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  1. Hello, Fortunately, staff updates have returned to a somewhat regular schedule - hopefully, no more mid-month updates for a while. I seem to be saying this every month but I really cannot believe the incredible numbers of players we have had in game recently, peaking at 380 just a few days ago I never thought it would be possible to have so many people playing, especially so quickly. Thank you so much to everyone who logged in and if you missed out make sure you don't miss it again! Onto a few staff matters, as the need for staff members increases in line with the player base increase, you can expect to see staff applications re-opening earlier than normal. If you're a long term member of the community who has been on the fence about applying, you should definitely give it a shot for next month. We have also just started an internal bug busting competition in light of some player feedback, while the stability issues were temporary and related to the most recent update, some community members have expressed their frustration at certain bugs not being sorted out! Unfortunately, these are often unreported or hard for the development team to replicate so the staff team has been hard at work trying to do just that. A slightly shorter list this month, which is unsurprising given the mid-month promotions, however, I do want to express my thanks to all the staff members who have been going above and beyond this month in order to deal with the massive increase in applications, reports and tickets. Finally, the positive feedback in the Staff Appreciation Topic has been a real motivator and a great way for the community to show off the staff members they feel have helped them the most, please post there the next time you have a really great experience with a staff member. Notbond Admin Promotions @SpawnMatrix from Game Administrator Level 1 to Game Administrator Level 2 @Crocker from Support to Trial Admin @Thimble from Support to Trial Admin New Support Team Members Please give a warm welcome to the brand new team members! @mother_superior @Blackbeard @AceS| @KV ------------------------- Commiserations to all those who were denied and a big welcome to all the new Support team members, please contact @Dominykas. If you are not on this list of reserved testers, you are not reserved even if you were put on reserved in a previous update. We only keep people on the list for one month.
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  2. As far as car culture goes, Los Santos has more of it than most cities in the world. Los Santos is the second largest city (population-wise) in the United States and rather enormous, geographically speaking, as it can take over three hours to cover the entire metropolitan area by car (east to west or north to south). Amongst all of the traffic and the sprawl, there are so many places for classic car lovers to enjoy. “The thing about street racers is we’re just normal people, only while people are asleep in bed at 1, 2, - even 3 in the morning, we’re out causing a ruckus and fucking up our cars for the hell of it. Hell. Ballsy fuckers do it in broad daylight, ‘screaming fuck the consequences’. For many of us, it’s just idle fun, a way to escape from the daily grind. Others take it a little too serious, make it a way of life. They usually end up dead, locked up or on the tracks making a name for themselves if they wise up.” - Anonymous Street racing is a part of everyday life in the world, simple fact. It happens in all corners of the country, even world, and the people who are participating in it could be your neighbor, relative, coworker, or classmate. Hell, it could even be that gangbanger on the corner slangin rock. You don’t really know. The culture has so much variety, some are obvious, like the hot boys with large rims and low fitment creating illegal street drifting videos for clout, while others are less obvious, preferring to do their racing in secluded areas where they won’t be bothered. Some are just enjoying their passion, others are in it for the rush of adrenaline and that lovely ounce of dopamine from all the followers they gain due to their antics in the streets. Deep beneath the streets of Los Santos, hundreds of teens and twenty-somethings gather on weekends to watch cars rev, race and drift in the city's underground car scene. Most gatherings are broken up by police when squad cars circle around to clear the area. Police give out tickets for traffic violations, but many people at the gatherings aren't doing anything illegal, and once the authorities are gone; drivers return to pick up where they left off. Streets all over the city - all over the world even - have hosted drag racing, street drifting and many other outrageous and illegal antics over the years. “40oz & 4 Bangers itself isn’t an organized group of racers, it isn’t a team of individuals dedicated to this. It is simply a gathering of people that enjoy the side of the world that cars, bikes, anything on wheels can bring. We’re just a group of friends from different walks of life looking to have a good time in our own way. While you’re out clubbing? We’re out on that long strip of road testing our limits, up in the hills trying to live out our fantasies of 90s Japan mountain driving, being bold and dropping the clutch to slide around that tight corner to ‘woo’ our friends. We’re average joes, we’re outcasts, we’re criminals, we’re anybody. We could even be you, we don’t discriminate. It’s all love and tire smoke around here.” - Anonymous. OOC: I’ll start off right away by saying this is NOT a faction, and it will never be. ICly, it's simply the facebrowser group several friends used to help plan out gatherings to hang out and have fun together. There are characters around this group that are in their own factions, some even running factions. It is a scene, simple as that. It’s a generalization of the scene myself and friends would like to portray, which to clarify, is simply that of a realistic, modernized ricer-esque car