you kno what... you ignorant ass go crime... and let us kno how that works out.. rue for no damn reason on ya first damn post ..

k since ur new illl explain...DONT PISS HIM OFF HAHAHAHAHA

My bad. Didn't mean to come off sounding rude, its just that every1 says dont crime and i was just really asking why?

because it gives you exp gains that are unwanted. you dont want them because it makes you lvl up faster. when you train you also get exp gains. which are wanted. YOU DONT WANT THE CRIME EXP because it will make you weaker in the long run and any same lvl person as you who trained their way there will kick your ass everytime.

What this guy said is sort of true, but it can be broken down and made simpler:

You want stats to make you deebo. You get stats by training.

Doing crimes makes you level up, but without gaining stats. This leads to being a high level, but with crappy stats.

ive done 225 crimes and im level 14. I did those when i was a noob that didnt know better. theres other ways to make money than criming. training is the only way to gain exp, i dont plan to do any criming before i reach around lvl 18. find ways to make money and train only.

You have to think as well though, that at level 1, each training session will give you, what, 10-20 stats? But at later levels, training sessions will earn you 150+ stats, so the 1000 stats you missed out on by criming at level 2 won't matter a whole lot later on.

tommy you ever beat down mu over there in louisiana?

well...that hit me like a box of rocks....Ouch!

See here though:

You'll kinda get a whooping from other level 3s if you crime too much. But if you start training now and criming less, you'll eventually be on par with everybody else.

Keep in mind, although crime doesn't give you stats, money is useful as well. It's all about balance.