Here are the top 20 Christmas 2010 ideas submitted at GSP parties and forums, as voted by GSP DJs and Dancers. These are just our favorites out of 107 ideas that came up over three weeks, and the thread is still open, so more have appeared since. If you like these, please check out the whole brainstorming list at
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17356
1) candy cane stockings
The number one highest voted idea for this Christmas is a pair of stockings like the Wicked Tights from a few Halloweens ago, but in candy cane spirals that switch between red/white, red/green, and green/white. Maybe something like this:
http://www.yandy.com/Pom-Pom-Hooded-Lace-up-Dress.php It's too bad the pelvis has to be part of the same item as the thighs and the feet the same item as the calves. Any chance the new engine will change that and allow thigh-high stockings to be worn with various skirts and/or shoes? Making it look decent in both engines would be the problem there, I guess. If that's not going to be plausible any time soon, I'd suggest something like the matching garter skirt and g-string in the second example for females and tights with shorts, like the old Halloween ones, for males and Atrox. And maybe it could set the feet default to continue the stockings down to pumps or shoes. Further down this list is a candy cane bikini top that would go well with this, and that made it into the top 20 separately. I drew an example of that and included these stockings as the bottom half of it.
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewto ... 670#159670
2) plaid pajamas
Warm, soft, cozy plaid flannel pajamas. Not overtly sexy, just very comfortable. Preferably one item that fits on either the chest or leg slots and sets those and the arms and feet unless overridden with some other item, much the way the 8th Anniversary Play Costume does. Christmassy red and green, heavy on the warm red, with a touch of white. Something like
http://www.pajamacity.com/Red-Plaid-Cot ... o/J815-RP/
3) various bikinis
These wouldn't have made the top 20 individually, but all together, they're #3. There's no clear consensus on any particular one, but it's pretty clear that something new is wanted, especially by those who missed the Naughty List Bikini. The top five new bikini ideas are:
- Shiny red ribbon around the top, just a single horizontal band, like the Miiir top, but narrower, without the vertical part. A big red bow or two. Matching shiny red panties, like an even narrower red version of Miiir's Gift Tape panties, perhaps with bows front and back. Like
http://www.ladivacouture.com/acatalog/info_105.html or this thong
http://www.sparklingstrawberry.com/prod ... Thong.html with just a simple matching red ribbon around the top. The matching boxers could be matching red satin with a black belt or green and silver giftwrap with a red ribbon belt.
- snowflake bikini: pale blue with a snowflake pattern was one suggestion, like
http://www.attractivewear.net/pc/La-31044/la/.html but skimpier. The more popular version was just big, white lace snowflakes tied on with some white string. I can't find a good reference photo of that, but it would be something like this:
http://www.secretmoments.com/Sheer-Ruff ... -P427.aspx , but with one large, white, opaque but sparse, strategically positioned snowflake. I drew one myself and posted it here:
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewto ... 604#159604 That one's a nanospray version, though, like applying miniature nanosprays from the snowflake machine to yourself. Add some silver straps to it, and it's a bikini instead. The matching boxers could be like that pale blue example. A snowflake wing back item was also suggested, like butterfly wings made of two big snowflakes each. That didn't get enough votes by itself, but it would go really well with any version of this bikini.
- gift bow pasties... You don't really need pics to explain that, do you? Just a couple bright, shiny red bows stuck on the front to cover the R-rated bits. No matching bottom or boxers were suggested, but these would go really well with that red ribbon thong. Or you could make them change colors so they also match Miiir's Gift Tape panties or the common White Bikini.
- new version of Naughty List Bikini: The old one has green trees on red panels with white straps, so how about shuffling those colors around? Red Christmas ball ornaments on white panels with green straps or a silver and white gift box design on green panels with red straps? Just one now and the other in a year or two, for everyone who misses this. The matching boxers would be similar parallels to the old ones in the new pattern.
- fur or fur-lined bikini: Nothing very specific was suggested, but personally I'd prefer that the description indicated faux leet fur. Nobody wants to wear a rollerrat or hyena bikini, but maybe predators or wolves. Or silvertails, but would those be opaque enough? There are lots of good examples for this:
http://www.lingeriediva.com/animal-prin ... fur-bikini ,
http://heybabyofcalifornia.com/product_ ... ts_id=1283 ,
http://www.adn.com/2009/03/07/v-gallery ... ntest.html The matching boxers might look like something Barbarians wear in Age of Conan.
