User talk:Smurfynz

Pet hate grammar abomination of the week: "x is based off of y".

It can be based on or based upon, but it is never based off or based off of.

We must terminate this with extreme prejudice wherever it is found.



Manual Archives
This is where you can find my previous talk page content, archived by calendar month for ease of reference.
 * December 2014
 * November 2014
 * October 2014
 * September 2014

Cognoscenti
Hey dont be mad or anything and i know you cant edit till after jan 5th so i am asking you to take your time. The car cognoscenti is pronounced conyoscenthi or so and i could edit it but dont know the whole format of (pronounced con-yo-scenti) and even my grammar aint that good so could you do this once you get the chance. I am asking this cause the vehicle furore GT got something like that,  Thank you.Shadow Polaris( Talk ) 15:05, January 4, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
Hey Smurfy, non-staff members can also vote, I voted for you already, Sam did too, however, Dan (Messi1983), Tony 98 and Mikey Klebitz are inactive and McJeff only votes "no" so it's not that worthy xD

But don't worry, everybody will vote "yes", i'm 100% sure of that. ( talk ) 00:11, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Oh, thanks for this, I never noticed! ( talk ) 00:46, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Put in a vote. Obviously; yes. Leo68 (talk) 03:44, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Done. Congrats in advance for your promotion. Looks like I'll be the newest patroller for a very short time :) DocVinewood (talk) 09:54, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Congrats
Congrats on your new 'Patroller' promotion, nice work! :) (talk) 19:41, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Congratulations
Congratulations on your promotion. Happy patrolling. :) SJWalker (talk) 19:45, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Congrats!
Congratulations on being a patroller! You're the best! Mortsnarg (talk) 23:07, January 5, 2015 (UTC)

Patroller
Congratulations, man. Welcome to the gang. Most of the patrollers will be on hand to help if you need it, mainly myself, Smashbro and Rain. Leo68 (talk) 04:16, January 6, 2015 (UTC)

Re:Modified vehicles
Fair enough. Thanks for letting me know. 08:54, January 6, 2015 (UTC)

RE:
Hey man. Didn't get back here on time to vote for the Request.

Congrats, you're the newest member of the Staff. I haven't been active as of late and therefore know not what you have done to deserve the Patroller rank, but if everybody voted "Yes" for your RFP, then I guess I'll take their vote for it.

If you need help, advice, etc. you already know this is where I'm at:

Mikey Klebbitz (talk) 21:48, January 6, 2015 (UTC)

Congrats
I know it is  bit late but i just wanted you to know you have everyones full support. Congratulations on you promotion.Shadow Polaris( Talk ) 07:27, January 7, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
Hey Smurfy, not too long that you have been promoted, but I sent another request :P vote there please. ( talk ) 15:15, January 7, 2015 (UTC)


 * Certainly you wouldn't, he was very different a long time ago, if I come to this point, than anybody can just tell me, but okay, I appreciate your honesty and Doc's honesty too, I know that I made mistakes discussing with Rain, but you know, he has gone too far and I didn't fell good with his departure, but it had to be done... Also, if I wasn't going to send a promotion request, than Monkeypolice188 would, and he would certainly get it. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 22:48, January 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Why not? [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 22:52, January 7, 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, WildBrick is not interested to apply the patroller position and 558 has a poorer grammar than me, i'll admit, they both are potential to be patrollers, WildBrick definitely do, I told him he could get to a patroller position, but he said "I'm not interested, maybe in the future", and also, Monkeypolice has helped the wiki greatly, he is not that bad, he ain't bad at all, Smashbro also recommended him to apply the position... Also, I will try my best if I get the patroller position, as I said to Leo, if I do anything wrong, please, tell me. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 00:06, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

Eh, would love to apply but there are a few things that make me unable to;
 * 1) All 8 patroller spaces are filled (Well, Andre didn't get the promotion yet, but he fully deserves to be a patroller so it wouldn't be right just taking it from him)
 * 2) I am a V and Online section led-by at GTAForums. I could work in both places at the same time but I don't want to add too much work to do on me for now because...
 * 3) ...I have important exams in February and very important exams in June so I'd prefer to focus more on study rather than internet.

Maybe in June, maybe in a few weeks, maybe even in a few days. I'll apply someday but at the moment I don't have much time to do so.

