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“I grew up with the concept that gambling was macho-risk-taking, competing, drinking, smoking, cussing, and carrying wads of cash. Gambling encompassed these things and represented a rite of passage. Playing cards in all-night laundromats as a teenager, we threatened people and chased them out of the facilities. We blocked people's doorways in order to lay out our cards and bets. We didn't give a damn about anyone else. Try to stop us from being "in action" and you faced a bunch of hostile, violent kids.” - Bill Lee, former Chinatown gang member. The Golden Tiger Gang (金虎帮), otherwise known to media and law enforcement as the Golden Tigers, GTG, or Palomino Avenue Boys, are a relatively new Asian-American street gang which has been making moves to stake its claim in the thriving underworld of Los Santos, San Andreas. The group is dominated by young adults of Chiuchow Chinese background, although other Asian ethnic groups have been known to play a role in their crimes. Since its conception, the clique has claimed affiliation to the Tai Huen Tong, for which it was once used as an enforcement crew for the tong’s illegitimate endeavors. Although its territory and current grasp in the underworld remain small, founding members of the Golden Tiger Gang and current members alike are suspected to be involved in domestic and international crime schemes linked to Triad organizations within Mainland China. More specifically, the Golden Tiger Gang is believed to hold still existing ties with one of the largest Triads, the Big Circle Gang. The groups roots are embedded into the Asian enclave of Little Seoul, more specifically Palomino Avenue. Founding members all shared one trait, which was their membership within the community’s tong known as Tai Huen Tong. Tongs, translated to mean hall or a gathering place, are community based fraternities which originated during the early waves of Chinese immigration to the United States. Originally, they were used as a place for new immigrants to gather and receive social assistance in areas such as welfare, job support, and protection from society’s racist tendencies. However, the tongs operated on what you may call a volunteer basis, leaving them with little to no funding. This ultimately forced the weak tongs to disband, and for the strong to seek other ways of financial stability - thus the infiltration of Triad affiliated criminals and illegal activities. In the 1990s, four foreign-born Chinese adolescents laid the foundation of the gang when they were contracted by higher ups to become the Tong’s personal “boo how doy” or “hatchet men.” Established In the 1800s during the “Tong Wars” as they were later dubbed; boo how doy were the individuals whose sole purpose was enforcing the tong’s influence and rules. They were used to safeguard all interests belonging to the tong, and to maintain turf in the process. The higher ups allegedly held ties to the Tai Huen Chai Triad, which historically maintained great influence over the tongs’ legal and illegal endeavors within Los Santos. These four individuals created a brotherhood which they named the Golden Tigers, in reference to a local restaurant they would use as a meeting ground and hangout spot. Their membership base was comprised of other immigrant Chinese teens, typically recruited from neighborhood schools, who they’d lure into crime using promise of brotherhood, protection from bullies, money, expensive clothing, and other immature novelties. Among the four founding fathers was a immigrant from China named Kuang Yao-Ju, or as he became nicknamed among his affiliates, Horseface Charlie. Kuang Yao-Ju was born in the year 1982 or to the Chinese, the year of the dog, in the province of Guangdong. Shortly after his birth both his parents moved further south to the city of Guangzhou which sits among the various towns and cities of the Pearl River Delta. When the People’s Republic of China removed the restrictions on emigration in 1977, thousands upon thousands of Chinese immigrants flocked to the shores of the United States of America. Ten years after the repeal of the emigration restrictions, Kuang’s family was one group among the thousands which left China to emigrate to the so-called land of opportunity. Upon their arrival to the United States, Kuang’s family opted to take on “Americanized” given-names and Kuang, being five years of age, was now allowed to choose his very own. Charles, or Charlie to his friends. Horseface Charlie and his peers lead the gang into the dawn of the 21st century with big horizons. The gang’s membership grew larger as they began accepting other ethnicities into their activities - including ABCs or American Born Chinese, rather than just those born overseas. Their MO developed from petty crime in the interest of the tong into their own lucrative, strategically planned endeavors which members often branched out on their own to execute. These activities included prostitution, grand theft auto, credit card skimming, and online scams to name a few. But to Horseface Charlie, whom took the title of “dai lo” in the early 2000s, his arrow took him in one distinct direction - the drug trade. In 2008, a raid on an underground sweatshop in Little Seoul revealed an intricate heroin operation involving a product known to authorities as “China white.” Investigations led to the arrest of five individuals, ages 16 to 26, who played various roles in the smuggling, packaging, and distribution of packaged Chinese heroin in game pieces used to play the ancient Chinese board game “Go”. Among the arrests were Dennis “Doughboy” Meng, Ryan “Noodle” Yi, William “Chopstick” Feng, Carson “Rice Bucket” Po, and Ethan “Rooster Boy” Hao. Authorities suspected Charlie Kuang of having been the “man behind the curtain” in regards to the drug operation, but were unable to get testimonies from the individuals involved or a solid piece of evidence to prove his guilt. When the judge’s gavel hit the hardwood which brought sentencing for three out of five of the Golden Tiger members ranging from 4 to 10 years, Horseface Charlie had left the United States for his home country of China. It is believed during his 10 year hiatus he was officially inducted into the Tai Huen Chai triad as a 49er, but no proof exists of this belief other than the whispers of young, aspiring Chinese gangsters in the Golden Tiger circle. CHINESE GANG MEMBER EVADES PROSECUTION January 18th, 2018 | Tina Lee | Gangland News: Los Santos LITTLE SEOUL - A diverse Asian community full of life, tradition, and integrity - or so it seems. The media and law enforcement of Los Santos are no strangers to the Golden Tiger Gang; a street gang known to terrorize the community and prey off the immigrant population. A group with its feet dipped into the pool that is international crime, and links to dangerous entities such as criminally influenced Tongs. It seemed as though the group went quiet after the 2008 DEA and LSPD cooperative investigation which revealed Golden Tiger membership participating in the distribution of pure Chinese heroin within the city. With convictions in three out of five of the arrests made during the proceedings, law enforcement was pleased with their end result. However, this was by no means the nail in the coffin for the Golden Tiger Gang. Last month, police responded to a 911 call implicating an assault in an alley in Little Seoul. Witnesses described a young, Asian male wearing a black hoodie, and track pants leaving the alley a few minutes after a verbal altercation occurred, followed by sharp cries of pain. Ethan Hao, or to his friends “Rooster Boy”, was picked up a few blocks from where the attack occurred by police who believed he fit the description given to the operator. Ethan Hao, suspected of being a “dai lo” in the gang since the disappearance of previous leader “Horseface Charlie”, has been in the hot seat before. At age sixteen he was arrested in connection to the aforementioned heroin operation, where he acted as a whistleblower and pitbull to the individuals dealing with the product inside. He was tried in youth court and sentenced to a year in juvenile detention which he served. In court, the prosecutors struggled to link Mister Hao to any sort of wrongdoing. Blood was found in the alley, though it did not match that of the accused or anyone who was in the system. No injured person was encountered near the scene, no body, and Ethan himself seemed unscathed. “It was as if someone came right in behind him and made it all disappear.” commented one of the first responding police officers who was rather skeptical of the judge’s decision to drop the charges. “It won’t be long and Mister Hao will make a mistake. He can be assured the LSPD will be right there when that happens.” Outside the courtroom, Hao smugly pushed past reporters and muttered profanity in Cantonese when asked for his weigh-in on the case. We did get comment from his defense lawyer, however, who proclaimed: “Ethan is yet another victim of the racist, incompetent, and idiotic police force which has been pulling these stunts for years. It’s time they left the non-white community alone for a change and focused their efforts in the real crime happening in this city; the white collar crimes.” --- OOC: The purpose of the Golden Tiger Gang is to represent an authentic experience in the area of Asian organized crime, and more specifically a Chinese ethnic street gang. Ideal candidates for this project are Chinese-Americans or foreign born Chinese between the ages of 15-25. We welcome people interested to join in what will hopefully develop into something larger than an ethnic gang. Other nationalities besides Chinese are welcome to seek out membership, but keep in mind ethnic gangs are often very tight knit when it comes to who they trust. Any questions can be forwarded to Caporegime or Chef, and permission via PM must be granted before you may post screenshots of your roleplay. The faction reserves the right to CK full members and those actively seeking membership alike should they find a justified reason to do so. In short - you fuck up, you die. To conclude, alt characters are frowned upon. Those who do not want to solely commit to our faction on one character will not be given the same privileges compared to those who do. Resources: Those interested should make an attempt to familiarize themselves with the world of Chinese gangs, tongs, and triads. Here are some useful tools to do so. More information can be accessed from our group discord, should you decide to commit to joining. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dragons_(gang) - Flying Dragons Gang from NYC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wah_Ching - Wah Ching Gang. https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/enter-the-dragon-head/Content?oid=2163615 - Article on Chinatown kingpin, “Shrimp Boy” Chow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScYFXFkKOHQ - Documentary about the Chinese gang wars in San Francisco during the 70s and 80s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBO6VhRzUyA - Documentary on Asian Gangs in the USA. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4678132/ - The Streets (Web series, 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=366Xzf_lWWo - The Tongs - An American Nightmare (Movie, 1986). https://www.slideshare.net/tr3ats/asian-gang-slang - Encyclopedia of Asian Gang Slang. https://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/pdf-files/ChineseOrgCrime.pdf - Chinese Organized Crime Report.

