Coming back next week, Discord server, Content ideas

Hey everyone👋, it's been a while isn't it?😅

During this time as i mentioned i invested in a new pc setup and worked on really needed optimizations regarding my workflow wich ultimately speeds up the whole process and will allow me to do more sets than before.
I've also been able to recover quite a bit from stress, it was really helpful for me so thank you very much everyone for being so patient😊, though you would need to wait just a little bit more, explaining below👇

Pause of billing for all members (again), coming back next week

I've just paused the billing cycle for all members again, you will not be charged for the time this option is active,if you scroll all the way up of the main page (on browser desktop) it will show a new yellow banner with the date 4 october because is the minimum amount the option allows me to set, but i can actually deactivate it whenever i want, i will not take more than a week off, so you can expect i will roughly officially come back 11th or 12th of september.

The reason is due to an issue with the pc that i bought, during transport it likely took a hard hit or something, and when I received it, it was all messed up. The components were misplaced, and the GPU actually had a broken pin. Fortunately, they replaced it at no cost, but i had to wait another week to send and receive the graphic card back, essentially losing time i had planned to properly test the new build, so i’d prefer to use that time as originally intended.
The thing is i can't quantize yet how much content im able to pull weekly now, definetly more than before but it mainly serves me to better know how to structure the updated weekly content of the page, wich will give some hints below.

Discord server

This is mainly for those that are unaware of it, i've created a private Discord server for all paid members, a few days ago i meant to test the Patreon's bot functionalities, and auto-invited all those peoples that already had Discord syncronisation, it wasnt really intentional because i didn't know peoples would get added witouth warning xD.
The server is meant to be a place for chats and just a more confortable way to reach me out if you want, but it also come with a few exclusive features:

- #requests-raffle -> Members will be able to join in weekly raffles, the winners will get a FREE set of 50ish pictures of any character they request, 2 winners picked, every week a day will be dedicated of releasing both winner's requested sets. (will start the first round of raffles in a couple of days in preparation for my return, more info and rules will come on the Discord server)

- #sets-archive -> I've created a MEGA folder organized by year and month, containing the full collection of past and upcoming sets to make it easier to browse through my work and download multiple files or folders in just a few clicks.
The link will be availabe ONLY on the server and will be updated monthly.

- #pandoras-box-5 -> To incentivise joining i prepared a 181pcs Pandora's Box [#05] for you to pick up and download on Discord right now!

Here i leave you a quick guide on how to connect your Discord account written by Patreon:
https://support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/212052266-Getting-Discord-access

Content plans and ideas

Everything i say could be subjected to change
Regarding the content structure itself as i said early i cannot give a detailed plan yet, because depending how much content i will be able to release weekly i may have different ideas in mind.
The general plan would be to have a coverage of characters more lean towords popular/very demanded or at least well known character, but still having some space for more niche picks to do so will make these changes for sure:

- Requester tier removal -> In order to have more space for other stuffs i want for the page i decided that i will no longer take paid commissions, it will instead be replaced by the "request raffle" wich sort of another method, since i wanted to limit even more the amount of commissions i prefer it giving the possibility for anyone to have a chance to get it instead of very few peoples, and this will serve as the main way to deliver niche characters, ofc the winners can choose anything including popular characters but usually are used to ask for more uncommon ones.

- Polls balance -> Since the beginning the character polls were kinda unbalanced, like for certain characters there is just 0% chance to win if they are paired with other super popular picks, so about this im thinking of this method in particular:
Could have 2 separated polls, a "primary" poll where there are just well known/demanded characters, so as much as i can i would try to make it balanced that every pick has a fair fight, and a "secondary" poll running at the same time where i put a longer list of characters to choose from, including most of the suggestions i can fit. I would then alternate winners of "primary" and "secondary" poll to do.
Losers of the "primary" poll may be still goeated so some will be kept for a new "primary" poll and the rest putted on a new "secodary" poll.
May also implement a general "losers poll", 1 winner, a last chance for certain characters. (this is probably very confusing im sorry xD i will try to make it more digestable in a future post).
Size and winners for each different poll i don't have it decided yet, but this is the main idea so far, please share your feedback and/or suggestions if you have.

-Sets releases and sizes -> My goal would be that every time i post i would share a total of 100ish pcs, and to release almost daily (again i still have to test more my productivity wich i will do during this week), at least the more important characters will recive 100+ pcs as i always have done, i like this format particularly because it gives me more space to develop more freely ideas, like playing around a plot/gimmik/scenario, like Tohsaka Rin's set has a lot of transitionary pcs wich would not be as well made by doing smaller sets.
So what im still questioning is if will do every set 100ish pcs like always, or if for example winners from a "secodary poll" (so less demanded characters) explained earlier, doing 50ish pcs, and in a day publishing 2 sets just to reach the amount of images goal, this way i could cycle through more characters. I still have to decide.

-Self picked sets -> ideally i would dedicate a day where i release what i want, and with what i want could be seasonal characters, shorter or normal sets of characters i like, multi character sets (like highschool dxd harem), groupsex sets, Character's sheet sets, so could bring something unexpected weekly.
A particular note on Character's Sheet i will for sure make at least once a month, if not twice since many of you loves it and i feel like is the only meaningful niche kind of set i can do confortably.

Again super long post sorry😅, guess you can put it on chatgpt for a summary haha
If you want to share any thoughts, feedback,suggestions please do! Thank you for reading and see ya soon😁