Hair contest: petitioning

[Arabian_Wolf]

Greetings,

We are thankful for the feedback that you have left regarding the FFXIV Hairstyle Design Contest. However, discussion on this thread is becoming negative and we would like to ask that all posters contribute constructively to the discussion. If this negativity continues, we will be closing the thread.

Thank you for your attention and have a nice day!

Please eternal bond with me I have the most awesome hairstyle and upper-middleclass gil.

That is if you were a female ingame & IRL.

[Reneta_Xian]

There is literally no western representation in the Hairstyle Contest, which means only the JP player base had any real say in what got passed. Nearly every one of the finalists were Japanese, which made the fact that I even attempted to participate incredibly upsetting. The next time they do this they need to divide it up by region, and actually have judges from those regions so that the western player base isn't ruled out simply on the basis of Japanese Aesthetic Preference. I have a variety of reasons I didn't up and quit, mostly the community, friends, and time invested, but also I feel FFXIV is a stellar game, and I usually try to get my other friends and partners to play. And the thing is, I wasn't upset I didn't see my entry in the contest. I was upset that every entry seemed to be from a Japanese player, and that all the top finalists were as well. If the Developers are trying to make the Western players feel included, that's not the way to do it. It doesn't matter if the final selection is just variants of 3 different hairstyles, as long as the total player base is represented.

[Nyalia]

There is literally no western representation in the Hairstyle Contest, which means only the JP player base had any real say in what got passed.

This is literally untrue. There was at least a FR entry, as stated earlier in the thread. The entries were just all posted in Japanese, making them look like they were all JP entries.