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This is a weird numerical system some of you are using.
We're on 7.

TL:DR
I got one year in torn, and I am planning to stay longer to get mad stat gainz.



TL:BIRIA (Too long but I read it anyways)

I was going to write this in GD forum, but i think it's more of a chronicle for ACH, even if i don't know how much of a real achievement it is.

Bottom line is that I'm happy with Torn even if its a shit game that pisses me off when im unlucky.
I'm still a noob and i haven't found any stat enhancers in the map, i haven't won the jackpot, Leslie hasn't given me a PI, I try to stay away from RR and the casino, and I haven't had lots of luck in the giveaways. So no, I did not do 6 happy jumps per week, i did not set alarms at 2 am to eat 4 xan per day, I haven't mugged anyone for 500M, I didn't cap stats and I didn't defeat 10k people in the halloween event.

But even if there's always someone driving my envy dial to 11 and making me feel bad for my slow progress, what I HAVE done is grow consistently and try to make my stats a bit higher every time, without making too many enemies.
That's a win in my book. :)

So this is also a little note that serves as a "time machine" for me to look back and see this last year from a different perspective. Maybe it will even help other noobs to benchmark their progress. But over all, it is a way to thank all those who have helped me along the way:

• Zaje
• friends
• factionmates (across 4 factions already!)
• people that buy from my bazaar
• Bravotitan/ Nihar/ Dedesilver/ DiabolicPickles for buying my plush sets
• slockins101 for pissing me off by constantly making better comics than me
• those players I've mugged
• Themacnameddre for buying my overpriced alcohol
• those who sell xanax at 830 instead of 830k, or big boxes of choco at 500 or things like that.
• those who've written the guides I use (Baldr, Andyman, Proxima, Vynical...)
• Vladar for the stats calculator
• and most specially, biggest kudos to those who share all the NSFW memes in the discord channels. You're the reason I truly use discord.

Thanks.


TL:RTFLIDKWYEWAT (Too long, really too f**king long I don't know why you'd even write all this)

Detailed summary so far:

13/04/21 You finished the introduction
13/04/21 You were emailed a George tutorial
Day 1: Yay! This is fun!


14/04/21 Cr_pt_c accepted your faction application to Precision
Day 2: I joined a faction because i was told if I stayed there a month they'd give me a million torn dollars. Can you imagine it? a Million! WoW!
Big shoutout to Leedaripper, AtomicHenchman and Chriserino :)


16/04/21 Ageril accepted your company application to Little One
Day 3: After quitting casino job, i got into a music store. Ageril is my factionmate now :)


03/05/21 You were awarded the honor: Wrecked (Crash a car while racing)
Day 20: I thought crashing must be pretty common if i crashed on my second race...


04/05/21 CaReNzA accepted your company application to next gen clothing
Day 21: I was trading "a lot" so i wanted to be protected against buymuggers.


28/05/21 You upgraded your level to 15
28/05/21 You bought 1x Large Suitcase at $10,000,000 each for a total of $10,000,000 from Hawaii
Day 45: I decide to try this "flying" thing everyone is so excited about. And hated it. Still hate it. Best way for money if you aren't so active, though... However, most people get to this level at day 10 or so. So yeah... definitely I'm a bit slooooooooooooow

03/06/21 Kelsie sent 1x Present to you
Day 51: What? I can ask people for free stuff? Thanks Kels for the starter pack :)


16/06/21 AlexeaNikkole accepted your faction application to Teufel Hunden Barracks.
Day 64: I'll always think of THB as home. If I had joined them in day 1 and not 2 months in, I would've avoided many stupid mistakes and I'd be top HoF player now. Ok, maybe not, but i would have better stats :D Thanks to USInfidel32, AlexeaNikkole, BeautevilAngel and Myo for the great leadership. Cartis and Erebus for the guides and hand holding at times. To all other fellow WeirdName pups, thanks for great times :) Also Hemera stop following me :P


03/06/21 You were awarded the honor: Velutinous (Have a comic accepted in the newspaper)
It was actually my 3rd submission, but i got this merit on day 69. :D


11/07/21 You overdosed on some Xanax going to hospital for 83h 20m and losing 650 energy, 2 nerve and 4,400 happiness
Day 89: My first Xan OD' :'( how did i last so long before OD'ing? easy. I just hadn't taken any xanax before i joined THB. OD #1 was on my xanax #18. Yeah, it took me 2 months to start drugging up, and when I started I was taking only like 1 xan per day. Even better, i was "stacking". Oh, boy... all the lost E. :'( I know better now.


