Thinking of trying something new for BOC!

With the BOC field redrawn and useable again and the long-awaited return of BOC impending, I have been putting a bit of thought into what I can do with regards to BOC to best reward my patrons for their loyalty in waiting for its return! On that note, I was thinking that it would work best for everyone to release each partial round of BOC by tier:

> To thank those of you who have pledged $20+ (and to give further incentive towards those tiers), I will be releasing future BOC update images (in high-res) to patrons who pledged at tiers of $20 and above 24 hours before the $5 and $10 tiers (48 hours before it goes live on DeviantArt), to give you first dibs at deciding if you would like to pledge more to any contender(s) of your choice before the half-round goes public (to further influence the distribution of pancakes to your preferred champion). You would be in NO WAY obligated to contribute more than your automatic tier contribution has already collected; it would just be a way for you to have the option without feeling pressured or rushed.

> To thank those of you who pledged at the $10 tier, I will open future BOC update images (in high-res) to your tier 24 hours before the half-round goes live on dA, to give you a chance to decide if you would like to pledge anything to any contender(s) of your choice before the half-round goes public (as mentioned in the tier rewards, the $10 tier does not come with an automatic donation to BOC as a perk, as it is the first tier to offer high-res versions of images). Again, you would be in NO WAY obligated to contribute to the event; it would just be a way for you to have the option to buy pancakes for your favourite contender(s) before the event goes public so you don't have to feel pressured or rushed.

> To thank those of you who pledged at the $5 tier, I will open future BOC update images (in low-res) to your tier 24 hours before the half-round goes live on dA, to give you a chance to decide if you would like to pledge anything to any contender(s) of your choice before the half-round goes public. Again, you would be in NO WAY obligated to contribute to the event; it would just be a way for you to have the option to buy pancakes for your favourite contender(s) before the event goes public so you don't have to feel pressured or rushed.

I was thinking it would work like this: I release the half-round starting image and any existing updated versions of it (with distributed pancakes in front of the competitors) to $20+ tier patrons first, so they know the current outcome. These images (and any other potential update images resulting from further contributions from $20+ patrons) will stay locked at $20+ for 24 hours after the last image (before further contributions) is posted. After 24hrs, all current images will be changed so their access is $10+, with low-res versions of current updates posted for $5+ at the same time (that is how you will know the images have been opened to further tiers). Any further update images from patron donations will be completed and posted as donations are made, up to the 24 hour mark. Finally, 24 hours from when the images were first opened to $5 and $10 tier patrons, all existing images/updates will go public on dA for my followers there to decide the final outcome of the half-round (unless donations from Patreon have completely filled it, in which case they will still be posted up but donations will be closed to the general public until, potentially, the next half-round).

What do we think? I figured it would be a fun way to reward my loyal patrons while not making everyone wait TOO long for each half-round to wrap up - I just want to make this the best event I can for all of you to enjoy! I look forward to seeing more of this event with you, and to more fun events in future! :)