17:19, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

Staff Pic
Hey there. I changed something so that your name should start appearing orange soon, and I need you to pick a staff pic that is a piece of artwork from any GTA (use the other Staff images for help). LS11sVaultBoy (Talk) 17:24, January 7, 2015 (UTC)

Reply
Well it's somehow hard not to notice your message with this large box in the bottom right corner. I'm giving myself a last chance not to leave GTA with the Heists Update; if it is terrible, then I'll say "Fuck you Rockstar". If you have messages for me, try my Community message wall instead. Oh and it's bonne chance. 08:25, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

Rubber gun
I saw you discussing with Camilo about the Rubber gun, I wanted to say that this gun could be a paintball gun as well, why not? But I just didn't add this information to the article, because it's too much of a speculation. ( talk ) 12:15, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

75988
Don't warn him again, i'm reporting him right now. ( talk ) 22:25, January 8, 2015 (UTC)

Pictures
If we can add a license to other user's pictures, then it's okay, you did that to Poppy Mitchel's arrest picture, then I added a license to  and  too, as they look good. ( talk ) 01:44, January 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * Good idea, i'll do it when something like this happens, like I did to Mortsnarg, telling him friendly how to add a picture, despite the fact that he's in this wiki since 2013 I think, in the case of that Pigalle picture, I don't need to warn the author (DonVecta) as it was added a long time ago and the picture is named properly, but if he adds a picture without a license, i'll give him a friendly warning. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 02:02, January 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * You teached me that, it was a few weeks ago when I uploaded the Shark sculpture image, i'm glad you teached me that, I usually do this when I upload more than two pictures. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 02:19, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

Hey man. I need help. Remember my Trevor's face idling video?So,I see that you're posting pictures,and you told that you can't snap content for 2 weeks.Are you back now?Do Michael,Trevor and Franklin please,that would be real nice from you. LeoBykov (talk) 15:32, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

FPS
Hey, you mentioned how you could do with people telling you if a vehicle page is missing an interior FPS Image, well, there isn't one on the Fire Truck or Sadler page, and only a useless one on the Police Interceptor page, if you could add the FPS image to these that would be great, thanks :)  (talk) 17:11, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

Also, when you get a chance, could you get a better Police Stinger image for the infobox on that page, the picture seems to be too dark on the right side of the car. it is quite hard to see without having to move and tilt your head! (talk) 17:34, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

RE:
Well, I don't know what's happening to the talk page when I edit it :/. Anyway, I did want to ask you since you are good at vehicles if you believe the fighter jet in the Heists Update trailer is the Hydra. I keep looking at its pictures versus the Lazer's, and to me, they look a little too similar to Lazers. I believe they are Lazers with new camoflauge coloring. I don't see any differences. 20:17, January 9, 2015 (UTC)Smashbro8

Okay thanks so much! I now see the differences. However, I still think we should not add too many pics or info of the Hydra on its page, because it is still unconfirmed. Assumptions can be wrong sometimes. 21:02, January 9, 2015 (UTC)Smashbro8

FPS Images
Thanks, i will try to find more, as i did see a few missing a while ago, but i forgot them :(. Ill keep looking!  (talk) 20:24, January 9, 2015 (UTC)

Police Riot
BTW, Ive added a police riot interior view that is 'temporary' until you get yours (yours will be better, probably), just to keep your mind at rest :)  (talk) 22:08, January 9, 2015 (UTC)


 * Done  smurfy (coms) 06:26, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Rhino Tank FPS
Even though the Rhino tank doesn't have a realistic 'first person view', i still think it would be worth documenting the Turret view, which Rockstar actually call the tank's first peron view (i know how it really isnt, but it still needs to be on the page). (talk) 12:06, January 10, 2015 (UTC)


 * Done  smurfy (coms) 06:26, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Yo,
Not sure why you have reverted the updates made on the Kuruma page, I've deleted the picture with "Kuruma" on the back with Lester because it's about the car, not about the word on how to spell it.

Reticle (talk) 14:09, January 10, 2015 (UTC)

WTF?!
why did you delete my page?

Vehicle Stats
A good way would be to just use the current table design we use, and add the info designated in the stats table on the webstite into our wiki tables. Thats quite hard to explain, but the info in the stats box is good enough to go on the tables here on the wiki. Just put it on the vehicle pages for each one. Sorry if that doesn't make much sense, i typed it really fast... :)  (talk) 22:01, January 11, 2015 (UTC)

RE: In-line disambiguity links
If you are referring to the Dumper page I just edited, that template was already put there by someone else and I just fixed the grammar.

