Sunday, November 15th, 2009
Issue: 2   Editor: Nyxxie


Introducing The Buzz Staff! Nyxxie
Nyxxie -- Head Editor
Name: Nyxxie
Age and Date of Birth: 26, August 29th, 1983
Residing: New York, NY
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: For 4-5 years, I believe more around the 5 year mark, though.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: NyxxieV1-50, ROFL
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Over three years.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favorite part of Bootleggers is the community here and the ability to talk to those who play with you via forums. To be able to talk to players from all over the globe is a phenomenon I enjoy taking advantage of. I enjoy learning about different things (like Sylv's obsession with pink wooden shoes, psst: she wears them naked while cleaning her house) and different traditions (Sylv cleans her house naked with wooden dutch shoes). The worst part is the drama. Quit the drama people and quit aiming it towards me!
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: Meeting 5litre for the first time. He messaged me on IRC yelling at me for allowing a former Ban-on-Sight player to the Buzz Team. He scared me, then I fell in love with him, AWWE!
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: 5litre, BSF, Sylv and Deuce McLoose (We have 7 children together). I wish I had more friends, but I just have acquaintances. They just are scared of messaging me that often, so I bother them with green-colored bootmails instead!
Random Question: What do you do for a living?:: I current have two jobs. I work at a bank as a Vault Teller, and deal with over half a million dollars on a daily basis. I can basically bathe in money if I so damn well please (but it's dirty). It's a stressful job and no, I will not commit an OC with you and NO, I will not be your dirty banker, LOL!. My second job is a freelance graphic designer for multiple clients, one being Bootleggers.us!

Mika -- Co Editor
Name: Coen
Age and Date of Birth: January 28th, 1990
Residing: Holland
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since 2004
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: whitestar, Arda and Mikamon
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Over two years.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: Owning a crew and fulfilling the duties of crew boss is great fun. Participating on the forums and making fun with others is a plus as well.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: It was probably when I joined The Gaminbo Family for the first time, the actual feeling of being in a crew was new for me, and TGF was really a family. Great crew, awesome people.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Aldarion without a doubt and HenkArgeloos
Random Question: Did you name yourself after the singer?:: No. I can proudly say I did not name myself after the singer.

Aldarion -- Head Writer
Name: Martin
Age and Date of Birth: February, tenth. 1990
Residing: Tiny village, The Netherlands
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since 2004
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: juanezzz, Lindir (and several variations on that)
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: 11 months
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: I'd say owning a crew, that's great fun! Nonetheless, I think I like Bootleggers this much because the combination of things (ranking, community), makes it great fun.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: Being in The Gambino Family (2005). Great people, great leaders, fantastic atmosphere. Best crew I've ever been part of!
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?:Mika, he got me playing, HenkArgeloos.
Random Question: What pets do you have at home?: A fish, a rabbit and a husky. And no, they don't get along well.

lordwell
Name: Alex.
Age and Date of Birth: 18, BD: 23rd August 1991.
Residing: Derby, England (London during University holidays!).
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since August 2005, just over 4 years now.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: LW, a lot of variations thereof or BrickTamland.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Too long ago to name a date, on and off at a guess since Issue 60 in Round 5.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: Favourite part(s) have to be the forums, and the players/crewmates. For me, they make Bootleggers what it is. Worst part has to be the casinos. I very rarely gamble and when I do, I often lose!
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: No real one moment, killing various high ranks would probably be up there, as well as feature updates to Crimes, Stock Market and Organized Crime.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Got to be my EH crewmates, you know who you are! Oh and a certain select few from the Off Topic Forum.
Random Question: If you were BSF2000 for a day, what would you do? I'd go around putting everyone back to Scum, putting myself as Nation Don and go around killing everyone! =O

Frick
Name: John
Age and Date of Birth: 13. Born in 1996.
Residing: United Kingdom.
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Well, my brothers started playing in 2004, so, as I was eight, I usually copied everything they did. I learned how to sign up, got an account, and started clicking away. In 2006, though, I got bored of the game, and quit. But, back in 2008, I started up again.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: Anything with Frick in it!
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Eight months, since April, 2009. I believe I started in issue one-hundred and twenty-one.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favourite part is the crews. The worst? The fact you can cheat so easily without anyone noticing, or just no solid evidence.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: Either the day I was accepted in to the Buzz, or the day I was accepted into The Invisibles.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: The Buzz Team, The Invisibles, Lexia, JDM, and some others I can't be bothered typing. D:
Random Question: Would you eat a waffle pizza?:: I would. What are the two best foods in the world? Waffles and Pizza. Combined? Waffizza!

