Interesting view Slibo quite different than mine. For me its just bringing the best movies to life and immerse as much as possible. You have also given me a script or two if I liked the flic for free when I asked for it, as I think you respect free scripting alot also coming from there. At the moment however it is a nono to ask for free scripts no matter if you script for free or not. Kinda funny situation having 62 free high quality scripts in my portfolio but having to ask for a script. There has to be a way to compensate by script.
I understand you perfectly. Most of what you wrote also comes to my mind.
Lately, Iāve been releasing far fewer scripts than before. Iām still interested in participating in contests, but the rest of the time, the lack of response kills any motivation to do anything. I still havenāt even started editing the video for the blowjob battle grand finale. What I thought would be a big event turned out to be a topic with almost zero chat activity.
I still make a lot of scripts, but theyāre paid custom scripts that I canāt publish here. And the only reason I still occasionally post something here is because I want to make something I enjoy, not something Iām paid for.
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Weāve actually seen the opposite at Faptap. The volume of script uploads has nearly doubled since last spring.
Thereās just more content available than ever. But weāve noticed that engagement hasnāt kept pace with that growth.
We get that āpassionā alone isnāt always enough to keep the spark alive when the feedback loop is quiet.
We appreciate the scripters who are putting in the hours, and we want to support that hustle. Thatās why weāre working on a new program to put tangible rewards behind the work they are doing. More on that soon.
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Thx. We are both improving VR scripting as well as releasing AI scripts for 2D flat videos
Scripting can be an incredibly time consuming process. Ive only released only two scripts, and that took me so much time, over two weeks each timeā¦ , and it made me take a long break from scripting even my favorites in my library for personal use, but I released the ones I did for free, for the love of the game. they were both over 30 minutes. In which if you drop a longer scriptā¦ I get wanting compensation as a motivator and a prize. I do think its nonsensical to want compensation for something super short, however I also think if someone wants to be paid for their time, at all that make sense.
It does suck that to get all the content I would want to seeā¦ Iād have to pay for likeā¦ 10 patreonsā¦ join 5-6 discords. its a little convoluted. and then the main place to get hentai scripts is expensive tbh.
if we could safely doā¦ something like ad.fly back in the day where if you click a link you watch an ad, op gets paid ,and you move on that would be coolā¦ but everyone uses adblock and for good reason.
if you could watch ads on purpose or interact meaningfully,ā¦ to earn tokensā¦ that could be spent on scripts and payout scripters and fund eroscripts. I think that would be fire. or even if there was a membership here at eroscripts where you could subscribe to earn so many tokens a month that could be used to pay for X amount of scripts and it rollover month to month, to save up and buy a catalogue or something, I think that would be cool.
but free scriptsā¦ are what drive people to even see the workmanship of someone before a purchase. free scripts are what I think are probably going to drive most engagemnt on the site.
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I see a ton of scripts utilizing AI then turning around to paid.
Also Im seeing an increase of no preview material but still getting locked behind a paywall. This really irritates me as im not even sure if im going to like the video. Also to note feels slimey as theres been questionable paywalls that the vid in question being scripted may not even be the script creators video
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Iāll be honest, when I first saw EroScripts I used it quite a bit before I even made an account, I instantly saw the monetary value. But thatās just the way humans work in social groups like this that actually DO have monetary value. Think of it like someone wanting to be a Youtuber or streamer because they think it will be fun. When they get popular enough to have monetization or gaining paid subs by viewers, do you think they wont take that opportunity? Or wont make them want to create more? Money drives passion too, in a healthy way and unfortunately sometimes in an unhealthy way, just depends on the person.
Money will always be an incentive, I made my account because itās a hobby of my own that Iād also like to share with other people. But yes I have also made it a brand so I can gain a small passive income because tbh Iām broke ash and donāt have all that much time on my hands.
There will always be free scripts because people are generous, why complain when its being given to you for free? Because there āisnāt enoughā or because people are trying to make money? I think thatās more greedy to want want want, than for someone wanting to make money on a hobby that they take precious time out of their days and nights for.
