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*An additional three different Balla skins can be seen in [[The Introduction]] video. | *An additional three different Balla skins can be seen in [[The Introduction]] video. | ||
*The Balla with the white shirt, purple khaki shorts, knee high socks and sandals and a purple bandana originally also wore a cross necklace. It is unknown why Rockstar changed this. | *The Balla with the white shirt, purple khaki shorts, knee high socks and sandals and a purple bandana originally also wore a cross necklace. It is unknown why Rockstar changed this. | ||
*There is a fourth Ballas set known as the "Temple Drive Ballas" but they never appear in the game or in the storyline. Graffiti tags in [[Temple]] still exist and can be tagged over by the player. Temple is instead controlled by the Temple Drive Families (a Family/Grove set). The "Temple Drive Ballas" are either inactive/defunct or were scrapped for some reason by Rockstar before the game's release. | |||
*The rivalry between the Ballas and the Grove Street Families is loosely based off of the rivarly between the Bloods and the Crips in Los Angeles. Violence between the two gangs hit a peak during the early 1990's - largely due to the crack cocaine epidemic. A situation mirrored in early 1990's Los Santos. | *The rivalry between the Ballas and the Grove Street Families is loosely based off of the rivarly between the Bloods and the Crips in Los Angeles. Violence between the two gangs hit a peak during the early 1990's - largely due to the crack cocaine epidemic. A situation mirrored in early 1990's Los Santos. | ||
*Their name is a play on the slang term "baller"; meaning a street thug that has made it big-time. | *Their name is a play on the slang term "baller"; meaning a street thug that has made it big-time. | ||