Good to know though! Switch101 (talk) 21:22, January 12, 2015 (UTC)

Blista Compact
Why did you remove all the categories on the Blista Compact article? ( talk ) 22:08, January 12, 2015 (UTC)

IDK
I've driven back and forth about 5-10 times past Higgins Helitours and the Frogger does not spawn at all. Maybe its glitched, but possibly patched for me, even though its not true. And buying a helicopter for myself is way too pricey, so unless I'd get to $2M and afford a heli, I spent it on a third property for additional vehicles. I'm at rank 228, so unless that's the case, the Frogger fails to spawn for me, no matter how many times I drove around in order for it to spawn. 22:19, January 12, 2015 (UTC)
 * Thanks. In the meantime, I'll just find a way to raise money so I can get myself a chopper for High Priority Case. JohnSignature.jpg 02:27, January 13, 2015 (UTC)
 * Its possible with Pegasus. Otherwise, its pretty much a glitch for that that doesn't allow the Frogger to be spawned at all. JohnSignature.jpg 02:54, January 13, 2015 (UTC)
 * Couldn't know the difference as I just woke up. As for High Priority Case, well, good luck with that. JohnSignature.jpg 12:39, January 16, 2015 (UTC)
 * Seems you've been really lucky, then. I'll see if I can try it for myself, I suppose. JohnSignature.jpg 07:23, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Dilettante
God be praised. I found someone who doesn't hate the Prius, I don't hate it either, it's ugly, but not that bad, well I like the Chevy Volt and the Nissan Leaf more than the Prius, but it's still desirable, in GTA, the Dilettante is desirable with good handling, but very low durability, the Surge is better.

But the least desirable car in the game is in fact the Regina, man this car is like a turtle, it looks attractive but it takes us very long to reach from Davis to Vinewood hills, i'd rather go on foot until a better car shows up. ( talk ) 23:20, January 12, 2015 (UTC)


 * It's okay, Smashbro told me that, I just never heard that before. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 23:37, January 12, 2015 (UTC)

RE:Chicken
Seems about right. By the way, why did you put all that span stuff in the hiperlinks? I keep seeing that in some pages and it always botters me, because it seems that it doesn't make any difference in the page. 558050 Talk 23:21 January 12, 2015 (UTC)


 * Yeah. I still find a lot of span here, specially in old pages. You should have seem the Missions in GTA Chinatown Wars page, Jesus, that one almost made me cry. 558050 Talk 23:39 January 12, 2015 (UTC)

Lester's house
Apologies Smurf, I hadn't realised. SJWalker (talk) 23:46, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

Solomon Richards quote
I've been on that page before time and time again and I just felt that the quote used at the end of The Ballad of Rocco was a more fitting quote to Solomon Richards character and described him and his business in a much broader scope instead of a smaller more mission specific one. The quote that was originally on there wasn't necassarily bad,  but the one that I found in the Ballad of Rocco has a lot more meaning to the character rather than the mission. Mortsnarg (talk) 23:55, January 13, 2015 (UTC)

American english vs. Brittish english
The same goes with "Hood" or "Bonnet", I had to talk to Sam about that once, both are right, but it depends on where you live, me for an examble, I always say "Trunk" and "Hood" instead of "Boot" and "Bonnet". ( talk ) 00:22, January 14, 2015 (UTC)


 * Another problem I had with brittish english was their accent, some words sounds different, I couldn't understand a few words (and some words are better to understand in Brittish english) [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 00:38, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Subway train
I agreed with him now, now I know the reason for keeping separete pages, Subway for stations, tracks and everything else, Car for the train itself. ( talk ) 21:36, January 14, 2015 (UTC)

Little Portola
Can you give your opinion here? Thegtaseeker96 (talk) 00:44, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Andreas
I did.... I'm not sure that you read the whole piece of trivia. It was addressing the speculation surrounding it and why it doesn't work. The similarities are there, but they aren't prominent enough to make it so Andreas and Andreas Sanchez are the same person. The reason I put the piece of trivia there was to debunk that theory that was popularized by GTASeriesVideos and possibly mislead folks into thinking that. Mortsnarg (talk) 03:49, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Yes, but I've seen people on this wiki that seem to still think this. On the Andreas Sanchez page there's a person that is asking the very question because of the video that GTASeriesVideos posted and the multiple similarities between the two. If you don't like a piece of trivia that goes in depth about then just a passing mention so people don't start posting actual speculation repeatedly about this. Mortsnarg (talk) 04:47, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

