Changes to Cosplay Contest Voting
Hello again EPICon fans! There have been a few changes to the voting system for the cosplay contest.
1. For the sake of fairness, cosplayers in officially sanctioned gear and cosplayers in their own custom threads will no longer be mixed in the same voting set!
2. You may now cast a vote every 10 minutes instead of every hour. Good news for those who have been wanting to see more of those amazing costumes!
3. Once your EPICon beeper alerts you that you can vote again, you can now head straight to the voting wall! It's only one less step than it was before, but we know you guys are busy with all of the activities.
Unfortunately the votes have had to be reset, but we hope the changes will make for a better experience! Good luck to all of the contestants!
1. For the sake of fairness, cosplayers in officially sanctioned gear and cosplayers in their own custom threads will no longer be mixed in the same voting set!
2. You may now cast a vote every 10 minutes instead of every hour. Good news for those who have been wanting to see more of those amazing costumes!
3. Once your EPICon beeper alerts you that you can vote again, you can now head straight to the voting wall! It's only one less step than it was before, but we know you guys are busy with all of the activities.
Unfortunately the votes have had to be reset, but we hope the changes will make for a better experience! Good luck to all of the contestants!
Posted by 
[NPC] Clover Adams
SYLVAN
Is the voting system ever going to be fixed because it still seems majorly unfair to have non-CWs and CWs mixed, and I also keep seeing the same contestants over and over again..
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Pluma
i hate to be a whiner but i'm still not digging this. there are repeats, mixed walls, and i have no idea what 90% of them are supposed to be. i also feel like a reference shouldn't have been just an option. i don't want to have to vote for something random or wait for something that i like to pop up. going through pages of sub-categories (tv, game, book, etc) in two overhead CW and non-CW categories still would have been easier and more fair at this point.
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Shadow_Rose_Thorn
I'm fairly sure I'm still seeing a mix of CW and non-CW... And certain HA seem to be repeated...
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ChibiStraws
Yup, I'm still seeing mixed cw and non-cw HAs, and the same few ones over and over and over. This is just not right.
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Stakely
I'm starting to see more and more of the same entries. How exactly does this voting system work?
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TaterSalad
I have yet to see a wall of the custom wearables cosplays. All the ones I see are subeta clothes. Mine has a custom item and it makes me wonder if mine is being seen at all?
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BoaConstrictor
Same here, seeing the same HAs.
I wouldn't know about CWs or regular and I doubt anybody, who claims they see mixed ones, can know every single CW on site? Which doesn't mean it couldn't be happening nevertheless, lol.
Why did we need to change things after a day, when it was said (and was the only logical thought to begin with) that they wouldn't be mixed anyway? wtf?
I wouldn't know about CWs or regular and I doubt anybody, who claims they see mixed ones, can know every single CW on site? Which doesn't mean it couldn't be happening nevertheless, lol.
Why did we need to change things after a day, when it was said (and was the only logical thought to begin with) that they wouldn't be mixed anyway? wtf?
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Angewomon
I've only voted about 5 times, now, but already I have seen HAs repeat themselves. This past voting wall, I saw two of the same HAs that had been on my voting wall the first time. I took a screenshot of this and I'm going to take another if I come across any more repeats. I really enjoy the voting and seeing the different cosplays, but its not very fair if only a few few are cropping up more than the rest. It'd be different if I had voted many times, but less than half a dozen?
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Soph
I wasn't going to comment, but I've just had a round entirely made up of cosplays I've already seen one or more times, which definitely feels like more than a coincidence.
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Jenova
Do we just not vote when we get the same cosplays over and over? Or can I refresh the page and hopefully get something new?
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EmCee
I don't see a difference.. at all.
All I see is the same cosplays, mixed entries and I can vote every 10 minutes instead of an hour.
All I see is the same cosplays, mixed entries and I can vote every 10 minutes instead of an hour.
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Budgie
Add me to the list of people who can still see both cw and non-cw entries in one go plus multiples of the same cosplays :(
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TaterSalad
I'm seeing the same repeats as well. Oh well! Maybe mine is repeating to other people! Who knows! :D
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Tefibi
Hmmm, I just had three HAs pop up that I've already voted for in previous rounds since this announcement was made. This seemed like a good change, but now I'm wondering how fair it is if only the same HAs are being presented over and over. I know I'm not seeing a ton of them, so where are the others?
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Snowflake
um i only see cw entries now even though mines was non-cw. i'm confused. so are we suppose to get both cw+non-cw entries?
