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Hi, Welcome to November 2019's Staff Update. Before the internal promotions and new staff members are announced, I'd like to explain whats been going on behind the scenes. Staff applications were not opened during October as we are revamping how we recruit staff members. Previously, Support applications were held to an admin standard. This meant that we only accepted applicants that we felt would be good admins in future. Instead, we are willing to give members of the community a chance to contribute at a Support level. While this will involve lowering standards a little for applicants, internally we plan on holding staff members to a higher standard. The idea is to have a larger staff team while still maintaining quality. It also allows members to prove themselves at a Support level rather than not being given a chance in the first place. In order to accomplish this, we have decided to expand the Staff Management team. Staff Management is primarily responsible for assisting staff members with any questions they have and make sure current staff members are held to a high standard. For the past month, all Staff Management tasks were done by myself and Nervous. @Björk, @KV and @FullyCanadian have all been brought into Staff Management in order to spread the workload. All three of them are experienced admins that I know will do great in their new roles. Should everything go well, next month we should see a new Head of Support, Assistant Head of Support and Assistant Head of Admins. I wish Bjork, KV and FullyCanadian the best of luck. The new additions to Staff Management should help us finish the internal revamp of the staff team much sooner. Once completed, it will free up the more senior staff members to work on other tasks. A revamp of the current in-game rules and a thread properly defining player kills and character kills are two things I hope to finish once I have more time available. I would like you to join me in congratulating the admins that got promoted, as well as our three new Support members. Keane Admin Promotions @Björk from Game Administrator Level 3 to Game Administrator Level 4 @SpawnMatrix from Game Administrator Level 2 to Game Administrator Level 3 @Syrike from Game Administrator Level 1 to Game Administrator Level 2 @Knoxville and @lambchops from Trial Administrator to Game Administrator Level 1 New Support Team Members The following members of the community will be offered a chance to join the staff team as Community Support. These members were discussed again this month after being put on the reserved list last month. @Bombielonia @Enko @Fenrir The new Support members will be sent a PM on the forums with further instructions.

"From prison cells in Pelican Bay, members of the Mexican Mafia can order executions on practically any Los Angeles street, throughout most of Southern California, even in neighboring states. It has far reaching intelligence and communications systems, as well as a standing army of thousands of street soldiers." -Tony Rafael

| I wear my sunglasses at night.|

Hello everyone. I am one of the members of the Los Santos Police Department, the folks who have started towing all of your lovely cars when they park on red lines. You don’t like it when we do that, we don’t like towing it halfway across the map but gotta do what we gotta do. Vehicle ticketing has been ‘forwarded to developers’ for over a year now and I’m pretty sure the developer who was working on it has left and the faction management team... let’s not touch on that, but we in the Los Santos Police Department always have your interests in heart when we want to rinse you of your cash for parking on a curb. So! Let us fine by /id and figure out any system, ANY AT ALL, to let us put fines in the mail or send a notification (hell we can /pm) and then you can drive your little Elegy cars around and pay the fine without having to run over to Rancho, get mugged and get your car out the impound only for us to pull you over a moment later for no insurance ❤️ tldr: Let us /fine ID’s without needing us to be near and maybe make a notification system for it, since apparently applying fines to vehicles is hard.

