OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[EorzeasNTM]

Lowena!!! After the party last week some one pointed out you two were a couple! I had no idea!!! -oblivious-

Super cute. Did you guys play ffxi together too?

You and Jayzan should mentor in Cycle 4!! Mentor Couple hahaha.

[AmalahRose]

took this from the couples thread but I had to say that you two look AMAZING!! Congrats!

Lowena!!! After the party last week some one pointed out you two were a couple! I had no idea!!! -oblivious-

Super cute. Did you guys play ffxi together too?

You and Jayzan should mentor in Cycle 4!! Mentor Couple hahaha.

Yes we did, on the Fenrir server. I was Amalah then, but Doomy was still Doomsayer.

[EorzeasNTM]

@Lowena OMG I was on Fenrir for 7 years!!! Your name doesn't sound familiar, but Doomsayer's does! Hmmmmmm!!! xD

@Almenian Hmmmm...it seems to me it is a self perceived handicap above anything else. Looking at Cycle 2 and 3 Excel Sheets should calm any fears about it.

Thank you for deciding against the word bias! It's become my least favorite word since hosting this event. xD

I posted the first round of Cycle 1 on a whim, totally at random, and realized as I was posting Round 2 that if I changed the order people might think I was putting my favorites first or least favorites last, so I posted all of the Rounds in the exact same order as I did in Round 1. To streamline this, in Cycle 2 I alphabetized them, and Tyriont saw it best to do it that way in Cycle 3 as well.

Edit: Sorry if it seems I am ignoring your other 4 critiques! xD I'm not! Like I said, I just want to talk to Tyriont before I make any comments since he and I are a duo and conflicting responses to them could cause unwanted strife. ^^;

[AmalahRose]

@Lowena OMG I was on Fenrir for 7 years!!! Your name doesn't sound familiar, but Doomsayer's does! Hmmmmmm!!! xD

Found vintage Amalah and Doomy pics from our wedding in XI. :P



A wild Kuchichi appears.



I'll stop with the off topicness now. xD

[Corfish]

Just to clarify his point about alphabetical order, in Marketing if you want someone to choose a particular option you put it sooner rather than later. The reason for this is because if someone is lazy, once they find 3 they like, they'll say F it and just vote for those 3 without really looking at others. I don't think it's causing too many issues, but a way around being worried you're playing favoritism if you randomize the orders is to just move everyone up a slot every round, with the first person taking the last. So it'd go A, B, C ,D, for one round, then B,C,D,A, and etc.

For this kind of casual competition I think that would be a sufficient sollution to alleviate the worries from people who dislike it always having the same order.

Again, I don't think it's a particularly big issue here, just trying to help explain what he means to hopefully help!

[AdamFyi]

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Maybe not randomize, but how about moving the list down every round? Round one would be organized as A, B, C, and D. Round two would have the list pushed down one step so it would be organized as D, A, B, C. Round three would do the same so it would go C, D, A, B. This would continue as such until the end. The reason to push it down one step is so that those who were at the bottom of the list for the round immediately get pushed to the top in the next round! I think this would probably be a wonderful solution!

[Parodine]

Ironically, I tend to think the opposite. The last person in the album has the biggest opportunity to make a lasting impression on the viewer and have their photo be the freshest in one's mind where as someone might forget the first in an album.

Regardless, we'll definitely all discuss it. I think an issue becomes even with randomizing, if someone who gets put in whatever last place of the album will that really stop complaints, or just make people think it was the RNG that ruined their chances?

I don't know if there's really a good solution or not.

[Amenian]

Aiden and Adam, I think both of you are on the right track.

[Kaiyoko]

Hello everyone :3



I haven't been able to post much lately, but I wanted to say something since it's been weeks of being extremely busy between the holidays, Final coil, and other things I need to keep up with in 2.4 @~@ Cycle 3 fell at a vary awkward time.

My static was able to finish off Final coil last Friday too~!

Hopefully my shots weren't too terrible over the last few weeks for you :|. I was able to commit a lot more time to Round 7 now that all the big baddies are dead \o/.