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LunaWolf
ok so now the same HAs are repeating, there is no way that is all of the contestants. That is not fair for everyone :/
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Blastoise
as a small suggestion, it may help to say who the characters i am seeing are and from what show, because on many avatars i have no idea who i am looking at : /
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ChibiStraws
I'm curious, how are you guys making it so that everyone gets seen equally in the voting? Especially for people that are posted in off-peak times.
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Blastoise
yay shorter voting time! hopefully i see costumes that i get the reference easily! hope i don't see scary stuff D:
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Anasazi
I got the same ha in my voting set 3 times in a row .
Also it still is mixed bag for me , last voted set had all but one CWs .
Also it still is mixed bag for me , last voted set had all but one CWs .
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MerlinPendragon
The same HAs keep repeating, there is no way I am seeing all the contestants. That is not fair for everyone. Plus how do I know which are CW and which are not?
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violette
How do I go to vote for CW cosplays? Or do they just alternate? Also, what exactly is "officially sanctioned gear"?
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LunaWolf
what are the odds that 3 of them i had voted for end up on the same wall, Now what subeta, doesn't seem to fair right now :/ and still not seeing any difference. one wall filled with both csc and non
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Iridescent
you're changing it after a whole day of voting? :/ I know my friends had voted for me so that's a bummer. *sigh*
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Medli
>Unfortunately the votes have had to be reset, but we hope the changes will make for a better experience! Good luck to all of the contestants!
i wish you would think these things through better
i wish you would think these things through better
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Mechanic
I actually haven't seen any with CWs at all since voting about an hour or so ago. I don't see any separation or anything... It'd be nice if these problems were fixed before we even started voting so everyone can have an equal chance, or so we don't have to keep having votes reset.
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azazel
I was getting to see both CW and non-CW entries (not mixed together, separately) but now I'm only getting CW entries. -_-
I know it's probably random, but I wish it was CW/non-CW/CW/non-CW or something. I love the CW entries, but I actually like seeing what people did with non-CWs a bit more.
I know it's probably random, but I wish it was CW/non-CW/CW/non-CW or something. I love the CW entries, but I actually like seeing what people did with non-CWs a bit more.
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jigo
Yeah, i'm... confused, as well.
I did see some CW wearers with nonCW the last time I voted, but I didn't cap it. And now, since I can vote again, I only see the one section like before, and i see a few with CW's.
I did see some CW wearers with nonCW the last time I voted, but I didn't cap it. And now, since I can vote again, I only see the one section like before, and i see a few with CW's.
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oki
lol yay, you didn't lose too many votes from me with the reset, since I was only able to vote about 3 times a day cause of the wait. I'm glad I'll get to see more of the costumes!
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Chazezmom
"...officially sanctioned gear and cosplayers in their own custom threads..."
I'm confused; does this mean subeta wearables and custom wearables ?
I dunno, I'm just voting for the ones I know and like. And I really like being able to vote more often so we can see more. Wish more had references with them 'cause I don't know who they are tryn to be.
I'm confused; does this mean subeta wearables and custom wearables ?
I dunno, I'm just voting for the ones I know and like. And I really like being able to vote more often so we can see more. Wish more had references with them 'cause I don't know who they are tryn to be.
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guardianmarcus
A shame that the votes had to be reset.. I figured this would of been done already since it had already been mentioned that there was going to be two different tiers. I just would of assumed that the voting wall would all be from one tier. I think this is the only fair way to do this though, so kudos, and it is still early, plus wait time is way down, so that will make up for it, Wouldn't mind knowing which tier I am voting for at the time, but I'm not that picky about it.
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Leixan
What about if we only see one wall?
I'd kind of like to know whether I'm voting for CW or non-CW entries, and I'd also like to be able to cast a vote for each side. It's only fair. :c
I'd kind of like to know whether I'm voting for CW or non-CW entries, and I'd also like to be able to cast a vote for each side. It's only fair. :c
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ROCK
I also still had to click twice to get to the one wall. I also still only see one page with CW and Regular HAs. I figured there'd be two separate pages so they wouldn't be viewed together. I'll take a cap in 10.
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Lesbiven
Great! I was wondering if something had changed when I saw a bunch of avatars with CWs, ha.
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Alison
Sucks that everything was reset, but I'm SO glad that I can vote now. I only got to vote like 2 times before because I have a life :(
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Darling
Can those of you who are seeing custom item and non-custom item entries mixed together on the same page take a screencap?
