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마지막の글 - 페이지 #153

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Omgman
Joined in Oct 2014
22 글

New VIP status / New price

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
July 30, 2023, 209 답변
And they have done exactly that.

They created DOLZ and NFT trading cards.
which you can gift to another member if you want.

This is BS. NFT cards are nowhere near something members wanted. We were asking for a way to trade cards in our own library especially to get rid of all the junk cards we got through "lucky packages" and they implemented NFT,

if Totem were to support users trading the normal cards then every such swap would represent the loss of TWO potential sales. It would require more than a small transaction fee to compensate for that.
This assumption sound right at first glance but it's more complex than that. First of all, 2 cards were already purchased and more users are willing to trade multiple cards for a small fee than buy new cards at all. If buying new cards is too expensive, they will leave the platform for good anyway. Also there are many users who only buy like 10 shows and that's it. However, if you would be able to gift a few cards to a new user (let's say some connections of yours) they might get interested in the app and start buying stuff later on. Simple as that. Free stuff is almost always a good thing in the long run marketing wise. This is why the agry birds developers never took action against piracy for example. This is how they got popular.
And also you never know. Maybe you have users who are willing to buy cards multiple times and keep gifting them to people. And another thing is how do you purchase them? Exactly! Credits. Totem already has the money before you buy any cards. trading one unwanted card for another is basically a pure money sink and does not stop anybody from buying more cards. And even if you have someone dump all their unwanted cards on a throwaway account for a fee, they might redraw those exact cards for credits on the next Slot haul because apparently, this is what everyone does these days. And just from my experience, you always draw random cards you do not want.

If your "summer sales" feel like a ripoff all you do is piss people off. And the human brain works just like that. people are dumb and want the stupid "special event card" so they play lottery for 15 credits each with a like 50% chance of getting 15 credits back, 15% chance of getting a card worth 13 credits, 30% chance of getting nothing at all and otherwise somethign else (numbers made up but semi-realistic)

But what do I know. Maybe i'm just totally misjudging the main audience and I'm the odd one. Maybe most of the users actually want to buy all the cards, play slots for the sake of it and support the studio by investing thousands of credits just to have a complete collection. No clue man. However, 18 year old me 10 years ago would have ignored the app completely, if a single show was more than €5. Or like €3 if you buy 500 credits at a time.
minko
Joined in Apr 2009
14 글

New VIP status / New price

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
July 30, 2023, 209 답변
Nobody is annoyed by just the price increase... this is the final drop that is too much.

  • They added special event cards, which can only be won by playing lootbox like tickets or spending x-amount of credits on slotmachines and other stuff and cannot be bouht directly
  • than they added the VR stuff which have increased prices
  • than they added the premium/vip subscription
  • then they added auctions for the clothes, which I do not know how people have the idea to spend 1000$ for a costme that you can buy for less than 100$ new (the certificate is certainly not that much worth...)
  • now the mobile app needs another sbscription to play "the already paid for" shows
  • dont for get about the newest addition, the NFTs everyone has been askin for (sarcasm!)
  • now a price increase of 20%


Meanwhile people are still ***** about issues and asking for more optimisation for months (like the space issue for larger collections, etc.) but all they do is transform this application more and more into a casino!
Or that WE have to contact staff when they remove cards from our collection which we paid for, so they can give us a refund (meanwhile there is no filter or pae where you can see all the cards that have been removed!)


I do not now when you guys joined, but I remember a time when they sold physical collectors stuff like the 2017 limited premium cards box (which I bought back then). The price back then was also reasonable!


And yeah...
Go price out a Server Farm.
How much do they charge to run 100 Servers distributed around the world ?
Each Hosting 100TB of data...


then come back and ask your Question again...

costs in employing Totem's own staff that are administering that distribution.
...they have been doin this for years now (literally!). You could think it would be a routine by now, but of corse if you keep developing stuff nobody asks for, you will have more costs.
Stanston
Joined in Aug 2018
3139 글

Firefox Linux

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
July 30, 2023, 22 답변
You can leave iStripper open for this Task now.

Create yourself a new Directory inside your Home Directory, and you can give any Name you want,
but for the Fact that Linux is Case sensitive! for Files and Folder names, we will choose

"is_data"

without the Quotes, all small letters and with an underscore instead of a blank character.

So the new Location for your Shows is now,
/home/howard/is_data/
please double check that in your Address bar in Nemo after you have created that Directory.

Now open two Windows of Nemo or you can also open a new Tab in it,
to see the following two Locations at the same time.
/home/howard/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vghd/drive_c/users/howard/Local Settings/Application Data/vghd/models/
and
/home/howard/is_data/
Copy and paste! now all the Folders form your /vghd/models/ Location to your new created Folder "is_data"
in your Home Directory.
Once that is done, you can delete all the Folders within,
/home/howard/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vghd/drive_c/users/howard/Local Settings/Application Data/vghd/models/
but do not delete the "models" Directory itself.

Now go back to iStripper -> Settings and scroll down to the Data Section again,
to click on "Change Directory" once more.

Click on that Trash Can Icon to delete your current Path, and click on the Apply Button to confirm your action.
After that iStripper will immediately restart, be aware this might take a while depending on your CPU speed.
So no matter how long it takes, you just have to be patient for that process.
Once iStripper is up and running again, go again to the Settings -> Data, to select now your new Location.

Click again on "Change Directory" and "Add new Folder" and now a new Window should open,
generated from PlayOnLinux.

