OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Adeline]

Adeline, please tell me your going to try and judge next cycle? Anyone of us from this cycle would be fabulous judges! (I really just want us to judge together.)

Ill be trying to yes =) !

[FlareR]

Ill be trying to yes =) !

Good! Cause I wasn't going to take no for an answer! XD

[Yamimarik]

Random Screenshot o/

Marik is so tall o_o (or maybe it's just 'cause I'm a lala and everything looks tall to me)

Heheh

[FlareR]

You and Kai are so tall! Makes Iris and I shorter than we already are! :P

[Sangriah]

O.o wow. I haven't checked things out in a few days and look what I find!? A classic NTM diva showdown! :P

I can't help but feel that the spirit of things is being forgotten. Let me paint you a scenario. Lets say someone from an UBER active FC decides to compete in the future. Idk, what if it was Gucci Gucci from Young Money (I follow her FC antics on Tumblr). What if her screenshots were garbage-mediocre because she's funny, but lousy at taking un-doctored screenshots BUT she got tons of votes because she's popular and has lots of support from her FC? Lets say she she even makes it to the end. Regardless if she "wins", an entire cycle went by where we were entertained and inspired by themes and everyone's random creativity (Remember how the cosplay round blew everyone away!?). Where people came together and created something from nothing and walked away with an amazing collection of memories. Her participation would generate plenty of hype and when she was gone she'd probably take plenty of the attention with her but the genuinely interested people would remain. That is the nature of competitions that include public voting. Part of the appeal is knowing your vote counts and that you can affect the outcome. Not knowing who is going to come out on top!

I am very biased towards Eirwen MacKenzie and that does affect my vote. I am also guilty of strategically voting in certain directions in order to have my 1 vote lean things which only mattered when things were very close. I am not embarrassed or ashamed by this, it is part of the game and the contest to me. Things have been up and down for many people during this entire cycle. Some that I thought for sure would be finishing contenders are not there. Is there some sort of prize that I'm not aware of? As far as I'm concerned they already have an entire portfolio and they've already won.

Speaking of prizes, I was thinking of doing some fanart for the person who does end up "winning" as a kind of prize. For this cycle and the ones in the future. I work very slowly though since I don't have a lot of time. What do you think? Maybe a few fans can get together and put together a kind of freebie prize package

Here's a link to some of my dabbles if you want to take a peek.
http://sangre-kersh.deviantart.com/g.../Final-Fantasy

Remember Have fun!

[AdamFyi]

So, from the looks of it, the tension in the air was somewhat related to my post, and I'm very sorry for being the cause of it. I got really excited about typing out and posting the tallies for once. I guess it went over my head. Sorry for the confusion. Please don't think wrong about me.

Off that I hope none of you vote for me in youtube because you like me as a personality on the forums. Vote for me because you like the shot.

Not at all. I personally love your shots so far. I don't state out my top picks in order. It just happens that I liked yours over the others I didn't pick. Not to say that I'm suggesting favouritsm - the order of my top 4 are pretty much random. I guess I'm at fault for bolding your name every round. Sorry, I just can't help but smile when I see your pictures, and I apologize for making you feel that I picked you because of your personality. I really didn't.

but when you see someone go /popcorn and potential drama happening because I might be involved, I needed to say something.

Apologies, I didn't mean it like that. I'm the kind of person who gets excited over the smallest of things. The popcorn was in reference to my excitement for posting the tallies since I've never done it before. Sorry for the misunderstanding; I'm partly to blame for not choosing my words more carefully.

Well we all have worked to hard for this to turn into a popularity contest for the last few rounds. None of the rest of us have our buddies voting for us. It would be easier if we all did that but then none of us would really deserve to win and it wouldn't feel like a victory. This is just my opinion on how I feel about th situation.

It's basically an act of self-preservation. You may not notice it, but I made the same mistake in the first few rounds. In an attempt to salvage the situation, you end up doing things that you will end up regretting in the long run. After the first round had ended, I had been given a second chance due to people dropping out. At that point, I pretty much lost it. It's been gnawing at me for the second and third round. Not the proudest moment I've ever had. It felt terrible going through round after round knowing what I had done. I'm pretty much over it now since I (finally) got eliminated. I don't mind it as much as I'm pretty accepting.

