IDK what to title this. As some may have noticed I disappeared for a while. As some may not have noticed, Octon [495119] (my brother) also disappeared. We lost him to cancer the week before Christmas. I honestly just didn't want to log in or play without him around.
He stubbornly kept his original profile from way back in the day for the years throughout Torn, that style of profile was super common back when he started.
He was also a non-buster (Cause it's wrong to bust people out of jail) and refused to bust people, not sure how he got 1 failed bust, maybe a misclick.
He was big on doing racing for a while and did well there (lvl 25)
He maintained true 100% non-druggie status from day 1. He was also super against taking any drugs and alcohol (including medicine) in real life and went through a lot of pain avoiding any medicine not directly related to fighting cancer, eventually taking some pain meds near the end. He didn't like that they alter your state of mind and the essence of who you are. Despite all that he was often one of the top hitters in events like world war competitions.
He was the first to earn the "Survivor" honor in Torn, I can't recall if Bodybagger earned it the same year, or the year after, but no one else did, the rest of Torn was Zombified.
He was also a low key level holder way before it was cool and at a deceptive level, the quiet obscure level holders are the most dangerous sometimes.
Overall he was really quiet and only talked with those he was really close with or as needed. No surprise his favorite quote was “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”.
My Dual P90s were given to him before he passed, I wanted him to have them and there they will stay forever. Along with that a Sledgehammer he got off Tiny, and a few other cool items. Overall ended up at over 100b networth, and some of it was given to others.
He brought me into the game along with ChristmasBazaar [1352251]. We all were part of the #1 alliance in another game together and our leader was dying of cancer, so we decided to retire the game and alliance on top. We came here where Octon already played a bit.
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Much love to all those quiet players that have slipped away, as well as their families, and to all those quiet players that still play, and some day will quietly disappear. Each and every one is missed when parting from this amazing community, you are part of what makes Torn what it is no matter how much or little you interact with others.
Thanks to DA for giving me space and not even once questioning it. Man they suck at war but are a truly great family to have.
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Side note: Things that happened while I was away...
Your PayPal subscription has been cancelled. Thank you.13:14:4012/04/22 (annoying, but whatever)
Chit bought 1 x Voodoo Doll from your bazaar for $790,000,000.05:19:10
~Chit mugged like 775m over a few days. (Y'all are slipping, no one noticed this and got in on the action?)
6 lawsuits from IOU
A mail from Andrew [194620] literally asking for free shit in case I logged in again and am not coming back. He's got this shit on lockdown. He doesn't even wait for "I quit" posts, y'all gotta keep up with the times, this guys living in 2050 over here.
Overall pretty quiet otherwise, some mission hits and whatnot.
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To all the silent lurkers, keep kicking ass! A shoutout to Chedburn as well for making this amazing game, fostering the community many of whom I've met or even worked with in person, yourself included. Thanks for genuinely caring despite all the shit people give you sometimes. For all the things that don't quite work out, he does genuinely care and is an all around awesome guy.
I miss the hell out of Octon and it was really hard to log in to be honest. Maybe I'll stay but we'll see, there are still some really cool people here that I've gotten to know here over the years.
I'll end this post with RIP Octon [495119] who literally died while waiting for Crimes 2.0
He stubbornly kept his original profile from way back in the day for the years throughout Torn, that style of profile was super common back when he started.
He was also a non-buster (Cause it's wrong to bust people out of jail) and refused to bust people, not sure how he got 1 failed bust, maybe a misclick.
He was big on doing racing for a while and did well there (lvl 25)
He maintained true 100% non-druggie status from day 1. He was also super against taking any drugs and alcohol (including medicine) in real life and went through a lot of pain avoiding any medicine not directly related to fighting cancer, eventually taking some pain meds near the end. He didn't like that they alter your state of mind and the essence of who you are. Despite all that he was often one of the top hitters in events like world war competitions.
He was the first to earn the "Survivor" honor in Torn, I can't recall if Bodybagger earned it the same year, or the year after, but no one else did, the rest of Torn was Zombified.
He was also a low key level holder way before it was cool and at a deceptive level, the quiet obscure level holders are the most dangerous sometimes.
Overall he was really quiet and only talked with those he was really close with or as needed. No surprise his favorite quote was “It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt”.
My Dual P90s were given to him before he passed, I wanted him to have them and there they will stay forever. Along with that a Sledgehammer he got off Tiny, and a few other cool items. Overall ended up at over 100b networth, and some of it was given to others.
He brought me into the game along with ChristmasBazaar [1352251]. We all were part of the #1 alliance in another game together and our leader was dying of cancer, so we decided to retire the game and alliance on top. We came here where Octon already played a bit.
---
Much love to all those quiet players that have slipped away, as well as their families, and to all those quiet players that still play, and some day will quietly disappear. Each and every one is missed when parting from this amazing community, you are part of what makes Torn what it is no matter how much or little you interact with others.
Thanks to DA for giving me space and not even once questioning it. Man they suck at war but are a truly great family to have.
---
Side note: Things that happened while I was away...
Your PayPal subscription has been cancelled. Thank you.13:14:4012/04/22 (annoying, but whatever)
Chit bought 1 x Voodoo Doll from your bazaar for $790,000,000.05:19:10
~Chit mugged like 775m over a few days. (Y'all are slipping, no one noticed this and got in on the action?)
6 lawsuits from IOU
A mail from Andrew [194620] literally asking for free shit in case I logged in again and am not coming back. He's got this shit on lockdown. He doesn't even wait for "I quit" posts, y'all gotta keep up with the times, this guys living in 2050 over here.
Overall pretty quiet otherwise, some mission hits and whatnot.
---
To all the silent lurkers, keep kicking ass! A shoutout to Chedburn as well for making this amazing game, fostering the community many of whom I've met or even worked with in person, yourself included. Thanks for genuinely caring despite all the shit people give you sometimes. For all the things that don't quite work out, he does genuinely care and is an all around awesome guy.
I miss the hell out of Octon and it was really hard to log in to be honest. Maybe I'll stay but we'll see, there are still some really cool people here that I've gotten to know here over the years.
I'll end this post with RIP Octon [495119] who literally died while waiting for Crimes 2.0
Mentions: Andrew [194620] · Chit [1380260] · ChristmasBazaar [1352251] · Octon [495119]