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- The Untouchables Beat LONDON in a Ranked-War Tug-of-War
LONDON called the first day a tug-of-war, but The Untouchables took the ranked war and its caches. Both sides left a record of a close, active scrap.
2022–2024 · Wars
- The Xanax resale offer that prompted a scam argument
Alt_F4Life tested a Xanax resale offer and said the fee erased most of the margin. Other players disputed whether that made it a scam or merely a poor deal.
Jul 2026 · Scams and cons
- Ember_ash reported losing 500 stored energy before a war
Ember_ash reported losing stored energy and a Xanax before a war. Replies called it an overdose and disputed the claim that it was a first.
Nov 2024 · Famous mistakes
- Ron9’s bonus complaint met MG7’s claimed bounty
Ron9 said a new company member collected 650k in joining and referral bonuses, referred a friend and then left with that friend. MG7 posted a log claiming to have put a bounty on Ron9.
Jan 2025 · Funny incidents
- The poll over Glitch Monkey's DB campaign
Evil-Duck cast Glitch Monkey's DB campaign as a costly tantrum. Replies called it the best way to go out, childish, lavish and likely to be remembered as refusing a loss.
Sep 2019 · Faction drama
- Celasha reports taking a ranked war into Apple Vision Pro
In a February 2024 thread, Celasha said Apple Vision Pro offered useful windows and eye tracking, but reported that faction mates beat them to an attack.
Feb 2024 · Experiments
- The palace comment for 175,000,000 million
HiroAkiba [2541529] said a trader tried to pass a trade comment off as payment. Players then picked apart the phrase “175,000,000 million.”
May 2020 · Scams and cons
- Oxyg3n's 15-16-hour level 16 claim draws questions
Oxyg3n said level 16 arrived 15-16 hours after joining. Players questioned the energy arithmetic, joked about a restart and later made fed-ban and RMT claims.
2023–2024 · Player feats
- The 450k parachute offer and the scammer question
DARKMAXXARONI posted a chat in which wolfy_girl offered 450k while Maxx1628 quoted 420m. MakinDuBacon mocked the offer, ReyDuvall objected to the insults, and AsphodelGray alleged scamming.
Dec 2020 · Scams and cons
- Jenisis accuses Merry-Christmas of a last-second trade switch
Jenisis [2319181] accused Merry-Christmas [1691090] of switching DPs for drug packs during a trade. The accused account answered, and the warning followed it into the Trading Post.
Dec 2019 · Scams and cons
- Sushi-0 [2922874] and the upfront graphics dispute
BigTasty420 [2532040] accused Sushi-0 [2922874] of taking upfront payment for a graphic and failing to deliver. Replies added another payment allegation, warnings, ridicule and a claimed fedding.
May 2023 · Scams and cons
- The CGG Assault and a Claimed Redirect to Port Royal
JoeSkull [533524] posted that Land Of The Misfits assaulted The Pusheen Army over CGG. -Beesus- [1959482] said diplomacy would redirect it to Port Royal, then JoeSkull reported a truce.
Aug 2026 · Wars
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