Honestly? Stop the votes and do not let the community pick the content. I get that it might be someones dream to make content for a game they love, I love this game too but come on, surely it can't just be me that was unimpressed by the inevitable 100's of plague doctors, furry posts, edgy OC's, weeb trash or literally the one runner up that included huge breasts in their diagrams for coomer clicks e.g being the magic grill, literally says in the rules to keep it pg 13 but the artist thought it'd be a good idea to include a heart window showing off her cleavage and posing her in a position that seems all but suggestive? and I mean, it worked, it is one of the runner ups after all, a conscious decision from the devs for whatever reason.
I'm not gonna lie, I was kinda disappointed to see that the winners will be decided by the community because, what? Afraid of some backlash or something because some people may have thought it wouldn't have been fair for everyone if it wasn't left up to the community? There's no way people would stop playing the game because of something like this. I really want to see something similar to the quality that you guys would have put into making costumes when Terraria was still being constantly updated over (a few honorable cringe mentions) the timeless traveller, dragon empress, slime queen, cyber angel, TV head or the wandering ronin. and I mean, the dragon empress, cyber angel and slime queen are female only outfits as far as I can see, wouldn't you prefer to be able to enjoy the same outfit as both genders with little to no changes in the design like every other cosmetic in the game thus far?
Don't get me wrong, there were a few submissions that did shine for me and that is just personal preference in the end but other than that, i'm excited for all the new content that this update brings and I know this contest is here just to get some new cosmetics into the game, i.e things that you can just choose to ignore which is why, in the end it'll have little effect on me other than maybe a ''Seriously, this won?'' and this post will probably have no weight on anything but nonetheless, at this point i'm just curious if anyone else agrees with any of my points or if anyone else has some of their own that they'd like to share.