OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[EorzeasNTM]

I just sent my info to Tyriont, so when he posts the casting call thread you will get a better understanding of it. Just you wait my dearrrrrr ^^

[Kaelah]

This was my round 11 resub. The placeholder sucked.

[Tyriont]

Allow me to post some clarifications!

Cycle three will continue as planned, with a guys contest and a girls contest, combining them near the end. The only real change there is that I'm now hosting both, while Rongi remains as a judge for the women's contest. To that end, if the judges from that side could e-mail me so I have your contact info, I'd greatly appreciate it.

As a reminder, the judging panels currently are as follows:

Male Contest Judges: Kyri, Tinsley, Vahn, Maxwell
Female Contest Judges: Rongi, Kaelah, Yunie, Morina
Backup Judge(s): Yomi

As host, I will also be serving as a judge on both panels.

Judging Changes: Judging will continue as it did this cycle. My one change is that I will be asking each judge to submit at least a short sentence of constructive critique for each model in each round, with the intention of helping all our models improve as the contest goes on. I'm alright with leaving the comments anonymous, but I would like to ensure that every model gets constructive feedback!

Cycle Three Casting Call: The thread for Cycle Three will be posted this coming Saturday, 10/11. Casting will close on Wednesday, 10/22. On Saturday, 10/25 I will announce the casts for both halves of Cycle 3 and a week after that, Rongi will announce the cast for the YouTube contest (via video! {Please look forwards to it.}). Each applicant will be asked to state whether they're applying for Cycle 3, YouTube or both. In the case of applicants registering for both, Rongi and I have agreed that Cycle Three will be prioritized over the YouTube contest, so if that's the one you really want to enter, don't enter for Cycle Three! There will be no requirement for specific numbers of each race! However, I and the judges will be looking for talent expressed in best adapting the theme, working with the background etc, so don't assume that any race is inherently advantaged/disadvantaged.

Cycle Three Round One: Also on 10/25, I will provide instructions for the first shoot to the selected models. Round One will go up on Saturday 11/1

Cycle Three other notes: Themes will be shared between the male and female contests, so as to ensure an even footing between them. For themes, I will be following these guidelines:

• Nothing requiring "cute" or "sexy" shots, to keep race balance
• No level 50 battlefields required. My shot list is done and there is only one low level dungeon in it.
• All requirements should be clear and unambigious
• Theme descriptions will not be changed and will be posted in the round threads as they were provided to models

Finally, I would like some feedback from past, present and future models regarding the submission of screenshots and the rounds. For Cycle 2, models were provided a list of all the round themes and submitted them all at once as at least placeholders then were given the chance to update shots as needed. I am considering changing this up and instead releasing one round at a time - so following the above timeframe, when Round 1 goes up on 11/1, I would then e-mail the models the description of round 2. In my mind, this helps alleviate the mass swapping of shots we've seen this cycle, as well as meaning models eliminated early don't "waste" time taking shots they don't need to - though I still hope to see example shots from eliminated and non-models alike in the discussion thread for each round!

I do understand though that this means more focus required week-to-week, and introduces the risk that we might lose a model due to them not submitting a shot on time. I haven't yet decided which way to go with this, so I'd like any thoughts on this!

[Kaiyoko]

For submitting screenshots in Cycle 3 I think you should still give the full list of round themes/rules ahead of time. You don't need to require placeholder shots ahead of the date to be submitted, but it would give models some leeway in taking photos ahead of time if they had commitments one week that would prevent them from taking the shot. I think this is even more important for this cycle as the Holiday season is coming up and would potentially get in the way of models being able to get their shots taken on a week to week basis. Models that have commitments for a particular week would be able to plan ahead of time and still be able to turn in a shot.

I think another good reason to not work on a week to week basis is when you have shoots like the "Stormy make over" one, you'll run into issues where the weather in game may not be cooperating for the week. Say a model needs or desires a particular weather effect for their shoot, but only has a limited amount of time that week to take the shot. It comes down to RNG of the weather spawning when they are able to make it online. In the end they may not meet the weather requirements or desired effect for a particular shot because of only knowing a week ahead to plan and take the shot. That could lead to models feeling rushed and result in weaker photos.

I know you're trying to prevent mass photo swapping, but just don't allow models to send photos for a round ahead of time. If they send it before the turn in window dates just don't accept the photo.

[Kyri]

Omg Yuni and Kaelah! I can tell two girls who would have kicked all the ass this round! Thank you for sharing your pictures! Do you mind if I save them? Im a sucker for amazing pictures^^

[Kaelah]

Omg Yuni and Kaelah! I can tell two girls who would have kicked all the ass this round! Thank you for sharing your pictures! Do you mind if I save them? Im a sucker for amazing pictures^^

Be my guest, glad you like it. ^-^
P.S Your last shot is amazing for the lulz. :3

Also, not sure how the YT version would work, I kind of don't get it x:

I love this one! & yes I agree with you there, I am slightly confused about the YT one.

[EorzeasNTM]

Wow, Kaelah and Yuni had the exact same idea for their shots didn't they? Lol!

Kaelah, i love the petals and ability in your shot!
Yuni, yours looks like a blackhole is opening up! Haha i love it!

Anyone else super excited for Saturday?! New meat coming in! I expect all the veteran models to haze them. LOL Jk

You'll see the details then for the YT edition! ^^

Nariko, i can't remember if you were on the C3 Panel or the YT Panel! I'm under the impression one of the other judges in the girl's panel is going to quit, so i've requested Tyriont fill the space with you (since i think thats the panel you were on!) In the event a judge doesn't leave, I am sorry the switcheroo cost you the judge position for Cycle 3. I still have a spot open for the YT Edition if you are interested in that! (I think?)

After the casting goes up and details for YT are up, i'll post in here for judges once more. I know its tyriont kurri and i but who else was it? :O

The judges for YT (i'm going between 5 and 7) will be required to chat about eliminations in a group message, so we can either do a group chat on skype (the messages are persistant right? Tyriont can log on at 4am and see all the mesages we made through out the day right?) or we can all use a messaging app if we all have smart phones. I use LINE. we will be discussing the photos and choosing who to eliminate, so its really inportant we have a way to conversate. ^^

[NarikoStar]

I was YT~ which email would you like me to forward contact info too?

[Tyriont]

Rongi, Kyri/Ciara/Mackayla (pick the name, she uses them all ) was also on the YT panel.

[Kyri]

but its okay if we have a large amount of people on it, id rather not take 2 panels when there's people trying to get in. Whatever is fine for me^^