Wars
Torn stories about wars, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- A Termed War and Christmas Ceasefire Talk
AngelOfDeath [2346077] proposed a multi-faction termed war to settle the campaign. Champion [1927067] reported talks about a 14 day Christmas ceasefire.
Aug–Sep 2023 · Wars
- The 2017 territory-war redesign and who could still help
A June 2017 redesign removed the energy cost of joining territory walls and merged the opposing walls. Players welcomed the faster system, questioned its rewards and disputed who could still contribute.
Jun–Jul 2017 · Wars
- The Ascension–Lithium war thread that arrived at the finish
The thread opened with a call for memes and 5 bil on Ascension. Replies praised both sides and joked that the thread had arrived at the end of the war.
Nov 2025 · Wars
- The February 2019 island war, in very short form
A request for a faction-war summary produced reports of Insurgency's advance, dirty bombs, abandoned neutrality and arguments over why other factions stayed out.
Feb 2019 · Wars
- The Untouchables Beat LONDON in a Ranked-War Tug-of-War
LONDON called the first day a tug-of-war, but The Untouchables took the ranked war and its caches. Both sides left a record of a close, active scrap.
2022–2024 · Wars
- The CGG Assault and a Claimed Redirect to Port Royal
JoeSkull [533524] posted that Land Of The Misfits assaulted The Pusheen Army over CGG. -Beesus- [1959482] said diplomacy would redirect it to Port Royal, then JoeSkull reported a truce.
Aug 2026 · Wars
- A JFA war declaration followed by a postponement claim
Krombopulos [2056079] posted a declaration attributed to Killahj-. The next day, Gone- [1703669] said the war was postponed for lack of manpower.
Mar–May 2018 · Wars
- Genius-N00B [2440523] Accuses Dead Fragment [42055] of Rank-War Multis
A multi-account accusation against Dead Fragment [42055] produced denials, sarcasm and insults. The supplied record shows the argument, but no ruling on the accusation.
2025–2026 · Wars
- NF versus PnB in the January 2022 ranked war
NF expected PnB's top-end battle stats to decide their January 2022 ranked war. NF contested the opening, but its own postwar account recorded a PnB win.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- THEFERRETT's satirical open letter asks Crypto to end the Iceland War
A tongue-in-cheek open letter to Crypto's MeanMike and Shanty, declaring Monarch the rightful winners of the "Iceland War," touched off a forum argument over who actually had more to lose by fighting on.
Sep 2023 · Wars
- goodtaofiq Declares 'War Against Bounty Bullying' — and Gets Mocked
goodtaofiq opened a thread declaring a bounty "war" on Sharkeyfive after joining TRT following Elimination 2018. Other posters, including a Torn officer/committee member, mostly laughed at it.
Oct 2018 · Wars
- Omanpx's post-mortem on Ireland war 2.0 splits the thread between praise and pushback
Days after World War Torn (Ireland war 2.0) ended, Omanpx posted a data breakdown of territory assaults and airdrops. One player called the numbers misleading; most of the thread just cracked jokes.
2023–2026 · Wars
- Two days before NS vs SA, an "interview" with Nova drew leak claims and mockery
In June 2019 DUDE posted an interview with Nova to hype a planned NS vs SA war. In the interview text Nova denies being the leak. Replies mocked the post, and on 14 Jun one player said no war was coming.
Jun–Jul 2019 · Wars
- JoeSkull's open letter tells the other side CRyPTo will keep fighting
In September 2023 JoeSkull [533524] posted an expletive-laden "open letter" saying CRyPTo would not quit its war. Replies included support, jokes and pushback. Nexus [105937] later bumped it, saying the trolling was over with the war.
2023–2025 · Wars
- Cata and Subversive Alliance fight a 60-hour ranked war, and the thread argues on
A ranked war thread from late January 2025 collected bets, praise from both sides, one player's overnight deficit story and a run of insults from D3vl that drew dislikes.
Jan–Feb 2025 · Wars
- PLATA v SMTH, March 2023: the war thread, a recap and talk of a dodged 1k bonus
A Faction Discussion thread on the March 2023 PLATA–SMTH war collected a participant's recap, a story about a missed bonus hit, some cheering and some multi-account accusations.
Mar 2023 · Wars
- SA and MnC's February 2018 territory war ends in a four-point truce
A Faction Discussion thread opened by Champion followed a territory war between SA and Mentos n Cola (MnC). It ended with terms posted by Nova, and Einstein later cited it as the last MnC v SA war.
2018–2021 · Wars
- The Island War: Gas's list of who fought for whom
In February 2023 Gas [2375993] opened a Faction Discussion thread listing the sides in the Island War. Denials, doubts and a revive-faction row followed. Gas's own event list ends with Natural Selection defending the island.
Feb–Mar 2023 · Wars
- "The real truth" on why Monarch and Chain Reaction did not war
In November 2024 office_kitty claimed Chain Reaction paid reparations to head off a war with Monarch. Players from both sides answered with rival explanations, jokes and insults.
Nov 2024 · Wars
- 39X and TNL fight a ranked war, with bets booked in the thread
In January 2026 39th Street Killers X and The Next Level fought a ranked war. The thread carried bets on it, and afterwards players argued over scripts, fedded members and a 550m payout claim.
Jan 2026 · Wars
- Campbo's North West war thread: Nuke, Savage Plague and the island invasion
In May 2023 a player battered twice by Savage Plague opened a thread on Nuke and allies taking land in Sectors 6 and 7. Posters brought up the earlier island invasion, proxies and how territory war works.
May 2023 · Wars
- Milk n Cookies declare on Subversive Alliance for rank 1, May 2017
A pasted war notice started a two-day thread in May 2017. Players argued over whether the declare was fair and what the new war system was doing to Torn, and Sky [380980] told Subversive Alliance to stop fussing.
May 2017 · Wars
- Crypto Civil War: MeanMike declares a war, and the thread fills with memes
On 02 Aug 2024 MeanMike opened "Crypto Civil War!", describing an alliance-wide shootout. The replies were mostly memes and jibes, plus an officer's aside about "war games" and a note about script testing.
Aug 2024 · Wars
- Satan takes MMCP's ransom raid on WAR to the forum
In February 2020 Satan posted that MMCP was raiding We Are Rising for refusing to pay a ransom tied to Brazilian Unit. The thread became an argument over extortion and who had bullied whom first.
Feb–Mar 2020 · Wars