OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Kaelah]

Kaelah that is probably one of if not the best picture youve shown! You've grown from a lucky lil kitten into a super model swan! (I failed biology)
The effects compliment each other and dont overwhelm the shot. It's just perfect and ill be using it as an example shot for my cycle's final free style round. Take notes incoming models! That is a great shot!

Thankoo so much. ^o^ lol kitty swan. This was such a by chance one, I was on my way to a hunt, ran past this FATE (Lightning) and thought ooooeh that boss is funky. Then I saw when Odin appears he showers petals. So I started spamming cast/screenshot til I caught the petals too. :3 Luckily the boss was in a nice position also. Was on the last day of the event ha.

[Kurique]

I have got a great "extra" shot for this round. O.k. well, I have tons of shots in battle but this one was my favorite of this week.

[Parodine]

I have got a great "extra" shot for this round. O.k. well, I have tons of shots in battle but this one was my favorite of this week.

For a moment there, I thought the UFO Yovras from FFXI were back @_@

[Minorinz]

For a moment there, I thought the UFO Yovras from FFXI were back @_@

lol it took me a while to realize its Raff xD

[EorzeasNTM]

I have got a great "extra" shot for this round. O.k. well, I have tons of shots in battle but this one was my favorite of this week.

@Kurri Ooo Kurri I love this one! It looks like a silver Krakken is slowly coming down to eat you haha. The thing on the right in the foreground also gives the photo depth! Really cool.

@Hyperia Telling model A that even though they didn't get the lowest score they have to go home because Model B is better is absolutely horrible. (What if Model A's votes are 15 and Model B's is 4?) Most Models already walk away from this contest hating being involved with it, but something like THAT would REALLY make them hate it. And image if Model C and Model D had been neck and neck in First and Second place the entire contest and then they both appeared in the bottom two slots. Would we save them both and eliminate the THIRD lowest?

It works on reality shows with anonymous voters, famous judges, and unknown nobodies competing for a prize, but it doesn't work for such a close knit community like this where we are supposed to be friends just doing this for fun.

Maybe Tyriont can figure out a way to do it that will please everyone involved, but I couldn't see any positives from it.

As for the YT Cycle, there will be a twist that -kind of- goes along with what you want, but it isn't a model -save- feature, so please look forward to that! *tee hee*

[Sadana]

Almost makes me wish that, rather than sending anyone 'home', everyone stays and you tally points at the end. TT_TT But it would be way less dramatic, huh? ;p

[Kaelah]

Almost makes me wish that, rather than sending anyone 'home', everyone stays and you tally points at the end. TT_TT But it would be way less dramatic, huh? ;p

Yup, also, it would mean that if you do make all models submit all shots for every round before the first one goes live - it doesn't feel like wasted time if you say, have one poor shot. (Or were unlucky in a double elimination like me lol ; ; ) It takes away some suspense yes, but at the expense of poor feelings and drama, might be worth it?

[SulwynCaliope]

Yup, also, it would mean that if you do make all models submit all shots for every round before the first one goes live - it doesn't feel like wasted time if you say, have one poor shot. (Or were unlucky in a double elimination like me lol ; ; ) It takes away some suspense yes, but at the expense of poor feelings and drama, might be worth it?

Since Rongi makes you guys take placeholder shots before the start of the whole competition, I do think a tally system at the end would be better as opposed to the current elimination system. A lot of you guys put tons of thought and effort into each shot and to get done in by one week that you couldn't find the inspiration for isn't really fair in my books. Kin had 1 weak picture and it negated all the strong photos she had in the previous weeks.

A better system I think, if you guys really wanted to keep the current system as is, would be to maybe do double eliminations on a biweekly basis. So instead of just basing eliminations off of 1 picture, it'll be based off 2. Even if one picture is weak, as long as the other is strong, the model will still have a chance of surviving. In order to ensure that the work load on the models isn't increased, make it a double elimination every other week.

[Tyriont]

I for one have no particularly strong feelings about keeping things tied to any method for the sake of it being more exciting or dramatic. I've been putting some thought into the suggestions I've seen, and here's what I'm coming up with thus far.

Option One: Keep things as they are, eliminate one model per week based on combined votes and judge scores
Option Two: Eliminate nobody, tally all votes/judge scores at the end to announce a winner
Option Three: Eliminate nobody, award points based on placing for the round (1st place gets 5, 2nd place gets 3, 3rd place gets 1, etc)

I'm not willing to implement a judge save system or anything like that, because I only see madness, hurt feelings and drama down that road.

Right now I'm personally leaning more towards option 3. My reasoning behind this is as follows - as unlikely as it may seem, let's say one model has an utterly amazing round where the clear the votes by, say, 20 points ahead of second place. Then their next two rounds are utterly terrible. Should that good round really keep them in top position then? It's also a -lot- of votes to keep track of. So I like the idea of giving points based on the top three positions each week - I feel as if it would keep the contest closer and more exciting.

It seemed like general consensus was to release the full shot list ahead of time, but only start accepting submissions for each round later, which I'm totally fine with. We did have some wonderful shots from eliminated models that I'd love to see get the exposure they deserved!

So anyways, those are the three options I've come up with so far. I'd like any feedback/thoughts on those. If needed, I may post up a poll so people can vote for their preferred method and we'll go with the general vote on that.

[Kaelah]

Option three sounds good given that reasoning. :3