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Find out who won what in our Easter Community Events and raffle. Hint: if you haven't heard from us already, it wasn't you.
The Easter Community events have now been judged - although you may have realised this already thanks to a thread made by the ever-gracious _Don_Corleone_. Everyone who has been awarded a prize or a special mention should have now received their items and honor bars. We've also finished running our Easter Mega-raffle too, with the random number generator used to assign prizes ranging from wonderful to absolutely f***ing woeful.
Read on to find out who won what, how they won it, and where you can complain if you feel we made the wrong choice.
EASTER ART COMPETITION
The Easter Art contest asked players to draw the Easter Bunny NPC going about his little bunny adventures in Torn City, and as usual with these kinds of events, we received a stupidly high number of excellent entries. I think it bears repeating that the standard of quality in this competition was as high as we've ever seen, and while people appear quite happy to clap on their doorsteps for nurses and carers, I've yet to see anyone suggest doing the same for us hard-working competition judges.
If you received a special mention in this event, you should be very proud of yourself - unless you rejected that special mention and had a pissypants tantrum.
WINNER: Chii-chan
PRIZE: Hazmat Suit
Chii-Chan's image stood out to the judges due to its impactful nature. In addition to a strong illustrative style, we also loved both the concept, layout, and the undue prominence given to the Easter Bunny's cute wickle slippers.
SECOND: Muddbaal
PRIZE: Welding Mask
Muddbaal is no stranger to the top three in Torn's art events, and one look at their work shows precisely why. The sheer level of detail, effort, and ability in this piece is even more apparent when you zoom in to the larger version. It was an incredibly tough decision to put something this good into second.
THIRD: Crow
PRIZE: Dual Samurais
Crow's work beat off stiff competition for the final placement in this event. The judges enjoyed the strong use of vibrant colour in this piece, and its composition was spot on. We also loved the not-so-subtle hint to NPC looters in the form of the two large eggs in the background. Again, this was another piece which would've won any other event.
EGG PAINTING COMPETITION
This event seems to have attracted a different style of entries this year, most likely due to a change in the wording on our part. Whereas players usually spend a great deal of time creating elaborately painted eggs, we instead received a number of story pieces that ran over several images. Some of these were very entertaining, but in a competition with art at its heart, we're always going to prioritise a nicely decorated chicken secretion over anything else.
WINNER: Rinko_
PRIZE: Snow Cannon
Rinko_'s entry stood out due to the artistic ability demonstrated in their painting of the Leslie egg, replete with three-dimensional fist. This effort may not have depicted any current events, but it did represent something that happens on a daily basis to many unlucky Torn citizens. Sadly, no proof was offered of the raw egg being eaten, which would've been lovely and disgusting.
SECOND: Chickandduck
PRIZE: Ninja Kit
The image above was just one still from a series of images provided by Chickandduck. Their scene depicted the recent changes to the stock market against the backdrop of multiple Dirty Bombs being used against MnC. We felt the bomb was especially well-painted, as were the other characters involved. The addition of a raw egg drinking shot also won over the judges, even if we find it unlikely that they swallowed.
THIRD: FozzyBigBalls
PRIZE: RPG Launcher
Fozzy's background drawing of a cityscape may leave much to be desired, but this one beat off others to third place thanks to their depiction of the Easter Bunny. One well-painted egg can often be the deciding factor in a competition with only a few pages of entries like this, and so it proved as FozzyBigBalls took bronze.
EASTER BAKING COMPETITION
Thanks to a glut of half-assed entries in previous competitions, we have learned to be extremely specific when it comes to the written descriptions of our baking events. I'm sure your bowls of green mush and sacks of sad-looking mince were delicious, but they ain't winning a prize anytime soon. In this event, we asked you to make something Easter-themed that could serve as a showstopper on the Great British Bakeoff. Sadly, nobody took me up on the suggestion of a tear and share focaccia Christ.
WINNER: Kapten
PRIZE: Sports Sneakers
Kapten said that this entry was the first cake they'd ever baked in their life, and if that's true, it's pretty damn impressive. His creation of a marzipan Easter Bunny would've been no easy feat, and while the substance he appears to be snorting looks like icing sugar, there is a small chance it could have been genuine Colombian marching powder - a treat that's neither easy nor cheap to get hold of in these trying times, or so I've heard.
SECOND: Histu
PRIZE: Mystery Box (Rabbits Foot plus every Stat Enhancer)
Histu's entry of a rice crispie Dirty Bomb was both topical and creative, with a great deal of care put into the icing wires and sine waves. We always like it when players provide a run-through of how they made their entry, and it was clear from Histu's video that they put a lot of time into this.
