OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[MissBrunHilda]

It's a prizeless comp too so I don't understand all the rage but hey ho.

This. Five thousand times this. When I was drowning and beleaguered in my screenshot-crazed 3.5~4 weeks, I was being the meanest bear in all of Phoenix. Submissions of 32 shots? And of those 32, the prettiest pearls in all of the clamshell folder, there were an infinite amount of slightly more misshapen pearls.

I was so fortunate to have some friends there to help me through the energy drink crashes, the mini melt downs (for the love of Thal, why won't the weather change?! Whyyyy!!!), and the reminders to please take a break and murder some monsters. Despite this, I wouldn't trade the experience for anything. I entered this competition as a total newbie, but I'm leaving as a slightly more polished newbie.

I've loved watching the way everyone's screenshots changed and evolved throughout this one. I'm looking forward to subsequent rounds and cycles!

PS:

Round 4 of the YouTube Fanvote is live!
With another very special note from Rongi regarding what the Fanvote is and how it's going to affect the upcoming video cycle.

#TeamYouTubeIsTheHardestCycle

[Minorinz]

It's a prizeless comp too so I don't understand all the rage but hey ho.

It's like asking why are you putting much effort into this anyway? It's a prizeless competition. Everyone is motivated differently, we can say.

.. and yeah, cycle 4 should probably start after a while, I agree :P

[RaquelleAvarosa]

-toomanywords-

Oh honey, I don't know you at all and we don't even play on the same server. But most of my votes are for you because I really like your shots! Congratulations on winning!

[Parodine]

*sends Adeline winner care-package*

Congratulations to everyone! There were so many phenomenal shots this cycle, it was an honor to be judge for it. The top 4 was great. Eirwen, your sorrowful-desert shot is one my top favorites I'll remember of all time. Everything about it was amazingly executed. Flare, your shots were always injected with humor, but had great compositions especially later on. Your ratatouille shot sticks in my mind! Jinx! I especially remember and loved your Beastman shot - it was awesome! And Adeline, your vibrant farming one as well as your assassin's creed/batman-esque finale shot were awesome.

Good luck to all being judges for the next cycle! ^^

[Adeline]

Hello and Good morning all. I was waiting a bit to say anything to make sure all the negative steam had passed. I just wanted to say I'm so happy that I managed to win (Eirwen and I were so close!), and thanks to everyone for supporting me during this cycle and for liking my shots, from both the Fans and judge's perspectives.

I hope to keep interacting and supporting ENTM in the future (either by offering advice, voting, or trying out to be a judge in future cycles). I hope to keep in contact with all of you, for you're all great people. Good luck current YouTube Contestants! You're all fantastic so far. I can't wait to see what future blood Cycle 4 will bring ^_^

Also I want to say a special note to Adam. Congrats on your host reward! You really have grown during this whole thing (I'll admit that your initial GC pick had me flabbergasted lol), but even since then you have indeed grown tremendously and have become such a valuable asset to ENTM. You're someone that I've really grown close to and love poking fun with! (Senpai notices you but really you are on the same level of Senpai lol). As far as yesterday and the whole drama lhama that happened, don't feel too bad about it. You didn't mean to sound the way you did, and I'm sorry for taking it that way. Honestly the whole issue had come to a boiling point and it's good that at least that it's out of the way.

To all the rest of Cycle 3 cast/judges, I hope to stay in touch and talk to the lot of you in the future, either through ENTM or just casual convos It's been a blast and everyone has produced some amazing and original concepts. Thanks to Ty/Rongi and the rest of ENTM crew for making this a thing!

[Percimont]

Can former models (especially those from Cycle 3) please give me their opinions on this matter? Do you love/hate/tolerate critiques? Do you welcome constructive criticism and insight into why you did or did not get someone's vote? Would you prefer that we stick to the voting and keep our opinions to ourselves? I like to think I'm being helpful, but I'm afraid I come off as arrogant and scathing. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the majority, so hopefully they can be taken with a grain of salt.

[FlareR]

I always found your critiques insightful and helpful. It showed you took the time to look over every photo with great detail to cast your votes. I didn't mind when someone didn't vote for me and told me why. I always took what the judges said into more consideration then most of the fan votes. A fan would be more inclined to tell you they didn't like your picture because you changed your hair color (Just an example). While a judge would look more toward the technical aspect of it.

However, I think the fan critiques would potentially help an aspiring model break into future cycles by learning from the past and current fan critiques.

[Kaelah]

Can former models (especially those from Cycle 3) please give me their opinions on this matter? Do you love/hate/tolerate critiques? Do you welcome constructive criticism and insight into why you did or did not get someone's vote? Would you prefer that we stick to the voting and keep our opinions to ourselves? I like to think I'm being helpful, but I'm afraid I come off as arrogant and scathing. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the majority, so hopefully they can be taken with a grain of salt.

As a cycle 2 model, I loved them.

[Kouren]

I ain't dead~

Taking a moment to de-lurk and say I can also appreciate critique, but only if they're well balanced between positives and negatives. Criticism is great for growth, but it's also easy to get bogged down with what's wrong while neglecting what was done right. Personally speaking, I'm not especially sensitive, but a harsh truth tends to be a lot easier to accept when combined with some mention of success.

(All general statements though, nothing in any way personal! I haven't followed cycle three at all, in truth.)

[Adeline]

Can former models (especially those from Cycle 3) please give me their opinions on this matter? Do you love/hate/tolerate critiques? Do you welcome constructive criticism and insight into why you did or did not get someone's vote? Would you prefer that we stick to the voting and keep our opinions to ourselves? I like to think I'm being helpful, but I'm afraid I come off as arrogant and scathing. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the majority, so hopefully they can be taken with a grain of salt.

I really enjoyed everyone's critiques. I think they add insight on what each of us needed to work on to produce better pics. I don't think anyone that ever did a critique ever meant to sound mean or evil. They just wanted to say why they chose/didn't choose pics of ours, and what we can do to improve them.

For every critique I got (from both fans/judges), I always tried to use every bit of info I got to influence the following week's shot. I will say that you can't please everyone, and it can be hard to get everyone's insight, but I always tried my best to please everyone. Unfortunately, you can't as well and that's something a model has to keep in mind~ many fans/judges like different things, and you will always end up disappointing one person.

I will say Perci you critiques were always helpful, and I think you have a great idea of what it takes to produce a good shot. I hope to keep seeing you around ENTM ^^ whether trying out in the future or handing out those critiques!