The Alphaville Herald

Coming soon to an MMORPG near you! The Gambino Family.

by Alphaville Herald on 21/06/04 at 8:10 pm

In this interview, the Notorious TSO Godfather Tony Gambino takes us back to the founding of the Gambino family in TSO (the first Mafia in TSO, he insists). He talks about his disappointment with how his family has weakened during his sabbatical from online gaming, but promises big things for the family ? including big “BOOMS” in Second Life, SWG, and another unnamed MMORPG. Along the way he talks some smack about our friend JC Soprano, but also holds out an olive branch to X-Mafia.

urizenus_sklar: Tony, you are the GF of one of the largest (if not largest) mafia’s in TSO. Can you tell us something about your family? Size, structure, that sort of thing.
GF Tony Gambino: WELL………RESPECTFUL…THE RANGE INCLUDING STEALTH IS ABOUT 50-60
GF Tony Gambino: THE ONLY THINK I CAN SAY THE FAMILY HAS GONE DOWN HILL AS FAR AS SIZE
GF Tony Gambino: WITH THE CHANGE OF LEADERSHIP THAT HAS HAPPENED
urizenus_sklar: How large was it in the past?
GF Tony Gambino: CLOSE TO 1OO WITH STEALTH
urizenus_sklar: And that is when you were an active leader?
GF Tony Gambino: CORRECT
urizenus_sklar: And then you handed off leadership to…
GF Tony Gambino: VIXXEN GAMBINO
GF Tony Gambino: GOOD WOMAN
urizenus_sklar: You sound unhappy with the job she is doing though
GF Tony Gambino: NO NO
GF Tony Gambino: LET ME TELL U SOMTHING MY FRIEND
urizenus_sklar: speak
GF Tony Gambino: THERES NEVA A WRONG DECISION
GF Tony Gambino: THERES ONLY BETTA
GF Tony Gambino: BUT WHEN I STEPPED DOWN I KNEW THE FAMILY WAS IN GOOD HANDS
GF Tony Gambino: AND IT WAS
GF Tony Gambino: U HAVE PEEPS IN THE FAMILY THAT GET COCKY…..WHEN U GET POWER SOMTIMES IT HAPPENS
urizenus_sklar: who got cocky?
GF Tony Gambino: IF I WAS A RAT ?? I MIGHT SAY…LOL
urizenus_sklar: ok… the Gambino Family is still part of the Syndicate, yes?
GF Tony Gambino: YES…AS FAR AS I KNOW
GF Tony Gambino: I TRY TO STAY OUT OF THAT BIZ
GF Tony Gambino: IM IN THE BIZ OF MAKING DOUGH AND THAT’S IT
urizenus_sklar: What is The Syndicate exactly and what is its reason for being?
GF Tony Gambino: THE SYND IS BLOOD RELATED FAMILYS
GF Tony Gambino: U CAN MARRY INTO IT
urizenus_sklar: so what families are in it?
GF Tony Gambino: I DONT KNOW…AND I DONT CARE
GF Tony Gambino: I STAY OUT OF IT
GF Tony Gambino: BUT U STILL HAVE TO BE RELATED TO EVA GET A CHANCE TO BE INVOLVED
urizenus_sklar: Eva Carbone?
GF Tony Gambino: OF COARSE SHE IS …SHES A GOOD FRIEND
GF Tony Gambino: ONE OF THE OLD SCHOOLAS
urizenus_sklar: ok is X-Mafia still the chief enemy of your family?
GF Tony Gambino: XM WILL ALWAYS BE IN THAT CAT. BUT THERE WELCOME TO MY CLUB ANYTIME
GF Tony Gambino: I HAVE NO ENEMIES
GF Tony Gambino: THAT WILL COME UP AND SAY IT ANYWAYS…LOL
urizenus_sklar: well, let’s go back and talk about the history of the Gambino family…
GF Tony Gambino: SURE
urizenus_sklar: Did you start TSO in beta?
GF Tony Gambino: YES I DID
GF Tony Gambino: 3 WEEKS INTO BETA
urizenus_sklar: when did you decide you wanted to r/p as mafia
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
GF Tony Gambino: WELL…
GF Tony Gambino: I WAS IN A CLUB CALLED THE MONKEY CLUB.
GF Tony Gambino: U EVA HERE OF IT?
urizenus_sklar: nope
GF Tony Gambino: WELL..
