It´s quiet simple. If you get pissed by loosing, then don´t play games. It´s obvious that those games like scratchcards or slot mashines are made to make money. Just like in a casino, the bank never looses.

@Llander

Although the 20 credit prize point has misteriously disappeared from the main picture's explanations

I am pretty sure that the 20 credit prize was never mentioned in the main picture, nor in the initial announcement or any other post originating from Totem. The pop-up explanation originally mentioned 5, 10, 25 and 50 but this was changed and now has 10, 20, 50 and 100 credits instead - checked only a few minutes ago following a new start of iStripper). I have no idea if it is still possible to win 20 credits, nor am I going to test it - I did very well out of this promotion and have quit while I am ahead.

i was the first person to post that the 20 credit prize existed and in that post I pointed out that there was no mention of it anywhere.

https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/44653/1?post=661472

Edit: Never mind.

Seriously, removing an entire prize level mid-game!!!
With no warning or explantion at all.
Any actual gambling enterprise caught manipulating the odds like that would get their license revoked.
Ever heard of game testing?
Try tweaking BEFORE releasing a game?
I played Friday scratched 200 cards, won 2 SEC's and after my losses ran up to 150 credits I managed to recover back so my entire losses were 10 credits. That was fine by me, 2 SEC's for 10 credits is a very reasonable rate!
Then again I still have 3 more SEC's I still don't have so I figured i'd try again today...
By the time I realized the game had been modified by removing the 20 cred prize, I had bought another 120 scratch cards, won no cards and lost 300 additional credits!!!
Although the 20 credit prize point has misteriously disappeared from the main picture's explanations next to the pretty Belka, (something you don't notice if you played the game over the weekend since after all, you've already read the instructions for the game so you don't need to read them again) it is still mentionned clearly in the help screen and the TGIF post!
Making changes to such a game after it's release without warning is at the very least unethical (read cheating) as those who played and won feal confident, and when they play again, lose their proverbial shirt.
Hence the game testing.
Try it before you release it.
If you find it is too easy to win for your requirements, adjust it before releasing it to the general public.
Otherwise leave it be until the end of it's run!!!
I believe that losses since the removal of the 20 credits prize should be refunded while winnings should be kept as a lesson to Totem!

@hblanco88

just to get a badge?

Some people seem to like this sort of thing. They seem very popular with some games. When I was a kid I remember some boy scouts wanted to have the most merit badges. However, a badge for buying 500 cards in one day seems a little rediculous to me.

huh? What is an achievement for, just to get a badge? I see that somehow have collected 16 achievements out of 43.
So if i complete all of them will a get a free card, or credit, or a joker card, or something free? the pride of being completionist? I dont know, i just want to understand...

@manue what happens if you own a card in the booster pack? Just wondering for the future.

I have her already bought a show today and did not get the achievement bummer

Nope Joker didn't count

On the previous scratch promotion, I lost 1200 credits. I was really angry as you can imagine. That’s over $100 down.

This time, I bought 400 cards (4000 credits worth), won the SEC and came out 200 credits up on my original balance. Of course, I didn’t buy the 400 cards all at once, I reinvested my winnings on each round, buying 5-10 cards each time.

What stood out most of all for me in both cases was that it’s boring. I really wish we could just pay extra for the SECs. They could still do gambling games for those who want to win, but as a Triple Diamond, I really just want to keep my 4500+ card collection complete.

This worries me a bit. EA has an algorithm that determines the outcome of an online game based on the players previous win or loss streak. This keeps the player participating in the games...they don't win too much nor lose too much. We know the UI is just that, and the actual data possibly isn't random...this isn't a mechinical machine. It would be smart for totem to keep track of each customer and have a % win and loss for all games that they play so they do not get discouraged nor win too much. Totem doesn't show odds and they change the algorithim mid game so anything is possible.

@Wyldanimal, the regedit trick worked like a charm!

SECs are important for the susteniblity of Istripper program. This is a fact.
If I was Totem Team I would endly, so, leave things as they are, but would also add a couple of compromises:giving, on week of publication of each SEC, a clear path to get them - not a game of mere chance on which a member has not any certainty to ever be able to get it;giving a free Joker to each subscriber of Premium membership, at the start of each year of such membership;giving the possibility to buy Jokers to members who own 3000+ cards.

Don't you find it weird that totem survived for over a decade without SE cards, and suddenly with the advent of lootboxes in the gaming industry now relies on them, and the games of chance that are for some reason tied to SE cards. Why does a company need a gambling mechanism to survive? And yes SEs are just a reason to get people to gamble...otherwise they would just be given away at a higher price. My only hope, and it was small, when the games of chance appeared, was that totem would take the proceeds and improve the product and therefore the sustainability. That has not happened...cards still have quality issues, 4k requires an additional membership, the talent hasn't improved and they aren't spending their extra proceeds on recruitment..that is clear. Rex is very smart, as is Celine...they know their best customers don't only buy cards for the strippers, but for the collection, achievements, now gamblers can feel the rush of winning credits and cards. The sustainability myth is just that...they don't need to get easy credits while providing badges and sometimes nothing but 3 xs on a scratch card

@orclover Are you purposefully ignoring the credits that are won? I started with about 500, bought 10 scratch cards at a time, and was at 1200 at one point (ended at 700 because I didn't notice they removed the 20 credit wins today). I would usually be within 10 or 20 credits of breaking even after each set of 10, but overall went up.

