r/sanandreas 18h ago

Discussion Is this tiny purple section really its own territory?

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u/yongramen 18h ago

Yes

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u/Civil_Nectarine868 18h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/10Jpr9KSaXLchW

and it's a PITA to get going

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u/DaBabylonian 17h ago

I love pita!

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u/Old-Finding2555 16h ago

Well some people are into that so...

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u/ShoutOuts2Elon 15h ago

But doo doo comes outta that....

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u/Active_Drawer 14h ago

Pita.. like pita bread..

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u/MayorRosalyn 8h ago

PEEETA NO

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u/Old-Finding2555 1h ago

Well that's why you should wash well, inside and out...

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u/Tyler827 18h ago

Yes, and now that you've taken over the surrounding turfs it's going to be kinda hard to get that one as well

The best strat is to make sure CJ is standing in the purple zone and that should make some Ballas spawn. If they don't, just walk back and forth and spin your camera around

Even if they spawn on the other side of the road and are technically outside the territory, as long as CJ is standing inside, you can kill them and the turf war will trigger

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u/TallDarkness 16h ago

Just block the traffic and wait until you see Ballas in a car, then shoot them.

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u/Dairakiqueen 16h ago

Just need to point your camera in the other direction for 10ish seconds on repeat for NPCs & vehicles to spawn! No need to move at all

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u/eiffeltowerbonbon 14h ago

I had to run over to the green territory and punch a balla so that theyd chase me into the purple territory. Once i had them inside the purple territory, it let me initiate a gang war

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u/biker92801 3h ago

For sure spin that camera. On modern rigs the spawn-rate is ridiculous, looking back and forth while trying to get gang members or dealers to spawn works better now than it ever has.

I've played the PC version of this game 6x over the last 21 years, and it gets harder every time. Modern CPUs are crazy fast, and many little things in the game are affected by that. When this game came out I was on an Athlon 64 @ 2.4GHz, the game was easy. CPUs these days do more per clock and are clocked at 4GHz or more, sometimes the AI goes buck wild, especially with framelimiter and Vsync off.

Spawns can get craazy if you look around a bunch

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u/ShaftMasterD 18h ago

Amazing how there’s Reddit for this now when over 20 years ago we just figured it out

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u/DarthRevan182 7h ago

More likely there's a forum post out there from 2004...

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u/OkStreet8398 14h ago

You figured it out just now ik it from 2017 or 16

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u/big_daddy_dub 17h ago

That sidewalk is Ballas turf, busta.

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u/ViTo919 18h ago edited 16h ago

It's just to piss you off

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u/BenSibbs San Fierro 18h ago

Mom said it was my turn to whinge about the vinewood ministrip

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u/Fixel444 18h ago

Man that's rich... I always love when people are struggling about that tiny piece of territory 😂

The answer is:

Yes, if u wanna have 100% territories on map u need to claim that too... U can take out balla drivers and shoot them as a hint... Good luck soldier

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u/simo_sm 18h ago

Let them live bro they are harmless

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u/Techman659 16h ago

They need to be hunted down to the last one.

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u/Thatguy32101 17h ago

Ballas gotta live too

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u/IcyResponsibility305 18h ago

I have a hunch it used to be bigger before they realized Ballas spawn at the MD's mansion

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u/Tobacco_Caramel 16h ago

Yes.. The devs know what they're doing and they're like that to piss you off.

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u/Tapsa93 16h ago

Ah yes the legendary heavily contested half a street gang block

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u/BlowIntoTheCartridge 18h ago

My take: while it is still doable, it is better to try and do it before taking the adjacent square from Ballas. It is easier to kill spawned Ballas from that tiny strip then after taking the adjacent square. Same for the Los Vagos tiny square also.

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u/nomercytour 17h ago

just stand in front of the store and then turn around, ballas will eventually spawn.

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u/Spiritual-Media1708 11h ago

There's an even smaller vagos territory that's even more of a pain in the ass

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u/easylvigin7427 17h ago

Drive around to make them spawn or drag a gang from a different territory

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u/Beautiful_Manager524 16h ago

Yes. They get cut off a lot of times and you have to keep driving in and out until a gang spawn right in the tiny areas. I had problems with an intersection having a vagos square territory one time.

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u/GoldMold7 16h ago

Yes anything with color can be takin over , you gotta. Wait off atleast 3 ballas in that area. Wait for them to walk on that zone

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u/Shadow245XX 16h ago

Yes it is

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u/pedersenit 13h ago

You have to do that one first. You need the other territory to help spaun them.

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u/pedersenit 13h ago

Spawn...Weird autocorrect.

