Its one thing to be naked or topless in a dark exclusive place at 2am and being a possible front page model for a company that is global. Once its out there its out there. I don't think money is the problem. Its the ***** that come with being a nude model say you change your life down the road. Hence why we have several models that have been completely scrubbed from the VGHD/iStripper archives.

@cdub87
Depends on the girl, for some of them what you say is true of course. But I've seen camgirls that start their own websites and create content for them. Those girls are obviously interested in doing other stuff than camming and may be waiting for a chance to do it. A trip to Paris and a contract with a company like iStripper could be just what they are waiting for. Scoreland started working with some camgirls a few years ago and it's worked out well for them. If I had to guess what's the biggest problem for camgirls accepting an offer is that they might be afraid it's not legit. Human traffic is a big problem in some countries and if the offer is not made properly, the girl might ***** it's something of that sort.

Maybe the team should think about, recruiting from thailand. many nice girls work out of the go go bars and spend there time dancing around poles etc, many girls work for themselves and so you could negociate directly with them. There is no pornography allowed on the internet in thailand, the government deem it to be irrmoral and so viewing porn online in thailand is illegal, (so is gambling and sex toys too bizarely) so this is blocked at source. So this would solve the problem of a girls friends and family seeing what she has done on line as, you cant even get on the istripper website in thailand let alone view any particular model, So girls would be able to keep some privacy in that respect.

Having said that, getting a visa for girls to work in paris might be difficult, but to be honest, depite is being illegal to view porn there, its perfectly fine to produce it in thailand. totem have shown that they can operate a studio remotely from a distance, and the costs in thailand would be a fraction of what they were in vegas so maybe totem could set up a studio there. presumably they now have a load of equipment from the vegas studio which could be transported. Having a steam of girls from thailand or indeed anywhere else in SE asia maybe even japan as well would help with the lack of diversity . also I think you could get these girls relatively cheap as asia has a favourable exchange rate with the euro. if you found the right girl and offered her 1500 euros or something for a weeks work that just involved stripping and dancing and maybe a free holiday to paris they would bit your hand off lol

obviuosly you are not going to get any famous porn stars etc , but to be honest if the girl is good looking and can dance, who really cares if she is famous or not. the qaulity could be a bit hit or miss, but why not hold open auditions and then just pick the best ones to go forward and get used. bit like the x factor for strippers lol

Prehaps rex and the team should go book themselves a couple of weeks overthere and go recky the situation lol

I'm guessing the schedule will change soon where a new card everyday will be stopping once the American girls fade out? Maybe back to twice or three times a week?

Well then the American experiment,
the cow-towing to loud voices here & inhouse (who don't bear the financial risk)
the cavalier search for big porn industry names
the piggybacking on celebrity trends like twerking
the disregard for tattoos and plastic smiles.
has all cost Totem ROI and members value for their dollars spent.
Time to move on. Get back to basics. As they are doing..
PGN (Pretty Girl Naked) at the best cost/return ratio.

There is no such thing as failure, especially with 3K resolution, because the American girls will be viable for a long time for marketing purposes. The american cards stll make up a large portion of 3k cards, and will definetely provide a different experience from teh euro girls. I could see card buyers just buy the 200 american cards and none of the metart girls. When Rex says he lost money on the cards, it doesn't mean they won't make him money in the long run, they may be longer sellers, or people may buy them in bulk more than a Nancy set, because Nancy does the same stuff in every card. It was a smart move for the istripper roll out because it will appear they have an American presence. And when American girls travel to Europe to shoot they can snatch up a couple more to keep up the illusion. America is still a rich country with a lot of porn purveyors. And as the twerk generation grows up and makes some money I guarentee twerking will become more popular with istipper clients. As it is with me.

Hey rex, you should try a glass cut out in stage so dancers can dance from below with a look up its a hot look or at least a camera in floor looking up.

are you guys going to be makeing more male cards for those of us who are so inclined.

I agree, back to the old days where nearly every card produced was a purchase. I look through the girls store and most of the 3K cards I have not bought are from the USA studio and in the last month I have been buying maybe 2 of the weekly cards. Hopefully they will get all these cards out of the way soon and we can get back to some quality each day. Looking forward to the retun of Valeria her cards will be amazing again for sure.

