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  1. I just bought 2x 5$ Steam Keys for the community here cuz I wanted to giveaway something. If you want to enter the giveaway just write a number from 1 - 200 under this Topic and like my starting post. I will draw the winner through random.org The giveaway runs until 20.06.2019. Good luck.
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  2. DIAMOND EVENTS & ORGANIZATIONS *Ralph Lorenzo and Jack Epic, the founders of Diamond Events, have moved back to Los Santos after a few months of retirement in Vice City. He published a statement on company website about the company's previous accomplishments. ---------------- by Diamond Events -Bahama Mamas: Roaring 20s Futuristic Night End of Summer Party Havana Night 80’s Miami Vice Night 90’s costume night Old School Tunes night Cocktail - Chillout Night Masquerade (event) Wild Wild West -Ice Bar Karaoke Nights Pop Music Night Bingo Nights -Events Halloween Party Playboy Party Masquerade Yacht Party White Party
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  3. Had a bunch of RL shit going on these last few months but hopefully can start dedicating more time to gtaw and big Tianjin.
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  4. Hi. Too many idiots evade in cars that cost more than their houses, and then then they inevitably get caught by the PD, they unimpound it the next day for a low low cost of $1000 and don't roleplay the fact that only yesterday did they slam it into a wall at Mach 3. What would everyone's thoughts be on a system whereby if you evade from the cops, your car is impounded for longer, and if you continuously evade, then your car is seized by the police indefinitely or even just straight up destroyed?
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  5. Jack Clyde Date of Birth: 29/SEP/1988 Height: 6' 2" Weight: 182 lbs. Total flight hours: 850 Youth, early life, becoming an adult. Holidays on the Bahamas. Congo bush-pilot, hostage incident and lessons to be learned. Return to Los Santos, employment and prospects. Background Music Character-Screenshots Notice If you want to support aviation-roleplay on this server please check these two threads out. Many thanks to both creators.
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  6. Short description: It's basically a suggestion for hair, clothes and quality of life mods. Detailed description: It's a long list of mods that I've gathered over the past and have saved in a txt file. Some are better than others. This suggestion isn't for all mods to be added. But it is a suggestion to add some of them, and it's up to feedback and the staff to decide which ones get added and which don't. I just know personally I like them all. I've catagorized them completely, too. Commands to add: None. Items to add: None. How would your suggestion improve the server? It'll allow players to express their characters better. Additional information: CLOTHES https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/custom-overalls-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/hoodie-denim-jacket-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/modified-hoodie-for-mp-male https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/hoodie-jacket-for-freemode-mp-male https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/high-heel-sneakers-textures-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/female-mp-new-top https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/sagged-khaki-pants https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/momiji-thongs-for-mpfemale https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/iaa-badge-to-fib-badge-mp-freemode-male https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/female-mp-mini-dress https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/open-side-shirt-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/ripped-shirt-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/new-boots-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/skirt-tights-and-socks-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/skinny-ripped-denim-jeans https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/mai-cardigan-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/cardigan-texture-pack-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/female-mp-new-top https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/amanda-and-tracey-disanta-mini-pack-for-female-mp https://nl.gta5-mods.com/player/pikeys-los-santos-canvas-shoes-for-mp-female https://nl.gta5-mods.com/player/bon-bon-choker-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/skinny-ripped-denim-jeans https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/top-with-belt-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/dedsec-leggings-for-female-mp-character HAIR https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/another-braided-haircut-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/long-haircut-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/long-braided-haircut-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/bob-haircut-for-mp-female https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/c-sexton-bush-for-mp-male https://www.gta5-mods.com/player/beards-for-male-mp
