Post by Jason Jennings on Jun 20, 2012 15:07:49 GMT -5
Slang:
Rocka' - (What's up Rocka'?) - slang for 'man' or 'nigga' that only initiated members use to adress eachother. An initiated member is a Rocka', they're recognizable by a tattoo situated on their backs saying Rocaway Crew [525], there's a certain position in the gang that requires an "R" carved in the inside of your hand.
525 - (Let's head down back to five-two-five, this party is lame!) - the area code assigned to Idlewood, used as slang for 'Idlewood'.
Rocaway don't play - (*Sends a right haymaker toward the opponent's jaw.* *The opponent falls down to the ground, hitting his head on the pavement.* The swinger comments: Yeah, nigga! That's how WE do it. Rocaway don't play!) - a sort of 'slogan' for the gang, it can be used in rap-lines, to taunt rival gangmembers, to encourage another Rocka' and even to taunt police.
Goon - (A'ight Olly, round up the Rockas and the Goons and get the whips ready, it's going down.) - A 'Goon' is an individual who has proven himself by putting in work but has not yet been initiated.
Youngen - (Check that Youngen out, acting up and shit while he never done shit... We should teach him a lesson.) - A 'Youngen' is basically an outsider, a hangaround. Youngens have not proven themselves worthy and they're a long way from becoming initiated.
Getting rocked - (A'yo Olly, that Goon is getting rocked tonight, make sure you're there.) - A term meaning "to get initiated".
Unwritten rules:
One who has not been initiated though chooses to get a tattoo that's Rocaway-themed, will receive a punishment. The punishment basically is the severy burning of the skin at the location where the tattoo is situated.
A Goon or somebody who hasn't even proven himself to be a Goon adressing people with Rocka' are looked on as disrespectful and will be taught a lesson.
Handsigns:
The Rocaway Crew doesn't have a complex array of handsigns indicating one's membership. There is one, though. An 'R' and a 'C' is formed with one hand, which shows the initials of "Rocaway Crew".
[*Credits: Kush.]
OOC notes:
We are a streetgang, we are relatively poor. If you come around flashing your expensive sportscar or designer clothes you're more likely to get robbed by some of the Youngens or Goons than respected because of your wealth.
Don't be a thug from the start. If you're a new Youngen coming around claiming he's a gangbanger, we're going to laugh at you and not take you serious. If you try to prove yourself too fast thus making it unrealistic for your character, we're not going to give you a chance to prove yourself for quite some time. Consider yourselves warned.
Don't roleplay as if you've moved in town recently and thought you'd go and hang out with that tough-looking group of gangbangers, it's fucking retarded. Just roleplay as if you've been living around Idlewood all of your life and some of members might know you from highschool or have seen you walking around the area a lot for quite some years.
Don't come with the stereotypical "Mom's dead, dad's in prison. Living by myself at 16! I'm so fucking AWESOME!"- it's annoying.
Don't say chea' or anything similar, it just shows you're a noob when it comes to afro-american gang-based roleplay.
Don't lash out at somebody going all "here the fuck you from nigga!? What you doing here!?" when he walks through your hood. It's not your fucking living room. Let this be a warning: whoever does this receives an OOC warning and most likely if a Rocka sees it, you'll receive a beat-down ICly. It's unrealistic as HELL and discourages people from roleplaying with us. There are a LOT of people in a neighberhood and you have no right to claim it as yours. We're only hostile to other gangs, we don't bang on civilians for walking past in our hood.
And for the initiated members: stop driving around the darn Huntleys and cars in a similar or higher price class. Buy a Tahoma, a Sentinel or a regular car like that. Not a damn vehicle mobsters drive. Ofcourse, as your gang life progresses your character becomes more wealthy because of dealing, robbing, etcetera. But we're unemployed gangbangers. Police would be on your doorstep after a day if you had one of those shiny fourty grand cars without even having a job. Go ahead and try to explain how you got the money. You can ofcourse roleplay it's stolen, if you unregister it and take the plates off. And you can ofcourse roleplay it being a very old, damaged vehicle. In that cases a Huntley would suit, just roleplay a few dents in it for realism's sake.
Grammar:
It's annoying when you don't use any quotation marks, seriously. Your character being a hoodlum is no reason to have fucked up grammar while writing, we all realize your character will pronounce it differently ICly.
1. Make sure you ALWAYS start your sentence with a "CAPITAL LETTER"...
Examples:
yo rocka...wuts up?(X)
Yo, Rocka', what's up?(Proper Grammar)
2. Always use commas to properly seperate your sentences in places they need to be placed.
Examples:
Hey homie whats up man you got money?(X)
Hey, homie, what's up man? You got money?(Proper Grammar)
3. Always use a question mark when your asking a question.
Examples:
Hey man, you got any weed.(X)
Hey man, you got any weed?(Proper Grammar)
4. Always use a capital letter when speaking of a person, animal, place, or thing.
Examples:
Sup david, you going over to grottis tonight on your blue sanchez?(X)
Sup David, you going over to Grottis' tonight on your blue Sanchez?(Proper Grammar)
5. Don't capitalize the starting of your "/me's", for the "/do's" its alright, but don't do it in your "me's", AT ALL.
Examples:
/me Lifts his shirt and pulls out his glock 17.(X)
/me lifts his shirt, and pulls out his Glock 17.(Proper /me)
6. Always use a (') when a letter is left out, this is common in slang.
Examples:
sappenin ma nigga, where da bud at foo?(X)
S'appenin' ma' nigga, where da' bud at foo'?(Proper Grammar)
7. Always end your sentences with a full stop (.).
[*Credits: Dopeboy J.]
