Ballas/3.0/Major Events

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## **Major Events in 3.0**

After a few days, on 19th October 2023, OTT met with Ballas and decided to pay 1.25 mil to end the war.

On 3rd September, 2023, Ray talks with Taylor and O-Dogg about wanting to end the war, Taylor says he tried to end it peacefully but got disrespected by Chem. Ray says the conflict started over almost nothing so they can end it mutually but Ballas decide to continue the war.
On 4th September, 2023 Valdez was moving his van and got caught lacking by Ballas who stole 6 meth tables from the van. Few hours after, Taylor calls Ray and says that Ballas want RUST to pay 1 million for the meth tables and the war can end. Ray after talking to the gang decides to take the offer and end the war

On 18th July, 2023 , Hydra press OTT about it and say they got the information from "people" which starts the Hydra and B$K war. The next day, Hydra end the war with B$K and B$K talk with Ballas to ask if they told Hydra, Peter tells them that Ballas don't talk to Hydra and they shared a lab with Mandem which they recently got bought out from. OTT then decides to go press Mandem about it but Peter calls Patar beforehand so the stories can match.
OTT asks Patar if they told Hydra about B$K and Patar says they did then OTT presses them about who they got the information from and Denzel Wallace says that OTT already talked to the people who told Mandem and OTT gets the confirmation it was Ballas.
OTT gets 6 and pushes Cul De Sac but Ballas get informed by Mandem and get ready. Ballas kill B$K and then push 2 B$K on Brouge and steal 15 Pythons, a RPG and few Inked Bags from the trunk.
On 23rd July, 2023, B$K offer to make a clothing item made for Ballas and the war ends.

After some negotiations between Hydra, Mandem and Ballas, they agree to give Ballas 3 million to buy them out of the lab making it a Hydra-Mandem lab.

On 13th April, 2023, Zaceed has a talk with Fin and Fin asked for 1 mil for the spray but Zaceed says see you on the streets so Ballas roll out. GG unaware about this talk get ambushed and killed.
After 6 days of war on 19th April, 2023, Taylor calls Marty and asks for a ceasefire till Fin wakes up. Fin wakes up and Marty and Ming go to Cul De Sac to have a meeting. Ballas decide to pay for the GG spray + 200k Cash + GG chains back and GG sell the house they bought on the Sac to end the war.

On 10th April, 2023 Jon calls Benji and says he has some tea and calls to meet at LSIA, Benji arrives at the location and gets handcuffed by Jon. Jon calls someone and says he has Benji and people wearing purple come to their location but to everybody's suprise it turns out to be Seaside dressed up as Ballas. Jon tells Benji that he got offered 500k to kidnap him and told Draco about it and they made up this plan.
Jon calls Flippy and tells him that he has Benji and tells them to come to LSIA, Flippy confused why Jon doesn't want to change locations gets 6 Hydra and comes to LSIA. Seaside ambush Hydra at LSIA but get killed.
Hydra tells Ballas what Jon did so Ballas kidnap him and take him to the top of a mountain and question him for his decision to help Seaside and Jon defends Seaside. Ballas decide to blood out Jon.

On 2nd April, 2023, Hydra and Ballas go at it on twatter and Flippy declares war on Ballas and Hydra roll out. (The war doesn't have much action because the Nopixel Classic server is released).
After a few days of war, on 6th April, 2023, Hydra come down to Cul De Sac and have a meeting with Ballas. Flippy offers the Mosley spray that Hydra took during the war and some cash to end the war and Jon accepts the deal ending the war.

In February 2023, The Ballas, alongside many other gangs were invited to an event in which the winners could win one of a few private Meth Labs in Los Santos. There was a $500k buy-in needed from each group, at a meeting attended by TicTac the rules of the competition were explained, and groups were allowed to form alliances before the competition. Seaside and the Ballas had been long-time allies, even before members such as Draco and Mona left the Ballas and joined Seaside. When talks of alliances for the event came up Seaside and Ballas both wanted to ally with each other, however, Ballas didn't know if they would have the people around to participate. Ballas encouraged Seaside to team up with another group to not hold them back, Seaside ended up allying with R.U.S.T.

