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Week 3 Voting is live!

This week I asked our models to go out into the world and take on the role of one of the most iconic popstars we have ever known…

LADY GAGA

Our Models took to YouTube to channel their favorite iconic Gaga moment, video, or television experience. Now its your job to vote for which model’s shot hit the high note!

Voting open until 12:01am EST – Tuesday!

And as always, Love from here. – Ona

CopyCat Cycle Week 2 Results

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen’s lost her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head

Sorry these results are late my homies… had an error on a submission of the judge’s vote (not their fault obviously) and then I had to do work for money to pay bills so I can have electricity to type up these posts!!!

So this past week, I asked our models to copycat Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. All characters, series, movies, etc. was fair game. We had several Alices, a white rabbit, and a caterpillar. But one unique character took the proverbial biscuits and tea and that was…

Malkovich!

Woman yelling at cat Knave.meme

Come back again next week to see what the Paparazzi are up to!

As always, Love from here. – Ona

CopyCat Round 1 Winner!

Well I could not have asked for a better week 1! Our models did not disappoint me or the judges for that matter, with their amazing copycat shots! I cant deny that when I first pitched this idea to Kat and Kai, I thought for certain they would turn it down. Then I thought the models would hate me and be so frustrated recreating images instead of taking their own. Then I thought people would not join the cycle. But here we are with these gorgeous images, literally all of them are really good at being really good at taking amazing shots! I love them all forever!!!!

And while all of this is all well and good….

We do have a winner to announce…

So without further adieu… Our week one winner is!!!!

Ardyn – Strider

“a strange-looking weather-beaten man, sitting in the shadows near the wall… He had a tall tankard in front of him, and was smoking a long-stemmed pipe curiously carved. His legs were stretched out before him,showing high boots of supple leather that fitted him well, but had seen much wear and were now caked with mud. A travel-stained cloak of heavy dark-green was drawn close about him, and in spite of the heat of the room he wore a hood that overshadowed his face”.

A strong image for a strong first week of submissions!
What does week two hold?
Come back on Saturday for the next round and new images to vote for!

And as always, Love from here. – Ona

CopyCat Edition – AUDITIONS OPEN

Oh my god we’re back again!
Ona here with exciting news! It’s time for a full blown cycle for EVERYONE to join! I am currently accepting applications to join me on this new (hopefully permanent) cycle!

But Ona, what is this new edition?

It’s a CopyCat cycle where you are given well known or iconic themes to “copy” but the twist is that YOU choose the scene or the image to use. Judges will decide who hits their mark the best.

But Ona, wont this leave a lot to the personal opinion of the judges?

Not necessarily.
You see, our judges are still required to base their choices on composition, theme, and glamour, with highest focus being on the composition of the image. Listen you could look exactly like Darth Vader fighting Luke in the lava fields, but if you have a Dutch Angle and no depth of field, well, you might not win that round my good human.

But Ona, what if I don’t understand the theme of the week?

Ask your friends, take to google, spend 20 hours and 18 minutes in deep contemplated review…

Ok Ona, so I am ready to join! What do you need from me?

A headshot and a freestyle shot of your choice. Please ensure that they are submitted by 10/1 (12:01am EST). When you submit your shot, I will send you the rules for the cycle.

So Ona, how long will the cycle last?

The first week of voting starts October 8th and runs for 6 weeks with the Cycle winner announcing on 11/16.

Deadline to submit your audition closes on 10/1 at 12:01 am EST.

As always, Love from here – Ona Greene

Classic Cycle 13 Final Results

It’s been a hectic cycle for me and the judges, but our models persevered and all eight of them made it through our grueling six weeks of competition, despite new patch content and savage raiding and real life eating our faces, oh my!

All of the models making it to the final stage of the contest is a rare treat, so first I want to thank you all for your hard work and for sticking with it. Getting tough love from the judges can be painful, but we all want the best for you and for you to go out and take the most beautiful screenshots that you can.

But this is also ultimately a contest, so without further delay, here are the top three winners from Classic Cycle 13.

Third Place

In third place, with a score of 100.7, we have Neisha Rayne!

Neisha Rayne

Second Place

In second place, with a score of 90.6, we have Isillud Losstarot!

Isillud Losstarot

S-Rank

And our newest S-Rank model, who is a veteran of ENTM but never quite reached the top before…. with a score of 86.09, is Ninifipsi Fini! Congratulations, you are Eorzea’s next big talent!

Ninifipsi Fini

Community S-Rank

However, sometimes our judges and the community disagree. Voting was extremely tight among the community votes, with about a quarter of a point separating the top two vote getters, but the Community S-Rank is Neisha Rayne!

Neisha Rayne

ENTM will be taking a break for the month of May, aside from our monthly challenges.

Thank you all for following along with us, and keep on taking the best screenshots that you can!

Meet the Judges

We have a panel of veteran judges for this first cycle of Endwalker. This trio has become the backbone of our cycles in recent years, and we’re excited to see Elessia’s sharp eye, Ni’ko’s puns, and Ona’s poetry make a return for 2022!

Your hostess for ENTM Classic Cycle 13 is Katarh.

Classic Cycle 13 Cast List

Classic Cycle 13 has started, and we have eight extremely talented contestants who have volunteered for the cookie grinder this go around. One of them will become Eorzea’s next S-Rank model….. but who will it be?

Your cast list is as follows. The first round will commence March 19th, 2022. At that time, we will need your community votes to make sure that there is a clear winner each week!

Isillud Losstarot
Neisha Rayne
Ninifipsi Fini
Sparrow Scarlet
Penny Snowflake
Destiny Seeker
Chibi Blu
Yurimi Sky

Announcing ENTM Classic Cycle 13!

