MrUntouchable215

That's not equal, I've voted against this before in the past. I don't agree with scripted drug sales or scripted pings when we're trying to pick up weapons we spend hundreds of thousands on. We get fined when we go to prison and now PD is taking money from us through sheer script, that's not okay and I don't see how anyone would think it is. "There's a 5% chance you're fucked and you get to lose your entire import" They have the means to obtain organic informants, I mean PD has been taking our radio freq as of late, how is that not good enough lol Also, the drug drop off script is not the same thing but again, I don't agree with it. This is our means of making money, the same way you get paid for cruising around and doing your job, making drugs and selling it is our job, I hope we can agree with that. PD should seriously not have a means to screw us over like that, there has to be a balance and that's not the answer. Players are grinding to make this type of money, day in and day out and to lose 100k because of an automated system is seriously going in the wrong direction.

Whatever happened to getting an organic informant lol. I kinda assumed that was the point of detectives and RP? Why does a script have to decide if we have an informant or not? That doesn't make sense and that in itself is an act of Powergaming. That's forcing an RP situation out of our control. Swat officers have sniper rifles, etc. If a drop comes and you get the notification, we automatically lose the drop and there isn't jack shit we can do about it, that's NOT okay. PD gets free stuff, we have to pay for our stuff, if someone ordered 10 AK's, that's literally like 100k down the drain because of this import notification stuff, that's NOT okay. I saw a video where a guy went to go pick up his Ammo and they shot his car and disabled it, leaving him no room to escape lol

First of all, I want to say thank you for the updates. The food and water implementation was a little shaky at first but with a few minor adjustments, it leveled out pretty well to the point where it makes sense. The only thing I want to mention is it's counteraction against drugs and overall tactical game play. Currently, food only heals you up to 80-90% if you're almost full on both food and water. While that's fine, currently we have to rely on MD to get the other 10% of our health back. Normally, that wouldn't be an issue, but it does remove the ability to use drugs in a tactical way. For example, Cocaine, heroin or any drug that gives you armor becomes useless when it comes to getting that tiny bit of armor. See before, we could counteract the drugs side effects by eating the rest of our HP back and being able to use that slight armor in combat made the drug useful beyond the means of party RP or selling it to the drop off point. The bit of armor it gives isn't that big of a deal but it's still an added bonus. The current system disallows this and I propose a way for us to gain that extra 10% HP back, perhaps some type of pain killer as an addition to the convenience stores. These pain killers will only heal a maximum of 10% HP and has a timer and/or longer animation to prevent spamming them during combat situations. This way, it would serve as a means to heal once combat has ended and considering full food and water heals you to about 90% over time anyway, it would be pointless to use as a replacement healing agent. I want to also mention, I'm not trying to take away any responsibility from MD at all, but I can also see people constantly calling up and/or going to MD for 10% HP can get annoying out of 200+ players. This will lighten that load a bit and make things less tedious for them as well.

This shit is hard bro. Did you guys make the track on the video as well?

Yes please, I've always been iffy about the one that's currently here doesn't show up for anyone other than yourself. +100

+1 Some new clothes maybe too, this has been needed for so long. If I put on another shirt just for my undershirt to disappear and my manly, chivalrous chest to be shown, I'm going to lose my COOL

It has zero negative impact for us. The only negative impact is the feed back from smaller gangs and in that case, you're correct. The alliance was formed long before all of this for many reasons. It's not going to stop because ya'll want it to. That's like telling us to slow down because no one else can catch up. I could say the same about the amount of millionairs on the server in comparison to the people who aren't. They flood the market, buy up the businesses and on top of the 5% tax on shit, it's harder now more than ever to generate a great cash flow. On top of the weekly checks from government jobs and the lack of labor. You have to build on top of what's given and in that, you have no choice. If we ever disapear, there will be someone else to take our place because the foundation on how to do it has already been laid out. ECRP has changed, change with it

Here's a secret that most don't share. Building friendships is more important than building enemies. If you want your faction to prosper and stand the test of time, you need friends you can rely on. If you're fighting against everyone, you will eventually fall or things will be so chaotic and uncontrollable that you will never have peace. Peace brings money. Open drug labs, protected store robberies, shared businesses, etc and comparable forces. The reason why the big three are so successful isn't just the alliance, it's because the values and rules of the game come directly from real life. Yes, there are some open street conflicts which are unrealistic but the attitude, meetings and mutual interests/respect comes from server experience as well. Every gang that was/is within the council stood the test of time because of those key factors. Clowns can run the streets by themselves, Zetas can run the streets by themselves and so can irish and the older Shadow Cartel and La Familia. The one thing people on this server need to understand, especially the new guys is, all of these gangs used to be enemies at some point. Most of the people in Zetas were in opposite, waring factions. We clapped at each other on the daily and now that we've formed that bond through violence, imagine what we'll do to others? That's the point. A successful faction is a faction that can form strong friendships that can make the rules. "If you are all living out of each others pockets, the fuck is the point?" that is extremely inaccurate but I'll answer you; power. If we want to raise the price of weapons, we have the ability to do that. If we want to raise the price of gas, we can do that too. That's not bragging, that's literally hard work and a LOT of play time. We were like this before each of these gangs became official and that will be the case regardless. There's a simple way around us and I'm waiting for people to figure it out.