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  7. [DISCRETION WARNING: SOME SCENES MAY BE HARD TO READ DUE TO GRAPHIC VIOLENCE] Leonardo Nervetti, a 47 year old father of two children who is believed to have ties in the Los Santos Crime Family, a prevalent crime family within Los Santos, San Andreas. From a background rooting from Italy, he resides in Los Santos, San Andreas, where he was born and raised, however, he is believed to have many connections in San Andreas including San Fierro and Las Venturas, whether it be through family or friends. Early Life Leonardo was born on the 25th of July 1973 to Carmilla and Lucius “Luca” Nervetti, the eldest of 5 siblings consisting of two sisters and two brother. The family was by no means rich, living on borderline poverty for the majority of his childhood, where he has lived on Covenant Avenue, Davis, South Central Los Santos. His father worked in construction in San Fierro, spending the majority of his time there. His mother worked nights at a coffee shop across the street from the house. Leonardo’s father lack of presence no doubt has a severe impact on Leonardo’s upbringing, the only financial security the family faced was the rent being paid at the end of each month when his father would return from work. With little money for food, and any form of luxury being a distant wish, Leonardo the eldest child and the man of the house, felt responsible to provide for his family, therefore he turned to business; selling and buying candy and soda as an early teenager at school where he made a good amount for his age. He would do this up until he was 16 years old where he began to work at the Coffee Shop across from his house, the owners of the coffee shop eventually recognised Leo as a young entrepreneur, seeing his abilities in business, they started to give him more work, selling off illegally imported cigarettes to stores around the city. He did this for a few years until he was 18 becoming an associate of Abe Caro, one of the owners of the coffee shop bringing him into an earner crew, he started to bring in a lot of money for the family and for himself, he decided to recommend Marcello Nervetti, his little brother, to Abe Caro. Abe brought Marcello under his wing and the brothers started to work together, forming a relationship that would one day turn sour. 8 Months after Leonardo was brought in as an associate into the family, he was shipped out to the Gulf War in 1991, he fought in Baghdad for the remainder of the war, however when the war ended he remained in Iraq fighting the Iraqi NFZ enforcement until 1999 where he returned, meeting his now ex-wife, Viviana. Marriage, Children, and Current state. On the New Years Eve of 1999, Leonardo went out to a Vinewood club with his fellow associates and brother to celebrate the arrival of the millenium and his return from the army, that night he was believed to meet Viviana Nervetti for the first time. His first and only wife, and the mother of his children. They married on the 29th of June 2000, and they had their first child on the 5th of July 2000, Ines Nervetti. One year later, also in July, his son followed, Lucius Nervetti, named after his father. Now with three extra mouths to feed, Leonardo's ambition for success sky rocketed, he started to enduldge into business. He started a massage parlour in Los Santos which was later discovered as a brothel. In 2017, Joey Capril, Abe Caro and 28 other made men of the family where indicted under extortion and racketeering. Joey Capril and Abe Caro faced an extra charge of Conpiricy to commit homicide, after plotting to kill Dave Simmons, a biker from Paleto Bay. This event sparked wide interest in the family, and associates began to be dragged in for questioning regarding their opperations, and the buttoned members they are associated with. In order to skip the limelight, Leonardo left the city with his wife, son and brother sending his daughter to boarding school in Liberty City. The family returned to Los Santos in 2019, Leonardo's brother, Marcello decided to stay in San Fierro, the connections their father had brought Marcello under the wing in the San Fierro Crime Family, Marcello's future plans did not match Leo's, Marcello being a bachelor with too much to lose, security was his best bet. Whereas Leonardo had two children and a wife, settling down in a city where his family has the best opportunity to propser was his main priority. By the time they came back to Los Santos, the brothel had been discovered and the majority of the legitimate cash was seized from the business. It is believed that Leonardo had assets elsewhere, or was using a shell business in the form of a coffee shop to launder money, as on his return he reportedly bought a new house, two new cars, and a car for each his wife, son and daughter. At this point, Leonardo was left with no friends, and no form of income, and that is when he met Thomas "Sunshine" Alo, a buttoned member of the Los Santos Crime Family. He met Thomas whilest sellling his house, Tommy and Leonardo later went into business together, starting a Cigar Lounge "Pipe Down" in Downtown Vinewood. Eventually, Leonardo