Stories from 2016

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

Moguai announced locked rosters and restricted flying for the 20 March 2016 war. The next day's posts recorded Mentos & Cola's victory and a 4,259 bonus-respect boost.

Mar 2016 · Wars

Players celebrated finds, asked where to look and distrusted fake eggs in forum signatures and comments during Torn's 2016 Easter egg hunt.

Apr 2016 · Events

BFM [1455642] documented repeated territory assaults and concessions. Players accused factions of blocking progress, and Torn developer Chedburn [1] confirmed a bug.

Sep 2016 · Bugs and glitches

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

marmot turned Torn's Soccer Ball description into a mock consumer-fraud warning. The replies supplied disappointment, legal theory and a call to sue Ched.

Aug–Sep 2016 · Funny incidents

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

Harley [258120] attributed altered profile details to hijoe [1898789] using a signature. Swatsicle [1593313] warned that similar scripting could imitate hospital or travel status.

2016–2021 · Bugs and glitches

In November 2016 johnnyrambo opened a new thread asking what the rules on stock scripts actually were, after an earlier thread on the same subject was graved. It drew suspicion, insults and a ruling from Chedburn on API use versus scraping.

2016–2017 · Controversies

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 November 2016 Marc [24377] told the forum a committee member had been removed and deleted for passing on an unreleased item. Players, officers and a moderator argued over whether deletion fitted the offence.

2016–2017 · Controversies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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