I joined back in '07
Played for a while, made a clan, became official,
Then life suckerpunched me right in the scrotum.
So I had to give up Toribash for a while...

Over the years, the game has become quite successful from the looks of it,
There are a few things I would like to know:
1. What are the main things you need to know about the game now, people, mods you need to be decent at, clans to join, etc.
2. Is there anything rare to strive to obtain in the shop? Back then it was the fancier colours because there was only like 10-15 to choose from, but there are so many now...
3. How do you get a namechange (I was young and reckless when I chose this name and I want it gone...)?

Apologies if I posted this in the wrong forum section

Well, name changes are 100k tc. Judo, Aikido, variants of those two are staples. And you get a shiny new beard for being an 'oldschooler' check your inventory and it should be there. You can sell it for quite the sum or wear it. You also get a fancy + by your name to show how old you are.

Nope, no beard,
Do I have to buy it?
Also is the "+" ingame?
Thanks for that though mate, appreciated

To correct bowler, to get the + next to your name ingame, you need to have bought toribash back when it costed $20. In other words, before late October of '07. Sorry!

Bummer,
So, really, the + is unobtainable, the beard can only be traded by other members who are asking for about $30+ since its not in stock and wont be restocked, name change is gonna cost me a lot of TC, and the main clans and that are still pretty much the same...
Looks like the biggest changes in 5 years is the cycle of new admins, a slight visual update and a couple hundred thousand more players...
Righto then