Our very own [MIG] Chainsaw Chester is featured in the article Meet Zynga's Power Users: The FarmVille and Mafia Wars Phophets Behind the Profits written by Austin Carr for Fast Company. Chester was at a Zynga Press Event which you can read all about by using the link above. Here is a reprint of the part pertaining to Chester and Mafia Wars. Sounds like it was a lot of fun.
The Godfather
Game of Choice: Mafia Wars
First Started: September of 2008
Commitment: "Typically around three to four hours per day, depending on what's going on in the real world."
Bio: "I have a wife and two kids. I have a job that takes me all over the world managing products. I'm a product manager for a company that's owned by thirteen airlines."
Why Zynga: "It's a stress reliever. My wife was actually playing Mafia Wars for three weeks, and I kept walking by and wondering what she was playing. I finally asked her, and then I got hooked. As the game progressed, people started to band together. Eventually we just turned into families. We just started talking to each other and making our own Facebook pages for our families. We have Murder Incorporated, which is out of Chicago--it's a Chicago mob. As families were born, rivalries came into play. We're in a war with a family called RX, which was made by former members of my family.
First Started: September of 2008
Commitment: "Typically around three to four hours per day, depending on what's going on in the real world."
Bio: "I have a wife and two kids. I have a job that takes me all over the world managing products. I'm a product manager for a company that's owned by thirteen airlines."
Why Zynga: "It's a stress reliever. My wife was actually playing Mafia Wars for three weeks, and I kept walking by and wondering what she was playing. I finally asked her, and then I got hooked. As the game progressed, people started to band together. Eventually we just turned into families. We just started talking to each other and making our own Facebook pages for our families. We have Murder Incorporated, which is out of Chicago--it's a Chicago mob. As families were born, rivalries came into play. We're in a war with a family called RX, which was made by former members of my family.
I became godfather of our family in July of 2009. I'm one of the longest running godfathers that there is. Our family is about the fifth oldest family. We have players all over the world. I've actually gone and had dinner in Singapore with people in my family. I had breakfast today with a guy I've talked to on Skype for eight months. You truly get outside the game concept, and we have become a family. We have about 89 members. We used to have 125 but we dropped a lot of the dead-weight. I also have a podcast with three co-hosts. We're listened to in 132 countries around the world, we get around 1,800 to 2,200 listeners per show, which airs every Monday and Friday."
Money Spent: "I've probably spent in 3 years, $150 dollars. But I know people who have spent over $80,000 a year.
Money Spent: "I've probably spent in 3 years, $150 dollars. But I know people who have spent over $80,000 a year.
| Article written by Jennifer Patterson, Creator of the MW Loot Lady Blog, The Mafia Wars Loot Lady Facebook Fan Page and Co-Host of The Informant Podcast. |
80000? damn! must be an american thing though, I would have to work 8 years to earn that, and of course I would have to stop eating, paying for electricity and paying taxes...
ReplyDeletei must bee tired but im not finding the pod casts audio ..... been lookin fer the updats
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