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Why doesn't Torn have cellphones?

Started by Escaso [2622180] on in General Discussion.

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  • Wollongong [12833] · 42 likes ·
    Sadly, the US has decided Torn is a rogue nation. Therefore, many of the things other countries take for granted are boycotted here. It's not the US only, the Chinese hatecus so much, they won't even sell us Huawei products.
  • cow [2048141] · 17 likes ·
    I wouldn't be able to hold a cellphone and the buttons are too small for me. Electronic items in Torn should be made more cow-friendly. [image: www.idrs.co.za]
  • Securop [2247082] Officer · 13 likes ·
    We have laptops and Personal Computers, who needs a telephone anyway? We have MSN messenger.
Escaso [2622180] · #1
Yeah, when this game was first created 15 years ago cellphones weren't really ubiquitous and smartphones as we know them now didn't exist until Apple brought out the first iPhone two years after Torn was created.

But why does the game still not have cellphones? When I make a trade in the stock market, I shouldn't have to go walk there then carry cash somewhere else. Same goes for the bank.

What is this, the 1920's? We have freaking marijuana dispensers on the street and nobody can figure out how to transfer money electronically?
Wollongong [12833] · #2
Sadly, the US has decided Torn is a rogue nation. Therefore, many of the things other countries take for granted are boycotted here.

It's not the US only, the Chinese hatecus so much, they won't even sell us Huawei products.
Securop [2247082] Officer Officer · #3 · edited
We have laptops and Personal Computers, who needs a telephone anyway? We have MSN messenger.
TalkieToasterTM [2278315] · #6
We can have business phones if we attach them to the exterior wall, just outside the window. Loopholes. You've got to look for the loopholes. Obviously it's going to mess up the shingle job your brother-in-law has painstakingly created, but you made his missus all those preserves so f**k him if he whinges.
Storned [2199695] · #10
Move on guys.

Just another dumb thread by a noob who's saying bs just for the sake of it without thinking or trying to learn or play the actual f**king game.

GD = Noob's BS Haven.
narO [2312928] · #14
"What is this, the 1920's? We have freaking marijuana dispensers on the street and nobody can figure out how to transfer money electronically?"

Are you trying to say there should be a way to move money without ever having it on hand so it cannot be mugged?
biosterous [2377874] Wiki Contributor · #16
everyone has a cellphone already. how else do you chat with people and your faction and the rest of the players while you're traveling?
Matchlock [2227514] · #19
Maybe it's to limit wiretapping? Torn already permits the FBI to interrogate people in its jails. To say the least it's a very peculiar arrangement.