Sunday, September 7th, 2008
Issue: 90   Editor: NYX2000


Bootcrews Stalking! JDWv10
For those of you who have access to Bootcrews will know what this little feature is, for those of you who don't have a Bootcrews account or just don't know what I'm talking about, read on!

The 'Stalk' feature is basically set up for the lazy people of Bootleggers, which means they'll be no more full scale planning crew wars from the 'good old days', no more hard work for crew bosses, that is if you have access to Bootcrews or a similar site that does basically the same thing. 'Stalk' follows every crew member, from the second they rank, gain/loose money or even when they join or leave a crew. It certainly comes in handy when you are looking for Crews' underground shooters, for when they jump into the crew, get stocked up, then leave within a few seconds, it will all be noted by 'Stalk'.

Bootcrews also has data from every single crew on Bootleggers, every single crew member and what crews they have been in (from round 3 onwards). It also provides a very precise bullet calculator amongst other things that help out those who have a Bootcrews account. This already gives them a head start over those who don't have access.

The 'Stalk' feature, and in fact the whole Bootcrews site has come under fire recently as it does not, for one second, seem fair especially to the players that don't have access to the site. In order to gain access, you must be given an invite from a current member, which rarely get handed out. This leaves your best bet being to become good friends with the owner of Bootcrews! Don't worry too much about that though, as things are about to get fairer! The plans for Bootcrews in the future is, if you want access, you will have to pay a certain amount of points for it. Which I'm sure people would pay, as like I said, Bootcrews really does give you the upper hand.

Check back for next week for a debate on this topic in the SOUND OFF section!