15/07/21 You married zaje
Day 93: Thank you Cartis for being matchmaker between me and my PI. I mean, my Partner In-crime (phewww. that was close. they almost notice im a gold-digger). But of course above all thanks to Zaje for being, in all seriousness, a great, sharing and caring person :)


30/07/21 You were awarded the honor: Nice (Nice)
Day 108: Nice


11/08/21 You were awarded the honor: Decorated (Achieve 100 total awards)
Day 120: I thought i was still able to make 200 awards in 200 days... nope. i didn't make it. It was like 200 awards in 320 days or so.


01/10/21 tikkes accepted your company application to I have candy in my van :O
Day 202: I went to a SS for cans and trying to get the 99k happy jump achievement. I got the 99k achievement and a lot of cans too. Looking for a job now, tho.


08/10/21 You were awarded the honor: Triple Tap (Achieve three headshots in a row)
Day 209: I thought this was a neat achievement to achieve.


07/12/21 You were awarded the honor: Athletic (Attain 1,000,000 total stats)
Day 238: Really? there's all these people posting "got to 10B stats in 100 days" and i barely got 1m after 8 months? jeezus. Gotta eat more xanax and start buying refills. Yes... i didn't use to buy energy refills before i noticed how late i achieved the 1M mark. Maybe if i had i would be able to post the "achieved 10m stats" medal in this chronicle, but although close, I didn't make it on time.


15/12/21 You were awarded the honor: Driving Elite (Reach racing class A)
Day 246: I thought this meant i was a good racer now. Oh boy, was I wrong. I'm still trying to get enough points to upgrade my NSX :P


12/01/22 The church has provided you with a check worth $110,000,000 which will be held in the bank for up to 24 hours. Payment provided by our Economist Lt_Wolf for a great comic, laundered by the Church for your convenience.
Day 274: I also got my name as an answer in the crossword 54 :) I think this was the pinnacle of my Torn achievements.


20/01/22 Your position in The Rifle Barracks changed from Devil Dog to Member
Day 282: THB is bought by The Rifle Family. I was skeptical at first, but i must admit they are a very very good group. Shout out to DR_Jones, Dr_Cutloose, Bickomad, Icetrolled, Blackbird and D3vil. no, not d3vl. D3vil. (yeah, I know). When my kid grows up i'll tell him stories of how TRB fared against Darkhearts in what seemed torn's longest RW ever, and how his dad bravely hid away in Argentina for most part of it. Lots of fun tho


05/03/22 You were awarded the honor: Green, Green Grass (Make an investment in the city bank of $1,000,000,000 or more)
Day 326: If any of you wants to give me the other 1B I need to max bank, so I can finally use my hard earned plush cash in blackjack, I'd appreciate it.


11/03/22 PPrincess accepted your faction application to PT-IronHearts
Day 347: Putting the N in NSFW, i'm glad i joined the Nubs from PP-IGotHards :) Really looking forward to climb the ranks in the family and maybe maybe someday i'll be able to get one of the prizes for top chain hitters. But for now i'll give my 1% and enjoy the ride.

14/04/22 You were awarded the medal: One Year of Service (Live in Torn for one year)
Day 365: Yay! This is fun!

Currently : Job listing, company profiles, faction profiles, properties and awards are unavailable when flying. Hall of fame is available but invisible.

I don't see a reason for them to be locked off when flying (in theory all those things are things that could be checked remotely from a laptop) and i think it provides an extra layer of "involvement" when flying that doesn't "force" one to be afk during flights.

Also, although debatable, if i leave the bazaar open when leaving torn and i still manage to get paying customers, shouldnt i be able to manage it from far? maybe not close it, but manage items/prices as well?

I asked my wife if we're going to do something today for Father's day. She said "well, you know we never celebrated that in my family". And that was it.
Last year, I accepted that as an excuse as it was my first fathers day and gave her the benefit of the doubt if she really doesn't think of that... But I think I'll say next mothers day that celebrating that goes against my religious beliefs or something.
So yeah. Thanks crazyjmobbo for the good wishes :)

Hi there.
99.99% of the guides out there say "get to 25 nnb, then do arsons ad infinitum".
But also I read somewhere that mob boss assassination gives the same CE than an arson, the difference being success rate.
As windproof lighters are now like 80M, i have to ask what's best:
"Raw" arsons or mob boss with the enhancer (tracker device)?
Just like in school, please justify your answer ;)
Thanks in advance, you number crunching heroes.

