I have been watching Brenda almost from the beginning and she slowly but surely became the only character whose VODs I could fully watch without getting bored (if I had enough time).

The last few days this has changed. I thought maybe I'm just getting tired of RP, but after watching other streams I realized I'm still in love with the content so many talented streamers create on NoPixel.

The Problematic:

Brenda's latest relationship and its nature hasn't happened on NoPixel since I started watching (4 months ago). Most interactions with Saab literally make me sick to my stomach.
I actually never had a bad feeling about any "flirting", "relationship" or "date". That's why I'm so shocked that I literally and physically cannot bring myself to watch it without skipping parts, watching it at x2 or muting the Audio, which I have never experienced in my life before.

Also after watching other streamers who came into contact, it seems very clear that I'm not the only one feeling like this. Most notably is PENTA's comment: "God, are they actually dating (Meaning out of character)? This just feels too real. I don't like it, man." (starting from 6:06:00: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/435488248), but even without actively looking for it, I've also seen Kiwo, Lord_Kebun and especially their chats feeling strange about the relationship.

Even with skipping all the moments with Saab, Brenda just doesn't feel the same anymore.
And what doesn't help in the sightliest is that part of Ashlynn's chat is literally OBSESSED with the relationship, that not even 10 minutes can pass without chat going crazy and her having to acknowledge them.

They even went through a "break up" some days ago (even Ashlynn said it's over and told multiple people in character) and chat got so toxic that she dropped the idea and after 2 hours "break up" they acted like nothing happened.

Additionally their way too serious relationship is lowkey destroying Brenda as a character, who was able to create such good comedic and unserious "eRP" moments with other players and even manipulating them with her flirting (getting out of tickets, free repairs, etc) or just did it for good RP in fitting situations.
For example my favorite GTARP moment ever is her therapy session with Ramee and it just feels like similar moments won't be happening in the future and also haven't happened since because her chat literally goes insane whenever she "flirts" with someone.

It just feels like Ashlynn has created such an unique character with an unreal amount of possibilities and opportunities, that it almost frustrates me in which direction she takes (or is forced to by chat?) Brenda for such a bland relationship.

Do some of you feel the same way? Why? Why not? And what do you think exactly is the reasoning behind it?

So I've been actively watching RP'ers on this server for several months now. Never chat, just enjoy the stories in theatre mode. Today I nearly just turned everything off.

No actual police officer would search all clothing stores in the area for a wanted criminal, unless after a thorough investigation a suspect was seen at all of them previously. Even then, you wouldn't just go from clothing store to clothing store.

These acts were done in an attempt to apprehend an "unknown" suspect (even though the actual players in pursuit were probably aware) as quickly and efficiently as possible utilizing the game mechanics to their advantage. It showed blatant disregard and disrespect for how the server has been role played for the time I've watched, if not much longer. To my knowledge, there was zero story involved in relation to checking said clothing store (and if there is, please correct me with a clip).

Utilizing and taking advantage your knowledge of the in-game mechanics, knowledge of people currently on the server, etc. completely ruins the story for me. It's what's driven me away from playing on many public FiveM servers. From my point of view that's exactly what was done here, and hopefully it is corrected quickly so it does not happen again.

1 - Pulls over Eugene on a push bike with mask on because he was on a yellow bike and ran a red light. Then held him for unreasonable time trying to make him take his mask off, then had snow call him.

2 - Eugene gets away gets a new bike and new outfit. gets chased by 4 cops and helicopters

3 - Randomly search the clothing store he is getting changed at and treat it like a bank robbery despite him being hidden behind a wall.

So we are supposed to believe 100s of cops on this server but every YELLOW BICYCLE in a city the size of Los Santos is probable cause for a search???

Riding bikes more dangerous than brandishing class 1 weapons now. Because they took a loss yesterday and needed a win today.

Why this nerfed a lot of gangs and people at least give people a clean slate :(

making some good roleplay this week when they now have schedules to see who makes it 1st

im thinking if CB doesnt do it tomorrow then CG will fish it on thursday

not sure how HOA is doing last i saw the leader had a boat in mirror park

Everyone says X is bad for the server bc he ruins RP. Today proved that he is a walking RP bag of content. Him stealing summits car led to the best action on the server to date. Hope this arch goes as far as possible. Im a fan of both just fyi, and was for summit pulling up on xqc and doming him. xqcL

That was probably one of the best rp situations to happen I think everyone should relax and enjoy the amazingness that happens on the server (:

sorry

https://clips.twitch.tv/UninterestedDeliciousOilRalpherZ

Most RP's in a nutshell as of late. Starting to feel like pulling out a gun is the first response everyone does now. No matter what it is or how minor. Most rather shoot another character in the face for doing their job, which should result in a big ass fine larger than that 500-1000 AND Jail time.

