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  1. Hello everyone, I don't know if some of you remember me, I wasn't gone for that long, but I'm MrsHamster, long standing member of this amazing community, and today I need your help IRL, as a person, not a player. I have a niece in Russia named Viktoria, only 8 years old, and she was recently diagnosed with Syringomyelia, a rare development of a fluid-filled cyst (syrinx) within her spinal cord. Over time, the cyst can enlarge, damaging her spinal cord and causing pain, weakness, and stiffness, among other symptoms. Currently, the cyst prevents her right leg from growing and weakens her right side of the body. She walked on her tip toes short distances until last week, where she couldn't walk anymore and received a wheelchair. Soon, she won't be able to use it at all. Since she is growing now, the risk for further complications is growing too, which means we have to treat her as soon as possible before it's too late. The experts in Russia said the condition is rare (only 9 other cases in Russia) and they do not have the experience to treat it. The only solution is to undergo treatment and surgery in Israel. After a consultation with a pediatric neurosurgeon, Professor Jonathan Roth, it has been recommended to bring Victoria to Israel and treat her here, as soon as possible, in the tourist clinic at Tel Aviv Medical Center (Ichilov). The entire treatment, including the surgery, will cost about 40,000$. She will arrive on February 16th and start treatment there, but we can't even dream to afford it. This is such a big and amazing community, I saw how much good we can do together over the years. The charity events, the welcoming spirit, the way we come together as a community when one of us needs help. I'm hopeful that this time we can help the girl as well. If you're skeptical, which I know in our times we all are regarding these things, I'll say that this post was approved by Nervous with all the documents checked. I wouldn't have risked my name here and my and my families' personal information just to pull a scam for a couple of bucks. I'm genuinely just trying to help my already struggling family to save my niece without absolutely crushing. Thank you for reading this far, and I hope that together we can help save a child's life. Edit (09/MAR/2022): The campaign is over. I wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone! Thanks to your and good people's amazing help we were actually able to collect the entire sum. Only the GTA community donated almost 4k USD which is significant. My sister and niece arrived to Israel on February 17th. It was a huge hassle involving a lot of Covid related bureaucracy, loss of baggage, complication of medical condition and just a long trip. Despite it all, they managed to arrive well and begin the medical examination. So far the doctors are confused and curious. They never seen a case like that where the cyst in the spinal cord doesn't even explain the symptoms, no one knows why it's there and what causes the symptoms. We did a bunch of tests, including a genetic test, and now waiting for the results. If the test comes back negative, they'll perform and exploratory surgery to look inside and search for the cause. What we do know now is that the only way to recover and walk again is by another orthopedic surgery on her legs. Edit (01/APR/2022): The tests came back negative and the surgery took place yesterday. They performed an exploratory surgery to find the cause for her symptoms and found another cyst, that didn't show up on the MRI, that was pressing the spinal cord and was most likely the cause for everything. They removed it and she's slowly recovering now. Thank you all again, it wouldn't have been possible without your generosity. Here's Viktoria prior to the surgery, saying hello and thank you 🙂 Edit (08/07/2023) It's been a year since the second surgery. She had another one here in Israel to fix the ligaments on both her legs to help her walk again. After a long year of therapy and recovery - Viktoria can walk again and no longer uses the wheelchair (unless for long distances)!! She can actually walk again which is amazing. Many many thanks to all of you who helped! We will never forget this 🙂 I'll keep you people updated!
