Torn City Times

IIIlusionist [253384] — If you check out the "Bugs & Issues" forum, you will see a whole host of bugs that the developers are working to resolve. However, there have been some pretty big loop holes in the game that, in hindsight, could be considered bugs. This article will take a look at some of these loop holes. Most of these are well known to a lot of people in Torn, but some may not have been aware of them. So this will be a nice history lesson on what these unfortunate souls missed out on. Lets start with one of the older loop holes, the infamous old stock market. The stock market hasn't always been like it is today. Under the new market, people make their millions, under the old market, people made their billions. Of course, people can still make billions from today's market, but no where near as much as under the old one. To my understanding, people would buy a particular stock and drive the price up by buying more of the stock before the 15 minute update....

IIIlusionist [253384] — Since factions were introduced to the game in 2005, many factions have come and gone. In this series of articles we will try and unearth some of the history of the great factions of the past that are no longer around. Secret Service (SS) was one of the factions that started before factions were officially introduced. Several friends got together and starting playing Torn City, as it was then called, in a school library. Secret Service was almost going to be called Zegaba, which was an inside joke in reference to their high school group. However, the founder and members liked the military ring of Secret Service, and so the faction was named. Funnily enough, the founder of Secret Service, dj_dan [947267], is now in the military himself, serving in the Canadian Forces. Some of the members that were part of SS where: dj_dan [947267], DarK_PheoniX [3403], Misseh [5518], L4suicide [15699], DarkGhost [7012], OutsiDer [52235] and many more that are no longer playing t...

IIIlusionist [253384] — The next faction to come under my interrogation lamp is Forged Through War , aka FTW. FTW was originally known as GraveDiggas, before merging with Seven Nations Army and The Old Droogs. Many of the players joined together from another game, much like we saw with HT. Seven Nations Army, initially, had seven members and the merge happened before the merging with The Old Droogs. The merger with The Old Droogs went well, but it is the manner in which the merger came about that is most interesting. In 2012 FTW and The Old Droogs went to war, and the spoils of war were quite unexpected. "It was such a hateful war, that we ended up good friends." Para [1455847], leader of FTW. Obviously, after beating each other to a pulp, they realised that they could make more pulp out of other factions if they were to combine their strength. They all hopped over to GraveDiggas, with Gun_Ru [1075643] as their leader, and a vote was cast to decide the new name of the facti...

IIIlusionist [253384] — There are over 2,500 factions in Torn, varying in size, strength and activity. Factions have seen many changes over the life span of the city. The ranking system wasn't in place at the beginning, there were less organised crimes, no armories and there were also different staff positions, such as third in command and treasurer. However, some of the biggest and most discussed changes are the different warring systems, which are what this article will focus on. Factions war for many reasons; for fun, pride, grudges and to cure their boredom. But most importantly is to gain respect. We will start at the beginning, or as close to it as possible. When factions first came about, there was no such thing as chaining, non-aggression packs or peace treaties. In fact, before Spring 2005 there was no such thing as factions. There was no faction headquarters like there is today, people would just put a "tag" in front of their name to show they were part of a l...

SIXSIXSEVEN [1451685] — It's that time again. You can tell even without checking your watch. By now your Nerve and Energy are topped off and you can get a quick TC "sesh" in before you head off to class. You mindlessly log in as you have the 10,000 times before; an expert now, at navigating the new mobile interface. You see the familiar glow of the Events and Mailbox buttons and try to recall if it's already been two weeks since you started LAW2890 - Public Law. You click Events. A list longer than your mobile screen reveals page after page of failed attacks, and you're not even in a Faction. With whom could you be at war, and how could you defend so many attacks? It's the beginning of the month. Panicked, now, you check your messages, looking for the telltale sign that someone disagreed with that one forum post so strongly, they've recruited their faction to make city life a temporary hell for you. But you're met with only more confusion. "CONG...