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Do you know how people roleplay different outfits? /outfit. There, it's that simple. Your outfit is roleplayed by the clothes you choose to wear on it.

At the current time in server there is an overwhelming amount of law enforcement alts. I understand not everyone wants to play a cop for an extended amount of time and that the server needs police. But I feel like a balance need to be made, currently over half the police force aren't real characters. They have no flaws or weaknesses, no life outside of the PD to be mindful of. These characters in term don't show any real fear to any situation they encounter. It is common place within the PD to have people CK, and start a new character already in the PD with the approval of their higher ups. (I've seen it happen first hand) It is also common place to have a officer pick and chose when they want to CK in a situation where they would of otherwise forced the other party to, or even to hold off on CK's until they decide they want to seek more serious charges. (Not going to name any names, but you know who you are) I would like to see these characters and their players be held to the same standards of the rest of the community. Fear should be a massive part of every interaction they have. They should value the life of their character as much as anyone else they interact with, and be apart of the community their effecting. Now I know plenty of cops are going to come reply to this, trying to defend themselves with examples of all the great RP they had. Don't. If you don't feel like what I'm saying here applies to you as a cop, then thank you very much for your RP and please keep doing what you're doing. I know there is awesome PD and SD characters, I also know there is some not so great people who treat their time on duty like a time to cut loose, get into some cop chases, and shoot at people and would just like to remind them that they are playing characters on a roleplay server and need to be held to the same standards as everyone else.

Gary "Sidesweeper" Langley (Left), Albert "Tinman" Vogel (Center), James "Jay-Em" Marlowe (Right) This thread will follow the progression of Aryan Brotherhood member, Albert "Tinman" Vogel.

Early Life John was born in Los Angeles California, on September 18th, 1995. He was born into a middle-class family, however he was forced from a young age to work for his money, as it would not just be given to him. His parents were divorced, and he lived with his Uncle Doug, who lived in a worse part of Los Angeles. Doug always looked after John as he was his first and only nephew, and he always made sure he had everything he needed. John meant everything to Doug, and he treated him like he was his own son. Doug always treated John well, and was always there for him. This put John in a good place, and he quickly learned proper manners, etiquette, how to present himself, etc. John had spent all of his life with Doug, and rarely saw his parents. His parents divorced only a few months after John was born. Doug did not feel like John's parents were fit to take care of him, so he quickly tried to get legal custody of John, something that would be given shortly after. John's parents were always fighting, and John's father had a bad temper - often lashing out at others, resulting in some assault charges on him. His mother on the other hand, was the opposite. She was quite shy, and she was always smiling and was always in a good mood. Shortly after John's parents met, they had John, however John's dad was accused of hitting his wife, and so Doug decided to step in. Teenage years John was always a good student in school - something that Doug taught him from a young age, and he rarely ever got into trouble. As John was growing up, he quickly began to learn the value of money from a young age. Doug would always teach him how to value his money, and he would never have anything given to him. He always had to earn it. One of the lessons that John learned from Doug was the importance of finding a job, to save up his money from a young age. At the age of 16, John began looking for work around his neighborhood, applying for several different jobs so he can make some money to hopefully get himself a new car. John kept waiting, and began to get impatient, but he finally heard back. John was offered an interview to work at a local Cluckin' Bell. John was excited to finally start working, as he never had a job before. John worked at the Cluckin' Bell his entire high school career, and he began looking into opening his own restaurant in the future. Doug owned a mechanic shop, however John was never really into cars, and he began researching. John has always wanted his own restaurant since he was a kid. He began researching how to start his own business, and his dream was to own his own business, however he was unsure of how he would do that. He began asking Doug some questions, and Doug helped him out as much as he can. He made it an important point to mention to John that if he wanted to be successful and own his own business, he would need to get a degree. John took this lesson from Doug, and began researching colleges and degrees he can receive to help him with his dream of owning a business. As his high school years were wrapping up, John began applying for several different colleges, and he got accepted into the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) as a Business Management manager. College The day finally came when John graduated from high school, and it was time for him to move onto college. He was excited, but he was also nervous. This was the start of his whole life, and this is where he can shape his whole future. The whole summer after graduating, John began looking into business ideas, and he would pack every once in a while as he was going to move on campus. It was finally John's move-in day, and Doug helped him with all of his bag, and quickly helped John get settled in on the campus. It was going to be strange for Doug to not live with John, as he lived with him his whole life, and always looked after him. Doug and John had a few last goodbyes, and Doug was on his way back home, where he would have to continue running his mechanic shop. John started off his college reputation on the right foot. He studied, got good grades, and often tried to socialize with the other classmates and people around him to help him make friends. Everything was going great for John until one night. One night John was in his dorm room watching a basketball game with some of his friends when his phone began to ring. He picked up the phone, and the person on the other end of the line said that Doug was in the hospital because he had just had a heart attack. Doug was always smoking, and it finally got to him. John began packing some things and rushing to the hospital, but by the time he got there it was too late. Doug was gone. John was heartbroken. He lost the man who taught him everything he knew about life. He didn't even know what to do. He spent days trying to figure out a spot to live, when he got another call... Money John had no idea that Doug had put him in his will. All of Doug's assets were now John's. He now owned his house, his car, and his mechanic shop. John had no intention of keeping the shop, as he knew nothing about cars. He knew that that shop meant everything to Doug, but if tried to run it, it wouldn't work out. He quickly sold the mechanic shop, bringing in more money then he had ever seen before in his life. John knew it was time to move forward from here. He continued his studies at college until he finally graduated. He received his Bachelor's degree in Business management, and he now had over $300,000 in his bank, and his own house and car. John was looking to make use of his degree, and quickly began putting everything he learned from college into getting his own business. John did research, and found the city of Los Santos - the location of where he was hoping to start his own business. John quickly booked a ticket, sold Doug's house and car, packed his bags, and was on a plane to Los Santos. Los Santos Life John's plane finally arrived in Los Santos, and the first thing he began looking for was a place for him to stay. He found an apartment for sale in Vespucci, and spent $400,000 on it - a decision he would later regret, and that was the money he was trying to put towards a business. After he got the apartment, he spend some more cash on a car, and now only had about $20,000 to his name. John realized he made a mistake with spending all that money off the bat, and he quickly began looking to make some contacts, trying to find a place to work to bring in some cash. He met quite a few people in the city, and quickly started going down the wrong path. John's life went from starting his own business to slinging drugs - he was ruining his life. John went back to his apartment, and sat down, thinking about his life, and if this was really the path he wanted to take....

