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  1. I wouldn't necessarily go as far as saying that even more scripting should be implemented. That can arguably cause micromanagement through the introduction of RPG-esque elements. So on that point, I agree with you. I also agree with your comments about players, as individuals, holding themselves to higher standards with regards to this. There should be some informal push towards cultural and language familiarization before people start off on new characters. Yes, this is a largely individual effort, but this extends to names as well. If you're going to roleplay as an immigrant from say Croatia, why would you pick a name like Casper Thomas? Barring a legal name change after your character got to the U.S., I don't see why immigrants from outside of the Anglosphere would have English names. This practice is a form of laziness, as I've detailed in the main post, because people can't be bothered to research names that are exclusive to a particular ethnicity. But that is largely besides the point. My main concern centers on powergaming and metagaming. Because if this laissez-faire approach is taken to the extreme, then really, nothing stands in the way for OOC disruptions of roleplay to happen. It'll enable someone to gather potentially sensitive information on say, criminal activities or legal matters, that are communicated in a foreign language. What do I mean? I'll give an example. Joe Smith eavesdrops on a conversation with two Chinese nationals at the Jetsam Terminal. The Chinese nationals are speaking a localized dialect of Mandarin that not many outsiders would have working knowledge of. They're discussing a scheme to traffick narcotics l into the country through the port. Joe Smith then uses this opportunity to either a) interject in the roleplay by speaking Mandarin, or b) informing the Los Santos police about what's happening after claiming to know the language as well. When confronted from an OOC standpoint, Joe Smith will simply say "Haha well my character studied in Beijing for 10 years" or "he's half Chinese and knows the language". When put this way, it's nothing more than a lazy excuse for being a shit disturber, and covering it up through vague background details. I wouldn't be surprised if something of this nature has happened before on this server. The most that I've ever encountered is random people being able to speak languages, to my character, that are barely found anywhere in North America. Which in and of it self is innocuous, and at most, it's just off-putting and immersion breaking. At that point, you can make a report for Metagaming or Powergaming; sure. However at the same time, there's likely already been a fair amount of OOC damage done to a particular group of people or faction. That can get messy and requires Admin intervention, which can possibly be relatively lengthy.
  2. For a brief time, I was on the San Andreas Network on Los Santos Roleplay. I'm aware that the servers are two very different things, but I still find journalism roleplay interesting regardless of this. If someone enjoys creative writing both online and offline, then these kinds of factions are an excellent outlet for that. I may consider this, sometime in the future. Thanks for being here.
  3. This thread will likely constitute an unpopular opinion, but I feel like it needs to be said anyway. Nothing written here is intended to be derogatory, so please do not take it as such. Since joining GTA World and playing as an individual from an Eastern European nation, I've noticed that there's an abundance of people who also know the Russian language. Knowing it In Character, that is. To me, this seems like borderline powergaming. I've noticed the same thing with other languages... and some of this borderline powergaming didn't even involve my own character. What I mean is people who will take on character names with no Eastern European origins and will just go about speaking the language without any plausible explanations for how they know it. A minor disclaimer before I speak more on this: I definitely understand Spanish being common in Los Santos, and to a lesser extent, numerous Asian languages. After all, there's a lengthy history in Southern California (which San Andreas directly replaces, and in some ways mimics) of settlement by Spaniards, Latin Americans and Asians. Roger that; no problems there. The issue especially crops up when dealing with sensitive matters, such as with regards to criminality. I've seen roleplay interrupted before by people who notice a rather obscure language being spoken, and they interject without any proper lead-up. Imagine two Hungarian emigrants speaking their native language to each other and discussing a drug deal in the street, or in a club somewhere. Someone with a plain English name comes up and begins speaking Hungarian to them, and asking for details about the conversation. When asked about how the local resident knows Hungarian, their response is simply "Oh, I got taught it" or "I have a cousin in Hungary". I'm just using Hungarian for the sake of the argument here; I don't actually mean to say that knowledge of Hungarian is widely powergamed, but the point still stands. Why would you know a second / third language which has basically no use in the country in which you reside? It makes no sense. Russian, along with virtually all other Eastern European languages, are functionally useless in the U.S. Unless you're in urban ethnic enclaves such as Hollywood, some parts of Chicago and New York City. I will also include Detroit in this list. You don't require learning a foreign language to interact with the people in these urbanized immigrant enclaves. Chances are, the locals know English to at least a basic extent. And if they don't, then it isn't like you're going to be interacting with them anyway. For one, you can't even properly communicate with each other. Two, if they can't speak English, then they're going to be isolated away from mainstream society. I can understand learning languages for the fun of it, because frankly, there are actually people who do that. Trilingualists and polyglots do exist. But personally? I've never known anyone who speaks several languages like that, unless they've got a specific reason. Such as international business. Another thing I don't understand is why people have an inclination to roleplay a particular ethnicity, without using a proper name from said ethnicity. So for example: people who use plain English names while saying that their characters are from a place such as Chile, Serbia or Cambodia. Again, these countries aren't meant to be specific examples but are just there for the sake of my argument. Research the name and do some real cultural immersion before getting involved with ethnic-specific roleplay. Not doing this is just laziness, and quite frankly, poor roleplay through an inability to briefly research what you're characters going to be about. Just my two cents.
  4. Romanian bikers in Los Angeles are here; that's for sure.
  5. Are there any other servicemen / women in this community? Canadian Military checking in. Remember PersSec tho
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