Torn City Times

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out what the developers did last month, why they did it, and how it will affect you in this roundup of December's notable Patch Notes. Patch List #221 Ranked Warring After a successful period of testing the Ranked Warring feature was released in early December, with factions now able to wage war against one another to earn ranks, respect, and rewards. Ranked Warring is a 1v1 faction warfare system whereby two sides fight in a tug-of-war style format to earn respect until one side has achieved the required lead over the other. The results of ranked wars are used to assign ranks to the factions involved, and over time, this will lead to a fluid and competitive system whereby factions must compete against others of similar strength and activity levels in order to maintain their ranking. The newspaper article goes into more detail about what is involved in Ranked Warring and how you can take part, as does the Wiki , which will constantly evolve as we m...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out why staff are scared to use emojis, what they must do to prove they are human, and how they gain access to the fabled staff nudes folder in this special staff edition of Dear Aunty Torn. Merry Christmas everyone! Aunty here with a special festive version of my long-running advice column. It's usually the players who get to ask me questions on all things Torn, but this time we're letting the staff send in their queries for me to answer. So without further ado, let's see what's troubling our behind-the-scenes team in this staff-only edition of Dear Aunty Torn! Hi Aunty Torn, A lot of people have been sending me mean mails after I've chat banned them and it's really starting to affect me. Whenever I tell them that they can appeal their ban they ignore me or even worse, make a new account mocking my name. Then I have to put them in federal jail for multi-accounting! It's a never-ending cycle and I just want to go back to banni...

sugarvalves [1963573] — A Christmas Message from the Torn Team Merry Christmas everyone! 2021 has been a rough ride for many, especially towards the end, with a new wave of corona hopping from house to house like Santa, and unfortunately putting paid to some people's plans for the holiday season. If you're spending Christmas Day by yourself out of circumstance or choice, or you simply want a little alone time while you digest your own bodyweight in confectionary, we hope you'll reach out to your Torn friends and factionmates while you're here today. Day Three of Duke's Dump Giveaway showed that this is a tough time for some, so if you're going to be nice on just one day of the year, make it this day. One way you can make someone's Christmas a little brighter is by dropping a nice story or a joke in Duke's final giveaway thread . Just try to make your gag PG-13 won't you, as the way some people have responded to Duke's tasks will put you off ...

Pixie- [2342246] — Solve our Christmas Wordsearch for a chance to win your choice from one of the two new masks and more! The Torn City Times Wordsearch is back for another edition! This month's puzzle has some extra special prizes on offer, but so did the last one that we published back in October, with four Sandworm masks soon to be paid out to our winner and three runners-up. But before we find out who gets to take home one of those weird-looking butt-masks, here are some of the comments we received on Wordsearch 15. Sorry for the mess. Have a good one! Here it is, my first word search. I didn't try before because I thought the clues where too obscure, but I was wrong...it took me a while to find some words but it was fun. Well done! I'm dumb as bricks with computers Hi Pixie! This was a lot of fun. I learned so much and my eyes are fuzzy. Thanks for doing these! My favourite part was being unable to work out which one I had missed despite having written an answer for...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who won Lt_Wolf's $100m comic prize for November, and what you should be doing if you want to win this month's prize! November was jam-packed full of events, with faction drama, scheduled boost days, and new feature releases all keeping us busy ahead of the festive period. This meant that our city's finest comic creators had plenty of things to reference, and they responded by sending in a bumper crop of fine artworks - many of which were from new artists! November's winning comic was provided by tophnox, who takes home the $100 million prize for the first time thanks to a comic that makes fun of how World Diabetes Day works. Here's what our city's economist and the comic prize sponsor Lt_Wolf had to say. "This winner was not the most beautiful comic. But sometimes, you have to choose the funny but ugly duckling. Congrats, tophnox!" - Lt_Wolf Artist: tophnox. Larger Link In addition to tophnox, Lt_Wolf has chosen si...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out which Extremely Rare items Torn's NPCs are posting on the auction house next week as Torn's Christmas Auctions return for another year! For many people, the holiday season is a time to spread love, kindness, and generosity. For others, the true meaning of Christmas is consumerism, for 'tis the season to spend your dead grandma's money, buy yourself some nice shiny stuff, and rub it in the face of those less fortunate. If that sounds like you, you'll be pleased to know that our Christmas auctions are returning this year, with our NPCs set to auction a number of rare and expensive items beginning this Tuesday. The headline item up for sale is a Gold Laptop valued at $8 billion TCT. There are only nine of these in existence, making Gold Laptops one of the rarest items in Torn City, so we expect competition to be fierce when it goes up for sale this week. Due to its scarcity, you'll be able to find the Gold Laptop under the Extrem...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out how you can win one of our two new masks by entering one of our Christmas Community events or our festive Lucky Dip! Torn's Christmas Community Events are now open for entries! While Duke is busy combing through low-effort posts in response to his daily giveaway tasks, the Community Events are here to raise the bar and showcase the very best bakers, artists, and meme-lords that Torn City has to offer. We're running six competitions this Christmas, each of which gives you the chance to win one of two brand new Christmas masks alongside the usual ribbons and prizes. Read on to find out what we want from you and what you'll get in return if you win! CHRISTMAS WRAPPING COMPETITION Following repeated complaints that we hate rap, the Torn City Community Event Committee (uhhh, me and bogie) have decided to put our apparent prejudice to one side and run a rap competition. But if you think saying some words fast in a slightly offensive accent will...

