Players hunt for tiny items on Torn's new city map, June 2014
A General Discussion thread from 23 June 2014 collected first finds, zoom tips and complaints about the new system of picking up items on the city map. It stayed in use as the reference thread for city finds.
Involved: mbncd [824921] , Beerstein [1322136] , 1593725 [1593725] , EmperorGarm [1682299] , IceBlueFire [776] Officer and 5 more
A thread for first finds
On 23 Jun 2014 the player 1593725 [1593725] opened a thread in General Discussion asking whether anyone had found anything yet, and reported finding an axe.[1][2]
The thread ran until 04 Sep 2014. The archive shows 478 replies, 8,766 views and 197 different posters. It is locked.[2]
Finds and how to spot them
mbncd [824921] reported finding a box of chocolates. They said players needed to zoom all the way in and look for tiny icons about the size of the smallest buildings. Participant claim[3]
Beerstein [1322136] said they found a life size alligator float, then a blowgun. They said they had found 3 items in 30 min, against 58 in 1,740 days with 15,923,495 clicks under the old system. Participant claim[4][5]
Viriato [1612533] said they picked up a Stick Grenade and a Big Box of Chocolate Bars on the same map without refreshing, so more than one item could appear at a time. Participant claim[6]
IceBlueFire [776], listed as a Torn officer/committee, wrote that players only had to zoom in twice to see the items.[7]
On 27 Jun 2014 EmperorGarm [1682299] posted a long guide with screenshots. They said items were only visible fully zoomed in or one click out, and that everyone seemed to start with three random items. Participant claim[8]
Complaints and concerns
Dekloren [900534] wrote that they hoped for an automatic reset of merits and would not look for items on a city map in a text game. DezyDeStruktion [899415] wrote that scrolling round a picture for ages really sucks.[9][10]
Officer megalomaniacal [1542618] wrote that the system seemed strongly biased against players on mobile, where they had never found anything. Participant claim[11]
Officer Penicillin [1517799] wrote that, as with Easter eggs, someone would write a program to find the items. Community speculation[12]
Mattchew [361253] guessed that awareness made the pickups bigger. Beerstein and Viriato each mentioned their awareness merits. Community speculation[5][6][13]
A reference thread
Other players later pointed newcomers to the thread. Butters [34298] linked it on 26 Jun 2014, and McDallas [14757] linked it on 15 Aug, 20 Aug and 02 Sep 2014.[14][15][16][17]
McDallas wrote that a bug had stopped city items spawning for about a week or so. Participant claim[15]
On 10 Oct 2014 the thread starter linked it again, calling it the most active and most used thread in the game. Participant claim[18]
Timeline
- 23 Jun 2014 1593725 [1593725] opens the thread and reports finding an axe.[1]
- 27 Jun 2014 EmperorGarm [1682299] posts a long guide with screenshots.[8]
- 15 Aug 2014 McDallas [14757] links the thread as the existing one on city finds.[15]
- 4 Sep 2014 Last post in the thread, from Tallmountain [592882].[2][19]
Original sources 19
- Post by 1593725 [1593725] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Thread "Items while walking down the city" (General Discussion) ·
- Post by mbncd [824921] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Beerstein [1322136] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Beerstein [1322136] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Viriato [1612533] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by IceBlueFire [776] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by EmperorGarm [1682299] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Dekloren [900534] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by DezyDeStruktion [899415] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by megalomaniacal [1542618] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Penicillin [1517799] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Mattchew [361253] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
- Post by Butters [34298] in "Finding items in city" ·
- Post by McDallas [14757] in "Finding items in city." ·
- Post by McDallas [14757] in "City question- despawn?" ·
- Post by McDallas [14757] in "How crap is this game since new updates" ·
- Post by 1593725 [1593725] in ",.." ·
- Post by Tallmountain [592882] in "Items while walking down the city" ·
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