Thanks @Celine for warning, and all the best to ***** O Fee!

The ad:

"Here are the possible gains:
• 10 credits
• 50 credits
• 100 credits
• 1 Free card (randomly picked up from the cards you don't own yet)
• One of the special event cards below:"

Importantly, "Randomly picked up from the cards you don't own yet" did not describe one of the special events cards. You can therefore imagine my surprise and frustration when I finally won a special event card—and instead of a choice (of this week's special event card), I was randomly assigned a special event card from the past.

Had this potential outcome been clear, I wouldn't have played. I thought this game was a way to win the special event card released this week, if one kept playing long enough—not a way to get randomly assigned a past special event card, despite repeated plays.

I have not downloaded the special event card I was randomly assigned. I am hoping Totem will make this right.

TheEmu

Cuase thers no other like products to go too

I also made this bold and untimately meaningless grandeos statement,. In the end totem know they ahve the only product like this, and will henceforth continue, knowing thers nothing they can do wrong, no accountability becuase they hide behind "credits have no real value" even tho credits cost real down to earth cash.

In the end, too me, spending cash and recieving credits is a causative realationship, no?

@zenwolfy2k

and a dissapointed customer is a customer that will go somewhere else to fullfill their needs.

Several users have made this claim, but do you have any evidence that Totem have lost any customers because of these games. I agree that it seems likely that a few have been disappointed enough that they have stopped buying but it seems to me that this is likely to be a negligable percentage of the overall customer base.

I also don't like either the gambling aspect or the special event cards, but claims such as the above that are not backed up by any evidence, and which probably contradict Totem's experience as measured by sales, are unlikely to have much effect.

@Morpheus73
go look at this post.
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/42834/4?post=632186

I also scratched 2 of the special event cards but up to now, nothing! How do i get them?

A dream comes true.😍😍😍 My favorite girl as a VR show.😘 Please more of her. Now I only miss Paula Shy.

and a dissapointed customer is a customer that will go somewhere else to fullfill their needs.

We may be *****, Totem. But we are trying to help. Your cash grab today will lead to less customers tomorrow. Not to mention aligning yourself with gambling and paywalls isn't the best way to improve confidence in your brand. You already show up on a lot antivirus software and sites, do you really want to make people MORE hesitant to install your product? You aren't doing yourselves any favors with these special even cards being attached to games of chance instead of just sold like a normal product from a trusted vendor.

So now there will be 4 cards I can't get because I won't play the gambling games. Dissapointing.

that

Oy! Now we are discussing the meaning of value?! A card in my collection represents about the same value to me as a Hershey bar. Perhaps more after I've eaten the Hershey bar.

Credits expended on a scratch card therefor have an opportunity cost and therefor an economic value.

But, who really cares? I don't think what Totem is doing is illegal. I do think that not publishing the odds is unethical. I only these games when there is a special event card in play and even then I'm reluctant to play.

Got a problem,scratched 100 credits but didn't get them.

As with everything. Consider it fun and games. Don't use money or credits you can't afford to lose.

I couldn't give less of a poop about the legalities of the virtual credits and their relation to the legalities of online gambling. The practice of online products hiding content behind gambling related paywalls is a DouchBaggy business practice. Don't be DouchBags.

The Credits have Zero Value in the real world.
they are 100% Virtual.

you exchange credits for a License to view the animations.
you Do not Exchange Credits for anything with REAL value.

the Net result is that you, the member, Exchange REAL money, in exchange for a License to use a digital product.
You Do not end up with anything of REAL value.
Credits can not be sold or traded between members.
The License to use the cards, can not be traded or exchange among members.

It is all Virtual.

Only, you the member, place your Own Value on it's use.
But it is well worth that value entertainment wise.

You control how you use your credits,
when, and how you exchange them for your entertainment.

That's my take on how the Credit system works...

@TheEmu you should have been an owl .. wise words

Credits are of value to us, the customers, they are of zero value to Totem.

Credits do not exist until you buy them and Totem gain nothing when you use them.

...ah. So that is the reason Totem keep a detailed credit history then...

When you buy credits they have a value, they are of value to Totem.

That is not correct - they have no value to Totem, Credits do not exist until you buy them and Totem gain nothing when you use them (other than that by using them you increase the probability that you will buy more later)

Credits are virtual. once you own them they can only be traded within this domain. They have no real world value, you cannot even sell them to another member. Ergo, you are wrong.

Not sure where this slipped in from. Nobody is talking about exchanges except you.
When you buy credits they have a value, they are of value to Totem. 25 credits nets Totem real world money. ;)

In the same way that poker chips have no monetary value outside their casino and bank notes have no monetary value outside their country of origin

whereas you are technicaly correct, I disagree with your analogies.
Poker chips can be traded back to the casino for real world cash that can be used outside of the casino
Similarly bank notes can be exchanged for other currencies that can be used in another country

Credits are virtual. once you own them they can only be traded within this domain. They have no real world value, you cannot even sell them to another member. Ergo, you are wrong.

