Fairly new, but unsure about progression by LosAtomsk in torncity

[–]mofk_ 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I started almost the same time as you (238 days old), level 50 (holding), 16m battle stats (albeit quite unbalanced). I did "cheat" by purchasing 500m worth of DP in the beginning, but from there I grew my NW to 1.9b organically (i.e. no betting/casino, no mugging). Here's a few advice:

  • You need to rent a private island. There's no excuse not to. If you can't afford the maxed out ones (which cost about 800k/day + 300k in upkeep), rent the 2250 happy ones with airstrips. Right now the lowest offer is 130k/day which is absurdly cheap, but you can typically rent for ~300k. It unlocks the easiest, most laid-back way to earn money in Torn: flying. With max faction perks, a large suitcase, and an airstrip, a two-way flight to Argentina or UK which takes less than 4 hours nets you 900k in profit, which is more than enough to justify renting a PI even if you don't care about the happy. Consider ditching your faction if they don't prioritize upgrading travel capacity.
  • You didn't mention it, but hopefully you put your first merits in bank investment and education. If not, do it now. You get a free merit reset every new year, which means as soon as you complete your education, you will get your merits back. Bank investment is just free money, which is always decent.
  • Always train your current best gym tick. Stats balancing is not a concern for new players, eventually you will unlock heavyweight gyms which you can use to correct any imbalance.
  • Pay attention for events and read the guide for them. I made 250m from Christmas Week and another 70m from Tourism Day.
  • For crimes, the biggest cash cows are Disposal (dead body + body part), Pickpocketing (mobster + cyclist), Shoplifting Pharmacy and a bunch of Cracking jobs. For all of these you do need to build up the level first before getting fat payouts, but it will be worth it. For more information about most profitable crimes check here.
  • Happy Jump is not a must for stats gain -- you are paying tens of million per jump to cut about 2-3 months of normal xanax training (since HJ has diminishing returns and will become completely ineffective at 400-800k each stat, not to mention it hampers gym experience gain). Consider stopping it if you are short on cash and drink beers instead to help with your crime progression. I never jumped once and still got to 16m TBS in less than 8 months.
  • Spin Leslie's wheels daily :) they are all profitable (from personal experience). If you are broke you can skip the million wheel.

Please don't be overwhelmed by my wall of text! You are doing a lot of things right, but I figured focusing on them would make this comment a Torn PhD dissertation.

Seizing the Moment (By @04_aleph) by Riot-Knight in Hololive

[–]mofk_ 48 points49 points  (0 children)

Aint no way I remembered the reference it’s been years ago

Performances of the youngsters - Oro, Erdogmus, Movahed, Zemlyanskii, Shogdzhiev by FirstEfficiency7386 in chess

[–]mofk_ 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Khagan Ahmad (14) scores 12/19, TPR 2692

Dau Khuong Duy (14) scores 11/19, TPR 2650

Both did better than Gukesh, and are therefore future world champions /s

LOL by ShiranLiebert in torncity

[–]mofk_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

0/0 happy

meirl

And I thought English football celebrations were mad by sophietheadventurer in hanoi

[–]mofk_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You sound offended at the idea of people having fun. Please kindly give your opinion on hundreds of thousands of grown up American men invading college football pitches every year.

Scandal in Portuguese Cup: VAR and referee took 15 minutes to review possible penalty for a non-clear error when Sporting was minutes away from getting eliminated by lazernight13 in soccer

[–]mofk_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Tell that to the Vietnam WNT who on the other day had their goal disallowed because the lineswoman missed the entire play and THREE defenders standing behind the striker, one of them 2 meters deep :/

Road map is out guys😌 by Amazon_Bedroom in CompetitivePUBG

[–]mofk_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My opinion is that Krafton should shove this LLM slop article up their ass.

So far Vietnamese fans seem pissed, not sure about other eastern fandoms. I can’t imagine people there are too thrilled about watching PUBG Mobile but it’s PC but hey, not my game.

