Fashion enthusiast? Blade & Soul begins its costume contest

With the business model details out of the way, NCsoft is now asking players to create an original costume design for the Blade & Soul costume contest, which just began today and ends 11:59PM PDT July 5th.

You can check the rules on the link above but know that the two lucky winners (one from North America and other from Europe) will see their designs make it to the game with a special tooltip named in their favor – “…created by the Launch Costume Contest Winner USERNAME”. The prize also includes an exclusive wearable item, a poster, and $50 worth of NCoin to spend when the game launches, and 4 finalists from each region will receive $20 worth of NCoin and a poster featuring the artwork of Blade & Soul.

Here's a template provided by NCsoft that you can use if your skills aren't the best – it's the design that counts, not the art quality.

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