OFFICIAL Eorzea's Next Top Model Discussion Thread

[Kaelah]

Lol most of the people that were "telling a story" got eliminated anyways, because we weren't being ... "pretty" by the river like the people that didn't get that memo.

Not true of all races, Yomi owned the Miqo'te females and she was fishing. :3 Me n Kin were posing.

[EorzeasNTM]

Not true of all races, Yomi owned the Miqo'te females and she was fishing. :3 Me n Kin were posing.

I could go through each race&gender and say this exact thing. Tia and Arias are telling a story in their shot, even if it is -just- "fishing" or "enjoying a summer festival" instead of "Pscylo's epic tale."

Yomi was -just- fishing, and Kin was -just- relaxing next to a river. You were, as you said, out chopping wood. I'm not trying to be insulting when I say it was a weak photo, it just is what it is, and the voters and judges scored you accordingly.

And the same goes for all the other race&genders.

I sent you mine a while ago! should I re-send it :3?

Its the one with yellow outline on the target, right? Thats the one I have up atm. If it's not that, go ahead and resend! ^^

[Kaelah]

I could go through each race&gender and say this exact thing. Tia and Arias are telling a story in their shot, even if it is -just- "fishing" or "enjoying a summer festival" instead of "Pscylo's epic tale."

Yomi was -just- fishing, and Kin was -just- relaxing next to a river. You were, as you said, out chopping wood. I'm not trying to be insulting when I say it was a weak photo, it just is what it is, and the voters and judges scored you accordingly.

And the same goes for all the other race&genders.

Whoa ok you totally misinterpreted my post. I was trying to say the same thing you just said there to Pscylo, because he feels that people who posted shots of just a pose were all the favorites. I used the Miqo'te females as an example that his comment was not true. I'm not bashing anyone! I'm not trying to make out mine is better than anyone elses, I would have voted for Yomi and Kin over mine if I were a voter. I know my picture wasn't as good as theirs thank you.
As for me being disappointed in the change in criteria, that is because I would have taken a picture of me doing something rather than just posing if I had that in mine, which may have resulted in a different outcome.
Edit: Herp derp. Sorry Rongi didn't realise you were quoting me to agree with my comment. I thought you were quoting me to tell me all that followed.

Mya, congrats to everyone that made it through this time :3

Hopefully, everyone will get to see some awesome screenshots again with the next round ^-^

I'm sad you dropped out Yomi, I really wanted to see the rest of your pics! :]

[EorzeasNTM]

Whoa ok you totally misinterpreted my post. I was trying to say the same thing you just said there to Pscylo, because he feels that people who posted shots of just a pose were all the favorites. I used the Miqo'te females as an example that his comment was not true. I'm not bashing anyone! I'm not trying to make out mine is better than anyone elses, I would have voted for Yomi and Kin over mine if I were a voter.
As for me being disappointed in the change in criteria, that is because I would have taken a picture of me doing something rather than just posing if I had that in mine, which may have resulted in a different outcome.

Woah, okay YOU totally misinterpreted MY post. What you said was spot on, and I was agreeing with you, and then saying why.

LADYVAL!!! WELCOME BACK!!!!

[Bramble]

Aww i'm out... kinda relieved if i'm honest haha! Lucky for you other lala girls, the next round was my strongest round ;D ha

[EorzeasNTM]

I really hate posting long posts like this that are filled with negative energy, but I feel like I have too.

If i offend anyone, I am sorry, but I feel like this has to be said...

After sending out the emails to the Hyurs and Miqotes, I received a couple of confused emails asking me what tell a story means. Since it seemed to be confusing, and I didn't want to clarify 20 more times what it meant, I deleted it when I sent out the remaining emails. While some may argue that it makes this a completely different theme, I don't think it does, which is why I had no problem deleting it from the description. I realized I don't have to say "tell a story!" for a picture to have meaning. Every model chooses a spot, chooses gear, and conveys some sort of story and emotion in their shots. Every picture tells a story. Regardless of what you think. It's insulting to all the other models that you are saying they don't. I don't think people were just being "pretty" by the river. I see a story in each and everyone of the pictures...even if the story is just relaxing in the sun (Kin, Vahn) looking at a blue bird fly by (Yunie) or enjoying the cool breeze coming off the river (Valentina). Those stories might not be good enough for you, but theyre good enough for me.

You may think your own story and photo were better than everyone else's, but according to both the voters and judges, it was not.

Lets think why they voted (or didn't, I should say) your picture out. Maybe the story in your head behind the picture was epic, but the outfit you chose, the background choice, and the pose were not very good. This was a fair elimination, and I am sorry you feel it was not. If you enter Cycle 3, I suggest taking stronger photos.

All the models should realize that you are being judged on outfit, pose, background, and overall impression. You can't do, and forgive my simple example, a sexy pose in a sexy themed shot and have an ugly background and ugly gear. No matter how sexy you think that pose is, if everything else in the image is bad you will not get voted on. So again, you may think the story you conveyed was very strong and epic and deserving of all the votes, but everything else about the image was weak.

Don't blame me, or anyone else, for you deciding to choose a weak background. Or a weak outfit. Or a strange pose. You chose that background, you chose that outfit, and you chose that pose. The voters and judges chose to eliminate you.

[Tinsley]

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After sending out the emails to the Hyurs and Miqotes, I received a couple of confused emails asking me what tell a story means. Since it seemed to be confusing, and I didn't want to clarify 20 more times what it meant, I deleted it when I sent out the remaining emails. While some may argue that it makes this a completely different theme, I don't think it does, which is why I had no problem deleting it from the description.

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In the future if you do change instructions, no matter how minor you think it is, send it out to ALL contestants so they approach the assignment with the same information and a similar frame of mind. This also keeps everything on a equal playing field (real or perceived). Will probably avoid posts like these from popping up.

[EorzeasNTM]

In the future if you do change instructions, no matter how minor you think it is, send it out to ALL contestants so they approach the assignment with the same information and a similar frame of mind. This also keeps everything on a equal playing field (real or perceived). Will probably avoid posts like these from popping up.

Which is fine, and I will do from now on. We also didn't have this thread at the time, and sending out another 20 emails just because a few people were confused as to what tell a story means to me was pointless when I could just delete it and stop all confusion. Came back to bite me in the butt a few weeks later, but I don't see a big deal, as all pictures still fit the theme in my mind, and I am the host. I wouldn't have accepted a picture if it didn't fit the round. I know I had one person retake his picture TWICE before accepting one.

[Kuraran]

Mya, congrats to everyone that made it through this time :3

Hopefully, everyone will get to see some awesome screenshots again with the next round ^-^