Torn City Times

ArttiIsGod [1954421] — This crossword is cross with those who tried to cheat last time, but don't worry, we've had a word with them. Hello and welcome to the Torn City Times Crossword number 47. We hope everyone enjoyed their Dog Tagging adventures, the Black Friday chaos, and any other events that may have occurred since last we met. Our previous crossword was a biggie, and it was Halloween themed too, with the first 25 players to solve it all receiving a Pennywise Mask as a reward. Well, at least they would have, if many of them hadn't cheated and sent each other the answer! Once these players were removed from consideration we then paid out our 25 masks to those who we believed had genuinely completed the crossword. A list of those players can be found in this article here: link The answer to the crossword was Scam candy off total strangers. Here is a solved version courtesy of CelestialKiller CROSSWORD 27 Oh look, here's a new crossword for you. Isn't that a...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out which traders and NPCs will be selling items for just $1 via their Bazaar this Friday. Torn's Black Friday sales event begins at midnight tonight, kicking off 24 hours of $1 sales across nearly 200 individual bazaars. From 00:00 am on Friday the 27th of November, hundreds of traders will be selling a variety of items for just one dollar each, as will several NPCs. So if you'd like to grab yourself a bargain without contracting a deadly virus, stay indoors this year and do all your shopping in Torn City. Pictured: You, having purchased twelve things you neither wanted nor needed. To find out who is selling what and when, please check out our official Black Friday Seller's thread . We will be updating the top post throughout the day to keep you informed as to which bazaars are scheduled to sell $1 items at certain times. Alternatively, you can see the full day's schedule by visiting the Black Friday Spreadsheet . We have done our best t...

sugarvalves [1963573] — 2019 champ secures second consecutive victory, equals record score. Find out who is selling their silver tag, who wants Dog Tags to change, and which player bought three NPC tags on the final day. Penicillin has won the Dog Tags tournament for the second year running after finishing with a score of 42,682 points. Astonishingly, this is the exact same score he recorded last year when he set a new Torn record. Congratulations Penicillin on a well-deserved victory! 12,808 points behind Penicillin was Shuka, who finished second for the third year in a row on 29,873 points. In third, Z_junior secured his highest ever finish in the event thanks to a haul of 23,356 points. Here is the final top ten table complete with the positional changes from Monday in parentheses. 1st (1st) - Penicillin - 42,682 points - 1,399 tags 2nd (2nd) - Shuka - 29,873 points - 884 tags 3rd (3rd) - Z_junior - 23,356 points - 698 tags 4th (4th) - Lord_Gorgen - 21,550 points - 756 tags 5th (...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out the current top ten leaderboard for Dog Tags 2020 as we enter the final stages of the competition. UPDATE: 10 token cutoff revealed. There are less than 48 hours to go until the conclusion of Dog Tags 2020, and with first place now a foregone conclusion, the race is on to see whether our runaway leader can set a new record score. Here are the current Dog Tag standings. These scores were correct as of roughly 18:30 TCT on the 23rd of November. Positions from last Tuesday are displayed in parentheses. 1st (1st) - 41,667 points - 1,341 tags 2nd (2nd) - 28,213 points - 839 tags 3rd (3rd) - 23,582 points - 670 tags 4th (4th) - 20,265 points - 701 tags 5th (5th) - 16,183 points - 788 tags 6th (6th) - 15,471 points - 434 tags 7th (7th) - 14,229 points - 666 tags 8th (?) - 13,551 points - 345 tags 9th (9th) - 13,253 points - 505 tags 10th (8th) - 11,315 points - 339 tags As you can see, there has been very little change in the positions of the top ten, with...

Pixie- [2342246] — Find words, win prizes, cry tears of joy, repeat. It's Wordsearch time again! Our regular puzzle-poser Pixie- is back with a new wordsearch for you this month, but first, let's take a look at the solution to last month's effort created by Dexter. Completed Wordsearch #9 Word Search 9 Winner (4 DPs) AcidBadger [2231170] Runner Ups (2 DPs) JUSTIN [1849848] jfive [1602780] tomcatmeowbuddy [2555816] Congratulations to all of our prize-winners. As promised, here is a brand new puzzle for you to solve courtesy of Pixie-. Have you been keeping up with current events? I hope so because as ever, her wordsearch is totally topical. Word Search 10 Puzzle BIGGER IMAGE Word Search 10 Clues: 2020 Elimination Champions (3,3) Alternative to DocTorn (9) Can obtain the 99 K Happy merit on this day (5,8) Best value flower to import (5) Needed for treats (9,6) Boosts all Energy Drinks (11) Released in 2019 (9) Solo Player Tournament (3,4) Something treats can be exchanged...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out why you should avoid global, how to make money, how to move jobs, whether the Wheel of Awesome is worth it, and when Aunty Torn will become lootable. Hello again dearies! Did you miss me? I apologize for my absence, but I was busy helping Dolly Parton figure out a cure for Coronavirus. We were working on it 9 to 5, day and night - except night. Anyway, now that we've saved the world I'm back to answer some more of your questions. You might call my advice a sort of vaccine against stupidity. And just like real vaccines, some people are too stupid to use it! Aunty, Why is it every time I add a thought to the Global chat 1 minute later I end up in hospital? I don't understand I don't do anything wrong is this normal? Anon Dear Anon, Global Chat is a cesspool, a place where the lowest of the low compete against one another to try and sink even lower. Most of the people there are seeking attention, so they tend to be more volatile than oth...