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There is truth in the OP but perhaps it wasn't explained properly. I believe(?) the OP is referring to the fact that role-players within law enforcement factions value the OOC standing within said faction more than they value the character that actually holds the position. This stems from said law enforcement factions being run like a real organization where progression seems organic instead of focusing on the IC aspect of what the hierarchy means, and the OOC meritocracy and capacity of a member to ascend to a particular position. There are players from all walks of role-play who do that, so this isn't a law enforcement role-player concern. It's most visible in law enforcement factions because of how layered they are to an outsider. The same thing happens in an LCN faction where someone keeps recycling the same concept of... West Coast mobsters... if you guys want to get picky. This is an honest opinion from someone who runs a segment that is meant to filter specific police role-players and determine, on an IC basis, if a character promotes to a supervisor position, and on an OOC basis, if the role-player behind that character is fit to portray a sergeant, lieutenant, etc. Characters are infinitely important. The model we follow in the Sheriff's Department concerns OOC meritocracy and IC politics, and it was put forward by Bospy. In summary, it expresses how any member, no matter of position, can bring suggestions/concerns/discussions to the table and they will be treated equally. This happens — recent SD structure changes are the result of someone who just role-plays a detective. All suggestions are taken into consideration for as long as they have merit. We are consistent in expressing how members are equal, regardless of the rank your character holds. On an IC basis, characters cannot become sergeants, lieutenants, captains unless the character holding that position is fit to hold said position. Not just because they been there, done that and bought the t-shirt, but because they have the proper development and IC connections to raise to that level: be it by being a power broker, a sketchy quid pro quo individual, questionable morals, corruption, what have you. There is a whole process dedicated for someone who enrolls into trying to become a supervisor to explain what steps they have taken in role-playing individuals in this regard, despite just simply knowing they have those credentials because you've role-played with them before. The IC dynamic instates that characters who want to progress need to get there through IC means: politicking. The OOC dynamic instates that it doesn't matter how long you've been in the faction (past a probationary period where you are either trusted or not to role-play police in the first place), but how qualitative you are in portraying such a character whilst also possessing the OOC skills to run functional divisions, do administrative work necessary for the faction's operations, and so on. Sure, people's characters come to an end where they can no longer be cops. Cop role-players want to role-play cops so they'll just namechange to role-play cops. You're here to have fun and if you have fun by role-playing a cop, then role-play a cop. Now replace "cop" with "mobster", "gangbanger" and any other role-play avenue you can think of and make a conscious realization that you cannot expect someone to use their own free time in what you want. Rest assured, quality control is there.

