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It really isn't worth the time and effort to create Menyoo photos, for a few likes, when you can just RP on there. 70% of the people that I interact with, in the IC world, is through FB, though. The downtime spent off of the server can be dedicated to responding to DMs etc... while fulfilling RL tasks or playing other games.

Status of Room #1: AVAILABLE (as of April 17, 2024) Status of Room #2: OCCUPIED! (Until April 22, 2024)

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Snitching isn't a black and white thing, as civilians can also be snitches, depending on the circumstances. Every thing is circumstantial in accordance to the conditions of the situation. The case listed in the original post isn't snitching, as they were random targets, not locals in a hood of codes/rules or a civilian associated with the mob (which are civilian, as they simply are either related or close to mob members without being directly involved with their activities).

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Status of Room #1: AVAILABLE (as of April 17, 2024) Status of Room #2: OCCUPIED! (Until April 22, 2024)

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Status of Room #1: OCCUPIED! (Until May 8, 2024) Status of Room #2: OCCUPIED! (Until April 22, 2024)

Bit of a stretch to presume that any one presenting IC racism is OOCly racist. Does IC-OOC mixing happen in terms of racism? Yes. Is it a MINORITY? Yes. Is presuming every one who is racist, ICly, is racist, OOCly? No, that would be OOC-IC mixing. And, look at me... rocking a Huey P. Newton PFP.

Jade Vega died for your sins.

Compton is paradise compared to Davis. Compton's a huge tourist attraction, with many being able to walk down the sidewalk without any repercussion. It's more-so "mind your own business" and don't wear specific team jerseys or hats when traversing through Compton.

Judge Carter era was phenomenal.

Most of them would probably be underpaid Hispanic migrants labouring within the fields for Caucasian land-owners, with African-Americans more than likely working in factories. The rednecks aren't super-friendly to every colored person that they encounter, but it isn't outright racism. The racism is more-so systematic or low-profile.

It's almost as-if people weren't really raised in U.S. society or were even involved in areas that actually had high-levels of crime, but base it off of small cases of crime reports, movies, and TikTok videos.

"According to the 2019 US Census Bureau estimates, Los Angeles County's population was 52.1% White (25.9% Non-Hispanic White), 8.1% Black or African American, 14.7% Asian, 0.8% Native American and Alaskan Native, 0.3% Pacific Islander, 19.9% Other Race, and 4.1% from two or more races."

The way I see it, after that first brawl? Both sides would have to remain in their boundaries. Personally, my char would not step foot into a bar if he kept hearing racial slurs being tossed out, as he spent 13 years sitting at the black table. Unsure of the whole situation, but it just wouldn't make sense for other sides to traverse into each other's territories to escalate it further, unless they wanted to escalate it further. All depends on the character. I wouldn't state that Sundown Laws or Jim Crow laws are realistic for a town such as Sandy, but, then again... it's not like we actually have diverse progressive characters having control over a town, do we. It's ran by MCs and Peckerwoods. It's a fine-line between "realism" and "IC actions lead to IC results". Personally, though, I've had P.O.C. characters within county. Black Car-affiliated character was hiding within Grapeseed for 8 entire months (due to warrants) with zero issues because he laid low and respected the people who inhabited the area. He didn't want heat and he didn't want trouble, even though he was a hardened ex-gang-banger with homicides on his record. Native-Char understood boundaries and didn't escalate any thing on their territory, having zero issues with the local Peckerwoods in the area. Did either characters respect them? No. Did either characters respect the boundaries? Yes. In small towns, people don't forget any thing. Same with hoods. If you make one mistake that leads to escalation? The locals of any given area will remember it. Hence, it's a gray area in terms of escalation. At that point, I'd just not show my char's face in the area.

