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I'm pretty new so apologies if this has been suggested before.

I think it'd be rad if we could have pets!
- Some pets appropriate to Torn could be dogs, cats, rats, ferrets, spiders, snakes, even a cockroach in a jar.
- Then there could be exotic, hard to acquire pets such as macaws, bengals, iguanas etc.
- They would be mostly cosmetic and "opt-in", like clothes and accessories, or could have mild mechanical effects.
- I would recommend players are limited to one pet at a time.
- Pets should be appropriate to Torn living. You can carry a monkey on your shoulder, but you're not going to walk around Torn on the back of your pet elephant. Or you might, if you're a crazy billionaire...

Some reasons why this would be a great addition:

Economy
- Feeding and housing pets would require upkeep, like properties.
- Smaller, common critters would be more affordable, while exotic pets might require food flown in from overseas, adding a new element to travel destinations.
- Property upgrades like an aviary or exotic enclosure to allow certain pets to be kept.
- The rarer the pet, the rarer it comes into stock, appropriate to destination. For example, iguanas would only stock in Mexico and the Caymans.
- Some pets would only drop from an appropriate NPC. You cannot convince me Leslie doesn't have a gerbil hidden in in his sweatpants.

Social
- If you don't login and/or feed your pet enough they could run away or die, encouraging people to login regularly.
- Acquiring, naming and displaying a pet would be an excellent feature that gives more personality and individuality to our Torn personas!
- Pets would become status symbols or mascots for various factions or roles.
- When you visit someone's profile, you could feed the pet a treat from your inventory. More on this and possible new mechanic ideas below.

Integration with pre-existing mechanics
- Pets could give perks. A rat might increase your awareness. A capuchin monkey could increase your mug percentage. A doberman could decrease amount lost during a mug. A rabbit decreases opponent's stealth. Endless options!
- You would have to bond with a pet for a given amount of time before receiving perks, just like you would for a faction or company.
- A new company type based around pets, like a veterinary clinic.
- Some pets could drop while hunting.
- Territories could spawn pets for the faction that holds them, appropriate to location.

Possible new mechanics
- Some pets could have a feature that keep track of who visits your profile page. If a bunch of people all visit your profile at once, maybe you'd get an event of your guard dog barking.
- If someone feeds treats to your pet regularly, they get some kind of bonus for positive and negative interactions. Example: bribing a guard dog with meat in order to increase mug bonus.
- Pet mechanics may be exclusive to a pet based company to decrease server demand and possible abuse.

Other questions
- Should Torn pets have "lifespans" or is it sufficient just to have the neglect/run away mechanic?
- Would pets bond only once and locked to that owner, or could they be traded or gifted after bonding?
- Would mistreatment of these pets be allowable by the game, or would it be better to avoid any negative interactions with pets? Eg. feeding a poisoned treat when visiting a someone's profile.
- How many players want this feature? Please comment if you'd like to have a pet in Torn or have pet-related ideas! :)

This one goes out to those battling the ~sensual assassin~ while yet another dirty bomb falls.
All of Torn absolutely munted on St Patrick's day - is the green glow stout or radiation?

Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend,
Fernandooooo ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4

Can confirm, Kirk_Johnson changed his name to Crudbump started making tunes about his exploits.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzAuXuxD0Oo

I'm pretty new so apologies if this has been suggested before.

I think it'd be rad if we could have pets!
- Some pets appropriate to Torn could be dogs, cats, rats, ferrets, spiders, snakes, even a cockroach in a jar.
- Then there could be exotic, hard to acquire pets such as macaws, bengals, iguanas etc.
- They would be mostly cosmetic and "opt-in", like clothes and accessories, or could have mild mechanical effects.
- I would recommend players are limited to one pet at a time.
- Pets should be appropriate to Torn living. You can carry a monkey on your shoulder, but you're not going to walk around Torn on the back of your pet elephant. Or you might, if you're a crazy billionaire...

Some reasons why this would be a great addition:

Economy
- Feeding and housing pets would require upkeep, like properties.
- Smaller, common critters would be more affordable, while exotic pets might require food flown in from overseas, adding a new element to travel destinations.
- Property upgrades like an aviary or exotic enclosure to allow certain pets to be kept.
- The rarer the pet, the rarer it comes into stock, appropriate to destination. For example, iguanas would only stock in Mexico and the Caymans.
- Some pets would only drop from an appropriate NPC. You cannot convince me Leslie doesn't have a gerbil hidden in in his sweatpants.