Cossacks MC (Motorcycle Club) is an outlaw motorcycle club founded in Tyler, Texas in 1969. They are well known for their involvement in the 2015 Waco Shootout with the Bandidos MC.We classify the Cossacks as an outlaw motorcycle club as despite claiming that they are a family club, they have been involved in multiple fights with the Bandidos MC, wear a bottom rocker and other patches similar to those used by outlaw clubs. However, they do not wear a one percenter diamond patch.This article refers to the Cossacks Motorcycle Club based in Texas. There are also other motorcycle clubs who also go by the name of Cossacks MC who are based in the Mid-West and West states of USA. Only in more recent years have the Cossacks Motorcycle Club begun using a bottom rocker on their vests, signifying their location. The Texas rocker has been traditionally tightly held by the Bandidos. This is one of the rumoured motives behind the 2015 Waco Biker Shootout.The change in direction of the club seems to have happened from around 2011-2013, when multiple ex-members of the club have stated that time periods for Prospect members have reduced significantly in an apparent effort to boost club numbers, some who are said to do a month or less of prospecting in particular chapters. Generally a prospect period would be one or more years. It is around this time that violence has also escalated. More recently a Nomadic chapter has arrived into the state of San Andreas. Recruiting locals to gain a general foothold in the state itself as a means to potentially expand. Cossacks MC Patch / Motto / ColorsThe Cossacks Motorcycle Club patch consists of a traditional Cossack rider, they are holding a sword which appears to be a scimitar.Cossacks Motorcycle Club colors are gold and black.One of the Cossacks mottos is “We Take Care Of Our Own“, another “GFCD”, which stands for “God Forgives, Cossacks Don’t”.The Cossacks also use the abbreviation of “CFFC”, standing for “Cossacks Forever, Forever Cossacks“, which is a very common style of abbreviation amongst outlaw motorcycle clubs. Cossacks MC ChaptersThe Cossacks Motorcycle Club have a number of chapters based around the Texas, USA area.Some of the chapter locations are as follows: Cossacks Bell County chapter Cossacks Collins County chapter Cossacks Coryell County chapter Cossacks Eastland chapter Cossacks Lamar County chapter, Cossacks McLennan County chapter, Cossacks Mid-Cities chapter Cossacks Mingus chapter Cossacks Panola County Cossacks Paris chapter Cossacks San Angelo chapter Cossacks Tyler Chapter chapter (Mother Chapter) Cossacks Van Zandt County Cossacks Nomads Definition of a Nomad A Nomad is an individual who may or may not be a member of a motorcycle club, and not bound by geographic territory, or perhaps one which has not yet established one. There are exceptions to Nomads being members of clubs. One instance is military veterans' clubs, whose members may be scattered across the U.S., but yet do not have enough members in a particular area to form a club chapter. Most motorcycle club members wear a territorial rocker (i.e: the bottom patch on the back of the jacket) which signifies what city/locale, state, or province their chapter is located in. A Nomad's territorial rocker, however, will simply say "Nomad" or "Nomads". This means that they hold no particular allegiance to a specific club chapter or area but should be respected and accepted widely by the club as a full member. Whilst a Nomad has the right to be hosted by any chapter he appears at, he cannot direct a chapter as each one acts as an autonomous unit within the rules of the parent club. Nomads sometimes live in geographical areas which had fewer than the required numbers to form a chapter. They may have chosen to live somewhat solitary lives, or they may have been sent to an area with a mandate to establish a chapter. --------------------------- As a faction we aim to portray a Nomadic based chapter of the Cossacks MC. Those who wish to join us should understand that although the Cossacks is not directly a White Supremacist MC, it is a White Only motorcycle club. Before joining, please understand that you may struggle to find us and get involved early on, this is due to how motorcycle clubs typically operate. We ask all who are looking to join to concentrate on developing their character and interact with us when the opportunity arises. Any questions please PM Father Este. Upon joining and posting on behalf of this faction, we reserve the right to CK you should the role-play lead to it.

Short description: Add a system that allows civilians create their own insurance companies. It can be offered as options when you buy a car. Detailed description: So in real life, you've plenty of options to insure your vehicle. Here in game you've only one. And it's the government one. What i'm suggestion is that a private company can do that. And you are able to choose it from the dealership. This can be something like a shop, like the trucking script. Commands to add: I don't have commands to add but when you buy a vehicle, you can be offered different insurance options. The company can be created after registering your insurance business and also requesting the shop on the UCP maybe? Some neat implementation would be to see which cars are insured, and only company managers CEOs and high ranked individuals can see. Maybe their informations officers as well. Items to add: No items in mind. Maybe the cards the insurance company offers you. How would your suggestion improve the server? It creates jobs. Can create business RP as in like businessmen, suited up and going to the office to handle the current registration and checking the fees. Additional information: Also this idea started since I already started a registered insurance company but unfortunately it doesn't show on the police car ALPR. And GOV shouldn't handle all the insurance fees since that's monopolization if it doesn't allow others to create their private entities.

