Request Etiquitte Guidelines

When requesting, it's a good idea to follow these guidelines; it'll improve your chances of getting a request filled and make your time on the thread much better overall. And of course, don't forget to follow all the 4chan rules. /wst/ can't be held responsible if you get yourself banned for whatever reason.

And use the request Google Doc. It creates that much less clutter in the thread, and nobody will bitch about or hijack your requests if you add it there.

- Don't be a dick (READ THIS, IF NOTHING ELSE): If the request gets somebody's interest, they will fill it. Begging will not make that happen faster, nor will incessantly repeating the request, passive-aggressiveness, claiming that your fetish is being discriminated against, or impotent rage. If anything, they make its being filled even less likely since all of those make you look like a douche- and nobody wants to fill the request of someone who may not even be grateful for it.

- Be prepared to wait a LONG time: There are 10 requests for every writer or artist at the very least- the actual number is probably much higher. Don't be surprised if it takes a while to get around to yours, or if it never seems to get done. It's not discrimination or being forgotten or anything- only a small handful of requests get done at any given time. If you absolutely MUST get something made, consider either privately contacting them for a commission or take up the pen and write it yourself. We strongly encourage the latter, as we need all the content creators we can get to stay afloat.

- Re-request only once per week: As tempting as it may be to ask "is anyone doing my request?" every thread, it makes you come off as desperate and overly obsessed with your prompt being filled, and it creeps people out. Once a week is enough for it to stick in people's memory, and you can always add it to the google doc to be on the safe side.

-Uncommon fetishes make for uncommon stories: There's a reason that vanilla smutfics take up the majority of the smut list- writefags prefer to write the stuff they like most, and the more obscure fetishes often receive less attention because there's fewer people who write about them. (Generally, there should be a list of their kinks on their pastebin to give you a good idea of what they might prefer.) No fetish is outright prohibited or not tolerated here (bar the ones explicitly against 4chan rules- anything not allowed on /d/ isn't going to show up here either), but that doesn't guarantee that your fetish will get an audience among us. As much as we try to be tolerant of a wide variety of kinks, your fetish may still be met with disapproval from those who do not share it. DO NOT TAKE IT AS A PERSONAL AFFRONT OR AS THE OPINION OF THE THREAD AS A WHOLE. It is the opinion of the people who are online at the time and nothing more.

- This is all for fun: Like our janitors and moderators, the writefags do it for free. They are under no obligation to take any requests other than what they personally want to do. If a writefag declines to fill a request, don't hold it against them. If it weren't for them we'd collapse in an instant, so the least you can do is not to be rude towards them (well, unless they do it first).

- We're here to fap, not to justify ourselves: If you feel like you need to defend your kink, just take a deep breath and relax. It's not the end of the world if your tastes are different from those of others. Similarly, other people will request things you don't like. Given the nature of 4chan, this will be inevitable. Ignore the requests you don't like instead of derailing the thread about how "there's too much" of whatever it is you don't like. The writefags and drawfags decide what they want to make, and they can do so just fine without your attempts at dictating what requests are and are not acceptable.

- Make it /tg/-related: The best way to get a request taken seriously is by directly linking it to a /tg/-relevant topic- while the most obvious way of doing this is by linking it to a specific tabletop game, system, or setting. any sci-fi or fantasy-style setting will work as well (although specific settings are preferable). Keep in mind that simply requesting something devoid of these things will almost certainly be met with ridicule and/or disdain; while some say that "anything can be made /tg/-related", in practice that is far easier said than done, especially when you remember that our current existence on /tg/ is already in a gray area to start with.

- Don't piggyback off other people's requests: If your request is similar to somebody else's, don't try to piggyback off theirs- it's rude. Request it separately rather than trying to pass it off as what the first requester wanted. If somebody says they want vanilla sex and you jumps in and say "yes, but make the girl a futa", of course the original requester will be pissed off at you

- Be descriptive: The more complex the kink, the more detail you need to give to whoever you're requesting it to. Try to have a story outline as well as the fetishes you want to see; being vague won't make it easier on the writefag/drawfag, and will in fact more often have the opposite effect since they might not be sure of what it is you want. Better to be too specific than to leave something out and have a writefag misunderstand an important part of the prompt- I've seen it happen, and it doesn't end well for anybody involved in such misunderstandings. It also makes the request more likely to be picked up in general, since a story outline will have more appeal than just giving out a single sentence describing your kink.

- Watch your tone: It's a request, not a demand. It pays more to ask nicely for what you want instead of acting like it should have been already made by now. As was mentioned in "Don't be a dick", nobody wants to fill the request of a demanding jackass.