Heavensward Music Contest (NA) - Discussion Thread

[LollyM]

Will the final screening at the Nico Nico Chokaigi be recorded or posted here? If not here, will it be available somewhere else? Would really love to see all of the finalists in front of the crowd (not to mention if we were one of the finalists). Thank you in advance for any feedback!

[ItStartsAtDusK]

So, the 29th came and went. Were the winners announced? I can't seem to find any mention of it anywhere.

[Varadoe]

Same here... Can't find results anywhere...

[Enlia]

Don't find the results either ! But I came by Kara Comparetto's (Jael Delphinium) page just to listen again (&again&again...) to her stunning production and I saw someone congratulating her on the comments so I guess she won

[Ehr]

The winners are being announced on the lodestone tomorrow May 2nd.

[Zhexos]

Hey everyone,

The winner announcement was originally planned for today; however, we received a huge number of amazing entries (over 150 entries globally!), so the Sound team has requested a little bit more time to select the honorable mention winners.

We apologize for the delay, but we're planning to announce the full list of winners later this month.

We truly appreciate your patience!

[Garthas]

Congratulations to the winners! Especially grand prize, absolutely beautiful! That being said, what an absolutely horribly run contest on the part of Square NA...First they announce the rules, then they go back and extend the deadline and provide sheet music (not fair to people who posted without it). Then they delay the winner announcement because too many entries. They had like what? 100+ winners for the Christmas screenshot contest? Sad they can't acknowledge people who put out real effort :-( Also,the winner is a PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN. Her video very clearly shows her name and location which was against the rules in the first place. Anyway, congratulations to the winners, but now we know that if you lack professional music training or recording software to avoid these events. My wife and I have unsubbed as of today. We are, however, thoroughly enjoying the millions of fans of Warlords of Draenor and are SUPER looking forward to Overwatch and Legion at the end of summer!

[Parvania]

Competitions are always like this, so the only thing you can do is enjoy taking part Don't take it to heart, just have fun making music. Made my day that some pompous ass didn't come anywhere either, that to me was as good a prize as having won

[Parvania]

@ Garthas, you weren't wrong http://www.prodigypiano.com/wp/about-us/

[Zhexos]

We'd like to take another moment to thank everyone who took the time and put in their effort to enter the Heavensward Music Contest. It was definitely one of our most involved contests! And because of all of your hard work, there were a huge amount of entries for everyone around the world to enjoy!

As you may know, the full list of winning entries, as well as comments from Sound Director Masayoshi Soken, can be found on the Lodestone! If you have yet to check them out, or read Soken's comments, be sure to do so!

Thanks once again for making this contest such a success!