Stories from 2024
Torn stories that happened in 2024, retold from the forum archive with every statement labelled and sourced.
- Eight hours, one Easter egg and a Torn skill issue
numan3000 said eight hours of hunting produced one Easter egg while a friend found four in two hours. The replies supplied advice, disbelief and egg puns.
Apr 2024 · Events
- Stephen_Lynx and the 4 unpaid attacks
The opener said 4 of 14 attacks went unpaid. The argument became a grammar dispute over whether an offer stopped at 10.
Jul 2024 · Scams and cons
- Blank DVDs and the EliteTrades warning
A September 2024 warning accused EliteTrades of offering Blank DVDs as EDVDs. The replies supplied recruitment claims, faction criticism and the expected DVD jokes.
Sep 2024 · Scams and cons
- 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
- Deathy’s account of a -3.7k ranked-war comeback against WIT
Deathy’s account said Dead Fragment pulled back a -3.7k deficit against WIT amid mercenaries, bounties, flight delays, turtling and mass revives.
Feb 2024 · Wars
- The Woollymaestro name-change warning
DrewPeacock [2737378] said another player took the Woollymaestro name after they dropped it. Replies addressed unchanged player IDs, cancel mugging and retaliation.
Aug 2024 · 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
- The signed-bounty accusation against Purina
RavenMorgan3 accused Purina of signing small anonymous bounties with other players' names, provoking larger retaliation bounties that Purina could collect.
Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- Ana Framed a Ranked-War Result as Revenge, Then Said They Slept Through It
Ana cast a reported defeat of Order Through Chaos as payback for an old expulsion. Respondents focused on allegations that Ana had made no hits during the war.
Aug 2024 · Faction drama
- 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
- Players call the 10% anonymous-sale fee a mug
A 22 Oct 2024 thread framed Torn’s 10% anonymous-sale fee as a mug. Players predicted higher prices and considered what it might mean for traders and muggers.
Oct 2024 · Muggings
- Rangerx360 [2565244] accused UhOhRun [3208975] over war pay
Rangerx360 said a faction leader withheld war earnings and removed them. UhOhRun answered that Rangerx360 had misused war supplies and failed to contribute.
Jul–Aug 2024 · Betrayals
- KingOfTheSand [3345714] calls out Tank- [3155937] over a 300k loss
A claimed unpaid loss produced mockery, advice on screening loss buyers and another player’s account of receiving the same offer.
Jul 2024 · Scams and cons
- Born For War's 39th Street Warriors rebrand was announced
Natty_Boh announced in April 2024 that Born For War would rebrand as 39th Street Warriors and serve as an entry point for newer players.
Apr 2024 · Faction drama
- PhantomReaper’s Xanax trade warning about Zvglass
PhantomReaper said a Xanax trade was used as bait for a cancel-mug. Replies treated the accusation as the latest in a recurring series of alerts about Zvglass.
Jul–Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- 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 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
- The bookie vault and the trouble with sure bets
madbs [3219999] proposed parking cash in low-return sports bets. They later said a close call had persuaded them that the idea was dumb.
Feb 2024 · Famous mistakes
- masheen asks Torn to judge an ex-employee mug
masheen [2625139] asked Torn to judge a mug of an ex-employee. Flak called it uncalled for; other posts picked at the special ammunition, missing plunder and title.
Mar 2024 · Muggings
- ZAKA_YNWA accuses Elitetrades over a cancelled can trade
ZAKA_YNWA said they put money into a Taurine Elite Can trade before Elitetrades cancelled it. The resulting thread carried warnings, blame and advice to self-hospitalise.
Sep–Oct 2024 · Scams and cons
- The $2,965,806 Torn slots jackpot record claim
bzimor reported a $2,965,806 slots win as Torn’s smallest jackpot. The payout prompted historical comparisons, casino complaints and a second payment to the winner.
Nov–Dec 2024 · Player feats
- Bumbi’s theory that lint vanished from coin purses
A forum theory about scarce lint led to jokes, a bug report and one player discovering lint in their inventory.
2024–2025 · Mysteries
- Spam [2144013] asks bogie to reconsider an indefinite chat ban
After nearly 4 years under an indefinite chat ban, Spam asked bogie [148747] to restore at least faction chat. Players vouched for Spam, joked about Chat 2.0, and the appeal went to Graveyard.
Apr–May 2024 · Controversies