Novgorod Bratva | Faction Application

[Skyzer]

Name of Faction: Novgorod Bratva

Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 17 and more to come

Type Of Faction (Family, Triad, Street Gang, etc): Family

Ethnic Background (ex: Italian, Greek, African American, Irish, etc): Russian

Name of Character running the faction: Bogdan Volkov

Your Discord # (ex: gamer#4210): Skyzerbefr

Your SteamID: STEAM_0:0:634961667

Your Server playtime: 2mo 1w 18h 30m

Do you acknowledge and agree to all faction rules as detailed on the server rules page? (Yes/No): Yes

Do you acknowledge that your faction discord will be owned by us? (Yes/No): Yes

Provide an example of the unique Roleplay your faction will bring to the server/what type of roleplay we can expect from your faction (Images/Videos Preferred):
 

Business and Future Goals for the LLC

Although we started off as a humble food truck operation, handing out food and drinks to the city workers or anyone for that matter (and will still continue using a food truck to bring in roleplay), we will develop a LLC for security which will be a private security organization that brings a one of a kind mechanic to diverge. We will specialize in helping businesses transport their product in large amounts, assist in protecting high-profile men, and even help with the legal issues of people who get caught up in the law where the lines between legal and illegal activities often blur.

 

Novgorod Attire

New interns that have not fully been initiated into the Bratva will wear often wear more casual street clothing such as tracksuits, hoodies, or any sort of casual wear. This reflects their position within the Bratva as outsiders who are still fairly new and are proving their loyalty and worthiness for the next step in the hierarchy. Although they are not on the same level authority as the Made Men of the family, associates are very important to building up our family as a whole by managing lower level tasks, managing day to day business, and executing orders from higher-ups, to reach that point where they can be made.

 

Mid-High Command of the Bratva are the core and heart of the organization and fully earned the trust and respect of the boss. As a symbol of their authority and status within our faction, our higher command will wear more formal attire such as: suits, rings (custom rings), and dress clothes. The importance of the formal attire is these members will be responsible for making smart decisions when it comes to high-stake meetings, legitimate business dealings, and upholding the faction's interest within the criminal underworld.

 

Family Outings and Deals

The Novgorod Bratva values our own family and strength above all else, we will make it a priority to maintain our cultural roots through regular family outings/gatherings. Whether it is a traditional Russian feast, a day out enjoying the city of New York, or a more private gathering at one of our properties, these outings help strengthen our bond with one another and reinforce the loyalty that keeps us united as one. Our main language is Russian if you couldn't tell, we will ensure our ties to our heritage remain strong and that the language of our ancestors is preserved. In these meetings we will host often, it can range from enjoying delicious meals to sharing stories of the old country and singing classic Russian songs, to even making important decisions where alliances are formed and business is conducted. 

 

A big source of income within the Bratva would be through crew deals with other allies - a large scale trade agreement in product for a profit on both ends. These trades would be handled with the utmost discretion (following back to the security organization), and we do understand the high risk involved in moving large amounts of illicit goods. Our reputation for honor within deals and our ability to control big amounts of product makes us an invaluable partner for anybody to make a profit. Every single dollar made is an opportunity to strengthen alliances and keep our plates full while being able to maintain the respect and loyalty with those who do business with us.

Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above):

As previously mentioned above, our members will participate in large-scale meetings with other factions, this could involve intense roleplay moments where members have to use their awareness skills, or even deal with betrayals and sabotage. 

 

Why does this work you may ask? It involves a numerous amount of people, gets everyone involved in decision making and keeps tension high which creates a nice buzz within the community. 

 

However, not all people are into that whole criminal underworld business. This is why we will host feasts or celebrations for the Bratva which will be Russian themed, these events will be used for lighthearted roleplay and strengthen the family-oriented nature of our faction which offers a break from the usual high tension activities and lets people develop their characters overall. 

 

Novgorod Bratva will host initiation ceremonies for new recruits or potential Made Men, marking their full faith to the Bratva with a symbolic ceremony. This involves making them take an oath, participate in a test of loyalty, or a task that makes them prove their faith to the Bratva (Bones, Fingers, Skulls, Etc...)

Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images): 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dFzxh05edQGRFpKkCNRXxUcOjmMSS0cQRybjtmuGsO4/edit?usp=sharing

 

[MrlogicNova]

+1 Known Skyzer for awhile he has great leader ship skills and capability's.  i also know the some of the guys around it and they are all very chill. also a very detailed backstory and a good ranking structure.

[PabloCAstro]

22 minutes ago, MrlogicNova said:

22 minutes ago, MrlogicNova said:

+1 Known Skyzer for awhile he has great leader ship skills and capability's.  i also know the some of the guys around it and they are all very chill. also a very detailed backstory and a good ranking structure.

took the words right out my mouth

 

 

[yunghayvo]

+1 another Russian faction would be great I think Skyzer definitely has what it takes to run a faction.

[money blue]

Skyzer was former staff, has good play time, and i’ve had nothing but good experiences with him in the city.

+1

 

[Bullets]

2 hours ago, Skyzer said:

we will develop a LLC for security which will be a private security organization

Kirov Bratva literally did this

 

but I’m pretty sure Skyzer has the experience to be a faction leader because he is/was Jewish HC.

+1

[Coconut]

Although another Bratva family wouldn't be a bad idea and could go well, I still feel like this won't work the way you think it will. 
The current Russians on this server, despite being Russian, don't particularly RP as Russian as well as they could. Also, I believe your whole LLC plan wont go the way you want it to. More than likely, you will do security for 1- 2 months, then realize it makes zero money and wastes time when you could be recruiting or processing. (Also, factions particularly around the past few years will mainly trust their own security since the amount of OOC betrayal and soft coups has happened.)