138 grams

"We'll fly and spend Duke's money together", he thought. Her name was Penelope.

on one hand... yeah. irl is more important. i also had to quit my previous faction because it is a grind, and at times torn does feel like a chore. Nonetheless, make sure you dont abandon whatever it is that gives you joy. if torn doesnt make you smile anymore, by all means good bye.
But, on the other hand if you joined torn, it was for a reason too. Give it a shot, try learning from the game the art of just slowing down, and realizing that theres no need to push yourself too hard, neither in torn, nor in real life.
Don't sell all your stuff. Give yourself a break.
Or
Sell all your stuff and make ME the random person. I'll give it back to you if you return :D

Jeezus. I lost 1b to RR and gave it up forever. Massive balls of steel to get where you are. grats :)

Who's this guy and what did he didn't do?

I sold him a lot of stuff, he gave me loads of money. No mugging, no scamming, no "oh sorry my script malfunctioned so i lowballed you and offered to pay half whats on my prices page oops".
10/10 would trade with him again.

Rather than quitting, train yourself to set and respect limits. Torn is the perfect game because you can log on for 30 secs 3 times a day and that's enough. Buuuut, I've had problems with mental health too so I know how it goes.
Good luck.

... and as the voice whispered whispered uncontrollably, blood started pouring out of her ears...

Will you be renaming to Ramonov now?

Anyway with all that info in mind, i was thinking what to do as tits will not help me for my tokens this year, and my own tits wont help me much either, sad days.

This is the problem. Your tits will help. Forget the lingerie, and the makeup. Just show us your glorious nipples in all their manhood.

Other option is that you get your usual pic with your couple... just tell Ramona that the pic is for... something else. Say its to send to your high school facebook group so that they're envious of you, or to some local swinger's bar application, or to her ex boyfriend so he knows shes yours now... i dunno, get creative on the excuse.

Also, Krastina's hawwwwt, if you split already, can i get her phone number?

Oh man. My turn to thank. It's refreshing to see some real discussion without trolling and with actual arguments.
I apologize if i dont format the post as nicely as you, but anyways i'll try to address/reply to all your points.
Also... you call those two lines a book? haha. please. grab a cup of tea (or coffee or cocoa, we're talking about inclusion in here anyways so all beverages are welcome :P ) and read up!.

So first, I DO agree that the discussion is a good thing. I DO agree that it's better if everyone is prepared for interaction with people from other backgrounds, sexualities, identities, races ,etc ,etc. I do not believe for a moment that discussion is a negative thing. Thats also why i volunteered my "plan" of discussing such things with my kid. Where i have issue, though, is on the fact of how the discussion must be had. Like you said, the discussion should be moderated well, and for that purpose, i believe that parents are the ones who should lead the moderation on their kids environment. You may disagree (fairly, i disagree too) with a father that considers that the gender identity talk must not happen. But my disagreement should be addressed at/with that father. If the father stands in his line and doesnt budge and doesnt allow for that discussion to be had with his kid, then i wont. Thats what i meant by "the assumption that talking to a child about gender identity is a must is wrong". Again, i firmly believe the conversation is good. I encourage it. If i know of a parent that doesnt want to have the conversation, oh by god i'll try to persuade them to expand the horizons of his mind and please please please stop living in the middle ages and watch some youtube and talk to your kid with love and openness. But again, if the guy says no, i will not brandish the argument of "its for your kids saaaaake" and try to talk to the kid behind the parents back.

Also, i left my house when i was 14, because i didnt like my parents. They're great people, they're just not for me :D I got a scholarship to go abroad and i flew, so i again agree with you 100% on the fact that i am not my parents, and i don't have to follow them and i don't have to do as they say and its best to be my own person rather than living in the shadow of them. I also encourage people to go and challenge their views, and go see something else because, as you said, you grow afraid of what you dont know, so its best to go and see, and get to know others. No argument there at all. My argument, is that as much as i dislike a parents way of raising their kids, as long as there is no obvious abuse, i have no right to meddle. Again, i can, and one may even say must, talk to the parents and convince them to open up.

Let me try giving you an example with less emotional charge and see if you see what i mean. If you do tell my kid "there is a thing called youtube. it lets you see as much cartoons as you want and you can even choose what you want to see over and over and over and over again". I'm going to get very upset with you. Not because i want my kid to grow without cartoons. not because i think youtube is bad. not because now im gonna be listening to babyshark 24/7. No, im going to be upset because i didnt tell my kid about youtube so that he gets more emotionally resilient and doesnt fall into the "i can get whatever i want wherever i want" trap. I want him to understand sometimes you just get what life (or cable tv) gives you. By going behind my back you totally disrespected me, you stopped my kid from learning a valuable lesson, and you made things worse in our household because now my kid is thinking i may be holding on some other amazing stuff. By having the talk with my kid without my involvement, you screwed up the balance i had in my household, and you didnt really help him in any way.

