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Torn history, told from the record: wars, scams, feuds, legends and the updates that changed the game.
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- Nola [2103158] Tests the New Mugging System
Wallets ran from 10 dollars to 150,000,000. Nola reported variable returns, while replies questioned the sample and discussed who benefited.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- Juniverse [2032534] posts a scam warning about BOSSTER [2067825]
Juniverse accused BOSSTER of changing names, moving between factions and failing to repay borrowed poker money. The forum questioned both the accused player and the decision to lend to a new account.
Jun 2017 · Scams and cons
- The clickbait complaint that became its own scam joke
AwakeNoWokeFail [79965] called a disappointing forum click a scam. Readers promptly applied the same joke to the complaint.
Mar 2020 · Funny incidents
- 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
- 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 proposal to protect cash from cancel-trade mugging
Kharma proposed a 10-minute safeguard for money returned from cancelled trades. Chedburn considered it burdensome, avoidable and possibly a legitimate mugging tactic.
2014–2020 · Muggings
- 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
- Mentos & Cola claimed victory over Wolf Pack Next Generation
Moguai announced locked rosters and restricted flying for the 20 March 2016 war. The next day's posts recorded Mentos & Cola's victory and a 4,259 bonus-respect boost.
Mar 2016 · Wars
- joei’s 32,000 casino complaint
joei said they begged for 32,000, made about 10k on slots, then lost everything at roulette and keno. The replies supplied mockery, advice and an identity theory.
Jan 2020 · Funny incidents
- The secret pirate alliance announced in somebody else's chat
Al1m published a chat in which hakunamatata420 proposed a secret alliance for scammers. The supposedly low-key plan then received mock applications and pirate jokes.
Dec 2021 · Scams and cons
- 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
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- In-character play, presented as such.
Stories are generated by TornLife from the forum archive (June 2014 onward) and checked automatically before they appear. They report what players said, attributed to them; they never state why an account was federally jailed and never include anyone's real-world details. Spotted a mistake? Tell us.