No-spleen Gene

Will you RAGE insiders have the same attitude about VI, once that's released? I figure V's lifespan commercially isn't long for it, and probably faces a much steeper slide into obscurity. If my philosophy about role-play boiled down to refined systems and pretty aesthetics like you guys, and I wanted to appeal to wider braindead market, I'd hedge my bets and invest resources into staying ahead of the competition who are no doubt bracing themselves for VI's launch. Say, RAGE goes off without a hitch and you build a loyal community there, will you pack it all in and abandon them too in favor of VI's new systems?

Day four and the only thing out of top brass has been an excuse about why Kev's post was censored -- if that isn't telling, then I don't know what is. I don't think it's a coincidence that a lot of the people being ignored in here, are a part of the same culture of role-players that the staff have notoriously always had a prejudice towards -- the same culture, I'll add, that have built the reputation that they leech off. In my experience, most of the staff have been vanilla role-players that would be more suited to Second Life, and make up for their lack of ability with administrative power; this is probably why they'd prefer to play with the systems and gadgets on RAGE than use their imaginations and role-play with the people that give a shit on SAMP. I feel like this thing with RAGE is almost out of spite, that a lot of them would like nothing better than to put a lot of "elitists" out to pasture. They look down on and mock people who passionately commit to their characters and their worlds, and they're doing exactly the same thing now. Edit: Except Rye. Rye's a real one. Big ups Rye.

I don't know, that's World's problem.

I'm not disputing that World is popular, and for good reasons too, but why are you comparing one against the other? SAMP provides a different experience, and one that people still resonate with; however after reading the posts so far in this thread, the majority of these people seem beaten down by the fact that their server's overlords would lazily rather try to cash-in on a GTA V server 12 years into its existence, than invest in their loyal player base and enrich the server. Choose one lane or another, the fact that RAGE is so half baked is a testament to how little Mmartin gives a shit about this community. If I were you, I'd stop duking it on the forum and go and have fun on World where they've been refining the GTA V experience for years, instead of jeopardizing this community of roleplayers.

Sure, we break some balls in here, but I go way back. I think the bottom line is, either roleplay or don't. Admittedly my take doesn't have a lot of nuance to it, as I don't have much experience with the staff and I've only been back on this server for a year, but my history with this place goes as far back as '09. Historically, the staff at large have notoriously been a tyrannical regime who log on to pat each other's backs and make life harder for everybody else, and while they may very well be mostly to blame for the dip in activity, I can't speak to it because I don't involve myself much in these things. The server has always had its peaks and valleys, but I think if we want to save this server, a significant amount comes down to getting in-game and leading by example, we should get to the heart of this thing and address what we're all here to do. Multiple people log onto this forum every day, more than 1,000 people are active on the server's Discord channel as we speak, and yet the server's activity is no where to be seen; barely anything out of RAGE, and yet people still dutifully log on, each week, to see how SAMP is doing. @shotgun shawty I agree with most of the things you said, but this is pretty reductionist. The same could be said for any crime-based roleplay server, but interest has waned for you specifically. There's still people out there more than capable and willing to find new, original takes on that kind of roleplay, so if it isn't your cup of tea now, then fair enough. The game being old has nothing to do with it either, there are a lot of players who enjoy the novelty of it and prefer how its graphics and art style lend more toward the imagination.

Southern California money-laundering ring broken up By Gus Quisenberry, Updated Oct 5, 2015, 1:03 p.m. Thirteen individuals have been arrested in Los Santos and San Diego in a series of raids targeting a money-laundering network associated with members of the Valenti crime family and Chaldean organized crime. Among those arrested were Bashir Aziz, 43, a community leader based in El Cajon, San Diego and Valenti enforcers Michael Marinelli a/k/a "Marinara", 35, and Carmine Gennaro a/k/a "Flat Foot", 46. The three stand accused of operating as ring leaders to the conspiracy. The majority of the suspects, detained last month, are owners of or otherwise associated to cash-heavy businesses dotted across Southern California. 33 business premises were raided in a state-wide operation that combined the efforts of federal and local authorities which resulted in $89,500 in cash being recovered, as well as 6kgs cannabis and 34,045 illicit packets of cigarettes being seized. In one premises, a large concealment was discovered behind a hydraulic wall filled with illicit cigarettes and bundles of cash. Federal authorties have announced the three ringleaders remain in custody and that more arrests may follow.

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