Official Hairstyle Design Contest 2023

[Iscah]

Argh, missed submission by a minute by doing last-second tweak on the labelling! Apparently it closes when the clock ticks over to 0:59, and not open until that time and closing when the clock ticks over to :00.

I feel like that must be a clock programming error, like they say :59 but that means they're supposed to type :00 into the actual program.


Okay, so I only started it tonight and it's totally my fault, but still.

[Allegor]

My popoto brain thought the deadline was on friday so I rushed mine within an hour and only barely got in, I even had to use the template cuz I wouldn't have had time otherwise. I wish I could've done a second entry using a Hrothy /cry

[ugie]

Don't worry, I drew a hrothgar as an example for one of my submissions so I gotchu homie !! (Good luck to anyone who submitted !!)

[Raikai]

In spite of the confusing rules, I chose not to overthink and just submitted my 3 entries modelling the drawing over the offered hyur heads.

One of a style I personally want, which is more or less around the realm of what we usually get, and other two entries with styles that have very unique silhouettes. Fingers crossed!

[ugie]

Does anyone think they’re gonna be letting people vote again or are they just gonna pick for everyone? I heard that the last one didn’t go so great in terms of understanding the voting.

[Amnmaat]

They're gonna pick themselves, like they've been doing for other contests like the armor and weapon ones. The general public has too many biases; in na and europe everyone would vote for 10 long hairstyles; in japan they would all vote for anime band-boy hairstyles.

When they leave it to the devs and "community managers" they can create a well researched report with more nuances of what would enhance the game outside of we need 100 long hairstyles. They would look at it from a brand and marketing perspective, from a demographics perspective, from a unique perspective (hairstyles types that don't currently exist in the game), etc. That's how it's supposed to work in a healthy company anyway. Not sure how heavy-handed yoship is or how much he outweighs the other considerations (departments within the company), but from what I saw in ffxvi they gave him too much control, let's hope that's not the case here, so a more balanced approach is taken.

[Allegor]

They're gonna pick themselves, like they've been doing for other contests like the armor and weapon ones. The general public has too many biases; in na and europe everyone would vote for 10 long hairstyles; in japan they would all vote for anime band-boy hairstyles.

When they leave it to the devs and "community managers" they can create a well researched report with more nuances of what would enhance the game outside of we need 100 long hairstyles. They would look at it from a brand and marketing perspective, from a demographics perspective, from a unique perspective (hairstyles types that don't currently exist in the game), etc. That's how it's supposed to work in a healthy company anyway. Not sure how heavy-handed yoship is or how much he outweighs the other considerations (departments within the company), but from what I saw in ffxvi they gave him too much control, let's hope that's not the case here, so a more balanced approach is taken.

That's fair, but I sure hope they mix it up a bit because I'd hate to see "30 flavors of bowl cuts/Karen bobs" for the next 4 years

[Raikai]

That's fair, but I sure hope they mix it up a bit because I'd hate to see "30 flavors of bowl cuts/Karen bobs" for the next 4 years

Considering how diverse the array of weapon designs turned out to be (compared to what we have already in the game), I hope they'll try to cater to as many distinct styles as possible, especially when it comes to non-straight hairstyles.

[Mimilu]

Does anyone think they’re gonna be letting people vote again or are they just gonna pick for everyone? I heard that the last one didn’t go so great in terms of understanding the voting.

This time the Dev and Operation teams will choose 30 winners. （*´▽｀*）

[Tersi82]

Have they made any sort of post where we can at least view the submissions