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First-place lead slashed to just a few hundred points. Participation increases massively on last year. New tagger enters the top ten. For-hire spotter offers tag-hunting services to n00bs.
The 2019 Dog Tag competition has turned from a one-horse race into a two-horse affair, as our runaway leader has been pegged back harder than me when I received a kinky strippogram from Chedburn this weekend.
Pictured: Perks of the job.
Last week's table showed our anonymous leader sat on 17,005 points with a gap of 4,151 separating them from second-place. Their lead has now been slashed to just 595 points, but the top two have streaked ahead of the rest of the pack, as the gap between second and third has dilated faster and harder than Octomom, expanding to a remarkable 10,824 points. Here is the leaderboard for the top ten taggers as it stood at 1pm today.
1st - 29,745 points - 877 tags
2nd - 29,150 points - 1,021 tags
3rd - 18,326 points - 722 tags
4th - 17,825 points - 575 tags
5th - 17,616 points - 1,070 tags
6th - 14,860 points - 816 tags
7th - 13,587 points - 590 tags
8th - 12,127 points - 637 tags
9th - 9,595 points - 429 tags
10th - 8,816 points - 597 tags
The players in the top three positions have remained the same, but last week's fourth-placed player has dropped down a position to fifth. Our current fourth-placed player was eighth when we checked the standings on the 9th of November, with this energetic individual having leapt from 6,050 points to 17,825 points today.
Our sixth-placed player has also improved their standing in the competition, earning an extra 8,000+ points to move up from seventh. In seventh is a player who was previously fifth, and in eighth is a player who used to be sixth. Our current ninth-placed player has shifted up from tenth, however, and due to Duke's relinquishment of his tag collection, we also have a new player in at number ten.
In hindsight, it would've been easier to show you these movements in a table, wouldn't it? Brackets denote each players' placement on the 9th of November, with the first position being their placement today.
1st - (1st)
2nd - (2nd)
3rd - (3rd)
4th - (8th)
5th - (4th)
6th - (7th)
7th - (5th)
8th - (6th)
9th - (10th)
10th - (Outside top ten)
From the information we've been given, it appears that our top player has some high-value tags in their possession, whereas the second-placed player is going for sheer numbers instead - their tag totals were 345/275 compared to 877/1,021 today. However, what's interesting is that our second-placed player hasn't lost anywhere near as many tags as our current number one, and this may prove crucial in the end.
Our top tagger has stolen 891 tags in total, but their current collection of 877 means they've lost 14 altogether. The player in second has taken 1,026 tags overall, meaning they've only lost five tags according to their current collection of 1,021 tags. Meanwhile, third has lost six tags, fourth has been relieved of thirty-six tags and fifth has lost just two tags. Everyone else in the top ten has lost between three and twenty tags in total. I've not learned my lesson, have I? Here's that info in an easy-to-read list form.
1st - 891 stolen stolen - 877 held
2nd - 1,026 stolen - 1,021 held
3rd - 728 stolen - 722 held
4th - 611 stolen - 575 held
5th - 1,072 stolen - 1,070 held
6th - 819 stolen - 816 held
7th - 614 stolen - 590 held
8th - 658 stolen - 637 held
9th - 442 stolen - 429 held
10th - 618 stolen - 597 held
With just one week of the competition left, the race for the Dog Tag title looks like it's going to be one of the closest in recent years. 2019 also looks to be the most popular tags event we've ever had too, as 32,432 people have participated in the event so far, with 409,167 tags stolen, and 4,148 tags returned.
The popularity of this year's competition means it's going to be a little harder than usual to place high enough to gain extra competition tokens. So what can you do up your game slightly? Well, you could do worse than hire Kelsie, who works as a Dog Tag hunter for other players.
"I started off helping my faction last year find tags as I didn’t want to go after them myself. Then I decided why not try to help the rest of Torn too? So I offered in trade/trade forums my services."
Kelsie works by finding inactives who have not yet been stripped of their tag - she feels active targets are less likely to provide them. She began in this line of work during last year's tag competition by offering free targets to a few players, then she decided to make a bit of money from the venture, charging $2.5m for ten successful targets.
This year, Kelsie has upped her price to $5m for ten tags, but discounts are available for new and weaker players. Kelsie claims she's helped many people achieve their 50 tag total for the merit, and a few of her clients are also close to the 250 total too. So if you want some help in finding inactive players to help boost your tag collection, Kelsie is the woman for the job!
"Last night alone, I did some 100+ tags for people, with 4 at one time. It was mighty stressful but the majority of my tags landed. I’m hoping to get more noobs in to finish their merits. Not for necessarily making money, but overall assisting. I’ve met a lot of new people and made several new friends. If people are struggling/don’t have a lot of time to search, that’s where I come in."
