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i feel for @Martin_Busato this thread is a shitshow now

I agree. IMO players who are new to roleplaying are mostly captivated by the openendedness of the concept. You can mostly do anything that you likely wouldn't be able to do in real-life, which is why its so easy to get hooked to the server. Newer players tend to join the civilian and legal roleplay sphere first, before venturing towards the illegal scene when they have enough experience and knowledge about how to roleplay. Therefore civilian and legal roleplay tends to be the breeding ground for new players, and its paramount to invest more effort into improving it. I strongly support the suggestions listed by Kunis. Though I haven't had hands-on experience with the company system since relaunch, I do agree company system needs improvements. I propose the following improvements (if they aren't already implemented): Introduce a paycheck and bank system for companies, which works like this: Each company would start out with a company bank of $200,000. Every hour, logged-in employees would receive a paycheck of $500, deducting this amount from the company bank. The company bank will replenish back to $200,000 at the end of each week. Company owner can add money to the bank. This money can be withdrawn from the company bank anytime, unlike the money each company starts with. Company owner can tweak the paycheck of each rank, with a cap of $2,500. This would allow for a much easier route to setup a company. Ontop of this, it would also make companies more mindful about how they run their business. For example, if you have 50 employees in a company, you'd need to think about how you allocate the paychecks without going into debt. This should hopefully also result in more diverse set of companies, rather than a single enterprise hoarding all the bartenders, security guards, truckers under a single company, which is unrealistic. I'd like to also mention some of the sheer unused potential when it comes to businesses on the server. The V-Rock Hotel, Visage, Los Santos Forum, Los Santos Aquapark are some of the most unique businesses that LSRP can offer, yet they are inactive. I strongly urge the management to either auction these businesses, or make them more active. Similarly, I also want to stress how much diversity goes a long way. There are too many clubs / bars on the server at the moment, and most of them are empty during openings because there's only so much you can do at these businesses until it gets repetitive and boring. Recently there was a boxing event at Stage 25 (?). I remember almost half of the server was there because that was a business / event that we hadn't seen in ages. Businesses that already have roleplay going on (e.g., boxing events, racetracks) rather than forcing players to initiate roleplay (bars, clubs) tend to be more popular among players from my experience. Also, making business entrance fees free or Level 5 and below players would be a great addition. The business owner can be paid the amount of the entrance, but it's not fair to make someone new to the server enter a business for 50% of their net worth.

Mildred Avenue. Especially House 828 and 1813 if possible. Also Van Ness Avenue (House 532, 534, 535).

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GTA V is more appealing to the younger generation who have time on their hands. Most of LSRP's playerbase is people in their mid to late twenties with responsibilities. The 200 or so people that consistently play LSRP, only do so because of the their stature in the community or having a sense of belonging in a community. I only prefer to play LSRP over any RAGE server (including LSRP V) because I've spent over 5000 hours on the server and I have friends here. Had I not spent so much time on the server and built friendships in the past, I doubt I would pay any attention to a niche roleplaying community on a 20 year old game.

In 2021, the server was hitting 700+ players only because people had time on their hands. Now that lockdown is over and people have grown up, they've got responsibilities. I've been super active on the server since it relaunched but ever since I got a job IRL, I've somewhat stopped playing not only LSRP, but any other game that I used to frequently play. It's not the management's fault that this is happening. Its just a case of people growing up.

There needs to be some relaxation on that rule then. I understand if someone advertises "Selling Cheetah - Contact Me @ 123456" or "Hiring bartenders for tonight's opening", they need to be punished and their ability to /carsign revoked, but it's wasted potential if we don't allow any sort of advertising using /carsigns. Let's say Los Santos Forum wants to advertise their racetrack opening. Wouldn't it be cool to build up hype by advertising a week prior on LSL trucks?

Since the server restart and also towards the tail-end of the server's eclipse in 2021, there hasn't been much variety in terms of businesses on the server. This is disappointing because the script has never been better to start new and unique businesses, and yet I used to see much more creativity with businesses around 2016-2018. Now there are endless opportunities through the company, business leasing and furniture system to make the server more exciting, so I'll list down some ideas that have come to my mind, that I hope players can start, instead of the usual clubs/bars/casinos. I'm hoping this topic serves as a source of inspiration for more creative and unique businesses on the server: Comedy Club Golf Club Events Hall / Theatre Museum Traveling & Tourism Agency Escape Room Art Gallery Motocross Arena Monster Jam Arena Sports Complex Analytics Company Paintball Arena News Agency Charity Indoor Karting Music Studio Museum of Illusions Community Centre Clothing / Boutique Store Flowers Store One Dollar Store Private Jets Company Library Coworking Space Motel Bakery I also think that there is tons of missed opportunities for business roleplayers and there needs to be more creativity shown. For example, instead of doing /cad all day, here's how you can market your business: Rent an advertisement spot on a company's forum page / website. Pay for billboards ingame. Rent trucking companies' /carsign to advertise your business. Conduct marathons. Conduct charities. Offer coupons through the /note system. Have business cards through the /note system. Advertise on MyFace

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GTA VI on PC probably doesn't even release till 2026, and a multiplayer mod probably doesn't release till 2027 or 2028. No way can someone plan for something so far in the future, given all the variables at play.

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Never thought I'd be blessed by the goat. Much love brother.

mashallah lovely update

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that death animation is exactly how I would've imagined bob to die

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i like it a lot

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