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  3. Posted

    1 hour ago, Resurge said:

    I am Jerry capo in the lupranos nobody trust these snakes they denounced our ideas told my don how to run his family they are manipulating snakes don't attemp to join them and don't trust them

    Hello Jerry.

    Thanks for your mature response to this thread.

    For those reading along, allow me to elaborate and set the stage a bit for this grave accusation:

    The Neighborhood has its own Discord channel for members to chat and have fun in anticipation of the game's release. This ofcourse allows roleplay too. The Luprano "family" was a presence on this channel, too.

    Jerry, recently joining the Luprano's, at a tender 13 years of age, was installed as Capo. We were ofcourse all very happy for him. But power corrupts, and soon Jerry felt that flashing his Capo title around was somewhat of a natural thing. A shame ofcourse but, then again, poor Jerry is only 13. We understand.

    Next came wild business ideas, wishes of how the Luprano family would destroy entire businesses (yes, dear reader: your business too!). Basically: anyone who would not side with the Luprano's would be against them, and would be treated bad, extorted, threatened and killed. Because "That is the mafia way". I shudder to think where this boy got his information from.
    Needless to say, the business ideas were questioned but fell on deaf ears. Jerry was a Capo and this was the best way to do business.

    What shocked us was how easily swayed their Don was. (whom should be a respected, wise, and intelligent man). A 13 year old kid or not, Jerry was "blood", and he was right. By default almost, it seemed.

    What followed was a short conversation in which one could only conclude that I and the Don disagreed with our visions. And that, in essence, is fine and should be okay. Different people, different opinions.

    To me, the roleplay ended there. We had to think of the Neighborhood as a whole and while I certainly disagreed with the tone, and course of action this family took, based on immaturity and movie- and game rthetoric, it was theirs to decide.

    What wasn't theirs to decide however was to put a hit contract on me. Yes, because of a simple disagreement, the whole family felt like removing me entirely. It was at this moment that we called an end to the RP to just have a serious talk. It felt like the line between roleplay and real had faded, and we wanted to make sure there were no grudges.

    There were.

    The entire family opened up, with slander, curses, and the worst possible things you can imagine being said to me, Honeybader, Brownie, and more. The so-called brotherly family opened up and showed their true colors. They exclaimed how they were "true mafia" (mind you, this is outside of RP) ,that we didn't know 'shit', that we were a bunch of (well, you can fill this in yourself).

    As we could not let this slide for all that is decent, we decided it was time for the Luprano family to move on and find a new spot.

    We chose to leave it at that and not start a war on the forums as that is immature, not necessary. We can live beside oneanother and go our separate ways.

    It seems this offer has also, once again, been neglected and as such we feel the need to express this to the community in response to the above insult.

    Honeybadger is filling in the rest with excerpts from our Discord chat, to show all of you who these boys really are.
    Be sure to not join up with these guys. They care only about themselves, they are highly toxic. Beware.

    TL;DR: They misbehaved on our Discord server, called everyone names (of the worst kind, trust me), and now feel like we mistreated them by kicking them out of the server. Don't waste your time on them :)

  4. Posted

    Ok, ok.. guys. Could we first knock it off with the WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM attitude? Damn dude, you make it sound like there's a meteor heading for earth... jeez. Same goes for 70% of the posts. Where's the rational thought? You guys are making eachother scared and feeding oneanother.. gather your thoughts and take a second to look at what's happening objectively.

    The facts:

    - Big, powerful man from Rockstar leaves company under legal fire (big lawsuit to be following. This generally means he fucked someone over, or broke out of contract. If he did, it means he acted on emotion most probably. If that's true, that severely impacts my view on his 'greatness')

    - Immediately starts up a new project after leaving Rockstar, with a minimalist approach. This means he's been plotting to do this for a while and didn't get the funding or support within Rockstar. That means that his businessplan, for now, might not be viable enough for Rockstar to accept. That tells you something about the quality.

    - The minimalist website and info they're bringing out. It sounds a bit like this: "Today, I, Sir Blob Blobbetyblob am starting a new car company. I'll call it AWESUMCAR and make cars that fly! Yes! And it will be so much better than what you've ever seen. And that's all I'm telling you now! I'm starting this company with experienced people! Oh and we need 50 new employees for our office in England"  <-- silly.

    All in all, I'm not saying they will or will not beat Identity. Simply because you can't at this stage. Man, if I could, I would be rich with predicting other stuff.


    'Everywhere' will be... something. And that's all we know. We don't know anything about microtransactions, VR, large open worlds or not... heck it could be an augmented reality app. We don't... know.

     

    Now stop spazzing out please.

