Martyn

No just hardware store items, knives and switchblades represent value due to being harder to obtain. This would in turn motivate people to use vehicles as melee weapon stashes to lower the risk and potential of it being stolen. This would work very well with hardware store items because there's no reason to stockpile items you can obtain whenever you want from an NPC store.

I can get behind it as long as its hardware store items like screwdrivers, crowbars, etc.

This is clearly bullshit, shouldn't be CK'd unless the victim CK'd. Extremely excessive and just people trying to be "based" by giving someone the death penalty.

Go through the 27 pages on this thread and you'll get the answer to your question. Something about game balance, something about the reason why helicopters for LEO's are restricted. Something about why there's not a proper RICO act. Something about balancing our game-world, crazy right? Without these rules and taking your suggestion, hiring armed security makes you even bigger of a target because now they know there's a guaranteed way of robbing firearms from your armed security. Hiring security in the way you propose just makes the hypothetical pinata even more irresistible and profitable. It doesn't prevent robberies, it just makes it so they show up with more people.

This, when is it finally going to be addressed? It's so cringe and pretty much non-stop at peak time.

And in the same conversation its said that these official mappers may ask WP for private projects as well. It should only be the server paying server mappers in WP, regular players shouldn't be able to offer mappers WP in exchange for private projects.

I think this is extremely concerning and it's stunning to me that this is even being considered. It's not a secret that most mappers have a lot of IC cash due to mapping being an extremely profitable thing to do, as it should be considering the amount of time it takes. But putting it behind an OOC paywall, requiring you to spend real life cash to buy WP so you can afford a mapper is beyond crazy to me. The people who have plenty of money to spend in real life will be able to afford these services and the people who don't have money to spend will be left hoping for some poor soul to still need IC cash and take the project if you beg enough. This is clearly not fair, but I suppose fairness is thrown out of the window when real life money can be made.

Considering people in investigative hold are completely restricted to interacting with law enforcement officers, the only thing I can think of other than the usual interactions (passing food, water, etc) would be to introduce minigames (that were already promised years ago) such as chess, checkers, uno, you name it. These can then be played with law enforcement officers if they choose to engage with you. Just one of the things I can think of that would make investigative hold a little more fun and interactive. Would also give law enforcement officers some incentive to interact with people in holding a bit more.

I never said helicopters weren't overpowered? I just said it should've been kept IC, this could've been done in various ways. Democrats could've complained about saving the environment, not wanting to burn through gasoline and pollute the sky and what not. Locals could've went to politicians about noise complaints, just two examples of the many in character reasons/approaches that could've been taken that would of resulted in the exact same thing. Less usage of helicopters, but instead of admins having to step in this could've all been done naturally. All this OOC shit really takes all the fun out of playing a server like this, nothing happens natural.

The entire point of investigative hold or isolation is to you know... Isolate people, ensure they can't interact with the outside world to tip people off and share information. The only people who are allowed to interact with these individuals by default are law enforcement officers and the characters lawyer. Your only solution to ensure people in isolation/investigative hold have someone to roleplay with is by having them roleplay with law enforcement officers. Even roleplaying with other prisoners can disrupt the investigative hold significantly. They can share information with a fellow inmate and they can use their phone privilege to tip people off, etc. I don't really think there's any solution to this due to the nature of what you're asking.

Extremely arguable, perhaps if guns weren't as hard to obtain on GTA:W people would have LESS shootings and there would be less crime as people know everyone carries a firearm and their life is in immediate danger if they withdraw their own firearm or try to mess with people. This is a debate we're never going to see eye to eye on, its something they've been arguing about in America for decades so you and I are not going to resolve this particular subject. I don't think the "it happens in real life" argument becomes null just to ensure a "fun server". If that's the case give people the ability to join an OOC deathmatch arena when in prison so they can have "fun" while their IC character spends time in jail. I think if you join a "hardcore" roleplay server, you pretty much agree to the hypothetical terms and conditions that come with such an environment. Which means consequences and repercussions for your character that you would also typically encounter in real life. That's the entire reason most people are here and not on some low-tier roleplay server. There's no other way to go about this, the same argument goes for the female pod. Sure it sucks you have little to nothing to do in there, but it would be extremely selfish of a single player to demand shorter sentences or more leniency being given due to OOC reasons, you'll be ruining the immersion for everyone involved in your arrest. If you get put in investigative hold and you're out in 2hours your char goes up to his homies (or any spectators who witnessed the arrest) just to go "Damn man I just spend a few days in the can!" and then everyone around you is supposed to apply the "suspension of belief" and have their scene ruined due to the fact one solo individual didn't feel the need to apply to the same standards other people do thrive for. There's no winning here, it literally boils down to "If you don't want to do the time, don't do the crime" as shitty as this sounds. Don't roleplay certain things if you can't handle everything that comes with the territory. This is why I personally also do not roleplay certain characters or themes, I know I'm not okay with certain things that comes into play so I avoid it and do myself a huge favor because it allows me to have more fun.

