Grand Theft Auto V Talk.

[Cristobal]

YES! Confirmed that the glitch where you call your mechanic for one vehicle and instead he brings out the last vehicle you called for can work to your advantage. Called for my Bati and he brought a 2nd Entity. Took it back to my garage where it was in the spot the Bati was in, and then took it to LSC to sell for $550K. Cost me $15K to buy another Bati, and about $150K to mod it up fully again, but I am again a GTA millionaire.

[jstout]

From looking at this thread, the XBox crew is mostly cool dudes, with just one or two crazed killers. The PS3 crew on the other hand, we're just a mass murder cult.

Seriously. This whole "report instances of crew-on-crew violence" thing. Like, if any crewmate ASKS me not to kill them, I'll probably accede to the request. (ish) But really you'll get more respect from me if you give it right back.

 

My thought is this: There's so many friggin' dicks in Freemode, just tons of them, that you need allies. On several occasions, I've faced a couple of people taking shots, and here comes somebody in the crew to save my ass. It was so damn nice to see that green dot on the map and think "holy shit, here comes some help," instead of "here comes someone else to shoot my ass."

 

What's the point of even being in a crew if you're just gonna run around shooting each other? It's all about teaming up and sticking it to the prick du jour. Nothing better than four or five people on headsets mowing down whatever's in front of them. 

 

Think of it like guys in the same mafia family - they're not shooting each other, are they? Do the great wrestling factions spend more time fighting among themselves than fighting other people? Hell no, they're a team. Will the Seahawks tackle themselves Sunday, or will they tackle the Broncos? Anyway, you get the idea.

 

Sounds like a pansy sentiment for such a violent game, but damn, I get tired of 15 people in every room constantly trying to blow me up for no reason. I'd like to narrow that number down on occasion to maybe 14 or 13.

[AxB]

We kill each other when we run out of victims. The last few times we've done Deathmatches that were Havoc, Cris, me and a random, the final scores go something like this:

 

Havoc: 5 Kills 4 Deaths

ExcallQ: 6 Kills 4 Deaths

AxBlood: 5 Kills 3 Deaths

Other Person: 0 Kills 5 Deaths

 

And that's with the other person quitting halfway through.

 

Last night, after we finished racing and stuff, we went into free mode and emptied the room in under ten minutes. Literally one second later Cris killed Havoc and me.

 

So we tried out my new Deathmatch and did some of the new races (Laguna Seca sucks. Monaco is quite bad. Casal Dos Ferros is alright but the checkpoints are too widely spaced), dropped back into Freemode and emptied the room in fifteen minutes. I shot first, killed both of them, got Cris' Sandking impounded and then went on Passive and they got really pissed off for some reason.

 

I drove them back to the City in my Barracks (the big troop carrier thing) while they danced in the back. Not even joking. Somehow they had Four Stars as passengers, but I only had two for driving the thing.

[Dolfan in NYC]

Three of us hit an armored truck, with Phil collecting the sweet, sweet nectar contained therein.   Since I blew it up, I had a 3 star, and Phil got a 3 star also, and I think it was Novacain who got a 2 star for being a witness, despite his protests. 

 

Went all the way across the map to the East side mod shop.  Oh god, there's no worse feeling than getting there and seeing "Lose the Cops".   Fortunately, the nearby bridges were enough cover to lose the wanted level,  AND we stumbled onto a Gang Attack, so... win - win. 

[odessasteps]

While JT Rob and I were doing Stocks and Scares,Phil Dan and Dolfan were doing some crazy mayhem on the other part of the map.

[RIPPA]

I did enjoy that Dan infuriated the EMTs so much that on two separate occasions they just started attacking him.

 

We had a delay this morning so I spent the little extra time upgrading my crib. Grabbed what I guess you would call the worst place in the best neighborhood - a one bedroom apartment in Vinewood. 

 

It upped me from a 2 car garage to a 6 car so I immediately stuff a Patriot in there so now I have something to transport the whole crew in when the time comes.

[odessasteps]

We all say that and then often just grab the first cars we see.

[Robert C]

I'm guessing that Mixed up with Coke has gotten a glitch like Los Santos Connection used to have, where the second phase of the mission won't trigger.  There were ways around the Los Santos Connection bug, so there might be one for the new bug as well.

 

Glad we played that anyway.  The sheer volume of fire directed at the backup guys coming at us in the SUVs was amazing.  Poor bastards never stood a chance.  Ammunation stock should be way up today after the amount of ammo we expended.