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  5. Posted

    4 minutes ago, dmonic said:

    Yeah, it's kind of sad honestly. Keeping up your image is something you should do, but some people are just too depraved. Maybe some are into cartoons but they keep it to themselves. You don't want to seem like a pervert who fondles over cartoon drawings right?

    Anyways, it was a good talk. Haha, as I said before... it's all about how you carry yourself. Maybe you can act shameless, but that's only with your buddies. It's like how you have to be professional when you are at work right? First impressions are also everything, so when you meet someone you should hush up about such things. Especially strangers...

    I hope to meet you in-game in the near future, you seem like a nice guy to hold a decent convo with. 

    Likewise, good sir :) 

  6. Posted

    10 minutes ago, dmonic said:

    It also depends on your upbringing, honestly. I won't disagree with what you say but I believe people should be more conservative. "Face" is also another thing. Especially in Asian culture, after living in Singapore for a good part of my life... I also notice people are less "up front" or direct per se. I believe it should be like this, some topics should just stay taboo such as Sex, Drugs etc.. and sometimes it's better not to be confrontational, especially with touchy topics such as Sex. A lot of things can be viewed as offensive, especially if such things are so open for the world to see. 

    Its all about how you carry yourself. Talking about such things is usually viewed as being shameless too, it's a good way to destroy your self-image. Maybe it doesn't matter in the game... but it just tells you that you don't  have a good upbringing. 

    As I said before, it's just my opinion. Being upfront causes a lot of unnecessary trouble too. Some things are just much better off kept under the rug.(Sex, politics, religions, drugs) Can you seriously imagine walking into your room and the first thing you see is your kid grinding up against a pole online? *At this moment you realized you raised a hoe*  ( Not trying to slut-shame, but there is a reason why jobs related to taboo such as mentioned above are degrading) 

    It all depends, sigh. This subject can really cause a shit storm, so there isn't much of a point continuing this argument is there?

    Different opinions is all then, I guess.

    One thing though, as you mentioned that Asian culture is really about being conservative and has this taboo on all things.. well.. taboo.

    Yet most games with skimpy outfits come from Asia. And let's not even start about anima, manga... hentai, God forbid. If you wanna see something absolutely contrasting to taboo, look at hentai. It's worse than a strip club, believe you me.

    So taboo might still be a thing that Asian cultures are pretending, yet it's a false pretence and a bit of theatre. Because behind closed doors, it seems their taboos suddenly have no limits. I'd rather prefer being open about it, then.

  7. Posted

    1 hour ago, dmonic said:

    Right, right. I'm just saying that kind of stuff is seriously wack... I'd personally stay away from such places altogether. What probably would happen is that the Strip Club will turn into a honeypot for thirsty pre-pubescent kids. Maybe it's just the culture here, but won't Identity also become censored or banned in certain countries like China or Japan then? Even in Singapore... explicit content in full-blown MMOs are frowned upon. There might be sexy avatars here and there but I don't think anything related to "sexytime" is appropriate. I think Identity should shy away from places with anything explicit in general honestly... although it could ruin the immersion but that is just my opinion. :-)

    I think that games should have more explicit content. In your face, too.

    This is the 21st century, where sex is an integral, accepted part of our daily life (as in, less behind closed doors). Porn is everywhere, series like Game of Thrones are at an all time high and, let's be fair, most games feature female characters in "armour". I don't even need to go into detail on that. Sexualization and plain acceptance of sex being something of mankind is just part of the here and now.

    This game, should it indeed feature a more in-your-face location for explicit content, will be right there with all the other media of the 21st century.

    And countries that will ban the game for that are not only blind to what is happening all around them, but fools to think they will have any sort of grip on this progression whatsoever.

    This of course leaves the topic up for debate whether or not you agree with this progression or not, but opinion is something different than fact.

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  9. Posted

    11 hours ago, dmonic said:

    Sure as hell hope it won't. Even if you create restrictions due to age limits, people will still find ways to get through nonetheless. So what you should be worried right now is if your stripper is not underaged. God forbid her parents don't see her playing as such an explicit role, or you are gonna have a good time in the slammer, my friend. I heard prisoners don't treat kindly to sex offenders too.

    You're overreacting :)

    Reason I'm saying that is rather simple. Unless you have never, EVER played a game where some form of sexual content was displayed, you have most probably been in contact with some prepubescent 12 year old boy who thinks "uhhh, titties" is sexy.

    Look at, for example, World of Warcraft. The roleplay servers. I believe one of the inns in the Human starting areas... there's bunches of people RPing "sexytime" in their underwear. And that game is PG13, so you bet there's minors there.