became an associate of The Los Santos Crime Family through Thomas Alo, during this period Viviana Nervetti left Leonardo due to their consistent domestically absusive relationship that grew to strenous on both Leo and Viviana. Leonardo found this tough, however the prospect of his success, his children, and hew new found friends helped him through the period. As time went on, Leonardo met Peter Conti, a buttoned member, whilest buying a watch at his store, they also went into business, starting another massage parlour out of Peter Conti's warehouse. During this period, Nervetti aquired a pizzeria, he hired Talia Tudor to design, through her he eventually met Grayson Tudor the president of the Sinful Kings MC. They started doing business together and Leonardo eventually entered the weapon traffiking scene. The Del Perro Pizzeria was being used as a primary gateway into laundering the cash gained through Nervetti's illicit deals, which he grew weary of, when Thomas Alo retired from the Los Santos Crime Family, he left the Cigar Lounge; Pipe Down with Leo, this quickly changed the situation, now with an external business, not connected to his name, Leonardo felt much more at ease with his deals, starting to expand. With Peter Conti being the new capo, and the head figure of the only crew within the family, Leonardo watched the family shrink and crumble. On the 19th of July 2019, he made one of the most risky and significant moves he has ever made, he stepped away from the family. His business still prospers, and he still moves nowhere but forward, yet moving forward is only definate whilest checking over his shoulder. Leonardo is now living in Paleto Bay, alongside his business partners and weapon suppliers. He still supplies South Central Los Santos gangs with guns, however the majority of his long-term apperiances occur within Paleto Bay. He plans on starting a cash intensive business in Paleto Bay, a way to filter the weapon money. Leo has taken a different route to the expected, and where he may wish things turned out differently, the future is as bright as the day it was that Thomas Alo brought him under his wing. With more guns coming in and profit increasing, Leonardo has started to look further into the trade, figuring out ways to expand. Wether it means going out of state, or using multiaple suppliers in order to be able to forefill demand in unknown, but Leonardo has been known for his pondering, and wether this is a goal or a halloucination is yet to be seen. Marcello Nervetti and The San Fierro Crime Family. Leonardo and Marcello worked together for the majority of their life, however when Marcello stayed in San Fierro to join the San Fierro Crime Family, Leonardo lost that bond with him, seeing Marcello as a traitor. News spread quickly within the last few months that Marcello had been made within the family, and the possibility of Marcello becoming a CapoRegime was likely. The San Fierro Crime Family saw what has happpened within the criminal underworld of Los Santos, the boss of the Los Santos Crime Family gone into hiding, a significant decline in men within the family, no consigliere, and with the Capo in jail. For them, they see potential, they see a way to grow to the city and expand their business ventures. With that being said, Marcello, one of the highest earners, one of the most loyal members, and one of the wittiest soilders within the family, is expected to be bumped soon to form the crew leading The San Fierro Crime Family's ventures within Los Santos. Regardless of if Marcello comes to Los Santos or not, Leo still sees Marcello as a traitor, and can't rely on him. Vincent Agrusa. Vincent Agrusa is Leonardo's first cousin, his father's brother's son. He is a Caporegime in the Las Venturas Crime Family. As children they had a close bond however have lost primary contact throughout the years. Vincent contacted Leonardo about expansion into Los Santos, this was a huge turn-around for Leonardo, up until this point he was losing hope. After 28 years of being in a crew, Leo finally saw hope again, and the ability to finally have his button. Family means a lot to Leonardo, offering Vincent a place in his home with his children, and offering a piece of his life, the possibilities are endless. [ DEVELOPMENT SHOWN THROUGH SCREENSHOTS ] Leonardo's apperance Leonardo is always seen wearing a 24 karat Rose Gold Audemars Piguet Royal Oak Selfwinding on his left wrist, he bought this watch along with a 999 Silver Jesus pendant, and a Platinum ring with a flawless bagette diamond from Peter Conti's jewellery store, Rothstien's. Jewellery isn't the limit to Leonardo's vanity, he distinctivly smells of Tom Ford Neroli Portofino Forte, a very expensive bottle of after shave. Leonardo's personality Past Leonardo's vanity, he is a respectful man. He doesn't step out of line without prompt, however if he rubbed the wrong way, his temper shows. Leonardo is extremely hot headed, he is seen yelling more times then not. He is old school, and therefore he doesn't agree with the new wave breaking of steoreotype's, he believes men are men, and men act a certain way. Leonardo, where he may be aggressive and have an extremely short temper, knows his boundries, he