Ballas and Mandem agree to become allies
On the day of the event, Ballas were able to have a good squad around, made up of OG Jon Joyce, Harry Holmes, Taylor Lott, and Fin Win. Jon and several members of the The Mandem are close friends and MDM member Matthew Antov brought three members of Ballas to complete the Oil Rig heist earlier that day. Jon met up with MDM and the groups chose to ally for the event. The Mandems group was made up of Matt, Patar Bellosh, Ved Jiggyjoglue and Denzel Wallace]]. There were 8 groups total that participated, there were several rounds and one by one groups were knocked out of the competition. Eventually, the remaining groups were Ballas x Mandem, Seaside x RUST, and The Hidden. During the next round groups were tasked with retrieving goods from crates on an island, both Ballas and Mandem chose to take the contents of two crates each, meaning that RUST, Seaside, and Hidden couldn't get one. When the groups reconvened Ballas and Mandem revealed that they both chose to steal multiple crates, however, the Hidden had secretly been given one by the Mandem after they stole it. Ballas and Manden were both given the option to steal the meth lab from the other group or split it between the two. Both groups chose to split. Seaside and RUST were knocked out of the competition, they were not happy. Seaside felt betrayed by the Ballas and RUST were angry that they had been knocked out and didn't think the way the Ballas and Mandem chose to play the game was fair. Seaside and RUST ambushed Ballas and Mandem as they were leaving the event in an attempt to sabotage them getting to the lab. All Ballas were shot down and all but one of the Mandem were, Matt managed to escape the ambush and swim away from the docks. All downed members of the Ballas and Mandem were ocean dumped by Seaside and RUST, knocking Ballas out of the competition, leaving only Matt and the Hidden in the running.

Ballas and Mandem both choose to split the lab
During the final task, Matt and the Hidden were tasked with defusing a bomb at a meth lab. The Hidden were unable to defuse it and were blown up, however, Matt was able to complete it. Matt was once again asked whether he would like to steal the lab from their alliance with the Ballas o steal it for the Mandem solely. Matt was able to contact the other Mandem members and refreshed their memory of what had happened. They once again chose to spilt the meth-lab with the Ballas. Both because of the loyalty the Ballas had shown them and because of the threat of the Ballas finding out and attempting to steal the lab, on top of potential conflict with Seaside and RUST. Matt was able to secure the lab-key and stash it safely away, the Ballas were informed of the events of the day by Matt and the Mandem.

Ballas attempt to kidnap Sergio
The cause of the war with the Vagos was MG leader Sergio Lopez telling Vagos leader Speedy the Ballas plans to expand into Cypress Flate and take the turf from Brouge Street Kingz. Speedy, being ill-informed about the gang turf sprays began a war with the Ballas as he thought they would have to take Vagos sprays to reach Cypress. Jon Joyce had told Sergio about these plans in confidence as he didn't want to cause conflict with MG in the future, as they claim the La Mesa which is directly north of Cypress. Sergio went behind Jons back by telling Speedy.

Ballas break into Sergios house
Ballas decided that it was time to get revenge and attempted to kidnap Sergio at the Mirror Park Gas Station. However, Trooper Jackie Snow]] happened upon them and told the Ballas to leave Sergio, from then on the war was on. A few days into the war Jon and Sergio met and Jon offered for MG to pay $200k to end the war, the same amount Ballas had to pay to end the war Sergio had caused them, Sergio refused. The war went on for a week before Jon and Sergio came to the mutual agreement that there would be on final gunfight in Sandy Shores to end the war, which MG won.

