Sunday, September 5th, 2010
Issue: 44   Editor: HowlingMadMika


Did you know? Pt.4 Altro

Did you know you can search for users whose name contains a term, instead of names that just start with a term? On the find users page add the % sign in front of the term you want to find. This will show all names that contain that text. For example typing “%mika” will return HowlingMadMika as well as Mika.

Did you know that a State Dons can produce 201,600 bullets a week? That’s 200 every ten minutes, Nation Dons can produce double that. State and Nation dons have the ability to build a Bullet Factory for the cost of ten million dollars. However, unlike normal Bullet Factories they cannot sell the bullets.

Did you know if you had signed up at the start of the round, banked that $500 you were given, you would now have $4,769,904? That’s just less than 150 points from 310 days work, which means just banking doesn’t really pay off, you have to do others things as well to get started.

Did you know that the picture you are shown while in jail is of Alcatraz? Sadly this is a mistake, prohibition America, (the law stopping the selling, trading and drinking of booze,) ended in 1933. Alcatraz was founded in 1934, a year after the ending of the period Bootleggers is in.

Did you know the Elite Guard share their name with a Wrestling team? They also share it with the hierarchy of the Autobots in the Transformers franchise. We do not know what the actual inspiration for using the name was.

Did you know that you can steal a Police car? While they are very rare they can sell for up to 50 points in classifieds. Despite this the only known and confirmed benefit from them is a slightly increased Organized Crime payout.

Did you know the Bootleggers stock market lists 30 companies at any one time? Three are national companies and then each state has three companies of its own. When one crashes it is replaced by a different company.

Did you know that while you are in the Hospital and the Shooting Range you can still bust people from jail? This has been the case for all of the games life, while we are not sure if it is an intended aspect or not, it does provide entertainment for players who have been cut off from crimes.

Did you know that within 24 hours of signing up you could commit 700 crimes? You could also get to level 20 in arm wrestling, travel 16 times, commit two organized crimes and complete all the missions? Of course you can’t sleep in that time, so pick up a few red bulls, get clicking and don’t have a heart attack from all the caffeine.

Did you know that Cognac, the most expensive booze in the game, is a type of brandy? While many of the other booze available in the game is itself a category, Cognac is not. Cognac is named after a town in France.