It's alright. I'm still learning what is and isn't necassary on the wiki and how to prevent an edit war. I'm trying and I have certainly made progress since several months back as to what to put on the wiki. Thanks for the response. Mortsnarg (talk) 06:33, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Based on/Based off
I never used that term "based off", can I even find this in the english dictionary? I'll help you removing this from articles if I see any of these cases. ( talk ) 12:23, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Blista Compact
Hey Smurfynz, could you get a better picture of the Dinka Blista Compact (for the infobox), when you get a chance? (talk) 19:47, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Done  smurfy (coms) 06:16, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Tommy Vercetti
Forgive me if this looks stupid but... "Despite his hot temper" is right? ( talk ) 20:25, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Some time ago, all the "metioned" appearances were removed, but if you say so... [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 20:36, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

I swear i'll try my best :) ( talk ) 21:05, January 15, 2015 (UTC)

Vehicle Features
Can you add an updated image of the Surano interior dashboard? The current image is not very clear. Leo68 (talk) 23:27, January 15, 2015 (UTC)


 * Done.  smurfy (coms) 06:12, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Spammer
A user called KingNightmare just created a spam page. I'm signing off so you may want to keep an eye on him and add any needed warnings, just so we don't have an overnight spammer. Leo68 (talk) 05:13, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

Why are you deleting my page? It isn't spam. It's real. KingNightmare (talk) 05:25, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

Seriously, why are you deleting my stuff then ignoring me. This isn't right. KingNightmare (talk) 05:27, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

What the hell man? You can't just say these things are spam! Thats hardcore evidence yo are trying to censor! KingNightmare (talk) 05:31, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

I tried but it won't let me create a profile and was saying I've been blocked but this is my first time on the site. KingNightmare (talk) 05:34, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

Why are you calling it spam? Tell me how you came to that conclusion. KingNightmare (talk) 05:36, January 16, 2015 (UTC)

Plane Wreckage
I don't know about you, but in Minor Turbulence I clearly stated the crashed Cargo Plane was OFF THE COAST of Fort Zancudo. The one Trevor crashed is nowhere near the Army base, like the Alamo Sea. It kept getting removed because it was the same plane model that was used for Minor Turbulence, just rustier and more deteriorated. User:Nitroglycerine

RE: Image Policy Howto
Not bad. It covers all the essential steps to following the image policy. Perhaps there could be a section that explains the process of uploading images for mobile users? I usually browse this site on an iPad, and every picture is automatically known as "image.jpg". I just rename them at the screen where it says a file of the same name exists. Carl Johnson Jr. (talk) 04:21, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

I will be glad to provide pictures for the iPad/iPhone instructions. Carl Johnson Jr. (talk) 17:08, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

I just realised that the process is the exact same, except that mobile users are unable to name their own files when saving them, only when uploading. But otherwise, here you go. Carl Johnson Jr. (talk) 17:20, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

RE:
I didn't see anything else to add to it, however, it is a great manual for new users to quickly learn and understand the image policy and how to license images. Great job! 16:50, January 17, 2015 (UTC)Smashbro8

RE:
That page will help a lot of new users, it helps them even more than the Image Policy main page, this should be added to the community noticeboard and to your userpage as well. ( talk ) 17:27, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Image policy howto
I've read it and I think it's very complete. As always, good job. If I come up with a suggestion I'll let you know. DocVinewood (talk) 22:03, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Future
I might apply, thanks for the vote of confidence. I'm a Bureaucrat on another wiki so I'm sure I could get it here. Leo68 (talk) 21:31, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

I have applied. Leo68 (talk) 21:40, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Second picture
If a clean Voodoo picture was added because there is no clean Voodoo in GTA V, so I could add a picture of the GTA IV Sentinel to the Sentinel infobox, right? A perfect example of GTA IV and GTA V picture infobox is the Faggio, it has two pictures in the infobox, one from GTA IV and another from GTA V, so, should I add a picture of the GTA IV Sentinel and the Bobcat SWB to their respective infobox or not? ( talk ) 23:23, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

On that same basis, should the beater Rebel be taken off the infobox for that vehicle? SJWalker (talk) 23:35, January 17, 2015 (UTC)


 * But the Sentinel looks a lot different for me... I mean, the GTA IV Sentinel is a coupé, while the GTA V version is a convertible, also, the Bobcat XL is a variant of the standard Bobcat, additionally, the Bobcat SWB was going to be in GTA V.


