OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Tinsley]

@Myself, shame on me for opening up a discussion about Cycle 3 and it turning into a negative-fest. I wont be asking for opinions ever again o.o;

Honestly i dont think it was a negative fest. just a discussion on "model" and "modeling" with different opinions and views. I find it a bit refreshing to see what people think, honestly. Nothing negative has been said regarding Cycle 3 that i can see off hand

Oops, didn't mean to forgetcha Tins!
The only reason I wont do this is because it negates the Voters votes, which is cruel, and it shows Judge Bias-ness even if only for 1 round. It would, no WILL, bring up controversy and hard feelings on all sides of the contest.

I was just throwing ideas out there as i think your B option of voting was over thinking the system.
I like the way it is now and i think any kinks have been worked out.




and just a note: lol @ me getting grief over my necklace. people just dont get my sense of humor it seems.

[EorzeasNTM]

Honestly i dont think it was a negative fest. just a discussion on "model" and "modeling" with different opinions and views. I find it a bit refreshing to see what people think, honestly. Nothing negative has been said regarding Cycle 3 that i can see off hand

I feel like Lalafels are being attacked suddenly, thats all. :X

I liked your necklace. xD

And your missing Kurri from your tally! O_o;;;; You wrote Kin twice, so I think its one of them xD

[Aelinau]

snipppeedd

Male against female sounds like a nice idea. I think the current voting system you have works just fine. If you move to holding onto points from other rounds it gets more hectic and finger pointing tbh. I'm not sure what you mean by the youtube?Videos? Collection of SS? But take into consideration that this limits it to PC users only if its Video unless someone plans on making a char on all servers to video them/ work with them.

[Vydos]

*comes back from work, checks upon round 7, counts the votes*

Vahn: 15
Yunie: 13
Maxwell: 12
Tinsley: 10
Ciara: 9
Kin: 8
Kurri: 8
Kaelah: 6
Jayzan: 5
Ronberku: 5

Well...I guess it might be that time for me. *readies his bags*
I even stayed up till late to try and pick the best screenshot lol. I wonder if I should have gone with these ones instead...

[Tinsley]

Great job on the shots all.

I took a few shots in that exact spot. I think that spot in general has one of the most beautiful waterfalls.

*comes back from work, checks upon round 7, counts the votes*
Well...I guess it might be that time for me. *readies his bags*
I even stayed up till late to try and pick the best screenshot lol. I wonder if I should have gone with these ones instead...

dont give up yet hun, still early in the round and there are judges scores too.

I also visited this waterfall.. wish the weather and time would have cooperated with me a bit more

[Santherelle]

These are great ideas.

It would definitely be cool to see.

[Tyriont]

I'd like to put myself forwards as interested in taking the male models and helping run that side of the contest. I was planning on trying out again for Cycle 3, but that sounds like a really interesting idea and I like the idea of a Pirate Captain wrangling a bunch of male models

I've been watching this thread unfold and have thoughts of my own. So strap in, cupcakes. Cap'n Ty has OPINIONS.

First off, I feel as if a lot of models who got eliminated early felt a little short-changed when they got eliminated having taken 10+ images that would never see the contest proper. So, I suggest rather than sending out the full list of shots, do them week by week. Once models are selected, they are told what the theme is for round 1. When the voting thread goes up for it, they are told what the theme is for round 2. This way there's no "wasted effort" and it also allows the models to better take feedback from the previous rounds. It's in my mind a little more exciting for the models too, as they now have to focus on figuring out their shots in a shorter timeframe, making it more challenging and also distracting them from worrying about votes a little

I would also like to see more detailed critiques from the judges, where the models get to hear why judges voted a particular way. If that's being done now, I've not seen it and so some more public visibility around it would help. I think that giving the judges the opportunity to "play their role" a little more publicly might help encourage involvement and be more entertaining for the 'viewers'. Of course, this requires finding a solid panel of judges who will remain throughout the contest, but I think the prospect of getting to write out an "in-character" judging for the round might help entice people to do it and remain dedicated.

I'd been working on proposing a way to switch things up to where the judges votes determine which model is up for elimination and then the public get to vote on who stays, as I've seen done in some reality shows...but I've not been able to come up with a satisfactory way to make it work with the medium we're in right now. Works well for a call-in vote, less so for forums. All I can see it doing in the end is making two of the models feel awful while one of them waits for elimination...and that's a terrible thing to drag out over a week. I'm not convinced there's -no- way to make it work, but I've not got one yet.

I think that's enough for now...I have some more thoughts on the more technical aspects (such as how to actually get the model shots submitted in a way that doesn't require confirmation emails or forum posts) but I'll hold off on those for now until other, more immediate choices are made. Rongi, feel free to /tell me in-game in the meantime if you'd like to know what I have in mind.

[YunieAura]

Herro~ Am I wrong to be bothered that people are still being hung up on the word *model*? v.v
Reading some of last night's posts makes me feel like I really shouldn't have entered
the competition as lalafel. :S Apparently trying for good scenery and trying to do more than
the boring omgimsexy /pose works against me at times because it isn't *model-like*.
It is just a screenshot contest, as already said by Rongi~~!

[Kurique]

Herro~ Am I wrong to be bothered that people are still being hung up on the word *model*? v.v
Reading some of last night's posts makes me feel like I really shouldn't have entered
the competition as lalafel. :S Apparently trying for good scenery and trying to do more than
the boring omgimsexy /pose works against me at times because it isn't *model-like*.
It is just a screenshot contest, as already said by Rongi~~!

I feel the exact opposite of you. I feel like many of us shouldn't have bother to enter if it was just a screenshot contest. I know my computer is no where near as hefty as others. Modeling is just selling a product, not sexiness. For example, most of the time you don't even see a hand model's face. Not saying sexiness doesn't hurt, but then again being adorable seems to work as well.

[Tinsley]

Herro~ Am I wrong to be bothered that people are still being hung up on the word *model*? v.v
Reading some of last night's posts makes me feel like I really shouldn't have entered
the competition as lalafel. :S Apparently trying for good scenery and trying to do more than
the boring omgimsexy /pose works against me at times because it isn't *model-like*.
It is just a screenshot contest, as already said by Rongi~~!

Girl you are crazy.. every round your shots are amazing and get tons of votes. you are definitely doing something right. just had to say that. every round i look forward to your pic