Competition of the Month - August Summer Costume Contest!

[Aarah]

Welcome one and all to the Competition of the Month!

These monthly competitions are a chance for you to demonstrate your creativity and talents while getting a chance to know your fellow members and have a little fun. Each month is going to have a different theme and a different talent – and maybe a surprise or two! But only one member can wear the purple coins and fancy title of CotM Winner! Do you have what it takes?

The basic rules are as follows:

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» Members can contribute pieces based on the talent (writing, art, screenshots, etc.) and theme during the submission period, after which no further entries will be accepted. Then we will vote via a poll to see who gets to wear that month’s winner’s badge!

» If you are posting artwork, please post a link from an off-forum website such as Photobucket; if you are posting a written piece, please hide it under a spoiler when creating a new post. This is to ensure that posts are not too long and the thread appears orderly for everyone. If you are unsure how to do either of these, don’t be afraid to ask!

» Be respectful and polite about your fellow members’ work. Anyone who says anything rude about another’s work will be hearing from a member of the Mod Squad and may not be allowed to participate in the next competition. There is no such thing as “good” or “bad,” and everyone has a unique way of demonstrating his or her talents. Enjoy the variety!

» All members are welcome to join, including moderators. Don’t forget that we’re members, too!

»UESPOINTS!
UESPoints (UP) are a chance for all you lovely UESP users to earn reward points for your achievements and for participating around the forums. The CotM is now awarding UESPoints as a prize, in addition to the usual 1st place prize of the purple coins.
Here's how it will work: When the voting period is over, UESPoints will be awarded based on what position you came in.

1st Place - 3 UESPoints + Purple Coins
2nd Place- 2 UESPoints
3rd Place - 1 UESPoint

2nd and 3rd place have to have at least two votes to qualify for UESPoints.

This month's challenge is to spice up your avatar with a Summer theme!

It's August now, and for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, it's Summertime! Before the leaves start turning golden, the weather starts to become more wild, and the winds of change signal the arrival of Autumn, let us celebrate the warmest season of the year by adorning yourself with an avatar that shows the season!
You can alter your current avatar - add a cocktail or a pair of sunglasses, etc, or you can don a new one.
So, in summary - whether your avatar is Summery by itself, or made Summery by you, if it reeks of Summer - you can wear it!


Our schedule for the August event is as follows:
August 3-24: Competition begins! Start planning and send in those submissions!
August 25-30: Voting period – vote for your favorites!
August 30: Our winner is announced!
Please note that all times are determined by me, Aarah, and therefore will run according to Greenwich Mean Time (Click here if you’re unsure when, exactly, that is!)

Remember that the CotM is not possible without you, so please participate, contribute, discuss, and vote!

Participants

Aarah
Kerr
VirtualWeasel
Dohva.
Damon
The SheoDovah
KingFeraligatr
Zeroc
BetaB17
GamerAim
MetaCthulhu
Tingz0r
Dark Spark

[BetaB17]

Summer time fun time!

[Aarah]

Daphne is down for Summer! She's put on her pink (slightly wonky!) sunglasses, taken off that green scarf, and changed to a short-sleeved top. Now she's down to the beach to solve a mystery with the rest of the gang!

[The SheoDovah]

What about british summer? Is that allowed or must it be the type of summer that is hot and sunny?

[Aarah]

Hmm... I say we must aspire to what we want in life, so a hot, sunny, glorious Summer it is!

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Although, I don't like hot, sunny Summers, but I'm going with the social norm.

Edit: Actually, sure, why not.

[The SheoDovah]

*insert joke about Aarah being from the north and lack of sun here*


Fair enough.

Is posting a dragon in a bikini against site rules?

[Kerr]

I was going to go for the classic chilling in the sun picture.

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But I've used that before plenty and 2016 hasn't been the best year so far so I'll go for something new.

[AKB]

My golem's internal fans have been set to "high" instead of "medium-high". This is poorly represented in the GIF.

[BetaB17]

Hahaha XD classic Kerr, just classic

[VirtualWeasel]

I think this accurately expresses my feelings on the summer heat.

[Dohva.]

Fallout 4 Chloe is ready to hit the post-apocalyptic beach in her summer shorts, patrolman shades, and faded visor. Word.

[Aarah]

Ha ha. Lovin' all the Summer avvys!
Kerr - flamin'.
Weasel - smokin'.
Dohva - Cool.
AKB - must try harder.

[Damon]

Do I have to have it actively set as my avatar?

In any case, here it is -- the laziest, most half-assed attempt at a COTM I've ever done, and that's saying a lot because I've never seriously attempted them.

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[Aarah]

Do I have to have it actively set as my avatar?

If you are able to, having it actively set is preferable so people can admire your costume.
Let me know if you're having trouble and I'll see if I can help with it.

[Damon]

Do I have to have it actively set as my avatar?

If you are able to, having it actively set is preferable so people can admire your costume.
Let me know if you're having trouble and I'll see if I can help with it.

It's nothing. I'd just have to screw with the image some in an image editor to reduce the quality of it. Those archaic "it must be horribly low res and smaller than 35kb" requirements are just annoying me, because like with 99% of my image uploading attempts, I'm just a few kbs over the size limit, a few pixels over the dimensions specified for images, and the website doesn't want to auto-adjust it to scale because of the file size being too large or something.

I think the chief needs to get on updating that eventually.

[The SheoDovah]

Originally, i was going to do a dragon in a bikini but apparently, that is against all logic and crime against the eyes of all users. So I elected to try to have a cake in a bikini to wind up Beta. Apparently, that is both against the forum rules and against all laws of nature.

So instead, here is what we brits have to put up.

TL:DR: Dovah made some jokes and entered his avatar.

[Aarah]

^Lol. Me likes.
(Poor British Summer gets a hard time.)

[KingFeraligatr]

I'll might revise this later on, but here's the Feraligatr King, non Mega Evolved, at a beach with some [&@%!] sunglasses and crown. It needs work, but this is something I can actually participate in, no matter how poorly. It requires less effort than usual.

[ZeRoc]

I'll add my Boo avatar(s) as one, since it represents the only summer-y activity I plan on doing.

[BetaB17]

Is anybody here ready for a pool party, cause Lulu is :3

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[GamerAim]

Uninspired by any submissions seen here, here's one of my exclusive screenshots of the 2015 winner of the Dad's Favorite magazine GOTY award.

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"10/10 Dads agree, Fallout 4 is the best game of all time, I tell you what."

[MetaCthulhu]

Cthulhu at the beach, working on the tan.

[Tingz0r]

Entering. Deal with it.

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[Aarah]

This month is going to be a hard choice!

[BetaB17]

Not that hard when in doubt? Lulu

(Haha but no seriously, loving the submissions)