OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[EorzeasNTM]

I removed it since yes, I say all fit the theme! ^^;

I guess a note for future models is if it says ~80% of something...aim for 80% of it or more. xD The email I sent out said "at least 80%" but I didn't think anyone was lacking so much crystal as to actually be disqualified. ; ;

Ah well, voters gonna vote! judges gonna judge! and models gonna model! xD

[Santherelle]

This one was one of my favorites to shoot.

You all did a great job

[Kaelah]

This one was one of my favorites to shoot.

You all did a great job

Perfect weapon choice. xD

[Santherelle]

Thanks.

I figured add more crystals! In weapon form!

[Parodine]

New pictures are all so pretty. *-* Well done, everyone!

Here was my R10 shot:

This is seriously gorgeous @_@ Wow. What crystal background is that? I can't think of such pretty pink/purple ones off the top of my head. Vahn's looks awesome as well!
This round is seriously phenomenal everyone. My jaw dropped at Ciara's right at the beginning and it stayed that way through the album. This is gonna be tight.

I wanted to share that I've finally found a use for Tri-Disaster: interesting lighting effects! That's how I got my very weird aurora going on. But it had some cool-looking shots if used at the right angle.



I like that last one cause I look cell-shaded and with the red letters reminds me of Ookami or something.

[Kouren]

This is seriously gorgeous @_@ Wow. What crystal background is that? I can't think of such pretty pink/purple ones off the top of my head.

Thanks! I took that one really early on, but as I recall, they're actually primarily blue with a little red. The glow distorted the color quite a bit. It's somewhere in Mor Dhona, but I got it while wandering and couldn't say exactly where.

Haha, I actually used tri-disaster for my elemental shoot. It is very neat looking, and has a nice unique animation. Great job again, everyone! This is one of my favorite shoots.

[Minorinz]

Thanks! I took that one really early on, but as I recall, they're actually primarily blue with a little red. The glow distorted the color quite a bit. It's somewhere in Mor Dhona, but I got it while wandering and couldn't say exactly where.

Haha, I actually used tri-disaster for my elemental shoot. It is very neat looking, and has a nice unique animation. Great job again, everyone! This is one of my favorite shoots.

Your SS reminded me of yunie's submission except yours felt more frozen in time x:
there is not much depth with color contrast but your expression and pose made all the difference :3
would've been my fav submission by far if u were still in it btw
/poke

[Kouren]

would've been my fav submission by far if u were still in it btw

Thanks! ;-; I was going to ask if frozen in time is a good thing, but I guess it is?

I considered trying to retake it with a more dynamic angle, but in the end decided to stick with the ethereal look of that one. So glad people like it!

[Kaelah]

The Holy prolly created the purpliness! Very pretty shot, I would have voted for it~

[NarikoStar]

I think it should be removed, I mean they were all approved by you!
Don't wanna be judged for what people think is omg<80%crystals, but instead of how a picture looks~
Like a screenshot contest!!! OMG!!!
*rubbing grumpy lala sleepies out of eyes* (-.-)

I removed it since yes, I say all fit the theme! ^^;

I guess a note for future models is if it says ~80% of something...aim for 80% of it or more. xD The email I sent out said "at least 80%" but I didn't think anyone was lacking so much crystal as to actually be disqualified. ; ;

Ah well, voters gonna vote! judges gonna judge! and models gonna model! xD

What's done is done but in the future, I'd steer pretty clear of doing this sort of thing MID VOTING. I'm sure as some models aided to the rules and it's possible they sent in screenshots that were much higher crystal count, just to meet the crystal % required (meaning a model could have had a different shot but choose not to submit it because of the ~80% that was mentioned in the email). A few slipped by, which are clearly not 80% but they were approved on the judges based on their evaluation which is fine, ultimately you have that call. But when the 'voters' are actually evaluating shots and have already clearly stated that Yunie's/Tinsley's was not picked because lack of crystal- and then the judges go and remove a text. While it may not be the case it leans towards judges bias towards certain contestants, because they were clearly not getting votes from some users (including myself) because of the statement that was posted. Voters should be voting on not just aesthetics but also what the models had to come up with under restraints. It's exactly what NTM does in many of their immunity/special prize rounds do.

TLDR; Rules really shouldn't be changed AFTER models have submitted their shots. Because that can drastically change the results of what pictures they submit.