I can already smell it going from a russian faction with the intent on security (Same as the current bratva) to either a mini Jewish faction or another fake Italian/Russian group.

Though I will +/- and hope you prove me wrong to bring something unique and never seen before onto diverge.

 

[okyes]

-1

While it would be cool to see a working russian faction, i just dont think this is it. For what you put down as your rp it boiled down to having meetings and doing normal crim stuff. For the legal aspect its just very basic, and security LLC's never work out because ppl would rather use their own. It's just a very basic faction application and i don't see it adding any rp.

[Gent]

-1 i mean pretty much what okyes said, factions wouldn't hire you. No point to hire you when they could just use their own members who they've got trust for. Selling security wouldn't make you money, or if you charged enough to make money nobody would still hire you. Sure there isn't really that much someone can do but you basically just described the standard faction activities, "Initations", "events", "dinners",.

Edited Wednesday at 09:00 PM by Gent

[Jæcob ッ]

-1

nothing against the leader, you seem more than qualified for the position... but this just seems like a kirov reskin. also, russian larp translates to being pretty mid in the server, especially if it isn't done correctly. wish y'all the best of luck though

[ThatBananaGuy23]

+1 we need a better and working Russian faction!

Edited 8 hours ago by ThatBananaGuy23

[Cannon]

-1
Your method of making money (or RP racket) never works. There have been multiple people ive known that try to make money of a security company but thats what factions use their new hires for. Another thing is what Jaecob said, its kinda a Kirov Bratva reskin.

[Kurt The Biggest Steppa]

6 hours ago, Coconut said:

The current Russians on this server, despite being Russian, don't particularly RP as Russian as well as they could.

Ok now im just catching strays here... 

RPing as a Russian is hard to pull off as I feel the expectations that people have for the particular RP sets a high bar for no reason. For instance, doing an accent that's far more popular in America (The New York/Italian accent) is far easier than a Russian one. Due to the decline in Russian RP and Eastern European RP  over time, obviously it makes it harder to create the aforementioned RP with no guidelines or to act as a predecessor for a previous faction. I think as a whole eastern European RP will increase in quality over time as more factions choose to create eastern European factions and as my factions solidifies in the long run and focus more on RP. This is one of the reasons i created the faction to influence the growth of RP and number of factions in this particular area. 

And P.S. to the app creators, Security company didn't go that well for us i'd try something else.

[Yoon]

-1

We dont need more Russians.

[Jmoorsey]

4 hours ago, Yoon said:

-1

We dont need more Russians.

You're such a retard

[Fox]

A soft +1

 

PRO

- Diverse

- Experienced enough player who would possibly do good in the position

- I like the idea of making your low faction members wear clothing you have picked, some factions do this decent enough, but if it's done well I think it's a good RP navigator. 

 

CON

- The red and black in the google doc is an eyesore.

- The backstory is lack luster and super generic. You go into more detail about the members of your faction than you do about the actual faction itself. I want to read more about how the faction got started, the means of it's survival and how it's going to move forward. 

- Your RP ideas are also extremely generic, there is nothing different than any other faction.

- Security companies don't work. I.e why would the Lucchese hire a security faction when they have 1000 throwaway associates? 

Something to consider:

- As Kurt pointed out, RPing as Russian, or any other nationality for that matter can be difficult and you run the risk of your faction becoming generic if you don't encourage people to use an accent etc. I'd highly recommend writing an RP guide and if you get accepted, really drilling it into people and even go as far as maybe not hiring people who refuse to participate in the Eastern Europe RP.

[LocalWelshman]

+1

Has the potential to be a solid faction. 

[Skyzer]

4 hours ago, Fox said:

 

- As Kurt pointed out, RPing as Russian, or any other nationality for that matter can be difficult and you run the risk of your faction becoming generic if you don't encourage people to use an accent etc. I'd highly recommend writing an RP guide and if you get accepted, really drilling it into people and even go as far as maybe not hiring people who refuse to participate in the Eastern Europe RP.

Something that my group of people are working on is bringing very unique uniforms, pins, and vehicles to influence more detailed RP as Russians.  We want to make it seem like there is a new type of work to be influenced and also going along the lines of strengthening the Russian RP with accents or even types of RP.  

We are right now working on expanding our knowledge to give that Russian feel to the server and making a more unique faction then most ever see.  Like the Italians and Irish, we are going to strongly influence people to play the part when roleplaying to make the experience fun and joyful for others while still sticking with our same goals.  While most of you guys don't enjoy the Eastern Europe RP,  it will just be set to standard for people who don't like it will have a less chance of even getting hired.

[mer]

+1 I cant think of someone better than skyzer to be faction leader. Skyzer's defo the right guy for this

[Seb]

+1 Sounds like a great idea 

[Dick Grayson]

-1
the Russians we have right now have the same ideas as you do and they are hella inactive what makes you think your faction will be different 

[Darkness]

+1 . Skyzer is more than capable of turning this faction into something with longevity and good RP. 

[Shittor]

waiter! copy and paste russian slop please!!!

[Sage]

1 hour ago, Shittor said:

waiter! copy and paste russian slop please!!!

Waiter! 1 more cup of attention please!!!

[Kurt The Biggest Steppa]

7 hours ago, Dick Grayson said:

-1
the Russians we have right now have the same ideas as you do and they are hella inactive what makes you think your faction will be different 

Ok this is senseless ragebait. 
 

you get a 1/10 on the ragebait scale.