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Remembering where we came from


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That whole "In a few weeks or so" response by R*. What made it worse was that people thought they were being funny by using it on here all the time.

 

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That whole "In a few weeks or so" response by R*. What made it worse was that people thought they were being funny by using it on here all the time.

This to infinity and beyond.

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That whole "In a few weeks or so" response by R*. What made it worse was that people thought they were being funny by using it on here all the time.

Yeah, out of everything that has happened, this is the one thing that I will remember the most. "A few weeks or so" were the dark days of GTAF.

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My favorite part of the wait has been following the mapping thread from the beginning. I even ID'd a couple of stores early on. As a resident of the real life counterpart of Blaine County, it's been fascinating seeing the area around me come to life in a video game.

 

On the flip-side, the WORST part has been watching the whiney bitches destroy the integrity of that thread over the last few hundred pages. It was once an awesome display of research and mapping talent. Then the recent newcomers turned into a PMS-induced session of pissing and moaning. R.I.P., Mapping Thread!

That thread was amazing when the first trailer came out!

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I'll look back on how I hated Franklin for being a gang banging hood-rat slum ghetto trash low-life thug, and I'll always remember all the hate mail I got from "TRU FRANKLIN OGs", calling me a racist for having an opinion.

No people hated you because you went SO OUT OF THE WAY to express your hate for Franklin, threads upon threads and posts upon posts to express how you hated Franklin, the ghetto, and rap music.

 

If you just said it once: "I don't like Franklin", nobody would have bothered you beyond one or two responses on a thread, but you kept on hammering in your dislike of Franklin and rap on threads that were supportive of Franklin and rap music in gta v. Save the hate for threads titled like "Franklin Sucks" or "we hate rap music" not threads like "team Franklin" and "rap songs you want in gta v".

 

And then you used a TERRIBLE argument to justify why you hate Franklin on top of that. "Franklin is a hood rat". No, he wants to GET OUT of the ghetto, and the recent screenshots justify just how much he wants to live the high life.

 

Ultimately UT, I get that you were just expressing your opinion and that you're probably not a racist, but you went about this ALL wrong and it's your own fault that you got the hate that you got. When gta 6 is coming out, don't complain to everyone if one protagonist is black and from the ghetto. Because nobody bashed you for your model trains and happy hardcore the way you bashed Franklin and rap music.

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I'll look back on how I hated Franklin for being a gang banging hood-rat slum ghetto trash low-life thug, and I'll always remember all the hate mail I got from "TRU FRANKLIN OGs", calling me a racist for having an opinion.

No people hated you because you went SO OUT OF THE WAY to express your hate for Franklin, threads upon threads and posts upon posts to express how you hated Franklin, the ghetto, and rap music.

 

If you just said it once: "I don't like Franklin", nobody would have bothered you beyond one or two responses on a thread, but you kept on hammering in your dislike of Franklin and rap on threads that were supportive of Franklin and rap music in gta v. Save the hate for threads titled like "Franklin Sucks" or "we hate rap music" not threads like "team Franklin" and "rap songs you want in gta v".

 

And then you used a TERRIBLE argument to justify why you hate Franklin on top of that. "Franklin is a hood rat". No, he wants to GET OUT of th

In all truth and legitimacy, I wasnt even bummed out by the hate mail. Hell, it was quite funny whenever I would get a message like 'frankln b my bos nigga if u beef wit him u beef wit me' all in all, it was funny then, but after the gameplay trailer, me and Franklin are on pretty decent terms

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In all truth and legitimacy, I wasnt even bummed out by the hate mail. Hell, it was quite funny whenever I would get a message like 'frankln b my bos nigga if u beef wit him u beef wit me'                                      all in all, it was funny then, but after the gameplay trailer, me and Franklin are on pretty decent terms

I was never even concerned that you didn't like Franklin. Plenty of people don't. You just reinforced the idea that you didn't like him in a very unnecessary way. I guess it's good that now you like all the protagonists, but my message still stands.

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but after the gameplay trailer, me and Franklin are on pretty decent terms

 

I hate Franklin because he's a slum rat gangbanger who, gameplay-wise, will most likely be a CJ clone.

 

Wow, your opinion is really consistent with itself there.. You know, I changed my mind. I don't think you are racist. I think you are just an attention whore and a troll. But that was pretty obvious from the start anyway. You say things that border to racism to troll people and get attention.

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I remember when hurricane sandy took out rockstar offices power right when the second trailer was about to release so they had to delay it...then the whole,"why did i get delayed?..i guess it was the weather" phenom started...yeah,that sh*t got old fast....

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2405 I was one of the believers lol.

 

Also the guy who claimed to be a janitor at some well reputed game magazine who did an interview with rock star and showed the dummy transcript of the fake and stupid interview which starts off with "hey Mr. Houser how is everything?" And Dan houser replied with "way too busy with gtA v" or something stupid like that.

 

I also remember bud and carljohnsonsbrotherbrian analyzing take two's stockholders meetings.

 

Also the epsilon program and how hyped everyone was to hear from these guys on twitter.

 

These are a few things I instantly thought of.

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You're pretty racist for assuming I'm racist just because I hold an opinion on Franklin

He didn't say you were racist. I did.

You're racist for assuming I'm racist. I hate Franklin because he's a slum rat gangbanger who, gameplay-wise, will most likely be a CJ clone.

 

Don't call me racist, though, seeing as I enjoyed Vic (aside from his whining). He knew how to live the high life without senseless gangbanging. He didn't perform the shots, he CALLED the shots.

I love how people try to deflect any chance of being a racial bigot by claiming that they have positive feelings towards a certain and in most cases, distant black person. For me, it's the same as the "my friends are black" retort. My uncle's a vile racist but he's a huge NFL fan (a league that is 60% black - he even cheers for the blacks on his team -does that make him less of a bigot? Would I bring my black boyfriend within his vicinity? Hell no). I also watched a documentary ages ago of a KKK family who were really into black/soul artists from the 70s - does that make them less of a racist?