Kaiyoko Star

Judge A: "I love the background here and you're clearly rushing between orders. However you're lit a little -too- brightly compared to the background so that it takes you out of the shot rather than looking like a part of it."
Score: 2

Judge B: "Very cute, damn that hyur would be a fool not to slip you his number, but again I need to see a little more storytelling. You look stressed but why? Is the manager on your back? is there an annoying Customer? did a Lala drop all the clean dishes? I need a little more info for a story to develop here."
Score: 2

Judge C: "This shot came off as romantic to me, because of the hyur distantly staring on the left. Can really think of a cute story to this shot. The lighting on your character is a bit much, however."
Score: 2

Judge D: "Pretty background! The glow from the crystal is gorgeous. I love lamp light at night in Eorzea. You are lit up nicely despite the time of day. Interesting use of outfit. Themed waitress. I take from your expression that you have just taken the order and are trying to remember it, unsure if that was your intent however. :3"
Score: 2

Judge E: "Wonderful facial expression. Not quite sure what is going on in this image though. The customer doesn’t look angry or upset, nor is there any interaction between the two of you, so I can’t see a concept other than you are … worried about something? Maybe there is a crowd of people waiting for the table? Not sure what is happening. I do like the depth that we get from the table but wish you had been on the other side of the table directly behind you. I think that would have given the sense of interaction with those two NPCs, while also giving us depth and a good background. It’s very very bright. Hurts my eyes." Score: 2

Thanks for the feedback judges. I did want to comment on the brightness issue because this is something I'm constantly trying to combat. Once in awhile models get the comments about being too bright or too dark and I look at this as a lose lose situation. We have no idea what your monitors setting are brightness wise and you also have to factor in if the monitor is back lit and other settings you might have. Some shots look fantastic on one screen and not another so it's very difficult to please everyone w/o knowing the device it is being displayed on. I actually have set up my monitors when reviewing my pictures to show diffident lightning setting just to try and solve this and obviously sometimes it doesn't work out. I'll try to pick a picture based on what looks best between both settings.

Take care everyone, looking forward to next round~~~

[EorzeasNTM]

Hello everyone :3

Congrats on the wedding! Love the dress!

I am one of the judges that called out the brightness! ^^;;;;;; I actually look at all the pictures with my brightness turned all the way down and then all the way up because I like to give the models the benefit of the doubt. ((I wish people would trust me to make the right decisions at least half the time around here. Lol!)) I also go back and look at them on my cellphone, again with my brightness at lowest and max, because I am ENTM's biggest fan...seriously I have no life you guys. I'M OBSESSED! You thought it was Fruity Twootie? No. It's me. o.o; I'd rather look at the pictures you models submit over and over and over again then actually play FFXIV or study for school. Out of all the judges, I feel my "its too dark/too bright!" critiques are the fairest/best judged. xD

I have no idea what next round is! I can't wait to see ittttt!!

YAY I managed to get first this week in the ladie's category ;D I'm so happy

Btw you can still posts on the forums even with an unsubbed account. At least that's what my friend told me...

Also as far as the rules go and some suggestions that were made, I kinda don't see the problem with maybe randomizing names every week of some sort. It would spice things up, and prevent people from skipping over models they don't usually vote for and go straight for their favorites/friends. Just my 2 cents :S GL everyone with week 7!!!

Silly! You only got first because your name starts with an A! xDDD

I was unsubbed for a while during Cycle 1 and 2 and was still able to post the rounds and in this thread, so I want to say your friend is right! ><; But Tyriont didn't log in for 14 days and it blocked him from logging on any more until he did something to get it reactivated!

If Tyriont wants to start alternating the models shots, he is more than welcome to. As long as he still posts the scores alphabetically so I can easily Excel-a-cize them! xD But if he does, I don't ever want to hear a model blame their position in the line up for their elimination again!!!!! Deal?

Found vintage Amalah and Doomy pics from our wedding in XI. :P



A wild Kuchichi appears.

Vintage! xD So now that Windurst Theme is stuck in my head...Lol! Is that OUR Kuchichi?!