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The Lanzetti Crime Family is one of the newest syndicates of the Cosa Nostra criminal phenomenon in the United States. We use italian firstname_lastname names and usually hang around in Las Venturas. The Lanzetti Crime Family attempts to provide the most realistic image of how the Cosa Nostra works, which is reflected in our own organization, behaviour and members.
Those interested in joining this faction should have a good command of the English language and be well-versed with the culture and mores of the real Cosa Nostra. To join you must basically contact us using in-game methods.
NOTE: Our standard of role play is high and we are thus very selective. Do not attempt to join unless you are unequivocally committed and have excellent roleplay abilities. Moreover, do not PM anyone in this faction, on forum or ingame, with questions about how to get in contact with us. If you cannot devise ways to come into contact with us through IC means, you wouldn't have been successful in this faction anyway.
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The Lanzetti Crime Family was founded in Brooklyn, New York by John Lanzetti in the late 70's.
Growing up.
Brooklyn, New York, 4th of May, 1981
It was a nice, sunny day in Brooklyn in 1981. Vinnie Lanzetti sat outside the apartment he lived in and watched the cars go by. Every day a man used to come by to his house giving money to his father, John Lanzetti. He knew that his dad was a gangster and his dream was to become one too. His dad didn't know that he knew. To him it looked like the good life. ''People coming giving you money for nothing'' he thought.
He went to the restaurant down the street where his dad and his dad's friends used to hang.
His dad's friends always welcomed him well. They were often just sitting and eating or drinking in the restaurant. Especially one of his dad's friends, Fat Louis. He used to sit there eating pasta and when Vinnie entered, Fat Louis used to give him a few dollars for candy. Vinnie wondered why they always tried to get him out of there when he entered the restaurant. Instead of asking, he just went to the candy store.
First job.
15th of August, 1985
A few years later when Vinnie was 10 years old, he finally asked his dad what they were doing at the restaurant all the time. His dad John told him about the business they were doing with other local families. Vinnie told him he knew that his dad was a gangster. John told Vinnie that he was the leader and Vinnie was suprised and impressed. He wanted to know the structure of the family. John told him the structure and the ranks, and Vinnie listened carefully.
Later that day Fat Louis walked down the street and ran into Vinnie.
''Hey, little buddy.'' Louis said.
''Hey, where are you going?'' Vinnie answered.
''I'm going to take care of some business for your dad, he told you about what we do, right?'' Louis whispered.
''Yeah, he told me. I'd like to help.'' Vinnie whispered back.
''No, no, you're too young.'' Louis said.
''Come on, I'm not too young. Living here I have seen alot of bad stuff, just tell me what you need.'' Vinnie said.
''Okay, little man. I'll tell you what to do.'' Louis said.
They walked into Louis' apartment for Louis to tell him what's up.
''Okay, here's the plan. You take this ''bomb'' and throw it into a red Mercedes on 34th street. Okay?''
He handed a .38 Snub Nose Revolver, non-lighted Molotov cocktail and a lighter to Vinnie.
''Okay, I'll do my best.'' Vinnie answered.
''Make sure you don't mess up. It's a tough job, but you'll be paid for it. The money that I would get if I did it.''
Vinnie just nodded and put the cocktail and the ligther inside the big pocket of his black hoodie and the gun in his waistband.
He started walking towards 34th Street. In 15 minutes he was there. He looked around for a red Mercedes Benz. He noticed one right next to a few italian-looking men and thought ''This is it.''
The men were members of the rival family, the Cambretti Family.
He took out the lighter while slowly sliding out the cocktail from his hoodie. He lit it up and tossed it towards the car. The car lit on fire and it was fire everywhere around the men standing right next to it. One of them started running towards Vinnie, and Vinnie started running for his life. The man untucked a small Revolver from a holster inside his tracksuit. Vinnie kept running and looked back once in a while.
While running, Vinnie took out the gun he got from Fat Louis.
He turned around in an alley and the man running after him fired a shot towards Vinnie's legs, but it missed. He kept running and suddenly he saw a man in a familiar car pulling up. It was his dad, John.
They ducked while driving away from the man who opened fire at their car, but failed at hitting any of them.
''Man, that was some crazy shit.'' his dad said.
''Yeah, it was. Did I do it right?'' Vinnie said.
