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Ah yes, a post created prior to the introduction of a law regarding masks should reflect the current penal code. My bad. Moron.

There is no fear of death if somebody fights back or you get in a shootout with the police, there is no fear of spending years in prison. People go around without acting like there won't be consequences for their actions (because there mostly isn't, aside from losing your rights to gun ownership).

I'm trying to wrap my head around the idea of it somehow being powergame that there is no system in place to expunge records. The lack of legal resource is not the police departments fault and it's up to the government faction to put systems in place; if an officer is doing something wrong you are free to submit a report to their Internal Affairs division. Changing your name and calling it a "character kill" is powergaming and shouldn't be happening, it's such a fail rp system that is being abused. Having your record expunged is not a speedy process and shouldn't just happen because you decided you don't want to commit felonies anymore. IRL you may need to wait years, or it may never be expunged if the crimes you've committed are serious enough. Even if you succeed in having your record expunged you won't have your gun rights restored, you would require a Governor's pardon which is not a thing that currently exists on Eclipse. You claim to have used every route available to you to have your record expunged but have seemingly only spoken with the police department about something that is not their jurisdiction or responsibility. You complain about receiving a "never-ending penalty" and yet you were the one who made the decision to break the law and get a criminal record, disregarding the simple fact that actions have consequences. Just looking at your posts has you crapping on their RP and policies, all because you got caught robbing a store a month ago. Anyway OT: Government needs to write up various laws to cover important topics, and should IMO implement a system of pardoning ex-cons. Suggestions like these really ought to be brought up to them directly.

Firstly, it's a response to Wizzidy who does nothing but complain about LSPD in every single thread. Ofc there isn't going to be people at City Hall most of the time, it's a tiny faction. Rather than going to the building you are better off contacting them on the website via PM. https://gov.eclipse-rp.net/

The name change system currently in place is completely powergame. CKs do not truly exist and many people will namechange to clear warrants and avoid tickets. An actual CK should result in at least a partial character wipe so it's not something you just do on a whim because it benefits you in some way. I doubt that is their policy, it's just what everybody does so they can avoid the consequences of their actions. Putting a legal system in place would be a complete disaster from what I have seen of this community, so GOAT's post about prison and various other ideas is probably the best course of action. Regarding expunged or sealed criminal records; in the state of California you cannot erase a criminal record from public view, instead the case is opened, the guilty plea or verdict withdrawn, and the charges dismissed. This would involve the court and a judge, which is an unlikely outcome on Eclipse. Sealing a record would involve petitioning the LSPD, then if not provided relief you would petition the court. Since people on this server (and you) have an issue with the LSPD I doubt you expect any results from petitioning the LSPD, and the court route is still no good. There is a Certificate of Innocence and Certificate of Rehabilitation which both involve the court, so can't really do anything there. The only viable option would be receiving a pardon from the San Andreas State Government. Rather than bitching and complaining about the LSPD in every thread you should speak with City Hall about your concern.

Barricades should be destroyable, spike traps need to be fixed at the same time. If possible objects need to have a higher rendering distance.

My understanding is that you can't set multiple people as the same alias.

#if WinActive("ahk_exe GTA5.exe") Should work.

If criminals weren't using SMGs and AK47s then I would agree that police would need to limit their loadouts more. Since police get shot a lot it makes sense that they would be authorized to use lethal force and more dangerous firearms. I doubt swapping the Uzi for an MP5 would solve anything here either.

Appropriate equipment for the appropriate situation. Many criminals in LS are so extreme they would realistically be classed as terrorists and there would be more than just the local police department after you.

Crime rate is so ridiculously high because there isn't any real fear of consequences. Everybody knows they can only be imprisoned for a couple of hours and that you can't die, so it doesn't matter what happens. People that shoot cops and kill people daily would have been shot dead, imprisoned for life, or sentenced to death long ago. You just get to do whatever you want and have a city with a crime rate that far exceeds any country in real life, then OOCly complain about any advantages the cops have over you.

The police IRL receive tips and 911 calls all the time. Unfortunately in a game where a majority of the server are criminals and there a few people willing to call 911 there needs to be systems in place for the police. Players are able to get away with shooting in public areas and getting into chases without the police even getting alerted, despite how unrealistic it is. Imagine if a large group of cars started chasing down a vehicle, ramming and brake checking it.. that's going to bring a lot of attention and the police would hear about it. Not here. Hell when this attitude of always having to win and fuck the police is so predominant then maybe GOAT's idea of trading this suggestion for higher prison times is reasonable - if throwing you into prison for 8 hours got some of you to leave the server than that would be a huge win for Eclipse.

Larger gangs that can handle larger shipments should have the ability to do so.

me use less word. you shoot cop big army gun and win. is no no. you rob fishy from man is no no.

A 5% chance that it gets reported, which can be worked around as stated by the cops in this thread. Treat each import like the cops might show up, move quickly and use decoys if necessary. Think smarter and be a better criminal. BTW, it's pretty hilarious that you complain about wasting hours to get something stupid powerful when most criminals go around robbing people for things they also spent time acquiring. Why do people like you and OP believe you should have complete control over a situation and have to right to always win? If you get caught take the loss and get better.

