Is having multiple Torn accounts on the same IP address, such as family members, against the rules, and which interactions between them are forbidden?

Sharing an IP address, as family members or friends do, is not against the rules. Staff removed IP blocks in 2015 and say you will not be banned as long as you don't play two accounts^[1][2]. What is banned is multiple accounts, such as moving money to a main account or using extras to attack, bust or revive it^[1].

Torn's rules ban multiple accounts, meaning an additional account created by someone who already has one. Sharing an IP address is not the offence. In August 2015 staff removed the IP-based blocks on interactions between players on the same address^[1].

What is permitted

• The 2015 announcement, titled for playing with friends and relatives, says staff no longer see a need to block users on the same IP address from interacting with each other^[1].
• The wiki FAQ (captured 2020) says a relative or friend on the same IP will not be banned, and that as long as you don't play two accounts, you will not get banned^[2].
• The announcement does not name specific permitted actions such as trading. It only says the blocking of interactions and transactions is gone^[1].

What the announcement describes as multi-account abuse

• Using extra accounts to make money and then transfer it to the main account^[1].
• Using multiple accounts to attack, bust or revive the main account^[1].

These are the announcement's examples of what cheaters do with extra accounts. The visible text does not give a full list of forbidden interactions between family accounts. The finding that neither person may access or use the other's account is recorded by TornLife from the 2015 announcement, but that passage is not in the excerpt provided^[1].

Detection and penalty

Staff said they can determine within 99.99% probability whether an account is a multiple. The system, Multi Hunter, checks hundreds of randomly selected accounts per day and flags suspicious activity. Staff then either clear the flag or ban all accounts involved^[1]. The 2020 wiki FAQ says staff can tell a multiple account from two legitimate players^[2].

Newer wording

TornLife's findings record that the Game Code of Conduct (wiki, 2021) bans creating multiple accounts to gain more items or money, with offenders dealt with by staff. No source document for this was provided in this pack, so it is not independently checked here.