''Yeah, perfect job.'' his dad answered and handed him a few 100-dollar bills.
Vinnie was suprised and had a big smile on his face.
Becoming one of them.
22nd of may, 1994
At this time, Vinnie had done some hitman jobs for the family and was finally a full member.
Every hit he had done he got paid for. He observed the way every family member was dressing and bought himself a suit. He started to hang out at the restaurant around the corner and eat dinner like every other member of the Family.
New property, random attack and murder.
13th of July, 2005
Vinnie and his dad saved up money to buy a place down at the docks where they could be alone in peace and do their business. Their plan was to start selling firearms in the poor parts of the town, and they needed a place to store it.
A year later, in 2006, they finally made enough money to get a place at the docks, and they got to work immediatly. When a truck with recently smuggled weapons arrived into their property, a car was following and parked outside. The car was black and looked suspicious. Suddenly four men stepped out of it and strapped on a pair of black gloves each. Three of them reached inside their suits and grabbed a pistol each, when one walked over to the trunk and took out a shotgun. Vinnie and his dad immediatly ran for cover and took their guns out. It was the Cambretti Family attacking. The men opened fire at Vinnie and his dad, but Vinnie managed to shoot and kill two of them, and his dad shot one of them. The last man left got into the car and drove away, with Vinnie and his dad shooting at it.
When they got back home from the Docks, they first stopped by Fat Louis' apartment. When they got in, they noticed blood all around the floor. Fat Louis had been killed.
The war.
23th of September, 2006
There was a mob war going on in Brooklyn after the death of Fat Louis.
Vinnie was now high ranked in the family, after the death of other high ranked members of the family who had died in the mob war. He was now Underboss, the second most respected in the family. His dad was still the Don.
Vinnie and his dad, and a few other members of the family prepared an ambush on the Cambretti Family. While driving there, they got ready by loading their SPAS-12's, UZI's, and Glock's. When they went nearby the Cambretti's Bistro on 34th street, they parked the car on the other side of the street.
''Okay, let's do this.'' Vinnie said.
The rest of the family members nodded and stepped out of the car. They noticed a bunch of people hanging outside the bistro smoking cigarettes. Vinnie and the rest of the members covered behind the car and opened fire at the bunch of people. 2 of them got killed and 4 of them ran away. They pulled out guns and fired back. One of the Lanzetti Family members got shot and killed by two bullets in the chest by a 9mm Glock. Vinnie killed 2 more of them, but his dad got shot. Vinnie ran up to him shouting ''Are you okay?!'' to his dad John.
''Yeah, I'm-m-m fine..'' his dad answered from behind the car when bullets were still flying. His dad coughed up blood and another Lanzetti got shot. Vinnie killed the last 2, without being hit. He reloaded his italian SPAS-12 shotgun and got his dad into the backseat of the car. He drove as fast as possible to the hospital.
At the hospital, they had to do surgery on his dad, for him to survive. He was hit by two bullets from a .38 revolver. Vinnie sighed when he thought about the other two family members who died at the first hits.
Results of the shooting.
5th of October, 2006
His dad went out of the hospital in a wheelchair, but he was not capable of leading the family at the moment. At this time, Vinnie became the Don of the family.
Too much heat.
20th of November, 2006
Vinnie's dad decided to move to San Fierro, to get away from the mafia life for a while. Vinnie thought it was too much shootings and violence lately, so he decided to move from New York. He called up one of his old friends and the current Underboss of the family, Aldo. They had a big talk about what they should do.
''Got any idea where to go? It's too much heat going on here right now.'' Vinnie said.
''What about Las Venturas?'' Aldo answered.
''No, some other place.'' Vinnie said.
''San Fierro?'' Aldo suggested.
''No..''
''Los Santos?'' Aldo said.
Vinnie thought for a second.
-''Yeah, let's go there.'' he said.
Aldo nodded and smiled.
Moving to Los Santos.
5th of January, 2007
Aldo and Vinnie called a meeting with the family and decided to move to Los Santos. Most members agreed.
They packed their bags and sold their property, then got on the plane to Los Santos.
New in town.
16th of January, 2007
Vinnie and Aldo were new in town, and looked for an apartment. Vinnie found one in Marina for a reasonable price, and bought it. They also looked for a warehouse for making business inside.
All set up Crime Family and ready for business.