GF Tony Gambino: I WAS IMPRESSED BY THE RESPECT THE OWNER GOT.
urizenus_sklar: it was a mafia club I guess
GF Tony Gambino: I HUNG OUT THERE, GOT TO KNOW A FEW PEEPS,
GF Tony Gambino: INCLUDING THE OWNER’S WIFE
urizenus_sklar:
GF Tony Gambino: (NO IT WASNT)
urizenus_sklar: oh ok
GF Tony Gambino: WELL….HE GOT JEALOUS
GF Tony Gambino: AND KICKED ME OUT OF THE CLUB
GF Tony Gambino: I GOT UPSET…
GF Tony Gambino: THREATENED HIM
GF Tony Gambino: TOLD HIM I WAS GONNA RUN HIS BIZZ DOWN TO NOTHING
GF Tony Gambino: SO I PUT UP A CLUB NEXT TO HIS
GF Tony Gambino: CALLED MY SELF BOSS TONY GAMBINO AND BOOM
GF Tony Gambino: I RECRUITED FAMILY MEMBERS FROM THERE (THE MONKEY)
urizenus_sklar: did he have a large family?
urizenus_sklar: and what was the name of that family
GF Tony Gambino: THE OWNER OF THE MONKEY?
urizenus_sklar: yah
GF Tony Gambino: IT WASNT REALLY A FAMILY HE HAD
GF Tony Gambino: I GOT THE IDEA FO THE FAMILY BY KNOWING THE ONLY WAY TO BEAT THIS FOOL, WAS TO HAVE LOYALTY
GF Tony Gambino: AND IT GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER FROM THERE
urizenus_sklar: ic, so there weren’t other mafias in the game at that time?
GF Tony Gambino: NONE
GF Tony Gambino: IT MAKES ME LAUGH WHEN I HEAR JC SOPRANO SAY HE HAD THE FIRST FAMILY IN TSO
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
GF Tony Gambino: 2ND TO HIT TSO WAS CARBONES
urizenus_sklar: JC started his later?
GF Tony Gambino: LOL…JC A FAKE
urizenus_sklar: why a fake?
GF Tony Gambino: HE TALKS THE TALK AND CAN’T WALK THE WALK
GF Tony Gambino: HE TRIED TO BUY ME OUT
GF Tony Gambino: MY FOOT WAS SO FAR UP HIS “ASH” HE FELT IT FOR 3 WEEKS
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
urizenus_sklar: hmmm, well, let’s see, what city did you start in?
GF Tony Gambino: CALVIN’S CREEK
urizenus_sklar: did you stay there long?
GF Tony Gambino: THERE WAS ANOTHER CITY
GF Tony Gambino: THEY SHUT ME DOWN
urizenus_sklar: who shut you down?
GF Tony Gambino: IN BETA
GF Tony Gambino: IT WAS LIKE AQ TEST CITY
urizenus_sklar: AQ?
GF Tony Gambino: A TEST CITY
GF Tony Gambino: I LOST A CLUB AND ALL MY DOUGH
GF Tony Gambino: LOST MOST OF MY FAMILY NOT KNOWING HOW TO GET A HOLD OF THEM
urizenus_sklar: but who shut you down. Maxis?
GF Tony Gambino: YES
urizenus_sklar: why?
GF Tony Gambino: IT WAS TEST
urizenus_sklar: oh ok, so it was just a city wipe
GF Tony Gambino: KNOWING THIS COULD HAPPEN
GF Tony Gambino: I RESTARTED IN CALVIN
GF Tony Gambino: YES SIR IT WAS
GF Tony Gambino: THEN MOVED FROM THERE TO BF
urizenus_sklar: when did you move to BF?
GF Tony Gambino: CALVIN WAS TO LOW KEY
urizenus_sklar: yeah
GF Tony Gambino: BF IS THE CITY OF TSO
GF Tony Gambino: U KNOW WHAT IM SAYING MY FRIEND?
urizenus_sklar: fuck that. AV is.
GF Tony Gambino: HAHAHA
urizenus_sklar: did you ever try to set up in AV?
GF Tony Gambino: IM THERE NOW STEALTH
urizenus_sklar: what’s the plan?
GF Tony Gambino: WELL….I CAN TELL U THIS
GF Tony Gambino: I GOT ABOUT 15-20 PEEPS THERE
GF Tony Gambino: WE R LOOKING TO BREAK SOIL AS GOOD FELLAS
urizenus_sklar: Has the loss of tagging hurt your game?
