Stories from 2019
Torn stories that happened in 2019, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- The permanent title proposed for players found guilty of multis
Nadbash proposed a permanent, humiliating title for players found guilty of running multiple accounts. Torn developer Chedburn said bans should not become gameplay or a joke.
Oct 2019 · Cheaters
- The down-ratings that brought a restriction for new players
oraN alleged that banned-linked accounts and paid voters had down-rated a trading thread. Chedburn barred new players from down-rating and removed 17 suspicious ratings.
Nov 2019 · Cheaters
- Nola [2103158] Tests the New Mugging System
Wallets ran from 10 dollars to 150,000,000. Nola reported variable returns, while replies questioned the sample and discussed who benefited.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- The proposal to protect cash from cancel-trade mugging
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
- WitchChild reports an $83,800 Vicodin sale as a new scam
WitchChild said Captstroud bought a Vicodin for $83,800 and described pricing it below Torn's above-market warning threshold. Players disputed whether this was a scam or inattentive shopping.
Aug 2019 · Scams and cons
- BaronVonDude proposed a war on Politics and Law posters
BaronVonDude proposed attacking hostile Politics and Law posters in-game. The suggestion produced ridicule, accusations and an argument about whether anything useful could be done.
Aug 2019 · Arguments
- Weld posts a $47,361 mug result and accepts the insult
Gavin_Dymock posted Voodoo-Chile’s warning against muggers. Weld answered with a claimed $47,361 mug and the brief confession: “I’m a wanker.”
Jun 2019 · Funny incidents
- Flak said a 90 million faction loan led them to initiate a raid
Flak [2091491] said an unpaid 90 million faction loan led them to initiate a raid. The forum questioned both the informal collateral and the response.
Feb 2019 · Faction drama
- bikecrasher's WSSB question draws an admin warning
A posted chat showed requests for an old account, login details and a WSSB stock benefit. The forum debated impersonation, account sharing and whether any refund should follow.
Mar 2019 · Scams and cons
- Vanity Mirrors and Duke Money-Doubling Claims on April Fools 2019
A General Discussion thread collected reports of April Fools effects, from a shattered vanity mirror to posts claiming that Duke would double money.
Apr 2019 · April Fools
- The argument over Torn’s above-market-value bazaar warning
After Torn added an above-market-value warning to bazaar purchases, Riot proposed limiting it to newer players. The thread became an argument over scams, risk and how much protection Torn should provide.
Aug–Sep 2019 · Scams and cons
- The missing totals in Torn's 2019 Halloween event
Players wanted a running treat total and a leaderboard for Torn's 2019 Halloween event. The basket showed treats held, but exchanges left the cumulative total unresolved.
Oct–Nov 2019 · Events
- MrTickles Posts a Xanax-for-Networth Scam Alert
MrTickles [2216145] posted a scam warning after an alleged Xanax-for-networth exchange. Replies questioned both the value of the list and the person supplying it.
Jan 2019 · Scams and cons
- A $307,716,553 farewell to old mug protection
iribuya [2103695] said a 25m buy-mug led to 12 months of paid protection. They presented a $307,716,553 event as its end, and traders argued over whether speed could replace it.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- Duke's $401 April Fool's parcel giveaway
SinCitySinner told players to send Duke $401 for an April Fool's parcel, warned that it might contain a SED, and watched recipients report what arrived.
Apr 2019 · April Fools
- A PI pitch became a joke about who paid whom
Samael posted a chat in which an account claiming to be Leaf Bikni asked for a PI. Replies followed the revival payment trail, then supplied more versions of the copied approach.
Mar 2019 · Scams and cons
- The $0 Mug That Became a Diplomatic Incident
Diabolique [2177124] turned a displayed $0 mug by Champion [1927067] and Proxima [1879587] into a diplomatic performance. ChaosReigns [2169241] said lag had spoiled an intended bonus hit.
Feb 2019 · Muggings
- HealingBOT threatened a strike; players posted two mug results
HealingBOT threatened a reviver strike over overseas muggings. Players answered with efficiency advice, mockery and two posted mug results.
Dec 2019 · Muggings
- Mobb-Deep raises a script suspicion after reporting a post-trade mug
Mobb-Deep reported a mug seconds after a private trade and suspected bug exploitation. Replies offered trade-stat monitoring, buyer cooperation and coincidence as explanations.
Feb 2019 · Muggings
- The 31-day cooldown argument over guest fighters
D3vl proposed a 31-day faction rejoin cooldown to curb guest fighters and proxy factions. The objections soon became a second argument: whether the proposal was sensible at all.
Jul–Oct 2019 · Wars
- zordork tests a PI pitch with a misspelled name
A chat account claimed to be an old friend and asked for zordork's PI. zordork [2166192] said they tested the story with a deliberately misspelled name.
May 2019 · Scams and cons
- A signature explanation for ‘Torn Glitch?...’
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
- Superior- disputes company-purchase screenshots before the thread is locked
Superior- said compromised accounts explained screenshots that apparently showed a company-purchase approach. Replies challenged that account; bogie called the thread an exchange of insults, and the record lists it as locked.
Jan 2019 · Scams and cons
- Proxima questions 6 days without stock-bot purchases
In November 2019, Proxima asked why the stock bot had bought nothing for 6 days. Chedburn said large NPC purchases had pushed it over a limit, with recovery dependent on player buying.
Nov 2019 · Markets