Upcoming Nomination Changes
All right, I'm making plans for the next topic vote. I am announcing a policy change for everyone to review.
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Alert:
There won't need to be a preliminary poll.
There will be no need for a 2nd to a nomination.
All you need to do:
All that anyone needs to do during the nomination phase from here out is make ***ONE REPLY POST*** of what male/female pairing they would like to see for that month in the nomination thread.
Details:(Read if you have questions or concerns)
What I will do:
I will go through each and every nomination for that month and only consider the first one each nominator makes. (If someone made like 3 or 4 nominations, I'm totally ignoring the extra ones.)
From all nominations, I will choose
four pairings I would like to work on, and four that have never been worked on before
(For example, I've never had a topic with She-ra before, but if it's She-ra and Deku, --hmmmmmm---<3(that one is interesting...) If it's She-ra and Deku, it won't go into the 'never-been-done-before' section.)
The topic vote will then be those eight topics.
I will go through each and every nomination made by the deadline from both Patreon and Subscribestar. I'll make a summary post describing all considered posts and even comment on the ones that almost made it(sometimes... there may be 4 sure winners that get instantly picked.)
What you DON'T need to do.
No need to get into it with anyone about their post. If they make a weird nomination that breaks the rules it won't even get considered. No need to comment on it.
Purpose of this change:
Hopefully, this will reduce the friction on the nomination page.
This will also give never-before topics a chance to show up.
I will be able to voice which topics really excite my interest, but my picks won't totally dominate the process. These aren't just "My topics". These are four of my favorites from the topics that were nominated AND four topics that haven't been given a chance before.
[PS] Finally some advice.
Post what you want to see that month.
Even if it was posted by someone else.
Because something might have been off.
They might have made like 3 posts before that and the one you THOUGHT was going to be entered, didn't get entered.
Don't try to game like
"Ooo! I see She-raXDeku got nominated... That's what I wanted to see... I'll make a different nomination post."
No. Just post what you want. That way you know it will be considered.
In closing.
I sincerely hope these new topic nomination terms are amenable or at least understandable/tolerable. If you made it this far, THANKS SO MUCH for sticking with me.
BD.
Comments (33)
I'm going to suggest a bizarre one just because: Skywise (Elfquest) x Animala (Lost Skeleton of Cadavra)
Side Note: Under the new nomination system, might it make sense to make the genre hiatus stuff last less long? You would still have Doc going "there's been a little too much video games lately" or similar.
Would absolutely love a continuation on the main Autobutts story with Jack & Arcee/Airachnid!
This makes things a bit easier!!! There hasn't been anything regarding Bleach characters and it's my favorite series. So hopefully my next nomiation will win.-Ichigo Kurosaki X Yoruichi Shiouin (Soul Society arc) ABSOLUTE BANGER
Suggest -Witchblade and darkness -Fry and the Amazonians (futurama) -Lady Death and Spawn -rimuru and female cast (that time I was reincarnated as a slime) , tentacles -hajime and the girls (Arifureta:from worlds strongest to common place) -Conan and red Sonja
Sounds good to me
I think these changes are great! I would love to see you draw Elora X Spyro from the Spyro The Dragon games.
Excellent Decision Doc, I hope these changes are positive for new ideas and new characters! I know that one day I will see my Marco Diaz x Miko Kubota drawn by you.
I don't think I've had them as a topic. If it checks out with criteria, it definitely qualifies for the poll!
Finally!! I will be able to see the relatively famous Guilliman x Yvraine ship. I can't wait to see that knife eared elf get hammered by a 10 ft tall demigod. Instead of seeing characters i know very little about, although their artwork is still 👌
Hopefully this will cut down on the arguments. Also hopefully this will let my Carmen Sandiego X Waldo ship go through. Mwahahaha.
LOL!
After thinking about it a bit , I have a question…this version almost makes “Docs Choice” moot. If you (Doc) end up having an idea that you’d like the group to vote on would you be open to including that as one of the eight? Almost like “Docs Referral”.
Doc's Choice can still be a thing. It's just that he can do whatever he pleases in that instance instead of it being limited to whatever we provide.
After reading your example, I'll just say here what I said in Discord... "I am Adore'd, He-Manly-Man's Twin Sister. This is Spirit, my beloved steed; because @#$% you Haters, Pegasister 4life. Fabulous secrets were revealed to me the day I held aloft my Magic Sword and declared; FOR THE HONOR OF ALL-MIGHT... and became She-Reku... who will wrecku the Deku!"
So, if I understand correctly, you have to nominate a couple/pairing as a COMMENT (?) (for the nomination post), and Doc chooses a total of eight of every nominations? Also, if someone nominates later in the thread, can their nomination still be selected? (I mean, until now only the first 25 seconded nominations were always selected...So if you were late, you sucked...)
There's always a deadline for when you have to submit a topic or vote by, so as long as you do it before time runs out, your topic is just as valid as the earliest bird.
I definitely agree with the new terms. This give more new ideas a fighting chance. As much as I love your work for these monthly comics, seeing repeat couples or at least repeat series have been making this frustrating. Been happy we got something new for this month and last month.
Agree with you here as well. Seeing the same couples can be boring at times. Loving forward to seeing how this new format works
If I understand correctly, the topic choices are pretty much what _you_ like instead of fan voting? I'm completely behind that!
Patrons will still be voting on what topic gets worked on, its just what topics will actually be available for us to vote on is what's being taken out of our hands. No more Prelims. No more Hiatus List (not confirmed yet but kinda makes sense, its sorta become obsolete with the way the new system works)
Seems like it'll be a good change of pace and allow for more variety of comics. I'm all for it.
Will we know if subject is ignored. I know I've suggested adult Billy and Mandy, but someone keeps saying that the fan theory that they are secretly both the children of eris the god or chaos makes them siblings. No where in the show or any thing related to the characters says this. It's purely a fan theory
Looking forward to this.
Eh ok I gotcha keep it cool and civil and don’t over comment (also i definitely wanna nominate either Kris and Susie or Blackfire and Robin)
I absolutely love the fact that you have a say in what gets made, you should have at least as much fun doing these as we have seeing them!
A near return to form from the old days. This is a change we've been waiting a while for. I'm happy for it.
Big changes. But that will give different couples the opportunity to win instead of seeing the same ones repeatedly. Thanks Doc. You are Great.
I'm sorry its come to the point where you were getting frustrated with some of the behavior in topic nominations, i think this revision will really help!
The nominations haven't started yet. This is just a notification of the policy change. Nominations will start July 1st.
Blackfire x robin (x starfire?) teen titsns
Kris and Susie from Deltarune. Hopefully these two finally get their chance to shine!
Not quite time, delph.