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EM's Next Top Profile: Cycle 1

deletedover 8 years

Hello and Welcome to Cycle 1 of EM's Next Top Profile! This will be a mixture of a profile contest and a social game.

Here is the link to an explanation of the rules: http://tinyurl.com/jru6zqd

Guest Judge:

Since this is the final round we have asked not one user but two users to guest judge, Nathan and Himiko!

Best Profile 11:

Congrats to mean For being best profile this round!

The scores are listed here:

Eviction:

nicrowy was eliminated! even though cody failed to submit a profile on time, the jury vote saved him with a 4 cody 1 mindful 1 cozy vote. with one jury vote being nulled for not submitting on time. the vote from em went to mindful because cody had already been given the jury vote.

Elimination Challenge:

The Final challenge is a 2 parter. For the first, each of the top 3 were given a redemption theme that they didn't do well on from the course of the competition to do again. For the second part we gave them an open concept where they were allowed to do whatever they wanted.

You have until Thursday 10/13 at midnight to complete your profiles!

Winners

https://epicmafia.com/topic/79376

Judges

                   

                    annabelle        calvin              lonerism

                              

                                    mist           prayag

Interested in playing?

Signup for cycle 2 here: https://epicmafia.com/topic/80197

And while you're at it vote to give your favorite profile maker a 10 in the next judging.

deletedover 8 years
3) A lot of your lost creativity points with me because you used the exact same pieces as your partner, whether it be the video, bio, or background. Just because it's "couples" doesn't mean you need to be twins. The challenge here is to make it clear the profiles go together without making them exactly the same. Some of you did a good job with this, others missed the mark.


the judges never explained that though
Jixxa
over 8 years
I WANT TO JOIN!
gom
over 8 years
i already admitted im a fuckboi come up with better insults
deletedover 8 years
Just finished judging. I gave everyone some specific feedback which will get to you when we release the scores, but here's some general feedback for everyone.

1) Gif avatars don't automatically make a profile better. In fact, they frequently make it worse. You don't get novelty points for using them; the novelty of gif avis has long since worn off. The big issue with gifs is that when they reach the end and jump back to the beginning, the clip can be really distracting and even annoying. Sometimes you can work with it if there's not too much to distract from or if it fits the aesthetic. If your gif isn't smooth all the way through not counting the end, it's even worse. Static images are frequently a better choice.
Here's two examples of a gif avatars that work for different reasons:
https://epicmafia.com/u/Jasper#/ Notice; though it clips, it fits the aesthetic and there's not much to distract from. Not obtrusive, the clipping actually add some character to it IMO.
https://epicmafia.com/u/puke Notice; it's a perfect loop and the animation isn't huge; it's something you could almost miss if you weren't looking for it. It adds something neat to the profile without being annoying/distracting.

2) Don't overdo your bios. There's a lot of situations where less is more. Your profile should only have a couple focal points; if your bio is filled with lots of different images/gifs it's going to make the whole thing difficult to look at, especially if they're not stylistically consistent with each other.

3) A lot of your lost creativity points with me because you used the exact same pieces as your partner, whether it be the video, bio, or background. Just because it's "couples" doesn't mean you need to be twins. The challenge here is to make it clear the profiles go together without making them exactly the same. Some of you did a good job with this, others missed the mark.
deletedover 8 years
oh look another fuckboi
gom
over 8 years
oh look another group of circle jerks
deletedover 8 years
round 2 has officially come to an end, stay tuned for scoring and elimination
UltraAug
over 8 years
LMAO i bombed socially

cmon who doesnt like kraft???
deletedover 8 years
PM/Add me on skype for who you want, i cannot keep track otherwise