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Pazzino
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/Basics/ of properly roleplaying an Italian-American mobster

January 25th, 2015, 6:46 am

Credits: Aleya

Originally posted this somewhere else, but I thought I should post it here too for people who might be interested.
There are many other things you should know such as how mobsters earn their money, but I won't go more detailed for now. I will do it another time maybe.


** Thread will be regularly updated. It's almost 6am here so I might have forgotten to add more things.

Hello everyone,

Roleplaying an Italian-American mobster has always been a passion for me, something I enjoy doing more than anything else, and I've been doing this for 3 years now. Everyday I tend to improve myself and learn new things. This affected my real life personality to a level where I want to be a mobster in real life. It looks ridiculous, but just like some people being inspired by Spider Man and the other kind of crap, this is what inspires me.
Anyways, getting more to the point, in order to improve your knowledge, you have to spend some time reading about things, and of course watching how they work. I've watched many movies and documentaries related to the behaviors of the American LCN phenomenon, and I recommend everyone to do the same, because believe it or not, it has a BIG effect on your future roleplay experiences.

I begin by listing the movies/series I find interesting:
  • The Godfather: Even though it's about the classic days LCN, it's still a great movie to watch as it contains the most basic behaviors of a mobster.
  • Donnie Brasco: Definitely the best movie you'd watch, Al Pacino nailed it as usual there. But obviously don't get inspired by how Johnny Depp ratted out the family so you'd do the same (just kidding). Almost everything in this movie happened in real life.
  • Goodfellas: One of the greatest movies of all time, is also inspired by a true story.
  • Casino: You should kill yourself if you still haven't watched this.
  • The Sopranos: Great fucking sery. I wish I could forget about it so I could enjoy watching it again for the first time.
  • And last but not least: Scarface.

Moving on, there are a few important things you should know about picking the right name. I've seen people with Nicky_,
Donnie_, Ronnie_, Paulie_ as firstnames. That's totally wrong though, your character's name shouldn't contain the nickname. It should have the official name that your ID would contain. For example:
  • Nicky = Nicholas
  • Donnie = Donald
  • Paulie = Paul
  • Mickey = Michael
  • Ronnie = Ronald
  • Joe(y) = Joseph
  • Etc...
A lot of people don't know about this, but hopefully by reading this you will understand the difference.
(I would like to give credits to Pio, the person that taught me about the names part.)

This might have been stated in other threads, but creating roleplay is very important to earn respect and eventually more money in the LCN industry. "There's nothing ro roleplay" isn't an excuse, just use your imagination and you shall never lack of RP scenarios.
Examples of the simple tasks you could give to an outsider or associate:
Washing your car(?)
Trying to find someone(?)
Sending a verbal message to someone(?)
Beating the shit out of someone(?)
And a lot more...

For better realism, the one you assigned the task to would get an appreciation payment for doing what he was told to and it will give him a better chance to improve himself trusty and worthy of a promotion and more respect. I can't blame people who have been stuck into their rank for a very long period when they aren't given a chance to prove themselves worthy of the trust.

Last but not least, here's some important documentaries you will enjoy watching for sure:






// Aleya

Aleyaj
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Re: /Basics/ of properly roleplaying an Italian-American mobster

April 17th, 2015, 2:22 pm

Bump for some people.
Also can I be the moderator of this thread so I can edit it?

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