Social
- If you don't login and/or feed your pet enough they could run away or die, encouraging people to login regularly.
- Acquiring, naming and displaying a pet would be an excellent feature that gives more personality and individuality to our Torn personas!
- Pets would become status symbols or mascots for various factions or roles.
- When you visit someone's profile, you could feed the pet a treat from your inventory. More on this and possible new mechanic ideas below.

Integration with pre-existing mechanics
- Pets could give perks. A rat might increase your awareness. A capuchin monkey could increase your mug percentage. A doberman could decrease amount lost during a mug. A rabbit decreases opponent's stealth. Endless options!
- You would have to bond with a pet for a given amount of time before receiving perks, just like you would for a faction or company.
- A new company type based around pets, like a veterinary clinic.
- Some pets could drop while hunting.
- Territories could spawn pets for the faction that holds them, appropriate to location.

Possible new mechanics
- Some pets could have a feature that keep track of who visits your profile page. If a bunch of people all visit your profile at once, maybe you'd get an event of your guard dog barking.
- If someone feeds treats to your pet regularly, they get some kind of bonus for positive and negative interactions. Example: bribing a guard dog with meat in order to increase mug bonus.
- Pet mechanics may be exclusive to a pet based company to decrease server demand and possible abuse.

Other questions
- Should Torn pets have "lifespans" or is it sufficient just to have the neglect/run away mechanic?
- Would pets bond only once and locked to that owner, or could they be traded or gifted after bonding?
- Would mistreatment of these pets be allowable by the game, or would it be better to avoid any negative interactions with pets? Eg. feeding a poisoned treat when visiting a someone's profile.
- How many players want this feature? Please comment if you'd like to have a pet in Torn or have pet-related ideas! :)

10/10 service, recommended for all your seafood assault needs!

I'm new so I still haven't seen everything available but I want to get a choker.
Pass on the chokehold, already scored one from from Leslie.

Edit: Ah shit, here we go again. In hospital for 18 minutes and 58 seconds Choked out by Leslie

This one goes out to those battling the ~sensual assassin~ while yet another dirty bomb falls.
All of Torn absolutely munted on St Patrick's day - is the green glow stout or radiation?

Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend,
Fernandooooo ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQsjAbZDx-4

"Someone has placed a bounty on you with a reward of $2 and the reason: tried.to scam 23:02:20 15/03/21"

Thanks OneSat. Might want to work on subtlety.

This person messaged me on my first day, "if you friend me I can protect you" blah blah.
Quickly became clear they were just trying to fix their friends to enemies ratio.
Bye Felicia.

Heya, total stranger! Are you giving stuff away because you're leaving Torn? :( Or just for fun?

Thank you very much Fitz! <3
You were sent 3x Donator Pack from FitzChevalerie

This is all very impressive, but I won't be satisfied until you apologise for the 8 and a half hours I lost to Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. It may seem like a long line of dominoes but ultimately we know who is responsible.

Heya! I'm 7 days old, proactive and learning a lot about the game.

Man 0
Int 7
End 13

Looking for a company happy to do free trains. Ideally looking for a 1 star FC or 7 star Salon for the education bonus but primarily I need working stats with Int as priority.
Make an investment in me and I won't forget it.

Update: hired, thanks!

My grandma made me a heap of gross old fruitcakes, Eldragos bought them off me and even gave me a receipt! Thanks. :)

Just won my first ever Torn lotto at Torn City Park, thank you Exie!
[background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)]You were sent $2,884,898 from Exie with the message: And the tree was happy 08:19:23 03/03/21[/background][background color=var(--bbc-body-bg-color)][/background]

Hello Kelsie,
It's 1pm here in Australia and I'm supposed to be doing uni work but instead I fell into Torn. I have a feeling I'm going to get quite invested in this game... I've played some similar things before in the past but the community here seems much nicer. Everyone I've run into has been super helpful, including the guy who paid me to beat the crap out of me. :'D
My goals are to do medicine and revive people at the hospital as I heard that's neat a thing you can do and suits my playstyle. So I'm in the Biology 101 course. I was surprised to see that takes a whole real life week!
I'm not really interested in crimes and combat but I guess they're a part of the game, my next education choice will be computing so I can do hacking as my crime of choice. I will fix you up at the hospital and then erase your medical debt - chaotic good!
Looking for a friendly and active faction/group but also checking with my RL friends to see if any of them play already.
Overall I'm surprised I've never heard of Torn before today.