Stories from 2017

damaster said a day-old account claimed to be their hacked faction leader and asked about vault cash. Questions meant for a faction insider ended the approach with a block.

Mar 2017 · Scams and cons

Juniverse accused BOSSTER of changing names, moving between factions and failing to repay borrowed poker money. The forum questioned both the accused player and the decision to lend to a new account.

Jun 2017 · Scams and cons

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

Vernunzio answered a claimed Duke mug with an elaborate insult. Duke replied in character, while Sky called the exchange satire and other players supplied loan jokes and mugging advice.

Jul 2017 · Muggings

Mat-Senpai [952164] alleged that fresh accounts with 20 refills were being used on an IBB territory wall. The argument reached Chedburn, and a change followed.

May 2017 · Wars

A poker winner reported being mugged before reaching the vault. The thread moved to accusations against Bluesystem and advice for getting cash out of sight faster.

Apr 2017 · Muggings

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

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

The thread starter said payment did not arrive after six attacks and reported being hospitalized. The accused account then said it had “straight up tricked” them.

Mar 2017 · Scams and cons

Timothy reported a second mug inside the protection window. The bug report became a discussion of friendly muggings, protection decay and possible changes to the mechanic.

2017–2018 · Muggings

In a Bugs & Issues post, -gUNz- [984073] accused members of one faction of using gender changes to bypass random team assignments. Players disputed whether that counted as an exploit.

Sep 2017 · Cheaters

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

A complaint that Christmas Town was unclear and tedious drew rebuttals, jokes and insults. The thread then acquired a second argument about censorship and trolling.

Dec 2017 · Events

Collete [1389080] answered a bounty dispute with their account of events and what they presented as a private-chat transcript. The replies brought criticism, sarcasm and little sympathy.

Feb 2017 · Arguments

Champion accused “Fake SA” of another karma attack. Replies added a karma bargain, spam accusations and personal insults.

Feb 2017 · Faction drama

In December 2017, frustrated that Torn staff (Admin) had not fedded the alleged multi-accounting faction MMCP, players opened a thread calling for a community boycott, bounty and attack campaign instead.

2017–2018 · Cheaters

In October 2017 a mock-news thread under MarlonBrando's name announced that Art of War was merging with JFK. Clifford said they had reported the account. The thread ran to mid-November.

Oct–Nov 2017 · Funny incidents

In October 2017 Jaiden posted a long open letter in General Discussion accusing staff members of bullying. Several replies answered with criticism of Jaiden's own conduct. By 11 Nov 2017 Jaiden was writing about a ban.

2017–2020 · Controversies

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

In October 2017 Champion posted that Jaiden had emptied DEHT 2.0. Surge, who said they restarted the faction, said Jaiden was made co-leader and, 20mins later, was seen cleaning the faction up in the logs.

Oct–Nov 2017 · Scams and cons

In January 2017 kaurotuan posted a log of being mugged right after a trade. The thread became an argument over the accusation, an apology post, and whether complaining about a mug in a crime game is fair.

Jan 2017 · Muggings

In June 2017 Warlock [881031] posted an offer to refund everyone mugged, signed "TheHoneyBadger". Replies brought pasted mugging logs, a Nash name-swap argument and a dispute over who the poster was.

2017–2018 · Muggings

In April 2017 DammitArcher posted a chat log of a stock offer from Bluesystem. The thread argued over whether mugging and scamming were fair game, and ended with Bluesystem in federal jail.

Apr–Aug 2017 · Scams and cons

A mocking thread about One Punch calling on SA against JFB became an argument over sub factions, guesting and who had helped whom. A forum moderator and two officers posted in it.

Jul 2017 · Faction drama