Torn City Times

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who the big winners were in Torn's latest round of Easter Community Events! Torn's Community Event judges have finally put down their crack pipes and finished their review of our Easter competitions. The winners of the Lucky Dip are yet to be drawn, but those who placed highly in the baking, singing, and drawing events can now be revealed. EASTER DESKTOP COMPETITION Kern was awarded first prize in the Easter Desktop Competition, a contest that asked players to create a Torn-themed desktop background. There were many great pieces of art entered into this event, but many of them failed to fit the brief, either because they were too busy to be used as a desktop background, or they were simply a bunch of stock images plopped together. Kern's was neither of these things, with their incredible cyberpunk-style entry impressing the judges with its detail, level of sophistication, and the uniform tone that allows it to function as a suitable scr...

sugarvalves [1963573] — How high will points rise before Museum Day? Which items are being bought up for Dog Tags? And why are 3 nerve booze and gold eggs ripe for investment opportunities? Find out in April's Market Report! The combination of the returning Dog Tags competition and Museum Day will present us with plenty of trading opportunities this May. And with several major updates having been made recently too, there is scope for further money to be made by those armed with sufficient insight. Find out which items are worth buying up and what you should avoid as we investigate what's been happening down at the item market this month, and what is to come as we push towards summer. MUSEUM MADNESS Torn's Museum is bracing itself for some multiverse level madness this month, with as many as 3 million plushies and flowers expected to be dumped at their doors in two weeks' time. From noon on the 17th through to noon on the 19th, all Museum exchanges will payout 10% mor...

g_ho [1261819] — Will Mercury's retrograde affect you? Should you enter Dog Tags? And why will Museum Day be costly? Find out what the stars are telling you to do this month with the help of May's Tornology! There are many signs going through changes this May, and the Mercury retrograde means hijinks will ensue throughout the month. See what’s in the stars for you during the next lunar cycle with May’s Tornology. TAURUS (APR 20 - MAY 20) It’s birthday season and you’re feeling extra popular, Taurus! The solar eclipse at the end of April gives you the power of rebirth, so be honest with yourself. Have you always wanted to be a poker god, a stat monster, or a trading supremo? Now is the time to make your moves. But be quick, Taurians, for a new union comes mid-month - and new unions can't happen before a messy breakup! Keep your trap shut if you don't want to exacerbate the situation, and instead, focus on filling your pockets, as May 30th's new moon will be in you...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out what the developers did over the past two months, why they did it, and how it will affect you in this roundup of March and April's notable Patch Notes. Patch List #231 Ukraine Patch List #231 was truncated due to the situation affecting many of our colleagues in Ukraine. At the time, Chedburn announced that our patch lists may be suspended for some time, but some members of our development team were still able to contribute a number of important updates and fixes over the next two months. Our thoughts remain with our colleagues who are still affected by the illegal and unjust invasion of their nation. Patch List #232 Traveling Sidebars / Topbars Torn citizens can now monitor their life, energy, nerve, and happiness bars while abroad thanks to the introduction of sidebars and topbars in foreign nations. The information and links available to those in foreign lands was previously quite limited, whereas tourists and item runners will now be able to ...

Matzkops [2566807] — Read Matzkops' guide to trading weapons in Torn City, including tips on how to get started, identifying price points, and how to manipulate the market for maximum profit. The Weapons trade is one of the most important markets in Torn City - without it, we'd all be resorted to punching and kicking each other to death in the streets. And because some fights can be decided by the slimmest of margins, the demand for the finest quality weaponry is and has always been high. This was true even before the introduction of Advanced Weapons and Armors, and it remains true today. There is still a huge market out there for standard weapons, and in this article, I'm going to share with you my knowledge on how to grab a slice of this action, including tips on how to source the right stock, how to price correctly, and what you need to do to dominate the market. My Story I first started trading weapons in October 2020 after I sold an 85% full body armor for $27m. Th...

Sara [2430219] — Spring 2022's edition of JLT has hundreds of participants registered already. With billions in prizes to be awarded, why not try your luck in one of Torn's largest player-run racing tournaments? The fifth edition of the Justice League Tournament has arrived! This player-run racing tournament is open to racers of all skill levels, even those just starting out, and entry into the tournament is completely free! The deadline for registration is this coming Friday, April 29th . What is the JLT? One of the largest player-run racing tournaments, JLT was created in early 2020 and has since handed out prizes totaling approximately $16,082,000,000. The fourth edition had over 800 racers and saw over $4,077,389,282 in cash or items paid out. Prizes are awarded for a variety of achievements, including the best lap time in a race, and others that are decided through simple RNG! Prizes are paid out to the winners too, of course, but rewarding lower-ranked drivers...

sugarvalves [1963573] — Find out who topped the egg-collecting charts, how many people took part, and the number of eggs you needed to finish in the top 10% in the final Easter Egg Hunt under the current rules. Torn's annual Easter Egg Hunt ended at noon on Monday, with 2022 being the final year in which spawned eggs are tradeable. So did this lead to an increase in the numbers taking part? And if so, did that make it easier or harder to gain the maximum number of competition tokens? Let's find out in our eggsciting roundup of the final ever Easter Egg Hunt (under these particular rules). OVERALL STATS A grand total of 41,428 people found eggs during this year's event, meaning that participation was up 6.8% on last year's total of 38,777 active egg-hunters. A new record egg haul was also recorded, with 251,090 eggs found this year compared to a poultry 202,689 in 2021 - the record was set in 2020 when 214,643 eggs were found. The total number of eggs generated was a...

Evaline [2103253] — Unofficial community meetup event returns with the second-ever TornCon scheduled to run on August 6th in Washington DC. Planning and preparation has begun for the second annual TornCon 2022 in Washington DC. Players from all factions and sectors are invited to attend on August 6, 2022 in America’s Capital. What Is TornCon? TornCon is an unofficial meetup organized by and for the players of Torn City (Torn is in no way affiliated with this event). For those who missed the article about last year's event, you can catch up HERE . It was everything you'd imagine a TornCon to be with the expected ratio of nerds, trolls, cargo shorts, and guy-to-girl ratios. Stretch and Andyman were in attendance, and both agreed that the tunnel at the Chicago Museum of Illusions was their favorite memory. Personally, I enjoyed the amazing spread of food. It was so delicious, and there were so many things to try! "It's really a great way to finally put faces with those...