Cheers.

There is a great myth that the American girls were the ones that brought nasty twerking, tattoos, and pubic hair. If you go back through your collection there are a ton of girls from Hungary and Czech Republic that attempt or fully twerk, and have tattos and some bush. I believe the euro porn industry has collapsed a bit since the the pornhub explosion, and the level of hardcore euro girls has dropped, and this is why the performance level of said girls has also dropped.

I will never understand why somebody pays money for a girl like Naomi, who does the exact same moves the entire time, is slow and boring, and then they pay for the pictures, when she is on the internet, naked and for free. Istripper is a unique product because it offers dancing, something that is completely proprietary to istripper and something you cannot get for free. I never understood why people ***** about the quality of the american strippers? All of these girls have pictures all over the internet, except for maybe a few. Estonika for example. My wish would be that totem would scrap the pictures, the videos, and put full effort into the dance and striptease aspect, great outfits, and performance training. Maybe expand the lighting and create unique fullscreen scnes for girls with special lighting in studio and such. I am in the minority with this because the older crowd, no doubt, loves the old way of porn with the pics, and vids and I respect it, even if I don't understand it.

I never understood why people ***** about the quality of the american strippers? All of these girls have pictures all over the internet, except for maybe a few. Estonika for example.

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Estonika is Russian

[quote]I never understood why people ***** about the quality of the american strippers? All of these girls have pictures all over the internet, except for maybe a few. Estonika for example.

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By all the girls, I meant all girls, euro and american...all the girls have pics on the internet that are naked, hq, and free. Except for a few, like Estonika, she hasn't worked for any other studios, just a creepy old russian pop star.

'iStripper XXX cards will evolve in 2017. We’re tuning the production to stay closer to regular cards, with an explicit twist and two or three masturbation / orgasm clips on the table'.

The statement above from Rex sets off a lot of red flags for me.

I read this and think that this is now the end of the iStripperXXX cards and now all the cards are going to be the tamer (much) iStripper shows with one or two clips of a finger slipping in for a blink of an eye and calling that clip XXX as is happening now. At lease for now we are still getting some iStripperXXX cards even if they are of the same girl over and over and over again.

So I ask again is Totem planning on dropping iStripperXXX (formerly Deskbabes) altogether? If so I guess I better get busy and spend my remaining credits while there is still something to spend them on. This will probably be my last purchase of credits. This no longer appeals to me.

Exactly what I thought while reading the news. I don't get why they call it "evolve".. it sounds much more like "regress xxx cards". I prefer XXX cards. So this is the next "update" in a row which is not for me.

Sorry to hear about US studio. And now we get more eastern bloc girls because it's easer / cheaper to get the visa? Come on.. this is what we mostly got so far. I mean.. most of the girls come from eastern bloc, or not? iStripper girls from western Europe, Skandinavia, US were just rare.

I agree with Rex that a lot of the XXX shows have gotten boring. I'm up to seeing what he has in mind - I just hope they keep the dildo sucking clips! ;)

Of course an easy way to spice up a XXX card is to add a second girl... Please Rex, once in awhile at least! Duos between my favorites were why I first checked that box to show explicit cards!

Let XXX be XXX. Fellatio of a toy isn't really xxx imho..
I don't know why Totem pays models extra for those clips, when we could have
Ukriane girls who can put their ankles behind their ears while they bate
Now that is what i would call scoutable variety.

We do pay models extra to do XXX of course. You'll discover the new content of XXX cards in April and we'll tune them from there to try to reach the perfect ratio between XXX and interesting.

‘Glas’clips are good idea! More : ).
XXX cards: Angie Darling – Charisma and Apolonia – solo. Sitting clips with dildo - cup base sticks to floor – is WOW. Sorry dildo is too short. Apolonia initialy had two: one thick and long second thin and short. Both girls use same. Sitting clips asks for litte bit longer : ).
Angie Darling xxx card would be WOW! Gorgeous girl @Rex! Monika Benz – One In A Million – seems more aware with this dildo. For Lady Dee this is WOW clip.
XXX on the tabele. Do girls feels cosy? Do not need some small support base from back?
XXX cards asks for longer show with three orgasms. In someone free picture could be see dildo too.
How with two girls – duo shows? How much card will cost? Those girls who has xxx cards and love many members. Please try!
When you ask for Vote. Are many questions: answers could be more two or three. Allow to do.
New content? Will wait.! More attractive XXX to climax shows! : ))

while i have been a member for quite some time now with V.G. and on I have often wondered why the transparency mode was removed. In a single modle this is very nice feature to have sence it makes it not so atrusive while doing something on the screen. i think it would be very benifisial to try and bring this remarkable feature back. wont you please consider that.