    So am I saying it's no big deal that some kid is engaging in sexual activities in a game and you, as an adult, should happily play along? No. No, not at all. But if the game puts age restrictions on the game, that's all they really can do. Other than that, it comes down to judgement of character. Because if you're afraid you cannot tell apart a 13 year old from a 20 year old (remember; Identity is voice based), then you suck. You do. And it's your own fault for conducting roleplay that you really, really shouldn't.

  10. Posted

    From the website:

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    A video game that simulates and fuses the real world with the virtual. Live your own stories as you live in ours.

    This sounds:

    - Like a Second Life clone;
    - Like "Pay to get these items to look cool";
    - somewhat stalkerishly creepy;
    - Like Pokémon Go! (and hey, that was a success for 45 minutes, right?)

  13. Posted

    On 26-1-2017 at 3:53 PM, KingBen1223 said:

    You forgot to state another "would you rather question" after you answered the previous one. It's ok I'll do it for you.

     

    would you rather Swim through a pile of shit or a pile of dead bodies?

    (swimming pool sized, you have to get from one end to the other)

    Well then, dead bodies it is!

    Would you rather have your partner tell the truth all the time, or lie in a way you'd never find out?

  16. Posted

    5 hours ago, dmonic said:

    E-Whoring is going to be a thing now. 

    The best part is that you don't know whether the women is ACTUALLY a woman or if she is even legal yet.

    Won't this make you a pedophile?... so if you find out the stripper you get is under-aged you are ultimately fucked. GG son

    Well if stripping is part of the game wouldn't this either make the game M-rated or create certain subregions on the island where you can only come after verification of your age?

  17. Posted

    On 29-1-2017 at 8:15 AM, kandi said:

    want to join this company very well written detailed and informative...when do i start?:P

    Heh. Well thank you for your interest! For now I am just gathering up some details on possible employees / connections / etc. When I will set up the office (i.e. when we're in game) I will pick my employees.. but for now you're the only one. That increases your chances ;) 

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  18. Posted

    Yes. YES! This is something I hadn't seen yet and I think would be an awesome attribute to the island! This could even run outside the game if need be, through shoutcast or something.

    You have my full support; I think it's awesome! :) 

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  19. Posted

    Dear Mr. ... eh... Twinky,

    First off, thank you for your eloquent language and fond use of punctuation throughout your message. This made for an interesting read!

    Secondly, I'd like to mention that your statements seem slightly on the harsh side and could, and would, trigger likeminded responses.
    It is in that light that I feel confident to present to you my personal phallus, lest you perform a succulent gobble on it.

    Holding you in the highest regard, I greet you,

    Barry L. Crow

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  20. Posted

    16 hours ago, GeneSmith said:

    I'm talking about in real life. There was an Army Veteran who was denied his right to have a weapon because of the gun control laws. And still, civilians should be allowed to protect themselves in the situations they're attacked. About 10 years ago my father was hit in the back of the head with a pipe and didn't have a weapon because of the gun control laws throughout the U.S. It's unfair to the people who can have them because of these laws. I just wanna liberate the free.

    I generally agree with your trail of thought Gene, but coming from the European Union I can assure you people can defend themselves without guns. Personally (though I am no visionary with the solve-all answers), I think it depends on country size and (budget for) adequate police. I recall that in the Netherlands and Belgium, small countries, no guns are allowed and people live quite safely.

    Our island is little, too.

  25. Posted

    Seeing all the reactions on this post basically proves my point. Everyone has a certain idea about who's a moderator, who isn't.

    There's ideas on what is true, what isn't. There's ideas on who SHOULD be writing the truth, who isn't.

     

    My two cents in this is just that: There's so many varieties of the truth out there that I sometimes don't know what to believe. I'm not mentioning names simply because I don't want to falsely accuse anyone, on anything. I wholeheartedly believe that there's a few people in our community who are active on social media, who talk with the devs, who hear a lot of things and then tell us. Honestly, I do believe that.

    But looking at all the posts about all the different kinds of jobs, shops, companies, etc. etc. which I cannot compare to what has been officially promised as actual in-game content, then I feel there's a sense of disconnection between what is actually going to be in the game, and what people HOPE will be in the game, stated as a fact. Fact is that a lot of topics on this forum simply are based on hopes. And nothing more. And it saddens me that people go to great lengths to defend posts like that, where in actuality nothing whatsoever has been promised to be in the game.

    I think, in conclusion, it would help to let people know that this game (in the current state) is not some form of Second Life; it's not what you make of it. It is what the devs will provide. And that will be a lot, and it will be awesome and I really cannot wait to see it, but it will all be confined to what they deliver.

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