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Halloween events, Kniv's toilet tag story, the return of Memento Mori and Nath's Gold AK are all exposed in our latest roundup of local news.
HALLOWE'EN FESTIVITIES TO BEGIN
Let's begin this local news roundup with a brief reminder of the two Hallowe'en events set to take place over the next two days.
The first event, Torn Trick or Treat, kicks off at noon today when Hallowe'en Baskets will be made available for purchase at Sally's Sweet Shop. Participants will then have 48 hours to take as much candy as possible from their fellow trick or treaters. Further details on this event can be found here.
The second event is Duke's parcel giveaway which lasts for the duration of October 31st. From 00:00 that day, any player who sends the loan shark a specific amount of cash will receive a random parcel in return. The amount of money is believed to be Hallowe'en themed, and if you guess correctly, you should receive a parcel within fifteen minutes. If you send an incorrect cash amount, you should wait for this time to elapse before trying again. More information regarding this event can be found here.
Money can be given to Duke via this link here.
NAUGHTY NATH
On Sunday, Champion revealed via the forums that long-serving Torn citizen Nath had been placed in federal jail for his use of multiple accounts. Later, a post by Quy alerted the community to the fact that Nath had subsequently been penalised to the tune of of $35 billion, with a stat spy by TCT reporter Claire proving this beyond doubt.
Big_Rico then reported that a profile by the name of Leslie2 was one of Nath's multis, having previously belonged to a real player who had since quit the game. If Nath was trying to stay under the radar, he would've done well to avoid naming his profile after a high profile NPC. Oh, and exchanging $26 billion with your multi in one day is probably a bad idea too.
The icing on this multi-layered cake? Nath bragged about owning a Gold AK three days later. Coincidence?
LOAN WINNERS MISS OUT
Last week it was announced that thirty-one lucky individuals were to have part or all of their loans wiped due to their efforts in the Torn's Got Talent competition run by Duke. The rotund mafioso initially offered to clear the loans of just three people, but he was so impressed by the entries received that he expanded this to include anyone who had bothered to sing a song.
However, while many benefitted greatly from this annulment, some winners received no loan reduction at all, due to the fact they had no outstanding debts with Don Calabrese.
Pictured: Free money? No thanks.
The biggest loser in this respect was Ampueromine, whose gold-rated entry meant she was eligible for a 100% loan cancellation - Ampueromine's total debt to Duke was $0. Fellow gold winners Ser and Estelle also missed out, with the pair owing just $10,450,000 between them. Silver winners Proph and Bagel wasted their opportunities too, as they owed, $4,250,000 and $3,250,000 respectively, but were eligible for a $500 million loan reduction. In total, four of the thirty one winners had no loans which could be discounted, with the lowest loan affected being Josephine's gargantuan $11 dollar debt.
CatHead was one of the major beneficiaries of Duke's competition, with his $140 million loan and $14 million fees cancelled in their entirety. And it seems this annulment couldn't come quick enough for the gold-standard crooner, as this anxious bug report so clearly demonstrates. The biggest winner by far was bronze winner Chesapeak, whose loan of $546,104,998 and fees of $550,976,530 were discounted by $250 million thanks to his efforts on the guitar.
The event's biggest winner and loser was Judgment, who won a $100 million reduction to his loan, but still owed over $1.9 billion after the discount had been applied.
KNIV'S TOILET TAG STORY
Earlier this month we published the exclusive revelation that triple Dog Tag champion Kniv would miss this year's event to give others a chance of winning. Due to our ingrained and unrelenting cynicism, we cast doubt upon the champ's claims, speculating that it could be a ruse designed to prevent his rivals from attacking him.
In response to this accusation, Kniv's friend Pistachio got in touch with us to put the record straight.
"I dont' think Kniv is lying, we've been friends for years and last year while he was competing he told me it's his last year, he spent about 4bn on it and had repeated "bathroom breaks" at work IRL, it's too much effort."
Pictured: Kniv
Whether or not Pistachio is correct, this comment gives us an intriguing insight into what it takes to win the Dog Tag tournament. Those of you who are intent on challenging for the title may need to start preparing now, as if you can't afford the $4billion required, you could at least start sewing the seeds of an imaginary digestive issue in the minds of your colleagues and coworkers.
ITEM PRICES DROP DUE TO CITY EVENTS
In the aftermath of last month's travel bonus debacle, it was anticipated that the price of many products on the item market would experience a period of volatility. Translation: price for drug and ting go uppy downy like rollercoaster because more easy to get. Business Class Tickets were also expected to drop in valuation after they were offered as compensation when the bonus didn't work as planned, and this proved true, with their price falling to their lowest point for six months after the payout was announced, and continuing to plummet ever since.
