Dear Santa Leet, Saint Nicholas, Michizure, and/or whichever elves might possibly be hard at work on this year's Christmas Gifts,
Here's GridStream's annual brainstorming contribution of Christmas ideas for AO and SWL. They were collected at three weeks of GSP parties, plus a couple that came up since last time. The forums were pretty quiet, and our parties are mostly in AO these days, but we got a pretty good list anyway, and a lot of the ideas apply to SWL, too. GSP DJs, Dancers, and staff helped put them in order so I could fill in extra details on our favorites, but as always, the whole list is here.
1) [both] Little Red Dress with long white stockings and sleeves
A barely-there red dress, neckline all the way down to the navel, hem all the way up to the panties, no back, and a little bit of scalloped gold embroidery about the hem. Basically a red version of Play Costume - Fifth Edition. Then add sheer white lacy elbow-length gloves, matching white thigh-high stay-up stockings, red heels, and a gold necklace with a silver snowflake.
2) [both] red and white thongs to go with the red and white thongs
- AO needs red and white flip-flop sandals to match the Naughty List Bikini because White Pumps at a Christmas beach party are awful
- SWL needs Christmas bikinis to go with the flip-flops they already have because not all Christmas parties are outside in the snow.
3) [both] green version of zebra print outfit
Who says there can't be critters just like zebras on other worlds, but with green stripes instead? I don't know what you'd call them, but animal print bodysuits based on them seem pretty obvious. And red ones, too, even if they'd kinda look like candy cane horses. I expect pet candy cane horses to be on the next list.
4) [AO] gift shopping quest
To really capture the spirit of contemporary Christmas, the elfleets should have a wishlist they need help filling and we'd have to go buy the stuff from various stores, if we can find it before it's sold out.
5) [both] Snow-Dancing Santa Claus
Dancing Santa Claus Doll that does a little dance one might interpret as a northern tribal snow-dance, then explodes into a snow shower
6) [both] leets in Naughty List boxers
With ragged holes chewed in the back for those thick tails. If you thought scissors were hard to use with no thumb, try it with no hands.
7) [AO] fruitcake version of extruder bars
If you thought the tasteless paste one was bad.... Are those colorful bits candied fruits or QL1 gems? A reusable extruder, like the Exquisite Chocolates, but the fruitcake bars it produces float phrases like "Ow, my jaw!" and "Fruit doesn't make that sound." and "Too much adobe." Maybe it's even dangerous. Maybe it's so dense that exposing it to ionizing radiation could cause it to collapse into a black hole. Maybe don't try it, just in case.
8) [AO] return of the Snowball v2.1 (the social one)
For years, only two different versions of hostile snowballs have been available. The Version 2.1 snowball that is usable at parties isn't available at all. A neat way to make this available again would be to add to its effect a chance to spawn a (Unique) Snowball Throwing Manual v2.1 on the target if they don't know the nano.
9) [AO] ridable giant leet mounts, sabertooths, silvertails, and rafters
Yeah, that's probably asking a bit much, but it's brainstorming, right?
10) [both] new christmas bikinis in other colors, combinations of red, green, silver, gold, and white
The same style as the Naughty List Bikini would be fine. Just pick a different design and change the colors of the panels and straps. Like white snowman heads on a green bikini with gold straps or red ornaments on a gold bikini with silver straps or some such combination. And, of course, SWL needs the classic green, red, and white that AO has had for so long.
11) [both] Candycane striped thigh-high leggings
Because that probably needs to be a whole leg item, here are some options for whole outfits that could be a part of:
- candy cane striped deep-v mini-dress, short enough to see a couple inches of thigh between the hem and the stockings, like Play Costume - Fifth Edition
- candy striped miniskirt and crop top, like Play Costume - Sixth Edition
- translucent dress the color of a green gumdrop with opaque white "sugar crystals" like Swarovski crystals and strategially placed starbursts
- or my favorite stripey strappy bikini option, triple-strap triangle bra and tanga bottom with red straps that merge right into the red stripes on the panels
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=21449&start=20#p22677512) [AO] snow leopard catgirl (3 items)
- white version of the fashionable snowsuit with grey leopard spots for details and pockets and so on
- blonde catgirl morph with her tail and ears dyed white and that outfit on
- white bikini top (no spots, just white) to go with the basic white thong for when you want to go inside and take the suit off but still match the ears and tail
13) [AO] Color-changing tights like the Halloween Wicked Tights, but in red/white, green/red, and white/green
14) [AO] red pumps
How do we still not have red pumps? Just dye some of the white ones already.
