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Welcome to the monthly Faction Newsletter. This is your monthly update on the latest developments within the faction scene. This newsletter is designed to provide transparency by sharing high-level insights from internal discussions, spotlighting a featured faction each month, and highlighting any groups reaching candidate or official status. We’re excited to offer a closer look moving forward at the inner workings of the team and the ongoing progress of the illegal faction community. Stay tuned each month as we share updates, celebrate community achievements, and spotlight the factions shaping the future of the illegal roleplay scene. Introduction of Faction of the Month Through discussions between the Faction Team (FT) and Illegal Faction Councils (IFC), we have decided to introduce a Faction Spotlight on a monthly basis. Each month, IFC and FT members nominate and discuss standout factions during the last week of the month. From these nominations, tallies are gathered, the top four factions are identified, and a final vote determines the selected faction. There's a number of factors considered, not only the quality and appearance of each factions threads but most importantly, their impact and interactions with the community in-game. Earning the monthly spotlight provides more than recognition because it also comes with tangible benefits. Spotlighted factions may receive approval for larger-scale scenario schemes, gain access to faction complexes and businesses to further roleplay and become eligible to apply for drug schemes or other schemes offered by the Faction Team. This program is designed to reward not only official factions but also highlight the contributions of unofficial factions, who are an essential part of the community. We recognize that unofficial factions have not always received the credit they deserve, and this system is intended to address that gap. The Faction Spotlight is an opportunity to showcase creativity, collaboration, and community impact, and we encourage all factions to push the quality of their factions to be considered for this spotlight. Faction of the Month We would like to extend our congratulations to Verona Shoreline Crip, the recipient of this month’s Faction Spotlight. This faction's roster is filled with both veteran and newer community members, whose leadership have once again continued to inspire and entertain others with their gritty depiction of street-gang roleplay. The Illegal Faction Team & Council have been thrilled to watch this faction develop since they opened in June of this year and hope to see much more from them in the coming months. We encourage anyone wishing to get involved with Verona Shoreline Crip, to reach out to VSC's leadership: @Original Cranky., @AP. or @Roderick_Mays Since they opened their doors in June, Verona Shoreline Crip, has delivered outstanding roleplay and made a consistently positive contribution to the server. Notable highlights from their thread include their in-depth and realistic character development and high quality screenshot cinematics, which truly deserves recognition this month. We intend on rewarding factions monthly through this newsletter, with an incentive of their choosing, Verona Shoreline Crip's leadership will be contacted or can feel free to reach out to the Illegal Faction Council to discuss their chosen in-game incentive. If your faction would like to be considered for the next spotlight, continue pushing your creativity and standing out in meaningful ways. Key areas that can set your faction apart include strong character portrayal, showcasing unique media or roleplay, and maintaining a clean administrative record by following server rules. We look forward to carrying on this tradition and recognizing another deserving faction in the coming month. Every faction has an opportunity to be recognized so keep building, innovating, and contributing to the community. Internal Updates We would like to welcome the new community members who were recently inducted into the Faction Team. For those inducted, their names are mentioned in the section below. Moving on, we would also like to once again congratulate 59th & Harlow Bloods for reaching official status, which was previously shared in the Community Update Newsletter. As a reminder, all the schemes are currently open as follows: Faction Drug Scheme — OPEN Faction Prison Scheme — CLOSED Strawmen Scheme — OPEN Solo Scheme Drugs — OPEN Weapons — (Refer to Strawman Scheme) Melee — OPEN Scenario Scheme — OPEN Business Scheme — OPEN If you would like more details, you can find additional information SA-MP Illegal Available Schemes. There have also been recent updates to the Rules of Engagement (ROE), which you can review [here]. Additionally, the Faction Team will be making some changes to the MyFace rules in the upcoming weeks. We would also like to give a special shoutout to faction-owned businesses that continue to contribute positively to the community and remain consistently active. This month shoutout goes to Rirakuzeshon, operated by members of The Santa Maria Collective. We believe their efforts in creating an authentic atmosphere are worth recognizing, and we will continue highlighting such businesses moving forward. Lastly, there are several internal discussions underway that we’d like to share with the community at a high level. These highlights provide a glimpse into the topics covered during our monthly meetings and areas currently being reviewed by the team. If there is something you’d like to see added to future discussions, please reach out to @Scumpy, who will ensure its included if not already raised within our monthly meetings. If you'd like to join our discord, where a ticket system is in place allowing you to directly contact the Illegal Faction Team with questions or concerns, you can join here. Chopshop System There is currently ongoing internal review of the structure and how the current system is set up. The goal is to prevent abuse and make sure that the new structure covers a better reward structure but also take other things into consideration such as Legal Factions availability. Drug Related Updates There are discussions happening around the drug system and how we can improve it. The goal is to explore more waves of refining how drugs work along with the effect. The ideas are still on-going, but it is still worth mentioning for the community to get a general idea of things being discussed. Other Topics Review of fraud-related features and proper use of existing features. Discussions around rules of engagement and defensive roleplay standards. Evaluation of schemes, including processes and addressing inactive holders. Drug scheme limits rules changed and adjusted for Drug Scheme holders. Faction Team Members Updates Congratulations to our newly illegal faction team members ... Pecula GhostOfProtocol Voronov HoodPope Roderick_Mays Welcome back to our returning illegal faction team members ... Scumpy * S/O to @Scumpy for producing this month's newsletter.

