Stories from 2017

In August 2017 DuckTaccooOUTx [47425] posted a guide alleging multi accounts were winning through grocer companies. Chedburn [1] said most named players were fine, then described a system for mass-created accounts.

Aug–Nov 2017 · Controversies

In January 2017 Marshmalllow asked high-level players to put 500k bounties on ralucakiss84. The thread ran to 288 replies of accusations and insults, and was moved to the Graveyard in October.

Jan–Oct 2017 · Controversies

In September 2017 a thread defending players who joined the Pink Power Elimination team became a fight over committee members and a claimed loophole, with admin bogie calling the move clever.

Sep–Dec 2017 · Controversies

In June 2017 Kata opened a week-long contest for new players in a Fun & Games thread, with donator packs as prizes. The thread drew 414 replies and was cited by later new-player competitions.

2017–2018 · Community

In January 2017 a feedback thread on faction upgrades became an argument over whether co-leaders should assign them. Chedburn said leaders only. A dispute over the Vulpes faction ran alongside.

Jan–May 2017 · Arguments

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 February 2017 Champion posted that Ghosty had self-fedded after leadership of Calc ended up with Xaviour. The thread drew staff, officers and a suggestion to change how leadership is transferred.

2017–2021 · Famous mistakes

In June 2017 NuffleMurda called the leaders of much larger factions cowards for declaring war on a faction of level 3-5 players. Several players answered that they were filler targets for chains. A moderator replied too.

Jun–Aug 2017 · Arguments

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 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

On 14 Feb 2017 Duke [4] opened a \"charity\" thread with a contest for the worst Valentine's story. The thread drew over 200 replies, and a payment boycott and scam accusations followed.

2017–2018 · Funny incidents

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 January 2017 Champion opened a thread on money removed from players who profited on WSSB. Players, officers and an admin argued over who leaked, who was punished and whether the punishment was fair.

2017–2019 · 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

A territory war between IBB and JFA in April 2017 drew in FTW, Relentless and others. The forum thread around it filled with taunts, wall-stacking complaints and a developer's comment on the feature.

2017–2019 · Wars

From May 2017 MarlonBrando [1337797] ran a self-declared Torn Presidential Primary in General Discussion. Candidates campaigned in the thread, vote-buying was alleged, and a rival thread followed in January 2018.

2017–2018 · Community

In October 2017 Champion alleged that a staff member used staff tools on Nova's chats and asked why Chedburn had not acted. A 660-post thread followed, with an admin siding with the accuser.

2017–2020 · Controversies

In January 2017 Hank [1732212] opened a General Discussion thread against Chedburn's reversal of profits made in the WSSB window. Chedburn answered in the thread, which ran to 613 replies.

2017–2020 · Controversies

From December 2017 a forum thread collected faction chain records. Factions posted 5k, 10k and 25k chains there, and some claimed respect and speed marks.

2017–2018 · Player feats