The Fresh Prince of Fujian

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Vandalizing military property and just generally being a kleptomaniac while on base. If someone has an M72 LAW in the car and just leaves it's basically on them at that point.

glad to see this guide back up

+1 definitely would like to see player-owned businesses up and running as soon as possible. Feels like it would be really awkward without any.

Bruh that sucks nvm I guess

FMT is the best faction. Since I've made the best argument I allow you to lock this thread.

I don't think hunting should be a scriptwise job. If you have the means to do it, do it. Sell whatever you hunt to a person or shop, maybe make a rug out of it or something. Have hunting permits to add an illegal side and market to the mix. I think that would be neater than automatically rewarding people with money for shooting at stuff.

I love that someone made a guide touching on this subject and I love you for doing it. Heart emoji. Thumbs up emoji.

Personally, I expect payphones to be implemented from launch. Placement wouldn't be an issue since the map is littered with them iirc. There were times on lsrp samp where I would use payphones more often than my phone. Burners would also be excellent but honestly, not having them wouldn't be a huge problem.

Take all the time you need, at this point waiting another two months is practically nothing. The people who would dip because of that probably wouldn't have played long on the server in the first place. Like a few other people have said already, first impressions matter a hell of a lot. Monkey brain neuron need excitement.

P r e a c h . If you want to have a fully functioning legal system you can't just leave all of it to the police department, courts are a massive part and need to have way more influence now. I imagine you could instantly get a whole group of people who want to try out being public defendants, and then some more experienced people would probably go private sector. Prison sentence length really is a finicky subject but I like the idea you pitched here, personally.

Would love to see roosters scripted in for cock fights. Tons of illegal underworld potential with the whole subject of animals. Imagine stealing farm animals.

Not sure if this is doable or not but I think it would be truly epic if you had people going around driving Dock Handlers and moving shipping containers, placing them in designated areas or loading them on trucks. Especially if the shipping container's have their own inventories and thus theres an actual point in shipping them to a business rather than just going point A to point B like a scripted job.

Bus/Minibus services. Drivers drive a preset route with stops, anyone who gets on gets charged and gets off at whatever stop they need. Cheaper than a taxi but then again you can only get off at another predetermined stopping point. Infinitely cooler if each company can plan it's own routes and lines, trying to monopolize certain areas or compete with others.

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Preface: By no means do I consider myself an expert on the matter of Chinese roleplay, I've just spent some time doing it and want to share my knowledge. Originally I wrote out this stuff to post on our faction's discord for people to check out but I figured I might as well post it here too (certain texts have been altered for this version). This guide should give you the basics to roleplay a Chinese character, especially for those of you who are interested in joining our Chinese community based in Textile City. Chinese roleplay has some serious depth to it if you're willing to take the plunge. Characters can vary significantly due to their/their family's geographic origin, affecting the language/s they speak, the food they make, to generalize, their culture and lifestyle as a whole. I'll add that Shah of Persia has an extremely well written in-depth guide on the matter of Chinese roleplay and I highly recommend checking it out, that is once the old forums are visible again (as of writing this thread its still hidden). Geography, Language and Culture The People's Republic of China administers 34 provincial-level divisions or first-level divisions, including 22 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities, and 2 special administrative regions and 1 claimed province. China is big, so big it's divided up into pieces, and those pieces are divided into smaller pieces which are divided into smaller pieces and so on. Different regions in China have different cultures, and more importantly, languages. When speaking about the language, the term "Chinese" is an extreme generalization since it's actually divided to various languages that for the most part are not mutually intelligible, though they do share the same writing system/s (traditional or simplified Chinese characters, aka Hanzi). Among these languages are Standard Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien, Hakka, Wu, Gan and some others. The geographical origin of your character's family is important here because it will affect the first thing you decide when creating a character, said character's name. Because of there being different languages between regions, pronunciation may vary greatly and while the writing system for all the languages is the same, the sounds the characters make are completely different, and by extension how they are written in English. An example of this is the Mandarin name Wang, an extremely popular name among Chinese people. In Cantonese the name is written and pronounced Wong and in Wu Chinese it can be Waon or Whang. Wherever you choose your character's family to have originated from should impact the way their last name is spelled and the Chinese dialect they speak. Have fun with it, research regional culture and customs to represent in your character and achieve it's full potential. You can find a Wikipedia article containing a chart with Chinese surnames and their romanizations according to language here. Mandarin as a bridge language Due to the various languages spoken throughout the Chinatown environment a bridge language is required (a language or dialect systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect), usually in addition to their original regional language, unless the bridge language is their regional language. In our community we will be using Standard Mandarin as a bridge language, meaning that if you roleplay a character originating from our community it is optional for him to speak Standard Mandarin in addition to whatever dialect native to his geographic origin. If your character originated from elsewhere in the city, country or otherwise, and only recently moved into or around the Chinatown it is entirely possible they will not speak Standard Mandarin unless as previously mentioned, their geographical origin would make it logically so. This does not mean other languages will not be spoken throughout the community, rather we highly encourage people to create varied characters, not necessarily even Chinese. Roleplaying a non-Chinese Asian character in the Chinatown community is totally fine. The use of this bridge language is simply to permit the majority of characters in our community to communicate on a comprehensive level. In fact, no one said your character has to be good at the bridge language, neither do they have to speak it at all for that matter if you choose to do so. The choice is yours. Face Interesting as the Chinese physiological face is, the psychological face makes a still more fascinating study. It is not a face that can be washed or shaved, but a face that can be "granted" and "lost" and "fought for" and "presented as a gift". Here we arrive at the most curious point of Chinese social psychology. Abstract and intangible, it is yet the most delicate standard by which Chinese social intercourse is regulated. Simply put, face is a concept within Chinese society that can be translated as honor, respect or social standing. This is actually a widespread concept throughout Asia and other parts of the world and can even be seen in how most street gangs operate socially. This is especially relevant in a Chinatown setting where as much effort as possible is put in to ensure the continuation and preservation of Chinese culture against the surrounding Western culture/s that attempt to influence these communities. At it's core, face is how people perceive you. To lose face is to be seen as less, to gain face is to be seen as more, and to save face means you have managed to maintain your status despite some sort of incident that could have cost you face. Actions have consequences, and people will look at you with disdain if you are a stain on their society, however they may also think highly of you if you are an upstanding member of the community. On the subject of Snakeheads, Triads and Tongs (This is a very brief explanation of each term so you may be acquainted with it, recommended to research on your own if it interests you) Snakeheads are individuals involved in human trafficking and smuggling. If you need to get into America illegally from China, you get in contact with a Snakehead who will get you in, for a price. Triads are illegal organizations, usually secret societies originating in China. Triads do not exist within the United States of America. A Triad may however have operations that extend to America or groups operating under them within that territory. Tongs are benevolent organizations founded within Chinatowns that serve as community centers of sorts. Originally they were founded to support local migrants with work, housing and education, but also operated gambling dens and became tied to illegal operations operating out of those same Chinatowns. The word "Tong" is Cantonese for the word "hall", a gathering place. Afterword Hopefully this guide has given you the basic tools to create a Chinese character or taught you something new. Questions will be answered, criticism is welcome, pointed out mistakes will be fixed and if you've got another section you'd like to see added, pitch it, I'll see if I can write something. Thanks for reading. -m.p.C.C

you people better be playing warden

Still waiting on those scripts and pics of your basement meth lab, everything good bro?

LMAOOOO fr keep the fire burning bro