I'm going to jump in here ONCE and give you guys my opinion for what it's worth. I come from the days when most MC wheels had spokes. What I can tell you is not all wheels and all bikes are created equal. Some bikes had a lot more problems with spokes coming loose than others and it had more to do with the engine characteristics than the wheel as the wheel was used on different model bikes! I worked as a wrench at a multiline dealership for 12 years. From then till now I've laced well over a couple of hundred wheels. It is damn near impossible to true a wheel by torque alone. Maybe when lacing wheels, the factories have special jigs that hold the rim and hub in such a way that all the spokes can be tightened with a certain torque and the wheel is true when released. Not so for the layman. Furthermore, Buchanan, probably the most popular spoke maker on earth stresses the importance of how tight spokes should really be. What I can tell you is too tight is better than too loose every time. Having read the issues many have had with the spokes on the S-10, I checked my spokes when I got my bike (already had 1200 miles on it) and felt they were all a little too loose. Some were a little looser than others, so I snugged them up first and then I tightened them ALL up about another 1/4 turn. The bike now has 28000 miles (80/20 road/offroad) and to this day I have never had a spoke issue. YMMV
P.S. it would be purely coincidental if after tie wrapping your spokes you had broken ones. That is a practice that has been done for many years and has no adverse effects. In the case of the S-10, it even makes more sense because unlike a conventional wheel where the spoke usually won't flop about if the nipple gets loose, the S-10 is not so fortunate.