They recently had Support Staff applications open. Any mods/admins will presumably be promoted from the support team. There has been an influx of new players but that doesn't necessarily make older players more suitable or desirable for staff positions; new staff need to be gradual or there will certainly be issues.

You can't plan for and control everything in life. You wouldn't have much influence over some cartel that operates out of Mexico nor knowledge of any snitches or undercovers in their group. People might also notice things happening IRL and call the cops because they are concerned, but that doesn't have much chance to happen because there isn't many people living in the city. 5% is a tiny chance and you should just treat each smuggling operation as if the cops might turn up.

This is mostly for cases where you get kidnapped and dumped in the middle of nowhere with zipties. Having to run around to find somebody to get the zipties off (with a lockpick?????) before you can do anything is ridiculous.

It's possible to break out of them as long as they're tight enough, just have to hit your arms against your body in a specific way and they will break if you do it right. Make a timer so they can't break for some time, then allow them to attempt to break the zipties which takes a couple of seconds and announces what you're doing in /ame.

Let use use payphones around the map and add phones to gas stations for us to use at a low cost, free if calling 911. Useful if your battery is stolen and you get dumped in the desert.

I've actually mentioned some of these points before (little in this thread, some more as part of a Judicial thread) to little point. I don't really agree with the original suggestion which I believe is why discussion on how it can be done is important. It's more useful to have a final suggestion in the original post rather than expecting staff to read all 5 pages. A new suggestion thread that approaches things a little differently may be better than trying to change the original suggestion, and I think your post pretty much sums it up. The comment about criminals seeing police as fun-wreckers is pretty much spot on and it sucks that it's the general opinion. Police are incredibly important to server health and so are criminals, though the balance is a little off. Implementing systems that improve that balance and make all aspects more fun for people involved are always good.

You brought up zipties, so I countered that. It's relevant to the fucking discussion and you're complaining and saying it shouldn't be discussed here. I'll bring this one up here too because it's fucking relevant, add in phones around the map and at stores. You get kidnapped and dumped somewhere, phone battery stolen? Run for 5 minutes and you can call 911. It isn't taken for "no reason" by the way, they don't want you to call the cops on them. IRL they would take your phone but they don't have that option here. Somebody worked 8 hours without thinking "I should probably go to the bank or store these items somewhere"? When I applied for a gun license it asked how I would securely store my guns; it's the same way I store all my items. I put them into my Warrener then store the vehicle in the garage. People get robbed in real life and there are people who don't even lock their front doors then stand there looking like an idiot wondering how somebody could have possibly stolen from them. I've been robbed multiple times and each time only lost around $3000 with the exception of the time I had a gun that cost me $8,000. IDGAF because it's not about winning and losing, it's not about becoming the richest knob in the city. You want to reduce crime in the city then fix the actual issues instead of just slapping a big OOC punishment on people. But hey I guess I could rewatch the entire LOTR Extended Edition everytime I go to prison. People do lose out by getting a long prison sentence even if it counts while offline. While in prison you're not making money or progressing in anything. Them being online for that period or offline makes no difference except they have to sit at their computer and watch four 120 minute long movies. Some people can only play an hour or two each day so eight hours could mean a week of nothing to do. I'll say it again 8 hours online should only be a consideration if Judicial exists. The police shouldn't have that power.

Then add the ability to break your own zipties? Once you're out of zipties you call a friend for a lift, or the cops to report the kidnapping and get a lift into town. Time to get the money to retrieve the vehicle? It's $500, you get that just by being online. Lost items? Shit happens, it's only a bit of money. At worst they steal your gun (you should only have one on you). As people have stated you can easily hit max prison time for multiple counts of misdemeanours. Any time I make a suggestion it gets ignored or one thing gets picked out and disagreed with. It's not reasonable to expect people to spend what is equal to a day of work/school inside a prison cell. 8+ hours should require a Judicial faction to actually sentence you, and if time counts down while offline you could look at locking a character up for days. Give people the option to play some of those hours and sleep off the rest, or play a different character. Having a lot of people in prison with extended sentences could have good roleplay potential but there needs to be enough people inside, enough guards, and actual things to do. How often do stolen cars even get scrapped anyway? In my experience it gets used in a few robberies or driven around until it runs out of fuel. Scrapping isn't worth it most of the time.. a few thousand bucks split between a big group of people, or if you go alone then another gang will come rob you anyway. The issues need to be resolved through multiple complex systems which will pit gangs against each other, reduce crimes committed against civilians, and provide better opportunities for all players. Gang points, drug system changes, reduced access to assault rifles, enforced gang rivalries through control of smuggling operations (through points), Judical faction, etc.

That's 3 hours, not 3 hours playtime. What's wrong with increasing prison times but allowing the timer to tick down while offline?

Great. There's also water coolers in various places like Mission Row and Pillbox we should be able to use. +1