Short description: Disable Despawning/Spawning Vehicle Commands. New Parking System. Detailed description: This New System will allow players to park their vehicles in a public garage that cost money ($100-$500) instead of doing /VPark and /VGet. The vehicles cannot be DESPAWN magically/randomly. When parking, It will despawn (database parking (safe)). So, If you want to park, drive it to a public garage and park. (remove /vget and /vpark) Commands to add: The command can be /Park to park the vehicle when at the public garage. Items to add: Public Garage Location In GPS Floating Hologram that gives info at the garage E.G. /park to park your vehicle in the garage for $200 How would your suggestion improve the server? The whole point of all this is realism. These are the benefits of adding this. • No more abuse of command /vpark • The map will look lively, having vehicles parking at the edge, or parking lots. (Some players always despawn their vehicles to keep them safe, which makes the world looks empty sometimes. And also, if the system is added, some players won't waste their money on parking. They might park somewhere safe like a police station or a high-populated place. • Car Thefts can finally work now. Some players despawn it whenever leaving the vehicle to keep them 100% safe, and that's not realistic. Additional information: There will be 1-2 public garages available only. One in Blaine Country, one in Los Santos or just one in Los Santos. Garage in Los Santos: Legion Garage/Any Public Garages. Garage in Paleto bay: No Idea. If this is confusing, ask me below. I do not see any problems adding this.If anyone thinks there will be problems, feel free to comment. ">

It would be easier to just make a command for ticketing cars.. People could be illegally parked and be offline. Making a vticket command would solve all the problems.

@Knoxville Congratulations.

I'd love to see a solution to the unrealistic /vpark /vget system. It's the biggest thing I don't like about this server. Nobody RPes vehicle security or garages because they can just despawn it.

Keep it real, realest. @KV @SpawnMatrix @lambchops @Bombielonia Congratulations!

I actually have to disagree with this. The reason is not that I disagree with the logic of this stuff being controlled by private corporations, because capitalism ftw. But because I can forsee people just setting up these companies in order to start making boatloads of money, on something the server is doing for an OOC reason mostly. The server implemented the Road Tax now renamed Vehicle Insurance to make it more realistic in terms of the US, mainly as a way to control server inflation. Giving this to private companies IG completely disrupts the initial purpose of the system, being an OOC check on inflation as even if you could have multiple player-run insurance companies competing IG for customers, the inflation intial goal would be entirely erased from existence in favor of lower and lower prices to the consumer which is not the point of this system. Now we can argue on the merits of having forced taxes/insurance on vehicles in order to control inflation on the server all day, and I think that argument could have merits on it's own. But because of the reason the system exist and that it's also mandatory for everyone on the server to have and keep up, making it privately run by players will just lead to a bunch of people who have no idea how insurance companies legitimately work trying to set up various firms and setting prices just to basically get "free money," from something lawfully enforced on both an IC and OOC level. And it is for that reason that I sadly, even though I like the concept in theory, have to give a disagreement. The system isn't there for a true RP reason, it's there for an OOC inflation reason.

This system was on another server where I was and it wasn't bad at all. Creating a business system would be fine, but without limiting yourself to working in an area to create the insurance contract, that is, the commercial that sells you the insurance can go to your location to create the insurance. Commands could be created to see the minimum price of vehicle insurance, others to renew/create it. /insuranceprice ID (the owner must be inside the vehicle, so the server could know what car model it is and say the minimum insurance price) /insurance ID price (to create/renew the insurance) /startshift (to start your shift and work, read below for more info on this) * Logically, the price cannot be less than the minimum, that is, if the insurance is $2,000, it must be $2,000 or higher. * I would also add that if there are no insurers on duty, you can use the call command as before or go to the map area.

my other fave scumbag char rper next to cap, dope shit as always WEY

A true legend. Y'all need to start taking notes.