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EurusFaeriewillow
It still looks the same to me, just one wall to vote on. I also still had to click twice to get to the cosplays, so I don't know what that means about one less step.
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Marx
still one wall!
could we please get the names of the characters and/or the series they're from under their pictures? so many of the cosplays look interesting, and i wanna look up the series, but i can't.
could we please get the names of the characters and/or the series they're from under their pictures? so many of the cosplays look interesting, and i wanna look up the series, but i can't.
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Kai
Thanks, staff! That makes much more sense considering the "there will be two categories" mentioned during the contest signup and all!
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Muerte
I keep getting nothing but CW's.
The first one since this change was non-CW. The three votes after that were just CW's.
The first one since this change was non-CW. The three votes after that were just CW's.
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Taters
Yay great! Im so glad you did this. I found myself voting more for people with refs, so it was tough to compare it to OC cosplay.
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MikeMcBerry
I would like all these changes but... I don't see them at all O.o'
Only 10 minutes works but other than that, there are no 2 columns and I still need to click the link to go to voting site. ^^'
Only 10 minutes works but other than that, there are no 2 columns and I still need to click the link to go to voting site. ^^'
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Leixan
Aaaaaaand I'm also still being taken to the separate page with the link to the voting wall, instead of the wall itself.
I see no changes. :c
I see no changes. :c
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Leixan
Although, I can't see a difference. o3o where are the 'separate voting walls', because I'm only being taken to one, and there's no link for another.
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LunaWolf
It looks the same to me and what a bummer there was so really awesome one i have voted for, not their votes go out the window, i may never see them again or two of the ones i really like might show up, some how that is not fair to them :/ but i guess it is what it is
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Strength
A shame the votes had to be reset, but I think the change is much needed and I'm happy to be able to see different costumes more often now. Maybe I'll get to see the ones I loved again, too.
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azazel
I'm not being taken directly to the voting wall (but rather to the page that has the voting wall link) but I like these changes so much now. Thanks.
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CassieFenix
This'll be nice since the non-CW wearers can have a fair chance against us who has CW..
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Impure
WOW, nice Subeta team!
Thanks.
im sad the previous votes had to be erased, but since we get to vote more often, people will get their votes back, hopefully ^^
And it's nice to see who's wearing CWs and who isn't
Thanks.
im sad the previous votes had to be erased, but since we get to vote more often, people will get their votes back, hopefully ^^
And it's nice to see who's wearing CWs and who isn't
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Maritime
Great changes, staff! Thanks for listening to our input AND implementing it so quickly ^_^
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Tefibi
I love these changes, and I think resetting the votes only makes it fairer. It's hard for a non-cw cosplay to go up against one that is in full cw mode. Thanks for the changes and updates!
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Follywood
aw man, that kinda sucks that votes got reset. oh well, at least voting is how it should be now. I wish I could vote in CW contest as well but that's not that big of a deal really.
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Miramel
This is great. I love seeing cosplays and the once an hour was just way too limiting. Thanks, Subeta.
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Jasper
Okay, I looked at it and it doesn't seem to be that different. I retract my previous statement.
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Avedis
Thanks so much for listening to all the feedback. lol the officially sanctioned gear leaves some room for ambiguity (especially if you used a tribute item for something different than its reference) BUT this is an improvement :)
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Rorschach
Great changes! It did seem unfair for the CW and non-CW cosplays to be on the same page.
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sikkykins
thank you! i am much more pleased with the contest now that it is updated to be fair. idc if my voted are void now- i only voted like, 5 times anyway. :P
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Yuzu
@reine I think "officially sanctioned" means non-CW and "own threads" means CW.... basically they are now showing seperate walls for the two different categories instead of jumbling it all together.
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azazel
This seems wonderful!
Thank you for taking all of the suggestions into consideration and quickly implementing them. ^^
Thank you for taking all of the suggestions into consideration and quickly implementing them. ^^
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Jasper
Wait, how is this fair exactly? There would be some people who don't vote for CW's because they have issues with them. People's costumes should be judged on how they're comprised, not what they're comprised with.
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Pennywise
since the votes have been reset, is it possible for us missing a reference image to upload one, somehow? (one can hope...)
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Nemui
Love these changes, and I love that all votes were restarted to make it fair. Yay for Listening. ^_^
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poppet
What does "officially sanctioned gear" mean? I'm using a Farrah Fawcett tribute wig, but it's not for a Farrah Fawcett cosplay.
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PsyKo
SWEET! And its cool they read the feedback thread and made adjustments. Now, if only they did that with the net gain game.
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