Weapon Design Contest: Any News?

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04-01-2022, 04:08 AM
juicybug

Weapon Design Contest: Any News?

Hello!

So, I've not heard or seen anything about this or when the voting entries will be revealed other than "Sponsor shall select the winners on or around March 31, 2022 (PDT)"
and then again "Sponsor, or Sponsor’s designee, will notify winner(s) on or about April 30, 2022 via the Lodestone website."

Well, here we are and no news yet- anyone looking forward to seeing the entries when and if they're revealed?
04-01-2022, 04:26 AM
Eien713

I'm curious too and was wondering the same thing. They gave a very vague date.
04-01-2022, 04:45 AM
Kirika-

As of this post, it is 12:43PM Mar 31, 2022.... so, they do technical have many hours left to select, subject to:
Sponsor shall select the winners on or around March 31, 2022 (PDT) at 999 N. Pacific Coast Highway Blvd., El Segundo, CA 90245, USA (unless pandemic conditions require the selection to take place at alternative locations).

https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodes...3b062ef55d8a09

Also, the way I read it, they will first notify the winners via the game or via their account email at end of next month:
Sponsor, or Sponsor’s designee, will notify winner(s) on or about April 30, 2022 via the Lodestone website, email and/or in-game via the moogle delivery service to the character specified in the Entry submission.
It is very likely they wont go public with the results until the winners are all notified first.
04-01-2022, 04:49 AM
Silica-chan

I found this on twitter: "Thank you all for your amazing entries!

The judging process is taking longer than expected, so we will instead be announcing winners in late April. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status...63834494390272

Guess we'll have to wait a bit longer.
04-01-2022, 04:55 AM
juicybug

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silica-chan

I found this on twitter: "Thank you all for your amazing entries!

The judging process is taking longer than expected, so we will instead be announcing winners in late April. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status...63834494390272

Guess we'll have to wait a bit longer.

Awe bummer- thank you for this though! I wonder if we're free to post entries then? It's not like anyone can enter with a copied design.
04-01-2022, 04:57 AM
Eien713

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silica-chan

I found this on twitter: "Thank you all for your amazing entries!

The judging process is taking longer than expected, so we will instead be announcing winners in late April. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience."

https://twitter.com/FF_XIV_EN/status...63834494390272

Guess we'll have to wait a bit longer.

Damn! I really wanted to see if my entry made it as a runner-up or not. Waiting almost 6 months was already painful enough (T_T). Thanks for the info though.
04-01-2022, 05:01 AM
TheMightyMollusk

Quote:

Originally Posted by juicybug

Awe bummer- thank you for this though! I wonder if we're free to post entries then? It's not like anyone can enter with a copied design.

For safety's sake, it's probably best to wait until the announcements are made.
04-01-2022, 05:47 AM
juicybug

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheMightyMollusk

For safety's sake, it's probably best to wait until the announcements are made.

I wonder why they're not doing a public/player voting?
04-01-2022, 06:35 AM
Eien713

Quote:

Originally Posted by juicybug

I wonder why they're not doing a public/player voting?

To be honest, I found it rather messy when they did that for the hairstyle contest. I also like that finalists get feedback on their designs this way.
04-01-2022, 06:46 AM
Calysto

Can' wait to see if I made it or if it was removed XD
04-01-2022, 06:49 AM
Kolsykol

Quote:

Originally Posted by juicybug

I wonder why they're not doing a public/player voting?

Polls can be manipulated, some fighting games do this too and they have issue where artists with big followers will just get their followers to mass vote.
When you let the public vote it just becomes unfair and abused tbh I prefer they do it this way.
04-01-2022, 07:51 AM
juicybug

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolsykol

Polls can be manipulated, some fighting games do this too and they have issue where artists with big followers will just get their followers to mass vote.
When you let the public vote it just becomes unfair and abused tbh I prefer they do it this way.

Oh! Very true. I hadn't considered that.
sorry to seem impatient! I just wanna get over the negative anxiety in my gut.
04-01-2022, 01:24 PM
Godzillaxpowerrangers

Not going to lie. I forgot all about the contest. Which is a shame because I was looking forward to how some would look.
04-01-2022, 02:16 PM
Duskane

preplanned april fools joke
04-26-2022, 09:18 AM
RamKat

Was hoping to hear something by now! This has been quite the wait.
04-26-2022, 09:26 AM
StriderShinryu

Quote:

Originally Posted by juicybug

I wonder why they're not doing a public/player voting?

Another thing to consider outside of the possibility of vote manipulation is that for something as potentially complex as weapon design, the developers need to decide if they will actually be able to make the weapon work well and look well in the game. If it were purely down to fan voting, a design could be selected that would just be impossible to properly implement or could only be implemented in a way that ultimately disappoints all of the people who voted for it (and ticks off those who didn't even more).