City of Angels Rewrite?

[James Langham]

Originally Posted by Olefin

"The gangs of LA are a just unbelievable.

Brighton River Reavers (They like motorboats)
Resida Banditos (There from Resida)
Seal Beach Girls (There suspicous of men)
Sunset Beach Boys (They like getting sun tans and surfing)
The Flying Circus (They screach in a secret language; a falsetto London Cockney accent)
The Hollywooders (They do everything with style)
The L.A. Raiders
The Masked Riders (They wear masks and are mysterious)
The Rad Rats (Their scavengers)"

I know - where are the obvious gangs - i.e. the Cripps and the Bloods, both of whom were very much in existence when the module was written? I do like the LA Raiders - if they are a gang of devoted LA Raiders fans especially - having been to their games and been in the stands they were already basically a marauder group (with apologies to any actual Raiders fans on the board)

It is possible that there was an attempt to avoid real gangs for the same reason that real people were avoided.

[Rainbow Six]

Originally Posted by James Langham

It is possible that there was an attempt to avoid real gangs for the same reason that real people were avoided.

I'm in the final stages of completing the marauder section of my Alternative SGUK and oddly enough have just changed the name of a group of football thugs from their real name to a fictional alternative as the more I thought about it the more it seemed like a better idea not to use the real name for several reasons (I must admit that one such reason was that I was concerned that using the real name might lead to people doing a google search for that name finding their way here, and they may not be the sort of people that we would want to attract).

So yeah, whilst I have been guilty of using real names myself, I think I can understand why it's not such a good idea.

[Olefin]

been thinking about doing that myself with the Lords Resistance Army and Joseph Kony both of whom are in my current Kenya sourcebook I am putting together as well as Mengistu and the ruler of Kenya in the 1995-2000 timeframe

I dont expect them to come looking for me (love to see what lawyer would represent Kony) but its probably for the best

[RN7]

Originally Posted by James Langham

It is possible that there was an attempt to avoid real gangs for the same reason that real people were avoided.

I don't think the Cripps and the Bloods would be reading T2K, in fact I doubt some of them could even read.

[James Langham]

Originally Posted by RN7

I don't think the Cripps and the Bloods would be reading T2K, in fact I doubt some of them could even read.

More importantly though, could their lawyers?

[Olefin]

who knows - showing them surviving a nuclear war and taking over more territory may even be taken by them as a compliment

[RN7]

Originally Posted by James Langham

More importantly though, could their lawyers?

Which type of Lawyer, copyright lawyers or homocide lawyers?

[Webstral]

Originally Posted by RN7

Which type of Lawyer, copyright lawyers or homocide lawyers?

Tort lawyers. There is no lower breed of lawyer. Admittedly, this is akin to calling one breed of parasitic worm lower than all the rest.