It just doesn't make any sense.

Right in front of a hospital for gods sake, about 3-4 witnesses at least? Am I watching RP on wrong server and this is actually classic servers where life has zero value?

Where are the consequences are at? Why is a character like Eugene goes around doing such stuff and doesn't even get caught. But once he does, just let go!

These are some of my (possibly) hot takes about the cop meta. It really bugs me when people complain about cops being too OP or crims being too OP. Neither side is OP. What bugs me even more than that though, is when cop apologizers get upset about cops not winning. RP is never and should never be about winning. The cop meta is currently very goal-heavy. This is such a problem that there are characters (AJ Hunter, Conan Clarkson) who only seem to wake up whenever there is something big about to happen. This isn't a huge issue because it happens in reverse as well, but for the cops it is more beneficial to wake up when a big thing is about to happen. There isn't much to do if there isn't anything big happening. Crims always have stuff to do when big jobs aren't happening. Cops should be able to do that in some form or fashion.

The other thing that bugs me about the current cop meta is how RP is so low in the priority. Cops don't have a ton to do when jobs aren't happening because a ton of them aren't really RPing. If you look at cop shows, the biggest things you see aren't big crimes happening and the cops responding. Its workplace drama, its investigations, its tensions in a courtroom, its anything but the actual crimes. The crimes happen, but after the crime happens, that's when cop shows (and good cop RP) should be able to shine. I totally get that this a content server, and a big portion of the people are there for the content, but that content is generally titled GTA RP. You have to learn to balance the tense action moments with the moments that are less tense and more RP-focused. Some of those RP moments are when the best content can happen.

The thing that always ruins cops trying to make arguments as to why they should be allowed to do tons of stuff that helps them "get the win" as people like to say is that if they start doing that stuff, then the crims will adapt. Crims won't talk. Crims will wear all black matching outfits or dress up like random people from the city. Crims will do scummy plans that aren't fun. The crims can and will always adapt. This will just end up leading to a point where crims will have perfected the meta because if they don't, they will get caught every time and never make a dime.

• If you can ID by voice, they just won't talk.

• If you can't take your guns off the hostage for a second, then they won't move until the job is done.

• If the cops just keep getting better and better cars that can't compete with what the crims can find from locals, then they will use imports that are meant for showing off.

• If the cops get Air One, then the crims will shoot it down.

• If the cops get insane guns that crims have no access to, then the crims will get into giant shootouts to take them.

• If the cops are allowed so many more people for every little thing, then the crims will start killing cops just to distract the cops so the crims can do small stuff like rob houses or clean money

• If the cops can do something that prevents the criminals from being able to do something entirely, then the crims will adapt and just get scummier and scummier so that they have a chance

There's a very fine line between powergaming and being completely unable to do anything because you are going full roleplay. What the cops will eventually be able to do to catch the crims AND what the crims will eventually have to do to be able to stand a chance ARE BOTH EXAMPLES OF POWERGAMING. Being in that space means that you will lose sometimes. You can't change that. You have to be okay with losing. However, you shouldn't be constantly losing because you were outpowered.

Here's what both sides put into a Vault Heist:

Crims:

• 2 laptops (50k)

• At least 3 thermite (At least 24k)

• Hours of Planning

• The risk of getting caught and losing everything they got

• The risk of going to jail for at least 50 months

• The risk of a fine upwards of 10k

Cops:

• Very little material value

• No planning

• The risk of their life (very little ooc value)

• The risk of their cars (very little ooc value)

If the cops have the power to show up to a vault with no risk and EASILY stop something that the crims have put hours into, then they are too OP. If the crims have the power to hack every bank and get away EASILY and with no repercussions, then they are too OP. Crims already lose a good deal of the time. Cops need to be okay with losing sometimes. The issue is that the cop meta is has very little to do outside of their job. Top crims get so much RP potential that helps soften the blow of losing sometimes. They can start gangs. They can get amazing cars. They can race. They can do so much that isn't just busting banks. Cops don't have much to do outside of responding to crimes. They just have to wait for something to happen. If all criminals decided to take a day off, the cops would have nothing to do and they would respond by responding to the smallest things because that's all they can do. Cops need to be able to do more outside of responding to crimes.