ArttiIsGod [1954421] — This month's crossword has a top prize of a festive mask and $500m, but there's a catch - the clues have been written by one of Torn's most illiterate citizens. Hello and welcome to the Torn City Times Crossword! This month's crossword has a unique theme that makes it incredibly challenging to solve, even for experienced puzzlers like you! Due to the increased difficulty, we've put up some high-value prizes to compensate for taxing your brain extra hard, with a huge cash prize provided courtesy of our sponsor, and several secret masks on offer to the winners too. But first, let's find out who managed to solve our last puzzle set back in October! Crossword 52 Results The answer to Crossword 52 was: Hamburger my heart away - that sounds like a good name for my next food truck. Anyway, the first person to answer correctly was Aquariuz , who wins Four Donator Packs and a Sandworm Mask. Our three randomly selected runner-upperers are Lollip...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out when Christmas Town opens, what changes we've made, and when Duke's Dump Giveaway begins as we leap pelvis first into the Christmas period. December the 14th provides players with a difficult choice. Do you head to Torn's one and only landfill site to take part in Duke's Dump giveaway? Or do you take the easy route and enjoy a leisurely stroll around Christmas Town? Why not both! If you like fishing in the trash or humiliating yourself in return for prizes, the first day of Duke's Dump giveaway begins on Tuesday the 14th with a forum post at 9am TCT in General Discussion. And once you've hosed yourself off and pulled the used tissues out of your throat, Christmas Town will open just a few hours later. Here's what you need to know about this year's event. What is Christmas Town? Christmas Town is a festive wonderland full of mini-games, merriment, and most excellent prizes that can be explored from the 14th to the 31st...

Lightor [2215463] — After months of high octane action the Justice League Tournament and Torn Racing League both conluded recently. Read up on how to see how these unique player-run racing events unfolded! Two of Torn’s biggest player-run tournaments have reached their conclusion after several months of nail-biting racing. The Justice League Tournament ended just a few days ago on the 5th of December, whereas the Torn Racing League finished a week earlier on the 28th of November. Read on to find out who won, what they won, and how! Justice League Tournament The fourth iteration of the JLT was a complete success with over 800 racers participating in this autumn's edition. This tournament is unique in that it allows players of all levels a shot at winning a prize, and during the course of seven qualifying weeks and one championship week over $4,077,389,282 of prize money was paid out in return for a good performance, a quick lap, or sheer RNG. Despite the egalitarian nature of the...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out how Ranked Warring, Advanced Caches, and Christmas Town will affect the price of weapons, armors, cans, and other items in this month's Market Report. WEAPONRY FLASH SALE!!! The big news this week was the release of Ranked Warring and Advanced Caches, both of which have led to some interesting developments in the arms market. So far we've seen 50 factions sign up for Ranked Warring, and that means several thousand players will need weapons and armor over the next few weeks. But if anyone thinks they're going to be able to pick up a few bargains ahead of the anticipated rise in demand they are dead wrong, as one seller noticed people stocking up several months ago. "The arrival of ranked warring was announced on the 24 th of September through the forum. The following month was business as usual, but close to Halloween, the sales started to skyrocket. From the 20 th of Oct since the 20th of Nov, I have sold Weapons and armor for over...