So you are saying that totem created a game of chance that costs them credits AND gives free cards to customers? This is problem with gambling...this thread has a number of people who are disappointed that they lost but the focus will be on the one fanboy who comes on a says they won and it was GREAAATTTTT! For gawd sakes I hope totem doesn't make a game of chance that gives away money to gamblers...I can't believe you are encouraging people do to this nefarious and addictive game, even if you came out slightly on top. Totem will make easy money off of it, with out a doubt.

@Dragonslayer1666

[quote]Special Event Cards mised: 24[/quote

Ah, loosing cards are simply loosing cards. What appears in the center is meaningless. I suspect that this game is a lot like most scratch games. First they decide how many winners will be printed, then they print the losers to make it look more enticing.

Do I get anything for meeting an achievement or is this just another reason to buy a card outside of the innate quality of the card?

Honestly, this "Game" is just a rip off. I scratched 550 cards and while yes, from my count, I did win something from the majority of them. However, It's based on PURE luck and In my honest opinion, the game is rigged to screw you. I did win two SECs but not the one I was going for: (Belka).

I started to count how many losses I had a little after 250 cards, here are the results:

10 credits missed: 22
50 credits missed: 22
100 credits missed: 15
1 card missed: 23
Special Event Cards mised: 24 (Times I missed those cards in a row, 3 in a row, 3 in a row, and 2 in row) (I missed more times than there are ACTUAL Special Event Cards).

Total Missed: 106
Percentage (106 / 300) : 35.33% Loss

Now, some people might see that as not that bad, but it would get worse if I continue. I saw some people mentioning just paying a higher price for the card and I 100% agree with that. I will update the numbers if I continue.

Edit: My math was wrong, I corrected it now as I took 106 and divided it from 300 (The number of cards I scratched off after I started to keep count of the losses).

Edit (5/4/20): I finally got Belka! OK, so here are the finally stats:

Scratched 878 cards in total, started to count the losses at 250.

Special Event Cards missed: 48
100 Credits missed: 43
50 Credits missed: 45
10 Credits missed: 53
1 Card missed: 49
Total Missed: 238

878 - 250 = 628
238 / 628 = 37.9% loss

Honestly, I did not like this game and I really hope that something like this does not happen again. Good Luck to everyone!

.... what time would that be , in the Philippines ????
[ asking for a friend... ;) ]

hey! i bought a card where's my badge!?!
It's now in Paris, May 5th, 2020, 1:58 am...😐

I also bought a card just for this without checking the Paris time ><. Seems from the time this was topic was posted there was only 9 hours left to get it. I guess I'll wait for next year.

May the schwartz be with you all! 💜✌😎

oh.. bummer

Easy win! She's a super hottie! 💕 her shows! ✌👍😍

hey! i bought a card where's my badge!?!

It's now in Paris, May 5th, 2020, 1:58 am...😐

hey! i bought a card where's my badge!?!

For some silly reason I thought it was 4:20 in the morning. Don't know what came over me. My misunderstanding must have arisen from looking at all these lovely girls on iStripper. Thanks for the clairification.

I don't know about your math...1 card= 10 credit...1250 cards=12500 credits. There is no way you could have started wtih 750 and scratched 1250 cards. Maybe you meant you scratched 1250 times...5 scratches per card= 2500 credits which is still way over what you started with. I really hope you didn't spend 12500 credits, and now only have 1200 and you still think you won? These sort of posts though give the impression that the game is good to play...it is not if you value your credits.

@orclover Are you purposefully ignoring the credits that are won? I started with about 500, bought 10 scratch cards at a time, and was at 1200 at one point (ended at 700 because I didn't notice they removed the 20 credit wins today). I would usually be within 10 or 20 credits of breaking even after each set of 10, but overall went up.

Well i must be a very Lucky Man
After scratching 1250 Cards ill get the 100 Credit win
I also win 7 cards but 3 of them are Jokers......Nice
Btw i start this Event with 750 Credits now i have 1200 Credits witch means i have a Total Win of 450 Credits also.
What a nice Game, thank you very mutch....
Sry for my bad English its a long Time ago and English is not one of my vavorit Languages
Wich you all the best and good Luck
Cu Ratzfatz

I don't know about your math...1 card= 10 credit...1250 cards=12500 credits. There is no way you could have started wtih 750 and scratched 1250 cards. Maybe you meant you scratched 1250 times...5 scratches per card= 2500 credits which is still way over what you started with. I really hope you didn't spend 12500 credits, and now only have 1200 and you still think you won? These sort of posts though give the impression that the game is good to play...it is not if you value your credits.

