The Velentzas Crime Family Faction Application (Here goes nothing)

[bigjoe]

 

Name of Faction: Velentzas Crime Family

Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 5, we will have more in the futurte. Others are interested in becoming part of this potential new faction 

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

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

Name of Character running the faction: Apollo "Xenos" Velentzas

Your Discord # (ex: gamer#4210): tessticklecrushr#2734

Your SteamID: 76561199389061309

Your Server playtime: 1 month, 4 days, 11 hours, and 7 minutes 

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): I feel like an example of what will make this faction unique, is the fact that it is ethnically mediterranian just like all of the italian factions, but different. Different cultural aesthetic, paired with a different moral compass via culture, will contrast/pair well in it's own way. We aim to still be mafia geared, but we want to look differently, act differently, and carry ourselves differently. Greek culture prides itself on being very open and friendly, and we want to carry that into RP as well. Our motives are purely business oriented, with plenty of room for giggles and laughs hopefully to be shared with everyone and my friends. We just don't want to involve ourselves with the whole red vs blue direction the city currently seems to be going in. We just want to grind, make money, and make more friends along the way, while still having some thrill of being in a faction, no loyalties to anyone starting out. I'm not saying we eventually won't be allied to anyone, because eventually we'll be needing alliances, but we want to see how we can build bridges to everyone through RP (I already have some of those) and just overall see where this goes. It'll be refreshing for many people who want a break from being in other factions, (I know a few of those) and it'll be a breath of fresh air for those people, and myself included. I anticipate people wanting to get in a new faction simply because there is room for growth immediately, and they also would want to contribute to it's wellbeing, as I have made friendships with a multitude of people ic, and ooc, from almost every faction. 

Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): I can think of a few things, such as a makeshift olympics like ancient greeks used to hold. We will encourage everyone to attend in city. Which will entail boxing, wrestling, atlas stone carries, and maybe powerlifitng meets via makeshift gym dupe. These are all ideas we've had. I wanted to see if this faction application will get accepted first before we commit time to making the dupes and whatnot. 

Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images): The Velentzas Crime Family, having originated in Greece and operated out of Greece since the early 50's and 60's, sought to create a sister sect of their business in the United States in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. They wanted to do this, to follow their mediterrianian counter parts such as the sicilians, and italians did, as the Greeks also had a significant hand in their successes in their respective old countries. They heard of their successes in the new country and it sparked a new wave of ideas for the Velentzas Crime Family. With increased attention from greek law enforcement, and greek government agencies alike, they sought a new beginning and possibly a permenant solution to their problems back in the old country. Before they made this very risky move, the Greek Don's and other executives of the greek crime families, came to the unanimous descision to send someone they knew could be trusted with the task of creating a landing pad in preparation for the migration of their criminal enterprises, and being closer to their allies, who had money, power, and easy business. That someone happened to be a respected and trusted cousin of the Velentzas Don, Apollo. His role in the family before this consideration, was merely organizing crews and being a friendly face/peacekeeper with the other organized crime families located back in the old country. His ability to read people, his perception, his bravery, and his diplomatic approaches to hairy situations, has proven to others that if there is anyone fit to get a feel for the massive hostile and bustling city of New York, it was him. He accepted this challenge as he understood that it meant the future for his way of life, and his families way of life with no hesitation. Organizing a crew, he slowly sent people to the United States to start getting settled in, as well as to get a feel for what the crime environment was like compared to back home. As from here on out, it was up to him to provide a safe haven for those he cared about and understood back home.  

 

 

 

[Jmoorsey]

Greek.

 

-1

[Zay santos]

Great detail, good person behind this to run the faction as well as to be active and run events ect. Also would be nice to see a Greek faction +1

[tj21003]

+1

[Medinator]

+1

[alfe]

+1

[Logan]

Sheeeet +1 cause jmoorsey doesn't like it.

 

 

[Dr. Hax]

I like the idea. Reminds me of the Greeks in The Wire. Good luck!

[handsome]

15 hours ago, Jmoorsey said:

Geek moron

 

-1

wtf -1

[Trak]

your idea of unique roleplay is the fact that you wont be in an alliance? 

lol russian reskin? -2

[Jæcob ッ]

let them ball +1

[Bullets]

Don died last night

[handsome]

On 6/8/2025 at 9:33 PM, Trak said:

your idea of unique roleplay is the fact that you wont be in an alliance? 

lol russian reskin? -2

that is unique 

[Gean gaba]

On 6/8/2025 at 1:06 AM, bigjoe said:

 

Name of Faction: Velentzas Crime Family

Number of Members (Minimum of 5): 5, we will have more in the futurte. Others are interested in becoming part of this potential new faction 

