Curse

Unlucky Slayer · Jan 07, 2007, 12:15 AM // 00:15

The issue with the forums is being worked on as we speak, no need to worry about it.

Geishe · Jan 07, 2007, 12:17 AM // 00:17

Maria, I thinks its the resolution problem... like on mine too, you cant really see the evil grin, but the original one was lot bigger. And screen colours are different too, etc. etc. I like how you used a weapon, and DONT worry about elimination, youre past shots were too good to forget!

Maria The Princess · Jan 07, 2007, 12:58 AM // 00:58

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Originally Posted by Geishe

Maria, I thinks its the resolution problem... like on mine too, you cant really see the evil grin, but the original one was lot bigger. And screen colours are different too, etc. etc. I like how you used a weapon, and DONT worry about elimination, youre past shots were too good to forget!

ahh youre too sweet

thx

and your shot was great too, i love how u tried something diffrent from all the others and did so well!

<3

xxSilhouette · Jan 07, 2007, 03:23 AM // 03:23

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Originally Posted by The Last Anthem

Malefic Mistress..once again AWESOME shot

Thanks!

I can't really see the picture to well either maria

It could be that maybe the picture is smaller too on this thread than when you sent it in, I can tell my picture is quite a bit smaller, and maybe when it was larger it was easier to see? But i absolutly love the one with meludra - gorgeous shot!!

Geishe · Jan 07, 2007, 05:39 AM // 05:39

edit: ohkay its normal now.. that was weird.

technically its sunday, and the scores should have been done yesterday... so I hope we get scores realllly soon.

Maria The Princess · Jan 07, 2007, 06:51 AM // 06:51

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Originally Posted by xxSilhouette

Thanks!

I can't really see the picture to well either maria

It could be that maybe the picture is smaller too on this thread than when you sent it in, I can tell my picture is quite a bit smaller, and maybe when it was larger it was easier to see? But i absolutly love the one with meludra - gorgeous shot!!

ahh thx you guys are making me feel better

the original pic i sent was as big as the melandru pic i posted, maby even bigger

ah well, ill know better next time, ill ask my whole allience lol

LadyNilene · Jan 07, 2007, 07:10 AM // 07:10

Oh no! We aren't posting scores with the Evaluation post anymore like we use to, we are posting them on the eliminated/motw post. The reason for that was because in case of a double elimination, it wouldn't be dreadfully obvious which two contestants are off. Plus it makes things more suspenseful, like Malefic said in an earlier post, you have to guess who gets what from the comments like on the show.

Overall, we were pretty disappointed with the outcome this week, so we wanted to stir you guys up, we thought about throwing our first double eliminated, but, we decided to hold out on that. One thing that is definitely bothering us is that we have yet to see consistancy in anyone. Everyone has shown good stuff, everyone has shown ok stuff, and everyone had some disappointing shots. Ultimately, we're going to be looking for someone with the strongest overall performance...

And as for everyone complaining about resolution, thats is never a problem, i save and send both of the full/cropped pics to the judges as they came to me. I only reduce them so that i wont flood the thread with bigger pictures. So resolution is not a problem, unless you just sent it that way to us.

Geishe · Jan 07, 2007, 07:24 AM // 07:24

sounds good.

And about the consistency thing, that can be expected, as we're bound to make mistakes... and this is only the 4th round. not even halfway yet. Even in the shows, there are inconsistency in the earlier rounds. Heck even smell rose screwed up her first shot before her supreme reign of ANTM season 7. Eugena, improving, anyone? Not till the last few episodes. so dont worry judges, we're bound to improve.

xxSilhouette · Jan 07, 2007, 07:37 AM // 07:37

Well it would be nice to see the scores along with the comments, beacuse it would either give you worry or take your worry away, But it does make for an intresting thought on what the scores are. In fact, as silly as it sounds, I've been thinking about it a lot since I have seen the comments. and I've went over them again and again, Trying to figure out who's up for elimination and whos up for MOTW.

But i have to agree with Geishe too on the consistency thing. I think i learn a lot each week just by reading the judges comments on everyones pictures. And after i read them, I know more about what things are good to do and what things aren't good to do. I think the further this gets along, the better everyone will be.

Also, I don't think this was a very easy assignment, I know i struggled with it quite a bit, which is why i think overall this wasn't a good week for everyone =/ I do think it was good beacuse it was challenging, and it showed how people approached it, But I almost knew after reading different posts before the evaluations were submitted, that a lot of people struggled.

Unlucky Slayer · Jan 07, 2007, 07:45 AM // 07:45

Dont worry about picture size unless the pictures you are posting are wider than 640 pixels.

Maria The Princess · Jan 07, 2007, 09:13 AM // 09:13

its true that this assigment was harder then all the other ones. the hardest part tho was to choose a statue that has a nice backround AND that would look nice

ive struggeled xD

Katina · Jan 07, 2007, 02:49 PM // 14:49

I'm shocked...really...I tried and thought my pose was good...Wow. Shocked with all the judges comments..

LadyNilene · Jan 07, 2007, 07:26 PM // 19:26

Don't get me wrong! The consistancy factor isn't necessarily a bad thing, I love the fact that there has been no CLEAR choice winner. But at the same time, its also like who's the candidate that will be eliminated? I think everyone so far are on equal level of performance, everyone has done something great, something bad, and something in between the two. Just because it so happens that this person's performance this week wasn't strong and made them be on bottom two, doesn't mean that they wont dazzle us the next. And looking at past week performance, everyone has been pretty on point. So really, who gets eliminated? I can't exactly judge personality, and I feel past performance has been relatively equal among everyone...You guys see what I'm saying?

I would love to give everyone a chance to improve, but somewhere down the line, its going to get to the point where the slightest, most insignificant mistake sends you to bottom two, and whoops, these goes a double elimination time.

