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RE: Every FC is a front for something? - C'kayah Polaali - 09-09-2017
Not to mention the fact having your criminal organization sitting in a building that simply says something like "Eorzean Fellowship of Assassins and Kitten Thieves" is probably a bad idea for any criminal operating in a law-abiding nation. Not to mention, owning a legitimate business gives you a solid way to launder money.
In real life, criminal organizations with legitimate fronts are extremely common, and have been for years. Al Capone owned an antique shop. John Gotti owned a couple of clubs. The Cali Cartel (in an amusing piece of irony) owned a major chain of successful drug stores. With Stormblood, we're seeing a lot more eastern-inspired RP groups, including a few Yakuza-inspired groups, but you have to understand that the Yakuza are an exception to the rule in that they don't hide themselves.
So you're seeing lots of crime organizations with front businesses among FCs? It's honestly as it should be. Working as designed.
RE: Every FC is a front for something? - SapphireSkylines - 09-09-2017
In my town there's a FC that fronts as a place that sells gyros but they actually sell moko.Â
RE: Every FC is a front for something? - ExAtomos - 09-28-2017
My FC is an office building that rents out space to people with no questions asked. Two such renters are a restaurant and a bar. xD We put disclaimers on our advertisement, but really... we're just an office building. Completely neutral. XD
I think it's more that a lot of people love to add in the "tee hee" phrase itself of "definitely not a front for a shady business".
Oh, I should add... I manage the FC Themes thread and the vast majority of groups are exactly what they say they are; maybe a handful are fronts.