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Username: Giles’Smiles Comments: Wasn’t even a shooting, I was there - just a fist fight! Fake news as per!

Username:Giles’Smiles Comment: I was JUST here, would have avoided this place if I had known. Seemed like a dodgy place the moment I walked in.

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Los Santos Transit - The cure to this city's awful driving? By Nathan Hastings Image taken from Los Santos Transit Website Los Santos is notorious for its poor driving. In 2019, official government sources reported just over 54,000 traffic accidents and an announced 236 fatalities from these collisions alone. With this information in mind, it's hardly surprising that car insurance in Los Santos is on average 500.00 dollars higher per month than any other U.S State. When the roads are as hectic as they are, some less confident drivers may be put off using their car, whether for professional or personal use. If you're one of these people, then there's no need to worry - there are plenty of companies out there ready to make your journey to work more pleasurable, and most importantly safer. We sat down with Ricky Castellani, Managing Director of Los Santos Transit to discuss the company's current situation and where they plan on going in the future. See below for LSNN's exclusive interview: Ricky Castellani perches on his seat opposite me - well-groomed in what I would assume to be a fairly expensive suit, which is exactly the image you want your Managing Director to portray. We exchange pleasantries and have a quick mingle over a warm cup of joe, before delving right into it. Q. So, what's your position within LST? And how long have you held that post? A. I'm the Managing Director (MD), so I deal with the overall logistics of the company. Hiring, payroll... things like that. I've been with LST for a few months, but we were in the middle of some major management changes - I stepped in as the marketing director within the last month. Q. What services do LST currently provide? A. The new management wants us to put ourselves out there and make it known that Los Santos does indeed have it's own public transport. We currently offer taxi services and bus routes. (LSNN is under the understanding that all bus journeys are currently F.O.C) Q. Is LST privately owned or government-funded? A. It's a mix of both. We're a privately owned and operated business that put in a bid with the city to get funding to run the bus routes. So, we're privately owned but publicly funded, which means every nickel and dime has to be accounted for. Q. So, I understand that LST has recently released some new bus routes. Are you the brains behind that operation, and what has the response been like so far? A. I've never been the brains behind anything, but I'm flattered you'd think so! It was between the executives, myself and the drivers. We've come up with routes for places that we feel need more public transportation. We're currently looking at the USLA campus; more routes in Davis; and possibly even a longer route up to Blaine County. We're taking the feedback from what our passengers are saying and trying to apply it to the business to not only stay ahead of the competition but ensure that the residents of this city get a system that works for them. Q. It's refreshing to hear that you're taking the comments of the drivers on board, considering they're the ones out there on the routes. A. At the end of the day, I'm a house cat. I've never driven a bus in my life... but those men and women are the boots on the ground. It would be criminal of us if we didn't take their opinions into consideration. Q. In terms of competition, what's the LS transport scene like? Are you the big fish in a rather small pond? A. I wouldn't go that far - I don't want to talk ill on the competition, but I will say this: We didn't get the government contract because we're bad at what we do. Q. So, is LST hiring? And if so, where can people apply? A. Our staff roster is filling up quick, but we're still currently hiring. Anyone interested can apply on our website or send us an e-mail directly, which is also on our website. So there you have it - if you're one of the few that are less confident of stepping in to their own vehicle and taking the wheel, Los Santos Transit are there to help! It's abundantly clear that a service such as this is needed, when the roads have never been more dangerous - and it's pleasing to know that the Los Santos Government are fully behind them. This article is not paid for by Los Santos Transit. Are you a business owner or media relations consultant for a company? Want to get your services out in to the public eye? Then contact Nathan today on [email protected] ((Forum PM @SpeccsOps)) to arrange a 1 to 1 interview. VISIT OUR WEBSITE - CLICK HERE

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This thread is like Trump’s Twitter feed when he lost, just you complaining because you didn’t get your way. it’s three days bro, put your effort in to something more meaningful.

🤔 There’s a lot the minority agree on, but that doesn’t make it right either.