And I don't like how everyone is saying this was a hard shoot, I will never give you something that I haven't done myself. And I'm not saying I've done everything perfect, but the pictures I manage to pull off are decent enough to give me an idea of what I should expect. For this week, I took a picture with the five main gods, and I thought I did pretty well. For balthazar, I used Inferno skill which creates a ring of fire around your character and then after you cast it you land in the hunched over battle stance kinda thing. So with the ring of fire effect and that battle pose worked really well for the god of fire/war. For Lyssa, I manage to capture this part in a dance emote where my hands were about to raise up in symmetry that worked really well. and For Dwayna, i borrowed the paragon wings, and pulled off something nice as well. I only posted Melandru/Grenth because those were simple jump emotes, and I didn't want to give you guys too much thought about it, cause I know alot of you are creative, and this week was just not where I wanted it to go. And I know anything I can do, you can do as well.

So do not say something is too hard, don't fall into Smellrose's "perfectionist" personality, and feel that you need to cry and make excuses for every little mistake you make, cause its not coming off good. The whole my divine aura is getting in the way, oh the resolution of picture was blah, and its just too hard, my screen made the picture look lighter than it is. No. None of that. As much as I like the fact that you guys want to defend your pictures, just don't overdo it where it becomes a bad habit, where you become the next Smellrose. lol I'm not trying to be mean, i just want you guys to approach the situation as "I didn't perform as well as I could've, I will do better next week" rather than throwing excuses and making a hissy fit out of it. Again, I'm not trying to make a big deal of it or lecture you guys, but I know guys can do much better than what we saw.

Ok, well, I'll post the results shortly as well as our next assignment!

Unlucky Slayer · Jan 07, 2007, 08:42 PM // 20:42

Results are going to be interesting. Also next assignment will prolly be prettying interesting. Should be fun.

LadyNilene · Jan 07, 2007, 09:13 PM // 21:13

Here were the scores that were given out for this week's performance...

Malefic Mistress - 09, 07, 08 = 24
Perynne Walker - 08, 06, 06 = 20
Summer Newmentz - 07, 05, 05 = 17
Raselle Deathblade - 06, 09, 07 = 22
Mortissia Faust - 05, 08, 09 = 22
Xo Katina Xo - 04, 03, 04 = 11
Burnout Chic - 03, 02, 03 = 08
I Only Protect You - 02, 01, 02 = 05
Jaden Stone - 01, 04, 01 = 06 + 3 = 09

That leads Malefic Mistress, Raselle Deathblade, and Mortissia Faust all up for MOTW and Burnout Chic and I Only Protect You up for elimination...

After deliberations, we felt that the winner of MOTW should be...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...ek04Winner.jpg

Congratulations to our winner, the winner may choose one of two special prizes...

1. An in game prize of a Superior Vigor rune...

or

2. The option of sending in three different selects, in which the judges will pre-approve and pick you best shot for judging. Of course thats not to guarantee that you will win, we will only pick the best of three shots you send us. Depending on how the other contestants do, this could work for you, against you, or have no effect.

Please get with me to your nearest convenience with your choice through Post/PM/Email, whatever.

Now eliminations...

Burnout Chic - We felt that you started off so strong, but lately, your performance has been falling short of what you are normally capable of doing. We know you have great potential, but lately, we haven't been able to see it.

I Only Protect You - Since the original start date for this competition, we immediately took note of your application. You showed such a fun and endearing character. But lately, your work hasn't been up to par as well...

And I don't doubt that either of you can do this, with time I know any of you can definitely improve...but time isn't something we have much of...this was a difficult decision, the person that will be eliminated this week is...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...limination.jpg

Congratulations to everyone who passed on to our fifth week of competition!

And congrats to our eliminated contestant who made it this far!!!

xxSilhouette · Jan 07, 2007, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Yey!!! I haven't been this happy in a while!!!

Well Im definatly going to go with #2 on that, I think it would be very helpful

Jaden Stone · Jan 07, 2007, 09:42 PM // 21:42

I'm pretty happy I wasn't up for elimination, +3 I will never doubt you again.

I spent 3 full days of frustration trying to get a shot. From getting a good location to dealing with so many clipping problems I just got fed up and submitted something I wasn't happy with. Well I payed the price and will try to keep my frustrations to a minimum for the next shoot.

Oh, and sorry judges for the excuse train, I have a habbit of that and will try to honor and respect your judgements, because thats what you are there for.

Geishe · Jan 07, 2007, 09:45 PM // 21:45

EDIT: I know understand why I got that score through contact of LadyNilene. As she has said, the comments are edited, so I missed the point on what the judge said. It was my fault entirely on that specific shot.

I was rude, yes, but for reasons I believe are quite comprehensible to many. To be told one thing that foreshadows dislike of your shot, and to be told straight in the face what to change are two different things. Trying to allow contestants guess what was wrong with their picture was the case that happened to me, and I got defensive and demanded an entire description of how to improve. LadyNilene was patient with me, and told me exactly what was disliked about my picture, and from that I know what to improve on.

My apologies for my farce, but I do like to tell all contestants that if you ever have any doubts or concern, do not be afraid to contact LadyNilene, she WILL tell you what was missed in the comments.

Time to flirt with males ^.^

broodijzer · Jan 07, 2007, 09:47 PM // 21:47

ah well, saw it coming...

Thank you very much for the chances though, it was a lot of fun. I'm still happy I made it till round 4.
Grats to everyone who is through, I will certainly follow the event

Unlucky Slayer · Jan 07, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Good work there Sil. Ya deserved this one. Good work everyone else. Sad to see another good one go.

Wonder what the next assignment will be.