The Corona lockdown brings strange blooms. A stripper from Texas is turning to Animal Crossing: New Horizons because the strip clubs have closed. There, on the island, everything is a little different, but some things are the same: men pay for their company. The woman says she has already received billions in bells, in addition to the US dollars she charges for visits.
It’s about her: The US site Kotaku spoke with a 24-year-old woman from Houston, Texas. She usually works as a camgirl and stripper. But during the Corona crisis, she can no longer work her shifts in a strip club, so she looked for an alternative job.
One of her most loyal fans gifts her a Nintendo Switch Lite and Animal Crossing: New Horizons. And she has found a new field of activity and hobby.
This is the business model: The stripper says she charges $20 to invite players to her island in Animal Crossing for 30 minutes. The money is transferred via PayPal.
“That was not the kind of sex work I ever thought I would do.”
As soon as she announced on Twitter that she was now playing Animal Crossing, customers came and told her they would pay if they could play with her.
The process is that people contact her via social media, and they spend time together on the island. During this, customers have the opportunity to watch the stripper live through the camgirl service in a “Private Room.” She plays on camera in her normal stripper work attire and says she also likes to press on the Nintendo Switch with her stilettos if that turns the customers on.
Billion of bells in the bank – it’s ridiculous
Is it just about sex? However, the revealing clothing apparently does not deter customers from playing Animal Crossing.
“They see me, and we talk. But they run around the island and water my flowers and bring me gifts.”
Besides the $20 that men pay for half an hour, many players also have the desire to give gifts to the stripper in Animal Crossing and go all out. Customers are very eager to tip:
“I have so many rare items. I have a lot of star fragments. I have a billion bells in the bank. It’s ridiculous. The hardest part of the game is finding islands that pay a good price for turnips, but these guys do all the work of finding such an island for me… I don’t even require them to leave me a tip, but regular people give everything to each other in Animal Crossing. It’s just that kind of game; it has that environment.”
Hard to be sexy when hunting bugs
Whether it’s more about playing together for the men or the sexual appeal of the woman is hard to say. The stripper thinks: It’s hard to be overly sexy when she and the customer are walking around the island catching bugs or digging up fossils. Normally, when she is in private chat with customers, she undresses, but the time on the island in Animal Crossing is more like a date.
The business-savvy stripper is considering expanding her business model of stripping and gaming. Customers have already asked her if she also plays Mario Kart.
Many play Animal Crossing: New Horizons during the Corona quarantine. This seems to be the ideal counter-program to the dreary reality. Our author Larissa Then also discovered Animal Crossing for herself and played it as a kind of MMO:
During quarantine, I play Animal Crossing – and that as an MMO
