Sunday, June 6th, 2010
Issue: 31   Editor: HowlingMadMika


Rest in peace, dear game. Scumshot
Today, when I logged in I saw people were looking for Buzz writers. After thinking for a little while I came to my own
conclusion that I could do this. Writing a story isn't hard. And even easier when it's for an easily entertained crowd that
will read any shit you think off. Take this for example. I have only wrote shit, and still it is in the Buzz.

Now, let me continue my little story. I decided to write an article about a topic that I spotted the day before on the Off Topic Forum
called "RIP Bootleggers". The guy in the yellow suit quickly replied with "A game is considerate dead when there is no activity on the forum for 24 houres".
So bootleggers is oficially not dead. Officially. After a few minutes there were a crapload of replies on the topic. You could say, compared to a dead game
Bootleggers is fully alive. But who wants to compare with something that is dead anyway. Let's take a look how alive bootleggers realy is.

If I take a quick look at the Users Online page I see 336 unique IP adresses online. The total users online is 396. Now I am running 4 accounts while I am writing this
so I know it doesn't mean there are 60 dupes. It means there are 57 and me. Wait, what was my point again...?
Anyhow, 336 people online. That's quiet alot and Looking at a month or 3 ago it's only 200-300 less! Now I am sure that it had
something to do with the new proxy rule, but that much? No. Simply no. Bootleggers has lost a nice amount of members over the past few months.

The forums are about half as active too. Every day there is a new topic saying the forums are too silent. Funny enough topics like these are usually made by people
I never saw on the forum before. Why not post once in a while instead of only shouting when it's dead? Some people... *sigh*.
But yeah... less online members, less forum activity. It seems the game is going downhill steadily. But if I take a look at the "Last members online in the past 24 houres"
there isn't changed much. This makes me think people's Family accounts lists have been growing since the proxy ban. But who am I? I don't know this shit for sure.
All I can do is look at the facts and get a clue. This article pretty much misses both of those things btw.

So, less members online. Less forum activity. Can't deny the game is bleeding slowly untill other people realize everybody left. But there might be hope.
Hope? Yes! Hope! Ofcourse not from the EG or BSF2000. I don't think anyone at their little meatfest gives a rats ass about the population of the game since they have been denying
the decreasing activity. After the crime system update there hasn't been any good realy. So we don't have to look there for anything inspiring. Then where should bootleggers get more members from?
I myself don't think we need new members. We need old members returning. And since it's almost vacation in Europe, people without friends and lives might return to
our little community! All we can do it hope though. They better remember this damn game because it's the only way to come here, I don't think alot of people would find out using google.
Heck, google never even heard of the name Bootleggers.

Let's just hope I am right and there will return some members to bootleggers now the exams ended. On the other hand, I've heard quiet alot of people saying they will move on when
a new game opens. A game of an ex-bootleggers member which name may not be said. Well it's Sabin actually. I hope BSF2000 decides to take some time to improve this game
before everybody will leave bootleggers to never return before Sabin's game opens. No wait, I said that wrong. I hope for him he dicides that. I can't care any longer.

What is wrong with this game that makes members leave? A few things that annoy me myself are at first; The Elite Guard.
5litre is ok, but that's all there is to say about the EG. Well ok we have got some fucking amazing HDOs, but those people in green?
If I had a hamster with a personality like theirs I would send him to France.
Then there is the amzingly annoying... well actually those idiotic moderators are all that annoy me. And the fact we can't do Arm Wrestling in jail. Wonder what retard came up with that?
Some other people seem to think I personally am the reason many people left. I am flattered realy.

Then Miss Betsy came with another point;


Quote:
Why would new players even want to be here when they are treated like nothing more than shit by the forum whores of this game? Maybe if new people were treated properly and helped out, they would stick around longer.



can't say alot about that. It's just true.

Well that was about everything I have to say. Less members, less forum activity, retarded Moderators and an inactive owner. On top of that an annoying forum population and you have a good look at how and what bootleggers is.
Bootleggers isn't what it used to be. Now I am not a person that likes to look back and say "Hey, do you remember how good that was?". No. I would rather use that time to think
a plan to make it even better then it was in the past. So, BSF2000, here some tips:

- Get rid of the current moderators.
- Start advertising.
- Start listening to what users want, instead of giving them unneeded crap.
- Pray members will return.

That is all, have a nice day.