Did someone say high quality police roleplay!? This shit looks big time epic.

- Hunting night -

TCB.

Tried to do this. denied

That's a narrow way of looking at how to play an RP server or what it means to role play a character. At the end of the day, RP servers are just outlets for storytelling in many different, but compelling forms. When you role play a character who has authority at scale, the decisions you do or do not make have consequences on other people's storytelling experience. Even if you haven't RPed with Rockford or the other members of upper city government, over the past year they have positively affected the direction that city government has taken and that has almost certainly affected your experience in-game. The fact that there is an active and robust loan and grant program should not be taken for granted, and it began from an entirely internal, proactive decision. The City Charter, upon which most all future government RP will have to rely, is not a project that could have been completed by most people in the time frame it was for a government body on a video game. We are all here to role play our characters when we can, but we choose how and why. I just saw him in-game fifteen minutes ago! ? As I tried hinting above, there are many different ways to RP a character. The thing about government RP is that it attracts players with a somewhat diverse group of reasons for being interested. There are players who are attracted to the showmanship, the theater and the RP interpersonal interaction borne of a political role. There are also those who are attracted to government RP via interest in complexities of government systems, policy and law. Both have their place and purpose in a good RP gov system, but the former type of player has no platform to RP in without the latter. Government is a very wordy, particular and sometimes boring affair when done realistically. For the past year and continuing now, the underlying framework for government has been developed and expanded. Rules of decorum for the City Council were just drafted last week and three separate City Hall buildings are being mapped in-game. In fact, they have been in progress for over a month and the design is about finished on the test server. Elections, understandably, were last on the list of blueprint priorities. You need to actually have a government to run before you elect colorful and charismatic people to run it. Are you saying it is the responsibility of the mayor and his immediate staff to make you interested in government RP, which you are clearly interested in enough to have written up a thread? To that end, I think government is and always has been a niche area for people to RP. People who are interested in gov because they want to build systems and processes know they are interested whether or not the mayor calls them to say hello. The way I see it, the heads of government are supposed to be overseeing the direction government takes, actively ensuring that it meets their goals and expectations. No one is hiding from you. If you want to be the impetus for change and flesh out the more emotional side of government, you can message @AVRO DANKASTER and try for a preliminary seat in the City Council or wait for elections when all the infrastructure is good to go. Or, hell, organize a protest. Start a wave. If you want more IC interest, you can cultivate it. No offense, but the function of the city government is not to ignite a spark of yearning electricity for you to one day become the mayor. It's just to run a helpful, responsive system and resource for players to access when they want to.

