Stories from 2015

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

MarlonBrando posted six Art of War declaration notices under a Torn 2.0 discussion prompt. Replies covered war timing, faction size and the finer points of a kilt.

Jul 2015 · Wars

LuigiMangione said a seller put cheap FHC stock into a secure trade instead of a Feathery Hotel Coupon. The displayed price gave the alleged switch away.

Feb 2015 · Scams and cons

NaWigaTor accused SmokingAces of a scam, blocking contact and mugging their remaining cash. The same-day thread recorded a claimed faction kick before it was locked.

Feb 2015 · Scams and cons

Tengs said a mission-style message sent them to two player bazaars and promised triple repayment. Heisenberg [1574771] later said they had turned the same pitch back on its sender.

2014–2015 · Scams and cons

A 01 Apr 2015 run of property pranks hit several familiar names. One replying player promptly sent the same treatment back to the thread starter.

2015–2017 · April Fools

Hermit said UGK's war with Rockstar had practically ended. Jammy_Git said they had used UGK as filler while at Rockstar, then returned from MnC with some people.

Apr 2015 · Wars

Second2none [1615950] proposed a default victory after describing a war stalled by an absent opponent. Replies questioned the timing, definition and treatment of bonuses.

2014–2016 · Wars

A shared spouse vault prompted warnings about theft and hostile divorces. Other players noted that access was optional: trust first, click second.

Sep–Oct 2015 · Vault thieves

In May 2015 T-Rex [2726] posted an account of how the Rawr faction split over its vault. The thread drew sympathy, insults aimed at the player named, a counter-accusation and troll posts. Officers joined in.

2015–2021 · Faction drama

In March 2015 Milk and Cookies and Subversive Alliance fought a war. The thread that followed argued over who declared when, who had dodged whom, and who was the number two faction.

Mar–Apr 2015 · Wars

In April 2015 a forum thread mapped where Easter eggs turned up across Torn's pages. Players, officer/committee members and a Torn staff (Admin) reply traded sightings, decoys and complaints; it was locked a year later.

2015–2016 · Community

In January 2015 YNMK started a thread mocking Wolf Pack: Next Generation over a war with Born Fighting. Naako and Tezwar replied that Born Fighting had farmed them and brought in 39th.

Jan–Feb 2015 · Faction drama

In September 2015 a General Discussion thread asked whether the Dog Tag competition was fair. An officer defended it, and developer Chedburn offered to remove an unnamed poster and their 47 tags, an offer Leafeh later described.

Sep 2015 · Controversies

In February 2015 SA fought PT and Wolfpack in a war with lopsided terms. The forum thread turned into an argument over bountied revivers and who was taking the loss badly.

Feb–Apr 2015 · Wars

In November 2014 IIIlusionist [253384] opened a thread to list dirty bombs dropped since 2008. Players added entries from memory, and the thread was still being linked as a reference in 2016.

2014–2020 · Old Torn

In April 2015 Ali reposted a war thread for a Subversive Alliance rank war against JFK. The thread drew jokes, a Hydro dispute and reviver complaints, and ran to 598 replies before it was locked.

Apr–May 2015 · Wars

IIIlusionist organised a seven-faction termed war for 13 March 2015. Players posted results, praise for FTW, complaints about the format and some sniping between factions.

Mar 2015 · Wars