culture. Stancefags, track kiddies, VIP builds, muscle cars, motorcycles. Crispy photos of cars, edgy street edits of drifting with music tossed over it, etc. You get the picture. There is no restriction. However, I will say bluntly that we do not support 50 elegies with neons on parked up around us. Sorry, not sorry. We aim to portray things that happen in real life, not things that happen in your favorite car movie or Need For Speed game. This group is not full of rich people, infact, many of the characters around are ghetto, from gangs, frat boys in college, common workers. Coming around in some 500 thousand dollar car may be risky, or it may impress, depending on the characters. The group is dynamic. Conflict will not be something we avoid if it happens ingame, people are people, fights happen, rivalries happen. Roleplay is the most important aspect of this. The group is not focused on racing, it is not focused on simply the cars. I personally, as well as the others that came together to create this all agree that 40oz & 4 Bangers will have a strong focus on the characters. Racing will happen, illegal activities will happen, but we refuse to support standards of roleplay we don’t find suitable. If you believe your roleplay is perfect and refuse to take advice if we point out mistakes, do expect to be shunned away, however. If you show promise, and actually learn from the RP happening around you and improve, we’ll gladly have you around. We’re not evil elitists that endlessly try to get poor rpers banned or removed from our vicinity. We are just people trying to enjoy roleplay and have a good time. We’ve all been in the position of the new guy trying to learn the ropes, and we’re happy to take you in if that is you. If not? We’re probably not for you. If you have any questions or complaints, feel free to pm myself or Rinkk. Criticism is welcome, especially regarding the topic, as it's the first time I've written one of these. The main topic will probably be cleaned up further in the future through suggestions on how to make it better & changing things here and there, so consider it a constant work in progress. In-game rules for people wishing to RP with us frequently: Use your brain and don't be a dick, we have a very low tolerance for bad and/or unrealistic roleplay and ooc behavior, as much as some of us meme around and goof off, we hold this to high standards and we're trying to form a big community of top notch roleplayers to revive the car community that is well known to be shit on this server lately, and make it better. Make your character interesting and fun to roleplay with, no one likes a mold with no character, and we are big on interesting/fun characters. The cars and racing isn't what's truly important here. The roleplay is. Any sort of vehicles and any sub-cultures of the car world are allowed, from tuners, muscles, quads, bikes, lowriders, donks, etc. So feel free to bring that around. Majority of the current RP revolves around imports and JDM style car culture in its various forms. Cop baiting is strictly forbidden. Showing off and getting yourself a ticket to impress friends icly is fine, but purposely going out of your way to get into chases for ooc fun is a good way to get us to avoid you like the plague. F O L L O W the server rules. As said above, we have a low tolerance for shit tier RP and behavior. We're here to roleplay and have fun doing it, and we're pretty blunt about how we feel on others roleplay. As I wrote above however, we're not assholes and we understand some people are learning, and we're happy to help that process, if you're willing to actually learn. Nobody is the best, even the top tier roleplayers learn new ways to be better.
    2 points
  3. The Istrefi's. Avni Istrefi is a second generation Albanian-American, born in Los Santos. Avni has one older brother named 'Rinor'. Avni's parents immigrated to the United States in 1990. His parents were convicted of conspiring to distribute more than 50 kilograms of marijuana and 5 kilograms of cocaine. However, Avni's parents never involved Avni and Rinor in their drug runs or other criminal activities. At the age of 16, Avni dropped out of school. A day rolls around where Avni's brother, Rinor, twists his mind making him think that hanging with the fellow group of Albanians is a good idea as they all share the same interests. Rinor promises Avni money, girls and alochol. It was at this time that Avni met the fellow second generation Albanians in Los Santos.
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  4. Located in: West Vinewood, 8324 Milton Road AutoHub is the opportunity for you to get yourself a car in which you may obtain new memories! We have a large amount of cars for sale, from cheap to expensive. We have got European, Japanese and of course, American cars. A large amount you could choose from. And because we thought selling is not enough, we are also buying! If you have a vehicle that is a run and drive and you want to get rid of it, AutoHub can take care of it. Sold cars: The Vehicle Park is opened, everyone interested in buying or selling a car is welcomed! If you want to book a vehicle, simply just email AutoHub at [email protected] with your personal info and a proof you have the budget needed. ((PM porto_)) For more information, contact [email protected] -Matthew Hamilton ((PM porto_)); [email protected] -Mitsue Noburo ((PM DarkAce)).
    1 point
  5. to be continued. i took way too many screens today lol.
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  6. congratulations c͉̰̥͓̞ͫ̽̅̈́̓ͯ̔́r̦̩͉̤̭͙ͅo̠̙͓͓̻̗c̦͍ͪͦ̋̎̍k͚͖̭̲̎̏̉͠ ̠̲̣͖̔̋͊̎͆p̜̼̉͂̋̚o̙̙͕ͣ͝tͤ͂̇̋̐̅
    1 point
  7. Just to add to this: This isn't an official system we want to put into place as Nervous has said. However, if there is/was a banned player who upon being banned from IG was told to re-appeal in a X amount of months but during that time contributed well on the forums and was very helpful to new players/in the support section then that is something they could point to in order to bolster their appeal.
