skeletee

agreed for the same simple reason as the use of slurs, people just need to be kind and mindful of what they are saying.

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I wholly reassure you that opinions are not only being asked of from Irish HC and your comments are unfortunately a little bit ill-informed. Please try to stick to the topic discussion.

looking forward to seeing more of this type of rp, good luck!!

1+ gang to gang dynamics aside, I think RP is more enriched from smaller groups.

-1. If people want to RP with a group and form alliances, no one is stopping anybody from doing so. Strong bonds shouldn't rely on how many times a group has backed another group up in a shoot-out. Strong bonds can be created by - as might be guessed - simply RPing and creating RP. If you want a rival group to face serious consequences and repercussions by debilitating them, there are other ways to do so without having to fight and partake in large-scale PVP situations, such as using intel gathered between two or more groups against them or identifying a source of supply and cutting it.

Faction Thread Formatting Guide Faction threads are a space where factions are encouraged to post to showcase RP and is considered one of the best ways to update others on the types of things a faction is getting up to in-game. This guide will cover how to format and edit your forum post so that it is readable on the ECRP forums. Please note that you DO NOT need to follow the guide below to create good quality forum posts and you don't have to be a graphics designer to make great posts. Your RP showcase and content of the post is more important than the way you decide to design it. Simply writing and posting photos is enough! This guide is just to assist people that want to take extra steps and gather formatting ideas for their posts. You can use any photo editing software. For the purpose of this guide, I will be using Photoshop. 1. Establishing Dimensions The dimensions are very important. If the design is too wide or too long, the post will shrink when uploaded, which will make it difficult for your readers. The dimensions that I personally follow by is 1013 x 545. If you wish to do other dimensions, this might require some trial and error. 2. Designing & Write-up Once you have your dimensions and have a clean slate, you can begin designing. You should ask yourself: What font do I want to use? You should make sure this is legible. Cursive is advised against for large bodies of text for the purpose of easy readability. Do you want to use the same background for every section? Do you want to have beginning, middle, and end sections? Do you want your thread to share the same design every time, or do you want it to vary? What RP are you trying to showcase? We recommend that you explore old and new faction threads for inspiration. But remember, the server encourages individuality and faction differences, so you shouldn’t copy another faction and call it a day! Create something that is unique to your own faction and remember that there are countless mediums you can use to portray your RP. Feel free to expand the below for some ideas! * TIP! You can find your screenshots by going to Steam > View > Screenshots > Select GTA 5 > Show on Disk 3. Posting on the thread Once you’ve made your design, you are ready to post. There is a maximum size of 149.51 kB, but you can bypass this by using imgur. Save your design as a PNG. Upload these onto Imgur.com. Right-click on the image, select copy image, and paste it. You can also follow the screen-recorded guide below. TIP 1: Fitting / carrying on pictures between two sections of a forum post. If you’re unlucky enough, some images get cut off halfway. However, you can follow the video guide below so that images continue when you copy and paste the images into your thread! *TIP: You can use Shift and drag to move an image directly up and down without having to use your arrow keys. *TIP: You can use CTRL+T to select the layer to move it around. TIP 2: Having a beginning, middle, and end piece. Some factions will have templates for their beginning, middle, and end pieces. If you want to design your thread in this style, you want to make sure the borders are lined up with each other so that it flows when all the pieces are uploaded together. TIP 3: Adding RP lines. This amazing guide by @Vince Torelli shows how to showcase lines of RP. Another useful tool is the LSRP+ screenshot editing tool. A guide on how to use it can be read here. Showcasing RP has never been so easy! When using this tool, be advised that you should not make up RP. The RP should be genuine and to the best of your knowledge. It's recommended you take screenshots and clips as RP goes on so that you have an accurate re-collection of the RP that took place. Links & Resources Below are the links to the programs and websites mentioned under this thread. Canva - This is a free graphic design tool that can be used to design things such as posters, menus. With Premium, you can also use this to set dimensions and make backgrounds transparent, which might be easier if you prefer an easier tool to Photoshop. Photopea - This helps you edit screenshots to showcase your RP. You can refer to this guide on how to use it. LSRP - Similar to Photopea. A guide on how to use it can be read here. Free Animation Apps - Animations are a great way to make your forum posts more dynamic. Free fonts - You may use different fonts that fit your faction lore or for titles. PNGtree - PNG images are useful for posting images with transparent backgrounds. If you think there is anything missing from this, feel free to DM me to let me know at skeletee#7283!