GF Tony Gambino: A LOT’S HURT THE GAME
urizenus_sklar: such as?
GF Tony Gambino: TAGGING IS A HUGE BLOW
GF Tony Gambino: WELL…
GF Tony Gambino: BACK IN THE OLD DAYZ
GF Tony Gambino: U COULD HIT A PROPERTY IN 2 MIN
GF Tony Gambino: NOW ADAYZ U HAVE TO GO IN…GO UNDA COVA
GF Tony Gambino: AND HOPFULLY HIT IT IN A WEEK OR 2
urizenus_sklar: oh, cuz you gotta get build permissions?
G GF Tony Gambino: YES
F Tony Gambino: THE ONLY THING U CAN DOO NOW IT PULL OUT A FENDING MACHINE AND DROP SOME TRASH …AND PISS ON SOMONES LAWN
GF Tony Gambino: SO…….WARS NOW A DAY ??? IS A JOKE
urizenus_sklar: so why bother staying here? SSG and X-Mafia went to SWG. Why don’t you follow?
GF Tony Gambino: WE R THERE
urizenus_sklar: You going to set up something in SL?
GF Tony Gambino: WE R RE GROUPING TO A FEW GAMES
urizenus_sklar: which ones?
GF Tony Gambino: WE R IN SENCOND LIFE NOW
GF Tony Gambino: WE R IN SWG
GF Tony Gambino: AND A NEW ONE WITHC IM KEEPING SECRET
urizenus_sklar: who is the GF in Second Life?
GF Tony Gambino: NOT SURE
GF Tony Gambino: I WILL BE WHEN I GET THERE
GF Tony Gambino: IM THERE NOW
GF Tony Gambino: STEALTH
urizenus_sklar: send me an message if you find out
urizenus_sklar: What’s the plan though. what do you want to accomplish in these other games?
GF Tony Gambino: TO TAKE THEM WHERE TSO WAS BACK 1 YEAR AGO
GF Tony Gambino: TOTAL BOOM
urizenus_sklar: Do you want to dominate the servers where you set up shop?
GF Tony Gambino: ALWAYS
GF Tony Gambino: IN A GOOD WAY
GF Tony Gambino: SOMTIMES I FEEL LIKE IM PLAYING “OLD MAID” ON TSO
urizenus_sklar: playing old maid?
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
GF Tony Gambino: THERES MORE ACTION IN OLD MAID
urizenus_sklar: but are you going to stay in tso then?
GF Tony Gambino: O YES
GF Tony Gambino: THATS WHY IM ON THE BIZZ SIDE
urizenus_sklar: What do you mean your on the biz side? money trading?
GF Tony Gambino: BENN THERE FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS
GF Tony Gambino: WELL
GF Tony Gambino: THATS WHAT THE GOOD FELLAS R ALL ABOUT
GF Tony Gambino: UNITING ALL FAMILYS
GF Tony Gambino: XM, GAMBINOS MONTANAS AND SO ON
urizenus_sklar: so it sounds like you are reaching out to XM
GF Tony Gambino: THIS WILL CREATE A NETWORK
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
urizenus_sklar: just a few months ago you captured their web site and the effect was pretty ugly.
urizenus_sklar: “Oh Tony Oh Tony, what can I do, what can I do”
GF Tony Gambino: LOL..YES..THE GOOD OLE DAYZ
urizenus_sklar: remember that one?
GF Tony Gambino: HAHAHA
urizenus_sklar: I wish I had copied that one.
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
GF Tony Gambino: IM NOT ON TSO TO FIGHT
urizenus_sklar: hmmm, just to make money?
GF Tony Gambino: U GOT TO UNDA STAND…I NEVA STARTED CRAP
GF Tony Gambino: IT ALWAYS CAME TO ME
GF Tony Gambino: THAT’S ALL U CAN DO THERE IS MAKE DOUGH
GF Tony Gambino: THERES TOO MANY LITTLE PUNK ASS FAMILYS THERE NOW
GF Tony Gambino: THEY HAVE 10-15 MEMBERS AND THEY THINK THEY HAVE AN EMPIRE
urizenus_sklar: Well if the Gambino’s build operations in SL and SWG, who is going to run the whole show?
GF Tony Gambino: WELL….IF MY FAM WILL LET ME…ID RUN THE SHOW
GF Tony Gambino: SWG IM NOT THERE YET
urizenus_sklar: Why wouldn’t they let you?
urizenus_sklar: you the GF!