  • Single click on that Disk icon on the left, and you should see your home Directory
    between "etc" and "lib" on the right.
  • Double click on that and you should see your Username "howard", double click on that too.
  • Now you should see your Folder "is_data" Double click (that is important) and you should see now
    an empty space on the right side in that Window.
  • If that is the case, click on the "Open Button" down right in that Window, and once that Window is closed,
    click on the Apply Button in iStripper to confirm your action.

  • I hope this Screenshot will help you to identify all that.

    https://i.imgur.com/r3GyuL5.jpeg

    Once iStriper has closed and is up and running again, go to your Collection and all your Shows should be
    "greyed out" again, if that is the case all was working so far.

    Now go to Settings again and hit now the Button "Rebuild Collection" and your iStripper Logo in your
    Taskbar will turn into a spinning circle.

    This shouldn't take too long, but you have to wait until you can see the iStripper Logo again, and your PC
    will become unusable during that process, as always patience is the key.
    Once that is done, go to My Collection and you should see now your two downloaded Shows.

    Like mentioned before and if you are unsure for all that, you can leave your Shows in the default "models"
    Folder, but i can't tell you if you will loose Access to your Collection, in case something goes wrong
    on the Totem Servers again.
    Stanston
    Joined in Aug 2018
    3139 글

    Firefox Linux

    iStripper에 관한 모든 것
    July 30, 2023, 22 답변
    First of all your default File manager in Mint is Nemo, and you have to make sure to configure your
    Address bar, to make the full File Path visible, instead of using the Breadcrumb Navigation.

    I hope these Links help you to do that, because that is important for our next steps.

    https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2015/10/basic-guide-for-nemo-file-manager.html

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff78iE7q2sE&t=685s

    As next, please do not change anything any more within your Wine Configuration Window,
    underneath the Drives Tab, this looks all fine for now.

    Next, here is how to find the Location to your Animation Files,
    and you can do this while iStripper is running, it doesn't matter for this Task.

    Bring up the POL Window, highlight again with your Mouse the iStripper Logo,
    but it might be already highlighted.

    Now pay attention to the left side in that Window, and you should see several options
    including "Open a directory" with a Folder icon left next to it, please click on that.

    Nemo should open now a new Window and should take you to this Location here,
    /home/howard/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vghd/drive_c/users/howard/Local Settings/Application Data/vghd/bin/
    and you are now in the "bin" Folder of your iStripper installation.

    Click now in your Address bar in Nemo and delete the last "/" and "bin" in it, and press Enter.
    Now you are in your "vghd" Folder
    /home/howard/.PlayOnLinux/wineprefix/vghd/drive_c/users/howard/Local Settings/Application Data/vghd/
    and you should see only three Folders which are "bin" "data" and "models".

    According to your second Screenshot your Animation Files are stored in "models" and will be always
    downloaded to this Location.

    Also and from what i can see on your second Screenshot too, you have plenty of space on that Disk (4 TB)
    and it seems you don't have a separate Root partition on your Mint installation,
    but there is no need, at least for now! to investigate this further.

    You can leave everything like it is, but there was a big Server Failure from Totem in late 2018 or early 2019
    (not sure any more it's been a while) and everyone lost the Access to their Collections, including myself
    while i had all my Animation Files stored in there as well.

    After everything got fixed from the Team i moved my Collection to another Location on my Disk,
    and since that i never ever lost the Access to my Collection any more independent from any Server
    issues on the side of Totem.

    I will leave it up to you, but in any case here is how to do it on your own machine.
    Altara
    Joined in Dec 2010
    158 글

    New VIP status / New price

    iStripper에 관한 모든 것
    July 29, 2023, 209 답변
    *Not paid for this endorsement* 😆

    I've watched this product evolve for 13 years.

    Case in point, the most recent app upgrade, while a bit of a shock at first, I can see small improvements here and there along with incorporation of new products. Some of the UI changes were unfortunate, but I'm an old codger. 😘

    I went full in a long time ago for one reason, it's far cheaper than a single, wild night at a strip club, and you can visit any time you want, paying for more variety or simply just use what you already have. Better because the girls never get old on screen although I am almost certain that some of my oldest cards have models that have likely lost all semblence of youth, had a kid or two, and are living far different, hopefully high quality, lives. I don't know about the rest of the world, but the cost of one card here is far cheaper than a single "friction" dance at a strip club. 😉

    They have likely been doing what they can to keep the cost per card level as low as possible. One example I can see from here (other side of the northern hemisphere), is the auctioning online of unique costumes worn once, or costumes that have seen some wear and were worn by more popular models. A lot of fund-raising potential every time.

    Costume quality is significantly better now than it has ever been. You can see it directly if you own some of the oldest cards.

    Production levels and video quality exceeds anything they did before. They appear to be keeping up with technology, that alone is expensive.

    They are producing VR stuff too, on top of the NFT stuff. If I am thinking correctly, I think they also have a VR game out there, and yes, it's a strip club. 😲 I own a copy on Steam. I can't use it now, but I own it. 😉

    I remember the iDancer project, and still own a copy. It was pretty cool but there was likely no way they could adapt it to the product they are producing now, despite the hopes that something more could evolve out of it. I think they had about 5 or 6 different dancers with unique styles that "danced" to some limited degree to the rhythm of any music you play on your music apps. It took a minute or two for the algorithms to figure it out and the music had to be consistent. I think I last toyed with it about 6 months ago before my PC died. No stripping, just interesting club style dancing from that time period. I think it was a usable app for DJ's at the time, if they used video displays along with audio. Yes, I had to pay extra for it, and I doubt they are even supporting it now. Just a case of how they are always looking at improvement.

    I've rambled enough. 😶
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