Hair contest winners

[OgruMogru]

What's more likely:

A) 90% of non-Japanese players (in the ENTIRE WORLD) just happen to not follow the directions and miraculously 80% the winners were Japanese because of this

Considering the playerbase, this really doesn't seem like much of a stretch of the imagination. At all.

[Boblawblah]

Considering every single winner used the template, and almost every entry I saw posted on reddit (that wasn't picked) did not, I'm going to go with they simply followed the directions.

Right, reddit evidence. Okay. I'll stop here then.

[Valkyrie_Lenneth]

Right, reddit evidence. Okay. I'll stop here then.

Well, I can't really use forum evidence since people aren't posting their losing entries here now can I?


Based on the number of publicly posted losing entries, yes, the majority of western entries that lost did not use the required template.



No other data exists. Also, I like how you ignored the "all winning entries used the template" part. Its not like JP entries who didn't use it won. We also have no data on JP entries who didn't win because they didn't use the template, because they don't use reddit like the western audience does.

[Monokhrom]

I really liked the winners! Especially these:

[Allegor]

Considering every single winner used the template, and almost every entry I saw posted on reddit (that wasn't picked) did not, I'm going to go with they simply followed the directions.

I'll go a step forward and say they increased the number of winners from 30 to 40 only because they had to scavange for a handful of non-JP players that followed the guidelines so not all winners are JP. That said, it still feels ...idk, disingenuous? to essentially disqualify two whole regions for their own bad wording.

[Merrigan]

The hairstyles are really nice ! Love the fact that there aren't too many "long hair with AGAIN a little cute bow in it". I love shorter hair.

The only thing that bugs me a little is the fact that I enjoy it cause I play a female. For male, the choice seems to be a little more problematic : all the winners scream "K-pop" or "girly".

[Gemina]

There are some promising options in there. Including some nice updos, which the game is sorely lacking right now. I hope they get implemented.

Congratulations to the winners!

[Tsumdere]

I didn't ever read the rules very carefully because I don't participate, but someone on Twitter pointed this out. The very first rule says:

Entrants must create the image(s) using digital graphics software or by capturing a photo of the artwork using the template provided. (Required)

So yeah. I retract my earlier statement about poor wording. People just flat out did not read or follow instructions.

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I hope they make a lot of these all at once like they have done in the past. It would be really nice to have a ton of new hairstyles to choose from going into DT. I know it's not likely considering the timeframe, but a girl can dream.

[Allegor]

I didn't ever read the rules very carefully because I don't participate, but someone on Twitter pointed this out. The very first rule says:

Entrants must create the image(s) using digital graphics software or by capturing a photo of the artwork using the template provided. (Required)

So yeah. I retract my earlier statement about poor wording. People just flat out did not read or follow instructions.

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I hope they make a lot of these all at once like they have done in the past. It would be really nice to have a ton of new hairstyles to choose from going into DT. I know it's not likely considering the timeframe, but a girl can dream.

Honestly, I could've sworn it didn't say the template was required, and even that any race was welcomed? I recall wanting to do a Hrothgar as a second entry and the only reason I ended up using the template was because I drew and submitted only one mere minutes before the deadline lol. Is there a chance it was edited at some point or am I just wildly misremembering ._."

And same, I hope they come in pairs, since they're 40 hairstyles afterall. If it's only one per patch, it's gonna be 4 whole expansions before we see them all added

[Khryseis_Astra]

Honestly, I could've sworn it didn't say the template was required, and even that any race was welcomed? I recall wanting to do a Hrothgar as a second entry and the only reason I ended up using the template was because I drew and submitted only one mere minutes before the deadline lol. Is there a chance it was edited at some point or am I just wildly misremembering ._."

And same, I hope they come in pairs, since they're 40 hairstyles afterall. If it's only one per patch, it's gonna be 4 whole expansions before we see them all added

The template was required but it also said you needed three angles (front, back and side) and the template only provided front and back 3/4 views, so that confused a lot of people.