LakeSide Ballaz - Application

Leader: Ben Cross Level 30
Co-Leader: Gino Cross Level 23

Ben was born in an old ghetto, where drugs and fame was the top priority. He grew up on a black school, it was filled with afro-americans and foreigners. Ben got bullied a lot because of his clothes and how he looked like. When Ben graduated he had a small business called Cross Corporation, he rented bodyguards to governmential-active persons. The business didn't work out good so he had to officially put his business as bankrupt. Ben got into the dark side of Los Santos, he met with some of his friends from school which he used to hang out with. They discussed on how to make money and how to become famed. They started talking about drugs and weapon marketing. In the weeks that followed, they smuggled drugs from town to town. Their small brotherhood grew out to be a gang, they called themselves 'Lake Side Ballaz'. They eventually got rich of selling drugs and military-grade weapons, such as the generally wanted M4. However, their illegal activities didn't go unseen by the local authorities. Ben had to negotiate with them to keep the 'business' going. He bribed a few of the high-ranked members to 'wipe out' the evidence of illegal activities.


The business kept going good as Ben's members were doing all the dirty jobs. He needed more leaders to watch over the cells, so he called the help of Gino, one of his brothers. Gino started recruiting more people, he kept them low-ranked to do the dirty jobs such as catching moles, which were sent by the FBI and gang divisions of other law enforcement agencies. Gino also kept the business running in San Fierro. The drug dealers that were not part of Gino's cells were being recruited by Gino and exported to Los Santos. Meanwhile, Ben bought a nice house close to the Los Santos Police Department and used it as the gang's headquarters, the location was a tactical move of Ben, being close by the enemy (in this case the police) won’t make the gang look suspicious. The drugs that's being used by the gang members was hidden in a safe inside the headquarters.


Ben and Gino had everything they wanted: women, drugs and money. There were people that did not want Ben and Gino to take over the black market. Ben and Gino had received a few threats that if they did not stop their dealers from interacting with their customers, they would find their family members dead on the streets. The threats had no effect on the gang, they just kept doing their thing and made money. The rival gangs did not like this and raided the headquarters, when Ben found out who it was, he got furious and told all of his gang members to meet up at Gino's place. They had a plan to eliminate all dealers in town. Ben had negotiated with the same corrupt high-ranked members of the law enforcement agencies to give him the names and the hotzones of the dealers. He sent all of his low-ranked gang members to the zones to assasinate every single person that tried to sell narcotics or weaponry. Ben officially started a drug-war.


Ben and Gino had a back-up plan. They sent a few of the elite gang members to the enemy gang, which was called Grove, to gain information. Ben and Gino needed the information to eliminate the gang from within. They knew who the leaders were, where their headquarters were , how and where they got their drugs and weaponry from. This information would have been crucial into making the gang fall apart. The moles Ben and Gino sent came back and were sent back again, which was nearly impossible as the enemy gang knew who they were, but Ben didn’t want them to get inside again.


Ben sent them to the gang’s headquarters and told them to put it on fire, which they did. The enemy gang saw this and a gunfight broke loose, the moles Ben sent were dead. The enemy gang collected their bodies and cropped them up in a truck. They put gasoline on the bodies and threw a lit match ontop of it, making it burn lightly. They unloaded the truck at the gang’s headquarters. Ben was devastated when he saw the burnt bodies, he just lost his most elite members. Ben was about to give up, but then Gino stopped him from doing so. Gino had a plan, he wanted all cells to gather up at the headquarters with as much weaponry they had. Ben did not like the idea that he had to risk more lifes just to win control over the underworld, but it was worth it.


Gino rented a bus for a few days, everyone knew why he rented it. Gino drove the bus to the headquarters where he told everyone to get ready for the elimination. Everyone was there, they knew some would not come back, but they had to do it to take revenge on the killers of their friends. Everyone got into the bus, all windows were rolled down, everyone stuck out an ak-47. Gino drove to Grove Street, everyone shot any single person they saw, it was a blood bath. Gino got his revenge, Grove is no more. This had a huge impact in the underworld, the percentage of murders went down dramatically, Lakeside Ballaz were running the town again. Ben and Gino were living a beautiful life, but this did not go unseen, enemies go and come. They always had enemies.


