Vote here for September! (Two important changes!)
I'll make this brief; the two changes I'm willing to try and make are to grant 25$ patrons an additional vote, and to please say exactly how many votes you're casting instead of just "all mine for X!" say "3 for X!" or such. It saves me a little time!
So, for this vote cast, 25$ get five[5] votes. I'm willing to listen to feedback on this, as usual, and if too many people give me good reason to revert it, I'll remove the last vote they cast in their comment, making it back to four. Why? Because of the recent changes I had to make regarding the request streams, 25$ felt like it lost some of its reward when I changed them to avoid raffling. That's a lot of money to be giving to one creator each month - I really don't want it to feel empty. But if it seems too over-powering to the other votes, I can understand that logic as well. I partly feel guilty for having a 25$ tier and not beefing it up as much as the other tiers have in content. The vote towards pinups seems reasonable since you're directly funding my work more, and, some might then agree that you'd have more say in what you want to see.
But this also won't be a permanent change if too many people are upset by it. It should be well-known that I'm willing to accept feedback and that my processes here change because of it. I really do want everyone of all pledge levels to feel inclusive and worth being here, because you are! I'm trying to think of more ways than just the pinup to offer as rewards, while avoiding raffles, paywalls, and commission-like work. Process videos are an idea, as are private streams.
Otherwise, please take a second to review the vote rules, which have been tweaked and reworked a little:
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How voting works:
I make a roster of characters to choose from for my primary artwork each month. Each level of pledge gets a different number of votes, and you guys pick what I end up doing! Rules are...
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Votes:
-The roster keeps it's vote count from month to month.
-1$ Patreons get one(1) vote to spend. 5$ get two(2), 10$ get three(3), 25$ get five(5).
-Multiple votes can be on one character, or split up between several.
-You can vote after it ends, but it won't be added til after the winner is decided.
-Votes only count if your pledge processed that month. If your pledge is declined, I will put the votes "on hold", and add them later if the pledge goes through. Likewise, If the pledge doesn't go through, the votes aren't counted. I check all votes for number and pledge accuracy.
-If your pledge is worth more votes than you use, say a 10$ tier patron casting only 1 vote, I will automatically assign all 3 votes to that one vote. If they vote "1 for character A and 1 for character B", then I will pick myself either A or B to receive the unassigned 3rd available vote.
Add/Remove Character Rules:
-Fandom and Other OCs will be removed when won.
-FK OCs will go on a cooldown and I'll decide when to put them back up.
Slots:
-$5+ patrons can spend one(1) vote to suggest new characters in the comments section. I can turn down a character suggestion, but please don't take it personally! I will only do this when I -really- can't see myself enjoying the subject or for some other reason I reserve the right to.
-'Artist's Choice' and 'FK OCs' slots won't follow strikes, and instead are added/removed as I deem desired or necessary. They could be other's OCs, fandom characters that haven't been suggested that I'd love to do... etc. A free-form nomination category. Can still be characters supporters suggest!
Strikes:
-If a character receives less than 3 people voting on them each month, they will get a strike.
-Three(3) strikes total removes them from the roster. They can be re-nominated, and if accepted, will then be put at the end of the current waitlist.
-Passing 75 votes nulls the strike system for that character.
====(Completed Fandom Pinups)====
-Krystal-Renamon-Isabelle-Amaterasu-Mink-Lola-Amelia-Ahri-Mik-ZeroSuitFox-Flora-Haku-M'Ress
====(Waitlist Characters)====
-Florence[Freefall], Vi[Dreamkeepers], Sally Acorn[38], Felicia[Darkstalkers], Blaze[Sonic], Angela Cross[Ratchet n Clank], Kejta[Caltroplay]
Voting ends on 9.8.2016, 12p noon EST
Votes after that will carry over into October