ESB leader Jon Joyce decided to create a common goal for the Ballas and created a plan to take the Cypress Flats meth corner from BSK, an area which they have sprayed with their tags. This was a plan for the future and he wanted to start trying to take it in 1-2 months. However, in preparation, he spoke to Marabunta Grande leader Sergio Lopez. Jon told Sergio of his plan as MG claim an area directly north of Cypress Flats called La Mesa. Jon explained he only wanted Cypress and didn't intend to encroach on MG turf, Sergo said he didn't have any plans to push into Cypress.

Jon meets with Sergio
Sergio spoke to the Vagos leader Arush Patel Santana aka Speedy and told him the Ballas plans. Speedy, being ill-informed about the process of contesting other gang sprays thought that meant Ballas would have to go through Vagos sprays to reach the BSK ones in Cypress. When in reality Ballas would be able to contest a BSK spray without having a spray in proximity to one.

Taylor]] after stealing an ESV chain from Vero
Speedy decided to attack the Ballas first, in his mind, before Ballas would attack them. They began the war by contesting a Balla spray on the docks just south of both gangs turfs, which they had previously agreed to half. Vagos contested the spray and during the firefight between the two groups, police turned up and shot down everyone that was still up, minus one or two Vagos who managed to escape, Vagos second in command Miguel Guerrero was one of those. He returned after police left the scene and attempted to claim the spray but was unable to.
The war continued for under a week, ending with Ballas paying $200k to Vagos but losing no sprays.

On June 20th 2022, after RUST is given 2 days to decide on a compromise, Ballas and RUST meet at the observatory. Tyrell, Draco, Ray and The Chemist meet face to face with other members opting to stay back in anticipation of the meeting going sideways.
After a bit of back and forth between the two leaders, they decide a resolution without bloodshed is impossible as neither side are willing to take a financial loss for what they consider a misunderstanding. War is declared and terms are set. The war is to last no longer than 7 days. Both sides agree to end the war in the event one claims the spray they wish to contest. Ray indicates his interest for a Ballas spray on the canal walls opposite to the RUST compound that borders GSF's Chamberlain turf. Both sides leave the observatory with no shots fired.
Two days of fighting and several Ballas victories later, the Ballas initiate a contestion of the Docks spray. RUST hot drop with 3 on to the Maze Bank Arena roof that had 2 Ballas set up and eliminate them swiftly but Ray gets downed in the process. On the ground, amidst the chaos of gunfire, Kaiba manages to cancel contestion of the spray. As the cops move in, the remaining Ballas wipe out the remaining RUST members in the area before going down to the swarming cops.
The next day, RUST contest a maze bank arena spray and successfully claim it. Cops respond heavily in the midst of the gunfight. The Ballas wipe out the RUST members before escaping the cops with their 6 members.
The next day, Draco calls Ray and says the Ballas will attempt a contestion once more now that both sides are more aware of the workings behind the contestion system. Yet again, whilst in the heat of the battle, a RUST member manages to cancel contestion of the spray (3 seconds) and is downed just as he completes the action. All RUST members in the area are wiped and the Ballas gather the bodies and loot them.
Later in the day, Ray and the Chemist head to Dollar Pills to have a meeting with Draco and Mona. The two sides agree that the contestion system is not at the best stage to fight wars with. Ray acknowledges the Ballas fighting ability and concedes the docks spray they originally wanted. Both sides part amicably, with new found respect for each other whilst aware a war between them can always be rehashed in the future.
Note: This was the first spray war with mechanics to contest sprays.

Demetrius Jones and Mona Sanchez are stopped in a traffic stop by Officers Louis Bloom and Ensley Alton which leads to a short car chase and then a shoot-out between the Police and The **Ballas** near Cerberus Arena.

The aftermath of the shoot-out results in Demetrius Jones, Mona Sanchez and Lucas "Wolfy" Frank under 24 hour prison hold pending raid warrants.

After a raid on his Grove Street home Lucas "Wolfy" Frank is charged with 3 years in prison and a $128,000.00+ fine.

Demetrius Jones and Mona Sanchez have their vehicles and house on Grove Street raided. This results in the seizure of 2x $150,000.00 meth tables, multiple bags of meth and weapons. Their charges are currently pending on a court case after lawyer Reggie Might demanded their release.

