about the Elite Guard Interview. I will be going through each Elite Guard member and asking them questions but not that of my own. I am fully aware that you guys have much more worthy questions than I most probably do, so this is in interview from the Bootleggers public. The first member that I asked for this interview was Harlem and he kindly agreed to participate. This is how the questions and answers went:

Q. How do you feel about the current progress of the game and how the game has progressed in the past couple of years? ~Cruisecar~
A. The game since I started has improved greatly. Although when I started
back then, not many people wanted to hack and cheat etc. The game though has
had some major improvements with the bugs and hacks being taken out as best
as they can. Also the mods and admins have put a lot of effort in making new
idea’s for the game and hopefully we will see some of these implemented in
the future.

Q. Is there anybody on Bootleggers who you look up to or have looked up to? If so; who and why? ~Anonymous~
A. Probably two people. Number one would have to be LordPringle, the guy I
met when I first started the game. We go a long way back and even now are
great friends, inside and now after the game we still have daily contact.
The other person I respect was one of the bosses when I joined The
Regulators. SilkyJ was a huge player and I looked up to him a lot. I got
noticed mainly for my shooting skills, and he soon appointed me as one of
the Regulators main shooters. This guy has great strategical skills and a
mind for war. With him as a boss you could never go wrong.


Q. What is the difference between the Elite Guard crew forum compared to your old crew's forum? (e.g; Activity, Communication etc) ~Anonymous~
A. Haha well I was a Reg so the crew forum was always full of fun and we had
great times back then with some of the best players to be on the game.
Obviously the Elite Guard is more serious and more about trying to improve
the game so it’s more discussion based.


Q. Do you like taking casinos from players if it is for a good reason? And do you ever get tempted to raise max and have a little fun? ~Anonymous~
A. If the player was banned then I would take the Casino and probably have a
high max with a low amount of cash until somebody wins it, then id declare
it clean.


Q. What is the funniest bootmail you have ever received? ~Insomniac~
A. No idea…Kinda difficult because ive played for so long. I have had some
amusing ones of the usual forum talkers though.

Q. hat gave you the name idea for Harlem?
A. Uhm lol, back while I was at 6th form I had a T-shirt and while trying to
think of a name I looked at my shirt which had Harlem printed on it, so I
got it from a shirt lol.

Q. How long have we been together and what's the worst part of being a Moderator? ~Scarlet~
A. Over 3 years fool! Yes that long lol, amazing really, time flew too, and
its been great. The worst part has to be and I think every mod will agree is
players having little to no patience with there requests when we are busy.

Q. What do you feel is the best part of being a Moderator? ~Delkim~
A. Having the power to do something about unfair players and unfair goings
on. Its nice for people to also look to me when needing some help.

Q. How did you get involed in the whole Bootleggers world? ~Anonymous~
A. Well it was back at 6th form again when quite a few friends played the
game at breaks between lessons, I just joined in. I didn’t really like it
much as it was daunting me being a scum and all these crews. But soon after
their was a reset and I joined back, and was one of the first bosses of the
new round.

Q. What makes you stay here and what do you get out of BL? ~cook66~
A. I get satisfaction with helping the players. I try my best with the tools
I have, unfortunately I cant help everybody. I stay because it’s a game I
have enjoyed for many years and before, currently and after mod I will
always enjoy playing the game with my friends.


Q. What do you think of the idea on being able to retrieve information from your dead account? (Things such as profile quote, personal statistics,
friends list etc) ~cook66~
A. It’s a small feature which is very effective. People can lose friends
when they die and lose a friends list as a list could be so long. Also its
just an inconvenience having to put your profile back together so it would
make things easier.

Q. In your bootleggers career, you must have spoken to many varieties of people... But which people/person do you think suits each of these words: ~EvEn~

Most Dominant Player(s): Probably Hannibal and/or vilS. In this day of
bootleggers I don’t think you can get a real dominant figure as so many have
points and ways to power. Back then when their was no points, it was the
best players who had the advantage, half of this is taken away with points
involvement.
Best Picture Maker(s): I’d have said LukkyB but im still waiting for a
picture off him…
Biggest Attention Seeker(s): Lapras, Fry, Ramon, Shibby, the list could go
on forever.
Most Respected Player(s): LordPringle and SilkyJ

Q. Do you floss? ~ snizzle~
A. Ask around

Well there we have it. A special thanks to everyone who sent in their questions and a big thank you to Harlem for taking the time out to answer them all. Check the Game Forum to see who will be the next victim of these public questioned interviews!