👎

👍💋💋😍😍😘👌

Brilliant idea, Thanks.

holy *****....Where do I start?

@midnightmoans - start at the beginning and work your way through.....

5th May
Darn these waxings to full moon...zip size = 4.48 MB
Inspired by @Z22 's good travails, thus combined
various frag shaders upon clipsprites
to give 'glassy' or fluid outcomes ;-)

https://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ETFractalGarden074.zip

Extract to ..scenes/ folder. Allow merged folders and to overwrite existing files.
Remixed to internet radio: was Eric Clapton playing together with BB King..unreal treat !

edit: 2hrs later ~ updated .scn to correct inverted backgrounds

Will using a joker card for the special Belka count?

I'm not sure @JonnBGood. I would assume so. If you are willing to use a Joker for Belka (as I did) then it's probably worth the risk. I used mine though some days ago.

holy *****....Where do I start?

Today is May the 4th, the only day of the year when you have a chance to win this achievement!All you have to do is buy one card :)Enjoy!Sorry, did you mean buying any card, and then receiving Arminia as a gift?Could you please help me to understand your jedi talk?You can buy any card (included Arminia) today and receive the achievement.But Arminia is not the gift.

Good man @AcidBurnBE - you've only been with us 10 days and you are advising others in the Forum.

That in itself should merit an achievement badge.

😊

@ckvghduser and @haja
You can get for sure the Achievement, and you can Dream that Armina
https://www.istripper.com/model/show/a1440
maybe knock's on your Door :)

What's the gift or achievement. I guess I'm slow today?

If you go to your profil page, you'll see a new tab "Achievements".
It's just a badge on your account to show you did a special thing.

Will using a joker card for the special Belka count?

What's the gift or achievement. I guess I'm slow today?

Today is May the 4th, the only day of the year when you have a chance to win this achievement!All you have to do is buy one card :)Enjoy!Sorry, did you mean buying any card, and then receiving Arminia as a gift?Could you please help me to understand your jedi talk?

You can buy any card (included Arminia) today and receive the achievement.
But Arminia is not the gift.

Today is May the 4th, the only day of the year when you have a chance to win this achievement!
All you have to do is buy one card :)
Enjoy!

Sorry, did you mean buying any card, and then receiving Arminia as a gift?
Could you please help me to understand your jedi talk?

Nice to see! Anastasia is in my top three models on iStripper. Congrats AB!😍

The whole game is sketchy...I live with a game that gives discounts on every roll because that is providing a service to at least some of the community and you are spending credits for cards, which is the point of the program. The scratch off is purely a loss for the customer base as a whole because it is credit based. The house(istripper) is going to take more credits than they give, and not give enough cards to make up for the difference. Don't play, don't play, don't play. The belka card isn't special, she has 3 other xxx cards and she isn't an outstanding xxx perfomer. I can't believe how many people ***** about a game and then participate in it time and time again.

Don't know what you're on about. I bought almost all the cards through the games, reducing the total cost by around 30%, if not more. The SEC cards tend to cost around 100-200 credits through the games, which is reasonable for a special card (whether they're actually special or not is a different debate). I just dislike how the games are buggy and get modified without any notification.

Stacy Cruz is amazing with this little red dress 💖💖

@pickle1 - I did, but then lost a bunch today because I didn't notice for a while that the 20 credit was removed. Still overall up, but it's really sketchy behavior to change the game without any kind of notification.

The whole game is sketchy...I live with a game that gives discounts on every roll because that is providing a service to at least some of the community and you are spending credits for cards, which is the point of the program. The scratch off is purely a loss for the customer base as a whole because it is credit based. The house(istripper) is going to take more credits than they give, and not give enough cards to make up for the difference. Don't play, don't play, don't play. The belka card isn't special, she has 3 other xxx cards and she isn't an outstanding xxx perfomer. I can't believe how many people ***** about a game and then participate in it time and time again.

You can win this achievement by getting a full show at :

16:20 PST

which is

1:20 CEST <———— This is My time in germany with no luck ! Why?

which is

23:20 UTC/GMT

(Paris, France is UTC/ GMT+2 from March to Sept., UTC/ GMT+1 the rest of the year)

(changing the text on the achievement now)



😂

This has turned quickly to the dark side!

Is that Lord Vaders helm-shape in the picture perhaps?

@pickle1 - I did, but then lost a bunch today because I didn't notice for a while that the 20 credit was removed. Still overall up, but it's really sketchy behavior to change the game without any kind of notification.

@nightimage - shame, hope you felt the benefit while it was there.

Looks like the 20 credit win has been removed.