Markets
Torn stories about markets, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- ZBS's ranked-war weapon auction draws valuation arguments
ZBS put a recent ranked-war pull into auction. Later replies alleged it sold for 8.5b and returned less than 50% of an offer ZBS had cited.
Feb 2023 · Markets
- SeatLeonCupra's collection plan and an alleged market push
SeatLeonCupra said an unknown market push ended their plan to own 75% or more of Torn's Seat Leon Cupras. They then said they dumped 50,103 of them.
Dec 2021 · Markets
- A Seat Leon Cupra price gap, then challenge pissing
A thread questioned Seat Leon Cupra prices after posts showed $17,500 Dock purchases and much higher bazaar sales. The market discussion soon detoured into “challenge pissing.”
Aug–Sep 2021 · Markets
- Proxima questions 6 days without stock-bot purchases
In November 2019, Proxima asked why the stock bot had bought nothing for 6 days. Chedburn said large NPC purchases had pushed it over a limit, with recovery dependent on player buying.
Nov 2019 · Markets
- Sky calls Yazoo a scam, sparks a month of stock-market theories
A 2018 thread accused Torn's Yazoo stock of being manipulated by the market algorithm; players traded theories about the mechanic while Sky, the officer who started it, kept losing money in it.
Aug–Sep 2018 · Markets