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

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

Name of Character running the faction: Apollo "Xenos" Velentzas

Your Discord # (ex: gamer#4210): tessticklecrushr#2734

Your SteamID: 76561199389061309

Your Server playtime: 1 month, 4 days, 11 hours, and 7 minutes 

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): I feel like an example of what will make this faction unique, is the fact that it is ethnically mediterranian just like all of the italian factions, but different. Different cultural aesthetic, paired with a different moral compass via culture, will contrast/pair well in it's own way. We aim to still be mafia geared, but we want to look differently, act differently, and carry ourselves differently. Greek culture prides itself on being very open and friendly, and we want to carry that into RP as well. Our motives are purely business oriented, with plenty of room for giggles and laughs hopefully to be shared with everyone and my friends. We just don't want to involve ourselves with the whole red vs blue direction the city currently seems to be going in. We just want to grind, make money, and make more friends along the way, while still having some thrill of being in a faction, no loyalties to anyone starting out. I'm not saying we eventually won't be allied to anyone, because eventually we'll be needing alliances, but we want to see how we can build bridges to everyone through RP (I already have some of those) and just overall see where this goes. It'll be refreshing for many people who want a break from being in other factions, (I know a few of those) and it'll be a breath of fresh air for those people, and myself included. I anticipate people wanting to get in a new faction simply because there is room for growth immediately, and they also would want to contribute to it's wellbeing, as I have made friendships with a multitude of people ic, and ooc, from almost every faction. 

Provide examples or event ideas to promote activity within your faction and keep people interested. (Reference your unique RP from the question above): I can think of a few things, such as a makeshift olympics like ancient greeks used to hold. We will encourage everyone to attend in city. Which will entail boxing, wrestling, atlas stone carries, and maybe powerlifitng meets via makeshift gym dupe. These are all ideas we've had. I wanted to see if this faction application will get accepted first before we commit time to making the dupes and whatnot. 

Organization Backstory (Min. of 250+ Words & any images): The Velentzas Crime Family, having originated in Greece and operated out of Greece since the early 50's and 60's, sought to create a sister sect of their business in the United States in the 70's, 80's, and 90's. They wanted to do this, to follow their mediterrianian counter parts such as the sicilians, and italians did, as the Greeks also had a significant hand in their successes in their respective old countries. They heard of their successes in the new country and it sparked a new wave of ideas for the Velentzas Crime Family. With increased attention from greek law enforcement, and greek government agencies alike, they sought a new beginning and possibly a permenant solution to their problems back in the old country. Before they made this very risky move, the Greek Don's and other executives of the greek crime families, came to the unanimous descision to send someone they knew could be trusted with the task of creating a landing pad in preparation for the migration of their criminal enterprises, and being closer to their allies, who had money, power, and easy business. That someone happened to be a respected and trusted cousin of the Velentzas Don, Apollo. His role in the family before this consideration, was merely organizing crews and being a friendly face/peacekeeper with the other organized crime families located back in the old country. His ability to read people, his perception, his bravery, and his diplomatic approaches to hairy situations, has proven to others that if there is anyone fit to get a feel for the massive hostile and bustling city of New York, it was him. He accepted this challenge as he understood that it meant the future for his way of life, and his families way of life with no hesitation. Organizing a crew, he slowly sent people to the United States to start getting settled in, as well as to get a feel for what the crime environment was like compared to back home. As from here on out, it was up to him to provide a safe haven for those he cared about and understood back home.  

 

 

 

Right so we get rid of noi and manage to find some people that smell even worse. Impressive.

[ThatBananaGuy23]

+1 kinda need more faction

[Fox]

+/-

 

PRO

- Different nationality

- Some interesting RP ideas [needs more padding, see below]

- Decent play time.

 

CON

- Backstory is extremely lackluster. You rely too much on 'we're doing this because the italians did it'. Doesn't make sense to me that Greek nationals would go 'oh lets set up in the US because the Italians did it and are making a lot of money'.  I want to hear about the beginnings of the family, how did they come to be, what are their names and a REAL reason to go to the US. 

Your backstory didn't make me want to read more.

 

- Your RP ideas, whilst quite interesting aren't padded enough IMO. You talk about doing a sort of 'olympics' style event, but then in the next line you say 'Oh but we can't be bothered to make the dupe until we get approved'... adding images and putting the time in can only help an application.

 

- You need to think more about how you're going to stand out as a faction, nothing in your app tells me how your faction is going to be different than any other faction that gets in. Tell me how you're different. 

 

- Walls of text. I know using a google doc isn't necessary but it really helps the reader to engage with the story. A huge block of text isn't very nice to look at. Use of images can help too.

[String]

-1 not ts again

[Anton]

A Greek family would be cool to see on the server. Always wanted a Romanian Gypsy faction, but Greek does check off the Eastern European box quite well.

+1

Edited July 15 by Anton

[Canadian-bacon]

You have received 2 bans since posting this application, faction leaders are meant to be users in good standing with a good comprehension of the rules. We expect FL's to lead by example generally.

 

Thank you for applying for a faction.
Unfortunately your application has been denied.

We do not believe your faction or application is sufficient enough to be accepted.

You may re-apply with the above issues rectified, when re-applying keep in mind that a well written application with good grammar, and a detailed backstory will help in getting accepted.