Torn City Times

dESTROYS [67441] — In a traditional sense, Karma is the notion that 'what goes around comes around'. In Torn, a more appropriate proverb would be 'Those who sit in a round circle come together.' For the uninitiated; karma is the system by which players rate one anothers submissions to the forums. Each post can be rated up or down, giving every player a rating on their profile, as well as displaying their cumulative total of posts and how much karma they have accrued. The ratio of posts to karma score is not always an indication of how worthwhile someone's contribution has been, but offers at least a rough indication. Or at least it used to. The old karma system meant that one upvote was always equal to one Karma point, so long as the post was in the right section and met an arbitrary length that made it eligible for reward. Recently, this has changed. The new algorithms remain a little more obscure; if a single person uprates or down rates someone too often, their...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Private Security Firms have been given the go-ahead by Chedburn to establish themselves in Torn City. This news was confirmed after intrepid citizens uncovered the founding of a dummy company called Karma Team Zero , whose creation is apparently intended to serve as a vehicle for testing new legislation which grants a range of highly desirable perks to those who work in this new and exciting industry. The city authorities have been exploring the introduction of new professional fields into Torn for some time, but only now have we seen concrete evidence that this desire has been actioned. Private Security Firms are expected to be the first of many new company types welcomed into the fold over the coming months. And based on my initial investigations of this first enterprise, it seems that those with a talent for carefully orchestrated, corporate violence will do very well for themselves indeed. As a member of the press, I was granted access to Karma Team Zero ...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Some Torn players stand out from the rest due to their incredible personal achievements. Others are well-known for creating useful tools and guides for the betterment of others. And some people are famous for remaining active in Torn since its inception back in 2004. Icebluefire ticks all of these boxes; this guy has been here since the beginning, reached several notable milestones, and worked tirelessly to provide the most widely used Torn tool in the game's history: Tornstats.com . Tornstats.com allows players to track and compare their statistical achievements with greater detail than Torn.com allows. The biggest bountiers, the most merciless muggers and the highest earning bazaars can all be identified thanks to this comprehensive data analysis tool. There have been other similar sites created by the likes of JFK , SA and other factions for their own use, but Torn Stats is by far the most popular. So what drove Icebluefire to create it in the first p...

sugarvalves [1963573] — The literal meat parade that is the Mr and Ms Torn competition kicked off last week, with the grand prize of 10,000 points and a crown item enough to tempt citizens from all walks of life into taking their pants off for strangers. Voting commenced on the 5th of July and will run for just under three weeks, ending at midnight of the 25th. This year's event has been entered by a total of 268 men at the time of writing, compared to just 80 members of the fairer sex offering themselves up for judgement. Lucensa is the current leader of the women's competition, followed closely behind by Ruby and Kathe . Meanwhile, the men are operating under the shadow of karma-acquisition specialist Bogie , who leads Kamical and Frinzell in the race to be crowned Mr Torn. This year's competition has already provoked a rash of comments regarding its supposed flaws, with the soothing balm of forum discourse proving an ineffective method of relieving the itch. UNCCH...

sugarvalves [1963573] — A recent drop in productivity within Torn's industries means the city could face a period of recession in the coming months, according to an economist whose name escapes me but who almost certainly exists and has not been made up for the purposes of opening this article. Torn chief Chedburn warned of such turbulence two weeks ago, during an announcement on planned company changes where he cautioned that " company profits may be unpredictable during this stage, bouncing up and down for a while before equilibrium ." This forecast has indeed proven accurate, and while nobody could say they were not warned, many directors have nevertheless complained at Chedburn's apparent lack of consultation with company owners regarding this alteration. Stockboy , the director of Adventure Time Sweet Shop , first noticed a 50% reduction in Sweet Shop profits on 1st July. In a thread posted regarding this drop, he and others derided the decision to make such...