Talk:Random Characters in GTA IV Era

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I disagree with the decision to move this page from "Random Characters." The game uses the term "Friend" to refer to the five people Niko can hang out with. The term "Random Characters" is taken directly from the pause menu; it's on the bottom of the Score page. Theothersteve7 06:16, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

The word "Friend" is what shows up on the map when you hover over the blue person icon where they are standing. That directly states that that person is a friend. I don't see a list of friends for either Random Characters or Friendships. The latter (main-character friendships) is a relationship-building process, involving the stats "Roman Like" and "Roman Respect" etc, with the aim of unlocking (and keeping) their secret ability - I don't think the word "friend" is used there. The random characters are simply friends (and named as "Friend") that do you do one-off jobs for. I didn't know that "Random Characters" was actually used too. Gboyers ^talk 06:22, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

I agree with Steve... The term "Friend" seems to imply the friendships that are available in GTA IV. The term "Random Character" is taken directly from the game, it's even used in an achievement, so that's probably what we should use. --GuildKnight^Talk2me 03:09, 4 June 2008 (UTC)

Have we come to any sort of consensus with this? I still feel that the term "Friend" seems too easily misinterpreted as referring to the friendships... Maybe make Friends a disambig pointing to both Random Characters and Friendships in GTA IV? --GuildKnight^Talk2me 23:17, 17 July 2008 (UTC)