The Next Arena Match + Thoughts
Added 2020-09-20 20:25:00 +0000 UTCTwo things I want to cover, and they're related to each other.
The next match is Proteah vs Rizl! An exciting match up I think, and we'll get some good fun out of it. It's already been fully paid for so we're good to get started on the pre match hype stuff fairly soon.
But it leads to my other thing, and I don't really have an answer. As you guys know Arena is funded by the people who own MHFAP! OCs, and when you add in colorist fees and the time it takes me to draw them, I don't make all that much from them. So that makes funding main character matches tricky. Since I can't just offer to draw my girls, or specifically Hero, for free as much as I'd like to.
However this is troubling me as it leads to almost all of the matches being yuri, which while I enjoy it, is a bit off brand. I would like for matches in the future to be trading off between Hero matches and yuri matches, but I have no way to make that happen since the owners have to pay Hero's half of the match, which adds up to a lot.
I don't wanna alienate anyone or make them think I'm purposefully focused so much on yuri for Arena on purpose. I just don't have a solution for doing more Hero matches easily that wouldn't come at a drastic loss of money on my side of things, which I'm already not doing too great on.
If you have any ideas feel free to let me know, but I'm not sure what all can be said lol.
Comments
Definitely read the main comic. This is just side shit lol
PunishedKom
2020-09-21 01:42:28 +0000 UTCDefinitely understand that, but I'm looking forward to whatever you come up with! I'll have to look into your main series, since the arena stuff is what caught my eye (love the wrestling motif) and maybe ask for something cause I like this artstyle. I'm onboard for more of your own arena matches though.
Horseman Joe
2020-09-21 01:31:46 +0000 UTCThank you very much for that, I'm happy to hear it! I've thought about something similar but implementing it would be tricky, and we've only had one Hero match so far and the votes were overwhelmingly towards femdomming him, more matches would need to take place to see if this was a trend or if it depends on the character Hero is facing- as he's already supposed to be fairly sub-y when dealing with Bella as she's an Onee-san type character. I'd hate to charge without knowing if there's a fanbase bias or not. But I'm exploring ways to fund Hero matches, yeah. Though if you ever want non Arena maledom pics of Hero and other girls you're always free to hit me up and throw money traditionally lmao
PunishedKom
2020-09-20 23:35:45 +0000 UTCHi, Not sure where to comment this really lol, but have you thought of community funding? You could possibly throw an idea out and see if anyone picks up the funding, say hero versus one of your girls with the possible outcomes, and see if anyone likes it. Maybe even allow multiple people to fund a fight with vote bonuses, kind of like how you do your patreon? As a fan of Maledom, I'd personally throw some extra cash at the possibility of hero wins. Been a real big fan of the yuri stuff and femdom too! Keep up the great work!
Horseman Joe
2020-09-20 22:34:40 +0000 UTC