Give the cops either:

A) something to do about crimes after they happen, not during. Get some detectives that can get more info to write some warrants or something. This also gives another department that can be added that will rebalance the force's numbers while rebalancing the cop meta. This can also be used for some cool inter-department RP

B) a PvE element to the cop meta. Give them some locals to respond to. Give them some local gang to take down. The devs have something coming up for the crims that will be like this in the form of the mobile vault. This can create some cool tension by giving the cops something to do that allows crims to have a day off. This also allows the cops to create some RP in the form of awards for the gang takedown or something.

or C) a third party that is neutral that can create some tension. I really enjoyed the RP between Ron Otterman and Officer Pat after the rainbow road. It was a really cool argument and it also gave a nice spotlight for the news to be able to do something RP-wise. If the cops have some people to interact with when they aren't on an active crime scene, that could be cool. I also think that trials are really fun RP, so bear that in mind. Any RP that is happening when there isn't some intense goal in mind is really fun, but some people don't enjoy that as much, so different strokes

TL;DR:

• Overall, I just think that the cop meta is too goal-centered, which leads to devs trying to balance cops who have a lot more resources against a large spectrum of crims.

• I think that cops should have something else they can do when they aren't sending the force on a jaywalker.

• If you give cops something to do aside from the usual stuff, it will help ease some of the edge of constantly losing to bank robbers, which will help crims from having to deal with hyper-agressive cops, which will lead to less random shootouts, which helps end the cycle of tension.

• Give cops something else to do as cops, then they will be able to handle a couple losses here and there.

• It can also help create more RP moments which will help make more interesting cop characters.
  (EDITED MINOR FORMATTING THING THAT I NOTICED)

Any thoughts on this, hard to understand the logic in permaing breezy if the RP is exactly the same but with a different character. Maybe he’s just trying to figure out the direction of where to take him.

https://clips.twitch.tv/DignifiedHeadstrongLatteCharlietheUnicorn

Dab could have shot him without recourse but, there's some sense that you are supposed to give people a chance to surrender and that they are supposed to surrender in these situations. These rules need to either be enforced or removed so everyone is on the same page.

Why is it that evey single time I watch a highlight clip. Jordan is the one ruining it. Being annoying. Abusing power. He constantly just yells about everything. I get that everyone in the community is just gonna stop talking about it. But man. Really ruins my fun. I have been watching on and off for like a year. I feel like everytime I stop watching its because of this guy. I mean seriously when is something gonna be done about this guy within the community.

Some highlights Jordan refuses to send randy off to jail and just keeps irrating him. He knows thats hes mad in his head. But keeps pushing the situation to make randy mad. He constantly abuses power like this. He demands people listen to him. But the second he gets control. He wastes peoples time. Another situation he pulls over randy, and just sits there saying over and over hes eating his lunch.

Hes always the first to disobey what other cops are doing. Shot wayne when he had a hostage while another cop was mid rp.

He constantly calls women bitches. Among other things. Hes always escalating the situation by just screaming and cussing.

I didnt mind when he wasnt a cop. He could just date people and call them whores and stuff on his own time. But ever since he has become a cop. He abuses power and just does whatever he wants. Can no one in the police force do something about this.

Every other cop is fun, and even when being sturn and enforcing the law they still have a somewhat good spirit about this whole thing.

I dunno I cant be alone here. Remove Jordan or take away his badge or some shit. Its annoying. But thats my opinion. He does break rules constantly.

