Doppelganger Screenshot Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

[MortonTaru]

I don't want to sound salty either, but my submission was drastically similar, I don't understand how it couldn't have also placed, especially with all the duplicates

[Prido]

I don't want to sound salty either, but my submission was drastically similar, I don't understand how it couldn't have also placed, especially with all the duplicates

I honestly liked your composition and entry far more.

I had to look quite a few times for the 'duplicate' just because I didn't see it being on your level at all. :/ [Yours was better.]

[PiperC]

Apparently I was safe with selecting an Opo-opo to dress up as... I didn't see another entry with an Opo-opo

[Prido]

Apparently I was safe with selecting an Opo-opo to dress up as... I didn't see another entry with an Opo-opo

That one was a toughie! You are the Opo-opo Queen! lol

[Sephirah]

Apparently I was safe with selecting an Opo-opo to dress up as... I didn't see another entry with an Opo-opo

You're also the ONLY winner on Lamia, talk about exclusive items ^_^

[PiperC]

You're also the ONLY winner on Lamia, talk about exclusive items ^_^

Ya I am, not sure if anyone else on Lamia even entered >.> I see lots of Hyperion winners

[Selkie]

I don't want to sound salty either, but my submission was drastically similar, I don't understand how it couldn't have also placed, especially with all the duplicates

The deer one? I thought yours had superior composition. It was a much more engaging image than the one that had placed and they seemed to stress composition in the rules. I would have thought they would have chosen, well, based on the rules. (As well you mention yours even came before theirs chronologically, so at least you were the first to be creative in that regard.)

[PiperC]

I don't want to sound salty either, but my submission was drastically similar, I don't understand how it couldn't have also placed, especially with all the duplicates

I also liked yours better than the one that won

[Chrysomallos]

Congrats to the winners, but I do agree that more deliberation could have been made amongst the duplicates and possibilities of composition in attire. If this meant sacrificing more time for the decision making, then all the more power to you (the EU contest won't get their responses until the 11th, which is very fair given the amount of entries).

There are many, many sets of gear out there, and not all of them are over 100K a piece. Just because, say, your AF or Company Gear is a certain colour, does not mean it's the best choice or one of the more creative options for your "doppelganger set". Even if we were to exclude that thought...:

[Chrysomallos]

This contest is all about composition! Be sure to match your equipment colors/shapes and utilize your surroundings to help accent your screenshot.

...Then why have those in mostly underwear won seemingly based upon their character creation? Sure, I'll give them credit in the landscape and that they're able to focus the subject in the center of a screenshot, but does this not encourage people to rapidly go out and create alts/an extra character just to easily win this contest?

Along with this, I do agree that it is unfair to blatantly exclude those imitating the All Saint's Wake-involved NPCs. Even if it was a smart, provisional measure to avoid complaints from the many who imitated the same NPC, they're still following the rules that it is a Doppelganger Contest. Those who simply posed with pumpkins (pumpkins are not an NPC) may not apply, understandably, as that was not the point... but otherwise...