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As someone who roleplay a homeless bum, snow adds a cool new dynamic to my RP (huddling round fires in the street; trying my best not to get kicked out of businesses so I can stay warm). So, in that sense, it hasn’t ruined my RP but altered it. I can understand the frustration with realism and the broken interiors, and if you feel that strongly about those topics you’re well within your right to. But it’s for 3 days, I’m more concerned that y’all are getting so worked up over it 😭

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These are just two suggestions in Grapeseed, the middle-man between Sandy Shores and Paleto Bay. I'd be happy to find more both in SS and PB, though. They're both un-owned and un-mapped. The plastic surgeon would be using the side-door of the farmer's market I believe, but it passes as being a separate building. (So you can copy+paste) Phone Store 1: X: 1655.068, Y: 4873.99, Z: 42.07716, R.y:0, R.z:102.7619 Plastic Surgeon 1: X: 1676.3, Y: 4970.909, Z: 42.03911, R.x:0, R.y:0, R.z:259.8527

Doesn't particularly solve the issue of phone stores, plastic surgeons etc.

I'll grab the spawn points now and PM them over to you. To address other comments on this thread, I never said that the roleplay in Blaine was sub-par, nor was there no roleplay. I simply mean that as someone who has a character that only roleplays in Blaine, some days at certain hours you will see 10-15 player owned businesses open in the city and not a single one in Blaine. I know that this is not always the case and I agree that Blaine has some fantastic roleplay - but it can't hurt to increase it further?

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All awesome suggestions there, happy for them to be involved in the main one. I think a Spawn Point would be the main one.

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Short description: Bring more players, and therefore more RP to the rural areas of LS such as Grapeseed, Sandy Shores and Paleto Bay. Detailed description: We all know that probably 75% of RP currently occurs in LS, through the form of nightclubs and other events like car meets and such. Whilst Blaine County is experiencing a massive growth in players over the past couple of months (due to some factions being shut down, not throwing any names out there), I think this can be further progressed through the addition of some very small changes. Blaine County, and the characters within it, hold massive RP value on this server due to the complete contrast from, and I hate to use the term, mallrats. I think the main issue with Blaine County is how remote it is, and therefore how little services are available. For example, two very small stores that do however hold a massive weight, are phone stores and plastic surgery stores. There are two/three of each in LS but not a single one north of the border. Adding one or two of these to Sandy Shores/Grapeseed would not only be a massive convenience to the player base already situated there, but also make it more appealing to people who don't want to have to keep making trips (I'm assuming Grapeseed out-of-state and therefore a hefty drive in RP sense. One someone might not make just to purchase a phone IRL). I understand there may not be any lore-friendly stores to use as such, like there are for phone stores in LS - however I think the whole player-base would agree that we can over-look what it might say above a store if it means we don't have to travel all the way down to LS for a phone/nose-job. My second part to this suggestion, would be to add a new spawnpoint, licencing agency and rental car company in Paleto Bay. This is the complete polar opposite of the map, and people joining the server shouldn't have to be forced to spawn in south LS. The licencing agency could probably be within the Sheriff's office currently at Paleto bay, and the spawn points/rental car places could be up to admin discretion. This part of the suggestion is not my main focus, however I do think it would help in bringing a lot of new players to the other side of town. More housing would also be good, but I assume PM are already working on that. I believe with the rise in players in Blaine County, this would also give the Sheriff's department more to do to discourage them from travelling down to LS to support the LSPD. Commands to add: N/A Items to add: N/A How would your suggestion improve the server? It would discourage the standard 'mallrat' bar scene RP, and encourage more players to partake in the rural type of RP that a lot of people are missing out on. It would also make it a hell of a lot easier for people already residing in Blaine County. Additional information: With regards to housing, spawn points, phone and plastic surgery stores, rental companies and licencing agencies - I have not put in the necessary work to locate available locations for these but if the admins deem this suggestion worthy, then I will happily do my best to source these for you. Come on people, and together, let's... (I encourage constructive criticism on this post, so if you disagree please let me know in case there's a way I can edit it ? )