Stories from 2023
Torn stories that happened in 2023, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- The Wolverines report a 100k chain and 769,025 respect
ForesterISR said The Wolverines turned a modest chaining plan into a 100k chain, earning 769,025 respect over 15 days, 15 hours and 2 minutes.
Mar 2023 · Player feats
- ZBS's ranked-war weapon auction draws valuation arguments
ZBS put a recent ranked-war pull into auction. Later replies alleged it sold for 8.5b and returned less than 50% of an offer ZBS had cited.
Feb 2023 · Markets
- SoupOrNoob Asks Why Players Call Them a Multi
Replies cited level 17 in 17 days, then treated the question itself as further evidence. SoupOrNoob answered with spending, reading and an insult.
Jan 2023 · Funny incidents
- 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
- CRLF’s attack tables for the March 2023 faction war
CRLF ranked factions by attacks won while openly guessing which belonged to the war. They later left the thread as a totals archive and planned a results thread.
Mar 2023 · Wars
- 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
- Porn's 250m offer dispute with CourtesyFlush
Porn said CourtesyFlush cut a 250m offer to 75m after editing it. Respondents disputed the scam label, while one player said the original bid had deterred them.
May 2023 · Scams and cons
- 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
- An unranked war prompts a fight over Silver 3 matchmaking
Kiki_Sinfox questioned why an unranked faction with no war history met Silver 3. Other players argued over caches, hidden rank and placement wars.
Oct 2023 · Wars
- Saub777 [2735383] disputes a 30k-plushie scam accusation
Saub777 said CaT_345 [2658556] had accused them over 30k camel plushies. The appeal answered with figures for a much smaller trade and a claim that the accuser had apologized.
Jan 2023 · Scandals
- 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
- A one-name scammer list becomes a loss-selling lesson
Pilipinas1 [3127166] accused Vannellope [2888296] of failing to pay for 14 loss hits and then blocking them. Posters mocked the one-name list and offered advice on avoiding another loss-selling dispute.
Nov 2023 · Scams and cons
- The anonymous payments behind “Mysterious Fart Man”
RosemaryBloo posted payment notices asking for “FART” in chat. Further anonymous money told them to stop asking questions, while Titus offered a cheaper “SHART” variant.
Oct–Nov 2023 · Mysteries
- The Black Hand, Valor and the proposed 0-0 ranked war
zitosxj advertised The Black Hand against Valor as a possible first at 0-0. The thread moved to claims about turtling, mismatched stats and an alleged paid throw.
Apr 2023 · Wars
- The island-war correction turned to trout taxonomy
SerenityRain answered an island-war report with moon rackets, faction secrets and a fishy threat. Qfiffle supplied the correction: trout are not sea creatures.
Mar 2023 · Funny incidents
- 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 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
- 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
- Gangster’s mystery box reveal: Cesium-137 and a Dump Torn Citizens coin
After saying they had placed second in a Valentine's Day community event, Gangster [1369172] chose the mystery box over Xanax and FHC. Their posted parcel result named Cesium-137 and a Dump Torn Citizens coin.
Mar 2023 · Mysteries
- THEFERRETT's mock demands over an NS–Monarch merger claim
THEFERRETT answered what they called an NS–Monarch merger with mock outrage, Discord complaints and a dirty-bomb fundraiser. Replies extended the joke through war fatigue and faction moves.
Aug 2023 · Faction drama
- A Termed War and Christmas Ceasefire Talk
AngelOfDeath [2346077] proposed a multi-faction termed war to settle the campaign. Champion [1927067] reported talks about a 14 day Christmas ceasefire.
Aug–Sep 2023 · Wars
- Nova put Torn's Easter egg colours on trial
Nova turned unequal Easter egg totals into a mock racism dispute. Players answered with egg theories, insults and further jokes.
Apr 2023 · Funny incidents
- The 200m Bloodlust Kodachi dispute
Jorgen and KSHMR disputed a 200m Kodachi trade. KSHMR said omitted chat showed the offer concerned a regular Kodachi, not the Bloodlust version.
Jan 2023 · Scams and cons