The theme for the month of January was Goncharov – an especially challenging one consider the film doesn’t actually exist.
Still, three of us managed to scrape up the creativity to Copycat Cycle an imaginary film.
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Escher StrangePenny Snowflake – “Sorry Lo Straniero, but if I cant be that one person in your life, then it will be no one….bang!!!”Katarh Mest
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It’s our first challenge of the new year, and the theme this month is going to be something very different. The theme is Goncharov and normally I would leave it at that and allow your imaginations to run wild, but this one is going to require a bit more explanation.
In other words, your theme is the “greatest mafia film ever made” (that doesn’t actually exist.) Think of this as an extension of the Copycat Cycle, but this time with the thing you need to copy being a hoax to begin with. Have fun!
Entries on this theme will be accepted until 11:59 ET on January 22nd, 2023. To enter, send a direct message to Katarh Mest on our Discord channel.
ENTM contests are open to the general screenshot community. You do not have to have participated in any ENTM contest before. You must, however, be a member of our Discord community to see the winner’s announcement. ENTM monthly contest screenshots must be “vanilla” – no mods, no Reshade, and no post processing allowed. You must include the FFXIV copyright notice on the shot to allow us to post on our website for voting. Please submit one (1) original screenshot for this contest, not used in any other contest before or posted on social media. Also please include the character name for voting. No other restrictions apply beyond these and the challenge theme as described above. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
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Apologies for the delay! I’ve been under the weather. The theme for December was Winter Solstice and we had four entries on the theme. I suspect all of the entrants voted for one another because this was very close, but the winner was Escher Strange!
We’ll have a January challenge shortly, and news about upcoming cycles as well.
The theme for this month is Winter Solstice and we had four entries on this theme. Please view each image below by clicking on it to open it full size, and then vote for your favorite using the Google poll below. Voting will be open until 11:59 PM ET on December 30th, 2022.
Forthyn SyelOna Greene – So Returns the LightAlastor IzuniaEscher Strange
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The theme for the December challenge this year will be Winter Solstice. Entries for this theme will be accepted until December 23rd, 2022 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.
To enter, send your shot to admin Katarh Mest on our Discord channeland include your character name for voting.
The winner of the challenge will receive their shot at the top of our website for the next month, and the rights to choose the next theme!
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ENTM contests are open to the general screenshot community. You do not have to have participated in any ENTM contest before. You must, however, be a member of our Discord community to see the winner’s announcement. ENTM monthly contest screenshots must be “vanilla” – no mods, no Reshade, and no post processing allowed. You must include the FFXIV copyright notice on the shot to allow us to post on our website for voting. Please submit one (1) original screenshot for this contest, not used in any other contest before or posted on social media. Also please include the character name for voting. No other restrictions apply beyond these and the challenge theme as described above. Do not taunt happy fun ball.
The theme for November was “A Fest” and our winner showed there’s no wrong way to interpret an open ended challenge. Congratulations to Odharnait “Ona” Greene’s neighborhood entry with a Gingerbread Feast!
ENTM will be taking a break from cycles until 2023, but we will have one more monthly challenge to round out the year.
The theme for November was “A Fest.” We had three entries this month! Please click on each image below to view it in a larger size, and then use your browser’s back button to return to this post. After looking at each image, please vote for your favorite in the Google poll at the bottom.
Voting will be open until Sunday, December 3rd.
Penny SnowflakeOna Greene – “A Gingerbread Fest”Katarh Mest
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We have had a wonderful journey thus far. We have had 6 unique rounds to build off for the future. I have learned some great things from this cycle, like how important it is to send reminders to everyone before the deadline and that time zones are a weird thing and your one judge could possibly be in the future…
But we also learned something about our models. Give them some strange concepts, such as the rounds in CopyCat and ask them to recreate them and they will go out and do just that.
While we lost two amazing models along the way, I am calling CopyCat a success!
