Torn City Times

Pixie- [2342246] — Find out who won last month's Christmas wordsearch and get ready to tackle our latest puzzle Welcome everyone to the first wordsearch of 2022! But before we see our latest puzzle, let's find out the answers to the last one. I received many wonderful messages from our readers in response to our Christmas puzzle, and I was especially grateful to those who pointed out that my Russian clue was slightly off! Next year, I'm asking Father Frost for a Duolingo subscription. Here are some of my favourite comments: Hi! This was VERY INFORMATIVE and SO MUCH FUN! I really enjoyed it! Thank you so much for doing this ? Blessings ? You added some brain scratchers in the clues that had me stumped for a little longer than I wish to admit! Thank you for setting this up! Super fun general knowledge, love that it was so international :) - thank you. Thank you for the quiz, I wouldn't have thought it would be this time-consuming, I've had lots of fun tho. Thanks f...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Factions involved in Ranked Warring set to see memberships locked down for duration of wars from February 1st. Find out how this may affect you and why it's been introduced Tuesday’s Patch Notes contained an announcement that factions participating in the Ranked Warring feature will soon be subjected to a full roster lock for the period between a match being found and the cessation of said war. Roster locks, which will be introduced from February 1st, mean that no members can join, leave, or be kicked from a faction until their current Ranked War is over - this will not apply during matchmaking, only when a match has been found. This change has been introduced in order to close a loophole that may have been exploited since Ranked Warring opened. The loophole in question relates to the 72-hour recruit status applied to players when joining a faction. Recruit status means that said players cannot contribute to a Ranked War, but they can still be hit and lo...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Read Aunty Torn's latest column as she dispenses advice on how to find a mark, what to do after a period of inactivity, and why you should always consider marrying your own son. It's a brand new year and Aunty Torn is raring to go! But some of you are entering 2022 with a few doubts to dwell on and decisions to make. Don't fret, Aunty's got you covered! In this month's column, Aunty helps out a fella with friends in another faction, an NPC loot loser, an inadequate inactive, a sophomoric scammer, and a struggling singleton. Dear Aunty Torn, Recently I have gotten in touch with some mates I played with on another game, they asked if I would like to join the faction they are in and I said I would consider. I feel that choosing between them or my current faction would go bad either way, as I have been a long-term member of my current faction and would feel like a betrayer. But I also have old ties to those two mates as well and feel that say...

ArttiIsGod [1954421] — Find out who won $500m in our Christmas Crossword, and how you can win considerably less than that by solving this month's puzzle! Hello and welcome to The Torn City Times Crossword #54, our first of 2022! We left some of you in a bit of a pickle last year when we let Duke write up the clues for Crossword 53 . This made it one of our hardest puzzles yet, but with a Christmas mask and several hundred million dollars on offer to the winners, we think it was more than worth your time. So let's find out who won! The answer to Crossword 53 was: " If your mama had wheels she'd be a bike. " Many got it correct because they can relate to it. The first to show me their correct answer was: Qfiffle . $500 million and a mask goes to our winner, with the cash having been provided by our Christmas sponsor Rab. Thank you, Rab! Our three random runner-ups are Interrobang , imtired400 , NedwardBalton . These players receive $100 million each and a mask. $...

sugarvalves [1963573] — This weekend, over 2,000 players fought to qualify for the biggest racing tournament in Torn City. Find out who made it through and who missed out in our recap of the URT qualifying rounds. The URT Winter Rally qualifiers ended late on Monday night with a dramatic final session that saw two drivers crash into the top twelve and secure their place among the final 48. But it wasn't to be for some of Torn's most experienced drivers, as many of the biggest names in racing failed to qualify for winter's showpiece event, with a glut of young drivers taking their place instead. Over 2,000 unique players took part in the URT qualifiers, which this year saw an expanded schedule consisting of nearly 200 individual races set up by our legion of dedicated race stewards. If you weren't one of the thousands of players who took part, here's a short recap of what happened down at the Race Track over the weekend. Uptown The rules for qualifying were simple...

