Good day, everyone! My name is Cheyenne and I’ll be your journalist for this month.
Welcome to our Garage Interview. Here we meet some of the most unexpected pornstars in our virtual world. This month, we have a pleasure to talk to Kaitee.
1. Hi! How are you? Please tell us your username, and the servers you play on. Tell us - what motivated you to choose the name and server(s) for your star?
I’m Kaitee and I play on UK1. The server was just the one that came up by default when I started playing (UK2 hadn’t been started then). I chose “Kaitee” because porn stars often pick odd spellings for their name to stand out, and also I figured just plain “Katie” would already be taken as a username, although now that I think about it I don’t think I checked, but never mind. I’ve actually started using “Kaitee” outside the game in a few places now, I’m kind of adopting it as my fun name.
2. Tell us about yourself. How was your life before becoming a pornstar?
Pretty ordinary really, playing games on Facebook, and it’s not like there’s much variety, just a thousand different versions of the same farming or base-building or fashion games. Actually I did kind of like the fashion ones, except none of them did anything interesting with the idea. So BBE really was something different and attracted me right away.
3. Any hobby outside of the film-industry you would want to tell us about?
Running, I suppose, I don’t know if that really counts as a hobby? Gotta do something to keep fit, I hate dieting and I’m rubbish at it so I have to keep the exercise going or I’d be Kaitee the Hutt and nobody wants that. Also not having a car saves a heap of money, that’s handy. Also I’m into retro gaming, which is handy because it means I don’t have to buy new computers and consoles, I love old Sierra adventure games and SNES games.
4. Who's your favorite pornstar? (i.e. Clara Morgane, Katsuni, Evan Stone)
Evan Stone rocks, I would love to hang out with him, I’ve seen a bunch of behind-the-scenes features for films he’s been in and he seems really funny and cool. I madly love Belladonna and Sasha Grey and Kylie Ireland. Do I have to pick just one? Kylie Ireland.
5. How did you start playing Big Bang Empire? Did you hear about the game from your friends, or maybe an advertisement?
To be honest I can’t remember at all, I think it must just have popped up as a suggestion on Facebook. Every once in a while I go into the recommended game area and browse around for something to do, and luckily BBE came up because it was a great find.
6. When did you start to play Big Bang Empire?
Just a teensy bit over a year ago, it was just recently I got the reward for playing 365 days (that went straight to helping buy another tab of clothes storage space).
7. Do you remember your first days as a "noob" in Big Bang Empire? Tell us something!
Oh it was so long ago, I remember obsessing over getting my character’s look right, obviously you can change it all later but I wasn’t sure if you could then, so I spent ages going through different hair and faces and everything until I was sure I liked how my little online me looked.
8. What do you like the most in the game?
I think what I like most above anything else is that porn (and sex in general) is fun and interesting and worth putting effort into. I mean there’s porn everywhere on the internet, but apart from looking at it it’s like nobody’s that interested in how it happens, either that or people just think it’s dirty and anyone who does it must not have a choice. I like how in BBE you make a career in porn, you work hard, you deal with making films and meeting directors and costars and getting to know people in the industry and sometimes getting rivals and having arguments, and making ends meet and budgeting sensibly, all of that. It’s a proper business and something you pursue and get rewarded for the effort you put in, it’s not just pointing a camera at your puss and people making you feel like you’re bad for doing it. BBE lets you be proud of being good at making porn and being sexual. That’s really rare in entertainment.
9. When you log in the game, what do you do first?
Studio first, make sure I’m checked in for upcoming fights, and see the results of any that happened overnight, then career to collect money, and inbox to hand out batteries and see if there are any messages.
10. What are your favorite items?
I love all the shoes, my feet hate me for it sometimes but I am so in love with towering heels. And I think the gold dress that went into the game for its anniversary is really hot, if it weren’t for stats I would probably wear that all the time. And honestly all the epic level tops, I wish I lived in a world where you got an amazing boob job just from wearing a good top (I mean clever bras can do a lot but that only goes so far).
11. What is it like being in one of the best studios in the entire server? Is in an easy task?
Annika our studio boss works hard, keeping track of everyone and scheduling battles and all that. She makes it easy for the rest of us, we just have to report for battles and keep our characters strong, and it’s all taken care of. It’s a great studio and very supportive. It actually makes the whole game a lot easier, having a great team and knowing they have your back, it’s motivating to put effort into levelling up and pushing your stats higher, because it’s not just for you, it helps everyone in the studio battles as well.
12. In your opinion, what is your greatest achievement so far in Big Bang Empire?
I had a movie get the number one spot one time, that was awesome! It was the first week the new voting system came into play, I really didn’t do anything different from usual, I guess I just got lucky, but whatever, it felt great.
13. Have you taken part in a convention? What's your best position in which to qualify?
I try to whenever one happens, but to be honest I have no idea what position I’ve ended up in, I’m just happy to get some rewards when it goes well, and if it doesn’t, well no harm done. I often get distracted though so I’m not that great at conventions, where it’s all about making sure you make the most of limited time. So many times I’ve come back to look at the screen and been, aw darn, it’s been waiting for me to start a new mission for fifteen minutes, I’m such an idiot.
14. What are your tips for beginners?
Don’t stress about trying to do everything at once, just do missions, level up, there’s no rush. Once you level a bit you’ll find the regular money coming in from your career screen and missions will be plenty to afford boosters and buying items when good ones turn up, you won’t have to worry about running out. And don’t stress about parties, they kick your butt early on, but you just have to be patient and level up, and you’ll rule them in the end.
15. Big Bang Empire creates friendships. Have you created any kind of bond with another player? Tell us who, and how.
My studio mates, we’re a good team, and whenever we have a victory it’s something we all contributed to, it’s a good feeling. And just doing little things, letting each other know when we’ve had the chance to vote for each other in the awards, stuff like that.
16. Is there any player you look up to - that you admire? - If so, who and why?
Annika has been really great to me, with advice about how the game works when I first joined and how to get the best results, and running a great studio that fights hard but is stress free and fun for the members.
17. Name up to three players next to the following descriptions:
• Best players (based exclusively on their ability as players, not i.e. their personality);
• Opponents you respect the most;
• Favourite forum members (if you are a registered forum member);
Player: Annika again, god I sound like such a suck-up, but she’s always progressing and keeping her ranking high, and the ranking of the studio.
Opponents: Hemlock, for a long while we were battling back and forth in the duels, and it was a lot of fun, we were really evenly matched.
Forum members: Maalena, Needhelp247, AngelicaSynn, KateTheSpanka, Evolution, and everyone else who plays the 5-word-sentence game, and put up with me always coming up with naughty sentences for everything.
18. Describe Big Bang Empire in three words.
Sexy
Liberated
Fun
19. Which boosters do you usually buy? Which do you deem the most important?
I always use the 25% boosters, the highest you can buy with just notes, and they’re all totally worth it. If I had to pick just one I think I’d probably go with the Mission booster, I think being able to do missions faster and for less energy gives the best rewards overall.
20. How many diamonds do you buy each month?
Oooh, confession time, I’m a dirt poor free-to-player, I just save up the diamonds the game gives from missions and successes. Which I gotta say, BBE is really good with rewards, if you work hard and save, you can afford to get luxuries, you’re not just locked out of half the game because you’re not paying, like a lot of games do. But I try to be active on the forum and on the Facebook page as well just so I’m giving a little something back.
Thanks a lot for your time. I hope you will keep playing and enjoying the game. Best wishes from the team!