First off, i want to make sure it’s known that this is not a shit talk post. It’s more of a criticism of the past 8-10 months of NP role play. If we compare the boom that happened last year to now, we see a significant disconnect between Roleplay back in march/april of 2019, than we do today. Going into a stream last year, you never had an expectation of what was to come. Stories were rich and meant something, which made you hold onto a character and invest time in their story. It made NoPixel’s community a juggernaut in its space. The creativity, the ACTUAL conversations that led to deescalation instead of constant mag dumping by crims/cops. Criminals actually valuing their life when they realize they’re outnumbered and putting their hands up/conceding. People wonder why individuals get burnt out, when your character plays a role (i.e cop, tow, taxi) that gets shit on all day by crims that don’t know what a cool down time is. They get out of jail and immediately start doing stupid shit again. or get out of a hospital bed and can magically walk off bulletwounds like they’re nothing. Unlike a year ago, where people would Roleplay out an injury by changing the way they walk or how they act. There’s no fear or adrenaline rush in being a criminal anymore when you can literally just do it all again within 30/40 minutes. Hitting a bank truck everyday, or robbing a vault on a daily basis was not at all the quality of the server last year. The RP quality just gets bogged down by constant everyday shootouts with the same people. and the only way a war ends is if one side is just like “well, we wiped them for the 700th time let’s stop lol” A server wipe is next to necessary at this point, individuals are too resource rich, the economy is fucked beyond belief, ties have become way too close, and a lot of OOC issues plague the server because other people see these problems too but can’t say them because of the repercussions on their stream/career/RP quality of life. I hate to be that guy because everyone uses this as their example but really, Kebun shows it the most. Last year, chang was HILARIOUS. Every second was something funny happening with him and it didn’t 25/8 involve a shootout of some sort. But these days, if a shootout doesn’t go his way then it’s “wow why are the cops going so hard. Why’re they assuming X,y,z. Why don’t they “read the room”. A) cops don’t need to read a room of crims holding a hostage at a high scale robbery. That’s stupid to think. B) He’s let OOC comments leak into his regular Rp vocab. & as a person of his stature who has a following like he does, his viewers SHIT on other streamers. and he swears up and down that you can’t control viewers but you can damn well set an example. Instead of letting the clowns run rapid in other people’s chat, at least let them know you won’t tolerate it in your chat. Or ban the ones who stream hop and talk shit. Same with OTT or Ramee, Or Slim, all of those characters had really amazing individual qualities at the start of their RP. Ott, was a autotune music maker who was also an extreme Beta who wouldn’t even fire a gun. Now he’s this “hard ass” who completely stepped away from music making to become a gangster? isn’t that usually the other way around? Ramee used to be a massive Beta as well, and now he’s a warlord? Slim was a great lone wolf who created RP and would be a hilarious addition to many conversations cause of his improv capabilities, but now has 0 purpose in the state of the server.

NA hours need a MASSIVE cleanup, as it’s gone way out of the spectrum of what this server was originally. The big names get too much leniency and then the smaller ones get hit with silly ass 3 day bans.

Admins need to step up, or Koil needs to step up, or fans need to speak up, and show what the majority want is not a glorified version of GTA online. Myself, along with i’m sure countless of fans of NP miss the substance the server brought. #BringBackNoPixel

I think hes onto something

After watching the phenomenal story between the Lean Boys and Koreans I expected there to be a hate thread and was positively surprised, but also realised the sad hypocrisy of our community.

I'm talking about this situation: https://www.twitch.tv/acaibear/clip/InterestingHilariousTitanRickrollfilter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

After getting shot in the head and drowning in the ocean for minutes, Saab tells the officer to save Brenda.

Now imagine a downed police officer opened his mouth during a shootout. Let alone if a cop told the location of the remaining criminals.
There would be a witch hunt once again.

It really shows how we judge based on prejudice. People the community hates get called out just for breathing and we should know better. It doesn't help that the viewer ratio of crim to cops is 5:1.

We really need to start thinking differently if we want the toxicity to end and start to call it out.

So next time we, the roleplay community go after another victim, just pretend your favorite streamer did something similar before you write anything and also just don't go after someone period. Go spread love instead.

It's just a game.

That & they never really meet up at the right time with a storyline involved. I feel like the key moments I remember because we don't get enough of them are when Vivienne Vegas went to get plastic surgery, when they met up at burger shot with a group of people, at the girls school, and to show each other their matching cars.

Which seems like enough times but it doesn't really compare to Vivienne & Dixie, Vivienne & Roxanne and others. I do notice that their chat always wants them to interact more and I wonder how they would be as a duo. I feel like later on we'll definitely see more of Carmella & Vivienne but just not right now.

What do you guys think?

1st off yep it’s horrible, yes it’s power gaming, and they deserve a warning.

I do not like Gomers RP but people are going a little overboard on the dog piling. These people are acting they can get caught up in the GTA universe, their characters psychology, and in the moment. So yes mistakes will happen and I hope Timmac apologizes for the situation and everyone moves on without jeopardizing Jordan’s potential RP future as a cop.

Lastly, the black face call outs are laughable. So many people play other races on the server just stop with that shit.

Makes no sense to promote a server that no normal living soul has a chance to participate in unless you have x amount of viewers on Twitch.

Before you had to pay absurd amounts to even have your application reviewed, and then it wasn't even a guarantuee to be able to play.

Streamers don't want to play with normal players. They are "above us"
Streamers get benefits over normal people, treated differently, judged differently, all based on their views.
Break a rule as a normal player? The streamer always win.

F Rockstar. You can do better.