There is no argument to be had with Totem

@shodan084 - "I will pay the bearer the sum of..." is an explicit statement that the bank note does have a monetarty value. Totem's T&C's explicitly state that credits do not.

Technically, (on an off topic note) British bank notes are not an actual currency.

There is a line printed on them that says "I will pay the bearer the sum of..." what you are holding is a credit line, a promise, from the bank. :)

In South American countries you can find piles of them in the garbage. They are not worth the paper they are printed on!

That is about refunds...
Yes. In the same way that poker chips have no monetary value outside their casino and bank notes have no monetary value outside their country of origin. Inside of iStripper though, they have an equivalent value... and are used as virtual currency.

This is an argument you should be having with Totem. It's their T&C's only they can say if their currency system is worth the money you pay or not!

Any more hammers looking to weigh in? ;)

I've been avoiding joining this discussion, but here I go.

1. Various governments regulate something they call gambling. They each define it as they please. Some of the TGIF games may be considered gambling by some governments. I suspect it is not gambling to most governments.

2. People pay games of chance which are games where the outcome is to some extent dependent of random events. To me most of the TGIF games are games of chance. Chess is not a game of chance. Roulette is a "pure" game of chance where the outcome is entirely determined by random events. Poker is a game of chance, but the long-term outcome is determined more by skill than by chance.

3. People who create games of chance build in some probability of wining. While there may not be a legal obligation to do so, revealing that probability is ethical behavior.

4. I think Totem should provide enough information about its games so that customers can determine the probability of winning.

I've studied probability and statistics at graduate school and I've created stochastic simulations with are essentially games of chance with an educational rather than a profit motive.

From the terms and conditions that we all agreed to (sorry for the capital letters, that is how this sentence appears is in the T&C's so Totem seem to want to particularly emphasise it though I have added the bold highlightiing)

YOU FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT THE CREDIT SYSTEM HAVE NO MONETARY VALUE AND CANNOT BE REDEEMED FOR CASH. NO REFUNDS WILL BE MADE FOR THE PURCHASE OF CREDITS.

Just use the text Filter box

type in the Name ***** O Fee
then all of her cards will be displayed.
you can do this in the Store Tab as well as My Collection Tab
to clear the filter, click the X

sorry I had to remove the images...

***** O Fee's cards:
e0757
e0758
e0759
e0760
e0761
f0222

Can I move for a nice, long adjournment your honor? ;)

Credits, which is a credit system that operates like virtual currency

It operates LIKE virtual currency. In any case, important word is "virtual". Which means "not real-life"...
Moreover, as you can see on T&C, using money you purchase credits but using credits you just get licensed to play the content, you don't buy nor own it

From the Totem T&C's;

Iv. Ownership...

... If you have a valid, active Account, you may purchase Credits, which is a credit system that operates like virtual currency ("Credits") used to license Product Content that can be downloaded and watched while using the Product. Credits can be purchased online through the in-Product "Reload Your Account" section.

The important words here are "virtual currency". :)

I am just trying to explain that there is not any money gamble here. Since credits are not money.

So you're trying to claim that Totem is more like a corner shop selling marbles than a software company selling surprise mechanics? ;)

Thank you for the heads up!

Ok,
spent 400 credits, earned 180 from the system. Got 7 cards, 6 of them 720p. All in all ***** about 140 credits, that would be 8 new cards - but there are not 8 cards that I REALLY want to have. Was only in for the Melena card and missed it, but I don’t *****.
If you play you may loose. That’s how it goes, and everybody knows.
Now hoping for the Joker. Let's see what's up tomorrow.

Totem doesn't invite half the world to play online to win any money.
I am precisely saying that Totem's gambling games are like N.2, not N.1. It's not playing online for money. Credits - with which you play such games here - are not money, and they are more comparable to marbles than to poker chips, since when you have credits you may NOT change them into money.
Only money transaction between Istripper members and Totem is when one of us buys credits. On Istripper, cards acquisition, slot machine, scratch cards etc. are not money transactions.

Well, that's not the best comparison I've ever seen. Poker chips have a face value and are considered a type of currency while marbles are only good for glass recycling.

N.1 is a licensed gaming establishment. You play legal gambling games on premises so you are covered by gambling, gaming and trading standards law, possibly along with a host of other small legal constituencies. Totem has a whole load of these in their T&C's as they are a trading company.

N.2 you are still covered by trading standards when you buy your marbles, the moment you open them and start throwing them around you are no longer covered. The receipt is a legal bill of sale. So long as you are just playing with friends in a private establishment you are not breaking any laws. When you try to start inviting half the world to play online for money, you might be in legal hot water.