Pictured: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
In light of this drop, it would be prudent of our city's market traders to keep an eye on forthcoming special events to anticipate which items will likely be affected. One anonymous trader who has done this got in touch with the Times to share his observations with us. He noticed that while many foreign items such as plushies and flowers had indeed experienced an expected devaluation, the travel bonus event seemed to have had a knock on effect on some unexpected products too.
"About your article, the price of edvds has gone up by demand...I've seen marijuana hit 14k yet it currently sits at 9-10k, morphine hit a 51k total but on average sits around 43-45k these are the market opportunities. I cashed in huge on the morhpine market once it hit 45k. I kick myself now as I sold over 5 thousand morphine at 45k to watch it climb another 5k during the event. I also bought into FAKs aswell which I also made a ton of money flipping before and during elim event."
"The markets are slowly making gains back as players are hording. Check my bazaar I've been one of the players waiting the bounce back. It'll take another week ish before things are back to a reasonable norm. I've also noticed big box of chocolate price dropped huge. Normal selling point is around 3600-3650 can't sell em for it currently, as 3k seems to be the norm currently. I see it as people loosing 600$ per sale."
Unfortunately, our anonymous trader's assertion that things will soon be back to normal is entirely incorrect. Chocolate peddlers and their ilk will likely suffer further devaluations to their products within the coming week due to the forthcoming Halloween event, and Erotic DVD suppliers may also see valuations fall since they will be made available via Duke's parcel giveaway.
I would therefore encourage the city's confectioners and pornographers to sell their wares as quickly and as cheaply possible. Preferably, to me.
MORE MEMENTO MORI?
Back in August Torn City said its final goodbyes to Memento Mori, one of the oldest factions in Torn's history, after its sale to Saitoma (now known as Mercane) for a fee of $62.5 billion. The faction was quickly renamed Panthers by its new owner (it is now known as Vipers) and having spent all of his cash acquiring the outfit, Saitoma soon made it clear there was no money for warring. Former member Mr_Venomancer contacted the Torn City Times to tell us more.
"I was in Panthers for 2 days, I was there but the faction was dead, no drama but everyone in there planned to enjoy the Leeching, Siatoma has no money to run the faction on warfare so she allows whatever the members ask of, I tried introducing to her that chaining just a little 1k per week would increase the faction attraction from outsiders but I think one of the leeches didnt like that and got me kicked after."
Mr_Venomancer says that Saitoma initially seemed open to the idea of chaining, and even told him to create a forum post, only to be kicked several hours later without warning. He claims that he later received a message from another member of the faction who laughed off his attempts to get the faction going. That player was Slickcruz, and with Panthers / Vipers on the verge of stagnation, it seems he left the group in order to form his own faction - Memento Mori 2.0
Slickcruz attempted to grow his new faction through a recruitment post earlier this month, and at the time of writing he has 14 members under the MM 2.0 banner. However, Slickcruz has faced accusations that he is merely trading on the good name of a dead faction, and I have heard from some former MM veterans that they are not at all happy with their identity being stolen in this way.
Slickcruz has now blocked Torn City Times reporters from contacting him, but before he did, he told me that he has the blessing of former MM leader Tascon when he set up this tribute faction. Tascon has also refused to speak to our reporters, so in the absence of comments to the contrary, we must therefore assume that he is in love with Memento Mori 2.0 and wants to marry it.
AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION
The Torn City Times is currently involved in an investigation into the recent scamming of Reformer by S98 - a player now known as Perplex-. We have received information that Perplex- is a restart, and was the former owner of the now-fedded profile Quit-. Furthermore, we have received confirmation from Perplex-'s employer, Vernunzio, that a mass bounty threat has been made anonymously towards his colleagues at the Verniture Store.
We are in the midst of preparing an exposé on these issues, but if you have information pertaining to either Perplex-'s old identity or the anonymous threats, please contact the Torn City Times today. Your identity will be protected and a fabulous reward is also on offer to anyone whose information leads to the exposure of illicit activities or a very juicy article.
USELESS INFORMATION
Here at the Times we receive a daily torrent of submissions to our Tell Your Story inbox. Those players who provide us with something useful or interesting are often rewarded with a Donator Pack. However, many of the things we are sent are utterly pointless, and to demonstrate just how unimportant some of your utterings are, TCT reporters Josephine and Bainz have compiled the most recent submissions into a delightful gif.