This doesnt mean that i believe my way or the highway either. But again, its not about my beliefs. Like i said, the conversation is important to me too. But its about the interaction with those whose beliefs are different. You were sent to a catholic school and religion didnt synch with you... great. same happened to me. But your parents KNEW it was a catholic school. It wasnt like they sent you to "atheist central high" and SURPRISE! we decided we circumcised your kid so he understands judaism better. :P ok, that was an extreme silly example, but i hope you know what i mean. If you disagree with someones parenting, tell the parents. Even if youre their teacher, and i agree they have a role there, tell the parents. thats why there are parent/teacher meetings, so that they sync on what the education should be like. but be open about it, so if the parents dont like you they can change teachers/schools. do not go behind the parents backs. yes, my point is that THAT is the thing that i believe is forgotten, not by most, but by some. "i am the teacher so im allowed to teach something the parents dont agree to". No. you're not allowed. "I suffered the experience of hiding in the closet, or being misgendered so im allowed to explain that to the kids even if the parents dont agree to" No. youre qualified to share your experience, but that doesnt make you an expert in child psychology, that doesnt mean you know how to talk to kids, that doesnt mean you will be good enough in sharing your experience so that kids get what you want them to get. Giving a heads up "im going to talk to your kid" does not count as agreement with the parents. Do not go behind the parents back. As i write this i realize i must point out (im not gonna edit this wall of text now) that by "parents" i actually mean "caretakers", not bio-parents. i understand sometimes the role falls on grandparents, or foster parents, or aunts, or something else. In the case of the kids that are neglected, yes, do please step up and fill the role of their absent parental figures and do have the gender conversation, and many other conversations with them. But if there are parental non-abusive figures, do not go behind their backs. Yes, that is my point.

So a couple of things in here. The first is the one that brought the attention to this issue and is the fact that as a parent i want to protect my kids. and there's a lot of f***ed up people out there. Again, i will not say stupid things like "left wingers want to groom my kid by talking about homos". I hope by now you know I'm not that kind of person. I'll state it again, im actually very much PRO discussion and maybe even one of those "left wingers". Now, a parenthesis to point out that (like some others in this thread say) telling my kid he can wear makeup if he wants, or play with dolls if he wants... thats not the talk. If you're a guest in my house, totally go and say that. Because when i invited you to my house i already aknowledge you're close to us and i know we agree on our views and im ok with you saying those things. Because you're a guest in my house. If i doubt what you'll say/do, i'll wither meet with you outside my home, or make sure my kid is not around when you're there. But if you're an outsider, if you have to talk to my kid outside of our home, without fully explaining me what and how youre going to tell them, i will doubt your intentions. Because i want to protect my kid and im not taking any chances. Because i dont think "the talk" is synonim of grooming. But i do believe groomers can start by having the talk. I believe that without proper care the talk can get very graphic and very nasty and leaves my kid vulnerabe. If i dont know under which circumstances you are approaching my kid, if im not there (or at least have a very clear notion of whats going on) im going on full "mama goose" mode, and im going to consider everyone a menace. Like i said, even something as light as cartoons in youtube may upset my plan to raise my kid. You may not like it, but its MY kid. You may do it differently with your kids but its MY kid. And i dont mean "my" as "ownership" but as responsibility. And its one i dont take lightly. So even if i WANT to talk to my kid about gender stereotypes, and gender fluidity, and the sexuality spectrum and whatever... if someone talks to my kid about that outside of the "framework" ive created for him for that, i will be upset with that person, and i will doubt that persons motives, and i will get on the defensive and if there's the slightest smile from that person to my kid my brain will go to the darkest places in the quickest of times. "oh, darkanthos, well, then youve got an anger problem". No, i dont. Its literally 2 steps from someone saying "just because you have a penis it doesnt mean you have to be a boy" to my kid replying "whats a pee-niz?" to said someone replying "oh, i'll show you mine if you show me yours". Extreme, yes. But i love my child more than anything, and this dark scenario in my head isnt that far fetched, and it could all be avoided by you talking to ME instead of HIM. DO NOT GO BEHIND PARENTS BACKS.

And i hear you, trust me i do, when you say that that slows progress. Ive thought about that too, and ive also placed my biases and emotional baggage and traditions and archetypes into question. But I honestly dont think limiting the conversations limits progress. Because again, im not saying to hold the discussion forever, im not saying that we shouldnt challenge other peoples beliefs, that we shouldnt fight for what its right (<insert link here to the 4 times in this post where i clearly state "if you disagree with the parent, talk to him>".

