Speaking of bounties I saw two players meta'ing it up hard the other day. They would hop onto the back of the cargo train that travels around the north part of the map, put a $1000 dollar bounty on either or both their heads and then wait for the carnage to start. Being on the train meant that they had the handiness of auto aim, but also the train kept them from being a stationary target. Myself and two other WANGs arrived around the same time as two puggers. The guys on the train were also really good shots. I myself died at least half a dozen times.
It was pretty ridiculous, but also pretty fun. Might have to give it a go myself some time.
the trick is to land a chopper on them rigged with explosives. is it possible to derail the train in this game? I know you could do it to the subway in 4.
the trick is to land a chopper on them rigged with explosives. is it possible to derail the train in this game? I know you could do it to the subway in 4.
Awesome.
Nope, the trains in 5 are pretty much invincible (unless scripted to crash), even the huge dump truck or a couple of trailers loaded with sticky bombs won't stop/derail them.
Shame. San Andreas had drivable and derail-able trains. Hopefully mods on the PC version will fix this.
Also autoaim isn't instant win, depending on weapon you can't even get a lock on an enemy at certain ranges. Though it does direly make me wish you could have specific weapon type death matches, or specific weapons not allowed.
Like sticky bombs in some of the tighter maps really take away any of the intended shoot out corridors. Or sniper rifles on the horrific "both sides start far away from each other" maps.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
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Also autoaim isn't instant win, depending on weapon you can't even get a lock on an enemy at certain ranges. Though it does direly make me wish you could have specific weapon type death matches, or specific weapons not allowed.
Like sticky bombs in some of the tighter maps really take away any of the intended shoot out corridors. Or sniper rifles on the horrific "both sides start far away from each other" maps.
I don't play deathmatch, but I've had a lot of luck recently strafing around corners with my gun aimed at head level rather than trying to move around the corner normally and lock on with auto aim.
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
the trick is to land a chopper on them rigged with explosives. is it possible to derail the train in this game? I know you could do it to the subway in 4.
Awesome.
Nope, the trains in 5 are pretty much invincible (unless scripted to crash), even the huge dump truck or a couple of trailers loaded with sticky bombs won't stop/derail them.
Shame. San Andreas had drivable and derail-able trains. Hopefully mods on the PC version will fix this.
This comment is an interesting glimpse into a flawed mindset that many people have irl:
At first I didn't want the $500k, as I thought it might ruin the game a bit. Knowing it was coming though, I started adjusting my spending. We still don't have it. Now I'm broke.
Probably the worst decision R* made wasn't offering us this money, but saying they would and then indefinitely delaying it.
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nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
No one? That kind of stuff is not why I play gta online. I'm more of a use the open world for store and quick cash opportunities. Much like I am in MMO's, when I want pvp I go death match.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
No one? That kind of stuff is not why I play gta online. I'm more of a use the open world for store and quick cash opportunities. Much like I am in MMO's, when I want pvp I go death match.
You're missing out. Hunting bounties or protecting a fellow PAer with a bounty are two of my favorite things to do with a group of PA guys.
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
No one? That kind of stuff is not why I play gta online. I'm more of a use the open world for store and quick cash opportunities. Much like I am in MMO's, when I want pvp I go death match.
You're missing out. Hunting bounties or protecting a fellow PAer with a bounty are two of my favorite things to do with a group of PA guys.
By 'protect' you mean shoot him in the face and maybe give him 500 for his hospital expenses, right?
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Did y'all know that you can have someone climb into the back of the Duneloader (the Dodge Powerwagon looking pickup) and they can use the cab for cover. This way you can have a driver, a passenger, and a guy in the bed using the cab as cover. The guy back there can use cover as he normally would and will stick and not get thrown out. The driver and passenger will see his body glitch everywhere when hitting bumps and stuff, but he won't get thrown. And the guy in the bed can use any weapon in his inventory.