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Can you elaborate on what you mean here, specifically what complications you think this ruling would cause? Additionally, a PvP mentality is not welcomed on this server. Combat RP within reason and escalation, sure, but not to the point where PvP strategies trump RP, lore, and character immersion. Ref. my previous response on this thread.

I was going to post a rule suggestion for this myself, as I had bought it up to other staff about 1-2 weeks ago, but you've beat me to it! Generally, I have always rallied against dressing as other gangs for reasons related to faction lore and so on so forth, but for the purpose of this thread, my response will focus on the act of dressing in rival colours in combat scenarios. Please note that I am not opposed to players dressing as other gang members for the purpose of gaining information, in fact, I encourage this, as it initiates for further RP and scenarios, as long as it makes contextual sense. I believe it should be ruled NRP to dress in rival colours solely for the purpose of fighting or gaining a tactical PVP advantage. These are the reasons below. 1. Unrealistic and deviates from faction lore. This point is first because it is quite self-explanatory. I don't believe in any realistic situation, gang members would carry a spare set of clothes to dress into prior to a fight. I understand that this server is we are simulating being criminals as much as we can and therefore not everything will be realistic by the book - such as using radiofrequencies to communicate - but this act of dressing as another gang for fights is not something that has been set as standard by the server, it is something that has been set as standard by the players. Therefore, it is something we, as a player base, have more agency in managing and controlling. 2. Poor demonstration of fear RP. Players should enter shoot-out with knowledge that they may die with one bullet, as opposed to 6 before their HP runs out. That being said, entering a shoot-out dressed in a rival colour places players at grave danger and should be considered detrimental to player's safety. If all it takes is one bullet to realistically (not by script) kill someone, players should be doing everything they can to minimise this danger. Dressing in a rival colour and simply calling it out to other players is not enough. When you're in a shoot-out, there is simply too much adrenaline and too much to acknowledge, that shooting anything remotely in a rival colour can become an easy mistake, regardless of if that attire has been called out. Yes, you use tactical advantages in shoot-outs to preserve your life, such as co-ordinating the way your cars will be set up, where people will be if something kicks off, high-grounds to low-grounds, who stands where if they have a close-range gun, who makes the calls, who will flank from behind.. Dressing as a different colour is not one of those tactical advantages that show appropriate preservation of life. 3. Promotes a poor RP mentality. As we're seeing in this thread alone, people are adopting the act of dressing in rival gang members for the purpose of fighting because others are doing it. This is simply not the direction that we should be going in in terms of RP standard. People should be leading their actions because that is what their character would do and because it makes sense to lore and to the faction, not because Jimmy from the other block did it and it was fine. Gangs and criminal organisations should be abiding to their faction lore, the way they present themselves to others, and carrying out RP that is specific to their faction lore. When people break this in order to gain a tactical advantage solely for the purpose of shoot-outs, this becomes an issue. As for changing clothes mid-fight to flank a rival gang after you've been shot, or while you're getting shot, this would likely be considered NRP in itself as your priority should be to (a) keep fighting for your life or (b) escaping and saving your life. This is obviously just my personal opinion. Perhaps I am missing something here, and that there is more RP opportunities to emerge out of this act of changing into rival clothes pre- and mid-fight. I'm happy and open to listening out to these! EDIT: Let’s make sure we are focusing on the suggestion at hand, not the player behind the suggestion that has been made.

We’re getting off topic. $3.00 and I’ll throw a teaspoon in for you to sculpt your other collector snowballs.

$1.75.

$1.00 each, take it or leave it.

wow! This is a great read. this character is really in-depth and THOUGHT OUT. I wish to be as immersed as this character. Everyone should thrive to be like Harley Pavlovian. Regards.