Muggings
Torn stories about muggings, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- The Cayman deposit Torn staff said should have been blocked
A Cayman deposit and mug landed seconds apart. -MIST reported a negative balance; Torn staff said the mug was legitimate and the deposit should have been blocked.
May 2022 · Muggings
- Nola [2103158] Tests the New Mugging System
Wallets ran from 10 dollars to 150,000,000. Nola reported variable returns, while replies questioned the sample and discussed who benefited.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- The proposal to protect cash from cancel-trade mugging
Kharma proposed a 10-minute safeguard for money returned from cancelled trades. Chedburn considered it burdensome, avoidable and possibly a legitimate mugging tactic.
2014–2020 · Muggings
- The argument over permanent mug-loss statistics
Halyangx proposed a permanent record of money lost to mugs. Chedburn questioned its value, and the thread became an argument about negative statistics, manipulation and what an upvote should achieve.
2020–2024 · Muggings
- The three-second mug that prompted an illegal-script report
DALLOZ alleged illegal scripting after The-Fury bought 64 Donator Packs and mugged $128,035,161 three seconds later. The-Fury denied scripting and said they watched the market 12 hours a day.
Jul 2020 · Muggings
- Untouchable records a $1,489,615,806 mug
Untouchable recorded a $1,489,615,806 mug, compared it with larger entries and said anonymous bounties continued afterward.
2020–2024 · Muggings
- Vernunzio and Duke trade insults over pocket change
Vernunzio answered a claimed Duke mug with an elaborate insult. Duke replied in character, while Sky called the exchange satire and other players supplied loan jokes and mugging advice.
Jul 2017 · Muggings
- A reported poker win followed by a mugging
A poker winner reported being mugged before reaching the vault. The thread moved to accusations against Bluesystem and advice for getting cash out of sight faster.
Apr 2017 · Muggings
- MJ_Cookie [271665] recounts a $64,287,245,388 protective mug
MJ_Cookie said an expired ghost trade led to a protective mug worth $64,287,245,388. They said the money was returned and a gift arrived afterward.
2022–2023 · Muggings
- Players call the 10% anonymous-sale fee a mug
A 22 Oct 2024 thread framed Torn’s 10% anonymous-sale fee as a mug. Players predicted higher prices and considered what it might mean for traders and muggers.
Oct 2024 · Muggings
- A $307,716,553 farewell to old mug protection
iribuya [2103695] said a 25m buy-mug led to 12 months of paid protection. They presented a $307,716,553 event as its end, and traders argued over whether speed could replace it.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- The mugging suggestion that became a phone-snatching argument
Slate22 wanted mugger names after saying a cousin had mugged them seven times. The forum focused instead on Slate22's admission that they had snatched the cousin's phone.
2020–2021 · Muggings
- The $0 Mug That Became a Diplomatic Incident
Diabolique [2177124] turned a displayed $0 mug by Champion [1927067] and Proxima [1879587] into a diplomatic performance. ChaosReigns [2169241] said lag had spoiled an intended bonus hit.
Feb 2019 · Muggings
- Reported casino-refill muggings prompted an API abuse debate
Hermaeus-Mora [2136279] reported being mugged almost immediately after casino-token refills. An officer said the statistic was public, and an admin said using it broke no rules.
Mar–Apr 2021 · Muggings
- Elysuim reports a stock-sale mug 23 seconds later
Elysuim said an anonymous mug followed a stock sale by 23 seconds. Replies examined API access, scripts and how quickly exposed cash should be moved.
Jan 2025 · Muggings
- HealingBOT threatened a strike; players posted two mug results
HealingBOT threatened a reviver strike over overseas muggings. Players answered with efficiency advice, mockery and two posted mug results.
Dec 2019 · Muggings
- celexace accused Muaz of a cancelled trade and mugging
celexace alleged that Muaz cancelled a stock trade and mugged close to 35mill. The replies brought precautions, abuse and a claim that bounties had been placed.
Aug 2020 · Muggings
- Mobb-Deep raises a script suspicion after reporting a post-trade mug
Mobb-Deep reported a mug seconds after a private trade and suspected bug exploitation. Replies offered trade-stat monitoring, buyer cooperation and coincidence as explanations.
Feb 2019 · Muggings
- The mugging figures behind the one-second-delay argument
CRLF compared mugging averages around the one-second delay. The thread then became an argument over short windows, selection bias and what the figures could actually prove.
2021–2024 · Muggings
- masheen asks Torn to judge an ex-employee mug
masheen [2625139] asked Torn to judge a mug of an ex-employee. Flak called it uncalled for; other posts picked at the special ammunition, missing plunder and title.
Mar 2024 · Muggings
- A mug-protection report became a debate over friendly muggings
Timothy reported a second mug inside the protection window. The bug report became a discussion of friendly muggings, protection decay and possible changes to the mechanic.
2017–2018 · Muggings
- A buy-mug accusation became a forum punchline
Sparky_68 linked a bazaar sale and a mug separated by seconds. The forum answered with arithmetic, caution and increasingly implausible character witnesses.
Apr 2022 · Muggings
- Hearty accuses SadisticBunny of buy-mugging after a company sale
A chat log Hearty posted showed a company sale ending in an alleged mugging by SadisticBunny, sparking a monthlong forum argument over whether buy-mugging is fair play or a scam.
Apr–May 2020 · Muggings
- Mugging brag against ChangelingSwarm spirals into bounty threats, then a truce
TanukiKung's lighthearted Graveyard-board post about mugging ChangelingSwarm drew a threat, rival bounties, and a split forum verdict on the storytelling itself.
Mar 2026 · Muggings