4) sleigh jetbike
A version of this was requested last year, but I think the reindeer pulling it was asking too much. Numerous sleigh vehicles were suggested and two even made the top 20 separately. The Phasefront sleigh jetbike was the most popular. Here's a pic of an RK4 Santa Sleigh motorcycle:
http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/hA ... rHTfxrZ2bQ Update that by about 30,000 years, but in a similar style, and maybe add a Santa Leet co-pilot (or navigator like R2-D2, but I wouldn't trust their sense of direction). Maybe a bag of gifts on the back. Or maybe the leet is playing around in the bag of gifts, occasionally stealing one and running off any time it's parked.
The second most popular version of this idea was a sleigh hoverchair. It would have come in at #18 on this list, just above that three-way tie at the bottom of the list, so I just tacked it on here instead. This could work like the jack-o-lantern hoverchair from last Halloween, but of course we'd prefer something that lasts a little longer and is reusable. Here's a good example of what this version would look like:
http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/santas-sleigh1.htm If that wireframe hint Means posted is, in fact, a new Halloween hoverchair, the jetbike would be better for something different.
5) Christmas GSP shirt
I try not to encourage GSP-centric ideas, but several scored a lot of votes this time around. Personally, I'd rather see Christmas items with a more general appeal, but if you feel like throwing in another GSP item, I definitely wouldn't mind. Anyway, this is a group effort now, not just my own personal wishlist, and the voters loved the idea of a new GSP T-shirt like the one William Robert gives out, but with the logo "wearing" a Santa hat and snow on the background. I trust no one needs example links to that.
6) naughty elf girl costume
A low cut, short, green velvet dress, a green version of the Santa hat, and green boots (preferably with curly toes in the new engine). Maybe some jingly silver bells here and there. Something like
http://www.spirithalloween.com/product/ ... s-costume/ or
http://www.yumdrop.com/Sexy+Costumes/To ... e-Y302184/ A male/trox version could be the same tunic with tights.
The same "Elf Costume" I suggested last year was also requested again, but we don't need both at once. Separately, that would have been #11 on this list, and combining the votes for both, they'd be #1 by a small margin. The hat and shoes are the same as above, but instead of the tunic/short dress, last year's suggestion had green boyshorts and a bikini top for girls, a vest for boys and troxes. Like a shorts version of
http://www.yandy.com/Enticing-Elf.php or a green version of
http://www.sparklingstrawberry.com/prod ... stume.html The way the old engine handles miniskirts, they'd turn out to be shorts anyway, for now at least. Maybe make the female version a miniskirt in the new engine? Regardless of the shape, each piece should have a small scale multiplier, and maybe one of them also sets the character's height to "small", like the Santa Suit sets their weight to "large". The tunic/dress version got more votes this year, so maybe applying the scale/height modifier to that would be the best of both ideas.
7) sexy Mrs. Claus costume
The Santa Suit is warm and cozy and festive, but not terribly sexy. In fact, it's a bit too warm for dancing, especially on a desert planet that never gets any snow accumulation. I'm sure it's great in Penumbra, but those of us stuck on the surface would prefer something lighter, shorter, and sexier. And permanent. Temporary is fun for a robe that might be covering the Naughty List Bikini, but the nice slinky version shouldn't be so disposable. Something like this would be great
http://www.sparklingstrawberry.com/prod ... e-Set.html For the males and troxes, a smaller version of the Santa Suit robe, maybe in satin, open at the front down to the belt, with the old Naughty List Boxers underneath.
8 (tied) yeti leet
Maybe as a new critter to catch and collect gifts from, or as a new random result for the Winter Leet Pet nano, or maybe both. This would be a taller than average leet with extra-large feet and a vaguely ape-like face. Probably grey, brown, and/or white, or assorted different colored versions. Maybe they even have some concealment skill. I tried to find a good reference photo here, but they all looked fake to me.