 

NOTE: I'm not calling you a racist at all (I don't think you are) but you mentioning that you liked the black Vic, in my opinion, doesn't do anything. There are plenty of racists that make "compromises" that contradict their ideology.

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Every time I've thought about V over the past few years, I've just been thinking, "Please don't die or go to jail before it comes out."

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So Australia is first on Sept 17? So we will see lots of youtube on Sept 16

Best to avoid YT and Twitch then.

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With GTA 5 being a little over a month away from our grasp, we may as well take a look back on where we came from here on these forums, with all the crazy speculation, love-or-hate ideas, and steaks. How can we forget steaks?

 

I'll look back on how I hated Franklin for being a gang banging hood-rat slum ghetto trash low-life thug, and I'll always remember all the hate mail I got from "TRU FRANKLIN OGs", calling me a racist for having an opinion.

 

What part of the V speculation-days will you guys remember?

I just love looking back to our reactions when all the first major news pieces were released, and all about how we've been speculating and guessing everything about this game, and some of it being true.

 

I truly cannot wait for GTAV to finally release.

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I wasn't on the forums at the time all the big speculation and rumors came about, but I was seeing a lot about them online, the most memorable one being the 2405 thing.

 

I do remember the first time I clicked on the realistic steak thread, though. It was stupid at the time but then it became a GTAForums legend!

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You're pretty racist for assuming I'm racist just because I hold an opinion on Franklin

He didn't say you were racist. I did.

You're racist for assuming I'm racist. I hate Franklin because he's a slum rat gangbanger who, gameplay-wise, will most likely be a CJ clone.

 

Don't call me racist, though, seeing as I enjoyed Vic (aside from his whining). He knew how to live the high life without senseless gangbanging. He didn't perform the shots, he CALLED the shots.

You sound beyond stupid.... You're very ignorant son of a bitch but hey that is how all stupid people are.

 

lmao "You're racist for saying I'm racist" how stupid.. and the fact you hate Franklin that much for no reason at all... A video game character

makes me to believe that your either really stupid, very young, or just plain troll that doesn't know when to stop.

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OP - One question? You seem or seemed to have "hated" (Hate is such a strong word and I find it pretty amusing how you can harbour such an explosive feeling towards a videogame character) Franklin because in your words, "he's a useless ghetto hoodrat who indulges in gangbanging."

 

But Trevor is an unhinged drug addict without morals and he pretty much racks up body counts on a whim. You seem to dislike gangbanging because it's senseless but at this point, I feel as if Trevor's acts of violence are even more senseless than Franklin's. Why no animosity towards him?

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Some things that I remember from this long wait that I'll be glad to forget about:

 

• That period of waiting where all Rockstar would talk about was Max Payne 3. I hate that name for so long. I didn't buy it until just a couple months ago. It's a great game but constantly hearing about Max Payne 3 for months on end was a pain the ass.

 

• The infamous line "A few weeks or so." There was topic after topic where people would argue over the definition of "few". Eventually it was decided that Rockstar does not define words like "few" or "soon" the same as everyone else in the world. They do not recognise the dictionary's we use. Also, this line has turned into a "joke". At least people think it's funny and smart when they say it but it is neither. When I hear that line it brings back bad memories.

 

• Refering to Michael as Ned Luke or Balcony Guy. Franklin as Red Car Guy or Hispanic Guy.

 

• People arguing that the person in the screenshot at the docks shooting at the helicopter at night was Franklin and not a new character. The person was in fact Trevor who we had not seen up until this point.

 

• 2405. Need I say more?

 

• Waiting for a second trailer. We waited over a year for it. It was hell.

 

• Spending every first Thursday of the month waiting on Game Informer revealing their new magazine cover. As soon as it was revealed to not be GTA V someone would create a new topic within seconds to talk about the NEXT months cover reveal. It was never ending. Super Mario anyone? hahahaha.

 

• People listening into T2's quarterly financial conferences for any new hint of GTA V. People would make huge posts talking about all sorts of financial sh*t. I actually learned a lot during this but the conferences were pretty much useless and boring except for a few troll call ins.

 

• Spring 2013.

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I will always remember the Albert Desilva, balcony guy, Hispanic guy in red car and cj at 1:06.

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in a nutshell pretty much

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A little off topic perhaps, as V wasn't even announced back then, but I think when I'll look back at the times before V, I'll think of this first of foremost:

 

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With you on that one brother icon14.gificon14.gificon14.gif. The hype for the first trailer was crazy, we were all speculating that the guy in the red car was the protagonist or the balcony guy was the protagonist. Boy oh boy, does time fly.

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Can someone link to the FIND THE BLUE thread please? I've searched a number of times and can't find it.

 

It's driving me nuts wondering what the heckins everyone is in about.

 

Thanks!

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Official General

 

I will always remember the Albert Desilva, balcony guy, Hispanic guy in red car and cj at 1:06.

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in a nutshell pretty much

Count me in on this too icon14.gif

 

That was what I remembered the most. I participated in many discussions related to this myself.

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The "what is your best game with a cock" thing at one of the T2 conferences.

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The wannabe gangsters who kept saying stuff like "I don't want to play as an old fart!" and "Is that CJ at 1:06? yeah grove street nigga! yeah gangsta! yeah nigga! grove st fo life nigga!".

 

Funny how a lot of people see Michael as their favourite protagonist now that we know more about him.

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the leaked screenshot that everyone said was fake, Only to find out it was real...the hate that guy got was insane.

What screenshot? The one that looked like someone took a photo to the TV?

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