Let's begin this local news roundup with a brief reminder of the two Hallowe'en events set to take place over the next two days.
The first event, Torn Trick or Treat, kicks off at noon today when Hallowe'en Baskets will be made available for purchase at Sally's Sweet Shop. Participants will then have 48 hours to take as much candy as possible from their fellow trick or treaters. Further details on this event can be found here.
The second event is Duke's parcel giveaway which lasts for the duration of October 31st. From 00:00 that day, any player who sends the loan shark a specific amount of cash will receive a random parcel in return. The amount of money is believed to be Hallowe'en themed, and if you guess correctly, you should receive a parcel within fifteen minutes. If you send an incorrect cash amount, you should wait for this time to elapse before trying again. More information regarding this event can be found here.
Money can be given to Duke via this link here.
NAUGHTY NATH
On Sunday, Champion revealed via the forums that long-serving Torn citizen Nath had been placed in federal jail for his use of multiple accounts. Later, a post by Quy alerted the community to the fact that Nath had subsequently been penalised to the tune of of $35 billion, with a stat spy by TCT reporter Claire proving this beyond doubt.
Big_Rico then reported that a profile by the name of Leslie2 was one of Nath's multis, having previously belonged to a real player who had since quit the game. If Nath was trying to stay under the radar, he would've done well to avoid naming his profile after a high profile NPC. Oh, and exchanging $26 billion with your multi in one day is probably a bad idea too.
The icing on this multi-layered cake? Nath bragged about owning a Gold AK three days later. Coincidence?
LOAN WINNERS MISS OUT
Last week it was announced that thirty-one lucky individuals were to have part or all of their loans wiped due to their efforts in the Torn's Got Talent competition run by Duke. The rotund mafioso initially offered to clear the loans of just three people, but he was so impressed by the entries received that he expanded this to include anyone who had bothered to sing a song.
However, while many benefitted greatly from this annulment, some winners received no loan reduction at all, due to the fact they had no outstanding debts with Don Calabrese.
Pictured: Free money? No thanks.
The biggest loser in this respect was Ampueromine, whose gold-rated entry meant she was eligible for a 100% loan cancellation - Ampueromine's total debt to Duke was $0. Fellow gold winners Ser and Estelle also missed out, with the pair owing just $10,450,000 between them. Silver winners Proph and Bagel wasted their opportunities too, as they owed, $4,250,000 and $3,250,000 respectively, but were eligible for a $500 million loan reduction. In total, four of the thirty one winners had no loans which could be discounted, with the lowest loan affected being Josephine's gargantuan $11 dollar debt.
CatHead was one of the major beneficiaries of Duke's competition, with his $140 million loan and $14 million fees cancelled in their entirety. And it seems this annulment couldn't come quick enough for the gold-standard crooner, as this anxious bug report so clearly demonstrates. The biggest winner by far was bronze winner Chesapeak, whose loan of $546,104,998 and fees of $550,976,530 were discounted by $250 million thanks to his efforts on the guitar.
The event's biggest winner and loser was Judgment, who won a $100 million reduction to his loan, but still owed over $1.9 billion after the discount had been applied.
KNIV'S TOILET TAG STORY
Earlier this month we published the exclusive revelation that triple Dog Tag champion Kniv would miss this year's event to give others a chance of winning. Due to our ingrained and unrelenting cynicism, we cast doubt upon the champ's claims, speculating that it could be a ruse designed to prevent his rivals from attacking him.
In response to this accusation, Kniv's friend Pistachio got in touch with us to put the record straight.
"I dont' think Kniv is lying, we've been friends for years and last year while he was competing he told me it's his last year, he spent about 4bn on it and had repeated "bathroom breaks" at work IRL, it's too much effort."
Pictured: Kniv
Whether or not Pistachio is correct, this comment gives us an intriguing insight into what it takes to win the Dog Tag tournament. Those of you who are intent on challenging for the title may need to start preparing now, as if you can't afford the $4billion required, you could at least start sewing the seeds of an imaginary digestive issue in the minds of your colleagues and coworkers.
ITEM PRICES DROP DUE TO CITY EVENTS
In the aftermath of last month's travel bonus debacle, it was anticipated that the price of many products on the item market would experience a period of volatility. Translation: price for drug and ting go uppy downy like rollercoaster because more easy to get. Business Class Tickets were also expected to drop in valuation after they were offered as compensation when the bonus didn't work as planned, and this proved true, with their price falling to their lowest point for six months after the payout was announced, and continuing to plummet ever since.
