OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[pageybear]

I like option 1 the best, followed by option 3 and i think option 2 is just terrible so don't do that one!

I have decided not to enter again. Mostly all the whining and complaining has made me not want to. I will still follow the contest and vote though.

[Parodine]

My only concern with option 2/3 is that if someone is very consistently towards the top (w/ with the tallied votes), I wonder how voters will feel motivated to vote toward the later rounds. Like, why bother if it's already mathematically set in stone? It also kind of hampers people growing through the competition. Like if you do poorly in the beginning but your later pics are phenomenal, you probably don't stand a chance to someone who was consistently above average even if they weren't necessarily top 3. I don't know how likely that is since the top photos have sort of been shaken up week to week, just wondering about 'what if' kinda scenarios.

People will be able to keep track of total votes pretty easily. While I don't want to stick with option 1 for the drama aspect, I sort of fear the final rounds won't mean very much with any other options.

A better system I think, if you guys really wanted to keep the current system as is, would be to maybe do double eliminations on a biweekly basis. So instead of just basing eliminations off of 1 picture, it'll be based off 2. Even if one picture is weak, as long as the other is strong, the model will still have a chance of surviving. In order to ensure that the work load on the models isn't increased, make it a double elimination every other week.

I like this idea potentially as a compromise between options 1 and 2/3. I don't really like the idea of a judge's save (I do think it would be drama personally) but I do agree some rounds people have uncharacteristic flops or just don't get a theme. I think it might provide a bit of a cushion to help out.