 

The suicides when we figured out we couldn't complete the mission were good too, though I was disappointed we couldn't convince the folks at Fort Zancudo to go after us.

[J.T.]

While JT Rob and I were doing Stocks and Scares,Phil Dan and Dolfan were doing some crazy mayhem on the other part of the map.

 

Thanks to Rob and Mark, I now have the bomb-ass Merryweather issue Canis Mesa Off-Road in my garage!  Rob was right: once you fit it with a tracker, it is yours to keep.  I was concerned that I wouldn't be able to drive it out of my garage, but I get the proper parking cutscene when I approach the sub-level.

 

I will bankrupt myself again buying mods to get that and my Entity XF up to form.

 

I also shivved Rob (with consent, naturally) to collect Bounty #10 and my last melee kill towards the Mele Combat platinum medai.  We all must be close to getting that after going through the Prison Thugz Fight deathmatch like three or four times.

 

We all say that and then often just grab the first cars we see.

 

What he said.  I rarely bring out my POV for missions.

[Reggie20x6]

And in case you wanted a confirmation of how vain I am - I hate my character's physique.

 

He's got no muscle tone and looks flabby in just about everything, so I've got to stick to dark colors; hoodies and jackets. What I wouldn't give for the GTA San Andreas workout mini-game.

 

I've got 100% Strength; 100% Lung Capacity and 100% Stamina. I've never seen a more out of shape athlete in my life.

 

 

Edit: I just blew up another tank with grenades, but when I tried to take a selfie in front of it, the police shot me down! How DARE they ruin my PICS OR GTFO moment!

[Robert C]

Forgot to mention.  I'm going to have to start dressing up in lots of pink girly stuff, so that Mark doesn't mistake me for a soldier next time we have to hit the army.  The earrings and ponytail clearly weren't enough.  I had bullets flying all around me and no enemies in sight. 

 

I've been using acid washed clothes as half assed urban camouflage.  Guess I'll go back to the soccer mom look, albeit with a few more tattoos than before.

 

And that was a hell of a shot Mark made on that Buzzard that was right on top of JT.

[J.T.]

And that was a hell of a shot Mark made on that Buzzard that was right on top of JT.

 

I nearly shit myself.  I thought for sure that Mark was going to shoot me down.

 

And Holy Fuck, Mark.  Don't say shit like, "I've got you in my sights," when you are in a Buzzard armed with laser-guided munitions escorting my rocket-less Annihilator to Sandy Shores Airfield. 

 

Say something like, "I'm on your six," or "I gotcha covered."

[RIPPA]

Mark might want to start wearing all pink just so JT can see him and not run over him in a copter again.

[J.T.]

Mark might want to start wearing all pink just so JT can see him and not run over him in a copter again.

 

I have no idea how he got ganked by the rotor blades.  I wasn't even touching my controller.

 

I think Julia and her friend, Tiffany, aka xTiffyTiffx have moved on to Minecraft and are hanging out more with their CoD clan in Chi-town. 

 

I am sad.  I will have to find more actual female golf opponants.

[odessasteps]

1. I have poor eyesight. And from a distsnce, what rob was wearing looks like someone in camo. Plus, all night, i was having issues w peoples gamertags appearing and disappearing.

2. I did not have my trigger on jt's copter. I flew around to see if he was in the crosshairs, they turned red/green. They did not.

3. Ithink i have gold for melee now.

[Cristobal]

I dress in dark clothes, without camo armor, just because there is nothing easier in sniper duels where you're trying to pick out someone in your scope than seeing those a swatch of colored pixels from a dude that's wearing a brightly colored shirt.

[J.T.]

Someone always wants to deathmatch when I am wearing my yellow Stank t-shirt and yellow jeans or am in my Red Leather Jacket and Ranch Patriot Jeans.

 

I may as well have a siren and blue signal lights attached to my head..

[Robert C]

I dress in dark clothes, without camo armor, just because there is nothing easier in sniper duels where you're trying to pick out someone in your scope than seeing those a swatch of colored pixels from a dude that's wearing a brightly colored shirt.

 

That was my theory as well, since I've been doing a bunch of deathmatches.  Apparently I did a little too good a job.  Still doesn't keep me from getting my ass shot off in deathmatches.

[The Man Known as Dan]

I believe Kelvin has a photo he needs to upload

[J.T.]