Do you have what it takes to be Eorzea’s next S-Rank model ?!

Classic Cycle 13

It’s time to get back to our roots and do another Classic Cycle! Cycle 13 will be a six week combination of modeling and backgrounds, with emphasis on theme interpretation , composition, and the overall “mood” of each shot. ENTM screenshots are “vanilla” to keep things fair to our PS4 participants, which means no reshade/gshade, post processing, or other editing will be allowed beyond the base game. However, every in game tool is at your disposal to make a screenshot that’ll wow our judges and our audience.

Call for Models New and Old

How does Classic Cycle work?

Each week, your host Katarh Mest will collect a screenshot on the weekly theme, submit it to our judges for voting and commentary, and provide a public poll for your friends and the general audience to weigh in. You are strongly encouraged to share this public poll with your friends and on social media.

We’ve found over the years that the public vote is the best way to break ties when our judges can’t decide.

The overall winner each week is announced, and judges will provide you feedback on your shot.

At the end of the contest, we will announce our newest S-rank model, and if the rest of the community disagreed with the judges, a separate S-rank Community winner as well.

Can I have entered an ENTM contest before?

Yes! Classic Cycle is open to previous ENTM contestants, even winners, as well as members who have never participated in any of our contests before. We encourage folks who have won an S-rank recently to consider being a judge instead, though!

How do I enter?

To enter Classic Cycle 13, you will need to send two audition shots to Katarh Mest on the ENTM Discord. These shots must have the following settings:

Shot #1: A battle or action shot that has a visible enemy and your character visibly engaged with the enemy. This can be taken in the open world, or inside any dungeon, trial, or raid. Think of your chosen monster as your co-star. 6.0 zones are allowed, but not required.

Shot #2: A head shot of your character, from the waist or shoulders up, with your character facing the camera or having their eyes look into the camera using the eye tracking tool in Gpose. This shot should be taken in any major city-state (Eorzean or otherwise** – please see a note at the bottom) with all characters besides yours hidden. This shot will also be your portrait throughout the contest. 6.0 zones are allowed, but not required.

Send the following information to Katarh along with those screenshots:

  • Your character’s full In Game name
  • Your character’s data center and server
  • Your character’s name in the ENTM discord, if it’s different from your Discord handle

Please >>>click right here<<<< to join the ENTM Discord community if you have not done so already!

Auditions for Classic Cycle 13 are open as of this posting, and will be accepted until March 9th, 2022, at 11:59 PM Eastern Time. The minimum threshhold of models to hold this contest is 6. The maximum number accepted is 12. In the event there are more than 12 models, judges will ultimately decide who gets left out. That said, we have not filled an ENTM contest for a long time, so don’t be shy! Send us an audition!

Classic Cycle 13 will run from March 18th 2022 to April 22nd, 2022. We realize this may run into Patch 6.1 at some point in April, so participants will be encouraged to submit shots early if that might be a problem. (You will be given all six themes ahead of time, so you can send them to us as soon as you get them, if you want!)

Call for Judges

ENTM is seeking at least 1 judge from an outside community. We tend to be very insular, and having a guest judge provide some outside opinions is crucial to keeping us from naval gazing too much.

If you are a leader of another community dedicated to screenshots and you have strong opinions about the quality of photography in the FFXIV screenshot community, we would love to have you be our part of the team. Or, if you are a photographer, a design or costume expert, or otherwise involved in art composition, staging, etc. out in the real world, that counts too!

As a judge, your commitment will be to provide no more than six 1 paragraph critiques each week, and to cast ranked choice votes for all models every week. You are welcome to offer models to ask for additional feedback, but you are not required to answer any model questions if you don’t have time. Having this outside viewpoint enriches our contests beyond anything I could explain.

If you are able to judge, please contact Katarh Mest on Discord to discuss things further!

** In ENTM, City-states are defined as a zone locked sanctuary, with no open world monsters inside. E.g. Sharlayan, Thavnair, Limsa Lominsa, Kugane, the Doman Enclave, Idyllshire, and so forth. (Conversely, Mor Dhona does not fit this definition, as it is not zone locked.)

Renovation Cycle 1 WINNER!

It took a lot of effort and skill every week to design, build and tear down a room to take one amazing screenshot that conveyed the theme and wowed the judges! All of the designers grew and showed us some amazing rooms this cycle! Every single designer had real talent and unique style! AND I appreciate every one of these designers joining us for a first ever housing design contest on ENTM! I think it was a huge success! Thank you judges for your wonderful feedback and to the community for voting! It actually did come down to the community votes!

The winner of the inaugural Renovation Cycle and our new S-Rank Designer, Damien Montclair! Congratulations!

Second place AND the recipient of the community choice award having received the most community votes, Arilyn Moonblade! Great job!!!!

In third place, our beautiful Hollow Attrition! Her builds were unique and so full of detail! The community votes put her just ahead of our fourth place designer!

Please stay tuned for ENTM’s next fantasic cycle! Maybe YOU can be the next S-rank model!

Renovation Cycle Round 6 Winner

You know, Harry Houdini used to use lots of trap doors in his magic act. He’s stopped now, he was just going through a stage. Ha ha. Ok Ok! It’s time to announce the winner of our last round! But first…Last week I saw a magician walk down the street. He turned into a drugstore. I swear I’m done. Congratulations Damien Montclair!!! The judges loved your witchy build and ode to Snow White. We love how you stuck that little Easter egg in there!

The winner of Renovation Cycle 1 announcement coming soon!!!!