Sean
Name: Sean Knox.
Age and Date of Birth: 17. 18/03/1992
Residing: Wales, UK.
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: About five years.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: SeanKnox, EricForman, YellowCloud... Anything with "Sean" in it mostly.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: On and off for about 2 years.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favourite is probably the community in general and the people I can talk to. The worst is the jackasses within that community lol.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: The first time I shot was pretty cool.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Paul
Random Question: Is it true you are the King of the Tards?: Yes, I hold that title close to my heart and am willing to prove it to anyone who needs proof.

Deuce
Name: Drew
Age and Date of Birth: 25. April 30, 1984
Residing: South Carolina, USA
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Started in October of 2003. 6 years and still going!
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: Deuce, Drew and multiple variations of the two.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: I've been part of the team a couple of different times throughout the last 3 years.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My fav part has been some of the friendships I have made throughout the years on here. The worst part of the game would have to be the fact that the creator rarely interacts with the players that keep the game around and going strong.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: Serving on the Help Desk.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Sabin, Nyxxie, VooDooDoll, Betty, Bunneh, Mags and Franchise.
Random Question: Which Crayola Crayon tastes the best?: After years of testing and much debate, I have finally determined the crayon with the best flavor. No it's not Macaroni and Cheese, Strawberry, Cotton Candy or even Apricot. The best tasting Crayola Crayon would be Magic Mint, which was introduced in 1990 and sadly, retired in 2003.

XVI
Name: Krystian.
Age and Date of Birth: 22 | 11 September 1987.
Residing: Toronto, Canada.
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: A bit over 6 years now.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: pariss, manhattan, PinkQ and XVI.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Totally? This will be my 7th week.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favorite part of Bootleggers is the community itself. I've made quite a few friends in my time here and it's wonderful to talk with them and also getting to know new people. The worst part definitely will be the "noobs" that you find on the forums.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: When I sold my first Magic Dollars.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Franchise, Pety, and MrHansamann.
Random Question: Favorite color:: Bootleggers grey.

TheSilentKiller
Name: Birgir
Age and Date of Birth: 14 years old. 1995.
Residing: Reykjavík, Iceland.
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since the twentieth of January 2007.
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: TheSilentKiller and names that are usually similar to it, im also called TSK.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Since the beginning of this round.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favorite part are the crew conflicts and the worst part is the drama.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: There are many, most of them members of The Order.
Random Question: Who is your favorite late night talk show host?: Conan O'Brien.

JoeyDaAxe
Name: Adam
Age and Date of Birth: 38, 11/29/70 (old enough to be Dad to most of you )
Residing: Hannibal, New York, USA
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since 2007
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: AdamLabo, JoeyDaAxe, TimHorton, WhackWhack, AdamLaboV2
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: 2 weeks
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: My favorite part of Bootleggers is the people! The worst part of Bootleggers is the high and holiness that everyone holds about them. There really isn’t any true respect and it seems everybody thinks they are the most respected.
What is your fondest memory of Bootleggers?: My fondest memory of Bootleggers was hitting Don for the first and only time on my first account.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: My best friend that I know personally is LittleMissSunshine. My next best friends are the Event Horizon crew. Although, LittleMissSunshine knows that my crew comes first on Bootleggers.
What do you do in your spare time? I don’t have much spare time between working full time, owning a full time business and going to school full time, but I play BL (obviously), go geocaching and dabble in politics.

IShallPersevere
Name: Ben
Age and Date of Birth: 16, born in 1993.
Residing: London, England.
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: 4/5 years, spinning barrel anyone?
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: Expnditure, Dejitaru, Perseverance.
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Eight months, with a gap in the middle.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: I like crews and working for a rank up. I hate cheats and dying for rubbish reasons.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: Making my first million.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: Though it pains me to say, Frick. Previously DonDigital without question.
Random Question: Favourite film of all time?: The Bourne Trilogy.

ShadowDragon
Name: Nathan
Age and Date of Birth: 22, July 15, 1987
Residing: Wichita, KS
How long have you been playing Bootleggers?: Since 2004
What are your prior names that people will know you by?: MuneLight, DawnzSunset, AmnDigges
How long have you been part of the Buzz?: Since 10 Nov, 2009
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: Meh, their's not one favorite or worst part.
What is your favorite (and the worst) part of Bootleggers: Exploring the knew shooting feature was a blast.
Who are your best friends on Bootleggers?: The person who got me started playing, but she don't play anymore.
Random Question: If you were to quit playing bootleggers right now, and your name was mentioned later in the game. What would be remember you for doing on this game? Killing Lots and lots of killed.