Torn City Times

sugarvalves [1963573] — On Friday the 2016 edition of the Torn City Dog Tag competition ended with a second straight victory for Kniv, who not only retained his title but also managed to acquire an astonishing 1287 tags and 22806 points in the process. In fact, so high were everyone's scores this year that Kniv's winning total from 2015 would only have been good enough for 4th this time around, making his margin of victory even more impressive. I congratulated Kniv on his victory over the weekend, but I also asked whether he regretted taking part in the interview with me a few weeks back, as it seemed to gain both him and the others involved a lot more negative attention during the competition's early stages; " Thank you, thought it couldn't be done, that someone was more hungry for it than me. But me winning the way I did proves that almost anyone can win this, so it's a fair competition for everyone. My average tag score is 18, so this competition is just d...

sugarvalves [1963573] — As 2016's Dog Tag competition rapidly draws to a close, the current leader sits on 20,130 points with 1,052 tags, holding a lead of 4670 points over their nearest challenger on 15,460. 14,000 points are good enough for 3rd place at the moment, and 6,192 points will sneak you into the top 25, but whether this will be enough come Friday 2pm is difficult to say. Especially since Duke's latest tantrum. Everything seemed to be running smoothly of late, with established players racking up tags and a few youngsters threatening to shake up the old guard. But the entire competition was thrown into turmoil on Friday, as the beef between Duke and Bodybagger once more reared its ugly, vein-straddled head. For those who aren't aware, Duke began assaulting members of Bodybagger's Oil Crew in retaliation for his excessive muggings. The Duke is known to enjoy the occasional dust-up with a stranger, but when Bodybagger abused this privilege he struck back hard....

sugarvalves [1963573] — The 2016 Dog Tag competition has well and truly kicked off this week with the leading collector now soaring into a lead of nearly 2,000 points. As of 4pm today 13,450 was the target for those aiming for top spot, with 2nd place on 11,907 and 3rd on 9,519. Those who are placed 4th to 10th are separated by a margin of just 3,000 points, and last week's 2nd placed Duke is currently languishing down in 11th on 6,411 points. However, with 11 days left before the winner is crowned literally anything could happen; if you were to misrepresent the meaning of the word literally of course. Figuratively speaking, the competition is more evenly spread than the margarine on an OCD sufferer's toast, and it's highly possible that we could actually have a low-ranked outsider taking the top spot come November 25th. Surprisingly, many of those in the top 25 are not high-level players, they are not well known, and they are doing incredibly well to fly under the radar ...

sugarvalves [1963573] — The 5th of November saw Torn's annual Dog Tag competition kick off with a bang, albeit one which was apparently not loud enough to alert many of the city's drug-addled laggards, many of whom only became aware of the competition once their own tags were snatched from their necks. Although truth be told, the competition actually surprised everyone, with even the city's drunken leadership baffled by the sudden onset of jewellery-based carnage. As ever the competition will run for the best part of a month, having kicked off on the same date as the United Kingdom's Guy Fawkes Night, and ending somewhat amusingly on the 25th of November, which just so happens to be the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women; a charming way to mark such a worthy cause. But, for those in favour of maiming both gentlemen and ladies for their identification tags, what exactly are the rules, and do they differ from those of competiti...