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He writes stories, interviews citizens using Grand Theft Auto 5’s in-game video camera, and negotiates ad sales. Working as Rivers, Hawker chases stories in-game, whether that’s investigating big stories - he’s currently trying to get the scoop on No Pixel’s most notorious criminal, Bovice - or highlighting local businesses.

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“But we agreed upon behind-the-scenes since those characters were shelved.”Īnd that’s how Rivers, a failed reality TV producer who fell into a reporting job for a bit of extra cash, is in charge of Los Santos’ largest news organization. “I filed police reports to create a good story through this transition between characters,” Hawker said. Then the interim CEO, Minnie Canoozle, did, too.īoth role-players actually started new characters, Hawker told Polygon in an interview, but he’s role-playing out the scenario with Rivers - as he should. Its founder, James Tinklebottom, went missing a few months back. The publication is run by Rivers, but he didn’t start the organization. Weazel News is a more broadcast-centric organization, and its website is available for players to browse through on their in-game phones. “If I get to that point, that means I’ve reached the point where news role-play is considered a central part of the server.” “I want to reach a point where when someone logs into the server for the day, one of the first things they do is pull open their phone, go to the website, and see what news articles have been posted on Weazel News since they were last in the server,” former Twitch employee-turned-Grand Theft Auto 5 role-player named Jordan Hawker, who goes by AxleHellfire on Twitch and plays a character called Mickey Rivers, told me. The news crews are a way for players to keep their characters informed - without breaking the rules - while they’re outside the city. Anyone beyond that has to wait in a queue, which is often up to 100 players. Only 64 players are able to log into the server at one time. But it’s a role that just makes sense, especially given how popular No Pixel is.

It’s not the most glamorous job, nor is it the most exciting. Both are staffed by Grand Theft Auto 5 role-players that work as reporters in the city, most of whom work day-to-day to keep the citizens of Los Santos informed. The other way, of course, is to read about something in one No Pixel’s two news sources: Weazel News and the Los Santos Herald. You’ve got to experience something in-character, or have someone explain it to you, if your character is to know about it. This makes things complex for role-playing while actually in-game: you can’t let any knowledge acquired outside of the game impact your role-play, whether it’s information you got on Twitch, through Discord, or elsewhere. Lots of people who don’t play on the server watch streamers role-play - there are only 64 slots on the server at any given time, after all - but role-players watch other role-players, too. Grand Theft Auto 5 role-playing is very popular on Twitch, especially the No Pixel server, which uses a modded version of the game that adds new features and allows players into new areas of the map. When a player decides to sign off, they’re to tell their pals they’re leaving the city or going to sleep.īut one of the most important rules is this: no metagaming.

If there’s a server problem and the game’s frozen briefly, a player must role-play it out - for instance, server issues happen frequently, and when it’s happening, players often talk about having a headache. There are rules about staying in character. The rules that players need to follow to create chaos in Los Santos are strict only a single mark against an account and a role-player could be banned. There are more criminals in Los Santos than regular, everyday folks, but there are citizens on the peripherals of the city’s core: the interior decorators, car salespeople, driving instructors. Life revolves around it, with an infrastructure of emergency workers ready to take on whatever the day brings. In Los Santos, the city Grand Theft Auto 5 is set in, crime is what runs the city. Grand Theft Auto 5 role-playing server No Pixel works because of its rules, which is a weird thing to say about a place where there’s near constant chaos.