Again, sounds like an IC issue to me. The problems you've outlined are problems prevalent in real life as well, it's kind of part of the life. A minor IRL likely doesn't have the funds nor the knowledge of contacting a lawyer either and this is fully taken advantage of by certain law enforcement officers in real life. Said characters don't have to take action themselves in relation to politics and the likes of that, community leaders should pick up on it and do it on their behalf. That's what they're there for, that's what creates roleplay for these specific characters too. In relation to the helicopter limitation, should've also remained IC. The fact there's far too much admin intervention and rule books the length of the old testament is an entirely different topic which I won't get into here any further. I think the more we stay IC, the more options for roleplay as a community, the more importance for a solid political foundation which in turn increases the immersion of the server and makes things actually feel lively and interactive.

Not trying to be a dick here but this sounds 100percent like an IC issue, if you get put into investigative hold over nothing then hire a lawyer and sue them for it. Adjust the IC laws and make them stricter for the 48 hour hold if need be, this whole OOC approach to in character situations is low-key boring, this discussion/argument should be had ICly between politicians, lobbyists, etc.

That's because any would-be viglante would be targeted for robberies to steal their weapons.

Not really a cope but I just pretend like we're in Gotham City, the crime rate is the same, the civilians act in the same bizarre ways, only difference is no caped superheroes to help.

First things first, you need a math tutor before taking any further steps.

Cant believe you replied in a serious manner to a joke, this is now officially a cringe thread. (It already was)

Only in 2023 will a man tell another man to act like a pussy and suck it up instead of being a man and standing your ground. Whatever happened to Gary Cooper the strong, silent type?

Oh boy, these pointless childish OOC arguments sure make political roleplay look more approachable. A job well done.

When are certain people going to realize this is a video game and there have to be balancing rules to ensure players can have fun? Why are there DM rules? Killing with little to no reason happens all the time in America. Why can't you RP a mass shooter? Mass shootings occur often in America. Why can't you RP (domestic) terrorism of any sort, it happens in America. I could go on and on about the things that are entirely realistic but we have rules in place to make our little 800player virtual world semi-livable so you're not breaching the fear roleplay by legitimately just living in Los Santos as a law abiding citizen which nobody in their right mind would do in real life if you look at the crime/murder rate. This isn't a realism thing, this is a balance thing to keep the server playable. Take a step back and get some fresh air.

I thought kidnapping people with the sole purpose of robbing them is against the rules? What?

There could be a reason nobody wishes to do so, you know? I lead a faction with lots of members and there are plenty of guys interested in wanting to be involved in aviation roleplay, however we don't make any attempts at getting involved due to certain IC reasons which I won't disclose here to avoid outing people or hurting anyones feelings. This is why I advocate for an alternative way of obtaining the license.

I'm not sure and I don't really care, in the sense that ANY alternative would be be beneficial. One company or "school" having the monopoly is unhealthy, if you don't want to use their facilities you have no alternative way of obtaining a pilot license. Which from my personal experience, drives a lot of people away from even attempting to get involved. I can guarantee any alternative, be it a second school or anything else will bring a lot more players to the scene.

Alternative ways to get a pilot license would go a long way to revive aviation roleplay and make it more interesting.

If the victim dies while trying to CK the robber, they should also be CK'd indeed. Risk should be on both ends. And for the people who claim people don't care about CK's they'll just namechange and carry on, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. This means they have to donate money in order to purchase namechanges and this helps to fund the server.