Stories
Torn history, told from the record: wars, scams, feuds, legends and the updates that changed the game.
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- Six Art of War declarations, one sporran and a warring debate
MarlonBrando posted six Art of War declaration notices under a Torn 2.0 discussion prompt. Replies covered war timing, faction size and the finer points of a kilt.
Jul 2015 · Wars
- WitchChild reports an $83,800 Vicodin sale as a new scam
WitchChild said Captstroud bought a Vicodin for $83,800 and described pricing it below Torn's above-market warning threshold. Players disputed whether this was a scam or inattentive shopping.
Aug 2019 · Scams and cons
- BaronVonDude proposed a war on Politics and Law posters
BaronVonDude proposed attacking hostile Politics and Law posters in-game. The suggestion produced ridicule, accusations and an argument about whether anything useful could be done.
Aug 2019 · Arguments
- The three-second mug that prompted an illegal-script report
DALLOZ alleged illegal scripting after The-Fury bought 64 Donator Packs and mugged $128,035,161 three seconds later. The-Fury denied scripting and said they watched the market 12 hours a day.
Jul 2020 · Muggings
- Weld posts a $47,361 mug result and accepts the insult
Gavin_Dymock posted Voodoo-Chile’s warning against muggers. Weld answered with a claimed $47,361 mug and the brief confession: “I’m a wanker.”
Jun 2019 · Funny incidents
- 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
- madeafterdeath takes a bounty dispute to Fun & Games
madeafterdeath [2166266] took a complaint about Lingering Insanity and threatened bounties to Fun & Games. Other players supplied advice, mockery and little sympathy.
Oct 2018 · Faction drama
- A suspicious faction and Torn's burden of proof
Kobie [2156358] suspected a linked faction of using multiple accounts. Torn staff (Admin) bogie [148747] said appearances were insufficient and that the group was not all multis.
Dec 2020 · Cheaters
- 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 marriage-and-vault accusation against coolbebo
heresy23 accused coolbebo of taking about a SE worth of a friend's cash after gaining vault access through marriage. Replies brought criticism, warnings and a similar account.
Sep 2018 · Vault thieves
- 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
- Ponzi's Flame and the disputed 50/50 ranked-war deal
Yazzy1 [3150211] said their faction returned and used medical items for a promised split. charliecooper [3379666] and Yurko2609 [3315323] said the offer depended on participation and unmet terms.
Apr 2025 · Betrayals
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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.