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Factions,factions, and more factions!
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-9-2007 13:11
I could use some help here. I have run into many different factions from my limited time playing the game. I belong to the Order of Socrates, I think? Anyway,what, in your opinion is the best faction, and what are they based off of in real life?
For example, La Cosa Nostra was a real mafia at one point in time. It was Italian and its name meant "The Little House".
I'm guessing that the Dies de Arcanum Brotherhood is the Opus Dei,but I'm just guessing. What are your ideas?
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-10-2007 15:29
Thanks David Adams. It is good to know that there is no "best" faction. I was pretty sure that La Cosa Nostra meant "little house" because in Spanish "house" is "casa". I have been studying Spanish for several years and a lot of the words are very similar to Italian.
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-10-2007 15:32
Ooops, the encyclopedia says you're right David Adams sorry. Please disregard my previous post.
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Lady Jas
The Chosen One
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Oct-10-2007 15:49
Casa is "house"...but its La Cosa Nostra...So Cosa means "thing"...
Easy to get the two mixed up!! ;)
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ctown28
Huntsman
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Oct-10-2007 20:38
The literal translation of La Cosa Nostra is "This Thing of Ours" it is loosely translated to "Our Thing" I did research on it years ago and am still intrigued by the Mafia.
For years, everyone that was a part of any Sicilian crime family, denied the existense of La Cosa Nostra. They had secret rites to "make" a man in the organization.
The Italian/Sicilian language is similiar but there is dialect that comes into play.
I know this as my Mom is Sicilian and Dad is Italian. There is a bigger difference than one might think
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Jeanne De La Motte
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Oct-11-2007 01:26
Such an interesting thread with so much interesting information!
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-11-2007 09:16
Okay, how about the Eastern Triads? Does anyone know anything about them?
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Togo911
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Oct-11-2007 12:31
Are they Chinese?
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DuchessaDarling
Lucky Stiff
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Oct-11-2007 14:59
I have answers!!
The Triad, also known in china as "the black society," is an all-encompassing term for criminal organizations/underground society. It still exists, all over the globe, today.
For more info, look here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_society
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-13-2007 09:20
Wow,cool DuchessaDarling! So it's real, just like La Cosa Nostra.
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Blackbelt144
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Oct-13-2007 09:20
Wow,cool DuchessaDarling! So it's real, just like La Cosa Nostra.
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