Ben got a girlfriend, which he proposed to. Gino bought new headquarters at Glen Park, the interior was much bigger and it was easier for them to prepare for a fight. They also had a much better safe for their drugs, they even had drug-laboratoria inside the interior! Business went extremely good for Ben and Gino, their members earned more in a month than a government official would earn in three months! However, the Federal Bureau of Investigation had put casefiles on Ben and one of their members Troy for murdering innocent citizens at Ganton Gym. This had a huge impact on the business of Lakeside Ballaz, Ben could not lead them alone. He put the business on-hold untill he sorted things out with Gino and Troy. Ben had to go to the governor to get them out, he only managed to get Gino out, Troy was sentenced for 20 years of prison for assault, murder and conspiring with other people to attack the government. Ben did not like this as Troy was the one who handled the paperwork such as keeping the Law Enforcement Agencies away with false documents. Ben and Gino are now extremele vulnerable now that they have no cover, they had no idea what to do.


The gang started to fall apart, the members were being arrested quickly by the FBI. Ben and Gino noticed it and they hid in Las Venturas. They knew the FBI would find them anyway, so they put their death in a scene. Everyone thought they were dead, but they weren't, they were still alive in the underworld. They had enough money to live from, but they did not want their gang to die that easy. Ben had to leave his girlfriend because she would blow his cover, and her life would be in huge danger. Gino had to dismiss his cells, which means they had no single kind of income. It seemed like the gang was dead, but it wasn't; Ben and Gino were recruiting members in Las Venturas under a hidden alias.


Ben and Gino managed to get enough money for new headquarters in Los Santos. Ben also managed to bypass the casefiles the FBI put upon them. Gino started recruiting in Los Santos and commanded all of his members in Las Venturas to move to Los Santos. Lakeside Ballaz were back, with a fresh start, new headquarters and new styles.


Ben and Gino did not want their gang to be unseen, they wanted people to fear them. They both went to a clothing store and tried different colours, they didn’t like it. Ben then started to wear red, but he realized the color was taken by the bloods; he did not want to have any of his members to mix up their own members with the bloods. It would lead to fights within the gang, which would destroy the structure and balance. Gino came up with the idea to wear purple, no other gang had that color and everyone would notice it. They both commanded their members to wear purple, the members thought it was a gay color, but they had to listen. Lakeside Ballaz are back with a whole new style, and a new goal; take over the underworld of San Andreas.


Rank 6 King Pin
Rank 5 Double O.G
Rank 4 Avenue Gangsta'
Rank 3 Original Balla
Rank 2 Corner Hustler
Rank 1 Baby Balla
Rank 0 Hood Rat


Ben Cross Rank 6
Gino Cross Rank 6
Dyshawn Hollister Rank 5
Andee Cross Rank 4
Cristiano Cross Rank 4
Brent Bacon Rank 4
Alfred Cross Rank 4
Kai Cross Rank 4
Tyrone Parker Rank 3
Frederick Fielding Rank 3
Bruce Bluestone Rank 3
Cooper Casaoui Rank 3
Carl Vlad Package Rank 3
Vincent Scaletta Rank 2
Dy Santos Rank 2
Emma Schaffer Rank 2
Josh Parker Rank 2
Manny Pacquiao Rank 1
Lesane Parker Rank 1
Starling Lavetta Rank 1
Jake Hardy Rank 1
Tyson Parker Rank 1
Tyga Woodz Rank 1
Ram Meeks Rank 1


Hood Rat |
Girl Skins |
Regular Skins |
Leader Skin |


Our Hood/Turf is Glen Park - Los Santos



X2 [Car id 492] X3 [Car id 567]



The Gang Color for the LakeSide Ballaz is Purple.



The LakeSide Ballaz isn't all about shooting skills, Level, VIP Status or how much money you have in total. All we look for in a Player is the RP level, English Skills and knowledge of all Server Rules. Our Recruitment System consists of 3 steps..


Step One:
Players looking to join LakeSide Ballaz must find out/us IC’ly, If they come to us OOC’ly or Metagame us they will be turned away, Once they come in contact with us they will be made to have a Chat about who they ‘re and what they’re about with one of Rank 6/5 or The Head Rat which is a selected Rank 4, In this Street Interview the Player will be asked a number of set Questions about their Family, Past jobs, Past Gangs and places they're lived, With these questions getting answered this will show to the Member holding the Street Interview about that Players RP Skills, English Skills and how creative they are. If they seem to pass the Street Interview then they go onto Step Two.

Step Two:
The Player would have passed the Street Interview and now will be made to do some sort of Random RP Test, Most likely to Tag up another Gangs Tag or Hood, Once they finish that, They will be tested on all Server Rules, They must get them all right to carry on, If they get all OOC Questions and RP test right, They will then become a ‘Hood Rat’ for the LakeSide Ballaz.

