Torn City Times

sugarvalves [1963573] — Egg totals revealed. NS moves into the racket business, plans assault against CR. Impulse record confirmed. SA and JFK hold hands. Dekloren bruised. New Player Chat in brawl with Global. With everyone distracted by delicious and shiny Easter Eggs, there are a few stories that may have slipped under your radar over the past fortnight. What do you mean you don't own a fully operational radio detection and ranging system? Oh, I guess that's why you don't know all of this lovely news then. Enjoy. EGG TALLIES UPDATED The forums have been tracking the Easter Egg hunt leaders well so far, but we thought we'd confirm the stats for those who are interested. At the time of writing on Monday morning the most eggs anyone had was sixteen. Eight players currently share this lead, and they are Ahab, cookdandbombd, Rob_Snow, Tais, Neil_Peart, -sketch-, advert and CaptainGhost. It could be that we're well on our way to a new Easter Egg Hunt record, given t...

Hopslam [795412] — Who is chasing the top busting spot? What happens when you give out free stuff? And which honor only had five recipients? Read on to find out all this and the winner of February's HOP prize. February was a busy month in Torn. I was glad to see a huge increase in the number of Achievement threads posted compared to prior months, with the varying categories of unique accomplishments catching me by surprise. First, let me remind you how to become eligible for the monthly Hopslam's Outstanding Player Award. If you have done something you feel good about and want to share it, then please create an Achievement thread - that's it! I look at all the achievements posted and note those which stand out. The winner could be an up and coming star, or a long time veteran, it really doesn't matter. What attracts me most are the stories behind the achievements, as knowing someone's journey makes the achievement seem more special. BATTLE STAT WARS ZOMB13 of N...

sugarvalves [1963573] — What can you do when you're trolled by Duke? How do new players transition from New Player Chat? And what happens when you discover you're married to a scammer? To find out, let's Ask Aunty Torn! Aunty is self-isolating like the rest of you right now, so that means she has even more time to answer your queries and questions! Since the world is about to end let's curtail this waffling and cut to the chase with our first question, which comes from an anonymous young soul who was trolled by Duke. Dear Aunty, So a few months ago I was bored and decided I wanted to message Duke to see if anything came out of it and low and behold I got a response back! I asked him what I would have to do in order to earn a private island from him and he told me that I had to put 10 bounties on Dekloren with the reason stating he's a Lil Baby Llama and the Island was mine. I did so and didn't hear back for a week, 2 weeks and finally I got a hold of Deklor...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Points fall after short-lived recovery. DP prices stall. Cannabis set to rise. Cans hit upturn in spite of expert predictions. Booze prices unstable. Medical items on the up. UNPREDICTABLE POINTS After months of continuous decline, the points market seemed to be improving midway through March, rising from a seven-month low of $46,665 on the 11th to a healthier price of $47,879 one week later. However, this recovery was short-lived, and points are now at their lowest price since July 2019. The combined effects of an increasing population and repeated decreases in the Pawn Shop price for Donator Packs are to blame for much of this slump, but what caused the brief resurgence we saw in mid-March? It appears that the value of most plushies and some flowers increased around the same time that the point price rose, but was this the cause, or an effect? Pictured: Tribulus Omanense three-month price graph. Pictured: Camel Plushie three-month price graph. It appears th...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Easter Egg Hunt opens at noon on the 5th. Three-week event set to run in spite of global catastrophe. Record total of 26 looks likely to be... beaten. Competition tokens on offer. Against all medical advice to the contrary, Torn City has decided to press ahead with its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday, with festivities set to begin as planned at noon Torn City Time today, the 5th of April. The Easter Egg Hunt is a long-standing Torn tradition which requires nothing more than a perpetual state of awareness to succeed. All you need to do during the three-week event is play Torn as normal while keeping an eye out for any small, coloured blobs on your screen. If you see a coloured blob and it isn't a piece of cereal stuck to your actual laptop screen, then you should try to click it, as it's likely you've found an Easter Egg! Easter Eggs have a chance to appear on any Torn page for any player, regardless of the time, date or your dietary requirements....

Soliel [1982847] — Travelers to Mexico and Canada hospitalized mercilessly on Sunday. Natural Selection members responsible. Stretch hints at global quarantine in near future. To the dismay of many citizens, a violent quarantine was enforced on travellers to Mexico and Canada last Sunday by members of Natural Selection. In a seemingly spontaneous move, NS fighters FidelCashflow, Blaze and G-STAR01 kept the majority of Canada and Mexico in the hospital for hours on end throughout the day on the 29th of March. One wonders what would cause someone to go on a cross-continental murderous rampage. When asked, the perpetrators of this heinous crime all gave similar reasons for hospitalizing two entire nations - they were trying to keep infectious people isolated. "We are facing the greatest global pandemic in modern times. We must quarantine members of the public and shut all borders to contain the spread of this virus!" - G-STAR01 "I doubt most ppl here wash their hands eve...

LaPetiteMort [2080158] — Discover what lies ahead for you in the month of April by browsing the prophecies of Spica, Torn's resident and most revered mystic. Since the first quarter of 2020 has been a complete and utter s**t show, I, Spica, the all-knowing foreteller of mostly accurate prophecies, have decided to share my predictions with you in the form of a brand new Tornoscope feature. Those of you with ashen hair and crinkled complexions may recall that the Torn City Times once had a horoscope many moons ago. But this isn't a horoscope, it's a Tornoscope, which is different in several important ways I cannot possibly share with you non-enlightened individuals. The one thing I can tell you is that I have used real Tarot Cards to predict your fortunes over the coming month. So, if you'd like to know your fate so you may adequately prepare, you would be wise to pay heed to the following divinations. Aries (March 21 ~ April 20) Eight of Swords Aries needs to be mind...