Bootleggers (video game)

Bootleggers is a browser-based mafia game set during the 1930s prohibition era. Players begin as a low ranked scum during this era and are left nothing to do but petty crimes such as pick-pocketing. As players progress, they increase in rank and are able to commit higher level crimes, transport booze, trade stocks, and more. With thousands of other players competing for the same scare territories, players can find themselves dead and forced to start over without notice.

History
Back in 2003, news was beginning to spread about an up-coming mafia browser-based game as the current ones on the market were beginning to force players to pay. Before long, Bootleggers arrived as a free-to-play alternative in the mafia game market. The game was released to the public on Septembed 27, 2003, being an amateur project by Kyle Kroff under the alias BSF2000. Player traffic began to grow quicker than expected, causing server limitations such as only allowing ~150 players online at any one time. As these issues were resolved, players continued to grow in to the thousands within the first year of release.

While the game was initially intended to serve as an alternative to rival games, it soon began to branch out to form it's own style of play. The game has since spread to such countries as the United States, Canada, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Jordan, and more. It has recently entered it's sixth round of play, with each round progressing further in to a more stable and better improved game.

Staff
Administrators

BSF2000: Head Admin

5litre: Admin, Former Mod, Former HDO

brightstar: Former Admin

dreamnid: Former Admin

Nohau: Former Admin, Former Mod

Sabin: Former Admin, Former Mod

Moderators

Nyxxie: Moderator, Former HDO

Riserva: Moderator, Former HDO

Rod: Moderator, Former HDO

Sweetie: Moderator, Former HDO

VooDooDoll: Moderator, Former HDO

Air: Former Mod, Former HDO

Andy: Former Mod, Former HDO

Annihilation: Former Mod

Campbell: Former Mod

Fixxer: Former Mod

Grike: Former Mod

Grizz: Former Mod

Harlem: Former Mod, Former HDO

HiddenSmile: Former Mod, Former HDO

HidingInShadows: Former Mod

JMorden: Former Mod

Keenie: Former Mod, Former HDO

LordPringle: Former Mod, Former HDO

LuciusAnthony: Former Mod

Mrjimdelivery: Former Mod

Pandora: Former Mod

Raztaz: Former Mod, Former HDO

Ruder: Former Mod

Shaggerty: Former Mod, Former HDO

Stryfe: Former Mod, Former HDO

Sub: Former Mod, Former HDO

VanillaSky: Former Mod

VVinert: Former Mod

Zeb: Former Mod, Former HDO

Help Desk Operators

David: Help Desk Operator

Mika: Help Desk Operator

BettyB: Former HDO

Bigmomma1: Former HDO

Browneyes: Former HDO

Caribou: Former HDO

Dagorlad: Former HDO

Daisy: Former HDO

Deuce: Former HDO

Drae007: Former HDO

Farkie: Former HDO

Franchise: Former HDO

Fortress: Former HDO

Gianni: Former HDO

Grudge: Former HDO

HiGeN: Former HDO

Joris: Former HDO

Juan: Former HDO

Katy: Former HDO

Kaya: Former HDO

Kenny: Former HDO

Knuckles: Former HDO

LordBaelish: Former HDO

LukkyB: Former HDO

MaeCapone: Former HDO

Melabo: Former HDO

Myst: Former HDO

MysteriousPlace: Former HDO

MystikalG: Former HDO

Nickels: Former HDO

Nospaces: Former HDO

Ogwillie: Former HDO

Pabloe: Former HDO

Phriendly: Former HDO

RoX: Former HDO

Sylv: Former HDO

Spacie: Former HDO

StarDarkFame: Former HDO

Tracy: Former HDO

Trevor: Former HDO

TrojanCube: Former HDO

ViciousBeauty: Former HDO

Zoidberg: Former HDO

Awards
MPOGD Game of the Month - December 2005

MPOGD Game of the Month - January 2007

MPOGD Game of the Month - March 2008

MPOGD Game of the Month - April 2009