Another Great Night at the Babylon - 27 August

[Pope_Alex_Kaeda_I]

The entry fee for each event (at this time - I am finishing working things out with the venue for Part Two, and Part Three, so I am hopeful I can keep costs down) will be $10 per person ($20 if you are paying on the day of the competition) - I do accept paypal (as in, it would behoove you to Pre-Pay). Part is going to pay for the facilities; the rest goes to cover event costs (as in, I am making no money off this, and neither is my staff). Because of the low cost, and structure of the events, the prizes will not be as lavish as a major operation. The ‘winning gang’ in each round will receive a prize, and one of the actors will receive a prize – if funding is available, additional prizes will be secured to raffle off to random participants. Obviously, the more people that sign up early, the more prize-rich the event is going to be.

Feel free to pay-pal $10 to me (my paypal id is lordjade@hotmail.com), or hand deliver it (I will be acting in the Miniature CQB event). If you are paying for more than one person, please indicate who you are paying for, so that I can put people on the attendance list. I would like to reiterate that I am making nothing off of this event. Every penny that comes in, goes right back out the door, paying for prizes and facilitys.

[Knuckles]

WAR wishes to revise our Nazi bid.

[Pope_Alex_Kaeda_I]

keep coming up with ideas! I really want to see all of you out there representing your gang of choice.

Dont forget to pre-pay. $10 if you paypal me (paypal to lordjade@hotmail.com), $20 at the door. Every penny goes to prizes, and field fees. Pay early, that way I have a better idea of how many people will be there, and can arange for suitable prizes!

One last thing that was brought up today, by Raddue and his 'broken bottle'. 'Improvised weapons', such as broken bottles, nunchucks, etc will be allowed - IF they are constructed in such a manner that they CAN NOT injure someone. If you want to be a gang of Ninja Turtles, and you show up with PVC Pipe covered in pipe insulation to be your Nunchucks, and I can certify at the check-in desk that you're safe with them, I'll let you use them. I'll hit myself with your improvised weapons, and try to get them to cause a wound to me, so that you dont cause a wound to one of my actors. keep those original ideas flowing! If you have a question, feel free to ask me!

[Nightshade]

That broken bottle is now a regular part of my kit.

[Seagreen]

Im in. This is going to be funny as hell.

[Junto]

For movies, I also reccommend "A Better Tommorow 2" to see three seasoned gangster get pissed at over 150 dudes at the last scene.

Dude, I watch that on a regular basis already.

[Kendodude]

(this is american made btw)

[Pope_Alex_Kaeda_I]

I really hate to keep harping on this - but Register and Pay! $10 if you paypal me (paypal to lordjade@hotmail.com) or pass me $10 at Strikezone on Saturday. Its going to be $20 at the door. Every penny goes to prizes and field fees. Pay early, that way I have a better idea of how many people will be there, and can arange for suitable prizes!

[Niall]

Alex, I will know by Sat if there will be "Russian Mafia" there.

[Knuckles]

W.A.R will split into two (2) teams of 5.

We will be Bloods and Crips.

Now CHECK YOSELF FOOS!

[Kendodude]

Aren't Bloods and Crips enemies? You better paint yourselves black yo!

[Knuckles]

So what if we have to throw down on eachother...it'll be good and bloody that way.

[Kendodude]

Just don't forget the Kool-aid. Who knows, maybe it'll be useful in taming a homie.

[Nightshade]

It's also spelled "Crypts".

Dizzamn, don't choo chumps know anything about my crizzew?

[Knuckles]

Negative Ghostrider.

http://www.gripe4rkids.org/crips.html

In 1969, a Los Angeles youth named Raymond Washington, 15, organized a group of other neighborhood youths and started a gang called the Baby Avenues. The Baby Avenues wanted to emulate a gang of older youths who had been involved in gang activity since 1964 and provided minor crimes for the Black Panthers of Los Angeles. This gang was called the Avenue Boys since they claimed their turf on Central Avenue in East Los Angeles. Raymond Washington, along with Stanley "Tookie" Williams and several other gang members from the Baby Avenues Gang were fascinated with the hype of the Black Panthers and they wanted to develop the Baby Avenues gang into a larger force. The Baby Avenues Gang began using the name Avenues Cribs since members lived on the avenue (Central Avenue). Crib members would wear blue scarves (now called bandannas) around their necks or heads. The color blue became their representative color.

In 1971, the use of the word 'Crip' had become so common among the Avenues Cribs that it became an acceptable name for the gang. Meanwhile, Raymond Washington and his collection of young gang members influenced other area youth gangs resulting in the formation of many Crip sets. Some of these sets included Avalon Garden Crips, Eastside Crips, Inglewood Crips and Westside Crips. Crips gangs were violent and constantly expanded their turf. Because of their aggression, several rival gangs joined forces as a gang collective called the Bloods. They adopted the color Red as their representative color. A fierce rivalry between these two gangs existed throughout the 1970's and 80's. By the early 1980's, Crips gangs were heavily involved in the drug trade that they commenced an expansion throughout the United States to sell a new drug product called "Crack". Throughout the 1980's and 1990's the Crips developed intricate networks and a respected reputation with other gangs across America and neighboring countries.

That and actaully working with these kind human beings behind bars taught me a great wealth of information.

We can also talk about Mi Raza Unida, or the ABs, or the Nortes...