Kadath
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Pledge and Runners - Adjusting the Upload System
🕑 Added 2014-12-16 19:51:36 +0000 UTC Hey everyone. I've had some people drop out of the Patreon, and I suspect it's a 'pledge and run' kinda deal. So, I'll be doing things a bit differently from here on out. For full colour images, I will be posting cropped or watermarked versions. The lowres files will not be available on this feed. However, at the end of the month, when your payment has been processed, I will be directly sending the rewards to you. This means $5+ patrons get the uncropped/unwatermarked pages, and $10+ patrons gets the highres files sent privately to them. Basically you will see no change in your rewards, but you can't see the full image until your payment is processed. This is to prevent more 'pledge and run' people. These are people who pledge, download the material, and cancel before payments process. Sadly, Patreon does not have a good way of stopping exploits like this, since it charges people at the end of the month. Technically, you're getting rewards for your previous month's payment (which is why many artists send art packs of that prior month's work out after payments are processed). Also, I get email notifications of who pledges what, if they change their amount, and how much the total monthly pledge is at the time of their support, so I can catch who's attempting a 'pledge and run' and can stop them from pledging in the future. I'm not *too* concerned with this first month, since this is just starting out and a lot of it is testing and seeing what works best, but I expect once the comic gets to the saucy stuff, there'll be an increase in 'pledge and runners' and I want to nip that in the bud as early as possible. To sum up: some people are cheating the system so I'm going to make full colour pages and pinups be previews only on this feed until the end of the month, where I'll then send you the files privately once your payment is processed.Comments
Superior
Kadath
Said it perfectly!
Kadath
:D
Major Matt Mason
Works for me!
Armand Lesarthois
People think more and more that "cuz it's on teh Internts I can haz it free". They clearly didn't get the point of Patreon and the impact it can have on creators. Thanksfully most people on Patreon just want to help because they can, and don't care about the reward as much as helping the artist that create the said rewards... Because everyone win at this game if we follow the rules.
JWT
That last sentence, you described it far better then I ever could have
JWT
And props to you man, the few that I am following have had the very same thing happen, two even pulled there pages down because of it :/ Haha, no worries ;p you know how found I am of your ladies (especially nightshade ;p) so i'll continue to happily support yer creations ^ ^
Kadath
Yeah it's a bummer. At least you guys are getting no change in your rewards and the comic will continue, it just won't be updated as 'publicly'. Thank you for supporting me! :D
Kadath
I know, it's really scummy. Sadly I have to adjust to keep exploits minimal. And thank you - I sincerely appreciate your support! :D
Bigweld
It is sad that the people who enjoy your work or numerous others just don't want to pay for it when this whole site is based on support. It's very upsetting, but the people who truly care and love the livelihood of artists and creators are the ones who get the reward and happiness. :3
JWT
pshh~ >w> that's pretty damn low of them to pull that bs but I agree with this precaution, just know mine will stay a firm 30 unless some stroke of fate finds me laid off :p lol