I didnāt really get it until I started scripting my self, there is a TON of ways to script, a lot to learn, especially when you have no experience in it, and also preferences in categories and stylistic scripting. But most of all the AMOUNT of time it takes is definitely a skill if you can cut down on it. Thatās what made me realize itās entirely understandable if people want to make paid scripts more often than free.
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This is exactly how Iāve thought since I made my first script before I even made an account. Literally said my exact thoughts.
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āfree scripts are what I think are probably going to drive most engagement on the siteā I personally view paid scripts as niche just looking at the likes.
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I donāt see it as ironic to sell a script to a video while sharing a pirated re-upload of the video.
The script could theoretically be pirated as well, and I would dare to say the scripter in this scenario condemning anyone accessing their script for free would be a bit hypocritical.
The difference is that sharing re-uploads of funscripts is against the ES rules while sharing re-uploads of videos is not.
Thatās not hypocrisy though, since the platform is simply protecting its own users and niche medium. ES and its user base in general condemning sharing paid scripts is as it should be.
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Nah, if a paid script I bought is unusable I will and have shown screenshots of specific objective mismatches in a reply to the topic. Just try not to be rude or personal about it.
(This account is an alt of @Rose, for context.)
Its difficult to pay for a subscription for the platform that has plenty of very short animation vids that seems to be the majority of new content. (Not kink shaming)
It was awesome when i first subscribed (last October/November). But unfortunately had to withdraw.
Would love to come back if the content improves
I wanted to say that your comment resonated a lot with me. I think the biggest difference with my case is that although Iām mostly a paid scripter as well (I only do VR though), I still script primarily for myself. I am always my first customer, and that drives me to try to do a proper job and not put out just slop, because I want to enjoy the script Iām doing. And thatās why -for example- I can script Blake Blossom fifty times in a row if she puts out fifty vids in a row. She doesnāt sell as much as some people may believe (I believe this is because of overexposure, because there are way too many Blake Blossom vids and scripts available for people to get -and I may or may not have to do with that, lol), but what the heck, I just love the girl and her performance so much that I script her every time I get the chance to do so. The same with a few other performers as well.
On another note, I want to give my two cents about the topic itself. I think there are some nuances that should be considered, because releasing free scripts for short clips or 10 minute videos is not the same as releasing a free script for a 40+ minute VR videos (some of them over an hour). The amount of work is just not comparable. Sure, I can release a free VR script every now and then (and I try to do so, there are more than 60 free scripts in my collection), but I release 2-4 VR scripts a week, with each of them taking me anywhere between 6 to 18 hours to complete depending on the videoās length and intensity. I wouldnāt be able to put that many hours of work for free, it would be insane, I need to keep it sustainable. If these were short videos or clips, sure I would be able to put out more free stuff than I do (nothing against paid scripters who focus on short videos though).
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This is really not a complaint about scripts being paid. As Slibo said scripting needs a reward. It just does not need to be money only.
Maybe, but itās money that pays my bills, not other type of rewards.
The only thing I can think of is making restrictions on posting paid scripts and thatās not something I want to do.
Some people have told me ideas like making posting paid scripts restricted to users who have posted enough free content or pay-walling the paid scripts posting abilities, but in both cases Iāve argued that this would only turn users away from the forum.
I already made a lot of restrictions on creators to keep the free scripts category gratis and not pure advertisements. I donāt want to make paid scripts infeasible for creators to make money.
Iām open to hearing ideas to make free scripts more palatable that doesnāt include enshittifying the paid scripts category.
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Who says there canāt be some sort of payout when a script gets a certain amount of likes/views similar to youtube? It might be slightly unrealistic but there are ways to incentivise people to continue making free scripts even if itās a badge as someone else said it might not be enough for everyone but it would be something.
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Something like that
No need to restrict paid scripters, what about ES paying platform and take a percentage as other platforms do. Then there could be a token system that connects free scripters to the paid system. Get paid scripts for likes.
Just not rewarding free scripters wont keep them long. They switch to the $ side or just leave.
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This requires development work that I donāt have the skill/time/resources to build.
Not to mention that even if I did, multiple payment processors have refused to work with us.
I have something (not built by me) that weāre partnering on that will be announced soon. I canāt answer too much about it right now.
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That idea is interesting making people that donāt make scripts to make scripts to unlock a paid script.
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