Hairstyle Contest winners announced!

[Shori]

Personally, I wanted this entry for females to win, but whatever. Once again, "cutesy" triumphs. I hate democracy.

That was the one I wanted too! I strayed away from the dark skin I had before HW before Au Ra has literaly NO hairstyles that suited (the long dreads have an AWFUL texture). This would have been what I needed!

[Nadirah]

And remind me not to hire you when it comes to a task that requires following simple instructions. I also don't think you're understanding the meaning of the word "fact".

If your "simple" instructions are so bad that only half of the units worked and you had THOUSANDS of workers on it, then your instructions weren't quite so simple, were they?

[Apocrypher]

After taking the time to examine each hairstyle before "voting", my votes went to the pompadour & the "sausage braid" because both entries presented unique & interesting style choices. Other entries just didn't sit right with me for one reason or the other.

That being said, I'm pulling my broom out & calling shenanigans on this whole fiasco - not to take away from those people that eventually "won", but this became a repeat of the 1876/1888/2000 American Presidential elections all over again in comparison...

To the actual Square Enix employees that bother reading this thread: in the future, effort needs to be put forth into future "voting" events that relies on a secured, one-time only polling system rather than forum-likes.

There are sites out there that have accomplished such a system for things like this: FFN for example offers content creators the ability to create polls on their author-pages allowing other users to submit opinions via a system that uses either radial buttons or check-boxes that can be set-up to either determine a single-choice option or multiple-choice (limit determined at author's discretion). Additionally, the system even allows for the author to determine if it's an open or closed voting (closed voting requires a user account & similarly is a one-time vote method) as well as the option for it to be a blind poll (results not visible until the voting period is over). (This is ignoring online survey sites like e-Rewards that only provide links to survey opportunites to third-party research firms rather than conducting the research themselves)

[NorthernLadMSP]

Oh really, you mean, the two ponytail styles they have, which are both a long and thin ponytail with a front parting and straight down brushed hair?

No.

You're right, it's mind blowing how different they are

[PriscillaX]

You're right, it's mind blowing how different they are

still 10 times better then that shitty bland hairstyle that won, they won on SE being SE those that won are bad and should feel bad

[Nadirah]

Well would you look at that. All the winners and runners-up were from Japanese participants. Region favoritism much, 日本人たち?

One of the runners up was French.

Names were just given in JP.

[Reinha]

I changed my vote from Quistis hair to the winning one, because it had nowhere near the amount of votes required to win. Just goes to show how open vote systems influence the result in comparison to hidden voting.

Personally I'm kind of glad the side pony won instead of the braided pony. It's cute but not over the top, and most importantly it goes with all kinds of hats. Since we were voting for an in-game hairstyle as well as creativity, the practical side should be considered. When using wizard/bard hats, the side pony will most likely show, whereas the massive back pony and braid would probably not be visible the same way as the female roegadyn pony tail is not. Circlets show better on the side pony style. The highlight placement is also quite nice on the winning style but the braided style never had them showing.

Some people seem to imply the side pony lacked creativity but the braided pony had it. After looking at the selection of hairstyles for all races, I disagree. The only side pony tail option we currently have is not even a pony tail but a bun, and it's up high unlike the contest winner. Yet there are 3 different high pony tails available (4 if you count the midlander variations as separate), at least one for each race. Two of them even have braids.

High pony tails:




Side pony tail/bun:

I'm quite happy we got something unique in the end. And don't you dare bring up Lightning hair, I'm still sore about it after seeing pics of it on Roe ladies. Not everyone can use it so it doesn't really count when comparing hairstyles entries to existing ones.

Anyway, grats to the winners!

[Gyson]

Do you read the terms of service to the game completely and carefully every time you play? Didn't think so. The majority of people don't because it's usually the same general idea.

In your world a multi-page TOS document is the same general idea as a few lines of contest instructions?

Really?

You are presented with a contest, you read the post for the most part because a lot if it is pretty boring and you want to get to the good part (looking at all the new possible hairs for your character to wear).

Again, it was a few lines of instructions. You're trying to pretend like it was some wall-of-text worthy of "TLDR" responses. And do you know what an intelligent person would consider the "good part"? It would be the part that instructs them on how to actually help pick a winning hairstyle.

So you generally read through, "yada yada yada" typical voting stuff I've voted on stuff before, I can handle it.

This is you not taking responsibility for making assumptions about a process you ultimately didn't understand. That's on you.

It seems you can't follow simple instructions either...

Because all the "SE screwed us" comments aren't posts "aimed to create a negative impact on the community or its members"? Don't be a hypocrite.

If your "simple" instructions are so bad that only half of the units worked and you had THOUSANDS of workers on it, then your instructions weren't quite so simple, were they?

Or, I had thousands of workers that were incapable of following simple instructions because they either a) didn't bother reading them at all, b) didn't bother reading them completely/carefully, or c) having something in common with a sack of hammers. Can't fault the instructions in those cases.

[KaijinRhada]

I'm happy with the male hairstyle that won, as there isn't much for guys in that range of length (short, but not very short) and hair texture. Wavy hair is always welcome for me.

I wish the messy bob (fem runner up #2) won for girls though. I personally find the side tail to be boring, but then again, I have seen quite a few ask for a side tail to be available for all, since the one that's there is specific to a race or two if I recall?

[NorthernLadMSP]

still 10 times better then that shitty bland hairstyle that won, they won on SE being SE those that won are bad and should feel bad