Ok, first off this is not a suggestion for any new coding done. This is a suggestion to the players to add a new element to the game on their own.

            I know there is no “system” in place for the operations of gangs, but true gang activity can still take place. A gang on the outside first of all needs turf. Turf can be defined as a local and the people who live there. Inside the game we have no true territory due the fact that it is a text-based RPG, but, there are plenty of people. A gangs turf would be decided at the beginning of each day by the gang leaders or delegated to an underling by going through the inmate roster and choosing 4 or 5 level 3 or 4 (you could choose higher levels) unaffiliated(no gang) players. After turf is chosen, then all online gang members are notified and then days farming begins. Gangs engage in racketeering: selling contraband, loan sharking, and offering “protection”. The turf is “farmed” by going to those players and trying to extort money from them in one of the above ways.

            I don’t want to go into too much more detail of what I have thought up…you all can take from this what you want and run with it, or write it off as the ravings of a madman, but truly, I think if we tried to do something like this, it could add a lot more fun and make the game just that much more interesting.

If ya'll like this idea, feel free to get a hold of me and ask questions and if this thread gets popular, I can elaborate more of this idea (or you all can chalk it up as insane delusions of a lunatic).

Last edited by DanteDredd 15 years ago

ooor... we can just wait til "turfs" are added within this http://www.prisonblock.com/dev/dungeons/exploration.html

:o like that idea better

tru dat, but til then this could act as a filler

I really don't get what you're saying to be honest, are you saying gangs just coordinate shit out side of the game..like they already do?

so far, I have seen no racketeering of any kind. If ya'll already do, let me know. I just know that IF I join a gang, I want to join a GANG, not a guild. This is not W.o.W. This is supposed to be a prison simulation. Guilds and clans need to stay with the other MMORPGS. Gangs are family ran businesses. I see plenty of family, just not a lot of business. The idea I proposed is to add the gang "business" element. Just like in the real world

Hm, most gangs have runners, which are a good supply of money. Gangs protect their own, and there have been wars between gangs in the past, as far as loan sharking and shit, good luck with that you'll never get your cash back let alone with interest. The reason gangs don't have strict coordination is because there's no way to regulate or oversee it, i.e., one dick can mess everything up, i.e., we'd need a coherent gang system up and running before more gang activities are feasible.

oy gevald...it was just a suggestion. You can still follow the final part of my proposition and write it off as the ravings of a madman.

whats the crack with this ?

nice!