Stories from 2016
Torn stories that happened in 2016, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- Torn's forum reacts to admins Marc and Clansy stepping down, November 2016
After several admins and staff left in one day, a General Discussion thread asked who would replace Marc. It filled with mock election campaigns, faction jabs and speculation about Midknight.
Nov 2016 · Community
- MarlonBrando's karma complaint about JFA meets jeers and a lock
In August 2016 MarlonBrando [1337797] said JFA had downvoted their posts and asked what AOW should do. Replies included jokes and criticism, and an officer commented. The thread was locked the next day.
Aug 2016 · Controversies
- Clansdancer announces they and Hydro will leave Torn after ten years
In September 2016 Admin -Clansdancer [65306] said they and Hydro would leave at the end of March 2017, named Marc [24377] as staff manager, and got farewells, jokes and one brush-off.
2016–2018 · Community
- Karmageddon: players react to karma being stripped from two threads
In April 2016 an admin tool removed karma gained in the Travel and Plushie threads. A General Discussion thread filled with complaints, support and replies from officers and an admin.
Apr–Jul 2016 · Controversies
- "An AOW War that didn't time out": a faction forum thread bumped for six months
In April 2016 TheHoneyBadger started a thread mocking MarlonBrando and AOW over a war. It drew 217 replies, jokes from a Torn officer, and was bumped again in October.
2016–2017 · Faction drama
- SA, FTW and HIV against a list of factions: a territory-war thread, October 2016
A Graveyard-board thread from October 2016 framed a territory beta fight as SA, FTW and HIV against many factions. JFK members disputed it with attack counts, and officers joined the banter.
Oct 2016 · Wars
- Sneak attack row: Destructive Anomaly, JFA and FTW trade war and insults, Jan 2016
A January 2016 faction war between Ðestructive Anomaly and JFA, with FTW help, began with a complaint about a cancelled war and guests. It ended in a JFA win and a long insult thread.
2016–2017 · Wars
- Players build a Dirty Bomb List from memory and old threads
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
- Duke picks a fight with BodyBagger's oil rig crew, and the forum argues about it
In October 2016 a thread about Duke's in-game "beef" with BodyBagger ran to hundreds of replies. Players argued over NPC fairness and who controls Duke. Duke answered in character.
Oct 2016 · Controversies
- Ex-admin Marc disputes a staff reinstatement, and Chedburn answers
On 28 Nov 2016 Marc [24377] said a newly named staffer should not have been made staff. Chedburn [1], other staff and players argued over vetting, punishment and disclosure in a thread of 822 archived posts.
2016–2017 · Controversies