Does this work with other pickups?
Also apparently there's a Suburban/Excursion-like SUV that allows your buddies to hand off the running boards like the Secret Service (though they are easy to knock off). The guys hanging on the outside can use assault rifles and aren't just limited to the Micro SMG.
Also the vans are neat because two can get in the back and shoot out the back. Including the massively armored SWAT van. Which is great until you're riding on one tire...
That's the police SUV that comes out once you hit 4 stars. ONly police vehicle you can steal and keep (tracker/insure) a few of us have it. Instead of a horn the siren/lights turn on and cars will brake or pullover if you have it on while driving.
nah, I don't think autoaim is instant win at all. just wondering about how the crews roll there... I got messaged about a crew greifing another crew by using passive mode in the annihilator or something odd that I need to research, but you guys got any beefs?
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
No one? That kind of stuff is not why I play gta online. I'm more of a use the open world for store and quick cash opportunities. Much like I am in MMO's, when I want pvp I go death match.
You're missing out. Hunting bounties or protecting a fellow PAer with a bounty are two of my favorite things to do with a group of PA guys.
By 'protect' you mean shoot him in the face and maybe give him 500 for his hospital expenses, right?
Nah, I haven't done that yet. But there was a day I was in a helicopter with 2 other pa guys. Myself and one of them had a bounty. Everywhere we went it was a bee's nest. It was one of the most exciting times I've had yet.
I just hope that the content creator gets a population that generates content a la Bungie community stuff instead of becoming a mill full of easily farmable gametypes...
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I just hope that the content creator gets a population that generates content a la Bungie community stuff instead of becoming a mill full of easily farmable gametypes...
From the post, it looks like there's some rockstar verification system in place to stop people from doing that. Bungie did something similar with their featured gametypes.
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Tidbits:
Nosfentor leads the crew with 1,255,157 RP. Jesus. He's made over $3.0mil on Jobs.
Second place goes to Edgiee, with 973,859 RP, and has completed more than 250 races.
skippymchaggis is #3 with 910,540 RP. He made $10.7mil in car sales.
The Top 10 are all Xbox 360 players.
The Top 4 PS3 players are:
isaac-car
LtFragg
bretonbrawler
Mbannick
I'm not surprised the 360 guys are way up there. The 360 version was connecting and working earlier than the PS3 version, so they had more time to run repeat missions while those were still a thing.
But you may also notice, PS3 regulars, that my name isn't on that list. You may also have noticed I haven't been playing much with you all the last few days. That is unfortunately because this:
+ the Character Selection Screen
+ Rockstar's Terrible Button assignments and menu system
=
Now for a little explanation.
I wanted to see what the male character intro and male character customization options were like, as I had played exclusively with a female character since launch. So I created a second character, played around for a bit, realized that I didn't like the customization options nearly as much, then backed out to the character screen to switch back. Only at that point I got a phone call IRL, and left the game at the character select screen. Not thinking much of this, I finished the call, and then tried to reselect my character. Only when I grabbed the controller, I wasn't paying full attention, so my thumb hit the square button for a split second before the X selection button. In Rockstar's infinite wisdom, they decided that not only should the delete button be next to the selection button, but that the delete character confirmation screen should default to YES. So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
I've since submitted two support tickets to R★, but don't expect to hear anything back from them anytime soon, given the number of people playing this game. I've also created another new character; I deleted the male one in disgust, and to test that indeed it was THAT EASY to delete a character (it really, really is). But I'm still of course very low level compared to what I was, and my enjoyment of the game has certainly lessened as a result of this "little" mishap. I had around $225k in the bank, so I didn't start completely at square 1, but with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
So yeah, a cautionary tale. Stay away from the character selection screen at all costs.