Short description: Adding Trams and Trains. Detailed description: The original Grand Theft Auto V game had multiple features with so much potential that could be fairly useful for RP servers like GTAW. Unfortunately we kinda dismissed or forgot to add. Features such as: Fun activities like tennis, golf, darts, Diving, Hunting... An actual working TV, working computers, Trams & Subways, Trains, etc... But for this thread, let's just focus on Trams & Trains for now, what do you think about adding new means of transport, more realism, more jobs and mainly more fun. It'll be great if we get to use the RP potential these abandoned metro stations and subways have to offer, you know? 1) Trams (Driveable If Possible): Trams for public transportation, the player has to buy a cheap ticket at the subway/metro station first so they can ride these trams by simply walking to the doors and pressing Y, allowing them to enter the Tram, hypothetically, if the player doesn't have a ticket they will get a notification, something like "You don't have a ticket". Per stop, The tram will give players a 1-2 minute countdown to enter the tram before it begins to move, you can either /anim sit on one of the seats or it is also possible to stand still or walk inside while it is in motion. Per stop, there will be a green icon appearing on your map, telling the player at what station the Tram is stationary. Unless we can't make these trams controllable by players, the player would be able to control the tram at a certain speed, they could stop whenever they want. The player could also use a horn to warn other players approaching them or a vehicle that blocks it's way, when getting close to a level crossing at a certain location, the toll would automatically go down to warn other player/vehicles, forcing them to wait for the tram to pass before the toll rises up again momentarily, allowing the said vehicles to pass the rail again. (Other players could still skip the toll at their own risk). 2) Trains (Driveable If Possible): These Freight Trains can be used for cargo transportation or something similar. Just like the trucking job, this will be another extension, these trains would transport large loads. The train can be seen pulling a variety of rolling stock, such as boxcars, flatbeds and tank cars, dropping them at different stops and the player transporting these goods would get paid. If controllable, the player would be able to drive it at a certain speed, the player would be also able to honk. When passing by a level crossing, the toll would automatically go down, forcing the players to wait for the train to pass before the toll rises up again momentarily, allowing the said vehicles to pass the rail again. (Other players could still skip the toll at their own risk). Commands to add: Something like /buyticket How would your suggestion improve the server? More jobs, more RP, more means of transport and more fun. Additional information: N/A