sugarvalves [1963573] — City Finds set to increase temporarily from 17th to 23rd of January. Find out how to boost this further and potentially secure yourself a free Hazmat, RPG, or Big Box of Chocolate Bars! Awareness Awareness Week runs from the 17th to the 23rd of January. During this time, all Torn citizens will benefit from an increased amount of awareness, a hidden attribute that determines how many items will spawn for you on the City Map . If you're a new player and you're unaware that free items can be found scattered around the city, you are welcome... and lacking in awareness. But don't worry, we're here to help. Pictured: I found a pack of blank CDs, whatever the hell they are. Crossdressers? Idk. City Map items won't spawn for you every day, but if they do, they'll appear after midnight TCT, with everything from medical items and weaponry through to books and even stat enhancers potentially available for the bargain price of zero dollars. Many p...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Entry races for billion-dollar racing tournament open at 00:00am TCT on Friday. Four days of qualifiers set to determine 48 tournament drivers. Qualifiers free to enter for all. The qualification stage for the Ultimate Racing Tournament Winter Rally begins in the early hours of Friday morning, with the first of 46 daily races set to open up at 00:00 TCT. The full qualification schedule for each day can be seen via the link below: URT WINTER QUALIFIERS To enter a qualifier, all you need to do is head over to the Race Track just before the hour mark, visit the Custom Races tab, and join any races with gold flair that have spots available. Each race will begin roughly one hour after its scheduled open time, and there will be two qualifying races posted at every hour of the day except 11 pm. Most races will fill up within minutes after being posted, so make sure you arrive early if you want to claim a spot! Please make sure that the qualifier you are entering ha...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who won December's $100 million comic prize, and why January offers you the best chance to win it yourself, and gain the Velutinous merit! The final month of 2021 was hectic, to say the least, with faction drama and new features providing our comic artists with plenty of fertile ground to cover. We received a glut of great comics in December, but out of a competitive field, our Economist Lt_Wolf chose DarkAnthos as this month's winner. "This is such a beautiful story of a noob who persevered in the face of adversity. Congratulations, champion!" - Lt_Wolf Artist: DarkAnthos DarkAnthos takes home $100 million in prize money for his winning entry, with the judges impressed by both the content of his comic and the interesting style in which it was drawn. Lt_Wolf chose five runner-ups from December's comic cache, each of whom will receive $10 million for their efforts. Artist: slockins101 Artist: Beastb Artist: DarkAnthos Artist: Ult...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who won big in 2021's Christmas Community Events and auctions! After much deliberation, the Christmas Community Event winners have finally been chosen. We ran five creative contests over the holidays, alongside several auctions and a Lucky Dip event. Read on to find out who won the top prizes, what they did to deserve it, and who you can complain to if you think we got it wrong. CHRISTMAS WRAPPING First up we have the results of our Christmas Wrapping contest, a brand new event created especially for 2021! Players were asked to write and perform a rap about Torn while also wrapping a present. We were genuinely impressed by the quality of the entries sent into this competition, and for that reason, we were forced to choose two players each for joint second and third. Daedalus snagged joint-third thanks to their witty lyrics about Christmas Town and the Community Event judges' apparent aversion to rap. Orko also came in joint-third, with thei...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out why Energy Drinks are rising early, when to sell your CT loot, why people are buying up Vicodin, and why certain plushies and flowers are behaving strangely in this month's Market Report. The list of items given out in Christmas Town is as long as Stretch Armstrong's arms, and it's common knowledge that this event causes a huge depression on the price of certain items that typically lasts well into the new year. But could 2022 be different? Will we see demand skyrocket for candies and cans early in the new year? What's going on with those Advanced Weapons and Armors? And how did Chedburn cause a rise in the price of drugs? Let's find out in this month's Market Report. ENERGY DRINKS FIZZING? Energy drinks are one of CT's headline items, and at this time of the year, cans are usually in free-fall until late January or mid-Feb, at which point they begin rising again. This didn't happen in Spring 2021, with most cans begi...