knows who and when to get annoyed with. However, apart from this, he is a loving father, compasionate, and he is not scared to reveal his emotion, unless his emotion makes him appear weak. He does not concider expressing his love for his family as a negative, or weakining emotion, instead a human and natural emotion. Gallary: Leonardo with his late little brother, Rocco Nervetti. Leonardo with his children, Ines and Lucius Nervetti. Giovanni Nervetti - Grand Father (Deceased, 1898 - 1933) Luca Nervetti - Father (Deceased, 1933-1998) Carmilla Nervetti - Mother (Deceased, 1935-2003) Vincent Lagrusa - Cousin (Alive, b. 1970) Marcello Nervetti - Brother (Alive, b. 1982) Liliana Nervetti - Sister (Alive, b. 1986) Gabriella Nervetti - Sister (Alive, b. 1981) Rocco Nervetti - Brother (Deceased, 1989 - 1999) Viviana Nervetti - Ex-Wife (Alive, b. 1982) Lucius Nervetti - Son (Alive, b. 2001) Ines Nervetti - Daughter (Alive, b. 2000)
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  8. Short description: Raise the government bonus for nightclubs And/or establishments that in required to run with a larger amount of staff. Which excludes bars and smaller cafes etc. Detailed description: It has come to my attention as I run one of the largest nightclubs on the server, that money are really hard to be made if you want to pay your staff a fair amount of money for their services to make your place run. Personally I run my nightclub with at least 3 security guards. + 2 bartenders. I would love to hire more, but even with this amount, I don't make money. I pay my staff 5k/hour. Bartending RP is very intense and you need to be ready to perform every single minute while being there, so paying under 5k doesn't fit in my book. I even think 5k is quite low for 1 hour of RP work + they get 100% of the money they make from the RP. My security I pay 5k as well. Their RP is not exactly as intense if you count every minute of the hour. But there is a lot of RP to be done as well. I always check IDs on my guests, so they are busy doing that while also having guards inside to patrol and watch how the party evolves. I think 5k is quite fair for an hour in this scenario as well. Now, I opened this sunday. Last weekend. I only had 1 bartender as we had a restart right as we were about to open which forced one of my very loyal staffmembers to relog the game, which takes forever for him + it crashes and so on. I practically ran my nightclub with 3 guards and 1 bartender. Which was nowhere near enough and I am fully aware of that. However we managed to make it, even tho I have never seen so many people in a club before personally, as the show up we had at our Girls Night Out. ((Screenshots will show some of the people)) But the bonus fee you get as a nightclub owner, is the exact same as the one you get from owning a small diner or a bar or whatever. An establishment you can run pretty much by yourself so all profit goes right to your own pocket. $20.000 is the bonus. That means when the 20k is made, you pretty much make no more money. As the government also takes 20% of your entrance fees (which is completely fine btw) you'll make 20k at most, on a busy night, from entrance fees. As you can quickly put the math together. I opened for 2 hours. I try to cap my openings at that amount of time even tho my club was completely full I had to throw people out, because I could easily see that I wasn't making any kind of money. And that is even with a quite popular VIP section... I had 4 staff members. They got payed 40k in total, as 5k x 2 hours x 4 staff = 40.000. - That compared with my ads etc. I lost about 4k on that night. Even with that many people showing up! So my suggestion goes like this... Either remove the bonus cap on large establishments as advertisement is key in order to generate a large amount of customers in these businesses. Or cap it at $50.000. As that would mean 50 unique players entering the establishment, which only very few clubs manage to do, throughout a succesful night. Maybe even raise the bonus to pay more per person, as 20k a week is a very low pay from one opening, compared to the amount of time it takes to set up a succesful night in a nightclub. I'd love to hear what other clubowners say. I see this is a huge problem. Not only do small esablishments make way past 20k an opening. They only require 1-2 people to run properly, therefore they can open daily and get all profits themselves, more or less. As a club owner, I need to arrange everything and that can take days. So I am very, very limited on profits as its highly unlikely anyone got time to plan even 3 succesful openings during a 7 days timespand. Commands to add: N/A Items to add: N/A How would your suggestion improve the server? It would make larger businesses like this be able to make some sort of profit that fits their profession. Additional information: I am not trying to say you should do anything about smaller establishments profits regardless of how much they make. Im saying you should put Nightclubs in a category for themselves so that they actually have a fair chance of earning a lot of money as succesful nightclub owners do, in real life. Please give us our own category for bonuses and hard caps.
