The false battle-stat prank
UNOSBUENOS said false battle statistics persuaded a player to attack and lose. The forum then assessed both the prank and its telling.
Involved: Player 2085398 [2085398] , KarmaCop [365532] , marsh [926861] , Tarelli [1060371]
A prank reported
UNOSBUENOS [2085398] opened “Pranked!” in General Discussion on 12 Aug 2018.[1]
UNOSBUENOS said they had given a player false battle statistics, prompting that player to attack the profiled opponent and lose. Participant claim[2]
The opening post received 11 likes and 12 dislikes.[2]
False figures
UNOSBUENOS said the false figures concerned a level 88 player. Participant claim[2]
They said the battle-stat spy had not been charged for. Participant claim[2]
UNOSBUENOS disclosed the prank in the opening post and asked whether anyone else had pranked a Torn player.[2]
The forum grades it
marsh [926861] said the tale was not post-worthy and asked what made supplying the wrong statistics a great prank. Participant claim[3]
KarmaCop [365532] joked that this gave battle-stat spies a bad name, while adding that it was still funny. Joke[4]
Gurion [1297449] called it a great prank. Participant claim[5]
kyle8048 [488020] said persuading someone that a level 88 player had 20 m stats was a feat in itself. Participant claim[6]
Punch_DrunK [573947] accused another poster of name-calling, reporting others for doing the same, and hypocrisy. Allegation[7]
Counting the laughter
Tarelli [1060371] filled a reply with repeated laughter. Joke[8]
UNOSBUENOS dared a poster to count the laughter. On 14 Aug 2018, Torn officer/committee megalomaniacal [1542618] answered that they reached 21. Joke[9][10]
2106105 [2106105] proposed a greater prank: silently zeroing the opening poster’s stats, making their net worth negative for the day, and waiting for the Bugs n Issues complaint. Joke[11]
Timeline
Original sources 11
- Thread "Pranked!" (General Discussion) ·
- Post by UNOSBUENOS [2085398] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by marsh [926861] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by KarmaCop [365532] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by Gurion [1297449] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by kyle8048 [488020] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by Punch_DrunK [573947] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by Tarelli [1060371] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by UNOSBUENOS [2085398] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by megalomaniacal [1542618] in "Pranked!" ·
- Post by 2106105 [2106105] in "Pranked!" ·
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