THIRD: Mathiaas
PRIZE: Dual Axes
Mathiaas entry was visually quite pleasing, with lots of little Torn references included as decoration on the top. But personally, I think this one grabbed third because it was the cake we most wanted to eat. I'm a slut for jam and buttercream, and if I met this dessert face to face in an alleyway, we'd both be covered in each other in no time.
THIRD: PrincessJulie
PrincessJulie received joint-third for her Easter Bunny NPC-themed cake. We initially forgot to include her entry in this article as PJ didn't receive a prize due to her staff status. Sorry! PrincessJulie's cake was chosen for joint-third partly because we enjoyed her recreation of the Easter Bunny in fondant, but also due to the copious amount of Mini Eggs she used to decorate her cake. We do like Mini Eggs.
DUKE'S ISLAND GIVEAWAY
Duke can occasionally show his kinder side when he wants to, but he almost always reverts back to his cruel, heartless self when it comes to Community Events. In the case of Duke's Island Giveaway, Shirley Prima Dante Calabrese insisted that anyone who wanted to win his private islands had to beg for it, on camera, in a most pathetic way. And boy did people turn up.
WINNER: Djakker
Djakker's entry can be found via this imgur video link here. His video impressed the judges due to the cinematic way in which he showed an Easter Bunny being peed on. Joking aside, there was clearly some solid moviemaking skill on show here, and while the other begging videos were entertaining, this one added a touch of finesse to proceedings.
"I'd like to thank my grandma who always said I could do anything. Shootout to my first girlfriend who left me because "i'd never amount to anything, much less a private island" and thanks to the cast and crew who made this amazing journey a reality."
SECOND: AkHi11
This entry was so disgusting it was removed by Youtube just after the competition ended. Luckily for us, we'd already seen AkHi11's entry, and he kindly provided a second copy for us to review which you can find here. We had a lot of tragically pathetic entries into this competition, and they almost made us feel bad for running it. AkHi11's entry was the polar opposite, with his committment to entertaining levels of depravity on show throughout the whole ordeal.
THIRD: Gnome / Bumfluff
Duke was clearly feeling generous this week, as he managed to find a fourth fully upgraded private island to hand out for this competition. He couldn't separate the entries of Gnome and Bumfluff for third, with both of them ahead of the rest in the race for bronze.
Gnome's entertaining performance was the main reason we awarded him third. His video, which you can see here, ended with the double whammy of an amusing reveal and a sorry mess, but the whole thing was weirdly hypnotic from start to finish.
Bumfluff's performance was also highly rated by the judges. In his video, which you can see on Youtube, there was a high degree of pathetic earnestness apparent throughout. We also liked the fact that Bumfluff clearly went to the seaside away from other people who might judge him for his piteous demeanour.
EASTER LUCKY DIP
There were 274 pages of entries into the Easter Lucky Dip event, where players simply had to post a Torn fact or joke in order to enter. Have I read all of them? Have I f**k. Have I read any of them? Absolutely not. Do I intend to? You know the answer by now. Well done if any of your comments were hilarious, but they had absolutely no bearing on your chances of victory in the event.
Here are some of the most notable winners:
Hammi: Dual MP5s
Luke-: Kevlar Helmet
Bullzeye: Single White Rose
Slickers: Chocolate Egg '05
DankPandaa: 1 x Cesium
Blackacidblood: 5 x Cesium
AsphodelGray: 10 x Cesium
Sven: RPG Launcher
Dave0: Hazmat Suit
Jimmy007: Dual Samurai Swords
Fhyona: Estate Agent Coin
Edoo: Rotten Eggs
Before we finish, the organisers of the lucky dip would like to give a special thanks to those players who outed themselves as multis by entering the Lucky Dip. The likes of neozombie, Eiir, R3v3lation, DirtPoor, YELLSATEVERYONE, and gangster were each picked out to win a prize by the random number generator, but their prize was then upgraded to a free stay in Federal Jail.
Congratulations must also go to Gus, who was one of twelve players to miss out on a prize because they entered the Lucky Dip multiple times. Gus would've won a Parachute if he hadn't posted second entry. Whoops! And finally, a big, huge, gargantuan thank you to _Don_Corleone_, who won 100 Cans of Red Cow via the Lucky Dip, thus proving that the mystical force of karma does not exist.
