kermit

writing this in phone I have been apart of this community since 2018, known about it since around 2016 over the years I’ve matured, been through relationships and seen this server in so many ways. I’ve found out so much about myself specifically thanks to this server it re-sparked the creativity I once had that was sucked out of me when I was even younger. It’s helped me through dark times, that especially helped me get my creative control back (as seen from my latest character stories) that fuelled me to keep going and see screenshot editing as an artform, kind of like writing a book or painting a picture to a story, that being one of the main reasons I haven’t used the auto screenshot tools and stuck solely to photoshop all these years. I’ve seen the history, dramas, notable factions and the legacy many have left and through all the “samp is dead” messages we’ve all lived through that are probably in the thousands, most of us refused to give up. SAMP will always have the vibe that GTA 5 servers could never replicate and after seeing the huge downfall of LSRP v first launch, I think many of us would agree it will be a disaster once again. I believe many would agree with me that instead of migrating to LSRP v they would rather go back to gta w since they either: already have accounts or friends or ingame assets which they don’t want to grind for again. A lot of us prefer SAMP for the simplicity of it, most of us have been around so long we know the map and functions and what objects have collisions and what can stop bullets by memory. This can’t be said for most of us if we are forced to move to LSRP v as a lot of us do. My thoughts on the matter on even just a tiny bump of revival, especially if mmartin has the email accounts that have been used all this time that might still exist in a mysql database somewhere, is do something similar littleitaly rp does I had completely forgotten I made an account there, but still get emails to my crappy school email I made 14 years ago about major updates. This might sound tedious but I see it as a “We’re still here and we haven’t forgotten you” type of way, sure you cant filter out all the bad apples but what can you do. This idea wasn’t directly inspired by the emails I got, but rather a few years ago I was outside with my friends and this one dude was on a mental health walk or something (i seriously don’t really know what he was up to nor can I remember his name he literally just joined us and talked about his life) and while chatting we got into gaming and he mentioned this one server he used to play called LSRP, my mind went fuckin wild realising the age this dude is and the fact the server I play on that was currently still regarded as my “Childhood” that was also his childhood though he was way older made me realise he really has been around that long, I mentioned it to him that it’s still up and alive and swell (this was way before the first shutdown and major ddos attacks) and he talked a bit about the server, the factions that were around then and notable players he remembered even asked if him or that guy or she still play, which I had no answer for (I couldn’t remember or didn’t know those people) but could comfort with the fact that many from his era are still around. I might’ve made him return to the server or even got him rewatching old clips from the server where he used to spend his days in. The moral of this story is, this server has been around for so long, It’s been an amazing way for people to find out more about themself and what they’re interested in, hell YBN nahmir’s lyrics are probably from his characters from this very server, but migrating to LSRP v is not a good idea, I just hope that if it does migrate, the samp server stays with the a before mentioned and I do not wish to continue on a gta 5 platform that a lot of us aren’t accustom to nor have any nostalgia, passion, artistic expression both by skins and screenshots and the way you type your /me’s and /my’s, funding (have you seen the recent ram prices??) and simplicity. It is now 1:45 AM I don’t even know if I made any sense but, heres hoping samp strives for another few years.

feels like im reading a book that's being written as we speak fuckin HEAVY

Mario Arias, 15, 16, 17 Mario Arias, a 15 year old local in the slums of El Corona, 38ST. Mario is an aspiring music/creative artist, rather than the rap dreams most have around him, Mario Arias grew up with the likes of his older brother Alvaro Arias, who was heavily influenced in the 90's teen classics, such as skating, punk rock and graffiti. Mario and Alvaro both lack a father figure in their lives, being deported to Guatemala Mexico in 09, leaving Mario to seeing his bigger brother as his role model, Mario started copying his mannerisms,got into graffiti, started to play the guitar and desperately try to "get up" in the graffiti scene. With the loss of his brother in 2019 in a gang related shooting, Mario was left to fend for his own, helping his poor mother try to make ends meet, all the while he suffered through chronical stress due to having all the heavy weight being put on him to provide. Nowadays Mario still resides in El Corona and still continues trying to pursue his dream as an artist. Due to the lack of same interests around the hood, Mario can't relate to many, while others are bumping Lil Rob and rapping along, he was trying to show that Suicidal Tendencies is also a hispanic band. And the hope of all the graffiti around, he found noone is actually interested, rather they're marking territory instead of getting up. All this left him feeling lonely with noone to relate to, Mario usually hangs around and tries to influence others into a band he's creating or trying to relate to others who suffer the chronic gang mentality that he's free of. PRESENT DAY Mario Arias, 17 gave up on his dreams of becoming a pro skateboarder and his graffiti crew PTU (Paint The Ugly) failing horrendously, Mario fell victim like mostly everyone else in his neighborhood, he started to hang out with the killers and thieves he always stood away from, yet he didn't change anything about himself, he still kept trying to make people laugh and trying to fit in, ultimately not realizing no one really fits into a gang. He stood out of the gangway most of the time yet still kept being pressured into their way of living. With the release of Amethyst "Sleepy" Sagrario, Mario saw a new potential, instead of falling into one of the 2 cliques, he chose to join the gang in his own terms, that being the revival of the currently inactive clique Parkside Dukes (PDKS.) Mario knew he may not get people to join PTU, but he can surely get people in Dukes, the glorification of gang banging in his neighborhood completely clouded his judgement, not even realizing he's no longer looking for fellow artists to join his graffiti crew to get up with, rather groom people exactly like he was groomed to become another gang member, another statistic. Especially with the life he took from a rival gang member on the seventh of november, 2025, which made him feel like there really is no turning back and this is the life he must live now, his future. All the potential he once had now fell short as do many people in the hood.