Months of back and forth in the South Side by both gangs escalates into all out war between **Ballas** and Vagos.

On January 6th 2022 after two weeks of dominance displayed by the **Ballas**, South Side history is made as the Vagos leader (el Jefe) Arush Patel "Speedy" Santana agrees to pay $100,000.00.

The $100,000.00 payment puts an end to a violent and bloody war that has seen many shootouts, body mutilations and even permanent death.

The end of this war crowns **Ballas** as the undisputed strongest gang in the Southside of Los Santos for now.....

On **28th October 2021**, Mando Thompson was kicked out of The Ballas by other high ranking members.

Mando Thompson is asked to step down from leading. Tyrell Fresh and Demetrius Jones takeover the gang.

A detailed overview can be found here.

**OTT** leaving the Ballas.

A detailed overview can be found here.

A detailed overview can be found here.

**7-Raven**
The Ballas make the bulk of their money through slinging Methamphetamine to locals in the South Side. In the beginning this was on the corner of Grove Street. A connection built through Nino Chavez, helped Mando Thompson secure a meth deal of 100% purity product known as 7-Raven. Down the line, the product changed to 13-Pelican. With Nino Chavez stepping away from the meth game, lines of communication became difficult. The identity of the supplier remained anonymous and were only reachable publicly via the passphrase "Green Trees".
**The 9s**
Mid June 2021, Mando Thompson, Zoog Volkov Martinez (Kitty) and David Rusky (TG) are observed by Randy Wrangler to be slinging meth on the corner of Grove St. Kitty is observed making hand offs to locals arriving to the corner in their cars and Mando on his BMX is seen cycling back and forth from his corner to the driveway of his home. They were subsequently arrested and detained. Officer testimony, photographic evidence and the evidence of two bags of Meth found on Mando's person proved enough for Wrangler's raid warrant of Mando's property to be approved by a judge. Discovered in the house were 320 bags of Meth, 29 packed bud, 14 female seeds, 5 marijuana seeds, high quality scales, empty baggies and briefcases filled with money that added up to $160,000.
In interrogation, Mando, Kitty and TG refused to cooperate with Wrangler in providing any information about the Meth supplier. They were sentenced to the 9s (held until trial). The court date was scheduled a week later. At trial the defendants were found guilty of drug trafficking and sale of drugs, fined $60,000, sentenced to 3 Years in prison (3 Days), 7 Years parole (7 days) and seizure of illegal possessions found in Mando's property. The committing of any illegal activity by Mando during parole would also mean seizure of his home.
**13-Pelican Supplier Revealed**
In the weeks that followed, Mando Thompson attempted to reconnect with the Meth supplier. Having not betrayed them, he expressed his frustrations at not being able to contact them directly and issued an ultimatum where there could no longer be anonymity else the deal would have to be ended. A face to face meeting is arranged and the supplier is revealed to be Lang Buddha along with Harry Brown. A new price of $350 per bag is agreed on, with Lang offering to provide the first couple drops on tick.
**Self-Sufficiency**
Weeks later, the meth game has changed and Lang is ignoring Mando's calls, forcing the Ballas to look to other dealers. The local pedestrians in the South Side are found to be more open to buying meth sold in the various regions of the South Side than just the three corners that were being controlled by The Families, Vagos and the Ballas. Tyrell Fresh strikes a deal with Condemned MC, allowing them to sell their product on Maze Bank Arena, a region controlled by the Ballas. The Ballas would assist their cook, Fritz Ericson, buy their product at a much reduced price and be able to obtain information on how to cook themselves. This move has allowed the Ballas to be self-sufficient in the production and sale of Meth and move on from 13-Pelican. Ballas achieved their first 100% purity product called Sheep under Yair Lamas.
Ballas have discovered 13-Pelican on Vagos bodies during war and believe Lang moved on to dealing to them instead.