 Seriously. This whole "report instances of crew-on-crew violence" thing. Like, if any crewmate ASKS me not to kill them, I'll probably accede to the request. (ish) But really you'll get more respect from me if you give it right back.

 

 

This isn't about so much about anyone getting in the way of anyone's homicidal impulses.  This is about establishing a code where we look out for our own when we are on public servers.

 

No one expects to get got without warning by one of their own while on a public server.  If you do, why be in a crew at all?

 

If you are in a private session, getting shot at by your own is expected.  I prefer that it happen in a deathmatch so that the kills can go towards two or more of my medals, but I have no problems throwing down in the street with any crew members in a closed room.

[jstout]

 

 Seriously. This whole "report instances of crew-on-crew violence" thing. Like, if any crewmate ASKS me not to kill them, I'll probably accede to the request. (ish) But really you'll get more respect from me if you give it right back.

 

 

This isn't about so much about anyone getting in the way of anyone's homicidal impulses.  This is about establishing a code where we look out for our own when we are on public servers.

 

I wouldn't have a problem at all with emptying the room and then starting to shoot at each other. And all bets are entirely off in Deathmatches, of course. I'm talking Freemode only.

 

Cristobal: You've got me thinking maybe my freaking lime-green track suit and light blue helmet is contributing to my run of horrible Freemode and Deathmatch battle luck lately (I was on a team Deathmatch team with FFunguli several times last night in a guest role of "guy who runs around getting killed a lot" and I got into a Freemode fight trying to back up Jones and one guy made me his bitch over and over again until Jones left and I could run away screaming). Do you wear the lesser black armor and just take the hit on its effectiveness? I at least wear a track jacket so some of the armor is covered up.

 

I played one user-created race that just sucked - one checkpoint was somehow above me, I think, but damned if I could figure out how to get to it. The guy who created it was on the game chat talking about how great it was and I wanted to just beat him with a tire iron.

 

I played another later on that I voted a "thumbs down" to after I finished it, but I regret it now - you started somewhere on the map (maybe Martin's?) and had to get to Trevor's airfield. There were no checkpoints, so you had to set a waypoint, but you didn't have to follow it - if you wanted to completely off-road the course, the option was yours, as long as you got to Trevor's. It was a really good idea, clean in its execution - most people "clever up" the races too much.  

 

J.T., next time your lady friend is in the game, come up to her with a boombox playing "Lonely Is the Night" or "Radio Ga Ga."

[The Man Known as Dan]

I have no clue if this plays in, but my character dresses in all black, and I'm pretty good at deathmatches.

[odessasteps]

Prob depends on that map and need for stealth.

For example, the prison match requires no guile really. Whereas the one at Michael's house does.

[Cristobal]

No one expects to get got without warning by one of their own while on a public server.  If you do, why be in a crew at all?

Pay your dues, kid. Besides, it's not like I don't team up when that sort of situation occurs. Big battle and me and Ax roll up? Sure, we're not shooting the green-tinged dots. Once we've made them all scatter? Then I've gotta put some more work in to get the LSPD tint on my AP pistol!

Cristobal: You've got me thinking maybe my freaking lime-green track suit and light blue helmet is contributing to my run of horrible Freemode and Deathmatch battle luck lately (I was on a team Deathmatch team with FFunguli several times last night in a guest role of "guy who runs around getting killed a lot" and I got into a Freemode fight trying to back up Jones and one guy made me his bitch over and over again until Jones left and I could run away screaming).

That makes it sound more like it was running around a lot that gets you killed rather than the clothing, but it's fair to say that someone running around in a lime green tracksuit is probably a bit more visible than someone running around in all black.

Do you wear the lesser black armor and just take the hit on its effectiveness? I at least wear a track jacket so some of the armor is covered up.

I don't bother with armor in freemode at all. Partly because when you get up around level 100, your health is double that of a new player, and partly because you'll likely die in a fight sooner or later, so why spend the money, but mostly it just doesn't give that much protection. A single close-range blast from a shotgun still kills you, all it means is that it takes a half-second of rifle/MG fire to take you out rather than .2-.4 seconds of it.

[J.T.]

Only a couple more days to enter the LS Car Show Photo Contest.

 

Details are here!

 

I was jazzed until I saw that the prize package did not include the bombtastic GTA5 varsity jacket.

 

 

DO WANT~!