Hair contest: petitioning

[missybee]

Really though, I liked a good number of the entries. It's been said before, but I feel like they went with a number of factors when choosing the finalists, and ease of implementation was likely one of them. Really, I think the most unique hairstyle I've seen thus far is a sort of braided baroque looking poof hair. It is just amazing. The implementation might have been a tad tricky though.

Either way, I like having nice things...so maybe we can complain a smidge less?

[DawnSolaria]

"My opinion is more important than yours, so you shouldn't have an opinion."
Grow up, the world consists of more than just you.

[Oce]

My only issue is that they literally have 2 entries that are the same hair style. The side pony-tail in the 1st post and the real life image of the girl with the side pony-tail. Why do we need two entries of the same hairstyle? It seems like an oversight to not include more representation.

[StriderShinryu]

Either way, I like having nice things...so maybe we can complain a smidge less?

Yeah, I have to agree with this. I realize that some people are upset/annoyed/disappointed (to varying degrees) right now and that's really unfortunate. It worries me, however, to think that the devs may take the criticism too harshly and we may not see anything like this again. Goodness knows I've seen it happen in other MMOs I've played. The devs try something out but maybe fall a little short, a giant ragestorm erupts and the devs never do anything similar again. I'm not saying don't be critical but I am saying that try to keep your criticism even handed and optimistic. For example, many people are calling the devs out for perhaps using ease of execution as a selection criteria.. but why shouldn't it be? I mean, they're the ones making the styles in game and know exactly how much time/effort/money it will take to create a style.

[Nestama]

Certainly would be nice if people designed the hairstyles on more than just one race. The hairstyles that we can vote for would not look good on my Roegadyn at all due to how "old" he looks. I can see a lot of those hairstyles looking alright on the Midlander, Miqo'te and Lalafells, maybe some Elezen and possibly Highlanders and Au Ra... but not a (muscular) Roegadyn.

[missybee]

A post!

Yep!

I wasn't trying to sound like all of an arse in my post, I just really think events like this are fun. I'd hate to see us lose these sorts of things as a result of event coordinators not enjoying the community backlash, etc. :<

[Gilraen]

My only problems with the finalists are the two blatantly plagiarized male styles and the 'lollipops and licorice' cuteness of the female styles. I have no problem with the inspired styles because they didn't take a google-fu picture and submitted it, they took the base Square provided and actually drew the style themselves. Also, it's not really 'ripping off Square' if it's a contest hosted by Square. I'd say it's more akin to making your own rendition of museum art to submit to the museum's own "Copy a Classic" contest. It's giving considerably more effort at requesting said styles than a mere question in a Live Letter thread ever could (especially on the English boards). I'm actually rather shocked that this thread isn't complaining about the two plagiarized styles, that's a topic I actually don't mind seeing repeated for the sake of repeating.

Append: And seems voting has begun and many of the styles they showed during the Letter From the Producer didn't actually make it making all the talk over the plagiarized styles moot. Still, too much cuteness among the female entries, but it's good to see males were hit with the midge mallet just as much. I retract my disputes, each and every one. Sigh, now if only they will finally make the long Male Highlander styles unisex... I can dream.

[Sapphic]

OP have you thought that the chosen finalist designs where chosen not just for aesthetic reasons but because they are able to be added, aka, minimum clipping and able to recreate within the poly count budget? Highher the complexity, the higher the poly count.

Also, as stated in the rules the choice is what the devs liked.

[MiniMel]

Also, as stated in the rules the choice is what the devs liked.

The rules said many things that didn't get followed.

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The best part?

When using a picture to submit an entry, you may use either your own hair or a mannequin. Additionally, there are no restrictions on using wigs; however, please do not include aspects other than the hairstyle in the picture, and be sure to follow all of the rules

Square Enix shall not accept submissions that: ... (b) violate or infringe any laws, regulations, or rights, including any intellectual property or privacy rights;

* Entries must be an original design created by the person entering the contest.

[MamiTomoe]

I actually agree with this. The hairstyles are bland and a lot of them look pretty similiar. Even on the front page theres two bun styles that look almost the same and at least three or 4 side pony tail styles. One of them even looks like a Yugiri's hairstyle with the pony tails chopped off. Oh look, theres quistus's hairstyle, real original. I mean the dev's could have put her hairstyle in automatically, why is a finalist spot being wasted on a style from a previous game?

Yes, the contest does seem very biased based on the styles selected. Also the method of voting is favoring the first post due to the fact that people see that first and are too lazy to scroll down to the other pages.


Also, will the sunshine brigaders stop trying to suppress people by drowning this in positivity hoping it goes away? You are attempting to stifle progression just because you can't deal with facts being presented. If you don't like it, you just don't click the thread.
Keep this in mind next time you have a complaint and everyone tells you to "stop whining".