Deadline: October 31, 2017 at 11:59 PM EST

It's that time of year again! To enter, upload your screenshot of your costume to imgur and attach them to the forum here.

The difference this year is the judging will be made based on not only the costume, but on clever usage of in-game effects and spells! You can recruit help from your friends to obtain the effects you desire, but they will not get a share of your reward!

Rules:

1. One entry per member of the FC. Images must be posted here for entry.
   
2. Screenshots can only contain effects obtainable through Final Fantasy XIV's core engine. This means that skills, limit breaks, spells, and the in-game filters can be utilized. NO PHOTOSHOP OR OTHER SIMILAR PROGRAMS CAN BE USED TO ENHANCE THE SCREENSHOTS.
3. Once a screenshot is entered, it cannot be changed.
4. Costumes that can be purchased through the MogStation will not be considered in their entirety. If you are using a portion of the outfit, this is acceptable, but costumes of Minfilia using MogStation glamour will not be considered as a serious entry.
5. Voting will take place for the first week of November on Discord.

Prizes:

• 1 Grand Prize winner: 1 million gil OR 1 stack of 99 Infusion of any stat.
• 2 Runner ups: 500,000 gil OR 48 Infusion of any stat.

Simple was getting everything up and reading to go in preparation for the expansion drop on June 16th! To some that meant getting some last minute EXP on different classes, whether they be Magic or War, Hand or Land. To others that meant farming birds to try to complete their collection prior to a new set of mounts were introduced. Some collected orchestrion scrolls, others went to hoard currency. On an administrative side, I was doing this behind the scenes for you guys: 

But the night the servers went down, TiS members gathered to give Heavensward a last hurrah! And to commemorate our time in our Mist house one final time before we start house hunting in Shirogane.

Here are some screenshots we took outside next to our signature pineapple and also some screenshots of our chaotic (but awesome) no-job-crystal Dun Scaith. Say good bye to cross classing provoke on your archers, everyone. It was fun while it lasted!  More screenshots here!

And in the words of Kyami: #Quality

Simple FC organized a 24-man pre-made group for Dun Scaith on patch day! We went in, most of us having never done Dun Scaith before, and had a lot of fun figuring out mechanics together as a group! 

Thank you so much to everyone who attended! I hope you guys had as much fun as I did! I couldn't be happier to be your FC leader when we all get together and have fun wiping together ♥ Congratulations to those who won loot! :D Let's do stuff like this again soon!

Feel free to comment clips if you were streaming of the funniest moments or any screenshots you have! 

Team Yay with the help of Jin Tsukuyomi managed to snag an easy peasy Servers First kill on the new primal Zurvan!

Congratulations to everyone on their clears!

Ty everyone for not giving up even after the roster setbacks!

Viciony Rosemourn (DRK) Shadow Reaver (WAR)
Eara Sandoria (WHM) Soph Dx (SCH)
Yolo Swaggins (MNK) Elyas Dardragon (DRG) Persephone Rosemourn (BRD) Bee White (BLM)

Loot: DRG Spear - Caster Chest

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Congrats to the... Wtf is our group name again? Idk we got buckets.

Congrats to our Dragoon on recieving both Body AND Spear drops! And Congrats to our White Mage for the mount!

Scrubs: Brandel North (PLD), Aurora Nacht (WAR), Will Wolff (WHM), Countess Bucket (SCH), Momoleo Jojoleo (MNK), Behemi Okos (DRG), Azzle Trazzle (MCH), Rainbow skittle (BLM)

Sorry this is so late! I've been very busy with schoolwork and work and waiting for people to judge but I've decided to just post the results without the last 2 judges. We did have 9 judges as is so that should be more than enough! LOL

Thank you to Just Snizz, Cha'ar Zhwan, Mirax Prada, Talym Roulette, Cutie Patewtee, Anjali Lok, Crimson Balmung, Swifty Paws and Tate Raken for judging the contest! 

Entries were judged on creativity and on item usage. Judges also picked their favorite costume and this added a bonus 5 points to the score.

The results are as follows:

First Place: Selene Eolios (Cowgirl) - Gil Reward & Furnishing

Second Place: Neocloud Mugetsu (Zack from FFVII) - Draconian Pots

Third Place: Liyni Hush (Daft Punk) - Gil Reward

Here are the rest of the costumes! 

In order: Seren - Jester, Whitest Pantsu - Scary Cowgirl, Faith Kaplan - Simple Painter, Nyasha Raken - F'lhaminn 1.0, Nyxi Eryth - Rikku from FFX, Bjorkit - Wings of Time, Momoleo Jojoleo - Little Dad

Congratulations again to our winners and thank you for entering, everyone! I will be making a forum badge for our winners!

Congrats to Just Squonk It (+Auri!) for clearing A12S on 10/31/2016

Members: Anjali Lok, Great One, Iris Fortuna, Estellise Lunaren, Liyni Hush, Auri Altlight, Luxion Vertas, Neocloud Mugetsu

Loot: Alexandrian Metal Guillotine, Alexandrian Casting Coat

Grats to Liyni on winning the mount and thanks again to Auri for helping us! Great job guys! :D

On 10/15/2016, Team Rosemourn cleared A11S!

Members: Viciony Rosemourn (DRK), Shadow Reaver (WAR), Norah Rosemourn (AST), Eara Sandoria (WHM), Elyas Dardragon (DRG), Yolo Swaggins (MNK), Radaen Ddraighart (BRD), Bee White (SMN)

Spoils: Alexandrian Bottoms of Healing, Alexandrian Gloves of Striking, Illuminati Tautest Gobtwine, Illuminati Deepest Gobdip

Hello friends! We are hosting a costume contest! 

DEADLINE: October 31, 2016 at 11:59 PM EST

TO ENTER: Take a screenshot of your costume and send it to Estellise in a PM! Please include what your costume is of in the PM!

UPON ENTRY, YOU WILL RECEIVE 9 HQ DRACONIAN POTS OF YOUR CHOOSING (OR THE GIL EQUIVALENT). Please specify which potion stat you prefer (VIT, STR, DEX, INT, MND) in the PM. I WILL NOT HUNT YOU DOWN TO FIND OUT. IF YOU DON'T INCLUDE IT, YOU DON'T GET IT.

THE PRIZES:

• One grand prize winner: Bahamut Miniature Statue and 99 HQ Draconian Potions of their stat preference (or the gil equivalent).
• Two runner ups: Odin Miniature Statue and 45 HQ Draconian Potions of their stat preference.

THE RULES:

1. You must be a member of the FC in order to enter.
2. If you enter a costume via screenshot, you cannot change it.
3. You will be judged based on your creativity, not on the amount of real life money you are willing to spend. Pre-made costumes (Minfilia, for example, or the Wailing Spirit) will not win, I promise you. Effort goes a long way!
4. You will not be judged on the quality of the screenshot you submit, but on the costume your character is wearing. This means that editing the screenshot for crazy particle effects will not earn you extra points!

JUDGES:

• TBA

Team Yay downs A12S!! Wooooooooo! Great work everyone!!! Congratulations once again to Faith Kaplan, Kyami Yarhu, Swifty Paws, D' Va, Lenna Luxxie, Crixxirc Daedelus, Auri Moonlight, and Cutie Patewtee! 

aaaand loot timeee: grats to Auri on the gun, Swifty on the healing body and Cutie on the mount! ♥ ♥

EDIT: (oh and uhhh... grats to SOMEONE IDK WHO GOT IT IM A BAD RAID LEADER for winning the a12s EXCLUSIVE minion..!)