GF Tony Gambino: WELL….. THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR A GF……
GF Tony Gambino: UR FAMILY HAS TO WANT U AS A LEADER…NEVA FORCE UR WAY IN
GF Tony Gambino: I TOLD MY FAM. FROM THE GET GO..
GF Tony Gambino: “IF U THINK IM NOT RUNNING A TIGHT FAMILY?” ” ILL LET U VOTE ME OUT”
GF Tony Gambino: THIS IS WHERE THE TRUST CAME IN
GF Tony Gambino: THEY TRUSTED ME TO MAKE THEM GROW IN MANY WAYS
GF Tony Gambino: AND TO MAKE SURE WE WOULD NOT DIE
GF Tony Gambino: AM I HAPPY THE WAY THE THINGS R IN THE GAMBINOS TODAY??? NO
GF Tony Gambino: I THINK I’D DO A FEW THINGS DIFF
urizenus_sklar: like what?
GF Tony Gambino: BUT…IM THERE IF THEY NEED MY ADVICE
GF Tony Gambino: I WONT LET EM DIE THOUGH!!
urizenus_sklar: what would you do differently?
GF Tony Gambino: RESEPCT LEVELS
urizenus_sklar: ah
GF Tony Gambino: ID PROMOTE BIZZ
GF Tony Gambino: GET A NETWORK STARTED LIKE THE “GCE”
GF Tony Gambino: BACK WHEN I RAN THE SHOW
urizenus_sklar: GCE?
GF Tony Gambino: “GAMBINO CRIME ENTERPRISE”
GF Tony Gambino: IT WAS NICE
urizenus_sklar: kk
GF Tony Gambino: WE HAD 100 PROPERTYS
GF Tony Gambino: IT WAS GREAT
GF Tony Gambino: BUT WHEN I STEPPED DOWN , THEY STOPPED IT
GF Tony Gambino: TOO BAD
GF Tony Gambino: U NEED A NET WORK
urizenus_sklar: well, why did you withdraw from the game for so long?
GF Tony Gambino: WHO?
urizenus_sklar: didn’t you withdraw?
urizenus_sklar: I thought you left tso for a while
GF Tony Gambino: I GOT SICK OF THE CHANGES THAT MAXIS WAS MAKING, I HAD JOB POSITION CHANGE..AND HAD TO TAKE CARE OF SOME REAL THINGS
urizenus_sklar: ic
GF Tony Gambino: SO A BUNCH OF THINGS
urizenus_sklar: so how long was your sabatical from tso?
GF Tony Gambino: 2 MONTHS
urizenus_sklar: k
urizenus_sklar: Do you guys still have a family web site?
GF Tony Gambino: THE OLD ONE …NO
GF Tony Gambino: THERE IS A NEW ONE
urizenus_sklar: what’s the link?
GF Tony Gambino: LILNIKKI .NET OR SOME SHIT LIKE THAT
GF Tony Gambino: ID HAVE TO TALK TO CONTESSA
GF Tony Gambino: THEY’RE WORKING ON A NEW ONE
urizenus_sklar: ok… that would be useful. what happened to the BF Syndicate site?
GF Tony Gambino: THERE IS NONE
GF Tony Gambino: I DONT BELIEVE
urizenus_sklar: anymore
GF Tony Gambino: THE GOOD FELLAS WILL HAVE ONE UP IN A WEEK
GF Tony Gambino: IT’S IN THE MAKINGS NOW
GF Tony Gambino: I WILL ALSO BLESS EACH CITY WITH MY PRESENCE
GF Tony Gambino: LOL
urizenus_sklar: lol
urizenus_sklar: I think we can wrap this for now, but I’d like progress reports as things develop in SWG and SL
GF Tony Gambino: U WILL HAVE ONE IN 1 MONTH
urizenus_sklar: Will you let us know what’s up?
GF Tony Gambino: I WILL KEEP IN CONTACT
urizenus_sklar: ok, and you might think about designating an officer to send me press releases
GF Tony Gambino: I GOT THINGS WORKING IN SWG
GF Tony Gambino: BUT WHEN IT HAPPENS IT WILL BE A “BOOM”
GF Tony Gambino: ILL LET U KNOW
urizenus_sklar: ok
urizenus_sklar: sounds good
urizenus_sklar: Thanks Tony!
GF Tony Gambino: OK BUDD
urizenus_sklar: later
GF Tony Gambino: NP ANYTIME
GF Tony Gambino: LATA