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Who is Chedburn and what are his responsibilities?

Chedburn is Torn player ID 1, listed in TornLife's data as Torn staff with the title Owner / lead developer[1]. His duties come from his own 2024-2026 forum posts: setting the game's direction, reviewing suggestions, hiring for the team and posting official patch lists[2][3][4][5]. The only formal description of the role is a 2017 wiki capture[6].

Who he is

  • Player ID 1, signed up 2004-11-15, profile role Admin[7].
  • Staff title in TornLife's data: Owner / lead developer, as of 2026-09-16[1].
  • His forum posts carry the Developer role[8].

Responsibilities (current sources)

  • Direction and suggestions: in August 2025 he said he has a particular direction for Torn, has looked at every 250+ suggestion, and often fast-tracks a genuinely great idea into development[2].
  • Business: he described running Torn as a business and said he is too busy to answer everything[2].
  • Hiring: in May 2024 he sought a Principal API Developer to take over the API[4]. In September 2025 he advertised a management role at Torn LTD and said the workforce had grown to 40[3].
  • Announcements: he posts official patch lists, including #122 in 2019, #153 in 2020 and #448 on 2026-09-08, and the Organized Crimes 2.0 beta announcement of 2024-12-18[9][10][5][11].
  • Suggestion rulings, for example: in January 2025 he rejected letting faction leadership move members between OC 2.0 roles[8].

Older description

A Torn Wiki page captured in 2017 calls him the owner and leading administrator of Torn City. It says his work is developing and improving the game, dealing with reported bugs, and coding new features and updates with other developers[6].

Recent views

A player's account of a 2026 Torncon conversation quotes him as saying he does not expect to expand the map, that faction sizes capped at 100 seem right, and that he would like raids buffed and more faction-led extortion. This is a player's report, not an official post[12].

Some players have made accusations about him in forum threads. TornLife has not verified them[7].

Current
As of 2026-09-16 TornLife lists him as Owner / lead developer .
Historical
A 2017 wiki capture described him as owner and leading administrator .
Source
[1][6]

Chedburn [1] MED! Admin

Level 15 · Okay · observed · 10 days ago

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Most replied-to threads

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  1. TornLife data TornLife data: get player ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Torn staff (Owner / lead developer)
  2. Developer Lack of Response - Is Ched too busy for us? — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    I have a particular direction I want to take Torn in, I have plenty of my own plans in the queue
  3. Developer Join our team - Management role at Torn LTD — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    bringing our workforce to 40 dedicated professionals
  4. Developer We're looking for a developer to manage our API! — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    We're looking for a developer to manage our API! | API Development | started by Chedburn [1] on 2024-05-14 | 1 reply Hi everyone, I'm looking for a back-end developer to take over the responsibility of our API, and work with the community to improve it over time. …
  5. Developer Patch list #448 : Elimination additions and improvements — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Patch list #448 : Elimination additions and improvements | Announcements | started by Chedburn [1] on 2026-09-08 | 0 replies - Fixed animation performance issue related to the new Cleared for Takeoff Organized Crime scenario 🐞 - Fixed 'Hamburglar's Guide To Crime' status being shown as 'Read' for those unable to read …
  6. Torn Wiki Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Chedburn is the owner, and leading administrator, of Torn City.
    works on developing and improving his masterpiece game, Torn, by dealing with reported bugs; and coding, along with a host of other developers, new features and updates
  7. TornLife data TornLife history: Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    level 15, Outstanding Medalist, role Admin, signed up 2004-11-15
    real pro scammers go straight for Ched
  8. Developer [OC'S 2.0] Move Members Roles! — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    I can't imagine this is something we'd ever do, it goes against the whole aim of OCs 2.0
  9. Developer Patch list #122 : 17/12/2019 — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Patch list #122 : 17/12/2019 | Announcements | started by Chedburn [1] on 2019-12-17 | 0 replies Patch list A list of all updates released between the dates of 10/12/2019 and 17/12/2019. - Added territory cooldown data to the territory tooltip on the City Map - Fixed stat modifiers during a group attack before the …
  10. Developer Patch list #153 : 04/08/2020 — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Patch list #153 : 04/08/2020 | Announcements | started by Chedburn [1] on 2020-08-04 | 0 replies Patch list A list of all updates released between the dates of 28/07/2020 and 04/08/2020. - Added Peace Treaty trading for those with War Management permissions - Added 10,000 item limit per transaction for Trades, Display …
  11. Developer Organized Crimes 2.0 : Beta rollout has begun — Chedburn ·
    Why TornLife says this
    Organized Crimes 2.0 : Beta rollout has begun | Announcements | started by Chedburn [1] on 2024-12-18 | 0 replies Although we’ve strayed from a strictly text-based theme, we've maintained a minimalist approach that suits Torn’s aesthetic. …
  12. Forum Boston Torncon - Chedburn, bogie, and PrincessJulie Speak Out! — Andyman ·
    Why TornLife says this
    I don't think expanding the map is something we'd do and faction sizes capped at 100 seem right to me.

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