Stories from 2018

In April 2018, hill007 demanded tighter control of harassment and rule-breaking. Replies accused the thread starter of hypocrisy, and Torn officers joined the argument.

Apr–Dec 2018 · Controversies

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

madeafterdeath [2166266] took a complaint about Lingering Insanity and threatened bounties to Fun & Games. Other players supplied advice, mockery and little sympathy.

Oct 2018 · Faction drama

heresy23 accused coolbebo of taking about a SE worth of a friend's cash after gaining vault access through marriage. Replies brought criticism, warnings and a similar account.

Sep 2018 · Vault thieves

Jarebear accused Wolf_Assassin of promising payment for revives and not paying. Replies questioned whether the revives were solicited, while later posts displayed federal-jail and deletion text.

May 2018 · Scams and cons

Lonestar [1151936] offered 500mil+ in prizes for actions against a target faction. Two replies pointed the blacklist-and-bounty idea back at the organiser.

Apr–May 2018 · Funny incidents

Mundeer published a demand attributed to Kasandra_Joasia: pay 100m or have online faction players hospitalized. PatBenatar called it extortion; others supplied jokes and older examples.

Nov 2018 · Scams and cons

UwU accused sugarvalves of being Duke’s multi. sugarvalves and the replies extended the premise with denials, secret controllers and increasingly implausible identities.

Mar 2018 · Funny incidents

UNOSBUENOS said false battle statistics persuaded a player to attack and lose. The forum then assessed both the prank and its telling.

Aug 2018 · Funny incidents

ScarsCanBeGiven denied scamming a buyer over a 500k “wheel ov meow” spin. Evil-Duck said they refunded the disputed amount, while replies argued about the Meow persona.

Apr 2018 · Scams and cons

Ochikonda posted a chat in which _Krithik_ claimed to be a faction leader and asked for 200m. Two players added similar accounts, while replies disputed reporting, rules and forum spam.

May 2018 · Scams and cons

On 01 Apr 2018, Torn players argued over flashing April Fools banners, possible seizure risks and the option to remove them.

Apr 2018 · 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

Beerstein challenged staff over an alleged burst of 20 threads in an hour. Replies debated spam, moderation, ignoring posters and karma-based controls.

Feb 2018 · Arguments

Replies said the Easter event would not start before 05 April. On 05 April, one player reported finding eggs.

Apr 2018 · Famous mistakes

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

Players said a near-statless account had won 11 billion and alleged it was a multi. They watched its networth and debated what Torn should do with the money.

Sep–Oct 2018 · Cheaters

VixyVix [2104762] posted Discord messages presented as an admission that one player had used multi accounts to get another federally jailed. Respondents disputed the purported speaker's credibility.

Jul 2018 · Scandals

irivi [2135216] projected that $1B could become $321,547,573,061,072,361,461,700 after 40 years. Chedburn [1] posted a smaller result, and irivi identified the error.

Oct 2018 · Famous mistakes

A 2018 General Discussion thread recorded oraN's allegations of trade substitution and retaliation. Replies brought support, language complaints, jokes and further accusations.

Oct–Dec 2018 · Scams and cons

Noru [2199173] posted a chat accusing Carbon1989 [2190996] over a xanax trade. Carbon denied there had been a trade, while another player claimed the resulting bounty.

Dec 2018 · Scams and cons

Krombopulos [2056079] posted a declaration attributed to Killahj-. The next day, Gone- [1703669] said the war was postponed for lack of manpower.

Mar–May 2018 · Wars

A 30m trade accusation led to warnings, muggings and a faction expulsion claim. Both players later said the money was returned.

Dec 2018 · Scams and cons

In January 2018, a player asked for the return of an account they said they had voluntarily fed-jail in 2013. A copied warning and a weary forum reception followed.

Jan 2018 · Famous mistakes