The next and final Dog Tag scores update will be provided on an unspecified day later this week.
Pictured: Perks of the job.
Last week's table showed our anonymous leader sat on 17,005 points with a gap of 4,151 separating them from second-place. Their lead has now been slashed to just 595 points, but the top two have streaked ahead of the rest of the pack, as the gap between second and third has dilated faster and harder than Octomom, expanding to a remarkable 10,824 points. Here is the leaderboard for the top ten taggers as it stood at 1pm today.
1st - 29,745 points - 877 tags
2nd - 29,150 points - 1,021 tags
3rd - 18,326 points - 722 tags
4th - 17,825 points - 575 tags
5th - 17,616 points - 1,070 tags
6th - 14,860 points - 816 tags
7th - 13,587 points - 590 tags
8th - 12,127 points - 637 tags
9th - 9,595 points - 429 tags
10th - 8,816 points - 597 tags
The players in the top three positions have remained the same, but last week's fourth-placed player has dropped down a position to fifth. Our current fourth-placed player was eighth when we checked the standings on the 9th of November, with this energetic individual having leapt from 6,050 points to 17,825 points today.
Our sixth-placed player has also improved their standing in the competition, earning an extra 8,000+ points to move up from seventh. In seventh is a player who was previously fifth, and in eighth is a player who used to be sixth. Our current ninth-placed player has shifted up from tenth, however, and due to Duke's relinquishment of his tag collection, we also have a new player in at number ten.
In hindsight, it would've been easier to show you these movements in a table, wouldn't it? Brackets denote each players' placement on the 9th of November, with the first position being their placement today.
1st - (1st)
2nd - (2nd)
3rd - (3rd)
4th - (8th)
5th - (4th)
6th - (7th)
7th - (5th)
8th - (6th)
9th - (10th)
10th - (Outside top ten)
From the information we've been given, it appears that our top player has some high-value tags in their possession, whereas the second-placed player is going for sheer numbers instead - their tag totals were 345/275 compared to 877/1,021 today. However, what's interesting is that our second-placed player hasn't lost anywhere near as many tags as our current number one, and this may prove crucial in the end.
Our top tagger has stolen 891 tags in total, but their current collection of 877 means they've lost 14 altogether. The player in second has taken 1,026 tags overall, meaning they've only lost five tags according to their current collection of 1,021 tags. Meanwhile, third has lost six tags, fourth has been relieved of thirty-six tags and fifth has lost just two tags. Everyone else in the top ten has lost between three and twenty tags in total. I've not learned my lesson, have I? Here's that info in an easy-to-read list form.
1st - 891 stolen stolen - 877 held
2nd - 1,026 stolen - 1,021 held
3rd - 728 stolen - 722 held
4th - 611 stolen - 575 held
5th - 1,072 stolen - 1,070 held
6th - 819 stolen - 816 held
7th - 614 stolen - 590 held
8th - 658 stolen - 637 held
9th - 442 stolen - 429 held
10th - 618 stolen - 597 held
With just one week of the competition left, the race for the Dog Tag title looks like it's going to be one of the closest in recent years. 2019 also looks to be the most popular tags event we've ever had too, as 32,432 people have participated in the event so far, with 409,167 tags stolen, and 4,148 tags returned.
The popularity of this year's competition means it's going to be a little harder than usual to place high enough to gain extra competition tokens. So what can you do up your game slightly? Well, you could do worse than hire Kelsie, who works as a Dog Tag hunter for other players.
"I started off helping my faction last year find tags as I didn’t want to go after them myself. Then I decided why not try to help the rest of Torn too? So I offered in trade/trade forums my services."
Kelsie works by finding inactives who have not yet been stripped of their tag - she feels active targets are less likely to provide them. She began in this line of work during last year's tag competition by offering free targets to a few players, then she decided to make a bit of money from the venture, charging $2.5m for ten successful targets.
This year, Kelsie has upped her price to $5m for ten tags, but discounts are available for new and weaker players. Kelsie claims she's helped many people achieve their 50 tag total for the merit, and a few of her clients are also close to the 250 total too. So if you want some help in finding inactive players to help boost your tag collection, Kelsie is the woman for the job!
"Last night alone, I did some 100+ tags for people, with 4 at one time. It was mighty stressful but the majority of my tags landed. I’m hoping to get more noobs in to finish their merits. Not for necessarily making money, but overall assisting. I’ve met a lot of new people and made several new friends. If people are struggling/don’t have a lot of time to search, that’s where I come in."
The next and final Dog Tag scores update will be provided on an unspecified day later this week.
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