What you're describing is more of a mindset issue that occurs in every type of RP. There's a large amount of players that don't RP characters at all. During my past two years of playing here, plus an additional five years of RP in various other communities before that, the same type of players existed. It's certainly not an issue exclusive to one particular faction in this particular community. You should change the title to reflect that. You will always find people that will always want to come out on top no matter what. You'll find people that get their real feelings hurt when something even slightly bad happens to their character. You'll also get players that want other people to suffer for what they've done so they CK to try to get the other party in more trouble. There's a ton of players in every community that will throw their characters away easily. In my past two years as an admin, I've lost count of the amount of people that have CKed because they got caught by police for something as minor as an evading charge. Meanwhile, I can count on my hand the amount of times someone in a law enforcement faction has CKed in order to get someone in more trouble. One thing I will say though is that it's been something that has become more common after the capital murder charge required the victim to CK. As for people maintaining their positions in legal factions after a CK or name change, that's not something that can change unfortunately. You need experienced players to run each part of the faction. The quality of police RP would drop massively if you had experienced law enforcement RPers starting from the bottom again. Would you prefer if tactical teams were unbeatable because the inexperienced leaders use unrealistic tactics to win? What about detectives that metagame to make arrests because they don't have the experience to do better? It's something that just won't work in law enforcement factions due to how difficult it is to run one well. All it takes is one bad person to spoil an entire part of the faction. Keeping good people in their positions avoids that issue. This needs to be handled on an individual level by dealing with the individuals that don't RP real characters. CKing to get the other party in more trouble is a dick move but it's a lot more common outside of law enforcement factions.

I thought you meant in the faction, sorry. Surely alts should be encouraged? This gives them the ability to grasp illegal roleplay and become better LEO roleplayers in return.

It's a good suggestion and it's hard to enforce but it must become a habit to contact the player through PM instead of teleporting to solve the issue, or at least remaining invisible and teleporting. I'll try to push some internal discussion about this.

It's different because I could just enter an area that has a boombox playing and have my IP logged by an ordinary player without "consent". Some people don't like that because it leaves a footprint that may lead to other things in the future.

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A robbery gone wrong has riled up an otherwise quiet night after Robert “The Turk” Schmidt, an alleged soldier in the East Los Santos mob, was murdered in Mirror Park on Tuesday morning. At around 01:00 AM on Tuesday, shots were fired in the alleyway behind American Cuts & Trims on the crossing of East Mirror Drive and Mirror Park Boulevard. Nearby police responded to the scene and found the lifeless body of Robert Schmidt, 47, on the stairway leading up to a backstreet apartment. Bystanders described the scene as gruesome and gory. Fleeing from the scene was Anthony O’Mara, a known loan shark in the East Vinewood—Mirror Park area, who is suspected of involvement in the murder of Schmidt. O’Mara was arrested, however those who caught a glimpse of the scene reported that the perpetrators had arrived in a black sedan and with screeching tires, and departed in the same manner. Locals reported that the apartment itself was regularly used for backroom gambling such as poker. Schmidt, a reputed member of East Los Santos’ organized crime scene, was considered a loyal soldier in the MacArthur crime family in the 2000s and ran a profitable operation involving vending machines, though most of his criminal activities had dried up at the turn of the decade. Most of his former crew were arrested and indicted for racketeering and violent crimes. Schmidt developed an alcohol problem and had gone off-road since then and was allegedly in debt for over $50,000, a number that continued to rise throughout his gambling ventures. O’Mara has denied any involvement in the murder and has instead described the night’s events as a robbery gone wrong. “We played some cards with a few friends like we do every week,” he said, and claimed the perpetrators arrived and forcefully took their evening’s winnings. However, with the recent release of two top dogs in Schmidt’s old criminal circles and an increase in mob activity in East LS, police have indicated the murder may be some sort of spring cleaning in the underworld—despite the lack of any direct evidence for such claims.