8 (tied) Chaimeramas beer
Another GSP-centric idea. Even some regular listeners wouldn't get this joke, but it would be a good excuse to explain it to them. Last winter, DJ Chaimera invented a new holiday called "Chaimeramas" and as far as I know, not much has been decided about it beyond a general excuse for drunken revelry and random debauchery, like a 300th century Bacchanalia. Official Chaimeramas Beer has even more health hazard warnings than XXX-Plumbo, and it's NOT green. It's like Arrogant Bastard Ale, but comes in an Atrox-shaped 40 oz. bottle (no sissy caps, just break the neck off and pour it down yours) or a gallon cardboard box economy size. Side effects may include inappropriate urination.
8 (tied) Tarryk's t-shirt
One side says “Hi! My name is Cuppycake†and the other says “If lost, please return to Sprklygrrlâ€. [edit: It's just "Sprkly" now.] Yes, it's another GSP-centric idea, and if you don't get it, you haven't been hanging out with and/or listening to GSP enough. Shame on you. Seriously though, a new item for one player is asking too much, even if it is for the guy who started this whole GSP thing. Apparently, it was just too funny to resist voting for. Maybe the new engine's proposed "dynamic content" will support individual custom items like that some day? (tm)?
11) warm winter beverage in a Christmas mug
Several similar items were suggested and votes for them came in both individually and in combinations, so I piled them all together. The basic idea is a warm, festive, traditional Christmas beverage in a pretty holiday-decorated mug. Maybe they're separate items and various beverages can be combined with different mugs. Or maybe the mug changes its picture and/or contents with a simple right-click. The mug designs might include Santa Claus, a candy cane or two, a Christmas tree, a snowman, an Antleet, a wreath, a snowflake, a stocking (with or without leet), a Yule log, anything like that. The suggested beverages were peppermint cocoa, eggnog, hot chocolate, mulled spiced wine and/or cider, and a hot toddy.
12 (tied) snow babe costume
This is a fairly vague one. It's basically any fairly sexy outfit that's still warm enough to play outside in the winter. Something in between Maria's Ski Outfit and the Naughty List Bikini with a touch of Santa Suit fur. Maybe something like that Winter Jacket from a few years ago, but half-zipped, enough to glimpse the Naughty List Bikini Top under it, with matching shorts and fur-lined boots and/or leg warmers. There are some good examples at the online costume websites, too, such as
http://www.yandy.com/Hefs-Playboy-Holiday-Honey.php (minus the obvious Playboy trademarks) and
http://www.amazon.com/Adult-Eskimo-Bunn ... B002GPMNJ8 The male/trox version would be nearly identical, maybe showing a little more arm or chest and a little less leg.
12 (tied) toy guns that shoot confetti or bubbles or something
A brightly colored little plastic toy gun that can be equipped as a social hand item and right-clicked to produce a stream of floating bubbles or a burst of confetti or some such. Maybe the bubble gun is a SMG like this one:
http://www.diytrade.com/china/4/leads/4 ... E_GUN.html and the confetti one is a shotgun and the pistol is a water gun. Or just whichever is easiest for the old engine for this Christmas and a different one next Christmas that works better in the new engine.
14) headphones with reindeer antlers
Something just like the DJ Headphones, but with reindeer antlers on top, or skip the headphone part and just use the frame to hold the antlers on. Just like Antleets would be fine.
15 (tied) red bustier like the Bunny Suit top
Something just like the Bunny Body of Gridstream Productions, but red, is easy to describe. Something fancy, like the Vulcana top, but strapless, like the Bunny top, would be nice. Something like
http://www.odgirl.com/item--1PC-Bow-mes ... 8-022.html or
http://www.yandy.com/Red-Patterned-Cors ... String.php Or you could make it more Christmassy by adding some white lace or fur trim like
http://www.yandy.com/Sweetheart-Santa-Bustier.php This one would look a little silly on men or Atroxes, but that's okay. So does the Bunny Body.
15 (tied) satin camisole and matching frilly little skirt with fur trim
Two separate items that, when worn together, look like a babydoll nightie. The satin cups and matching thong are opaque, but the rest isn't quite. Whether that's an alpha channel or baked texture is up to the engine, but it will help make it look more like a skirt with panties under it than shorts. It should be a color we don't have enough of, like a nice deep purple or plum. The fur trim on the neckline doesn't have to be much. Maybe make the fur trim thick on top and strategically positioned instead of making the cups opaque. Maybe each piece can be right-clicked to adjust its height so that they don't meet in the middle if you want it to look separate. I don't know what a different non-female version of this would be, so the men and Atroxes could wear the same one for laughs or just give it to someone who makes it look better.