As someone who doesn't RP with the White Car or their affiliates, in all fairness, calling a group of hardened criminals "crackers" in their own territory warrants a brawl just as someone spouting the N-Word would warrant a brawl. I've had Native-American characters interact with these same people and had never underwent any negative repercussions for it simply because "mutual respect", despite being potentially against each other on a larger scale, is often recognized to ensure that both sides can co-exist peacefully, despite tensions. Tossing the word "Cracker" and "N-Word", to start, isn't the best route to go without expecting consequences, no matter the situation, especially when either sides may have underwent racial tensions within TTCF or SASP. I don't understand the whole story, though, but just tossing out that throwing racial slurs, when there's already pre-existing racial tensions, will always warrant a brawl.

"To clarify, if you rob the Davis LTD store, nobody else can rob it for 2-3 days, but they can rob another store that hasn't been robbed and put on cooldown." How would others be aware that they cannot rob it for 3 days? Would they run in there, do /robstore, and then get a message pop up? It'd be challenging to run in there, type in that command, and then be like "/b oops void I wasn't here as I can't rob the place" only for people to claim "/b Only admins can void a scene".

All I need to say is this... Skinheads are a minority, all over the U.S. We need more actual Peckerwoods instead of Skinheads. More Peckerwoods that are simply "white" with minimal racism, but only have said racism due to prison culture. That's my two-cents.

You're presumptions are pretty accurate. "Heavy RP" became "Medium-Light" by late 2021.

Don't think it's about the 1:1 narrative, here. It's the idea that even if you scaled L.A. to L.S., the scaling is beyond excessive. It's not even 1:20 or 1:100 with the crime rate. I listed the stats, above, on a server that was initially a Heavy RP serve that valued realism and immersion. Back when we had 100 players, the crime wasn't scaled down by 6. Now that we usually have around 600, it hasn't been amplified by 6, but amplified by 100s. The standards of realism and immersion have shifted, incredibly, and this is why people address these issues. I use to RP in the gang community, heavily, back in 2019-2021. Still have a character that's evolved as a former ex-gang member. I'm familiar with the situation, and it's still beyond excessive. Real life gangs can literally undergo decades at war with one another, but, on here, it is simply excessive. Certain opposing sets exist down the road from each other, in real life L.A., yet their wars last years. Gang RP, on this server, use to have higher standards without needing rules to govern us. Even on the note of scaling, you'd think that the level of reports would be amplified by 6 when the server went from 100 to 600. It's been amplified way larger than that. It is an issue of RP quality and standards (and that's just RP standards for the server, not just South Central).

In all fairness, I agree with #1 on a real-life basis, but in any environment in-which a criminal organization claims territory? They'll question an unfamiliar face, with less-organized groups being a little more passive-aggressive (or straight up aggressive during war-time) than organized ones. I.E. Being in unfamiliar territory of a Blood/Crip gang or Skinhead Gang won't lead to the most friendliest encounter, as they tend to press semi-aggressively. Same can apply with county, depending on the group. I don't get the most friendliest encounters when entering real-life biker bars or establishments outside of the city, due to my skin tone... negative stares, off-the-side remarks etc... the one thing that I don't do, though, is make sarcastic remarks or act like I run the place. I've seen a lot of civilians act incredibly rude or sarcastic around crime groups, ICly, and then they wonder why their place gets torched down, overtime. Same applies to illegal RP, as-well, so it's not one-sided... just lack of fear and respect in different cases. I mean, if a business owner's first reaction to any situation is to call 911 or trespass gangs from their property, instead of maybe respecting that they are established within their territory, then these issues would less likely escalate.

Not even trying to hate, but when people attempted to set up churches, rehabilitation programs, and organizing groups? Just lead to hostility. On the first day of creating a pastor character, my character was murdered for sitting at the desk of the Strawberry Church. A Narcotics Anonymous organizer was extorted towards aiding a group with supplying narcotics within prison, despite them lacking the ability to do so, combined with a Davis High staff member having their home raided. You witness clerks at the L.T.D. attempting to boost "community engagement" only to get shanked to death over nothing. It's hard to create a community when these communities undergo severe levels of hostility for simply existing. I'd just like to add that the cases, listed above, lead to zero back-talk or escalation on the "community" side of things. It just simply happened.