Usage of real life internet/media content

[La Tweaker]

of course people use real life stuff ingame, it'd be stupid if we had to roleplay GTA lore.

[Mikee]

22 minutes ago, La Tweaker said:

of course people use real life stuff ingame, it'd be stupid if we had to roleplay GTA lore.

Yeah but not everything can be involved In-Game. Something like coronavirus would affect in a profound way the roleplay. It's not possible.

[La Tweaker]

1 minute ago, Mikee said:

Yeah but not everything can be involved In-Game. Something like coronavirus would affect in a profound way the roleplay. It's not possible.

yeah of course, that's not really what i was referring to, i was more referring to real world news/events that would pertain to gang member characters for example.

[r0yal]

I think the usage of real life news and content is cool and allows for roleplay around things we otherwise wouldn't be able to do or facilitate on such a scale. An example would be LASD's IRL corruption being emulated in-game and the subsequent FBI investigation. This was something we roleplayed around back on SAMP and it was very cool and immersive. It's really a pick and choose thing as it can get awkward to roleplay around certain things, for example a celebrity dying in L.A. You can't really roleplay the LSPD investigating this so it's something better to gloss over.

 

Certain thing should definitely be avoided such as roleplaying around COVID etc as people play the game as an escape from things like this and it invites trollish behaviour.