Another really cool thing about ENTM’s cycles in general, is that they are really unpredictable when it comes to overall winners. You see, if each and every week our winner was the same, then a clear winner would be easily identified.
But that wasn’t the case this cycle.
Each week as I added the round’s numbers to the grand total sheet it would sway one direction or another. But when the final round was tallied and I looked at the point spread, there were only 1.1 points separating the top two models.
1.1 points. And that’s rounded. It was actually 1.08769841.
Regardless, the model who took our first place in this inaugural cycle has shown that they have what it takes to craft screenies with life and vigor and a level of consistency that earned them the edge on the 2nd place model.
So let’s not keep you waiting any longer….
Your winner is:
CHIBI BLU!
Round 4 – SamhainRound 5 – WAR! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.Round 3 – Lady GagaRound 6 – ZodiacRound 1 – Lord of the RingsRound 2 – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Welcome to the S-Rank Club my dear! (even though I still do not have the title myself) A cycle well shot!
Congratulations!!!
Please keep an eye out on the discord and here for our next round! I am not sure what is up next, but I know it will be exciting!
Well my models and friends. It’s been a journey. I wanted to try something new and hoped that you would enjoy it too. There are some specific areas I want to improve upon myself before I would run it again, but as a whole I do feel that the cycle went well. I enjoyed watching all the different takes on the themes, and seeing the models be so kind to each other! While I was sad to lose two models midway, we do still love them dearly and send our love and admiration to them!
But it wasn’t just about the models, I also want to thank my judges for being brilliant every week and giving critiques to each model. I’ve been a judge, it was a lot to ask of you all, and yet you still did it.
But without further adieu, our week 6 winner embodied their Zodiac sign with accuracy and poise. I learned this week that Zodiac have flowers and colors assigned to them, so it was an added touch to see it highlighted in many images.
But the winner stole the show with a simple, but elegant double take.
Netizyn!
A beautiful take on Gemini for certain!
The judges called your image thoughtful, beautiful, clean. I think it’s pretty awesome, and wonder why I didn’t get a cool astro sign to create 😂
Come back this afternoon for our Cycle Winner announcement and for the official crowning of our newest s-rank model.
It’s the final round for the CopyCat Cycle here at ENTM.
My amazing models have walked this road with me and for that I am grateful! But they still need YOU to vote on our final round before we can crown both week 6 winner, and the new S-Rank model for the CopyCat Cycle!
So this week I took it a little easy on them and asked for them to give me their Zodiac sign. Whatever it was, THAT is what their image needed to be of.
According to Britannica.com: “zodiac, in astronomy and astrology, a belt around the heavens extending 9° on either side of the ecliptic, the plane of Earth’s orbit and of the Sun’s apparent annual path. The orbits of the Moon and of the principal planets also lie entirely within the zodiac. The 12 astrological signs of the zodiac are each considered to occupy 1/12 (or 30°) of its great circle. These signs no longer correspond to the astronomical constellations in which the Sun actually appears. The constellations are irregular in size and shape, and the Sun regularly passes through one constellation (Ophiuchus) that is not considered a member of the zodiac. Because most of the constellations through which the ecliptic passes represent animals, the ancient Greeks called its zone zōdiakos kyklos, “circle of animals,” or ta zōdia, “the little animals.” The size and number of zodiacal constellations varied in antiquity and became fixed only with the development of mathematical astronomy. The list below gives the constellations of the zodiac, with the dates of the Sun’s passage through them in the era when their boundaries were fixed. These dates are still used for the astrological signs, though precession of the equinoxes has shifted the constellations eastward; e.g., on January 1 the direction of the sun is now in Sagittarius instead of Capricornus. The history of the symbols is unknown; they seem to appear first in Greek manuscripts of the late Middle Ages.
Now, onto our model’s images:
Malkovich – Capricorn “The G. O. A. T.” Damien – Capricorn “Take a vacation, she said. It’ll be great, she said!”Chibi – Venus… Air… Balance & HarmonyYurimi – CancerNetizyn – Gemini