How's it going, man? I hear you want to walk on the steps of how to be a proper San Andreas hippie. Well I tell you what, man, it’s not as easy as you might think. Picking up a tie dye shirt, getting a headband over your head and smoking a blunt doesn’t make you a hippie, amigo. So pick up your notebook and a pen and listen up… Actually, screw the notebook, too many trees are being cut to make it. It’s killing the environment. INTRODUCTION The hippie movement initially started off as a youth counterculture of the 1960s, along with other groups that were mostly composed of people who protested against war, fought for civil rights, free speech and of course equality. It’s believed by many that the hippies came from San Fierro, and so the city became known as “The place where man can escape the man”. I won’t go into full detail as to how the hippie movement started off, dude, I’m not an Wikipedia article. You just have to know that it boomed during the 1960s, especially after 1967, when the famous “Summer of Love” festival went on. Tents, Crazed-ass music and a lot of mescaline vodka, which leaves us to the next chapter. CHARACTERISTICS 1.1 - The art If you probably haven't realized already, man, the hippies are the founding fathers of the psychedelia subculture you've probably heard about. When you want to picture yourself a hippie the first thing you go to, man, is the atmosphere, the buzz, the vibe. Getting the perfect vibe means getting your hands on the perfect sound, and that's the music, dude. Now, the oldies prefer the sweet sound of a psychedelic rock record, some classic hard rock and even some heavy metal. Stuff like Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix and the list goes on, dude. However in the recent years some hippies have started adopting some newer sounds, especially in the metal area, with the introduction of stoner rock/doom metal. Sounds of bands like Kyuss, Electric Wizard, Down, 1000mods and Sleep now populate the speakers of the hippie festivals nobody should know about. If it gives you that good trippy feeling, man, the sound is good to go. Now the imagery, man, the painting. You can't be a hippie without knowing how to decorate your place/car/everything into giving you the perfect buzz, man. YGHtPPV, dude, a.k.a. You - Gotta - Have - The - Perfect - Psychedelic - Vibe. I wish I had the words to explain to you what I mean, man, but maybe these pictures are gonna give you the right idea: 1.2 - The fashion This one's an easy one, friend. If you can't get this one out then why you should even try? It's okay, man, I'm only kidding. Hippies are about accepting, so we're gonna let you in anyways, even if you look like an idiot, you're bound to learn, right? And the time for learning is now, dude. You can pretty much wear whatever you want (as long as it's nothing too offensive or too superficial now, you know? Oh and most importantly, no brands, man, everything either self-made, bought at flea shops or second hand) but you know, tie-dye clothes, man, they're a must to have in your pile, even if you don't wear it. One of the most important things to have as a hippie is the long hair, friend, whether you're a man or a woman. Dudes often had beards, and chicks wore little to no makeup, and go all day without bras. And now, accessories, man, you'll always see a hippie wearing them: headbands, head scarves, those long beaded necklaces and the list goes on. Again, you probably know all these man from all those pictures you've seen of different events, which we'll talk about later. 1.3 - The beliefs When I say "beliefs", friend, there's three things I'm talking about here: Sex, Religion and Politics. SEX: Many used to say that hippies were "promiscuous, having wild sex orgies, seducing innocent teenagers and every manner of sexual perversion.", many of which were kinda true, but it had nothing to do with hippies, man, I tell you, it was all just some bad timing. But you know what we did? We took it and made it become something, man. "If it feels good, do it".. classic line. RELIGION: We don't bother with Christianity, man. If anything Christianity kills cultures, and remember that. We instead go for more spiritual stuff, like Hinduism, Buddhism, Sufism, you name it. There are some very spiritual hippies out there, friend. We call them "high priests", they can give you more detailed teaching on practices you should go through to experience spirituality at a new level, man. POLITICS: We couldn't care less about politics, man, but if you want to label us as something, you could label us as libertarians, I guess. We're pacifist, friend, and that's all there is to it. Make love, not war. 1.4 - The drugs I bet you were waiting for this one, man. It's time to talk about the thing that makes the hippie a hippie... psychedelic drugs. And the most important of all: dope, pot, grass, you name it. When it comes to weed friend, you have many different types of hippies, but we're gonna talk about the most common ones: The Grower and The Consumer. Now, do I really need to go into detail about it, man? Yup, I do. - The Grower: The dude, the man you're looking for when you're out of lucky trees. They grow it, they know everything about growing it, they can find you the best weed. These guys tend to go a bit away from the commune though, man, and adopt a lone wolf lifestyle, like way lone wolf, man. If you have no experience, these guys are gonna be a though one to find, cause you know, they're lone wolf and well lone wolves are alone and like... You know what I mean. They usually sell their stuff, but some are kind enough to give them out for either free, or a very small price, only condition is that they have to smoke with you. - The Consumer: The most common type of hippie you can ever find, dude. And when I mean it... I mean it. You'll find these toking them, talking about them, passing them around, but never selling them. They usually buy from the growers, or from other people. They never really tell you, unless you're worthy of knowing, know what I mean? Like I said, you also have other types of hippies when it comes to psychedelics, dude. You just have to find them out for yourself. IMPORTANT EVENTS & PEOPLE Now that you know how and what the hippie thinks, man, it's time to get on going to my favourite subject: History of the San Anne Hippy. Don't worry, you don't really need to remember all of these, you'll probably forget half of them after your third acid trip, it happens to everyone. But if you want to be far out, you should listen to some of these: 2.1 - Events - "Get The Hell out of Vietnam!" protests: We talked about how pacifist we were, man, but when there's war out there, the hippies were out to stop it. Loads of people gathered out and protested against the Vietnam War, but did they listen to us? They didn't.. And now look what happened. - The PsycheyD-Gathering: Back in 1966, man, the damn government decided to make LSD illegal, because they were too mad we were right about war, and well.. We didn't like it, man. Around seven or eight hundred hippies gathered around the Gant Bridge Park and protested, in our own way. We showed the people that LSD doesn't turn you into a lunatic, man. Because, to be frank, it doesn't. - Summer Of Love: the place where everything started, dude. If you're talking to one of the old schools, they're surely gonna remember this one. 100,000+ people, man, that's like... TOO MANY, dude. Tents, loud psychedelic rock, drugs and most importantly, friend: love, friendship and equality. Random people who joined us, dude, went out enlightened. - The Great Communes: After Summer of Love, we started calming off into our own realm of wonders, and starting making large communes around the places. One of these largest communes were The Dandelion Fields and The Village. The Dandelion Fields were mostly just a normal commune, with hippies taking off into their day to day lives, the numbers