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Keeping going this long on a 100 playerbase server all the way in Verona deserves props, keep it up lads

Keep it up.

faction of the month and thats for a reason

BRAVIE, BRAVIE, BRAVIOSO

Late Night Aktivities.

Night School

dead homies

Hood Defense / Put Them Bullets On Them Enemigas

DummerGang!!!!!

Recruitment for the faction is done in-character, and you will be expected to follow the server rules while associating yourself with our image. Be respectful to those around you and dedicate yourself to your characters development within the faction. The aim of 38th Street is to create a realistic sureño environment in El Corona. The Discord is accessible for those who are interested in joining the faction, we're currently open to new members and encourage those who are looking for something fresh to try it out, if there are any questions feel free to contact @risen or connect to the Discord, where you can find some information about the faction and ask any questions you may have.

This & R40s seems to be the only factions that knows how black Americans in Los Angeles talk

Introduction After the elders disappeared and STCO seemed destined to collapse, Ilko, Vlado, and Vaso stepped forward to form its last surviving core. Ilko maintained tradition and discipline, recruiting loyalists thru respect and fear. Vlado modernized operations with fronts in nightlife, cyber scams, and shell companies to discreetly keep the money flowing, while Vaso mediated between the two, securing fragile alliances and ensuring cohesion. Although suspicion lingered over who truly benefited from the elders' disappearance, their uneasy partnership created a hybrid organization – with roots in old loyalties but reshaped by modern ventures – enabling the faction not only to survive but also to reinvent itself for a new era. The Rise of the New Generation However, the uneasy balance achieved by Ilko, Vlado, and Vaso will not remain untouched. A younger generation, burdened by resentment and restless ambition, began to emerge from the shadows. For them, the disappearance of the elders was not a closed chapter but an open wound, a cut that demanded answers and retribution. Their loyalty was not to tradition or cautious innovation, but to revenge and the pursuit of power. These new characters saw an opportunity in the cracks of the hybrid structure that the trio had built. Ilko's discipline felt suffocating, Vlado's modern ventures seemed ripe for exploitation, and Vaso's diplomacy was interpreted as weakness. While the old guard worked to maintain cohesion, the young were eager to split it if it meant accelerating their rise. The result was a brewing storm within the faction itself. The organization's survival was assured, but now its future depends on whether the veterans can restrain the anger of a generation unwilling to inherit compromise. What followed was not a quiet survival but a struggle characterized by ambition, bloodshed, and STCO's ruthless reshaping for a new and dangerous era.

Appreciate the love y'all, more otw.

This thread will follow the development of the remnants of the STCO. The goal is to continue developing the group and promoting the characters. Joining the group will be done in-character only.

PROTIV VUCICA

✊✊

The last survivors 💣

Future.

Fire!

The Drake and Future of Idlewood

@Dramex

RECRUITMENT. Allow us to introduce ourselves; on behalf of all of the ALL SIDE 40 CRIP leadership and high council we'd like to hold ourselves up to a pretty high standard of roleplay and we say that in the humblest way possible. Instead of instantly trying to roleplay with the faction, it is recommended that you join our Discord server for a more in-depth look behind the faction's infrastructure and how we operate as a whole. Keep in mind that before making your character, the community is the key. We're portraying a street-gang within a community, however, if you are looking for something higher to tie it all together, this is where our emphasis on our community development and interaction comes into play. Our ultimate goal is to portray a realistic street gang with a community like atmosphere within the Western Jefferson (Vermont Square) neighborhood. It is imperative that you check it frequently to stay up to date with the conversations and topics that are present revolving the faction within the Discord. If you're not serious about role-playing with us and don't have any quality role-play to contribute to the faction, then don't even bother joining because you will be weeded out and removed without a warning. The faction itself consists of a majority of American-time zoned members (GMT -4 to GMT -8), however, there are quite a few members in the European time zone (GMT 0), so people should keep in mind that you will probably catch people in-game no matter what time zone you are in. Every day is different, so our "peak" times cannot be specified. You will most likely catch more members online during the nighttime and sometimes during the afternoon due to school and work (between 2:00 PM and 12:00 PM).