[PR] Contributor Rewards accessible to all

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just so everyone is aware, this is what we're arguing over, and this is after having to take the security one's helmet off because otherwise it was literally impossible to tell.

i may have snuck a natural color in there too, see if you can find it.



i personally think the concerns are overblown in every direction and that the majority of people will use normal skin tones, but even if they don't i don't have an issue with this because they look like normal spaceman, just with a funny color.


edit: here's a better example with (random) hairstyles

Obviously the entire discussion is pretty low stakes, it's been accessible to a smaller group of people and it's not like the planet has erupted in hellfire and the oceans have overflooded ruining the land (because of the color customization at least). I don't think these images prove a very strong point from my perspective because like yeah, they're incredibly visible, they're on the part of the character that draws the most attention (their face) and you obviously can't really see it if you cover it up with a mask. That's true for anything you could implement aesthetically that doesn't poke through clothes (like tails do). Again, if people couldn't see it, they wouldn't want to customize it.

Just because it's a relatively minor thing doesn't mean I automatically think it'd be a Good Change. The game's aesthetic direction is made up of lots and lots of little things. Even with the silly goofy hair that sometimes makes you not look human, having blue or pink or green skin makes you look distinctly not like a regular human. It's fine if other people don't think visual consistency matters or is less valuable than letting people have endless facets of customization, but I think it *is* valuable and limiting your options in this way is worth it. I don't *really* want to re-iterate all the points I've already argued here, I'm not personally for the PR for whatever that opinion is worth.