I, for one, appreciate the historicity that you bring to the Forum. I had not even looked at the Forum before this year - and only then a few months ago.

I have benefited many times - not so much as to which cards to buy (whether by luck or wider acceptance through old age, I have lucked out in being very happy with the shows that have brought me, fairly recently, triple diamond status). The pluses have arisen from the advice and relevations - on, among other things, withdrawn cards and even use of the Showroom. Of course, I now value those things that I pick up on the Forum - a perusal of which brought me into this thread this morning.

I even now participate in casting polls! No biggy for veterans, but for me a newbie!

I have not doubted/under-valued the contribution that Forum participants provide and, of course, Totem would be wasting a resource if the views raised were not being monitored.

So to be as clear as I hope I can - whilst on some priorities you and I may differ, I am glad (TRULY GLAD) that you are `out there' working on improving the product. I am a beneficiary of this, after all!

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@orclover : I am not trying to "shoot down" your proposal. Detailed reviews or just more detailed descriptions of a performance would of course be beneficial. My point is merely that, in my estimation, it would be neither simple nor cheap to provide something along these lines.

@tresk : Ah, I think I see what has happened. You seem to have interpreted the "anal" tag as meaning "this show is analy orientated" when all it means is "there is some anal content". Totem have not deliberately misled you but you appear to have misunderstood what the tags indicate. As I understand it a tag, any tag, does not indicate that a card makes a major feature of anything, merely that it is present, for some unspecified duration and intensity, in the performance. For some tags, such as "cop" or "big boobs" there is little difference between the two possible interpretations (though I suppose that a show in which a police uniform was worn for a few seconds in a single clip would still be tagged with "cop") but for others, such as "anal", "stockings" and "bare feet" there can be a lot of difference. It would be better if the true meanings of the tags was clearer so that there were fewer misunderstandings.

Please, also note that tags like "anal" also serve as warnings to those who want to avoid whatever is being tagged I vaguely remember that was why this particular tag was added in the first place, but I could easily be mis-remembering.

ich habe genug credits auf dem konto um mir das jetzige weekend angebot x mal zu leisten wenn ich möchte. nur warum sollte ich das tun?
es sind meine credits und ich entscheide ob ich müll kaufe oder qualität sehen möchte für mein geld.

wenn du in eine eisdiele gehst und erdbeereis möchtest du aber himbeere bekommst, nimmst du das so hin oder sagst hey das war nicht das was ich bestellt habe. kosten dürfte ja keine rolle spielen spielen sind ja nur paar cent.

wie ich schon sagte, es gibt karten mit 1-3 xxx clips, aber die karte ist nur als normale karte gekennzeichnet, nur der schärfegrad sagt xxx. nach dieser argumentation müsste die karte als xxx karte verkauft werden.

langsam bekomme ich den eindruck das einige poster angestellte sind, oder aber fanboys sind, denen es egal ist was sie zu sehen bekommen, hauptsache titten...

@tresk - to follow your analogy more closely. Totem did not label anything as the equivalent of "strawberry" and then deliver "raspberry", they used a label more like "fruit" or "berry".

I think there is some merit to the original idea. Someone tries to make an objective 'review' or a 'comment' for each card. This is then 'spiked' at the top of the comments.

However, it is difficult to be objective. So maybe getting a subjective review with facts could work as well?

And, getting a official posting from a totem member could perhaps generate some negative feedback if purchasers of the card didn't agree with the official post.

So, therefore, I think that totem should search for a small group of customers to make this type of 'post'. Then, the one out of the group who does the review of a specific card gets to buy it a short while before release and for a slight discount, and in return he, or she, makes a 'positive' review that tries to be objective.

I agree with orclover on one thing: The site that Spacephantom had running (v.girls.co.uk) and which he discontinued when virtuagirl became istripper and which also appeas no longer to be active (server unavailable is the message I get), was invaluable to me when I switched from the 3K cards to building my collection of 1080 and 720 cards. You got an impression of each card that really helped my buying decision. And you can tell that Totem appreciated this attention to detail as a number of his reviews are pinned to the top of the comment site, as sometimes are more substantial comments by other users. Apart from Spacephantom, I always also appreciate the comments by users where you can tell some effort went into to get at some details or general sense of the show (such as Everthangever (might have misspelled his username here, sorry), or WyDude, for Deskbabes, among the most helpful for me).

To continue in some way such a service as Spacephantom offered by Totem itself might help costumers who are looking to build their collection based on certain criteria, or just a more detailed impression of the show before buying it, but I can't say whether it would outweigh a cost/benefit analysis by Totem. Also, where would you start? At the beginning of the 3K cards? Difficult to say.

Bottom line: See how this could be helpful to some costumers and increase their sales, but also how some others might not care, and less certain about its practicability.