Wrong. Los Zetas, Clowns and Irish have fought major wars with other gangs, rival gangs. Narcos, Vice Lords, Gates, Chambers, etc. There were plenty, you're just not involved enough to see it pan out. There's videos on youtube on it as well. The post above you mentioned forcing big gangs to only ally with smaller ones? How do you know one of our allies weren't small at some point? Are we supposed to drop alliance because they grew? Los Zetas was small yet we got accepted into the council, we just so happened to grow. These "new" gangs wouldn't have an issue with any of us but for some reason, every new gang wants the throne. Instead of making your own shit and going through the trials like everyone else, they always want to start shit with the bigger gangs and end up getting stomped out. If you don't come correct, you don't deserve to exist in the criminal underworld. The whole point of the council was to shape Los Santos into OUR ideal vision, not yours. We've went full scale war with PD for it, full scale war with other big gangs like Narcos, Monroes, Vice lords, and so many others. If we're openly speaking, the ones upset about the big alliance we have always say the same thing. "Gangs are pussies" or "Shouldn't have big alliances" in my mind that says two more things. "I'm upset because it isn't us" and "I want to be able to DM everyone without massive consequences" All of these people want the big gangs to fight each other instead of grooming themselves into becoming an ideal faction. Make no mistake, Yes, cops also get a foul treatment from gangs but these recent days, they've been sticking their nose where it doesn't belong. I watched them raid a drug rehab spot and search everyone looking for heavies. You can't do drugs icly and it's not allowed to get off them either apparently. "If they are truly untouchable then they wouldn't have trouble fending off threats from other rival gangs" let's talk about it.

I understand the annoyance that comes with getting robbed but let's be really honest, if you're being robbed that often, it's literally your fault. Since the moment i started this server, people have attempted to rob me and I talked my way out of it or revenge killed them and took my shit back. Either way, I barely ever get robbed or even attempted on. If you're running down the street on foot looking like a snack with a .50 on your back, yes you're going to get robbed. If you're going to drug labs without friends you're going to get robbed. There's way too many ways to avoid being robbed that it's seriously not worth a suggestion. If you get ran up on, you got caught lacking. Learn from it, make friends and you'll be fine. This is an RP server, socialize and get your own circle of people to hang around. There's very little reason to be alone most of the time. I keep repeating myself but I have no idea what else to say to this. The only time I got robbed is when I specifically went looking for it lol

/rvv should lower and raise radio volume but to be fair, I found it doesn't work all that well. I agree with the radio effect thing though, I hate having to turn my radio off because sometimes I can't tell the difference but that's likely a me problem

If the house is up for sale, when you go close to the door you should see a price tag. If you're somewhat further away from the door, most of the time it won't show until you get closer. The ones the Admins are about to put up for sale have a white marker on it but there's no definitive date they could go up, so no use in waiting on it. Also check the real estate section of the forums, there should be some houses for sale there.

@FatherOsborn Honestly, this post was regarding the community before the influx of new players. The things I spoke about was when the community was more stable and 12AM-4AM had around 50 or so players. The result remains the same as far as rule breaking and when it happens but if you really want to clean the community, staff has to play a more criminal approach rather than PD or MD. I agree with you and I'm sure the team has their hands full.

