Season Zero

This is Season Zero of Tyria's Next Top Superstar, a screenshot competition based in Guild Wars 2.

DISCLAIMER: Season Zero is a practice season - the contestants are all the Hosts/Judges and it is simply an example season for future contestants to view in order to understand the format and general layout of the competition.

How this season will run?
Casting will last 2-3 weeks, dependent on how many applications I receive.

Each week there will be a theme and the contestants will have 1 week to complete the job and send in THREE images that they think captures their character meeting the criteria of the theme.

The judges will pick the best of the 3 photos from each of the contestants and then score them. At the end of each week, one person will be eliminated.

Who can enter?
I initially planned that this competition would be open solely to human characters. However I found it hard to justify this. I want this competition to celebrate diversity and showcase that ALL the races of Tyria are amazing and awesome. If your male character secretly thinks he's got what it takes, then let him prove it to the world! So any race, and any gender can enter this competition. Hopefully we can get a nice mix.

Send applications to: TyriaNTM@gmail.com

The Rules
Cropping is allowed - but that is it. No photoshop or other enhancing programs. Guild Wars 2 is a beautiful game that doesn't need any of that in order to produce stunning screen captures. Especially if you put time and effort into finding the right locations etc. Cropping is an extremely important tool in ensuring you keep the focus on your model and not other part of the screen shot.

As a contestant, you are agreeing to, and understand, that your work may not always receive positive feedback. You may think your picture is perfect but a judge may disagree. In the end this competition will hopefully be about positive and constructive critiquing in the hopes of seeing improvement along the way - but contestants must be mature enough to handle the good and the bad comments. Also note that non-judges will also view and comment as well and we cannot be responsible for what they might say.

Finally, good luck to everyone who applies. I hope that this will be a really exciting competition and also interesting for people to follow along.

Links
Season Zero Board