I wanted to see what the male character intro and male character customization options were like, as I had played exclusively with a female character since launch. So I created a second character, played around for a bit, realized that I didn't like the customization options nearly as much, then backed out to the character screen to switch back. Only at that point I got a phone call IRL, and left the game at the character select screen. Not thinking much of this, I finished the call, and then tried to reselect my character. Only when I grabbed the controller, I wasn't paying full attention, so my thumb hit the square button for a split second before the X selection button. In Rockstar's infinite wisdom, they decided that not only should the delete button be next to the selection button, but that the delete character confirmation screen should default to YES. So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
I've since submitted two support tickets to R★, but don't expect to hear anything back from them anytime soon, given the number of people playing this game. I've also created another new character; I deleted the male one in disgust, and to test that indeed it was THAT EASY to delete a character (it really, really is). But I'm still of course very low level compared to what I was, and my enjoyment of the game has certainly lessened as a result of this "little" mishap. I had around $225k in the bank, so I didn't start completely at square 1, but with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
So yeah, a cautionary tale. Stay away from the character selection screen at all costs.
So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
...with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
Damn, dude. That sucks. I really enjoyed playing GTAO with you.
So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
...with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
Damn, dude. That sucks. I really enjoyed playing GTAO with you.
Hopefully something can come of those tickets that you submitted Carbon.
So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
...with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
Damn, dude. That sucks. I really enjoyed playing GTAO with you.
I'm not done playing entirely, but once BF4 hits, I will certainly be poking my head in less. Especially now.
I got 'Run Like The Wind' by hiding at near crush-depth (sitting on the ocean floor near the crashed UFO) in the submarine with a $9,000 bounty.
Had pubbies sailing out into the middle of the ocean and trying to use grenades and sticky bombs like depth charges, it was actually super tense at one point, but in the end nobody could reach me (though I got sniped as soon as I headed for the beach and got out, I probably deserved it). :P
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I've done my best to manually verify this list, but it's entirely possible it contains errors. If you believe that I am in error, please toss me a PM or a notification so we can get it worked out.
I'm on 360 so can't do much for you, but you could actually grind that back sort of fast running criminal records with someone, they could actually do it with a second temp / scrub character if they don't want to 'taint' their main.
If you mean the buggy CR race, when we traded wins to get unlock customizations, it was with 3 guys and 3 laps per race. Cash was 5k / 3k / 2k and RP was...3 to 5 races per level.
I was running two person races with a buddy and we weren't getting anything close to those numbers. Does it depend on level? Or is it just certain races have better rewards?
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CarbonFireSee youin the countryRegistered Userregular
I don't remember exactly how much RP, but you make around $5k for 2 races on Criminal Records ($3200 for 1st, $1600? for 2nd). Which can be done in around 3 minutes, assuming the menu system doesn't stick you in forever loads.
Go ahead and put me into the overflow group for the time being. A bunch of life issues came up suddenly and it may be a while before I play this again.
One annoying bug I ran into this morning is that the assault SMG does not stay equipped when you die in death match. Like I'd have it equipped, die, and then it would be the regular smg out, extremely frustrating.
I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.
my numbers are from memory, certain races do pay better than others, I believe down the drain and the commute were some of the better ones, along with the race downtown with a small jump, cant remember the name.
edit: number of laps change some payouts as well. the sweet spot is around 3 laps, 1 lap is a low payout and any more than 3 seems to be no benefit
Sorry about last night jdarksun and Lt. Fragg. Mic has been on the fritz lately but hopefully I'll have it fully charged and working tonight if you guys are on. Thank you for letting me tag along with you. I like to think I made it worthwhile with my first successful parachute drop, albeit with an entertaining faceplant at the end.
Don't apologize! At this point, I'm thrilled to see anothe PS3 WANG member!
I'm on most nights but the closest timezone to me is EST since I'm in Atlantic Canada so I'm an hour ahead of EST. I'm normally on around 9 or 10 my time which is around 8 or 9 EST. But anytime you guys see me online I'm always game for joining up for stuff. Even if I'm horrible with races (only 1 win so far. Probably because I'm such a nice Canuck).
