Anti-Mug Rule Illustrated Guide

This is the single most important rule on this server. Read it fully before you claim a single hit.

The rule

If you mug the person you are supposed to be losing to, you are permanently banned from selling on this server. Zero tolerance. No warnings, no second chances, no appeal process.

A "mug" happens when the loser of a fight has their money stolen by the winner as a side effect of losing. In a normal Torn fight this is a completely ordinary mechanic. In a Relay loss-selling contract, it means the seller (who is supposed to be losing on purpose, for a fee) just stole real money from the buyer's target on top of getting paid. That is theft dressed up as a service, and it poisons trust in the entire marketplace.

Illustrated flow

   BUYER                 SELLER                  TARGET
     |                      |                        |
     | places order ------> |                        |
     |                      | claims hit             |
     |                      | strips armor/weapon    |
     |                      |----- attacks --------->|
     |                      |                        |
     |                      |   loses fight    <-----|
     |                      |                        |
     |   [ GOOD PATH ]  no money changes hands         |
     |   claim verified, seller paid by Relay          |
     |                                                  |
     |   [ BAD PATH ]   seller mugs target on the way   |
     |                  down  ->  claim FLAGGED         |
     |                  ->  seller PERMANENTLY BANNED   |
     |                  ->  payout withheld/reversed    |

What counts as mugging here

Stealing cash from the target as part of the loss (the obvious case).
Deliberately structuring the fight so a mug happens "by accident" - ignorance is not a defense once you have read this document.
Repeated fights against the same target in a way clearly designed to extract money rather than deliver the paid-for loss.

How Relay detects it

cogs/dispatch.py inspects each matched attack's result code from the Torn API. Results that indicate a mug are never marked as a verified loss - they are recorded and the claim is flagged (ClaimStatus.flagged) instead of completed. A mug_detected event fires (see event bus table) so admins in #admin-alerts see it immediately.

Penalties

Offense	Consequence
First confirmed mug	Permanent seller ban. Claim payout withheld. Existing balance frozen pending admin review.
Attempting to dispute a confirmed mug in bad faith	Extended review, possible full account ban from the server.

There is no "first warning" tier. The zero-tolerance framing is deliberate: any softer penalty creates an incentive to try it once and see what happens.

If you were mugged as a buyer or a target

Open a dispute (/dispute open from the security package, if installed) or ping an admin directly.