Torn City Times

sugarvalves [1963573] — How will Elimination affect item prices? Why are Temporary Weapons such a good investment? And why might the points market crash again in late-September? Read on to find out all this and more! August has been an interesting month for traders, with the release of the Economic Report providing them with a useful tool to analyse stats and assist in decision making. But considering the imminent arrival of Elimination, an event day and some secret shenanigans, September could prove to be rather eventful too. So let's take a look at what's happened lately and what traders should be looking out for over the coming month in August's piping hot Market Report. XANAX POLEAXED Xanax reached a 3-month peak of $838k on July 1st, only to fall to a 2-year low of $832k in mid-August. Its price has recovered somewhat to a stable $834k, but according to last year's trends, we can expect a price rise around mid-September, when idiots realise they haven't boug...

howyadoin [2031433] — In this edition of Faction Focus we hear from Natural Selection's Stretch on how the faction was formed, where it's heading and what it stands for. This week’s Faction Focus brings the spotlight onto Natural Selection, a recently formed megafaction which was the result of a merger between Milk & Cookies and JFA earlier this year. Four months after their formation, Natural Selection sits at No. 8 in the Hall of Fame, but their ambition is and has always been to become number one. Former JFA leader Stretch is one of the leaders of Natural Selection, and when the merger was announced back in April 2019, he posted the following statement explaining the decision. Stretch told the Times that Natural Selection formed in response to the way Torn has changed of late. He said that both JFA and M&C needed to adapt to the new playing field and that their merger now allows them to compete at the top level while continuing to respect the traditions of the fac...

Proxima [1879587] — Let's have a look through the latest Patch List as posted by Chedburn to see what updates, changes, and fixes have been made to Torn this month, and what they mean for you. Welcome to the Patch Notes mega-article! Apologies to anyone who has missed it over the last few weeks, Stewie and I have been on holiday. Anyway, to cover the last four weeks of updates we'll start with the latest honour bars this time! New Honor Bars "Wrecked" - achieved by crashing your car, triggered by crashing after the release of this merit. "Lavish" - achieved by trashing an item valued at $1,000,000 or more, triggered by trashing a valuable item after the release of this merit. "Bare" - achieved by winning 250 fights while wearing no armour, triggered by winning a fight once achieved. "Devout" - achieved by donating a total of $100,000,000 to the church, triggered by any donation to the church. Additionally, a default flag honor for ...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Would you like to know what the latest economic report means but you're too baffled by graphs and long words like 'yield' and 'segment'? Then read our quick and simple round-up of the results Torn’s Economist Lt_Wolf recently released his long-awaited Economic Report which gave us a detailed analysis of how Torn's demographics and economy have developed over the past eighteen months. However, at thirty-six pages long, this document is a hefty read, especially for millennials, whose attention spans can be measured in you’ve already stopped reading, haven’t you? Hencetherewiththereforth, for those of you with too much blood and too little time on your hands, we’ve summarised the latest report and its major findings in this handy, fun-sized article. You’re welcome. BUILD THAT WALL Torn enjoyed a huge surge of new players throughout 2018 and has maintained a steady figure of 30,000 active daily users throughout 2019. There are approximate...

Harley [258120] — Read this experienced player's opinion on why newcomers should not be intimidated by Torn's older and already established players. On the 11th of March 2006, tiny Harley decided to register an account on this text-based game called Torn. However, this wee slip of a lad didn't last long, and he soon departed without so much as a hello or goodbye. It wasn’t until the 12th of August 2015 he decided to give Torn another go. And when he did, he realised that the city had become a very different place after nine years away. Picture of my profile on 5th of September 2015, a month after coming back. It was intimidating for Harley coming back to Torn as a tiny level 24 with barely any money and a whopping 20,000 total battle stats to his name. Everyone else had billions of stats, and at this point, inactivity refills were a thing, so I couldn't even use those to make up ground. Also, I had no work stats to help me in my quest for resurrection. For all inten...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who won the latest Community Events, and also which new competitions will be opening up soon just in time for Elimination. Duke and Leslie have announced the winners of their Community Event competitions, with Heasleys4Hemp emerging as the winner of Choke Me Leslie, and LadyDolce taking first prize in Duke's Island Giveaway. But before we look at their winning entries, we'd like to inform you of two special Elimination themed competitions which will begin early next month. At noon on the 5th of September, the annual Elimination competition will begin. During this event, many players display their allegiance to their team by sporting a customised signature in their profiles and forum posts. To enable all players to do this, we'll be running an Elimination Signature Competition from the 5th until the 26th of September. Once the team names are announced, players will be able to submit as many entries as they like to this competition, with wi...

howyadoin [2031433] — In the latest edition of Faction Focus, we sit down with Subversive Alliance leader Midknight to discuss the past, present and future of the faction. In this week’s Faction Focus, Subversive Alliance leader Midknight emerges from the shadows to speak about the Top 10 Hall of Fame faction, including its growth, goals and what’s in store for the future. Pictured: Shrouded in his classic hoodie, Midknight speaks to TCT from the subversive shadows. Subversive Alliance was created in 2008 when the Viking Legacy and CBB factions merged, with the new outfit being formed as a sister faction to HT. Current SA leader Midknight says that this allegiance was crucial, as given the hostile nature of the HoF at the time, it allowed SA to become strong enough to fend off the wolves when HT finally fell. Today, Subversive Alliance are sixth in the Hall of Fame table for respect. With a score of 6,132,969 as of the 18th of August 2019, you could be forgiven for thinking that ...