So I recently made a habit of playing ECRP at around 12-4AM eastern and I came across a few things that opened my eyes a bit and I'm pretty sure these are things that most of us know but has been left unsaid for whatever the reason may be. On my off time, I spend some time looking at the report section, both pending and archived reports and I can honestly say, it's quite literally some of the funniest and most entertaining shit to watch. I recently watched a guy in one of those videos go into the bank and started kicking and punching a guy who was getting his salary until he was injured, as wild as that is, it's funny as hell. Back on topic though, this is for the Admin team and how to clean up the community a lot more efficiently. I implore you guys to take some time one of these days and play at 12-4AM or so, maybe even further down until 6AM maybe? The amount of rule breakers is most intense during those times. It's not subtle at all, most of them are extremely blatant. I feel like Admins should step away from PD and MD and start playing on criminal characters and you'll find these people left and right. Go do a home invasion and see if the guy getting invaded won't break every single rule in the span of 30 minutes. Don't just rely on reports made by players, experience this for yourself sometimes and you'll find patterns and tricks to find them, things you will never obtain on a video made by another player. These types of things happen so commonly that I'm beginning to feel like the report section on forums is becoming obsolete. I mean in the grand scheme of things, I know that isn't correct but here's two reasons I don't report anyone. 1. I just can't afford the space to record all day 2. It happens so much that I'll end up posting reports multiple times a day and frankly, I'm not getting paid to do that, so hell naw. I want to actually play the game. I bet my bottom dollar that if you ask your community when they actually make reports, they'll basically respond with "When I get the most salty about it" They likely run into a lot more rule breakers than their reports mention, but they just can't be bothered to report multiple times a day, everyday. It's a hassle. This is why I say Admins should commonly play criminal characters and really step into the belly of the beast. Don't be LFB (No offense) and hide in the shadows, step into the real Los Santos you guys created and see what chaos lies underneath it. Participate in these wars, make drugs, rob stores, etc.

You can do both. The house market is somewhat at random. If a player who owns a house becomes inactive for around 3 months or so I believe, his house goes up for sale or whenever the Admins decide to list it. You can also find homes around the city/up north that can be perhaps up for sale but buying them off of players is probably your best bet if you're in need one of asap. Just make sure you don't get scammed, look around the forums for common prices for houses and you should be fine. If I were you, I'd wait a little bit. With the current rise in players, houses will likely be a thing that's in a drought and the Admins will likely open up more houses for the community. If you go around the map, you'll sometimes see houses with white markers out front; those are houses that are due to go up for sale at some point.

Looks good, always good to see Bratva around, best of luck peeps

Flint Capone comes back to Los Santos after the war with Vice Lords has ended and decided to address some things while the fire is still hot and have fun while doing so. The production on this track isn't the best but he decided to practice a bit by composing something he found relevant. He found speaking his mind was more important than worrying about obtaining high level production in such a short amount of time.

Flint Capone out here looking like a SNACK

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Of course it isn't, that's fair. I'm just saying that even if you're roleplaying as a female, you having a deep alpha male voice indicates you look like tyler1. All I'm saying is, use text if you want people to immerse in your RP. I also want to point out that my girlfriend played this server and wanted to Roleplay as an android and an Admin told her that it was somehow "Powergaming" to do that, because she was using a robotic voice changer. If that's the case, the same thing applies to grown men, roleplaying as females and using their deep ass voice in voip. There's no difference.

No matter how much RP we attempt to do, you're still Roleplaying with the person behind the monitor. There isn't much you can do about that one simple fact. Yes, we're portraying a character but the same thing applies in real life as well, there's Roleplay beyond a computer screen. Roleplay isn't as simple as "Only possible in a video game" You can Roleplay anything you want but hearing a mans voice in voip is the same as hearing a deep voice on a woman. No amount of RP in the world is going to stop you from being a grown ass man on a female character in my eyes and asking your player base to do that is just asking for too much. Either use text when you're on a female character or just don't RP as a female if you're going to feel some type of way that you're recognized as a man; that's quite simple actually.

If it's a female character, I'm knocking it down regardless and we'll work out the real gender details afterwards. No in all seriousness though, how can you say it's meta gaming if some big ass hairy alpha male is on a female character and when he talks, you realize it's a man? If I ERP with a female character and i hear a man grunting and shit on the mic, I'm moon walking away from that RP, sorry Admins.

Okay, I barely post here but this is actually not okay. As people have already mentioned before, dying by floating objects like sodium, blowing up randomly, DM's, etc are all going to play a factor but more importantly, ECRP has ALWAYS had an issue with the lack of Medic's being available. Most of the time when I'm down, I end up bleeding out because no one comes to save me, like ever. There's 200+ people that play here and with the lack of MD's, people are simply not getting help. Renovations have to happen before something like this is implemented. The faction needs to recruit a lot more to balance things out, otherwise it's going to get extremely frustrating. If you guys are worried about people not caring about their characters life, someone mentioned medical bills before and that could be a great idea honestly. We have to apply for gun licenses and drivers licenses, implement health insurance as well perhaps. The players want more content, not to be punished with more time wasting things. If you guys are worried about people going around killing each other 24/7, just implement a hard NCZ. Maybe something surrounding an entire area. This could be an area where people can mingle and socialize without the worry of "Hands up hrob" and you'll actually have a lot more role play. Perhaps allow the city to be drama free and let the drama commence up north. All I'm saying is, please remove this, it serves no purpose other than frustration at it's current point. MD needs to be renovated.

I have motion sickness when playing fps, so HELL naw for me

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