Stories from 2022
Torn stories that happened in 2022, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- The Cayman deposit Torn staff said should have been blocked
A Cayman deposit and mug landed seconds apart. -MIST reported a negative balance; Torn staff said the mug was legitimate and the deposit should have been blocked.
May 2022 · Muggings
- The argument over Mortal Warlords' ranked-war payout
Mortal Warlords questioned the reward gap after losing to Nothing corny pls. Respondents defended winner-heavy payouts and answered the complaint with figures from an earlier war.
Oct 2022 · Wars
- The argument over permanent mug-loss statistics
Halyangx proposed a permanent record of money lost to mugs. Chedburn questioned its value, and the thread became an argument about negative statistics, manipulation and what an upvote should achieve.
2020–2024 · Muggings
- The forum checks a claim of 7 overdoses in a month
FaRdReDzuaN asked whether 7 overdoses within a month was a record. CRLF produced reporting intervals and a table containing substantially higher totals.
2021–2024 · Player feats
- Untouchable records a $1,489,615,806 mug
Untouchable recorded a $1,489,615,806 mug, compared it with larger entries and said anonymous bounties continued afterward.
2020–2024 · Muggings
- -Scar- says Vault 76 borrowed The Last Post's tactics
In a July 2022 ranked war, -Scar- said Vault 76 used The Last Post's own irritating playbook. Afterward, players from both sides exchanged congratulations.
Jul–Nov 2022 · Wars
- The War Sluts warning and the unpaid-raider allegations
Lothbrock warned players away from The War Sluts. Replies alleged the quarrel followed a hired raid, an unpaid 75m/day promise and a lost ranked war.
Apr–May 2022 · Faction drama
- Gone Wild win reported; war put at 8 hours 24 mins 52 seconds
Tidra [2674189] reported the victory. Wing [282863] put the war at 8 hours 24 mins 52 seconds; Wing and GeekyGangster [1816148] separately reported the rewards.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- tobytorn's Google login script report
A report said Google login JavaScript delayed Torn page rendering, especially where Google was inaccessible. nikitad said the issue was fixed the next day.
2022–2024 · Bugs and glitches
- MJ_Cookie [271665] recounts a $64,287,245,388 protective mug
MJ_Cookie said an expired ghost trade led to a protective mug worth $64,287,245,388. They said the money was returned and a gift arrived afterward.
2022–2023 · Muggings
- NNGO draws praise after its ranked war with Endless Endeavor
The pre-war thread carried predictions and wagers. By 10 Jan 2022, lamashtu called the fight a humiliating loss and credited NNGO's tactics and activity.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- The activity gap in PT-Calculated–The Black Pearl ranked war
Participants credited PT-Calculated's activity for a win over The Black Pearl. The same-day thread also covered proposed limits, turnout and timing.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- The argument over choosing ranked-war start times
FidelCashflow proposed letting matched factions agree to move a ranked-war start. Chedburn later said the scheduler already used each faction’s busiest time for the day concerned.
2021–2022 · Wars
- dunmugmeh announces passing 6,666,666,666 total stats
A stat announcement drew congratulations, a cheating accusation from ElChapo and, five days later, an apology that kept one concern alive.
2022–2026 · Player feats
- The Black Hand wins the Vinerri ranked war
Queen-Warly-Woo said Vinerri ended up chasing targets after half of The Black Hand flew. The Black Hand still came away with the win.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- Wolverines Gone Wild defeated White Rabbits in ranked war
Wolverines Gone Wild defeated White Rabbits in a January 2022 ranked war. One forum thread recorded the result, rewards, wagers and post-war courtesies.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- The HKA timer bug that cancelled a territory war
A territory-war cooldown failed during the fight over HKA. Torn cancelled the war and fixed the check, but declined to return the resources spent.
2021–2023 · Bugs and glitches
- A “heyy” pitch for Samdalion's login details
Samdalion posted an exchange in which an account claimed to be a faction leader and requested login details. Torn staff (Admin) bogie described a repeated account-theft operation.
Oct 2022 · Scams and cons
- Arcy accused oraN over an API key, then called the post bait
Arcy alleged oraN had published Arcy's active API key, then described the post as bait. Replies included disappointment, a spelling correction and fruit jokes.
Aug 2022 · Scandals
- The mugging figures behind the one-second-delay argument
CRLF compared mugging averages around the one-second delay. The thread then became an argument over short windows, selection bias and what the figures could actually prove.
2021–2024 · Muggings
- lapetitemort reports four days of ranked war between DARK and TRB
A closing thread reported four days, two hours and 48 minutes of ranked war between The Rifle Barracks and DarkHearts, with rewards, mistakes and exhausted reflections from both sides.
Mar 2022 · Wars
- The_Skipper's Elimination drama gets posted back
The_Skipper offered a mild chat exchange as Elimination drama. Scarley and Sabatini dismissed it, while Voxtrox simply posted it back.
Sep 2022 · Faction drama
- A buy-mug accusation became a forum punchline
Sparky_68 linked a bazaar sale and a mug separated by seconds. The forum answered with arithmetic, caution and increasingly implausible character witnesses.
Apr 2022 · Muggings
- dark95's supposed 39b slots scam
dark95 presented a 39b slots-jackpot scam story, then described such threads as sarcasm, trolling and fun. The replies supplied ridicule, a task force and a bug report.
Mar 2022 · Scams and cons