sugarvalves [1963573] — 1st place player extends lead. Top three pull away from the rest of the pack. New record 10% cutoff predicted. Duke set to release tags imminently. With just over a week left of Dog Tags 2020, it appears we may already have a winner, as our first-placed player has extended their lead to more than 10,000 points since last we checked. Here are the top ten scores which were correct as of 14:30 TCT today. Previous positions on the 9th of November are listed in brackets. DOG TAG STANDINGS 1st (1st) - 33,666 points - 1,004 tags 2nd (2nd) - 22,314 points - 605 tags 3rd (3rd) - 19,772 points - 498 tags 4th (10th) - 15,340 points - 483 tags 5th (6th) - 13,558 points - 612 tags 6th (9th) - 12,777 points - 335 tags 7th (?) - 12,563 points - 571 tags 8th (4th) - 11,536 points - 345 tags 9th (?) - 10,842 points - 373 tags 10th (5th) - 10,719 points - 365 tags The players whose former positions are marked with a question mark were outside the top ten when last we checked t...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who won what in our Halloween Community Events! The winners of Torn's Halloween Community Events have now been decided. All of the main prizes have now been paid out, as have the runner-up prizes, with over 150 Pennywise Masks given to those who did not place in the top three but nevertheless impressed the judges. That means if you haven't received anything yet, sadly, you have not been successful on this occasion. But don't cry all the water out of your body just yet, because we'll be posting a slate of Christmas Competitions in early December, and our Make a Map competition is still open for entries too! Here are the winners from our Halloween events: HALLOWEEN BAKING Entrants into this competition were tasked with making some kind of face out of foodstuff. We were inspired to create this contest by the terrible efforts of the contestants on the Great British Bakeoff, but we were genuinely surprised by the level of ability some peo...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Triple candy boost in effect for 48 hours from noon on Friday. Secret items set to spawn on Torn's anniversary too. Read our article to find out what, where, and when. World Diabetes Day starts at noon on Friday, with all candies set to provide three times as much happiness as usual for forty-eight hours. And if that’s not enough, we’re also going to celebrate Torn’s anniversary by spawning two items on the city map. Read on to find out where and when you can grab yourself some goodies. If you're unsure as to when World Diabetes Day begins because you're inexplicably incapable of reading the clock in the bottom left corner of the page, why not use our fancy new News Ticker to keep track of how long you have to wait. The Ticker will occasionally show a headline regarding current or forthcoming events alongside a timer which counts down to their beginning or end. You can scroll through headlines on the ticker by clicking in the empty part of the str...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Unintrusive new feature will share events, market info, bomb strikes and more! Ticker can also be used by Faction leaders to send urgent bulletins to members. The good people of Torn will never miss out on a major news announcement ever again thanks to the implementation of our brand new News Ticker feature . The News Ticker appears in the striped bar just below the search box and will provide you with live updates on a number of key areas, including events, trading information, and official announcements from both Torn and your faction leaders. Pictured: Important news about chocolate. The original purpose of the News Ticker was to make some of our more casual citizens aware of current events. Not everyone can stomach the forums, and few possess the attention span necessary to consume a full newspaper article, so the News Ticker was created to highlight what's going on in Torn in an easily digestible manner. This city is alive 24 hours a day, 7 days a we...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out what score you need to get into the top ten, our early estimate for the 10 token cutoff, and which player is offering to help taggers identify targets for a small fee! We are just four days into the Dog Tags competition and it already looks like this year's edition will be a close fight indeed. Our top tagger has a lead of around 3,000 over their nearest rival, but only a further 3,000 separates 2nd and 5th, with the rest of the pack another 4,000 behind. Here are the standings which were correct as of 16:00 TCT on Monday the 9th of November. DOG TAG STANDINGS 1st - 16,993 points - 382 tags 2nd - 13,813 points - 276 tags 3rd - 12,168 points - 241 tags 4th - 11,584 points - 345 tags 5th - 10,839 points - 367 tags 6th - 8,082 points - 309 tags 7th - 7,649 points - 193 tags 8th - 7,179 points - 116 tags 9th - 7,066 points - 153 tags 10th - 6,719 points - 179 tags Having seen the identities of our top ten I recognise a few major names in there, but t...

Sky [380980] — Find out how to use World Diabetes Day to land the Ecstatic honor bar for achieving 99,999 happiness. World Diabetes Day returns at noon on Friday the 13th of November. This 48-hour event triples the happiness effects of all candy items, which is good news for anyone who stocked up during the recent Trick or Treat event. But how can you use this day to good effect? What is Happy good for? Your happiness level has a huge effect on crime success rate and gym gains. Some players will spend WDD munching lollipops and burning warehouses, whereas others will be stuffing their face with chocolate and heading to the gym. Wory's guide on how new players can use candies to perform happy jumps is a good start for anyone looking to boost their stats on WDD. But in this article, we're going to look at how you can use World Diabetes Day to achieve the Ecstatic honor, which is awarded to players who overclock their Happy bar to the maximum of 99,999. A player with 99,999 ha...