sure helped them. The Village is a different story, one of the most spiritual place in all of hippie culture, dude. I mean like, so far out that even the furthest out can't even out it, you know. That's where you find the High Priests, if you know how to search for The Village. - Psychestivals: Your usual psychedelic rock festivals, dude, like the Summer of Love, only not much to remember from them, unless you were there. Though there was a very crazy one during 1986, man, that most people call the Fierro '86 Love-In, but we call it "Psychedeliczilla Festival". You won't believe how many psychedelics people took that day, man.. I think we broke three records in one week. 2.2 - People - The Merry Pranksters: A group of hippies and followers of the novelist and fellow traveler, Ken Kesey, one of the most far out dudes out there when it comes to the psychedelic life. Anyhoo, these Greenwits were super into how far out Ken was, that even started living communally at his home in Bayside. They were known for dealing LSD and all other types of magic to a local biker chapter, but most importantly, they were known for "The Great Greenwit Escapade of 1964", when Ken Kesey and the Pranksters all got along in this cool bus called "Furthur" and traveled through the U-S of A. - The Diggers: San Fierro Activisits and Street Actors who started mocking the 60s government and the issues around it, as long as some other problems in the USA at that time, including the sudden commercialization of the hippies, dude. But, man, most of our real fellow travellers knew deep inside that they were right, and that we were slowly becoming the very thing that we disliked the most, but after all we didn't try doing anything about it, in the 70s we were as mainstream as pop music, but nowadays we're all good. These digger guys also organized some kind of mock event called "Death of the hippie", don't know much about that, really. They weren't bad guys, they even gave out free stuff to the people. Maybe they were fellow travelers, like all of us. - Yippies: A couple of rogue offshoot hippies who started parodying the government and different political parties. They were funny, I'll have to be honest, especially the piggy. But, like the diggers, they were also mocking some of their own fellow travelers. - John Lennon: How can you not know John Lennon, man? - Charles Manson: I don't even want to talk about this superficial scum, dude. - Blake "Merlin" Batty: Fellow traveler and creator of Beam Me Up. The Blaine County government has once tried to stop his by hiring a toxic waste specialist to test the soils around, which at first showed high level of toxicity in the area. Merlin and his followers protested against this and ordered a second test to be taken, and thus the test came back negative, and no toxic waste was used into making Beam Me Up. LANDMARKS An important part of being a hippie, man, is knowing your places. Here we got some of the most known hippie landmarks in all of San Andreas, man. BEAM ME UP What we have here is the pure work of the modern hippie, dude. People who have seen that the problems of today's society can't be fixed anymore, so they've decided to gather around and work on getting help from our own universe, man. And now time for some more history: The creation of the mountain started back in like 1990, when a super cool dude by the name of Blake "Merlin" Batty decided it was time to try and gather the people of Blaine County and seek help from aliens. At first, he got a little bit of kicking around from certain locals, dude, but that only encouraged the hippies to come out and help the man express himself. It only took him adobe, straw, and thousands of gallons of lead-free paint to get the creation done. Unfortunately though, in 2010, old Merlin died of a heart attack, but the hippies can still be found at Beam Me Up, working on keeping the place clean, because of all the vandals coming around the place, like some idiots who thought it was a cool idea to show off their loud muscle cars at the place, only to leave a huge mess. CERES VALLEY The only standing hippie commune in Blaine County, as of now. Here's where your fellow travelers hang around. The community was an usual trailer park during the start of the 80s, but as time went on, the place is now basically a prime hang around spot for all the fellow travelers. SUNSET SHORES / STAB CITY Even though it might not look like it, man, Sunset Shores was and currently is used by fellow travelers as a get-along hang-around place every now and then, because of The Range and all. On your day to day life you'd mostly find different other squatters, rednecks and whatnot. So along with your average psychedeliacs you'll also stumble onto a vast variety of high-proof distilled spirits. You might be wondering why the place looks all bikery and stuff, well, dude, it's simple. Back in like 2000-something some motorcycle club gang took over and basically kicked out all the travelers and squatters. Since then the bikers left and now the originals are all back and well. TRUTH'S DOME OF PSYCHEDELIC WONDERS When it comes to drugs, man, all of us hippies search for the perfect trip. One of these perfect trips can easily be found at this place, man. The Dome, like the name suggests, is owned by a super mysterious but far out dude called "The Truth", and has been the go-to place for all consumers from around the word, man. We can't tell you much about the guy who owns the place, because, dude, we really have no idea about it. Only some are lucky enough to know what The Truth is, like me, but shh.. no telling, man. Unfortunately though, this place is mostly just a myth by now, and I can't really pin-point you the location. But who, knows, maybe The Dome will make a return one day. GRAPESEED Grapeseed is an agricultural settlement dedicated to providing San Andreas with its food. Most of the area consists of large fields of crops and livestock along with barns, sheds, and silos containing the necessary equipment to maintain the crops. The rural town stays true to its slogan and is mostly meant for agriculture or labor To normal people, Grapeseed seems like a boring land full of farms, which is like true, in a way. However, dude, what most normal people don't know is that Grapeseed is the land and home of many potheads, growers, amphetamine makers and various other groovy freaks. A majority of people in here make it, sell it, consume it, man. There's no way out of it. CAPE CATFISH Small fishing pier going east of Grapeseed and southeast of the El Gordo Lighthouse. Cool little place for fellow travelers to hang around in. It's a common place for Toxic Waltzers to show up, almost as if they're living there. Despite their name, they mean no harm. WHAT YOU SHOULDN'T DO Now that I laid down everything you should keep in mind about keeping to your hippie lifestyle, it's time for you to know some of the stuff that you should DEFINITELY NOT do as a hippie, man. 1. Don't just stand around smoking weed or taking psychedelics all day, man. Live your life, you got so much stuff you can express yourself through. Make art, play guitar, practice yoga, you can do ANYTHING, man. 2. Not all hippies are crazed-out conspiracy theorists, dude. As a matter of fact, no hippie is a crazed-out conspiracy theorist, they're truth-seekers. 3. The word "HATE" should never be in your vocabulary, man. You don't ever "hate" something, you just don't like it, and that's all. 4. You DON'T have to be dressed so stereo-typically, man. You can wear whatever makes you comfortable, man. After all, that's what it's all about. 5. Hippies aren't dumb, dude. We've even had our own philosophers and writers. We have our smarties, and our dumbies, you know? Right on, man, if you've done everything right, you can finally get along with the subculture, dude. And now, remember: Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out, Screw the system.