When people slipstream behind you do you apologize and move to the side?
I do - and when they go to pass, I swipe them into oncoming traffic.
I'm a different sort of Canadian...from Toronto. We're not very nice.
Isn't Toronto basically a US enclave anyway? :P
haha ask the Buffalo Bills!
I've been trying to play Dark Souls before my gold subscription on XBOX dies and I decide to retire the account, don't want to have to solo any of those bosses without co-op. Nearly done, and then it's full steam PS3 GTA:Online.
Got a general question I can't quite get a straight answer... when I am in lobbies, I see "deathmatches", "races", sometimes a parachute jump... or return to freemode.
But how do I get to play these cool missions you guys keep talking about? The "survivals" or the other "jobs" that give huge amount of $$ and RP? Have I just not progressed to a high enough level in online to get phonecalls from the NPCs to do these kinds of jobs?
I enjoy the gametypes in the lobbies, sure, but I really like the co-op PvE stuff as there always feels like there's more chance for awesome stuff to happen when the odds are stacked against a small group of people!
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It was pretty ridiculous, but also pretty fun. Might have to give it a go myself some time.
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600, against players. Got it through a lot of shitty shitty death matches.
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ah, you're a brave and patient person. :P
what's the population like on the autoaim side? I know I run into a few large crews on freeaim.
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Nope, the trains in 5 are pretty much invincible (unless scripted to crash), even the huge dump truck or a couple of trailers loaded with sticky bombs won't stop/derail them.
Shame. San Andreas had drivable and derail-able trains. Hopefully mods on the PC version will fix this.
Also:
http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news/news-16478-GTA-Online-Stimulus-Package-Not-Coming-Until-Last-Bugs-Are-Squashed.html
Squish bugs faster!
Like sticky bombs in some of the tighter maps really take away any of the intended shoot out corridors. Or sniper rifles on the horrific "both sides start far away from each other" maps.
pleasepaypreacher.net
I mean, with a border-line psychopath like Jay on the squad... how could you not? :P
I don't play deathmatch, but I've had a lot of luck recently strafing around corners with my gun aimed at head level rather than trying to move around the corner normally and lock on with auto aim.
I normally roll in "crew sessions" which are basically like private mode but with the occaisional crate drop/armored truck. So as far as open world issues never seen any.
pleasepaypreacher.net
This comment is an interesting glimpse into a flawed mindset that many people have irl:
But without pubbies, who becomes your target when you've got an assault helicopter and three other wangers?
pleasepaypreacher.net
No one? That kind of stuff is not why I play gta online. I'm more of a use the open world for store and quick cash opportunities. Much like I am in MMO's, when I want pvp I go death match.
pleasepaypreacher.net
You're missing out. Hunting bounties or protecting a fellow PAer with a bounty are two of my favorite things to do with a group of PA guys.
By 'protect' you mean shoot him in the face and maybe give him 500 for his hospital expenses, right?
I figured as much. There's also a civilian version I think called the Grainger (https://gta.wikia.com/Granger).
Nah, I haven't done that yet. But there was a day I was in a helicopter with 2 other pa guys. Myself and one of them had a bounty. Everywhere we went it was a bee's nest. It was one of the most exciting times I've had yet.
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From the post, it looks like there's some rockstar verification system in place to stop people from doing that. Bungie did something similar with their featured gametypes.
I'm not surprised the 360 guys are way up there. The 360 version was connecting and working earlier than the PS3 version, so they had more time to run repeat missions while those were still a thing.
But you may also notice, PS3 regulars, that my name isn't on that list. You may also have noticed I haven't been playing much with you all the last few days. That is unfortunately because this:
+ the Character Selection Screen
+ Rockstar's Terrible Button assignments and menu system
=
Now for a little explanation.
