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The 2nd official /r/stocostumes costume contest! (PC)
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As many long time players will tell you, the true "endgame" of STO is space barbie! Well, at least for some of us 
To celebrate the fun of making costumes in STO, r/stocostumes is holding it's second official costume contest! (previous contest details here).
The winner of this contest will receive an appropriately "space barbie" themed prize, the Lower Decks uniform set. And because the devs did not actually include pants with that costume, we are also including the Discovery season 3 uniform so the winner will have the "right" pants to go with the Lower Decks costume! Yes, that's right; the winner is getting both costumes
The winning costume will also be added to the Featured Costumes Index under the "Costume Contest winners" section.
If you would like to enter the contest, post both a screenshot and the saved costume file of a costume you have created as a reply to this thread before 12PM(noon) EST on Friday October 1st 2021. The r/stocostumes team will then pick their favorite entry and announce the winner.
To be clear, by "costume" we do not simply mean the outfit/clothing that is being "worn" by the character. We mean the entire character, including both facial and body features as well as the outfit/clothing they are wearing.
Please note that the saved costume file will need to be uploaded to some type of file sharing site like google drive, because uploading it to an image sharing site like imgur will not preserve the file details that allow the costume to be loaded in game. Also, because the entire purpose of r/stocostumes is to share cool costumes with the community, please understand that by posting your saved costume file it will then be publicly available for others to download and use(and even change) in the future.
Important Notes
So...that's about it (for now). If you have any specific questions or concerns please post a reply. We look forward to seeing your costumes and announcing the winner next month
To celebrate the fun of making costumes in STO, r/stocostumes is holding it's second official costume contest! (previous contest details here).
The winner of this contest will receive an appropriately "space barbie" themed prize, the Lower Decks uniform set. And because the devs did not actually include pants with that costume, we are also including the Discovery season 3 uniform so the winner will have the "right" pants to go with the Lower Decks costume! Yes, that's right; the winner is getting both costumes
The winning costume will also be added to the Featured Costumes Index under the "Costume Contest winners" section.
If you would like to enter the contest, post both a screenshot and the saved costume file of a costume you have created as a reply to this thread before 12PM(noon) EST on Friday October 1st 2021. The r/stocostumes team will then pick their favorite entry and announce the winner.
To be clear, by "costume" we do not simply mean the outfit/clothing that is being "worn" by the character. We mean the entire character, including both facial and body features as well as the outfit/clothing they are wearing.
Please note that the saved costume file will need to be uploaded to some type of file sharing site like google drive, because uploading it to an image sharing site like imgur will not preserve the file details that allow the costume to be loaded in game. Also, because the entire purpose of r/stocostumes is to share cool costumes with the community, please understand that by posting your saved costume file it will then be publicly available for others to download and use(and even change) in the future.
Important Notes
- Each person may only submit a single entry.
- Unfortunately we are only able to hold this contest for PC players. Sadly we do not have prizes available on console nor can console players share saved costumes for review.
- This contest will also be posted on the sto reddit, and as such as are allowing entries to be posted both in this thread as well as the thread we post on the sto reddit. The winner will be chosen from all submitted entries in both locations.
So...that's about it (for now). If you have any specific questions or concerns please post a reply. We look forward to seeing your costumes and announcing the winner next month
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I'd enter if I had any costuming skills. (Narrator: he does not.)
When you're in the tailor, you can click the 'save outfit' button (only in-game, you can't save during character creation). That saves a .jpg file to your screenshots folder, which is the costume file. That jpg can be uploaded or moved wherever necessary.
Costume file: https://jmp.sh/Na7zgR8
Although I honestly don't know whether I submitted this to a prior contest. If so, I'm sorry xD
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This might make the Deferi actually interesting, while I liked their neutrality gimmick, it was getting to the point of being suicidal when the Breen invaded and started shooting up the place, you'd think it would cause cultural division just like how the Sundering did with Vulcans and Romulans, the neutral loving Deferi should stay on their planet while the militarized Deferi leave the homeworld to hunt down Breen out of vengeance.
> This might make the Deferi actually interesting, while I liked their neutrality gimmick, it was getting to the point of being suicidal when the Breen invaded and started shooting up the place, you'd think it would cause cultural division just like how the Sundering did with Vulcans and Romulans, the neutral loving Deferi should stay on their planet while the militarized Deferi leave the homeworld to hunt down Breen out of vengeance.
I have a bit of lore written down about that, it was a project I started back in 2016. I always felt that Cryptic did not do the Deferi justice. Writing a people devoted to true neutrality (in an alignment sense) is not easy, and then being portrait as just being completely passive in regards to being invaded made no sense, they aren't Mintakans. There are Deferi DOFFs you can get from Star clusters, their little Bio-texts suggest that those individuals joining your crew were willing to defend their world. My take was, roughly, that Surah spearheaded the Defender Initiative, forming a service trained by KDF and Starfleet to slowly take control over their space back into their own hands. I came up with doctrines how their troops operate (ranks, uniforms), which ships to use for stand-ins for modern Deferi ships (I settled for Vorgon ships and a loaned Narcine) and I'm playing Deferi characters ever since, I even wrote Foundry missions back in the day.
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I think the Rimmer is best. If you can only submit one.
I take that back. Rimmer is only tolerable in moderation.
Shouldn't be that hard - just study the Swiss; they've been neutral for how many decades now?
#LegalizeAwoo
A normie goes "Oh, what's this?"
An otaku goes "UwU, what's this?"
A furry goes "OwO, what's this?"
A werewolf goes "Awoo, what's this?"
"It's nothing personal, I just don't feel like I've gotten to know a person until I've sniffed their crotch."
"We said 'no' to Mr. Curiosity. We're not home. Curiosity is not welcome, it is not to be invited in. Curiosity...is bad. It gets you in trouble, it gets you killed, and more importantly...it makes you poor!"
> Shouldn't be that hard - just study the Swiss; they've been neutral for how many decades now?
“Neutral” with an active military of 120,000 people. And ranked in the top 30 for country millitary expenditure relative to GDP.
I think the Teddy Roosevelt quote about “speaking softly” carting “big sticks” is apt here. The Deferri refused to protect themselves from invasion and cybernetic assimilation. The Swiss prioritized economic colonialism over militaristic colonialism—but would still protect themselves if invaded.
Update: the winning costume has now been chosen, but we would also like to send you a thank you gift for participating in the contest. Please provide the in game @ handle you would like to have your gift mailed to