Be My Valentione Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

[Azuelas]

You know, I hadn't thought that I would actually qualify as an actual entry by submitting a video (even though I made it for the contest) since I had to have some help. However, that hadn't prepared me for the disappointment of not getting an earring, still. Oh well, I need to pay attention so I don't miss contests that I actually qualify for (as I am just terrible at cooking and arts&crafts).

[Royardee]

I'm just making a guess, but I suspect they were looking for entries that showed some sort of link to the game. If your bracelet had, for example, hearts and Moogles (or whatever) instead of "just hearts", it probably would have been included.

I'm kinda in the same boat by feeling played. I submitted a drawing that was final fantasy related, and I saw other similar drawings qualify. Was there something wrong with mine? I'm not gonna lie about being butthurt over this because this is the third time I've tried to get those earrings. (And no one knows if there will ever be another chance to get them.)

[Gyson]

I'm kinda in the same boat by feeling played. I submitted a drawing that was final fantasy related, and I saw other similar drawings qualify. Was there something wrong with mine? I'm not gonna lie about being butthurt over this because this is the third time I've tried to get those earrings. (And no one knows if there will ever be another chance to get them.)

I'm assuming it was because you didn't include the title of your submission ("Shy Moogle") within the entry itself. It was only included outside of the piece (in the forum text).

"The entry image must contain an identifier that displays character name, World name, and the title of the submission."

That said, I would have given it to you anyways as you are Lala!

[Royardee]

I'm assuming it was because you didn't include the title of your submission ("Shy Moogle") within the entry itself. It was only included outside of the piece (in the forum text).

"The entry image must contain an identifier that displays character name, World name, and the title of the submission."

That said, I would have given it to you anyways as you are Lala!

That's... really, really lame. It was obvious that it was mine. I'm sorry that the title of the piece wasn't in the picture?! Thanks for pointing that out though, I guess.

[BroodingFicus]

Just checking, were we meant to get blue bird earrings on all Chars? Oddly enough my tank received his the other day but the character whose name was on the entry did not. Neither did any of my other ones.

[BroodingFicus]

The only thing I can think of is that it was given to the character who is linked to the forums but frankly my ninja is only not linked here because ninja was not a an option under main class last time I checked XD. Thanks though.

[KyanaSkye]

That's... really, really lame. It was obvious that it was mine. I'm sorry that the title of the piece wasn't in the picture?! Thanks for pointing that out though, I guess.

I really think you should have won... I looked through quite a few of the winning entries, and although most included all of the required information, some didn't. Multiple winning entries didn't have the title name within the photo. At least one winning entry didn't include the world name. I saw others like yours that had words written in the photo that didn't match the title to the post.

There's probably nothing that can be done about it, but it's really not fair. I would have been upset if I didn't win because of something like that, when other winners did the exact same thing. =/

[Brye_Ahn]

I also would like to know if there is someone I could talk to about my entry.

[Gyson]

I really think you should have won... I looked through quite a few of the winning entries, and although most included all of the required information, some didn't. Multiple winning entries didn't have the title name within the photo. At least one winning entry didn't include the world name. I saw others like yours that had words written in the photo that didn't match the title to the post.

There's probably nothing that can be done about it, but it's really not fair. I would have been upset if I didn't win because of something like that, when other winners did the exact same thing. =/

I saw the same. If I had to guess, there were probably multiple judges dividing up the entries and individually reviewing them, and some were more flexible with the rules than others. That's just me speculating, though.

[Elexif]

I'm with some of you, a bit bummed that my entry didn't qualify. I submitted a video containing a poem I wrote, some screenshots I took (to match the poem), and a piano piece I played. I thought it was quite true to the spirit of the contest and would count as digital art. Some of the entries I thought were lacking any thought or effort and clearly wouldn't win did, in fact, win. Shows what I know! :p

Anyway, congrats to those who won! Enjoy your lovely earrings!