I wanted to see what the male character intro and male character customization options were like, as I had played exclusively with a female character since launch. So I created a second character, played around for a bit, realized that I didn't like the customization options nearly as much, then backed out to the character screen to switch back. Only at that point I got a phone call IRL, and left the game at the character select screen. Not thinking much of this, I finished the call, and then tried to reselect my character. Only when I grabbed the controller, I wasn't paying full attention, so my thumb hit the square button for a split second before the X selection button. In Rockstar's infinite wisdom, they decided that not only should the delete button be next to the selection button, but that the delete character confirmation screen should default to YES. So in one swift motion, 2.8 million in spent GTA bucks, and ~650,000 in RP, went down the drain. I couldn't laugh, couldn't cry, just kind of stared at the screen for a while. Then just shut off the game.
I've since submitted two support tickets to R★, but don't expect to hear anything back from them anytime soon, given the number of people playing this game. I've also created another new character; I deleted the male one in disgust, and to test that indeed it was THAT EASY to delete a character (it really, really is). But I'm still of course very low level compared to what I was, and my enjoyment of the game has certainly lessened as a result of this "little" mishap. I had around $225k in the bank, so I didn't start completely at square 1, but with so much lost (and with many other games vying for my attention very soon), I'm having a hard time staying interested in re-climbing that mountain.
So yeah, a cautionary tale. Stay away from the character selection screen at all costs.
At least it happened BEFORE the stimulus.
Pretty weak silver lining, but that's all I got.
Damn, dude. That sucks. I really enjoyed playing GTAO with you.
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Hopefully something can come of those tickets that you submitted Carbon.
I'm not done playing entirely, but once BF4 hits, I will certainly be poking my head in less. Especially now.
Had pubbies sailing out into the middle of the ocean and trying to use grenades and sticky bombs like depth charges, it was actually super tense at one point, but in the end nobody could reach me (though I got sniped as soon as I headed for the beach and got out, I probably deserved it). :P
If you're mentioned in this post, it's because you've been flagged as potentially not participating in GTA Online. If that's the case, we're going temporarily move you from We Are Nice Guys into We Are Nice Guys too. As we are at the Crew limit, "too" has been created as an overflow Crew for folk who want to be in the G&T Crew, but aren't actively participating in GTA Online. Getting moved back into WANG (prime) is as easy as asking to get moved back.
I've done my best to manually verify this list, but it's entirely possible it contains errors. If you believe that I am in error, please toss me a PM or a notification so we can get it worked out.
Thanks!
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I'm on 360 so can't do much for you, but you could actually grind that back sort of fast running criminal records with someone, they could actually do it with a second temp / scrub character if they don't want to 'taint' their main.
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
http://steamcommunity.com/id/BretonBrawler
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I don't remember exactly how much RP, but you make around $5k for 2 races on Criminal Records ($3200 for 1st, $1600? for 2nd). Which can be done in around 3 minutes, assuming the menu system doesn't stick you in forever loads.
Penny Arcade Rockstar Social Club / This is why I despise cyclists
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edit: number of laps change some payouts as well. the sweet spot is around 3 laps, 1 lap is a low payout and any more than 3 seems to be no benefit
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haha ask the Buffalo Bills!
I've been trying to play Dark Souls before my gold subscription on XBOX dies and I decide to retire the account, don't want to have to solo any of those bosses without co-op. Nearly done, and then it's full steam PS3 GTA:Online.
Got a general question I can't quite get a straight answer... when I am in lobbies, I see "deathmatches", "races", sometimes a parachute jump... or return to freemode.
But how do I get to play these cool missions you guys keep talking about? The "survivals" or the other "jobs" that give huge amount of $$ and RP? Have I just not progressed to a high enough level in online to get phonecalls from the NPCs to do these kinds of jobs?
I enjoy the gametypes in the lobbies, sure, but I really like the co-op PvE stuff as there always feels like there's more chance for awesome stuff to happen when the odds are stacked against a small group of people!