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*The Ballas originally looked different in the beta version of the game. | *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. | *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 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. | ||