Published: February 13th 2025, 9:36:06 pm
Hey fellas!
So, in some minutes, February's poll will be up, and with it, there'll be some updates to the tiers, specifically 5USD+.
Now you 5USD+ fellas will have a keener edge on the voting process (was gonna do it starting 2025 but here we are now):
Your vote now adds +2 points to your chosen lady (instead of just +1).
Usually, while the high tiers have more voting power, it's sometimes not enough to make a significant difference in the end. This is an experiment as of right now, I need to see if it needs tweaking along the way so bear with me <3
This change comes from a place of confusion, tbqh.
Lately I've been reading some sentiment with the polls that I somehow put forth the candidates with favoritism in mind, or baby cough vs hydrogen bomb scenarios.
Fine, I'll take the L with that. I'll try to do a bit more research for it, so apologies if it's unfair for the other suggestions/candidates.
Now, at the same time, please do know it doesn't come from favoritism or anything like it. I don't know how to explain it to anyone without sounding mad about it, but hey, if anyone wants an explanation, sure.
I literally don't consume enough media to know what's popular or not. I just see a character in the suggestions, I think to myself "oh neat" and put em in the poll. I don't watch anime, I don't play many videogames (including gacha) anymore, I don't watch cartoons either. Most I know of what's popular comes from osmosis. I don't know about the flavor of the month lady because most likely I haven't played or watched where she's from. And if I do it's because I wiki-dive before drawing them (it's the least I can do show some respect to the character). The design catches my eye, I do a little research and bam, to the poll with you. That's it.
So when folks tell me I'm putting a lady hard carried by the media she's in or her fanbase or whatever? I don't know about it, I don't interact with it. I'll do my best to draw each and every one of the characters I put in the poll, I can assure you that. But don't throw me under the bus and claim I'm putting favoritism when I know nothing of it. Hell, if something's really popular and it catches my eye, I'll skip the poll altogether (see: Squirrel Girl's design in Marvel Rivals (which I don't even play cuz I'm happier playing single player stuff)).
I'll do my best to make the polls balanced, I've tried before. Many folks still complained. So I can only ask for understanding. Hopefully the changes help along with some more observation on my part.
That's all, fellas.
Hope you're all doing well. And happy early Valentine's!
Cheers!