If you start loosing your marbles you still cannot claim they were all faulty and return them... :)

I am against slot machines, scratch games, exclusive cards and such promos too.
But we can not say that Totem does money gamble.

1 - If I go to casino, change some money into casino chips, I play games and then I convert winnings back in money, it's money gamble.
2 - If with my money I buy a bunch of marbles, I play with friends and create a marble gamble game in which participating people can win more of them, I can not go to shop then and get money back in exchange of my recently won marbles, neither of ones I bought at first. Marbles were bought for real money, but a gamble game then done with those marbles is NOT, and never could be, a money gamble.

Istripper gamble games are comparable to case n. 2. You play with Istripper credits, which are not money, and can never be converted in money after being bought, or being won. So, on Istripper it's not money gamble.

Na, althou it use ta...could be again

...

318 tickets to get Melena. If it wasn't her, I doubt I would've participated. I have done it in the past and happened to get all the special event cards, but this was just a grind now and I end up with all the cards I did not want to purchase. I guess I could've waited for a Joker card, but that's not even guaranteed if I understand correctly.

Traducir: "Translation is not available for the moment" always?
where are you? bum shortcut

the fact that there is no card picture.

In each Data folder
you can Make your Own card picture.
Example if the card is e0125
then in the data folder e0125
make a picture and save it as e0125_custom.jpg
the size should be 162 wide x 242 tall

Now, when you Next start iStripper that card will have the custom picture you made for it.

@R2D34ever2

I have a folder on an external hard drive created especially to hold a copy of the data and model folders for the now removed cards. When I reformat or reinstall I copy that folder contents back to the main folder. The fact you own the cards should be held in your account information so they will show up with blank cards but they will be playable.

any tips how to make sure that will not losse the six shows I have after a reinstal of iStripper or some other "accident"??I had problems before that made shows disappear I really did not want to loose...

@R2D34ever2
Make a backup of your collection (Models folder), especially the cards removed from the store. It's the only and sure way to not lose anything.

The only cards since I reggiestered in Dev 2013 that dissappeared were those of Prscilla Jones when she took up body building full time, and I believe Totem reimbursed us for these. Alyzee is still in my collection albeit only recognised by the code and the fact that there is no card picture. The other girls cards remain in my collection unaltered.

The finest combination of beauty, grace, dancing, pole skills, and performance in one card.

Angelika Grays' last card was a bit of a revelation, wasn't it? A completely different style from her first card and, as somebody said in the comments, a masterclass in striptease. The best card in ages and an instant favourite.

Simplest way to describe it is as a raffle, every scratch card bought gives you 1 chance of winning a Joker card, same as a raffle the more cards you buy the more chances you have,

Totem, seriously
you giving away only 50 joker cards out of what total of tickets? 10,000 ? 15,000? 20,000? 50,000?

Joker card giveaway?? I rather call it giveaway joke!!!!

Totem, why don't you automatically giveaway 1 joker card if a customer reaches a certain number of tickets, say 50 or 100, you name it. At least, you giving a pathway to customer that they can still win those elusive special event cards.

. She purchased 100 tickets and she did win some stuff. 1 SEC, 14 regular cards 50 credits X 3, and 10 credits X 43.

wait, bought 100 tickets and came out with 580 credits?

50 x 3 = 150
10 x 43 = 430

150 + 430 = 580

Really? i want your wifes luck too lol

oh wait, 100 tickets, meaning 1000 credits, nevermind me lol

My wife decided to gamble on my account while I was at work. She did not know I did not want to play the scratchoff game. She purchased 100 tickets and she did win some stuff. 1 SEC, 14 regular cards 50 credits X 3, and 10 credits X 43.
Results are 28 credits per card when SEC card is included against what was spent. Not bad I guess, my luck is not that good.

You’ve been doing a lot of coming behind others with zero facts just to throw turds at Totem for a while now. It has been noted. Not by me alone either.

@hab
Did you tell my mother I'm buying porn? Should I be afraid of something else? Or someone else? Who has noted my unwelcomed behavior?

As far a zero facts I suspect we have the same number of facts which is more than zero but far less then all of facts but I am wondering what fact or facts you think I got wrong?

Throwing 'turds' was certianly NOT my intention. No, just stating facts and my opions; if you dissagree with anything I've said feel free to correct me but the facts are facts and my opions are my right to have. You are under no obligation to agree but it doesn't change the facts nor my opinions.

If it is against the rules to state the facts or have an opinion that disagrees with yours then jusy say so and I'll try and choose my words more carefully. In any case, I'm not looking to get into it with anyone whether be you or whomever the mysterious watcher might be? Lets just say we agreee to disagree but underhanded threats are unwelcome and poor practice.