COMPLAINTS
If you wish to complain about any of the choices the judges made in this Easter's Community Events then don't hesitate to get in touch! We take all of your comments seriously here at Torn HQ, so please feel free to send us your thoughts and feelings by clicking the link below.
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
Read on to find out who won what, how they won it, and where you can complain if you feel we made the wrong choice.
EASTER ART COMPETITION
The Easter Art contest asked players to draw the Easter Bunny NPC going about his little bunny adventures in Torn City, and as usual with these kinds of events, we received a stupidly high number of excellent entries. I think it bears repeating that the standard of quality in this competition was as high as we've ever seen, and while people appear quite happy to clap on their doorsteps for nurses and carers, I've yet to see anyone suggest doing the same for us hard-working competition judges.
If you received a special mention in this event, you should be very proud of yourself - unless you rejected that special mention and had a pissypants tantrum.
WINNER: Chii-chan
PRIZE: Hazmat Suit
Chii-Chan's image stood out to the judges due to its impactful nature. In addition to a strong illustrative style, we also loved both the concept, layout, and the undue prominence given to the Easter Bunny's cute wickle slippers.
SECOND: Muddbaal
PRIZE: Welding Mask
Muddbaal is no stranger to the top three in Torn's art events, and one look at their work shows precisely why. The sheer level of detail, effort, and ability in this piece is even more apparent when you zoom in to the larger version. It was an incredibly tough decision to put something this good into second.
THIRD: Crow
PRIZE: Dual Samurais
Crow's work beat off stiff competition for the final placement in this event. The judges enjoyed the strong use of vibrant colour in this piece, and its composition was spot on. We also loved the not-so-subtle hint to NPC looters in the form of the two large eggs in the background. Again, this was another piece which would've won any other event.
EGG PAINTING COMPETITION
This event seems to have attracted a different style of entries this year, most likely due to a change in the wording on our part. Whereas players usually spend a great deal of time creating elaborately painted eggs, we instead received a number of story pieces that ran over several images. Some of these were very entertaining, but in a competition with art at its heart, we're always going to prioritise a nicely decorated chicken secretion over anything else.
WINNER: Rinko_
PRIZE: Snow Cannon
Rinko_'s entry stood out due to the artistic ability demonstrated in their painting of the Leslie egg, replete with three-dimensional fist. This effort may not have depicted any current events, but it did represent something that happens on a daily basis to many unlucky Torn citizens. Sadly, no proof was offered of the raw egg being eaten, which would've been lovely and disgusting.
SECOND: Chickandduck
PRIZE: Ninja Kit
The image above was just one still from a series of images provided by Chickandduck. Their scene depicted the recent changes to the stock market against the backdrop of multiple Dirty Bombs being used against MnC. We felt the bomb was especially well-painted, as were the other characters involved. The addition of a raw egg drinking shot also won over the judges, even if we find it unlikely that they swallowed.
THIRD: FozzyBigBalls
PRIZE: RPG Launcher
Fozzy's background drawing of a cityscape may leave much to be desired, but this one beat off others to third place thanks to their depiction of the Easter Bunny. One well-painted egg can often be the deciding factor in a competition with only a few pages of entries like this, and so it proved as FozzyBigBalls took bronze.
EASTER BAKING COMPETITION
Thanks to a glut of half-assed entries in previous competitions, we have learned to be extremely specific when it comes to the written descriptions of our baking events. I'm sure your bowls of green mush and sacks of sad-looking mince were delicious, but they ain't winning a prize anytime soon. In this event, we asked you to make something Easter-themed that could serve as a showstopper on the Great British Bakeoff. Sadly, nobody took me up on the suggestion of a tear and share focaccia Christ.
WINNER: Kapten
PRIZE: Sports Sneakers
Kapten said that this entry was the first cake they'd ever baked in their life, and if that's true, it's pretty damn impressive. His creation of a marzipan Easter Bunny would've been no easy feat, and while the substance he appears to be snorting looks like icing sugar, there is a small chance it could have been genuine Colombian marching powder - a treat that's neither easy nor cheap to get hold of in these trying times, or so I've heard.
SECOND: Histu
PRIZE: Mystery Box (Rabbits Foot plus every Stat Enhancer)
Histu's entry of a rice crispie Dirty Bomb was both topical and creative, with a great deal of care put into the icing wires and sine waves. We always like it when players provide a run-through of how they made their entry, and it was clear from Histu's video that they put a lot of time into this.