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  9. A site utilised for the usage of targeted harassment, ‘tea’ posts, and regulated meme-posts, FaceBrowser’s initial presentation of sociability was to form a ‘community,’ to bring families together and to support its community with consistent monitoring. Los Santos’ community has shifted FaceBrowser’s intended concept into hate-fuelled environment that lacks efficient monitoring, ultimately, producing targeted statuses to defame an individual’s character and or to prove one’s self through defaming another’s character. Four women have been inquired multiple questions throughout the article about prior personal experience with personified attacks against them occurring on FaceBrowser, the lack of monitoring on FaceBrowser, and contagious witch-hunts that transpire on FaceBrowser without the server acknowledging the merciless actions of its ‘community.’ To specify, the article’s main area of investigation is to question Sara, Isabella, Irelia and Amiyah on their personal experience on FaceBrowser’s services, specifically on whether the service has been useful against the harassment that has been forged across the site’s atmosphere. Among uprising groups, such as; Spill the Tea, Guil-Tea, The Whisper and certain users’ negativity, these three women detail individual encounters of harassment received on FaceBrowser’s site with their own individual perspectives. Photo Credit: Rot Garden Sara Kowalski Firstly, we explore Sara Kowalski’s experience with FaceBrowser. Sara has a noticeable online presence, being specifically targeted in multiple feuds on FaceBrowser’s server. Sara has the newfound occupation being signed as a ‘Creative Co-Director,’ at Nithercott Cosmetics, a brand targeted to beauty supplies and cosmetics. Additionally, Sara is a self-described ‘shit-poster and student.’ Q: Have you personally experienced harassment on FaceBrowser’s services? If so, how did it occur, and how has FaceBrowser and Los Santos reacted to said harassment? Secondly, has FaceBrowser provided support throughout the harassment? A: ‘Well, yeah. I got harassed on FaceBrowser last Sunday. Got called out publicly and slut-shamed in front of everyone. I got broken, didn’t know what to do in that situation. I just started panicking. My DMs were blowing up with messages asking me whether it’s true, some of them were positive; asking me whether I’m alright, or not. A friend, Isabella, redirected all of that hate directed on me onto her. I’m still thankful for that. She was like an angel sent from the sky, and I am not prone to criticism.’ She continues, ‘I was ready to hurt myself if she wouldn’t help me.’ This emphasises on FaceBrowser’s dire need for active administration and further support for its community, as the toxicity of the environment caused Sara to consider inflicting self-harm. She, however, continues; ‘There was hate, but there was also help. I’m young, I make mistakes, and I just want to live my life.’ Q: Has FaceBrowser responded to the claims of harassment that you’re actively receiving, or has the community other than Isabella supported you throughout the situation? And has FaceBrowser acted on the harassment that you have been receiving? A: ‘FaceBrowser did nothing because the person who posted the posts deleted their posts, and they didn’t even reach out to me. Unfortunately, I think that they should be more considerate about what people are posting? I mean, okay – racist memes are banned, that’s good. But when it comes to hate posts, they really don’t care. Well, just a couple. Akari, Hazel, Krystal and Lana. Can’t really recall anyone other than them supporting me. They basically said the same thing that I did. I’m young, I make mistakes and I learn from them. And if I ever have any problems, I can vent to them.’ Q: How does FaceBrowser’s lack of monitoring and allowance of hate-posts to be submitted make you feel? How could FaceBrowser improve in these areas as a whole? A: ‘Well, they do nothing. I’m actually kind of disappointed by their lack of action to just do anything to monitor these posts. Obviously, they won’t be able to save people’s lives. I think that the moderation team should really take a closer look at what people are reporting, though. They could act upon that.’ Q: Lastly, how would you specifically define your online persona? And is there any final words you would like to include into the article? A: ‘Well, FaceBrowser’s community varies. We have models, artists, regular people and I’m happy to be apart of it and share my thoughts, and make people laugh. Social media is not something we’re able to get rid of or run away from in the 21st Century, because we’re all somewhat addicted to it. My online persona – I think I’m just trying to be myself. I love supporting and making others laugh by any means, I also, similarly to Isabella, like to support people who are attacked, or shade thrown at them. I just can’t stand when people are suffering both online and offline. I just wish that people won’t ever experience what I or any other person had to go through. Not everyone is as strong as Isabella – and I wish that everyone would be at peace, but I know that’s impossible. We can all at least try to be nice to each other.’ Isabella Roberts The owner of Crucial Fix, Isabella’s notable for her online presence, and being deemed as a ‘controversial figure’ for multiple individuals to personally target. Earlier in the week, Isabella was apart of a mass-leak of private information and photographs, causing the woman’s nudes to be leaked on FaceBrowser’s non-administered website. Isabella and I discussed how this occurred despite FaceBrowser’s regulations in the following text. Q: Have you experienced harassment online? If so, how has Los Santos’ community and FaceBrowser’s reaction been to said harassment? Has FaceBrowser offered any support throughout the harassment? A: She answers by saying, ‘I've been called an attention whore, slut, whore, thot and much more. And how did it happen? Just because I was doing my thing, taking photos and boosted them - which is a feature that I paid for. I remember firing shots back, ya - da, ya - da. And nobody really cared when I got targeted. But that situation was not as damaging as the latest one where Keinan Walker released my nude photos. Nobody really cared about me or how I felt. People made 'jokes' about selling them and shit, for example Hayley Cross. Anyway... FaceBrowser hasn't done SHIT.’ Q: How do you feel about FaceBrowser’s limited response to your nudes being leaked? And their lack of definition on what should be boosted or not? A: ‘I'd love to personally strangle the people who are in charge of moderation in this platform. They should have reacted faster and done their job. They haven't even fixed the blatant racism in this platform, all the KKK shit and stuff, it's disgusting.’ Q: How do you personally think that FaceBrowser could improve on their system? A: ‘By getting new or more moderators, or at least adding a system where it detects any inappropriate shit.’ Q: Lastly, how would you define your online persona? A: ‘From other’s perspective, I’m probably seen as a slut or something bad, because nobody cares to actually get to know me. I actually want to get married, lock myself down onto one man until death parts us ways, I would also love to have children. Unfortunately, nobody actually bothers to even find that out about me.’ Photo Credit: SingleFlash Photography Irelia Podhajna Irelia Podhajna, Director of Weazel is known for her regular trips to the beach as well as open sponsorship of start-up businesses around LS. Her goal is to provide news to everyone within the city and making sure that all news produced is of a high quality. In the article, Irelia and I discuss the hashtag #OccupyWeazel and FaceBrowser’s lack of monitoring of potential defamation. Q: Have you personally experienced any form on harassment online? If so, how did it occur and how has Los Santos' reaction been to said harassment? A: ‘I have been a target of harassment via the racist groups within Vespucci. I've had riots outside my place of work against me, photo's drawn up about me on Face browser and even people following me home to shout things about it. For the last 2 weeks (no longer) I found myself under constant fire from internet trolls and individuals with a grudge against me. Which ended up with someone attempting to shoot me as I left work one night two weeks ago.’ She pauses. Irelia adds, ‘OccupyWeazel was a movement by Mr Nigel Stanton which claimed that my organization were racists and fascists, as well as homophobes, that we killed and ate babies and had a particular grudge against a noodlehouse. They were daily riots outside the HQ which got so out of hand at one point, PD had to deploy all units to keep the protesters controlled.’ Q: How has FaceBrowser’s administration system dealt with the harassment you have received? A: ‘I feel like FB's rules whilst good, they allow too many loopholes in the rules when it comes to abusing copyrights and targeting people. As it stands death threats of course are dealt with promptly, but everything else will be simply ignored and even allowed to be promoted via FB's boost function.’ Q: How could FaceBrowser improve its administration to further avoid harassment from occurring? A: ‘More staff and rules which are combed over to prevent loopholes from being abused to the determent of other users.’ Q: How would you specifically define your online persona? A: 'I am a large business director, so majority of what I post is public relations statements or the occasional photo from my life.' Amiyah Pelrine Lastly, we now have Amiyah Pelrine who also has a very noticeable online presence, mostly for her heavy involvement into the Beauty and Fashion side of Los Santos - Online and Off. She also owns and models for the clothing company, ‘Sevencz’ along with two others. Additionally, she has her own side business, 'Makeup By Amiyah'. Amiyah gives her in-depth insight to the current state of hate on FaceBrowser and how to combat it in general. To quote Amiyah she wishes to, “Shed a more positive light to the online and real world. I want to make changes and challenge the status quo.” Q: Have you personally experienced any form on harassment online? If so, how did it occur and how has Los Santos' reaction been to said harassment? A: ‘Harassment? Yes, I have, sexual and aggressive. Quite a few times over a long period of time using Social Media, but I don’t think I’ve had it nearly half as bad as others from what I’ve personally witnessed online. I get the odd Juvenile comment on my posts, people messaging me privately with vulgar intentions - They come to me thinking I owe them something and can end up becoming rather aggressive when they don’t get what they wanted. Then there’s obviously the odd pot-stirring post that pops up on these drama pages which has never even been close to the truth. Although many people don’t take these pages too seriously, it’s a frightening thought that anyone can just send anything they want in to be posted and someone might just believe it. It has the potential to be dangerous and I don’t think people really contemplate that enough.’ She continues, ‘On how people react to it though, usually quite well or they ignore it completely. There are others who try to jump on the hate, but they usually get shut down very fast. I have the most amazing group of friends and they’ve rushed to my aid ready to be my white knight many a time, haha. Usually we’ll just make a joke out of it and turn it into a pleasant experience. It’s what you have to do. Succumbing to the bait is what the aggressors want. Honey, don’t give them the satisfaction. If people took every single negative comment about them seriously, they would never be happy or content.’ Additionally, commenting on the topic, Amiyah adds; ‘Overall though, my online experience is a mostly positive one but I strongly believe it’s due to how I treat others. There are people online that do find it easier to victimise individuals who are always surrounded by drama and controversy. I’ve also noticed people who put out a lot of negativity are usually the ones online who get it back the most and then there’s the poor sods who just don’t deserve it at all.’ Q: How does FaceBrowser’s lack of monitoring and allowance of hate-posts to be submitted make you feel? A: ‘Sad and Frustrated. Though it depends on the severity of ‘hate’ in my opinion. Nasty, passive-aggressive and nonconstructive comments are always going to be a thing and you know what? Whatever. If those types of comments don’t escalate further and its the odd one here and there by a singular person or a couple you can easily ignore that, it’s the more deeply hateful posts, groups and comments that’s the main issue. Homophobia, Trans-phobia, Racism, Slut-Shaming, Private Media Leaks and The Bully Bandwagon. Why on earth is hate like that not being dealt with properly and taken more seriously? No wonder people are just saying whatever they want to online, there’s no real punishment and therefore there is no fear of consequence. So yeah, very sad and very frustrated.’ Q: How could FaceBrowser improve in these areas? A: ‘I don’t think the pressure of improving your own and other peoples’ online experience is entirely up to the FaceBrowser team, mostly as it is their platform to run but the users have a big part to play too.’ She adds, ‘Firstly and in regard to FaceBrowser themselves, they can start with getting a proper, bigger, more active and more efficient moderation team. We don’t care who you pick. Just make sure they aren’t past aggressors and they have a neutral to positive online presence. Enforcing more punishment to those who are deserving of it. If reports of posts or comments contain illegal content, report it to the Los Santos Police Department and let them investigate it. That’s a good start. I think a lot of the issues can be resolved just with a decent moderation team.’ Amiyah finishes her argument by stating, ‘Secondly to the users who feel like they are being targeted and receive online hate, make use of the functions that are already there. In no way am I saying the hate you are receiving is your fault or that you should have to suffer more in any way but help yourself rather than make it easier for them. Clear your friends out and make sure it’s people you completely know and trust, block those who are giving you grief, make your page more private and set your posts to be seen by friends only. When it comes to your feed make sure it’s set to ‘People I follow’. I promise you that you’ll see a decrease in the hate online, those functions are there for a reason. Utilise them. Of course, then comes the fear that they’ll come at you in real life if they can’t reach you online. Just be careful, have trusted friends around you and stay smart. It will blow over.’ Q: How would you specifically define your online persona? A: ‘Online I’m really not all that serious when it comes to my personal page, I’m myself one hundred percent but I use it as a platform to joke around with friends, connect with people and stay informed. There is obviously a more serious side when it comes to the business online. A lot of the time I’ll be posting creative content whether it be a design, fashion photography or beauty. I’ve been doing the same thing for a long time now, way back when there was less than a handful of photographers. A break in-between here and there though.’ ‘I’d like to think I have a positive presence on FaceBrowser and online in general. I’m confident in the fact I’m a nice and down to earth person. It’s pretty much known now that I run a new page called ‘Positivi-TEA’ to bring a change against the other ‘Tea’ themed pages that are used to spill gossip and confessions. Positivi-TEA is actually going pretty well, again it’s not overly serious, but I’ve already seen a great impact the page has had. People have given me great feedback over it and the lack of troll submissions is surprising. There’s not even been anything negative posted on the comments to any of the posts. I just got so tired of scrolling down my feed and seeing hate, gossip, hate, gossip and so on.. So, I decided to do something about it even if it was just a small addition.’ - ‘I try not to get involved with drama, but I’m human and I’m certainly not perfect. Although it be rare, I have chipped in here and there when it comes to responding to hate but mostly always to defend or give my opinion. I’d rather just have fun and being cruel to someone isn’t on the list of things I enjoy. Overall, a playful businesswoman that doesn’t take herself too seriously and aims to shed a more positive light to the online and real world. I want to make changes and challenge the status quo.’ Q: Would you like to include anything else in the article? A: ‘Nothing other than a short statement. Hate is always going to be there, especially online. Do something about it, if we don’t.. it persists. Apathy will be interpreted as acceptance. Counter it with goodness. Do what you can to help someone and lift people up. Think twice and then thrice before hitting the send button. Contemplate the consequences your actions might have. Be kind and kindness you’ll have returned.’ She pauses. ‘You have one life. Do you really want to spend it being a dick? That’s all.’ To the viewer’s reading, respond to this article by answering a few questions. Firstly, how do you believe that FaceBrowser could improve its administration and how could both men and women avoid being the focal point of harassment? How do you voice your opinions on FaceBrowser, and how would you personally describe FaceBrowser as a platform currently? Do you agree or disagree with the four women’s opinions provided? If so, leave a comment in the enabled comment section below! - EZRA
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  10. My man got a +20 bonus to melee defense & +15 to Survival, OP already.