These would basically serve the same purpose as the fgarage except for boats and aircraft. I don't really think I should really go into detail since it's pretty self explanatory. I can understand that sharing an aircraft may be a little PGish since not too many people know how to fly realistically. I'd like to hear your thoughts and concerns, and let's keep the conversation civil.

I guess this it something which could be done by making factions actually control permissions on their ranks. - This way the faction leader could promote his members to be able to sell faction vehicles. This is something which I believe could work. At least this idea would be towards a more advanced Roleplay system on selling vehicles. - I do think we have a problem tho. A problem which regards these amount of vehicles spawned at the same location. - Not sure that the client will be gentle to something like this. Hopefully it gets better with time tho. But sync right now is bad. Really like the idea. - As mentioned here I have seen this in action and it actually worked brilliantly. It would need some tweeking in order to fit the server perfectly. But this would be a possibility to increase RP significantly when it comes to vehicle sales. Of course a menu for people would still be needed, if inactivity were to happen. But I hope you catch my drift.

I agree having a place for a faction to store boats and potentially aircraft's makes sense. The ability to have multiple fgarages is currently in development and actively being worked on. That solution would serve the same purpose I assume?

Moved to forwarded suggestions. We had a chit chat with Rukka yesterday and he said he has to implement that. Thank you for the suggestion :)

Awesome, I just realised yesterday when I was casually doing a courier job whilst watching a car drift around corners at high speeds.

Rukka will be adding the speed limits into the vehicle code, he knows about it.

Still #1 shout out to @$CAR

Keep going hard boys! Can only admire the interactions between our factions!

This is like a crane standing among a horde of chickens.

Locked. Put more efforts and don't copy paste a faction thread without even editing the server name next time.