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  2. "Money. Power. Respect. Three things in this world that'll put you to rest" - Early Days - Demetrius Floyd was born and raised in South Central, specifically on 59th street of Crenshaw Boulevard. He was at a young age caught up in the violence and was eventually introduced to local gang members of the "Rollin 60's Neighborhood Crips". Demetrius was eventually put on the clique so called "Dime Blocc", a subset of the Rollin 60's. He was never really given a special "hood-name" and stuck with his alias "Dee". He viewed them rather as a second-family than a street-gang due to the lack of proper love by his parents. He stayed up late night, hanging out with his local friends and flipping rocks on the corner of Western Boulevard to make some spare money. Throughout his teens, Demetrius was a big prospect for the gang. The older members took advantage of him to commit larger crimes such as armed robberies and even worst case scenarios, murders. At the age of 18, he had already seen the most of it. His bestfriend being shot, mother crying late nights and bodies dropping. - Jail Time - An investigation was launched right after the armed robbery on the Rockford Casino. Demetrius was the top suspect. His face was soon all over the news and a warrant was put out on him. On the 22nd of June 2015, Demetrius would be arrested on multiple felony charges. One of them being Armed Robbery. It was his first time being locked up, so the judge gave him the benefit of the doubt. He went on to serve 6 years in Federal Prison and was eventually released on October 15th 2021, on good behaviour. Demetrius had been expecting to make a comeback to the Rollin 60s. Fortunately for Demetrius, his clique was wiped out just months before his release date after a federal RICO indictment, seizing over twenty people. - Joining Illegal Organization - Demetrius used to write during his time in prison, he wrote on the walls before the guards gave him a diary where he wrote everything he saw in a day. During the 6 years of Demetrius being locked inside, he had to stick with his own race, the blacks. He was not given parole, nor did any of his "friends" come visit him. He'd sit for hours at the black table, playing cards and betting money with his own race. He had to program with them during yard time and was well treated by the black inmates. One of the inmates took Demetrius under his wing, seeing as they both were from Rollin 60s. His name was Jordan "JC" Chambers. JC was released a year earlier than Demetrius. He was given a phone number by JC, told him to call it once he was released, and so he did. Demetrius was released on October 15th 2021. He was given his phone back, he took one look at it before making the phone call. A few weeks later, Demetrius started already making more money than ever before, selling guns to street gangs down south. He was expanding his connection in no time, creating friendships that would be important for the future. - Current Life - Today, Demetrius is 26 years old. He has been expanding his illegal organisation outside of just South Central. Today, police believe that Demetrius is connected to more than three large and infamous organized crime groups.
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  3. LOK'd OUT! pt1 LOK'd OUT! pt2
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  4. "Cigars" "New Faces" "Ja radim ono što vi ne smete" "Kева"
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  5. Topic will remain pinned until the window for donations shuts. MrsHamster gave up so much of her free time to our community as a staff member and was such a happy, positive force in our team. She has most likely helped many of you in her time as an Administrator. If you can spare even a small amount, it would add up immensely. Best of luck and prayers Viktoria, from all of us at GTA World.
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  7. if you don't donate? i'll find you and VDM you in game. and that's a promise.
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  9. Our second post has been updated. Feel free to read if you're interested in roleplaying with us.
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  10. Some people that brand themselves as "Transgender" role-players, but at the end it's just an excuse for people to RP a female and to have a 8 inch cock, just to ERP non stop and provide no actual realistic RP when it comes to being transgender.
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  11. OOC INFORMATION This faction aims to portray a modern day iteration of the Aryan Brotherhood white prison gang, including its associates and footsoldiers both on the streets and inside. We want to add depth and structure to the white criminal roleplay scene in a way that makes it more interesting and enjoyable. Portrayal remains our priority and players will be expected to maintain a high standard of roleplay, whether they're a permanent member of this faction or an associate. Posting in-character screenshots on the thread will be considered a granting of your CK rights to the AB's faction leadership. For any inquiries or a request to join the Discord server, PM @Prophet , we welcome new and experienced players alike. For roleplayers interested in the scene, but aren't sure where to start, check out the guide below:
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  12. Detailed Description Make it so mechanics are able to clean cars just like the carwashes. When you go to a garage and want your car resprayed etc it would need to be cleaned anyway. Allowing mechanics to do /carwash would clearly be beneficial. Relevant Commands/Items /carwash ID How will it benefit the server? It will provide more roleplay opportunities for garage and mean people can have a clean car when doing modifications, resprays etc.