THIRD: Mathiaas
PRIZE: Dual Axes
Mathiaas entry was visually quite pleasing, with lots of little Torn references included as decoration on the top. But personally, I think this one grabbed third because it was the cake we most wanted to eat. I'm a slut for jam and buttercream, and if I met this dessert face to face in an alleyway, we'd both be covered in each other in no time.
THIRD: PrincessJulie
PrincessJulie received joint-third for her Easter Bunny NPC-themed cake. We initially forgot to include her entry in this article as PJ didn't receive a prize due to her staff status. Sorry! PrincessJulie's cake was chosen for joint-third partly because we enjoyed her recreation of the Easter Bunny in fondant, but also due to the copious amount of Mini Eggs she used to decorate her cake. We do like Mini Eggs.
DUKE'S ISLAND GIVEAWAY
Duke can occasionally show his kinder side when he wants to, but he almost always reverts back to his cruel, heartless self when it comes to Community Events. In the case of Duke's Island Giveaway, Shirley Prima Dante Calabrese insisted that anyone who wanted to win his private islands had to beg for it, on camera, in a most pathetic way. And boy did people turn up.
WINNER: Djakker
Djakker's entry can be found via this imgur video link here. His video impressed the judges due to the cinematic way in which he showed an Easter Bunny being peed on. Joking aside, there was clearly some solid moviemaking skill on show here, and while the other begging videos were entertaining, this one added a touch of finesse to proceedings.
"I'd like to thank my grandma who always said I could do anything. Shootout to my first girlfriend who left me because "i'd never amount to anything, much less a private island" and thanks to the cast and crew who made this amazing journey a reality."
SECOND: AkHi11
This entry was so disgusting it was removed by Youtube just after the competition ended. Luckily for us, we'd already seen AkHi11's entry, and he kindly provided a second copy for us to review which you can find here. We had a lot of tragically pathetic entries into this competition, and they almost made us feel bad for running it. AkHi11's entry was the polar opposite, with his committment to entertaining levels of depravity on show throughout the whole ordeal.
THIRD: Gnome / Bumfluff
Duke was clearly feeling generous this week, as he managed to find a fourth fully upgraded private island to hand out for this competition. He couldn't separate the entries of Gnome and Bumfluff for third, with both of them ahead of the rest in the race for bronze.
Gnome's entertaining performance was the main reason we awarded him third. His video, which you can see here, ended with the double whammy of an amusing reveal and a sorry mess, but the whole thing was weirdly hypnotic from start to finish.
Bumfluff's performance was also highly rated by the judges. In his video, which you can see on Youtube, there was a high degree of pathetic earnestness apparent throughout. We also liked the fact that Bumfluff clearly went to the seaside away from other people who might judge him for his piteous demeanour.
EASTER LUCKY DIP
There were 274 pages of entries into the Easter Lucky Dip event, where players simply had to post a Torn fact or joke in order to enter. Have I read all of them? Have I f**k. Have I read any of them? Absolutely not. Do I intend to? You know the answer by now. Well done if any of your comments were hilarious, but they had absolutely no bearing on your chances of victory in the event.
Here are some of the most notable winners:
Hammi: Dual MP5s
Luke-: Kevlar Helmet
Bullzeye: Single White Rose
Slickers: Chocolate Egg '05
DankPandaa: 1 x Cesium
Blackacidblood: 5 x Cesium
AsphodelGray: 10 x Cesium
Sven: RPG Launcher
Dave0: Hazmat Suit
Jimmy007: Dual Samurai Swords
Fhyona: Estate Agent Coin
Edoo: Rotten Eggs
Before we finish, the organisers of the lucky dip would like to give a special thanks to those players who outed themselves as multis by entering the Lucky Dip. The likes of neozombie, Eiir, R3v3lation, DirtPoor, YELLSATEVERYONE, and gangster were each picked out to win a prize by the random number generator, but their prize was then upgraded to a free stay in Federal Jail.
Congratulations must also go to Gus, who was one of twelve players to miss out on a prize because they entered the Lucky Dip multiple times. Gus would've won a Parachute if he hadn't posted second entry. Whoops! And finally, a big, huge, gargantuan thank you to _Don_Corleone_, who won 100 Cans of Red Cow via the Lucky Dip, thus proving that the mystical force of karma does not exist.
COMPLAINTS
If you wish to complain about any of the choices the judges made in this Easter's Community Events then don't hesitate to get in touch! We take all of your comments seriously here at Torn HQ, so please feel free to send us your thoughts and feelings by clicking the link below.
COMPLAINTS PROCEDURE
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