Step up, fight for what you believe is right, challenge the norm, raise your voice.

Just leave the kids out of the discussion, at least until they've left their home and are a person of their own.
-nuff said. again.

P.S. I said it on top, but just in case, thanks for the discussion :) i see youve replied a couple things more, and Antoinique has raised a couple of good points, but thats it from me :) welcome to move all talks to message instead :D cheers

I thought this thread was about a giveaway, like I would get an item for free. Maybe it was tea because 4th of July is coming... And tea has more caffeine than coffee so kind of like a watered down energy can..... But no. It's about someone I don't know and I don't care about. *Sigh*. Back to browsing....

Hiyas. I usually stay out of GD posts but this one kind of escalated quickly, but I feel that, as a parent, my 2 cents are worth it this once.

The main issue here is generalization.
Some people assume that talking to a child about genders/sexual identity is a must. Some people think is a must not. Both are wrong.

See, it's all bout context.

I am looking forward to my kid to be older and explaining why uncle A. And uncle T. are married and they're both boys and that's ok even if they're not like mommy and daddy who are boy and girl but that's ok too. Maybe from then on we'll talk about what it's like to be a boy and a girl and how you can be somewhere in the middle or somewhere else entirely. But by the time I have that conversation with my kid you bet I know my kid enough to give him the space to find his answers and know that I'll love him no matter what those answers are. It's important he finds those answers on his own, but with the support of those near to him.

There have been cases of people as who might even be well intentioned but try to force this talk on kids outside of their parents scope. Maybe because they believe it's more effective to talk to the kids directly. Maybe because they fear the parents will bias them. Maybe because they're idiots. I don't know. Whichever the case, whichever the underlying reason, do not EVER bypass the parents when addressing an issue for the kids, and if the issue is sexuality, even more reason for you to stay the hell away of kids without proper parent authorization, like I said, even if your intentions are crystal pure and all you want is a better more inclusive world. Bypassing the parents is never right. And THERE is where the grooming impression comes from. If you are talking to kids behind their parents back, you are part of the problem. Don't ever do that. It's actually a more impactful message to show kids that they're allowed to face and contradict and rise against an opposing parent than to go hush hush in secret.


On the other hand, that doesn't mean queers or transgenders are grooming kids. What I said does happen, but it's wrong to generalize it as a "trend" or "common practice" because it's not. It's also not wrong to talk to kids about sexuality and gender, on the contrary it's a conversation tht must exist. But like I said, it's a conversation shaping a young mind, not the torn forums, so remember it's not about winning, it's not about being right, it's not about delivering a message. It's about a person, and that person's wellbeing and that eprdon being happy.

If you're unable to accept that that little one will be happier thinking something different than what you do think, you should really stay away.

-nuff said

While I agree that there's a bunch of marketing involved, I don't think it should be about a card or a gift, even if some entitled ones do feel like they should be getting a 3 week beach holiday on every ... picnic martini day.

But it's just about being appreciated. A smile and a "custom" breakfast can do wonders. But if you compare the relative cultural.importance of mothers day vs fathers day, I'd say there's something wrong there.

Also if I were a martini I'd be upset nobody said anything. But I'm a person and I don't personally know any martini so I don't care.

I share the feeling of having a little one turning the tough days into happy ones. Happy fathers day :)

Hehehe. Yeah. He's 2. Mother didn't do anything, but I enjoy running around with the little munchkin :) hopefully he starts earning money soon so he buys papa a ps5 or something

Hey, I replied 30 secs ago to your happy father's day post. It saddens me to see that the next post I read is you saying goodbye. Best wishes bro, and I know it's not just a game but... its just a game. :) focus on your real life now, and keep going forward and upward.

I asked my wife if we're going to do something today for Father's day. She said "well, you know we never celebrated that in my family". And that was it.
Last year, I accepted that as an excuse as it was my first fathers day and gave her the benefit of the doubt if she really doesn't think of that... But I think I'll say next mothers day that celebrating that goes against my religious beliefs or something.
So yeah. Thanks crazyjmobbo for the good wishes :)

But when being nice is not what I want to be, forcing myself to be nice means that im supressing my true feelings, thus creating a pool of negative emotion which in time turns into an unmanageable rage that i need therapy to control.
As therapy sessions are like $100 an hour, being nice can actually cost more than zero, am i wrong?

Imma start theferret official fanclub