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  13. CITY GOVERNMENT PRESS RELEASE Opening of Charleston Street Apartment Complex - AS PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION - Los Santos, SA ~ Sunday, January 30th, 2022 On January 29th at 18:00, the City congregated to mark the official opening of the long-scheduled Charleston Street Project located on Charleston Street, in the Davis district. The ceremony flowed in harmony, with many local residents occupying the main podium to witness Mayor's high-spirited speech. A substantial amount of citizens from other districts also showed their support by attending, which the City of Los Santos owes their gratitude to. A segment from the Mayor's speech: The project took its initiative in early 2021, with a set deadline for Spring 2022, right after the demolition of the Davis Mega Mall. Following the new transition in the administration of the City, the project regained the initial resolution. With the initial budget at their disposal, a new construction contract was set in immediate motion. And a testimony itself that its delivery was adequately established is a considering fact that the project was finalized far earlier than it was originally intended. The sheer amount of passion that was evident during the whole process serves as another allegation that it is within the City's strong interest to improve the quality of life for each of their beloved citizens, regardless of the district they reside in. Charleston Street Apartment Complex now offers eighty suits across seven apartment blocks for Davis residents to call their new abodes. The commodities that each suit brings effectively bestows a plentiful amount of opportunities for families old and new to begin their new chapters in life. In addition, Charleston Street Park in its convenient proximity offers another form of entertainment for the youth. A safe haven for their innovative minds to develop and prepare for the future. Another segment from the Mayor's speech: Lastly, we are happy to voice our sincerest gratitude towards Aurum Energy. Their express installments and unwavering ambition are one of the numerous reasons that the project was finished at such a rapid pace. And preserving through adversities as a team is the only strategy that the City relies upon. With such an agenda set, no task will ever be too complex for the ultimate goal of achieving splendors for its citizens. Finalizing touch of the Mayor's speech: Complete transcript of Mayor Cambridge's speech will be presented down below for a relaxing read. LOS SANTOS CITY GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF THE CITY OPERATIONS OFFICER CARCER WAY 1, ROCKFORD HILLS, LOS SANTOS, SA.
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  15. We shouldn't make the mistake of assuming that time served equals experience or relevance when it comes to roleplaying in 2022. Text based roleplaying has taken many forms in the 20 or so years that it's been a fixture on the internet, and many people such as myself remember those early days, and have the legitimate right to call ourselves part of the so-called 'old guard' being talked about in this thread. Still, I've met many extremely poor, unadaptable roleplayers who are still around from those very early days, before a large percentage of this community were even born - and we should not idolize these people or allow them to take positions of influence in the community purely because they can claim being part of the 'old guard' or being from the 'old school.' Instead, all I have to offer to this discussion is a word of warning; rather than take time served as meaningful experience or being able to offer a positive contribution, instead judge everybody, old school and new school, on their individual merit and what they can reasonably and realistically bring to the table. Just because one of the old school players has a well known name or is considered to know what they are doing, it doesn't mean they're what's best for the community in the here and now. Do your independent research on everybody being pushed into the new version of the faction council/or whatever system will be put in place to replace it going forward, and don't be afraid to question everything in pursuit of genuinely raising standards and improving game quality for all. You can just stick around for fifteen years and stay the course, that's all it takes to be considered 'old school' and believe me, I know plenty of people who have done just that and remain their same un-innovative, poor and shitty selves that they were many years ago. Question everything and never assume someone is more qualified to get involved in discussions/driving change than you are until proven otherwise.
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  16. Short description: Allow players use the /anchor command that's been implemented for boats in order to stop certain bugs that occur. Detailed description: Right now, after parking your bike there's a solid chance for it to fall and be bugged. This doesn't sound too bad since you can just pick it up, but for motorcycle club factions, it creates a mayhem of all the bikes dropping on the ground. The other one would be floating motorcycles, which I believe could be fixed through the help of /anchor command as well. Commands to add: Simply extend the /anchor usage over to all motorcycle type of vehicles. Items to add: N/A How would your suggestion improve the server? Will definitely stop the bug of fallen bikes, which is a serious issue once you have thirty bikes constantly dropping on the ground. Additional information: Factions would benefit from this suggestion, in my opinion. ==. EDIT, in case it gets lost in the thread: suggested by @Thirteen , Have the command named /kickstand instead. suggested by @Fogry , automatic /ame upon using /kickstand --- have it send chatbox messages if you forget to use /kickstand.
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