LUIS 'BIG SMILEY' ESPINOZA The following thread's purpose it follow the development of Luis Espinoza, a Los Santos native. 1975, Luis Espinoza is born into an immigrant family, in the city of Los Santos. His parents, both immigrants from Michoacán in search for a better life, due to the severe levels of poverty and the state of Mexico in general. During that era, there was a huge influx of Mexican immigrants, and it helped form the state into what it is today. However, there was also a huge influx of crime, not only by Mexicans, but all ethnic groups. It was an important period of time, when gangs were establishing, becoming more powerful and setting the stones for generations to come. It was a big period for The Mexican Mafia, in 1971 the first hit outside of prison walls took place, changing the game. There were also various schemes taking place such as The Mexican Mafia & LACF collaborating together to infiltrate legal operations. Luis Espinoza was raised in poverty, alongside his parents and brother Rodrigo Espinoza. He found comfort in the local gang and created friends within it, he didn't see it as a gang, they were just local kids, just like him, living in the same neighbourhood. Issue is, people think that gang members are like an alien form. Luis' brother was younger, and Luis wasn't able to play with him like the kids in the varrio, so he played with the other kids. He was never inside, his Mother would claim. The local gang undertook various illicit activities, such as drug dealing, extortion, prostitution and whatever else could line their pockets. Luis became close with a fellow barrio kid, called Gonzalo 'Joker' Garcia.Joker was the one all the big homies liked, the ones they'd have kicking it with them whilst they were sipping pistos on their porches or playing dice. He was the kid. The South Side Tokers had taken control over the barrio after the fall of Varrio Grape & their allied Crip neighbours. By the age of 16/17, Joker took it upon himself, with the help of numerous homeboys, to form the South Side Rancheros, an attempt by a new generation to take over the area and control it. Problems arose, with Joker and his associates successful, there was now competition, and the original Tokers set was still around. The two groups, whom were once one, now had hot sand under their feet, and conflicts soon followed. The new generation, South Side Rancheros, soon rose to victory, leaving the Tokers defunct, with members at the wrong end of a gun, in prison, or even changing set and joining the Rancheros. Time went on, Ranchers introduced a new era of crime and brought peaceful crime to their neighbourhood, and a new type of gang activity to the area. They were hit with multiple injunctions, and with huge efforts against is, many face members of the set ended up dead, or locked up. Luis was one of them, he was sent to Bolingbroke and served a hefty sentence alongside people such as Fernando 'Spider' Perez & so on. Fortunately for Joker, he avoided prison and did the dash, after most of his loyal homeboys were killed and pinched. Inside, Luis would find himself programming with La Eme, also known as The Mexican Mafia. It wasn't long before Joker himself winded up in Bolingbroke and became a good friend of 'Chato'. Joker's name was put forward and he was eventually recognized as an Emero after proving himself to the cause & putting in work. It was a big thing to the homeboys, one of their own was now an official within La Eme, who knows where it could take them and their ventures. Joker and Chato were eventually released, however Luis remained inside. Whilst serving his time, he became addicted to heroin and had many problems regarding it, including debt & so forth. Luckily the debts were paid off, and Luis didn't get into bad standing with his own. He was subject to a self-proclaimed rehab, and spent years trying to get himself clean, of course he relapsed numerous times, but eventually, after being sent to segregation due to violence, he was soon clean & stuck to it. Come 2020, Luis was released from Bolingbroke and returned to his family home, but it wouldn't be the same, his Mother had passed away during his incarceration after becoming a severe alcoholic, along with drug addiction. His father had moved on twenty years prior, and had given Luis a half brother. The story continues, Luis now free as a veterano, who knows where the story will end.

Short description: upon executing /autolow, everything you say from then on is automatically input in /low instead of doing /l every time Detailed description: upon executing /autolow, everything you say from then on is automatically input in /low instead of doing /l every time Commands to add: /autolow How would your suggestion improve the server? make people's lives easier

With 1.1 at the door, a myriad of new clothing is going to be added into the game. I feel like there's no real need for this, because there's ways around it which aren't inconvenient in the slightest. Furthermore, the variety that's coming up is going to satisfy everyone, I believe!

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That sounds just as good! Will update the post when I get home.

good shit raduk

Word in the IFs Monte and another individual had an altercation on Macdonald street, a robbery occurred. A fight broke out and the robber was shot multiples. It isn't clear if the victim survived or not.

This is a suggestion better suited for a Dark RP gamemode server. I do not see this as an improvement over the current system.

Perhaps a stupid question - would people be more open to roleplay fighting if I offered to lose? Perhaps it is a rarity to find such characters, though my own are really not at all fighters, and would by no means come out on top. That said, I would sooner prefer to lose via roleplay than to be shot fifteen times in the face via script, thus removing my potential to participate in the scene from then on. Losing in a roleplayed fight means I can still emote and (sort of) talk after, whereas a script makes my characters just plain dead :c

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