Step Three:
The Hood Rats (Rank 0) will be doing Jobs/Tasks for the LakeSide Ballaz for anywhere between 3Hours - 3Days, Depending on how they are getting alone with other Members and how far they improve, Once we think someone is ready enough they will RP’ly get their Coloured Bandana(Purple) and Invited into the Ballaz as a Rank 1 which they will still be kept an close eye on, If any Rank 1 is Prisoned/Jailed for a legit reason, They will be kicked with no questions asked, they will not get a second chance.


We have a Points system in the LakeSide Ballaz.
Members get points for every rule they break, Once they reach 10 Points they will be kicked from the Gang.
They get Points not only when they are Prisoned or Jailed, They also get Points if a Rank 5 or 6 sees it when an Admin doesn't.
We keep the Records of how many Points each Member has on our Gang Forums. Every Rule has a different amount of Points attached to it, When A Member breaks an Server Rule they are also Demoted to the Rank below them. Once a Member is kicked from reaching 10 Points, They will not be allowed to Reapply to join the Gang for 2 Weeks, And starts at Rank 1 again.

EG.
Rank 3 gets Prisoned for Death-Matching
6 Points and demoted to Rank 2

Rank 1 gets Prisoned for KoSing
Demoted, Therefore kicked from the Gang.

Rank 2 seen driving an Non-RP Car
1 Point

Point List:
DeathMatching - 7 Points
Metagaming - 5 Points
Not wearing a Gang Skin - 1 Point
Driving an Non-RP Car - 1 Point
Giving out the Gang Freq. - 5 Points
Killing on Sight - 6 Points
Etc. For a full List see Beno or Gino

Rank 1's do not follow the Point System, They get kicked out once they break one rule.

Level of the Leader:
30
Past gang/family experience:
Hilltop Hood - Rank 3 - Under Forgot (2008)
The Rollers - Rank 5 - Drake aka James_Page (2008)
The Front Yard Ballaz - Rank 5 - Under Smo (2008)
Los Santos PD - Rank 3 - Under Devin_Clark / Casey_Reed (2008)
Yakuza - Rank 6 - Under Chris_Yakaji (2009)
Vato Locos - Rank 4 - Under Cholo/Ethan (2009)
The Walton Cartel - Rank 5 - Under Drake aka Frank_Walton (2009)
The Taxi Company - Rank 5 - Under Newport I think (2010)
FBI - Rank 2 - Under Shane_Kingston (2010)
Bad Boy Society - Rank 5 - Under Tsing_Maddox (2010)
FBI - Rank 1 - Under Nicholas_Harm (2010)
Admin for about 4 Months. (Retired start of 2011)
Bad Boy Society - Rank 2 - Under Jae_Maddox (2011)
Kuchera Crime Family - Rank 3 - Under Tony_Kuchera (2011)
FBI - Rank 2 - Under Nicholas_Harm (2011)
Cross Corporation - Rank 6 - Under myself (2011)

Level of the Co-Leader:
23
Past gang/family experience:
Hell Raisers MC - Rank 2
Los Santos Takers - Rank 3
Shadow Complex - Rank 2
Varrios Los Aztecas - Rank 2
Talons - Rank 6
LSPD x2 - Rank 2
Cross Corporation - Rank 6

Level of the Rank 5:
33
Past gang/family experience:
Grove Street Premiums - Rank 5
Bad Boys Society - Rank 2
Murdaville - Rank 5
Traids - Rank 1
VLA - Rank 1
Los Santos Vagos - Rank 2
Los Santos Auto Gallery - Rank 3
Grove Street families - Rank 2
Los Santos Police Department - Rank 2
Government - Rank 2
FDSA - Rank 3

Why should we get accepted:
We believe we should be Accepted because, firstly We are known as Good Roleplayers and we are very strict with our Members on getting Prisoned for Breaking the Server Rules. And we are only picking Members who really know how to Roleplay and know all the Server Rules, Beno has been playing in this Server since 2008 and been in more Gangs then mostly anyone. His been in about 3 different Balla Gangs also, Our Leader and Co-Leader have both been Admins, Therefore you know they're trustable and don't break Server Rules often or at all.

Notes
We're not willing to be based in SF - We're based in Glen Park, LS.
I have well over $500,000 in the Bank.
We are not BBS nor attemping to copy them in anyway expect the Skins & Hood.
We don't have a HQ, Since we're a Street Gang. We're using Houses. (For now)
If you 'Unsupport' us because you think we're the next BBS, I frown upon you, check us out 1st.
We will be a Point Gang. - We wont attempt Points for the 1st week of being Offical.






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