I didnt want to reply to this, the whole thing is so stupid, but I feel I must issue a correction in the timeline of the OP:
You messaged me from the very first bounties that I posted on you. You did not wait until it escalated to start messaging me stupid comments. I totally ignored your messages for a day or two, just waiting for it to blow over, but then you messaged me again and started bountying me back. Then I replied and bountied you more than I have ever had to bounty anyone.
You also left out the part where you instigated a targeted harrassment campaign against me, I was getting messages from a bunch of strangers and mugged and attacked over and over.
Sorry my image posts are so rough I have never uploaded an image to the torn forums:
[image: i.imgur.com][image: i.imgur.com][image: i.imgur.com][image: i.imgur.com]A little more context from my end. Prior to the mugging I had done one of my very fun firesales, where I list over 150 items of all kinds in my bazaar, all under market price. Some even for 1$. In that sale the big ticket item was a Parachute that sold for $444,444,444
[image: i.imgur.com]So typically I am mugged during these sales, no surprise at all, so I flew out of the country, fully expecting someone to follow, just hoping I could fly back before they get me. But my dumbass forgot to bring my phone charger with me to work so I was stuck overseas for a couple more hours than intended
Now, I cant ever get into the motivations of my attackers, I can't tell if they are targeted or random, but in this case I had to assume it was a targeted attack. Either way though, as I explained, targeted or random it does not matter, I would issue bounties. It is MANDATORY for me, and it works pretty much every time without anyone getting triggered.
I cant just assume that anyone is mugging me once randomly to "burn off energy", especially after I had just made it known publicly in the marketplace that I was selling over $450,000,000 worth of items.
Though I am willing to believe in this case that Chickenjoy was just randomly mugging people and I happened to be the unfortunate target. It happens, but again, it does not matter to me if it is random or targeted, I will bounty you if I catch you mugging me.
NEVER has anyone messaged me with such vitriol just because I retaliated against them through bounties. Every one of my many muggers that I could identify has understood why I am issuing the bounties, I would never even imagine it would come as a surprise. I still can't understand how this person is so personally offended by a very basic retaliation.
I 100% accept that muggings are a very normal and common part of the game, I was not personally mad at Chickenjoy for mugging me of course, but that doesnt mean I wont try to deter future muggings however I can, and presently bounties are one of the best ways to achieve that
Anyways thanks all for reading my stupid rant about this stupid feud that means precisely nothing to anyone else besides the involved parties.
TL;DR: I bounty everyone that mugs me, and this kid was being an annoying little crap way before the situation escalated.
Side point: I always felt the really smart players just had their friends cash in the bounties anyways and then it's like they took money from me twice...
EDIT: I am deciding in the spirit of torn brotherhood and friendship that I am not going to continue this feud. Doesnt mean me and Chickenjoy will be painting each others nails anytime soon, but I will discontinue further bounties.
As Torn residents we shouldn't be directing our anger at each other....we should be directing it at Duke and that scumbag Leslie!
Leslie and his f*****g wheel have taken more millions from me than any mugger and choked me out more times than I can count (partly bcuz of the brain damage suffered from loss of oxygen) and I can never bounty him :(