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 ==Trivia==
-*It is revealed by Sweet in the mission [[Big Smoke]] that the Temple Drive set was actually part of GSF, however during Carl's absence, they became a set in the Ballas.
+*The Ballas were originally going to be called the "Flats". It is unknown why Rockstar changed this.
-*This may be a play on ''ball less ''since they are pronounced the same way. However, the name may also be a reference to the word "baller", which is a gangster who has become a much more organized criminal, which can definitely be applied to the Ballas.
+*The Ballas originally looked different in the beta version of the game.
+*An additional three different Balla skins can be seen in [[The Introduction]] video.
+*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.
 *Ballas means "Bullets" in Portuguese and Spanish.
 *When involved in road accidents Ballas members can be heard saying some of the following: