Hey All!

It was hinted at in the "SLR Originals reset plan - Nov '23" thread, but we have some new plans in place (and some further plans that we're still working on) when it comes to Performer Castings for SLR Originals. And since Casting Suggestions have always been a HUGE part of the SLR Forum, we wanted to share a bit of the behind-the-scenes strategy with you all:

@MatchaSLR and I will be coordinating with the production teams when it comes to Castings.
@MatchaSLR has already been working closely with @alexnash and our new Head of Production for some time on scenes for VRSpy, and is already working as a screenwriter for SLRO's as well. This also has the awesome potential benefit of allowing him to write specific scenes with specific performers in mind 🔥
I've already been involved with castings to some extent for a little while now, for example the pairings from Modern Relationship, Sharing My Neighbors Massive Cock, and Breaking Our New Toy among others, as well as the obvious updates to performer suggestion threads here in the Forum.

The short version is that:

1.) we'll be reviewing casting & performer suggestions from just about everywhere: first & foremost your performer suggestions right here in the SLR forum, as well as suggestions from other VR forums, from Reddit, X/Twitter, the SLR Discord, etc.

2.) The most popular, most frequently requested, and/or most liked & upvoted performers will be added to our internal "Casting Pool", which simply means that they are on the list that our production teams use when planning bookings.

3.) We will ALSO be adding other performers that we come across who we think could be a good addition, for example new performers who may not yet have been suggested, someone who has had a scene(s) that performed exceedingly well on other sites, performers who have requested to work with each other, performers from various niches who may be under-represented in the suggestions, etc.

4.) Our production teams will continue to have total discretion when it comes to booking talent and especially new performers, as they communicate directly with agencies much more frequently and can quickly find out about fresh talent. @simsensemedia is a perfect example when it comes to successfully casting a huge number of awesome new performers.

5.) We'll be working on stepping up communication between the entire team when it comes to castings, whether that's improving our turnaround on a booking for a new performer to be the 1st to get them in VR, or reassessing a planned booking if we think the performer or pairing isn't a good fit. This has been a significant opportunity in the past.

Let us know if you have any other ideas, and please keep the casting suggestions coming, especially pairing suggestions for bgg+ scenes!