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- SugarHigh posts a vault-thief warning; replies question a 300-day account's access
In January 2023 SugarHigh posted a public warning about a former faction member, saying the member left after a vault theft and that SugarHigh made the faction whole. Replies questioned why the account had vault access.
Jan–Apr 2023 · Vault thieves
- LavenderLuv's call-out of Elzeothis draws 63 dislikes and an admin's investigation pledge
On 10 Apr 2025 LavenderLuv accused Elzeothis of scamming and bullying. Elzeothis answered with counter-accusations, and Torn staff (Admin) bogie said the alleged multi-accounts would be investigated.
Apr 2025 · Scandals
- 39th Street Healers raid HeLa over a script they say was copied, then stop
In July 2022 Natty_Boh said 39th Street Healers were raiding HeLa over a revive-request script copied from a rival. The raid ended when dat-mule was kicked from HeLa. The thread argued over script ownership.
Mar–Jul 2022 · Scandals
- A signature sold for 80m: DUDE accuses BadZena of scamming, and the thread turns on DUDE
In October 2017 DUDE [1028023] posted a scam accusation over a paid signature. BadZena [1968552] gave a detailed reply, an Admin and an officer weighed in, and the dispute carried into 2018.
2017–2018 · Scandals
- Borrfedick thread: an 850mil vault theft accusation, and a "Sorry" payment
In April 2025 Cyntech4420 accused BorrFedick of stealing 850mil from a spouse and asked for a target list. Iron Dome members backed the claim. BorrFedick called it false, then posted a payment log.
Apr–Jul 2025 · Scams and cons
- A 9* law-firm faction is reported as multis and deleted, March 2020
Icydraft [2031301] reported two suspicious law firms in March 2020. Torn staff jailed the accounts, deleted the faction and offered compensation to innocent members.
Mar 2020 · Cheaters
- Faction vault theft of 3.5 billion called out in General Discussion thread
Wascalywabbit accused slycooper45 of taking 3.5 billion from the Pokemon City vault. The thread produced multi-account claims, an Admin's post about jailed accounts, and a ruling that the money would not be reversed.
2023–2026 · Vault thieves
- 39th and NPO join the OBN alliance, and the forum argues over "spineless"
A November 2023 thread announced 39th and NPO joining the OBN alliance after a war. Players welcomed them, joked, called them spineless, and argued about alliance size.
Nov 2023 · Faction drama
- "Dossier leaks" thread accuses two players of scamming and RMT, staff call it a witch hunt
A thread claiming to expose RMT and betrayal from a leaked "dossier" instead turned into a public fight with Torn staff over who was really behind it.
Sep 2025 · Scandals
- Wolf Pack + Co Declares War on Rain Men During Elimination 2022
A September 2022 thread accusing Rain Men's leader of betrayal and trying to buy Elimination turned into days of public insults between the two sides, joined at points by a Torn officer.
2022–2024 · Wars
- Old faction allies clash over who really owned Helvete, and who scammed whom
HT-Tittentei accused former ally Candyman, known as Sticky, of scamming them out of a faction the two built together; Sticky and the forum argued back for four days.
Feb 2020 · Scams and cons
- Forum accuses Dsla of scamming a new player over loss sales
Dota2 says Dsla offered 500k per loss but paid $10,500, then accused the seller of being a multi; the thread split over whether the wording was a scam.
Nov–Dec 2025 · Scams and cons
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