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  11. I feel like Bonnie should have access to rare vehicles on the server or something TBH, you've been rping this stuff for so long.
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  12. TURBULENT WAVES OUT ON THE HIGH SEAS
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  13. Before seeing it IG: Total Score 8.5/10
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  14. Yeah open a club and try to pay your bartenders and security 1k per hour, see how that goes for you. For anyone who actually wants to create fun and engaging workplace rp then staff needs to be paid accordingly. Less staff means more frustration, poorly paid staff means lower quality staff, thus also leading to frustration for patrons. For many of these club owners the objective isn't to make a huge profit it's to make a lot of fun to, which they do. The problem is them taking a loss. I run a little divebar and can do it all on my own but I still get that govt bonus meaning I'm making 30k profit just because I opened and served drinks. Meanwhile a club needs a minimum of 1-2 bartenders and 1-2 security. So I'm making more in profit every time I open my crappy dive bar then the bigger clubs ever will without an increase to the government bonus
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  15. For employment information, please contact me by forum PM. This post will be updated with current listings. Looking For: Journalists (All Catagories)
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  16. I like it. This sounds like more of a law suggestion than a script suggestion, though. That being said, I'm all for it and would even go as far as suggesting that auctioning off seized cars would be a great way for PD to get a bit more funding.
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  17. can you make a small video on archive fix thing?
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  18. I'm going to close this wonderful thread as some people just started using it as groups to push the same negative feedback without details just because they weren't happy about a ban / removal of their faction. There is lot of matter to be used in your various feedbacks and I'll make sure to often refer to it, I feel sorry I have to close it due to more and more people using it to release their anger in groups that were banned lately, but so be it.
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  19. This needs some attention. This is still a problem to be honest and I'd like to see what a member of Property management has to say. It's hard to ''fix'' it due to greed. Ff the limit was raised greedy, money focused people will spam nightclubs even more. I'm mentioning clubs because it's the most popular/overused type of business.
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  20. I spend a lot of my time pushing for getting the DoC and a prison operational, I've found mappers who have answered the call and we're just waiting for the go ahead to get the process started. I'll say this, however, if anyone is expecting an easy ride when it comes to prison who aren't already connected criminals on the outside it's going to be one hell of a rude awakening. People who try and flirt with crime with their rich buddies(see: Mallrats) and then enter the system are going to be hurt the most as the real-life Cali prison rules WILL be enforced and there WILL be CK's for people who willingly bring violence upon themselves by refusing to go with the politics.
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  21. Hey everyone from GTAW, I am Rosalie as you may have already noticed (not my real name though), and have been playing as Larisa Yermolayeva (also not my real name). I joined this community in July and have tried to roleplay on regular basis because it has been so much fun! Now, I'm not here to write a book about myself but I'm here to thank everyone who got involved in my roleplay experience. Roleplaying meant a lot to me these last months, I had no idea it would but it did and I pretty much liked it actually. Before playing on here, my days existed on reading books, watching tv, helping my mother around and sleeping, a lot. Anyway.. This game of roleplay became a replacement for my real life emotions I'm missing out and a great distraction of the pain I am going through. And that is why, again, I thank everyone making this happen! This brings us to my final part, some of you may already know, that after years of medical treatments fighting cancer I've had to accept my defeat. My body became at it's weakest and therefor I will not be able to continue playing this game. This isn't a goodbye though, just a thank you note. I'll be still on discord for the ones who like to have a chat. So again.. thank you everyone and a job well done for the creators of this community.
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  22. Oh go away, once you see the extra feature im adding to the phone it'll be a 100/10
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  23. The feature is implemented, the non-emergency number can be accessed via /call 991.
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  24. fucking r o a s t him
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