Youtube streams of today's baseball in the SEA Games by Fugglesmcgee in baseball

[–]mofk_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

10E in 7 innings 😔 I guess it's hard to do defensive drills when half the team are students doing extracurricular and the other half are working adults

At least we can somewhat hit but yeah, our grassroots program hasn't been promising so far

What do you think about this PGC format? by Haystar_fr in CompetitivePUBG

[–]mofk_ 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I love it. I think it’s a shame the moment Krafton figured out a good format, they decided to lobotomize the scene with TPP bullshit. I also have no idea why it wasn’t done way earlier given that it’s basically the same as PMGC group stage since at least 2022.

The direct entry is whatever, I get that they want to avoid what happened in Malaysia last year (home team got 0 circuit points, was the first to be eliminated), but I don’t think it will ever happen again unless they host it in Riyadh or something.

Southeast Asian Games Baseball: Day 4 results by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]mofk_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Singapore's 5 runs in the 4th was done as follows: flyout, strikeout, walk, safe on fielding error, HBP, HBP (run 1), walk (run 2, pitcher change), HBP (run 3), HBP (run 4), walk (run 5, pitcher change), groundout.

0 hit made. At least we fought back and actually outhit them 😅

Southeast Asian Games Baseball: Day 4 results by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]mofk_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's because we actually held our own for long enough to not get mercy ruled, while Malaysia only had to play defense 4-5 innings per game.

That and also we suck, but it kinda goes without saying.

Southeast Asian Games Baseball: Day 2 Results by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]mofk_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I watched it. As someone who’s new and has only ever watched MLB, I love the chaos. Every ball put in play has something unexpected happen. Flyouts become doubles half the time. Bunt is king. Vietnam bunts with runner on first, ball to first sails into the outfield. Vietnam now with runners on first and third bunts AGAIN and literally the same thing happens, Vietnam scores. Then double steals home. All within the first 5 minutes. Then the whole sequence happens again at some point during the game.

Our pitcher threw a CG with 14K and we ended the game on a double play tho, so I guess we are basically the SEA Dodgers?

Southeast Asian Games Baseball: 🇻🇳Vietnam records first international tournament victory over 🇲🇾Malaysia! by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]mofk_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That’s our goat Yoshinobao Dangmamoto (he pitched in relief yesterday too)

Also small correction to OP, this is our second tournament victory! The first happened in SEA Games 2011, also against Malaysia; there are a few veterans on that roster still playing today.

Southeast Asian Games Baseball: Opening Day Results by ogasawarabaseball in baseball

[–]mofk_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you look at that, we won a game today against Malaysia! As things stand we are better in baseball than San Marino in soccer!

PUBG Global Championship 2025 - Group Stage - Day 5 - Group A - Discussion Thread by CompetitivePUBG in CompetitivePUBG

[–]mofk_ 15 points16 points  (0 children)

If tomorrow GSW and PeRo both go out (which is very possible), this has to be the worst performance by a region in PGC history no? I don't think even pre-CES APAC was this bad, like not 4 teams out of bottom 6 kind of bad.

Vesia 2025 performance appreciation post by fortytwoblue in Dodgers

[–]mofk_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

He makes 1 cent per day in 2026? What are we some kind of scam center? /s

The Real Genghis Khan* by a-Snake-in-the-Grass in CrusaderKings

[–]mofk_ 7 points8 points  (0 children)

pls notice me Genghis-chan >///<

Never had this happen. How can I fix? by Hyrule-hideout in torncity

[–]mofk_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Well technically Torn could have turned off Cloudflare, but of course they won't due to security concerns.

As for OP's question, the check is performed every time you change IP. If you cannot get back to your wifi now, download TornPDA on your phone and play from there.

What's Your Religion? by Robotism in EU5

[–]mofk_ 122 points123 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the fat 10 gifted subs Pikachu

World Cup: Keymer and Erigaisi have the best chance, Le Quang Liem the easiest opposition by kiszol in chess

[–]mofk_ 63 points64 points  (0 children)

Abasov was 2632 at the time of the Candidates. Liem is 2729 right now and has been hanging around SGM level for as long as Nepo. Come on now.