Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Issue: 12   Editor: Mika


A Crewboss' Routine Intimacy
A routine becomes a habit after time, just like smoking a cigarette. Crewbosses are constantly wondering whether or not their crew will survive with knowing that one day they might die. However, in order to secure survival, the majority of crew bosses makes alliances, holding within it potential protection and insurance, they make hitsquads containing underground shooters, willing to shoot and to be shot for the crew, they secure their members with crates of ammunition, weapons and crucially protection so the insurance within the crew members is kept, they keep their members close, asking them to report any problems they encounter. To try separate the real members, from the insiders.

Tactics and techniques differ from crew to crew, some crew bosses take a different approach on safety. They have a strong belief in the crew itself. They feel the crew is strong enough on its own and shall never need the help of any other outside (allied) crew. With a lot on their mind, is it actually worth the hassle? Is it worth being a boss? “That's a tricky question. Is it worth being a boss? Makes a lot of questions coming to my mind. “Is it worth being a member?” “Is it worth being outside a crew?” “Is it worth playing bootleggers?” Why I am a crew boss is that it makes me do something I like to do. Help people and try to improve them. Something another crew teached me, let that be The Deadly Alliance,“ said Distance, the boss of “Rivolta”.

From all the bosses we interviewed, they all had one thing in common. They all wanted to help their members. “Crews are a place to gather with friends and help each other.” Is a crew boss's daily routine the security of the members and not that the crew? To the crewbosses, keeping the crew safe isn’t a routine; it's a sign of loyalty. I sign of their trust.