Pictured: Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
In light of this drop, it would be prudent of our city's market traders to keep an eye on forthcoming special events to anticipate which items will likely be affected. One anonymous trader who has done this got in touch with the Times to share his observations with us. He noticed that while many foreign items such as plushies and flowers had indeed experienced an expected devaluation, the travel bonus event seemed to have had a knock on effect on some unexpected products too.
"About your article, the price of edvds has gone up by demand...I've seen marijuana hit 14k yet it currently sits at 9-10k, morphine hit a 51k total but on average sits around 43-45k these are the market opportunities. I cashed in huge on the morhpine market once it hit 45k. I kick myself now as I sold over 5 thousand morphine at 45k to watch it climb another 5k during the event. I also bought into FAKs aswell which I also made a ton of money flipping before and during elim event."
"The markets are slowly making gains back as players are hording. Check my bazaar I've been one of the players waiting the bounce back. It'll take another week ish before things are back to a reasonable norm. I've also noticed big box of chocolate price dropped huge. Normal selling point is around 3600-3650 can't sell em for it currently, as 3k seems to be the norm currently. I see it as people loosing 600$ per sale."
Unfortunately, our anonymous trader's assertion that things will soon be back to normal is entirely incorrect. Chocolate peddlers and their ilk will likely suffer further devaluations to their products within the coming week due to the forthcoming Halloween event, and Erotic DVD suppliers may also see valuations fall since they will be made available via Duke's parcel giveaway.
I would therefore encourage the city's confectioners and pornographers to sell their wares as quickly and as cheaply possible. Preferably, to me.
MORE MEMENTO MORI?
Back in August Torn City said its final goodbyes to Memento Mori, one of the oldest factions in Torn's history, after its sale to Saitoma (now known as Mercane) for a fee of $62.5 billion. The faction was quickly renamed Panthers by its new owner (it is now known as Vipers) and having spent all of his cash acquiring the outfit, Saitoma soon made it clear there was no money for warring. Former member Mr_Venomancer contacted the Torn City Times to tell us more.
"I was in Panthers for 2 days, I was there but the faction was dead, no drama but everyone in there planned to enjoy the Leeching, Siatoma has no money to run the faction on warfare so she allows whatever the members ask of, I tried introducing to her that chaining just a little 1k per week would increase the faction attraction from outsiders but I think one of the leeches didnt like that and got me kicked after."
Mr_Venomancer says that Saitoma initially seemed open to the idea of chaining, and even told him to create a forum post, only to be kicked several hours later without warning. He claims that he later received a message from another member of the faction who laughed off his attempts to get the faction going. That player was Slickcruz, and with Panthers / Vipers on the verge of stagnation, it seems he left the group in order to form his own faction - Memento Mori 2.0
Slickcruz attempted to grow his new faction through a recruitment post earlier this month, and at the time of writing he has 14 members under the MM 2.0 banner. However, Slickcruz has faced accusations that he is merely trading on the good name of a dead faction, and I have heard from some former MM veterans that they are not at all happy with their identity being stolen in this way.
Slickcruz has now blocked Torn City Times reporters from contacting him, but before he did, he told me that he has the blessing of former MM leader Tascon when he set up this tribute faction. Tascon has also refused to speak to our reporters, so in the absence of comments to the contrary, we must therefore assume that he is in love with Memento Mori 2.0 and wants to marry it.
AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION
The Torn City Times is currently involved in an investigation into the recent scamming of Reformer by S98 - a player now known as Perplex-. We have received information that Perplex- is a restart, and was the former owner of the now-fedded profile Quit-. Furthermore, we have received confirmation from Perplex-'s employer, Vernunzio, that a mass bounty threat has been made anonymously towards his colleagues at the Verniture Store.
We are in the midst of preparing an exposé on these issues, but if you have information pertaining to either Perplex-'s old identity or the anonymous threats, please contact the Torn City Times today. Your identity will be protected and a fabulous reward is also on offer to anyone whose information leads to the exposure of illicit activities or a very juicy article.
USELESS INFORMATION
Here at the Times we receive a daily torrent of submissions to our Tell Your Story inbox. Those players who provide us with something useful or interesting are often rewarded with a Donator Pack. However, many of the things we are sent are utterly pointless, and to demonstrate just how unimportant some of your utterings are, TCT reporters Josephine and Bainz have compiled the most recent submissions into a delightful gif.
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