20th of December, 2008
With all the members set down in Los Santos, it could all start over.
The deal.
23rd of September, 2009
Vinnie got a random call by an anonymous person on his phone, who wanted to have a weapon deal for a cheap price. Vinnie told Aldo to come too, and they both took each gun with them, if it would be needed. The man told them to come to a particular street in Rodeo, and when Vinnie and Aldo went there, there was a big truck there.
There was a man standing next to the truck smoking a cigarette. He was wearing mechanic clothes, and looked like he was under influence of drugs.
''You're Vinnie and Aldo?'' he asked them.
They both nodded to the man.
''I've heard about you, from the Lanzetti Crime Family from Brooklyn, right?'' he said.
They both nodded again and Vinnie raised an eyebrow.
''How'd you know, and how'd you get my number?'' Vinnie said.
''I got my contacts.'' the man answered.
''Well, you got any firearms or not?'' Aldo said.
The man nodded and walked over to the truck, which was next to him. He opened the backdoor of it and inside it was full with weapons. Inside there were M4's, AK-47's, SPAS-12's, UZI's, MP5's, Glock's, Magnums, and more.
A blurry picture of Vinnie(left) and Aldo(right) taken by a security camera when they were waiting for the meeting.
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''Holy shit!'' Vinnie said.
The man nodded again, this time with a proud look on his face.
''How much will it be for an AK, a shotgun, 2 Glock's and an MP5?'' Vinnie said to the man.
''Let's say.. 10,000$.'' the man answered.
''Wow, that's damn cheap.'' Aldo said.
The man grabbed the guns Vinnie mentioned and handed them over to Vinnie, who put them in his car. Vinnie took out a check and signed it with the ammount of money he would pay. He handed it over to the man.
''Okay, just tell if you need any more.'' the man said.
''What's your name?'' Aldo said.
''Call me.. Mr. Brown.'' the man said.
Vinnie raised an eyebrow, but quickly answered with an ''O.K''. Mr. Brown got into his truck and drove the opposite direction that Vinnie and Aldo would go.
''How weird, man.'' Vinnie said.
''Yeah, where'd he get so much guns and being able to sell it so cheap?'' Aldo answered.
Vinnie didn't answer. Instead he got into the car, made a signal for Aldo to get in, and started the engine to go home.
The son taking over the lead.
23th of December, 2009
Vinnie had a son named Enrico Lanzetti, who at this time was 25 years old. He was a high-ranked member of the family. The family was now mainly settled in Las Venturas.
Vinnie got invited to a christmas dinner by another family from Las Venturas, to discuss relations between the families. When Vinnie and his men arrived, there were a bunch of men around a table waiting for them to sit down. They said hello to eachother, and after the meal, the other family drew guns on Vinnie and the members of the Lanzetti Family. Their duty was to assasinate Vinnie and the highest ranked made men in Lanzetti. One of the men fired a few bullets towards the Lanzetti members, hitting Vinnie in the head, and the other made men in their chests. Enrico witnessed this while waiting at the door with another made man of the family. He took off running with the other man to his car, and quickly drove back to his house to hide.
Later, the family called a meeting. After the assasination of the Don and some made men, Enrico took his father's spot, as the Don of the Lanzetti Crime Family.
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Follow all Argonath RPG Rules.
Don't bunnyhop unless it's really needed.
Don't mix OOC/IC, use brackets (( )) to seperate it.
No internet expressions like 'lol', 'rofl', 'woot' IC.
No smileys IC.
We use the firstname_lastname format, with italian names, so you will need a name like that to join the faction, unless you are an outsider. Clan tags are allowed, as long as it's firstname_lastname.
If you got a gun pointed at you, don't start running in circles like a ninja, RP it realistic.
Always follow higher ranked members' orders.
Know about different RP terms.
Don't clanhop, if you want to join this faction then you have to put some effort in it. Not just join and stay for one day and then join another group.
At least stay for one week.
If your fellow family members are in a shootout and you are at the same place unarmed, run and take cover.
You got to agree on being Character Killed when leaving the faction, but this doesn't mean you WILL be, but you might.
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A bit of help of how the Mafia works:
The structure of an American-Italian family.
The Boss.
