OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[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!