 * Another thing that is rather odd is that the Rebel article has the clean and beater versions in its infobox. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 23:37, January 17, 2015 (UTC)


 * You can revert my Bobcat edits if you want, i'll remove the beater Rebel from the infobox as you suggested. [[Image:Signature.png|105px|link=User:AndreEagle17|AndreEagle17]] ( talk ) 23:54, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism
You could be right there. Looking back, Nein's edits seemed to follow a similar pattern, with nationalities being changed and "insults" being posted, as when he posted the "Tommy is dead" post he added a "and you're next" towards someone. I can't imagine he'll be unblocked for long after his ban expires. SJWalker (talk) 23:51, January 17, 2015 (UTC)

Blake/Freddy Slade
The black guy who chases you is Blake, and the white guy is Freddy. Leo68 (talk) 09:54, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Way ahead of you. Nice work on the images. Leo68 (talk) 10:05, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
Hey, i sent in for promotion, could you put a vote in? Thanks :)  (talk) 14:07, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Staff cleanup
You predicted right, Thomas802 is leaving too, I was talking to Smashbro8 during the previous days that we need a major cleanup on the staff, one of the main users I was talking about was Tony 1998, who is almost never editing, VaultBoy will clean all this mess, starting tomorrow. ( talk ) 22:10, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

RE: Well damn!
I know my timing could've been better. But hopefully this place can have a staff revamp now. Vaulty got promoted to b'crat, and it looks like Leo will be made admin, so hopefully it won't be too noticeable. I'm sad to leave, but I can't give enough time to this place anymore. Best of luck with everything. Tom Talk 22:16, January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
Thanks for the support, Smur. I know how my grammar can be sad sometimes, but I will try my best. 558050 Talk 21:01 January 18, 2015 (UTC)

Random Characters
Hi, Smurfynz. It's been a while that I want do to a major cleanup in the Random Characters page, this current layout is so bland and boring. So I wanted to do the same thing that I did in the Random Events page, and use tables to describe each of the encounters, so far I only made the Brian Meech table in my sandbox. I want to use a different set of colors for each game (ex: red and black for TLAD, pink and purple for TBoGT, etc) and I'm still learning how to make this custom tables. Any tips or sugestions? 558050 (talk) 13:10, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * So, did you give it a look? --558050 (talk) 22:06, January 19, 2015 (UTC)


 * I have been trying to use the style of color in the mission templates:

--558050 (talk) 22:57, January 19, 2015 (UTC)

Re: Easter Eggs
Yes. I've looked over most of the map for this Breaking Bad easter egg and I've asked others if they've seen it and they never said that they had and I never found it. If there was some photographic evdence or a precise location mentioned, that would be excellent. That isn't to say that there aren't any other Breaking Bad easter eggs throughout the world (such as the character "Cook ", the mission Meth'd Up, the design of the Journey , a website referencing an RV that you could cook meth in and on the same website, a teeth grille that besides the platnium, looks a lot like Tuco Salmanca's) Doue to the size of the page, I figured these easter eggs had been covered. If the page didn't, I'm sorry and I can put them down. I'm also sorry that I didn't put the reason why downto begin with, that mistake's on me. Mortsnarg (talk) 18:44, January 19, 2015 (UTC)

Promotion
Hi Smurf. I sent a promotion request. Could you vote please? Thanks. SJWalker (talk) 19:19, January 19, 2015 (UTC)

Inactive staff
You are right about the admins, I had to talk to you about that, you know, Dodo is very inactive in general, but he can fix some CSS/JS mistakes, however, he is not the only one capable of doing this, and yes, we need one of them to stay here as an admin, since Thomas and Mikey are demoted, Carl Johnson Jr. should take the next position when one of them is demoted. ( talk ) 21:59, January 19, 2015 (UTC)

A group demotion is better because there's four users up for demotion, but there's also an inactive option for all of them. Leo68 (talk) 01:47, January 20, 2015 (UTC)

Archive
Hey Smurfynz. I actually do not understand how to create archives. That's why my talk page is so long. 00:30, January 20, 2015 (UTC)Smashbro8

RfP
Can you check out Requests for Promotion. --Sasquatch101 (talk) 02:57, January 20, 2015 (UTC)

Request for Promotion
I have made a request for promotion. Could you please check it out? Thanks. Carl Johnson Jr. (talk) 05:56, January 20, 2015 (UTC)

Info logic
So based on your recent edit, all info found in the game files is "leaked" and should not be listed on the wiki. as it has not been released by Rockstar. 007a83 (Talk&#124;Contribs) 11:19, January 20, 2015 (UTC)