I wonder when they'll open the Hair Design Contest (●´ω｀●)ゞ`~?

On the XIV 10th anniversary's contest page, they list a Hair Design contest but it's been listed only as "Coming Soon".
I'm just curious when is it going to open.
The NAs FanFest is in 10 days, so maybe they holding it for either the EU or JP fests?
(●´ω｀●)ゞ ~?

last time the hair design contest ended with them adding like 5 hairstyles right?

I don't know but hopefully the community should come up with something good because the hair styles they tend to add aren't really interesting.

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Originally Posted by SeiyaSoiya

last time the hair design contest ended with them adding like 5 hairstyles right?

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They added 10 hairstyle I believe; Both winners, 7 of the runner ups, and 1 entry that didn't make it but was popular. （*´▽｀*）

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

They added 10 hairstyle I believe; Both winners, 7 of the runner ups, and 1 entry that didn't make it but was popular. （*´▽｀*）

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Isn't that hairstyle you've mentioned that wasn't added actually the Both Ways hairstyle that you get from Zadnor? - It looks like it and given how hard the Eviさん hairstyle was butchered, I think it's possible

It is a real shame that a lot of those hairs looked significantly better on paper than they did in-game. A few of them are really solid-looking in game though. Still praying we get more long hairs someday.

The contest details are up entry period 7/24-8/21 and it seems 30! Hairstyles will be selected if I’m reading things correctly

Finally! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
Get drawing everyone!

woooooooop its out. I hope people create lots of pretty long hair for us :D

I would like to see braided back hair as a style.

I'm a little confused about the wording of the submission rules. It reads, "1-3 images: front design (required), side design (required), and back design (required)" but the template provided are only two views that are 3/4ths and neither of the so-called required. Would drawing over the provided templates and nothing else be acceptable?

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Originally Posted by Rikizza

woooooooop its out. I hope people create lots of pretty long hair for us :D

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Short or long I like styles with face framing fringes or stylish bangs

I would rather had the energy and resource spent to converting existing haircuts and hats for vieras/hrothgars rather than making big PR stunt about 3 haircuts that will be again limited to vanilla races.

if you google viera hats it seems some guy actually did a lot of work on his own. Maybe contact him and absorb it into the next patch? that would be pretty dope QOL change if you ask me. Low-hanging fruit, as the business men call it.

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Originally Posted by MAJRIS

I would rather had the energy and resource spent to converting existing haircuts and hats for vieras/hrothgars rather than making big PR stunt about 3 haircuts that will be again limited to vanilla races.

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There is not a single newly created hairstyle that has been incompatible with Viera and Hrothgar since they started getting additional hairstyles added. The energy is being spent to convert the older ones and we see evidence of it every patch.

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Originally Posted by Iscah

The energy is being spent to convert the older ones and we see evidence of it every patch.

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great news!

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Originally Posted by Kio

I'm a little confused about the wording of the submission rules. It reads, "1-3 images: front design (required), side design (required), and back design (required)" but the template provided are only two views that are 3/4ths and neither of the so-called required. Would drawing over the provided templates and nothing else be acceptable?

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With the templates they provide, I think because they're both quarter-views, they show off the front + side and back + side respectively. （*´▽｀*）

All i know is i hope we get more long hair styles. almost every new hairstyle lately is short hair/buzzcut, need more long hair options badly

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Originally Posted by Reimmi

All i know is i hope we get more long hair styles. almost every new hairstyle lately is short hair/buzzcut, need more long hair options badly

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We really do need more long hair options. But they have to be made in a way that looks good unisex unfortunately and that might not be so easy to do. At this point though, as long as they don't have a massive forehead showing and cute bangs, I'll take what I can get.

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Originally Posted by Nav_Fae

We really do need more long hair options. But they have to be made in a way that looks good unisex unfortunately and that might not be so easy to do. At this point though, as long as they don't have a massive forehead showing and cute bangs, I'll take what I can get.

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/shrug idc male characters can look fabulous too, like zenos' haircut give us that xD

I made a thread for discussing the actual contest rather than "when it is opening".

https://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/...n-Contest-2023

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

They added 10 hairstyle I believe; Both winners, 7 of the runner ups, and 1 entry that didn't make it but was popular. （*´▽｀*）

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All of these hairstyles look like the trash short styles that the community has collectively been hating on for a while now. Looks like our woe was self-inflicted.

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Originally Posted by Sir_Tonberry

All of these hairstyles look like the trash short styles that the community has collectively been hating on for a while now. Looks like our woe was self-inflicted.

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Really? There's quiet a few that seem to be fan-favorites. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
Granted, the dev team chose the 25 finalist for each gender that we then had to vote for via liking them on a thread posts.

Male Thread
Female Thread

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

Really? There's quiet a few that seem to be fan-favorites. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
Granted, the dev team chose the 25 finalist for each gender that we then had to vote for via liking them on a thread posts.

Male Thread
Female Thread

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I dunno. it seems to me like every single time we get new hair especially ones from that list the reception on social media and from people in game has been "ugh short again". Not saying I personally feel like this but it's something I've seen. So who exactly votes for these short hairstyles?

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Originally Posted by Sir_Tonberry

I dunno. it seems to me like every single time we get new hair especially ones from that list the reception on social media and from people in game has been "ugh short again". Not saying I personally feel like this but it's something I've seen. So who exactly votes for these short hairstyles?

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Vocal minorities are a thing, especially with the majority of players in the game being silent. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
Last contests, you had to be on the forums to vote and supposedly the first like you gave on the that thread was your vote. Once the winners were implemented, I remember a few people saying they voted based on the artwork/art style and not because they thought the hairstyle was particularly good.
For this contest, the devs will be picking the winners. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Originally Posted by Mimilu

Really? There's quiet a few that seem to be fan-favorites. (*≧▽≦)ﾉｼ))
Granted, the dev team chose the 25 finalist for each gender that we then had to vote for via liking them on a thread posts.

Male Thread
Female Thread

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3, 9 & 11 from the female thread look good… hope they resubmit! I’m really hoping for something long with nice bangs, or another high, long ponytail that would work with the Far Eastern hair ribbon I constantly wear. lol

Also cool to see the entries where people just created the hairstyle on their own real life head! :)

Snake hair, fully animated.
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/31/cf...23a16350da.jpg

The Hair contest ends TOMORROW (8/21) at 7:59am PDT!
If you have any last minute designs you want to submit, you better hurry!
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