Still, this isn't like the first few rounds. This is the finals, and you've already done all you can. There's nothing you can do other than wait for the public voting to end and the judge scores to come out. Friends, fans and mates are always biased and will always skew towards picking you over the rest even if you tell them not to. You can't bluntly tell them to not vote for you. They will always be more inclined to pick you regardless of what you say.

Apologies for the dreary post, but that's all I'm going to say about this matter. I don't like talking about serious things in a topic that isn't about anything serious. Please keep it at that, alright? I'll try make sure not to cause any confusion over my posts. If you have anything to yell at me for, please do. I apologize once again for the confusion I may have caused. Here's a potato.

[Tyriont]

Normally I would post the results in both threads, but I think for the finale I'm going to just leave them here since there's no critiques and I want this one to be special

I know you're here for the results, but in grand tradition I'm going to tease you a bit and make you wait. Which is a bit ruined in the format because you can just scroll down, but whatever.

As the host, I want to award one special thing at the end. Call it the Host's Choice Award, something I want to use to recognize one model in particular who has really stood out to me this Cycle. This contest was far from smooth in the early stages, with models dropping like flies for various reasons. As it turns out, this was actually somewhat fortunate because it kept my pick in the contest. Somehow who struggled at first but eventually came through to not only turn in some of (in my opinion) the strongest shots we saw in the entire contest but has become an active member in this little ENTM community and to me, embodies everything I hoped the contest would be about. So please congratulate the Host's Choice Award Winner: Adam Flyrmyn!

Now, without further ado...THE RESULTS!

In fourth place, with a combined 8 points from the Judges and 3 from the public for a total of 11...Jinx Fireboot.

In third place, with a combined 13 points from the Judges and 4 from the public for a total of 17...Flare Anderfel!

Leaving our final two, who have a mere two votes separating them! An incredibly close call, but in second place with a combined 14 points from the judges and 10 from the public for a total of 24...Eirwen Mackenzie!

Meaning of course that our winner, with a combined 13 points from the judges and an equal 13 from the public for a total of 26 is Adeline Urusa!

Congratulations to all of our models! You all deserve to be incredibly proud of yourselves!

Enjoy the YouTube Cycle, and stay tuned for news about Cycle Four!

[Percimont]

Yay!! Congratulations to Adeline! Congratulations to Adam! Congratulations to everyone! And thank you to Tyriont and all of the judges! What an exciting cycle! I'm glad I was tipped off to this and get to enjoy following these talented participants! I fear that SE will ban me from using exclamation points if I continue, so, that's all for now. Congratulations again...!

[AdamFyi]

So please congratulate the Host's Choice Award Winner: Adam Flyrmyn!

:OOOOOOO!!

Thank you for this award! Tis' an honour to receive this award. I've since had a lot of fun after joining in the ranks, and I hope to have a lot more in the days to come when Cycle 4 starts! Till then there's still the YouTube cycle! *winkwinknudgenudge*

But it's Fylrmyn, onegaishimasu.

Meaning of course that our winner, with a combined 13 points from the judges and an equal 13 from the public for a total of 26 is Adeline Urusa!

Thank you everyone, and a big congratulations to Adeline-senpai for coming out on top! It's been a pleasure competing with all of you and I hope we all can work together again - someday! It's pretty sad that Cycle 3 has ended but here's Adam wishing everyone the best of luck!

cheesy ending speech : CHECK

[Kaelah]

Phew drama. Knew it was coming. xD Well my 2 cents is that even if Adeline did have friends vote for her sometimes, personally, I almost always gave her a 2 or a 3 because the majority of her shots were simply stunning! Her and Eirwen were both neck and neck for me. Judge scores should usually top the balance anyway. :3 It's a prizeless comp too so I don't understand all the rage but hey ho. I can understand from other models I guess since it can take hours or days even to get the shot you want but still, models should know that if they put that effort in, the judges will reward them for it. If you get 2s or 3s across the board there are enough judges that it should still keep anyone in if they deserve it.

Anyway I digress, great cycle guys. I had a lot of fun judging it. ^^