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  8. Suggestion: Add texture mod to the server to remove nipple cover Mod: https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/topless-female-online-nude-shower#comments_tab Reason: When you do /shirt off it is awkward to have purple nipples... There are exposed nipples for females on regular PEDS... Would install it on client side but Rage Multiplayer will not allow it :( Benefits: It would be more immersion. As sex in the game is a big part of character development.. The relationship. Tested: I have been using this mod for a while now. It just replaces the texture file of the female torsos to turn the purple into a matching color of the nipple. This works on all torsos as it just replaces the texture they all use. mp_fm_skin_f_up_ara.ytd mp_fm_skin_f_up_bla.ytd mp_fm_skin_f_up_chi.ytd mp_fm_skin_f_up_lat.ytd mp_fm_skin_f_up_pak.ytd mp_fm_skin_f_up_whi.ytd Example in spoiler - Mild NSFW
    1 point
  9. Top priority suggestion, please add this to further enhance my experience of staring at pixelated tits.
    1 point
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  12. Well deserved @Crocker & co. This guy helped me often when I needed his assistance, walking me through many of the server processes. Congratulations!
    1 point
  13. I really love you for this. I was lowkey raging about not being able to do that cause it looks so much better than the helmet go pro type shit from normal first person.
    1 point
  14. I'd recommend using the vehicle hood cam for videos, kind of makes it look like dashcam footage, all you have to do is enable this setting in the "Camera" Section of the options
    1 point
  15. No it wouldn't. You can preach "bandwidth" issues all you want, but I was driving around with a person thirty minutes ago. Mind you, both of us have fantastic internet with absolutely no lag and the server still managed to send them flying back into me and dropped me into BW in the middle of the street. With the current desync, there's no way this system can work.
    1 point
  16. I want to thank all the administration and testers team that have done an insane work this month handling applications and reports despite the huge increase in numbers. Some of you were personally thank'd, It's rare enough to be written on your walls and used as a painting. Keep up the great work for next month too! And welcome to all our new testers, may the force be with you.
    1 point
  17. The one and only, nice screenshots ?
    1 point
  18. Banned because I like Portugal
    1 point
  19. Simple, you need to run afk? /afk <reason>
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  20. First car, E92 320d Auto. Actually for sale if anyone is interested, Couldn’t get a bigger engine at the time due to insurance being 7K a year so had to get a 320d as a first car. Looking to sell this and upgrade to an LCI 330/335d instead now.
    1 point
  21. "Criminals? Come on man, we're just a bunch of guys on bikes who like to party and hang out." -Thor Nelson
    1 point
  22. pass me the pcp boys we back wit a new banger
    1 point
  23. My article ? Keep it up!
    1 point
  24. 3 of my favorite rpers rping in this group, 100% will try to get involved.
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  25. i JOIn-.. and street race with lynx yes??? i mine good my rp and england best!! @Smonk
    1 point
  26. Guess that's why you're retired staff.
    1 point
  27. Being a prospect ain't easy but the knights don't suffer the weak.
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  29. Server has so many consistent updates, loving it.
    1 point
  30. Feature Showcase: Weapon serial number Information All legally purchased firearms will now have a serial number that is visible from your inventory : This serial number will be bound to your name in a database which includes all your legal purchases of weapons and ammo, accessible by the Los Santos Police Department. Weapons with the serial removed will appear with no serial number next to their name. PF guns trading You're allowed to trade the legal weapons you've purchased, It will now be a 100% IC issue If you sell a legal firearm tied to your name to a criminal. Database usage For police officers, the database will be available on the Police MDC or through the command: /checkserial
    1 point
  31. I'll lock this. We will never have a "price agreement" for drugs. There is a major drug revamp in the boxes with unique names, strengths, qualities, synthetic drug creation etc.. that is coming and It'll help change the roleplay around drugs.
    1 point
  32. I will not make a separate thread because my problem/suggestion falls very close to OP's problem. Why do dash cameras require consent of all parties involved? That defeats the whole purpose of dash cams. They're meant to have evidence against people who don't agree with what you're saying in the first place, making the "you need the consent of all parties" line totally puzzling to me. I am open to be educated on why such a rule even exists because everyone I've asked so far are just as puzzled as me (and to be fair, I do have a very high IQ!). What I suggest: as long as you have evidence of the dash cams being installed with proper role play and a date, you could always use it RP wise (taking into account the angles etc) if you have actual OOC footage.
    1 point
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