He's the head of the family. He delegates assignments to the Capo's. He has a close relationship with the Underboss and the Consigliere, which he discuss business with and. He usually stays around them and some of the Capo's aswell. He also takes information and money directly from the Capo's. Don't ever question your Boss in public, don't ever call him the boss in public. Don't badmouth your boss, as it may get you whacked. If you think that something is wrong, go see him personally and tell him that you are 'worried' about this and that. In that way you gain respect. By no mean am I talking about wiseguys and below here. If you made it you're still very very lucky if you get the chance to speak with the Boss. He keeps the family together and decides who has to get whacked, who gets to live, who gets promoted and demoted etc etc. Usually he sits in the Mafia Commission. The Boss is not invulnerable and if he gets too greedy or draws too much heat the man himself might end up in the weeds.
Underboss.
The underboss of the family. When the Boss is away this guy has control of the family. Keeps an eye on the Capo's, making sure that they are doing what they're supposed to do. Takes orders directly from the Boss.
Consigliere.
Advisor to the family. Usually financial matters but also other problems that may occur.
Caporegime.
Has been privilaged with his own crew. The crew is made out of soldiers and associates. This guy should know and love his crew, he should take care of his crew and make them love him. He pays money directly to the Boss that his crew have earned every week. Him and his crew also takes care of hits that's been ordered from the top. He takes orders from the
Boss himself. Often runs his own legitimate businesses. Gets a piece of the pie from the top aswell.
Soldier.
Made members of the family. They are a friend of ours and should always be treated as such. He has his own rackets and clients, every week he pays xx percent of his earnings to his Capo. His job is to make the Capo happy, treat your Capo with respect and as a father, and perhaps one day you may end up having your own crew. Made guys can talk business openly with other made members, as associates can't.
Associate.
Takes orders from everyone above him, doesn't have much to say in any matter unless it involves another associate. The less you talk, the better. It's all about the way you act. If it's information that might harm the family he is to immediatly pass the word on to his tutor. His main objective is to earn money. From extortion, gambling rackets, even drug dealing. But, never ever openly say that you're in to drug dealing. And if you're find being a junkie yourself, you'll most likely get told to straighten up or even get whacked. Pays xx percent of his earnings to his Capo or his tutor.
Omerta: Omerta is a code of silence that forbids mafiosi from betraying their comrades to the authorities. The penalty for transgression is death, and relatives of the turncoat may also be murdered. To a degree, Cosa Nostra also imposes this code on the general population, persecuting any citizen who aids the authorities.
The Ten Commandments:
1. No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.
2. Never look at the wives of friends.
3. Never be seen with cops.
4. Don't go to pubs and clubs alone.
5. Always being available for Cosa Nostra is a duty - even if your wife is about to give birth.
6. Appointments must absolutely be respected.
7. Wives must be treated with respect.
8. When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
9. Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
10. People who can't be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn't hold to moral values.
Wikipedia information. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia)
Speak and act like a Mafioso:
http://pixelmafia.org/speak.html (http://pixelmafia.org/speak.html)
http://charlierablah.tripod.com/doncharlionysmafiasite/id11.html (http://charlierablah.tripod.com/doncharlionysmafiasite/id11.html)
http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/mobspeak/ (http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/mobspeak/)
http://www.askmen.com/money/mafioso/41_mafia.html (http://www.askmen.com/money/mafioso/41_mafia.html)
A good media documentary:
Ten Commandments of The Mafia 1/9 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx8eGXOllsU#ws)
If you want to join the family, what you have to do is either find us IC and RP with us, or post an application here. You will have to hang out with us for a while and then pass an initiation, to become a Made Man (Initiated member). The time to be from an associate to a member can last from 2 weeks to 1 months, according to your roleplay abilities and how much money you can pay as tribute. We know it's tough to join, but if you're commited you'll get the best experience possible role-playing a mobster on Argonath RPG. Good luck.
Current in-game name?
How long have you played at Argonath RPG?
Name that will be used in the Mafia?
Previous names?
Previous gangs/groups/mafias?
Character story (Not needed, but might affect your application):
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[font=trebuchet ms][b]Previous names?[/b][/font]
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Posting the application doesn't automatically get you in. All applications are noted, but you should roleplay with us or hang around us to become from an outsider (not talking about associate) to an associate, and from an associate to a member.
Places owned by people known to be affiliated to the Lanzetti Crime Family:
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