Congrats everyone and welcome to the new Support!

I see where some of you are coming from, you shouldn't need a scripted effect for an excuse to use drugs IG. If you're portraying your character as a drug user, use the drugs and RP it accordingly without a scripted effect. Then again, it wouldn't be bad thing for something to be scripted in for the drug usage, this would increase the flow of drugs throughout the server, which would be beneficial for dealers and increase their RP around drugs. Taking the drug you should be somewhat benefited, not necessarily a p2w benefit, just a benefit. If a player uses a drug on the one off they should be benefited and go back to their normal state after the drug wears off without some kind of disadvantage phase that makes them want to take the drug again. On the other hand, if the player is a constant drug user they will gain this benefit but in order for them to gain it they'd have to take more of the drug due to their tolerance being higher than your average one off user. And a player that is a regular drug abuser they should go through a phase that puts them at a disadvantage such as impaired vision or something alike when they're not high on the drug, and for them to get back to a somewhat normal state they'd have to take the drug again.

Pablo and V will be missed. My heart broke so many times reading this. ;( this is what RP storytelling is all about.

imagine South LS actually having actual gang conflict, each just around the corner from each other. Stones, Figs, 50s, Brims, 38st, etc. That's the dream right there. Seems like not that many people are fond of illegal black RP so it'll be a while from now, I've been trying to get people to create another black faction for a long while.