Someone earlier had Suggested a Glass Table Top or Glass Floor the Models could dance on, and then be filmed from underneath looking up.
I would Luv to see a few sample / test clips from this perspective... especially some XXX clips...
Of course, you'd then need a Green Awning to put above her Head...

in the words of Jean-Luc Picard to Number one. "Make it So!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fM5F7NC7LSs

Glass Table Top or Glass Floor

I can imagine a full strip tease from this perspective, then doing a split,
and rubbing her "lips" against the glass floor.

or even riding a suction cup sex toy stuck to the floor,
with the camera view from a slight angle...

Glass Table Top or Glass Floor

I can imagine a full strip tease from this perspective, then doing a split,
and rubbing her "lips" against the glass floor.

or even riding a suction cup sex toy stuck to the floor,
with the camera view from a slight angle...

That is a lovely idea!!! I am not sure if it is implementable, though!

I just want Totem to go out & get the xxx lurkers in webchat rooms.
Its a different market to regular pole/glass etc. iStripper..
Instead of punters waiting in chatrooms for enough tips to see a cumshow,
let them come here and have a new cumshow instantly every week.
Four long edging clips should do it. Our girls are splendiferous ;-)>

A 3 metre x 1 metre, 10 mm thick toughened/tempered glass slab would cost around 100 Euros. The only ways to break this kind of glass is with a sharp point, such as a steel centre-punch and a hammer or hitting it on an edge with a hammer. You could hit it with a baseball bat as hard and as often as you like and never break it. You can jump up and down on it like a trampoline, supported at the corners and it just won't break. It's flexible. I would recommend 15 or 20 mm thick glass to reduce flexibility so camera focus shouldn't be affected :)

(10mm thick glass weighs almost 25 kilos per square metre. So 3x1 mts of 10mm is about the weight of an average guy :)

So, safety for the models is not really an issue :)

I'm pretty sure Wyld's idea could be implemented as I have some idea of how the studio is set up. The Blue-Screens are painted between shows with rapid drying chroma-keyed blue paint. The ceiling could pretty easily be painted once and might only need cleaning once in a while :)
So for me, TOTALLY do-able!

Glass table or floor...I'm in for that type of treatment WA :)

While we are talking about Totem spending money...
Lets get the rotating stage floor finally built so the camera viewing angle
can be adjusted to optimise floor work without model having to shift her position.

@HombreSInSombra

You would probably have to ban stilletto heels on the tempered glass.

The pressure exerted by a 112lb/8st/50kg woman in stiletto heels, when walking, is phenomonal. Far greater than an elephant and possibly something similar to your centre punch and hammer. Dancing would be even more so.

Bare feet should be fine and may look nice under the glass.

How bout totem just invests money to get the best dancers in the world, instead of what is happening now. Don't let the gimmicks fool you, we know they are serious about serving the needs of the customers when they get girls from more than 3 countries again. Talk about timing, their first friday release since notification about closing American studios, and cutting down diversity, and we get three girls from Kiev, Ukraine, wearing the same color clothes, that move identically, and have the same dancing experience, which is none.

Probably safer without heels of course but really, I doubt heels are hard or sharp enough to break, certainly 15mm thick glass, even if the model jumped up and down hard. This type of glass is designed to stop high speed impacts such as golf balls or things that might be thrown against it in say, a hurricane. It's not bullet-proof at these thicknesses but at 19mm plus, it's getting there :)

@Manue a very hearty thanks to Paris @Team for ink-free 'PGN' & the getting back to basics.
Bought two of the three weekend cards only cos of my permashoe-strike. Hoping for 3/3 soon like in the old days.