15) [SWL] The Christmas Conspiracy
It's the flute, isn't it? There must be something blocking the reintroduction of this classic TSW holiday mission. If you can work around that block somehow, it would be nice to have this back, and probably less work than designing a whole new winter event?
16) [SWL] a candy-striped walking cane you can do Nassir's Dance with
I suppose it would be a separate dance that just happens to use the same animations, but a different prop. And if you're going to make that prop anyway, maybe make it a weapon skin, too? Depending on which end you hold, it would work as a hammer or a blade. Or an assault rifle or shotgun, I suppose. We're clearly firing anima instead of bullets anyway, so it doesn't really matter if it has no moving parts, right?
17) [both] pants that actually go with the Christmas sweaters
Personally, I always thought the whole point of Traditional Ugly Christmas Sweater was that it doesn't go with anything, but there does seem to be some demand for something to wear it with. Maybe not something that matches, exactly. Maybe just a pants version of the same theme, making an almost coherent outfit.
- [AO] something in almost the same red, with a mistletoe and holly belt, white stripes down the sides, and holly on the back pockets
- [TSW] grey brown slacks or jeans with some dark red stitching and some holly on the back pocket
18) [AO] plushie holdable tree / Christmas Tree doll
Same model as the placeable/deployable Christmas Tree, but scaled down and holdable, like the action figures.
19) [both] sheer red backless babydoll nightie with an opaque maribu neckline and white lace panties
A neckline so deep and wide that the one inch of fluffy white maribu trim covers the R-rated bits, like the hula lei. A simple tie gathers it back together below the breasts, tying like an apron at the lower back. The two halves that don't quite meet below that only come half-way down the buttocks and the front just meets the top of the white panties, so the opaque white straps are visible through the sheer red gauze.A neckline so deep and wide that the one inch of fluffy white maribu trim covers the nipples, like the hula lei. A simple tie gathers it back together below the breasts, tying like an apron at the small of the back. The two halves that don't quite meet below that only come half-way down the buttocks and the front barely meets the top of the white panties, so the opaque white straps are visible through the sheer red gauze at the hips.
I looked for a photo reference for this, but couldn't quite find what I had in mind. I hope you can get a clear enough idea what I mean from that description because posting half a dozen partially similar racy lingerie shots would probably trigger either censorship or spam protection.
20) [AO] leet catapult to fling leets into low orbit for no reason
... which really isn't as weird as it seems. Could be a transportation system for advies. Or possibly a siege weapon, depending on how well it's aimed.
21) [both] Christmas wrapping paper tuxedo / teddy
22) [both] strapless bandeau-style wreath bikini
23) [both] red ribbon bandeau and a thong with a gold star in front and a bow in back
24) [AO] wieldable social scissors
- The kind for cutting wrapping paper and ribbons and tape. The rounded safety scissors that do 1-1(1) damage, apply -32767 runspeed and have a warning not to run while holding them
25) [AO] A placard that says all I want for Xmas is a placard that says "All I want for Xmas is a placard that says..."
- click to change to a "no hippos" sign
26) [AO] Red Raider Pellet Gun
- A compressed air-powered steel pellet rifle obviously legally distinct from the Red Ryder BB Gun, despite the fact that it clearly has a blind proc. And possibly a stylized logo of a little girl in a red cloak scouting the forest with a rifle and a picnic basket. It may also have a remote but over-hyped chance of richeting and hitting the user with that blind proc.