*Credits: Wesley
Rocka' - (What's up Rocka'?) - slang for 'man' or 'nigga' that only initiated members use to adress eachother. An initiated member is a Rocka', they're recognizable by a tattoo situated on their backs saying Rocaway Crew [525], there's a certain position in the gang that requires an "R" carved in the inside of your hand.
525 - (Let's head down back to five-two-five, this party is lame!) - the area code assigned to Idlewood, used as slang for 'Idlewood'.
Rocaway don't play - (*Sends a right haymaker toward the opponent's jaw.* *The opponent falls down to the ground, hitting his head on the pavement.* The swinger comments: Yeah, nigga! That's how WE do it. Rocaway don't play!) - a sort of 'slogan' for the gang, it can be used in rap-lines, to taunt rival gangmembers, to encourage another Rocka' and even to taunt police.
Goon - (A'ight Olly, round up the Rockas and the Goons and get the whips ready, it's going down.) - A 'Goon' is an individual who has proven himself by putting in work but has not yet been initiated.
Youngen - (Check that Youngen out, acting up and shit while he never done shit... We should teach him a lesson.) - A 'Youngen' is basically an outsider, a hangaround. Youngens have not proven themselves worthy and they're a long way from becoming initiated.
Getting rocked - (A'yo Olly, that Goon is getting rocked tonight, make sure you're there.) - A term meaning "to get initiated".
Unwritten rules:
One who has not been initiated though chooses to get a tattoo that's Rocaway-themed, will receive a punishment. The punishment basically is the severy burning of the skin at the location where the tattoo is situated.
A Goon or somebody who hasn't even proven himself to be a Goon adressing people with Rocka' are looked on as disrespectful and will be taught a lesson.
Handsigns:
The Rocaway Crew doesn't have a complex array of handsigns indicating one's membership. There is one, though. An 'R' and a 'C' is formed with one hand, which shows the initials of "Rocaway Crew".
[*Credits: Kush.]OOC notes:
We are a streetgang, we are relatively poor. If you come around flashing your expensive sportscar or designer clothes you're more likely to get robbed by some of the Youngens or Goons than respected because of your wealth.
Don't be a thug from the start. If you're a new Youngen coming around claiming he's a gangbanger, we're going to laugh at you and not take you serious. If you try to prove yourself too fast thus making it unrealistic for your character, we're not going to give you a chance to prove yourself for quite some time. Consider yourselves warned.
Don't roleplay as if you've moved in town recently and thought you'd go and hang out with that tough-looking group of gangbangers, it's fucking retarded. Just roleplay as if you've been living around Idlewood all of your life and some of members might know you from highschool or have seen you walking around the area a lot for quite some years.
Don't come with the stereotypical "Mom's dead, dad's in prison. Living by myself at 16! I'm so fucking AWESOME!"- it's annoying.
Don't say chea' or anything similar, it just shows you're a noob when it comes to afro-american gang-based roleplay.
Don't lash out at somebody going all "here the fuck you from nigga!? What you doing here!?" when he walks through your hood. It's not your fucking living room. Let this be a warning: whoever does this receives an OOC warning and most likely if a Rocka sees it, you'll receive a beat-down ICly. It's unrealistic as HELL and discourages people from roleplaying with us. There are a LOT of people in a neighberhood and you have no right to claim it as yours. We're only hostile to other gangs, we don't bang on civilians for walking past in our hood.
And for the initiated members: stop driving around the darn Huntleys and cars in a similar or higher price class. Buy a Tahoma, a Sentinel or a regular car like that. Not a damn vehicle mobsters drive. Ofcourse, as your gang life progresses your character becomes more wealthy because of dealing, robbing, etcetera. But we're unemployed gangbangers. Police would be on your doorstep after a day if you had one of those shiny fourty grand cars without even having a job. Go ahead and try to explain how you got the money. You can ofcourse roleplay it's stolen, if you unregister it and take the plates off. And you can ofcourse roleplay it being a very old, damaged vehicle. In that cases a Huntley would suit, just roleplay a few dents in it for realism's sake.
Grammar:
It's annoying when you don't use any quotation marks, seriously. Your character being a hoodlum is no reason to have fucked up grammar while writing, we all realize your character will pronounce it differently ICly.
1. Make sure you ALWAYS start your sentence with a "CAPITAL LETTER"...
Examples:
yo rocka...wuts up?(X)
Yo, Rocka', what's up?(Proper Grammar)
2. Always use commas to properly seperate your sentences in places they need to be placed.
Examples:
Hey homie whats up man you got money?(X)
Hey, homie, what's up man? You got money?(Proper Grammar)
3. Always use a question mark when your asking a question.
Examples:
Hey man, you got any weed.(X)
Hey man, you got any weed?(Proper Grammar)
4. Always use a capital letter when speaking of a person, animal, place, or thing.
Examples:
Sup david, you going over to grottis tonight on your blue sanchez?(X)
Sup David, you going over to Grottis' tonight on your blue Sanchez?(Proper Grammar)
5. Don't capitalize the starting of your "/me's", for the "/do's" its alright, but don't do it in your "me's", AT ALL.
Examples:
/me Lifts his shirt and pulls out his glock 17.(X)
/me lifts his shirt, and pulls out his Glock 17.(Proper /me)
6. Always use a (') when a letter is left out, this is common in slang.
Examples:
sappenin ma nigga, where da bud at foo?(X)
S'appenin' ma' nigga, where da' bud at foo'?(Proper Grammar)
7. Always end your sentences with a full stop (.).
[*Credits: Dopeboy J.]
*Credits: Wesley
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