Sunday, June 29th, 2008
Issue: 80   Editor: SupaDupaNyxxie


Update spree Mikachu
The Bootleggers Admins, BSF2000 and Sabin have gone on an updating spree. Within several days, a lot of features were updated and changed. The features that received an update were the menu on the right side of the screen, the backup time was reduced, the Jail underwent several changes and the Escrow page now shows the value of Establishments.

The Jail page underwent several small updates. First, the jail time was altered. Now, it counts down and the length of the penalties for crimes has been changed as well. The second update concerned the rank of the inmates. Besides showing a name, the rank of the inmate is shown next to his name. Rumors have it that it would be easier to bust lower ranked inmates but no real proof or verification has been found or seen yet. The final update for the jail made it possible to see what crew an inmate is in. In a box at the left of the Jail screen, the crew color is now displayed. It has the Bootleggers background color if a player is crewless.

More updates were made regarding the crews. In the menu on the right side of the screen, the crew of a player is now the first thing to be shown after the location. The location of the player was also changed. The location now shows an icon of the state, like it does on the States page, and provides a link to the Train Station. By clicking the icon, a player will be linked to the Train Station.

Also, the daily backup received a small update. It has been made in an attempt to comfort the players and to make them experience as little trouble as possible due to this rude disturbance of their Bootleggers fun. Therefor, the backup time has been reduced from 20 to 10 minutes.

The final update concerns Escrow. As players have complained that it is impossible to find out how much a piece of land is worth, this has been changed. At first, players could be fooled over a piece of land as the owner could claim it had a value higher then its actual value. With a faked screenshot, players could be lured into buying it. Now, Escrow will show the value of a piece of land, making it virtually impossible to be fooled.

The updates seem to be coming in a rapid tempo. Will there be more updates soon? Just stay tuned to find out.