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Why not? lol If you're a US citizen then you do not need a visa, if you can't afford a visa, the only way you can get into the country is by illegal means lmao I don't think its that hard to understand what happens if you illegally enter a country. Lack of consequences... hmmm you mean the fact that you could get booted from the country, placed in jail for forging documents, losing what you might've achieved before being caught.. none of that being part of the consequences? No consequences at all when forging documents, especially in a country you might not even be allowed to be in.. no, none at all hahaha and you say there's no access to other cities or countries.. yet people RP being from other cities or countries. hmm.. curious..

Short description: Adding in a Visa system, by which I mean the Visa required by those from other countries such as any EU country or Asia Detailed description: Adding in a Visa system which is very much so based around the same idea as the one's used by governments across the globe IRL. The United States governemnt uses such Visas therefor it only makes sense for it to be in SA. There are nonimigrant Visas which are temporary, usually valid for anywhere between 1 week to 3 months and allow the holder to enter the US for things like tourism, study or temporary work. Then there are immigrant Visas for foreign citizens who wish to permanently live and work in the US. Commands to add: Perhaps /grantvisa temp/perm for either GOV or LSPD or both, which allows the GOV or LSPD to grant a Visa to the person in need of one for either temporary term or permanent, depending on the situation. Items to add: A Visa card/document which stays in the inventory like a drivers license I believe could work nicely, should someone need to see it, such as the PD. How would your suggestion improve the server? There is a platora of ways that Visas can bring RP, from fake visas to visa theft and deporting of non-visa holders. Fake visas can be crafted up by an organization which delves in fraudulant documents and I'm sure our server can provide one as such, or perhaps can be done via the supplier program. These fake visas can then be purchased and used in places necessary such as during issues with the LSPD or while looking for work. Then there are visa thefts, this is usually done by criminal organizations which delve in slavery or production of illegal goods such as drugs or weapons. It does occur in many countries across the globe and forces the person whos visa has been stolen into either slavery (though this usually occurs with kidnapping) or forced labour in which they still get paid though only enough to pay for bare minimums such as insuficient food, leaving them in debt elsewhere. Finally, though only as far as my mind is able to think, deporting persons who are from a foreign country and do not hold a visa. Usually done through the means of GOV involvement and the aid of the PD. Additional information: I believe the first time people log in should grant them the ability to chose if their character hold a Visa or not, so as to give them a choice of RP'ing an illegal immigrant or not. The visas could probably be obtained through pd/gov forum application or by some sort of a means in-game, a bit like the DMV works for vehicle licenses. As such, of course all input on how to better this idea is welcome! I think Visas can really expand the reasoning for wishing to RP a foreign citizen living in the US, making things a little bit harder for those wishing to do so or dangerous, depending on situations. So all input is welcome on this idea! ?

Yes, definitely. Kinda tired of seeing ridiculous cars being added. We definitely need more mid to low-class cars added in the server, with reasonable pricing behind them too..

I've been told that Nervous himself has said that Los Santos and its island is to be role-played as a separate state so idk why it's being compared to LA aside from visual resemblance. Even so, I wouldn't mind seeing this as a disaster event type of thing done maybe once or twice a year, not quite sure how it'd be pulled off but I'm interested.

How does it punish people? They are free to RP within the implemented jail, are they not? Their own choices is what punishes them here, not the suggestion. If people don't want to sit in jail for a 1-2-3-4-whatever weeks, then don't commit crimes in broad daylight where you'll obviously be caught, examples being pretending the server is 2005 Need For Speed: Most Wanted and speeding/drifting in the heart of the city, or going into a heavily populated area to rob someone who's just walked out of their house or something. That's common sense and would take a special person to not realise they'd get caught.

Tell them to keep spectating every single person and watch them then, they wont. This can be an alternative.