I had five different examples of things almost, but not quite, like that, but they've all gone 404 now. I drew one simple, opaque example, though. That's still available at
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewto ... 605#159605 And I just added in a transparency example at
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewto ... 550#174550
17) peppermint candy bikini top
A bikini top to go with the candy cane tights. Red and white swirls were specifically requested, like a cross-section of a candy cane or these candies
http://s4.hubimg.com/u/610987_f260.jpg . Something like
http://www.lalalingerie.com/images/ling ... iniset.jpg but in a spiral pattern. If the candy cane tights change color, I suppose these should change to the same colors. Like the other bikini tops, this really only works for women, but I don't see why men or Atroxes should't be able to wear one if they really want to. I know some who would really get a kick out of wearing them as hats, for example.
Again, I couldn't find just the right reference link for this, so I drew one. And then I couldn't decide on certain details, like the shoes, and whether the matching panties should be striped or solid, so there are two versions at
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewto ... 670#159670 There were also comments after it, like the suggestion to make the stripes wider than I drew them, which I think might be better, but I didn't go back and change it.
18 (tied) beer helmet
That's been suggested before, but it keeps coming up. Bonus points if it can be "filled" with various beverages as a tradeskill combination. Even better if it comes as a bare frame on a helmet and various drinkable items can be applied to it so that they appear in the two holders. I'm sure that would be a lot more complicated, though.
18 (tied) Chaimera Claus
One more GSP-centric idea, again probably just because it was too funny to not vote for. This one is DJ Chaimera in a Santa Suit flying around in a gnarled old bobsled pulled by lizardheaded lion-goats. You could replace some of those cargo ships we see landing on buildings now and then with this for the season. Not all of them, of course. The general stores still need shipments of non-alcoholic products. Maybe a 20% chance at any given time that one of the visible cargo ships will be Chaimera Claus. That might actually be amusing even for those who don't quite get the joke.
18 (tied) alternate winter holiday items
I don't hear much actual whining about the Christmas event being too focussed on one religion, since there's never any actual relation to the Christian holiday beyond the name. I do, however, hear mentions that it would be nice to give a nod to some other religions. Nothing big, just some little items for some other major religions. Call them paleoarchaeological artifacts or something. Place them all in your apartment and while you're there, the feeling of your core shifting as the source makes room for a new presence is only half as disturbing. Maybe a menorah, a yule log, a korsi (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yalda), a statue of Lord Pancha Ganapati (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancha_Ganapati) or any other winter solstice celebration artifacts you care to look up. Disclaimer: I never heard of those last two until I just saw them on Wikipedia. I have no idea whether they'd be appropriate at all. That's what I think would be neat about this idea; getting some cultural exposure. Of course, it might be safer to stick to secular holidays to avoid offending anyone's religious ideas. The yule log would probably be a safe one and there's more to choose from if you expand beyond the solstice.
general notes:
Although a lot of the fashion ideas suggested were geared toward females, the "female only" and "not female" tags should be avoided if possible. Just making it look different, like the two Play Costumes is a good option. Making it obviously look better on one than the other is fine too, since sometimes looking silly is what you want. The problem is it's aggravating to keep deleting nice stuff you can't wear and can't give to someone who can. I'd love to see less of that "NoDrop" flag this year, but if that's not an option, then everyone should be able to wear what they get, even if it looks silly. And while I do understand the use of "NoDrop" to make event-exclusive items more special, as proof of your dedication to collecting the holiday loot, I think that could be accomplished with just a few of the items, and let the rest be traded and given as gifts to those who weren't able to attend.
There is, however, an exception. Gift Bow Pasties just don't make sense if you're allowed to go topless, so those probably should be "female only". Therefore they should be tradable, so those who can't wear them can give them to someone they want to see them on. If you feel it necessary to make bikinis or camisoles also "female only", please do the same for those.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, and I hope you like some of these ideas. If you still want more ideas, don't forget to check out the rest of the brainstorming list at
http://www.gridstream.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17356
- Jezebelle (RK1/RK2)