Groups

Groups are entities that can be joined by players, next to their family or faction. What sets groups apart from families or factions is that they are usually illicit organizations and in general kept mysterious and secretive.

Introduction of groups
Groups were introduced to the server by the server owner, Smo Wang, who initially scripted the new entity for the Hitman Agency. Groups were later on used to create different illicit organizations aswell. The main benefit with groups is that the members can be in their group and a faction/family at the same time.

Official groups
Official groups can generally be considered elite-tier organisations. Only skilled roleplayers get a chance to be a member of these groups.

Below is a list of official groups that have existed on SARP or are currently active. These groups are in no particular order.
 * Hitman Agency (HA)
 * Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)
 * Chechenskaya Mafiya
 * Sector 9 (previously a faction)

Donated group scandal
In early 2018, Smo decided to accept server donations in return for a custom scripted group. The donated group option eventually even became an option on the SARP donation page. For the price of $50.0, a player could get their own in-game group, with the following features:
 * Private group chats.
 * Disguising command.
 * Masks to hide the player's nametag. (later removed due to severe abuse)

Community response
The community was quite upset once the word came out that groups became a donated item. Donated groups were immediately disrespected and not taken seriously at all. This did not withhold many different players from donating for their own group.

Quality of donated groups
The members and leaders of donated groups were usually low-tier members who spoke with broken English and had little to no roleplaying skill. They are often associated with rulebreaking and abuse of their special features. This is backed up by the fact that the /mask functionality was taken away from donated groups due to abuse.