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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 faction, and so Forged Through War was born.
In earlier days, near the time of the new and "improved" warring system, FTW were, in Paras words, "Torn's punching bag faction," and ranked #115 under the new system. "No corner-cutting" was the attitude FTW took to climbing the ranks to HOF, choosing to contest the rank of most other faction on the list rather than sneak past.
"Everything we achieved we did the hard way."
-Para [1455847]
And so FTW made their way into HOF, but once they got there they found it not so welcoming.
It is no secret that FTW have had a few falling outs, maybe more than other factions. Do they cause the trouble, or does the trouble find them? Either way, there are always two sides too a story, and perhaps Torn is unique in this way, as when you look at the forums you will find hundreds of sides to the story, some involving dragons and witchcraft, and all add up to make a big fire out of a a little smoke. There is the famous pounce on JFK to gain top spot, and the overseas war with Milk and Cookies. I won't pretend to know what truly went on or how bad the feuds really where, but these feuds are just another part of being in a faction.
At the moment FTW, like many factions, are having fun training, "trying not to quit" and saying goodbye to long term friends. It seems that RESPO, as predicted by the developers, is too much of a change for some of Torn's eldest. Nonetheless, FTW are still strong as ever and appear prepared for the upcoming changes.
Next up is FTWs best friends: Milk and Cookies.
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 faction, and so Forged Through War was born.
In earlier days, near the time of the new and "improved" warring system, FTW were, in Paras words, "Torn's punching bag faction," and ranked #115 under the new system. "No corner-cutting" was the attitude FTW took to climbing the ranks to HOF, choosing to contest the rank of most other faction on the list rather than sneak past.
"Everything we achieved we did the hard way."
-Para [1455847]
And so FTW made their way into HOF, but once they got there they found it not so welcoming.
It is no secret that FTW have had a few falling outs, maybe more than other factions. Do they cause the trouble, or does the trouble find them? Either way, there are always two sides too a story, and perhaps Torn is unique in this way, as when you look at the forums you will find hundreds of sides to the story, some involving dragons and witchcraft, and all add up to make a big fire out of a a little smoke. There is the famous pounce on JFK to gain top spot, and the overseas war with Milk and Cookies. I won't pretend to know what truly went on or how bad the feuds really where, but these feuds are just another part of being in a faction.
At the moment FTW, like many factions, are having fun training, "trying not to quit" and saying goodbye to long term friends. It seems that RESPO, as predicted by the developers, is too much of a change for some of Torn's eldest. Nonetheless, FTW are still strong as ever and appear prepared for the upcoming changes.
Next up is FTWs best friends: Milk and Cookies.
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