27) [both] Sad melting snowman
28) [AO] mini Yutto pet, snow white or possibly wearing a Santa robe
29) [AO] Pumpkinhead Santa, with a sleigh drawn by reindeer Lutzies (Atroxes with reindeer heads)
30) [AO] Elfleets making Critsmiss
- a shoulder/util Elfleet charm that increases your resistance to critical hits
31) [AO] Chillyrat ambush perch
- a wild Chillyrat in place of the head of a snowman, just waiting for someone to get curious and walk up so they can scream, roll on down, and chase
32) [AO] placeable decoration gifts to go under our trees
33) [AO] Butterfly shoulder lantern
- definitely a butterfly and not an attention-starved glowing pixie
- possibly flapping like the random client-side environmental ones
34) [AO] miniature Christmas trees, as decorations and/or lanterns
- decorations would be just like the normal tree, only smaller
- lanterns would be tiny but provide a nice (average white) glow with their colorful bulbs
35) [AO] igloos and snow-covered tents big enough to actually sit in
- might require Atrox Enforcer and Opifex Agent and Solitus Soldier sizes
36) [both] gingerbread costume
- like a brown jogging suit with white piping and a few colorful buttons
37) [AO] miniature gofle/beit pets with fawn spots
38) [AO] Christmas version of the Valentine's card with a Santa Leet or a Christmas Tree on it
39) [AO] Christmas beach towels for summer planets and Australia
40) [AO] collections of classic favorite Christmas movies in pill form
- Like those pill packs of nano buffs you randomly find in missions, but instead of containing a buffing nano, it contains the memories of having just watched some classic movies
41) [AO] Omni-Med Holiday Spirit Pills
- Nanotech to adjust your brain chemistry and put you in the mood to relax and celebrate and go out and buy things (from Omni stores) to decorate your apartment with and give away as gifts, in single, multipack, and year supply boxes
- Combines well with Mnemobytes and Holiday Energy Butter Cookies (both also on this list)
42) [AO] teddy bear backpack
- whole and cute, not torn up and creepy like the Terrifying Plush undead teddy
43) [AO] stuffed toy elf backpack, perhaps sitting on a wrapped gift like the classic "elf on a shelf"
44) [both] light blue jumpers with white snowflakes and icicles (sweaters/jumpsuit)
45) [both] tiny mouse-sized leet stirring a mug of cocoa
- just like the mouse in The Night Before Christmas wasn't
46) [AO] model starships of Atlantean and Rimor, either placeable decorations or hovering pets like Balloons
47) [both] Quarantine Yeti costume
48) [AO] colored snowblowers
49) [both] black pajamas with white snowflakes, same style as the pink heart ones, but looks like Christmas Eve night snow
50) [AO] hastily assembled hoverbike made of custom parts still in their Christmas Gift boxes
- snapped together without even unwrapping them, so it's just a bunch of gift-wrapped boxes stuck together with controls sticking out and thrusters exposed where they burned through the boxes. Not especially aerodynamic.
51) [AO] Clicky toy that causes butterflies to swarm up around you and fly away
52) [AO] Mnemobytes
- New, from the same department that brought you Omni-Med Butter Cakes and Shock Trooper Muffins: it's Mnemobytes! Having a down holiday and need a bite of cheer? The chocolate coated candy bits in these cookies have a nanobot filling that goes straight to your hippocampus and triggers memories of your favorite smells and tastes from past holidays! New and improved to trigger on the holidays of the same time of year! Mnemobytes taste like happy!
53) [both] pepper spray with the capsaicin charge replaced with holiday scented oils
- peppermint, wintergreen mint, cinnamon apple, vanilla butter cookies, mulled wine, turkey gravy and sage onion stuffing, spiced fruit (apple, pumpkin, mincemeat) pies, other Christmas smells, perhaps as random floating text like the exquisite chocolates
- causes no damage, but may cause confusion, distraction, nostalgia, and stomach grumbles
54) [AO] sand snowmen
55) [AO] gingerbread man shoulder lantern
- or gingerbread woman, heart, leet, yutto... or even give us a tradeskill to combine a Light Bar with a cookie and make it a lantern
56) [AO] Christmas gnomes
- little ceramic yuttos in Santa hats
57) [AO] Omni-Med Butter Cookies with nanobot frosting for +healdelta +nanodelta holiday energy.
58) [AO] new clickable Dancing Doll toys of Grin'Cha, Father Time, Skroog'Khazoh, and the "Automated Sentry - Tannen'Bau" Christmas Tree
59) [AO] A new painting: "Bored ghost in a snowstorm trying to make a snowman but sadly unable to touch anything". It's a white rectangle.
60) [AO] giftwrapped hoverbike, still in the wrapping paper and ribbons
61) [AO] eggnog with a coma warning, for sipping only
- made with immiscible swirls of red and green liquids legally distinct from a certain well known red and green flavored coma-inducing cough syrup
62) [both] Gingerbread house you wear on your head
- AO has that old no-trade cathedral-looking one that doesn't drop any more. That model should work.
63) [AO] Holly Jolly Omni-Tek Uniforms
- like Omni-Tek Suit and Med Suit in red with green and silver
64) [both] Music box Christmas Gift
- plays some simple holiday jingle you'd have to come up with, like something based on the game's theme, but played by a music box, or something public domain, like Jingle Bells or Silent Night
65) [AO] Snowman bucket
- like the Pumpkin Basket but white with a coal smile
- or a bucket of melted snowman with a carrot and bow tie floating in it
66) [both] Christmas fruits like oranges, tangerines, satsumas
Thanks for your continued work on our favorite worlds and for reading (at least some of) this and letting us contribute some ideas to the holiday development cycle. I hope you find at least some of it useful or at least amusing.
- Jezebelle