Yes, it creates RP for both sides but ruins it for the ones in the middle after having to RP a human who has to keep witnessing dead bodies every 20 miles or be hit by a car after just stepping out of their house because someone thought it's just fun to dorifto kaido in the city. The only reason why it would have an opposite effect is because of an inefficient/ineffective department or because of a lack of common sense or fear in the character portrayed as a criminal.

And they continue... Where did the ooc bit come from though? If you mean the times being adjusted by OOC influence then where did the sense go for the servers government when they made the penal code in the first place? If I wanted to say it will have a *^*magical effect*^* I would have, have I? No, this is obviously going to be over a period of time. I'm not sassy with you because you don't agree with me but w/e on that bit, it's nothing to do with the post is it? Illegal role-play has been supported for a long time, there have been plenty of additions brought into the server over the servers history, now the focus seems to have turned to legal factions again, primarily PD. Where in this have I said that the server is to be strictly legal RP? Nowhere. Have I said it should be strictly legal? No. Have I tried to make a suggestion that would bring more 'realism'? Yes. Have I made a suggestion to try and implement more fear to people who commit crimes willy nilly in broad daylight in the middle of a city? Yes. Have I said it will have an instant effect? No. Have I attacked your role-play? Yes, because of the silly comments, I replied with silly answers. Grow up and go argue else where.

i have explained it in the post, if you have no serious remarks to say about it then move on.

weeds out people who do it for the laugh, like you for example

no i expect the server to make it more of a trouble for them so that when they do get caught, they can either ck or take the L and spend a lovely long time in jail, tbh I'd expect the staff team to have had a say in this a long time ago

so you shoot cops because they pulled you over for running a light for example, okay good rp

thats not possible, the online community these days are 90% trolls and do things for a laugh, that includes running from pd ect ect on roleplay servers

if u gun cops down for pulling you over, then u dont know how to rp accordingly

So to be plainly blunt - Crime rates in Los Santos topple any crime rate statistics in any city world wide at this point, or so it feels like. This makes me wonder of how to actually rp fear in the first place if my character has chosen to live here seeing that within 10 minutes there have been at least 2 fights, some shooting, a pursuit or two, robberies left right and center.. basically this is just starting to feel a bit like cops and robbers with role-play elements. It genuinely feels like that for every 10 characters, 7 of them are involved in crime, a criminal or wouldn't care about committing a crime. Making those few that don't involve themselves with such things like myself, a bit confused - If 'fear' is to be role-played, realistically nobody would want to live in Los Santos due to the crime rates, unless he/she is a criminal or wants to spend their life committing crimes and running from police. To try and make it realistic I think we should up the jail sentences more, a lot more, which would impose a serious thought to those who plan on creating 'criminal character Nr.20391238907' for the billionth time and continue to feed the cops and robbers feeling into the server. Here's some examples from the most common crimes of what I'd have in mind. 114. Resisting Arrest: 7 Days. 118. Assault & Battery on a Government Worker: 2 Weeks. 119. Evading a Peace Officer: 4 Weeks. 201. Assault: 7 Days. 202. Assault with a Deadly Weapon: 6 Weeks. 203. Attempted Murder: 8 Weeks. 208. First Degree Murder: 12 Weeks. 210. Aggravated Battery: 3 Weeks. 217. Robbery: 2 Weeks. 218. Armed Robbery: 4 Weeks. 305. Grand Theft Auto: 4 Weeks. 407. Reckless Driving: 7 Days. I'm sure there will be people who will say 'oh but that just takes the fun out of it' - yes, it will, it will make it exciting to not be caught and you'll really have to think about if your actions are worth the risk of spending such long time in jail, it will have a genuine stake in it because I know for a fact that people don't want to spend long times in jail or prison or whatever and will likely opt to CK their character just to not have to (your own choices btw) - but how often do you commit a crime irl such as say.. murder and just waltz away like nothing happened? I'd assume never. I don't hear about people stepping out from prisons or jails after a few days after having run from police IRL, why should it be any more different here? Aren't we trying to be promoting realism? This is half a rant yes, though it's a good one haha