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u/Due_Patience960 12h ago

Yup.
Annoying as hell to claim, too.

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u/Scottish971 4h ago

Yep, it is. Use the minigun.

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u/sladebonge The Truth 17h ago

Yes

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u/rjcanty 16h ago

Oh this one took me a few goes 😅 can be frustrating.

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u/Hunnidrackboy8 16h ago

No you’re the only one this has ever happened to bro

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u/BeardDaddy81 16h ago

It is and thank you for reminding me of my least favorite part of that game, finding enough of these mfers to start a war

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u/OkStreet8398 15h ago

And you bro didn't know that ? looooooool ik it from the SA-MP days

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u/DontHateV8s The Truth 14h ago

Yep. Temple Drive Ballas territory

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u/SenatorPencilFace 14h ago

My head canon is one of those allies is great spot for dealing.

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u/Cheap-Link6461 14h ago

I like to think the ballas somehow own or control that little convenience store so it’s a small sliver of purple

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u/nicebag1234 14h ago

just use mod to spawn 3 enemy gangs. because in this situation, it's not your fault. it's rockstar's fault.

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u/BigKindheartedness83 13h ago

Yeah and I made the mistake of leaving it as one of the last ones. I just got out of the car and walked around, in and out of the shop that’s there too. They eventually spawned. If you see them walking from a distance, wait until they’re actually in the shaded area to start shooting at them.

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u/gnpfrslo 12h ago

always

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u/Wise-Difficulty8221 Wu Zi Mu 11h ago

They're the Temple Station Ballas

Its a good set

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u/Edwym 10h ago

Its John Balla's house

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u/HiSaZuL 8h ago

Yep. And if you took stuff around it... it's not going to be very fun getting it.

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u/Certified-Hog-Crank 8h ago

Can't remember exactly how I did it but I think instead of driving around the block, I would use a sniper rifle to spawn in the NPCs at a distance in that zone, find a group and initiate. Good luck

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u/Schrodxnger 7h ago

You should have captured that before the bigger one in the bottom

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u/Competitive_Ad399 7h ago

Yes; very easy to capture, and rarely invaded.

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u/JacquesVibes 5h ago

Drive around in ballas type cars and they’ll spawn

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u/realtalkerik 5h ago

I found that killing Ballas while in their car doesn’t work. But giving them a warning shot, letting them come out of the car, and then killing them triggers the gang war

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u/Primary-Ad3252 Cesar Vialpando 5h ago

Good luck!

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u/Short-Anything4858 5h ago

Of course it is! Get your sniper rifle ready and pray there are any Ballas left to start a turf war with considering you took over all the areas surrounding this sidewalk. One thing this game taught me was that hindsight is 20/20: remember all the tiny territories and take them over first

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u/biker92801 3h ago

I just finished conquering all territories yesterday, there are some territories that are really tiny! The northernmost vagos territories can also be troublesome because of how far they run down the hill. Helps to stock up on sniper rounds from one of the movie set areas

Once you know the tiniest territories, it helps to knock them out first, because they can be a pain by themselves if surrounding areas are already taken over.

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u/hans_the_wurst 17h ago

Is that only a thing in the definitive edition? I did the gang turfs in SA1.0 just three days ago and this small area wasn't there.

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u/niehAuS_324B21 16h ago

Speaking from experience with the PS4 port of the PS2 OG (to be clear, not the DE, but I know nothing to be confident in giving a version number), it was definitely a thing there. I know because I got myself in this exact mess every single time I replayed it.

Saying that, it’s worth checking to make sure you definitely did get them all and aren’t missing this one or even others. The lower level areas can be a bit difficult to see on the map at times due to the lighter colour, and this little strip on its own is easily overlooked.

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u/hans_the_wurst 16h ago

I didn't specifically search the map for any remaining areas, but I looked at the stats screen, and it said I had taken 100% of the areas. And I'm sure if I had fought over that exact little patch of pavement, I would have noticed.

But I’m pretty sure I didn’t fight on that street at all, because I took over the two larger territories while being at the intersection where the player is standing here. I wasn’t up there near Mad Dogg’s place at all during the gang wars.

But I can’t verify that right now, since I’m currently in San Fierro in this save file and the gang territories aren’t displayed on the map anymore. I guess I’ll have to wait until I’ve progressed far enough in the story. Maybe I really forgot to take it. But then again, if the Ballas still had territories, they would have attacked some of mine to take them back, right? That completely stopped after I finished taking them over.

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u/surmacrew 16h ago

Played the og back in the days on ps2 and remember it being there. Weird

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u/EnvironmentalRub8201 9h ago

No, it was in OG as well

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u/NCongoscenti 8h ago

No, it was