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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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- Born Fighting, 39th and Wolf Pack argue over a faction war and emptied factions
In January 2015 YNMK started a thread mocking Wolf Pack: Next Generation over a war with Born Fighting. Naako and Tezwar replied that Born Fighting had farmed them and brought in 39th.
Jan–Feb 2015 · Faction drama
- Torn's forum reacts to admins Marc and Clansy stepping down, November 2016
After several admins and staff left in one day, a General Discussion thread asked who would replace Marc. It filled with mock election campaigns, faction jabs and speculation about Midknight.
Nov 2016 · Community
- MarlonBrando's karma complaint about JFA meets jeers and a lock
In August 2016 MarlonBrando [1337797] said JFA had downvoted their posts and asked what AOW should do. Replies included jokes and criticism, and an officer commented. The thread was locked the next day.
Aug 2016 · Controversies
- Pink Power row: committee members accused over Elimination team sign-up
In September 2017 a thread defending players who joined the Pink Power Elimination team became a fight over committee members and a claimed loophole, with admin bogie calling the move clever.
Sep–Dec 2017 · Controversies
- Kata's n00b Appreciation Week: a stat contest for players under 60 days old
In June 2017 Kata opened a week-long contest for new players in a Fun & Games thread, with donator packs as prizes. The thread drew 414 replies and was cited by later new-player competitions.
2017–2018 · Community
- DUDE announces a PT-side alliance to break Relentless's chain, and the forum piles in
In March 2018 DUDE posted that PT, TDT and JFK had allied against Relentless's chain. The thread drew 291 replies, a PT member's account of the territory dispute, staff comments and a lot of insults.
2018–2019 · Wars
- Faction upgrade thread turns into a row over co-leaders and Vulpes
In January 2017 a feedback thread on faction upgrades became an argument over whether co-leaders should assign them. Chedburn said leaders only. A dispute over the Vulpes faction ran alongside.
Jan–May 2017 · Arguments
- Clansdancer announces they and Hydro will leave Torn after ten years
In September 2016 Admin -Clansdancer [65306] said they and Hydro would leave at the end of March 2017, named Marc [24377] as staff manager, and got farewells, jokes and one brush-off.
2016–2018 · Community
- TDT announces a Halloween dirty bomb on any faction housing Farcough
On 22 Sep 2026 Zedrow posted a dirty bomb warning on behalf of Atari. Replies mostly went after TDT leadership over a mugging dispute. A moderator graved the thread after the opening post was deleted.
Sep 2026 · Faction drama
- Players hunt for tiny items on Torn's new city map, June 2014
A General Discussion thread from 23 June 2014 collected first finds, zoom tips and complaints about the new system of picking up items on the city map. It stayed in use as the reference thread for city finds.
Jun–Oct 2014 · Discoveries
- Calc leadership lands with Xaviour and Ghosty is reported fedded, February 2017
In February 2017 Champion posted that Ghosty had self-fedded after leadership of Calc ended up with Xaviour. The thread drew staff, officers and a suggestion to change how leadership is transferred.
2017–2021 · Famous mistakes
- Karmageddon: players react to karma being stripped from two threads
In April 2016 an admin tool removed karma gained in the Travel and Plushie threads. A General Discussion thread filled with complaints, support and replies from officers and an admin.
Apr–Jul 2016 · Controversies
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