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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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- MrTickles Posts a Xanax-for-Networth Scam Alert
MrTickles [2216145] posted a scam warning after an alleged Xanax-for-networth exchange. Replies questioned both the value of the list and the person supplying it.
Jan 2019 · Scams and cons
- A 15M faction offer met a 10 billion counter and a scam warning
A faction seller called a 15M offer a scam after countering with 10 billion. Specific replies disputed the label and questioned the counteroffer.
Jan 2021 · Scams and cons
- MJ_Cookie [271665] recounts a $64,287,245,388 protective mug
MJ_Cookie said an expired ghost trade led to a protective mug worth $64,287,245,388. They said the money was returned and a gift arrived afterward.
2022–2023 · Muggings
- Players call the 10% anonymous-sale fee a mug
A 22 Oct 2024 thread framed Torn’s 10% anonymous-sale fee as a mug. Players predicted higher prices and considered what it might mean for traders and muggers.
Oct 2024 · Muggings
- Ten $1,000,000 bounties landed on the Troll War organiser
Lonestar [1151936] offered 500mil+ in prizes for actions against a target faction. Two replies pointed the blacklist-and-bounty idea back at the organiser.
Apr–May 2018 · Funny incidents
- A $307,716,553 farewell to old mug protection
iribuya [2103695] said a 25m buy-mug led to 12 months of paid protection. They presented a $307,716,553 event as its end, and traders argued over whether speed could replace it.
Oct 2019 · Muggings
- Chedburn [1] Confirmed the Territory Concession Bug
BFM [1455642] documented repeated territory assaults and concessions. Players accused factions of blocking progress, and Torn developer Chedburn [1] confirmed a bug.
Sep 2016 · Bugs and glitches
- NNGO draws praise after its ranked war with Endless Endeavor
The pre-war thread carried predictions and wagers. By 10 Jan 2022, lamashtu called the fight a humiliating loss and credited NNGO's tactics and activity.
Jan 2022 · Wars
- Rangerx360 [2565244] accused UhOhRun [3208975] over war pay
Rangerx360 said a faction leader withheld war earnings and removed them. UhOhRun answered that Rangerx360 had misused war supplies and failed to contribute.
Jul–Aug 2024 · Betrayals
- WIT_KAT's company loss and the argument over “scam”
WIT_KAT said they lost their company after making a mistake. Specific replies disputed whether the episode was a scam or simply an error someone else accepted.
Jan–Feb 2020 · Scams and cons
- The disputed Street Rats vault raid
DarrylPhilbin [3231025] accused Saintmark [2957334] of emptying Street Rats' vault and armory. Saintmark later said they took 200m in cash and called it a faction bank heist.
Jun 2025 · Vault thieves
- Duke's $401 April Fool's parcel giveaway
SinCitySinner told players to send Duke $401 for an April Fool's parcel, warned that it might contain a SED, and watched recipients report what arrived.
Apr 2019 · April Fools
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