What is love? Baby don’t hurt me. Don’t hurt me, no more.
- Haddaway
Valentine’s Day is a very special occasion designed to test us all. If you’re in a relationship, it’s a barometer of how much effort you’re willing to make now that you’ve both let yourselves go. For those lonely hearts, the inevitable flood of heart-shaped everything is a gentle nudge toward a romantic bath with a plugged-in toaster.
In Torn, Valentine’s Day is marked with violence. We’d like you to design a Valentine’s card that could only be sold in Torn City. How would Torn citizens express their love for each other? Would they profess their devotion through the sharing of their vault? Perhaps they’d take an anxious angle and pray you’d never experience a fallout worse than Chromatic. Or maybe there would be a dark, sinister element to the card:
“If you won't marry me I'll hurt myself. I mean it. I'll put all my merits into awareness."
Please focus your efforts on the front of the card, creating a visually pleasing design that clearly references both Torn and Valentine’s Day. Designs which include the inside and the back of the card will result in real-life kisses from the entire Torn team probably do well.
THE RULES
Design a Torn-themed Valentine’s Day card.
Include your player name or ID and the year somewhere in the image.
You may enter a maximum of three cards to this contest and they must all be in the same post.
All entries must remain accessible for a month after the closing date. We cannot judge entries uploaded using Discord or which your dog ate.
You may not reuse any entries from previous competitions or prophylactics from previous bedroom encounters.
Do not post anything explicit or in contravention of Torn’s rules.
The use of AI generated images is strictly prohibited, however minimal use of AI filters and tools are permitted.
The winners will be selected by the Community Events team whenever their hearts are truly in it.
The decision of the judges shall be final and no correspondence or discussion shall be entered into.
All entries must be submitted by 23:59:59 on Friday the 27th of February
Prizes to be awarded
1st place: Gold ribbon + honor bar + 1,000 points + special gift + Gold Paintbrush
2nd place: Silver ribbon + 500 points + special gift + Silver Paintbrush
3rd place: Bronze ribbon + 250 points + special gift + Bronze Paintbrush