TL; DR: IS THE GIANT NUMBER OF TORN ACCOUNTS MARKED FOR DELETION A NATURAL CAUSE OR MODS TRYING TO PREVENT TORNPOCALYPSE 2.0?
I was lucky enough to join Torn a few days after the conclusion of Tornpocalypse. Actually, Hircine (a good friend of mine; Level 12) got me into Torn after telling me about his many days in the hospital as Dirty Bombs rained hell all across the game. Needless to say, I want nothing less than to start another market-wrenching, blood-spilling, hospital-filling uprising.
But we still need to address the elephant in the room. There are a ton of accounts in the federal prison.
First, to prove that I am not inventing a crisis, I invite you to put a generic name into the search bar (e.g. James, Lily, Harry, etc.) Once you see how many accounts fall under your search terms, come up with a reasonable quantity of accounts from this list that might be marked for deletion. Now see how many actually ARE marked for deleting. I’ll let the results speak for themselves.
At first, I considered the fact that Torn is one of the oldest text based games of this decade, so it’s only natural that the federal prison accumulates thousands of accounts. But recently, I noticed in the new rules (about selling accounts and what have you) that it is Torn policy to delete an account permanently after it is marked.
So now there exist two possibilities. One, the mods are just forgetting to remove these accounts. After all, a player can’t interact with an account that’s in federal prison, so what’s the point? The second, more concerning possibility is that Torn has become much more brazen about bans following Tornpocalypse.
It should be noted that the second possibility is MUCH less likely than the first, but it still merits concern. If this is what’s happening, the very culture of the game may have to change to fit tight enforcement, and not for the better. This is a man eat man society (or woman eat woman, because there IS gender equality in cannibalism). This is NOT the atmosphere to throw the book at any user who mildly steps out of line.
If you have any ideas as to how this problem might be resolved, please don’t hesitate to share them. If you think I’m wrong (as I’m sure many of you do), tell me why I’m wrong! We don’t want to have any more conflict between mod and modded, so we should figure this out as soon as possible.
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Chiefs at Broncos Projection: Chiefs 21, Broncos 14
After two consecutive losses, it might be tempting to give up on a seemingly-struggling Chiefs team. Given that with Joe Flacco’s perfect fit into John Elway’s jigsaw puzzle of an offense, and the logical choice might seem to be the Broncos, especially at home. But no matter how many losses the Chiefs may suffer, Patrick Mahomes is still Patrick Mahomes. By betting against the Chiefs, you’re betting on Patty Maho having three uncharacteristically poor games in a row, the last being against an old defense that hasn’t seen monumental success since 2016. Also, Mahomes ripped into the Broncos defense last year, so their chances against him this year are about a mile low.
Raiders at Packers Projection: Raiders 10, Packers 17
The Packers are back. Last week Aaron Rodgers and company proved that Green Bay is still very relevant in the NFL by defeating a strong Dallas Cowboys team. The Raiders are by no means a bad football team this year, but they are yet to prove that they can defeat Packers-level teams. In fact, Oakland’s losses to the Chiefs and Vikings have shown us that until we see otherwise, a game for the Raiders is either winnable or a guaranteed loss. That said, it’s only week 7. Yes, the season is halfway gone, but there’s still plenty to see from all 32 teams. But for now, this Raiders team has not given me a reason to bet against the Packers.
Rams at Falcons Projection: Rams 13, Falcons 3
At the beginning of the season, football fans had this game circled as one of the biggest of the season. Seven weeks later, it’s proven to be a matchup between the Atlanta Dumpster Fire and the Los Angeles Disappointments. Just like his Super Bowl appearance, Sean McVay’s season has been disappointing at best, agonizing at worst. The first three weeks of the season were overshadowed by three consecutive losses, all in games that the Rams in theory should have won. That said, the Falcons have apparently forgotten how to play football. At 1-5, Atlanta has been nothing short of an embarrassment to the NFC, taking a beating from the Titans, Cardinals, and Texans. Don’t expect a sudden stroke of luck against LAs formidable defense.
49ers at Redskins Projection: 49ers 42, Redskins 16
Oh. My. God. Kyle Shannahan was NOT effing around with that rebuild. The 49ers are one of two remaining undefeated teams in the NFL (the other one being the Patriots), and the Redskins won’t be changing that. Washington just recently fired Jay Gruden, who held the longest head coaching tenure since Dan Snyder bought the team. They adamantly refuse to start Dwayne Haskins, apparently fearing a repeat of the RG3 ordeal, and Colt McCoy has been a historically bad starting quarterback, though a decent backup. And of course Case Keenum has been wearing a mask around DC to conceal his identity from irate fans. I’m just kidding — fans actually seem to like him, despite his shortcomings. But likeability won’t defeat this monster of a San Francisco team.
Texans at Colts Projection: Texans 28, Colts 7
Both the Colts and the Texans have been surprisingly fun to watch this year. Jacoby Brissett has been defying all expectations, especially against a strong Chiefs defense, and Will Fuller IV has finally been living up to his paycheck. This was a hard game to determine, to be sure, but I absolutely love DeShaun Watson right now. He’s been doing a better job of spreading the ball around as opposed to relying only on DeAndre Hopkins to make big plays. Also, many people tend to forget that the Texans have an amazing defense, despite lacking any big names. I expect the point spread will be pretty even for this matchup, so the Texans are a great bet.
I’m curious as to what your definition of “taking over Torn” is. I would think that in order to do what you’re talking about, you would have to hack into Chedburnz’s account.
If people try to buy DPs at a lower price than 25.1m, they might as well beg for free ones, because they won’t get it.
The pawn shops sole purpose in Torn (apart from getting robbed) is to establish a price floor for Points and DPs. This is so that the only surefire way to quickly get a DP (and therefore points) is to buy one. A price floor does not fluctuate in any way due to economic forces. So regardless of the current demand of Points or DPs on the open market, sellers can always justify asking for higher prices.
By no means does this update aim to help noobs in any way. This is mostly to get a bit of extra money to pay developers. Because players in the market for DPs and points now need more money to attain them on the open market, the prospect of simply buying a DP with real money seems more appealing. After all, it’s easier than actually working towards buying one on the open market.
In short, I wouldn’t worry too much about the noobs. They’ll be fine. And in any case, most people who find themselves in the possession of a DP know what to do with them
Hey Duke, I’m gonna have a bit of trouble with that job you gave me. The stuff you want me to get costs millions and I’ve learned my lesson about borrowing from you
DUDE, if you ever feel like people won’t give you a break from the forums, by all means take it anyway. You are LONG due for a break from forums. Don’t stress it.
Alright, since you seem to have no understanding of how economics work, I’m going to explain this the long way.
What you have done is lowered the price of points, not raised them.
Points are easily one of the most scarce resources in Torn. There is no substitute for points, nor are there any other reliable ways to get points except on the market. Additionally, every time someone buys points, they take those points off the market.
But what you are doing is immediately injecting the points you get back into the market, meaning there are more points in the market than usual.
So now you have increased the supply of these points while doing nothing to increase demand as well. The free market dictates that the price of a point will go down.
In the short run, this is a reliable way for you to profit off of points, but after some time you’re going to price yourself out of the market. If you’re injecting more points into the market, and other sellers have to lower their prices just to compete with you, eventually the higher prices on the market are going to have to come down.
If this is about Tornpocalypse (which I would have no way of knowing, seeing as I read about 7 words of this), you’re overreacting and you know it. You are neglecting the REASON Tornpocalypse happened: people lost a ton of money after the bookie glitch went away and all hell broke loose. It’s water under the bridge