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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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- A faked payment in the donator forum's exponential giving game, called out
In August 2024 Bumbi posted a DM from a player who faked a payment in a donator-forum giving game and proposed a split. The thread also turned to a separate dispute over Bumbi's own conduct.
Aug 2024 · Scams and cons
- Sweeney_Todd says Monarch won the war but lost the crowd; the thread answers
In October 2022 Sweeney_Todd [27468] posted that Monarch were top faction but were losing popular opinion. Replies came as insults, satire and copypasta, and a later thread linked it.
2022–2024 · Arguments
- PLATA v SMTH, March 2023: the war thread, a recap and talk of a dodged 1k bonus
A Faction Discussion thread on the March 2023 PLATA–SMTH war collected a participant's recap, a story about a missed bonus hit, some cheering and some multi-account accusations.
Mar 2023 · Wars
- Evil-Duck calls the Dirty Bomb "series" a PR stunt; Td3h replies in the thread
In September 2019 Evil-Duck [1182047] posted a breakdown of a run of Dirty Bomb drops and alleged that some were doubtful. Td3h [1785428] and other players replied in the thread.
Sep 2019 · Scandals
- Players object as Halloween event drops masks for the top 250
In October 2020 a General Discussion thread objected that the Halloween event would give no masks to the top 250. Special masks were, the opening post said, only for community events. An Admin answered.
Oct 2020 · Controversies
- Ranked war auto-enlist change draws a forum revolt and is reverted
In July 2024 a patch kept factions enrolled for ranked wars until they opted out. HomelessE complained of being forced into one, players argued over it, and Chedburn wrote that the update would be reverted.
Jul 2024 · Controversies
- Holy accused of taking 3-4B from a faction armory after a ranked war win
In June 2026 Five [959585] posted that Holy [3535002] emptied part of a faction armory and blocked members. Holy replied in the thread, and other players commented on the theft, the gambling and armory permissions.
Jun 2026 · Vault thieves
- SA and MnC's February 2018 territory war ends in a four-point truce
A Faction Discussion thread opened by Champion followed a territory war between SA and Mentos n Cola (MnC). It ended with terms posted by Nova, and Einstein later cited it as the last MnC v SA war.
2018–2021 · Wars
- The Island War: Gas's list of who fought for whom
In February 2023 Gas [2375993] opened a Faction Discussion thread listing the sides in the Island War. Denials, doubts and a revive-faction row followed. Gas's own event list ends with Natural Selection defending the island.
Feb–Mar 2023 · Wars
- dape08 says FunkyMonkey7 took 80m in prepaid trains, then gets repaid
In March 2024 dape08 posted that a new company director took 80m for a month of trains and sold the company. The thread drew donations, a faction kick, bounty talk and a repayment.
Mar–Dec 2024 · Scams and cons
- New player says 16 sold losses went unpaid; thread turns to Swiss Squad and loss-selling
In August 2025 CrypticJinXxX [3889840] accused D3v1 [3138595] of not paying for a fixed-rate loss deal. Replies covered the accused's reputation, friend/enemy ratios and whether selling losses is a good idea.
Aug–Nov 2025 · Scams and cons
- NumPe mugs a player in China, opens an apology thread, and it turns into a roast
In August 2021 NumPe [48442] said they mugged the first player they looked at and gave the money back. The public apology thread became a dispute with Fishbum [2009144] and a run of joke apologies.
Aug 2021 · Muggings
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