Stories from 2019
Torn stories that happened in 2019, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- DUDE announces a PT-side alliance to break Relentless's chain, and the forum piles in
In March 2018 DUDE posted that PT, TDT and JFK had allied against Relentless's chain. The thread drew 291 replies, a PT member's account of the territory dispute, staff comments and a lot of insults.
2018–2019 · Wars
- Calc leadership lands with Xaviour and Ghosty is reported fedded, February 2017
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
- Bar Torn City: a free-beer thread runs eight months, then closes
Hopslam opened Bar Torn City in Fun and Games in February 2018 with a large stock of beer. On 17 Oct 2018 they announced its end, and regulars posted farewells.
2018–2019 · Community
- Players build a Dirty Bomb List from memory and old threads
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
- WSSB insider-info thread: negative balances posted after money was removed
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
- IBB and JFA fight over a bridge territory as other factions pile in
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
- Champion's open letter accuses staff member Stretch of reading chat logs
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
- Hank disputes Chedburn's reversal of WSSB stock profits
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
- Nash's nerve bar guide revived in 2018, then tested and disputed into 2019
Alexstrasza revived a nerve bar guide on 12 Jan 2018. Players and admin CloudJumper tested its crime experience figures. On 25 Sep 2019 Rhino wrote that it was no longer correct.
2018–2019 · Experiments