Yeah i don't really care where the girls come from if they look amazing...I do agree though about the outfits though..Kay j...Victorian secret was a great look and i hope it is a road they continue to go down..I love the girls to dress up and tease...Starting half undressed is not really stripping its just hey look at my boobs.Some girls do look off camera a lot so perhaps encourage them and point this out instead of pushing on and releasing it as a final cut.

***** it...here go my last 220 (already rolled 200..wish me luck...Sucker I am...

Very good cards are coming up... I just hope they all WON'T be exclusive...

Salut,

Cela est une bonne idée, super image.
Par contre ne pas l'afficher dans ça taille réelle car l'image n'est pas nette. Il y a des défaut en taille réelle.

Un onglet de wallpaper officiel dans le logiciel pourrait-être intéressant.
Avec les différents format de résolution, bien sûr 😊

Merci Céline

HEY TOTEM!
IF YOU WANT TO SELL CARDS, MAKE GOOD ONES!
FIX THE CRAPTASTIC GRAPHICS AND PRODUCE SOME CONTENT, DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ONCE.

Why do i even care -.-

If I was a collector I would be p.oed about these "games"...collectors have spent around $5000 dollars and are the main supporters of the product and now totem says..."to keep a full collection you need to spend a random amount of money. This a very shortsighted decision because collectors will eventually tire of jumping through the hoops and once their collection isn't full they will pull back to only buying the "good" cards based on personal preference. Why can't businesses just make a product worth selling, and sell it? The product isn't as good as it used to be but totem could certainly invest into better props, a more diverse lineup of girls from places other than eastern europe, different camera technology, dance lessons for the girls...

I want that card! Tell me how to get that card!

How do I get that card?!? XD

I respect and always respected the team, the models and other users; and I like this product, in which I spent a lot of money, really very much.
That said, in such a forum I have also the right to tell what I don't like.
And I don't like the exclusivity of some cards, and the ways to get them.
We all have seen, 12 hours after the starting of this promo, maybe 2 happy comments, some "we can live without exclusive cards" statements, and almost 4 full pages of negative feedbacks, from upset to very angry.
Something could be wrong about exclusive cards or about the unknown (and usually big) amount of credits necessary to get the new one, maybe? I think that we can have a discussion about that.
Are such offers good ways to help the company and to get happy customers? I personally doubt...

Well i finely got event card and i'm a head on credits so i count this as a win win

I would like to see an authentic poll on this subject.
Do we really like exclusive cards ?
yes
no
let's see the true results, the final opinion of the active customers.
No more choice, a clean yes or no !

@Supermouse,

For you this might be a good deal. With a small collection you are more likely to get cards you want and, since you pay a higher price per card, you are more likely to get those cards at an average price lower than you normally pay.

See:
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/41522/1#post611973

For me, it's a different story. Most of the cards I don't own, I don't want and I normally pay just 13.75 per card.

Just reading all these posts. One more member who is NOT going to waste even 10 credits on this gamble.

@mapps
Not really the right place to be asking that but........

Do you mean Ginebra Bellucci / Flash Flood ?

That is an exclusive card tied to this weekends TGIF sales and can currently only be won by playing the game. It is not for sale. Apparently, you're not getting that info because you're running an older version of the software which is not fully compatible with this aspect.

I bought a few single plays and said "ok, I'm gonna drop 500 credits on this and see what happens." I opted to do it in batches of 10 plays so If I started getting wrecked, I could quit early.

I ended up spending a total of 620 credits so I could have an even 20 tries. But wait... 20 sets of 10plays at 10 credits each is 2,000 credits!!!! That's right. I won 1,380 credits over the course of the plays.

I gained a total of 49 cards at 12.65 credits each. (Based on how much I actually spent vs how many cards I got.) Then again, if you take the average cost of the cards per batch of 10, it works out to only 9.5 per card.

How is it so different? My worst set, 1 card cost me 60 credits!
On my best set, I still only got 1 gard, but I won 220 credits!!! Subtract the 100 I spent, I was paid 120 credits to take a card.

I never got more than 4 cards for every set of 10 I bought. I also never got fewer than 1 card. Out of the 49, I got 3 special event cards. When it was all said and done, I only got 3 cards I didn't care for.

If I remove those, I ended up paying 13.47 each for 46 cards. That's a little less than I'd pay for a 10% flash sale at my level. (14.63)

Long story short, am I happy with what I got? Yep.
Is it worth it? It is still cheaper, and much faster than waiting for flash sales of cards you want.
Also, If I were level 1, and wanted to pad my collection, this is WAY better than 25 credits per card.

i'm waiting on the queen.

Worst event ever. Got from scratch game 2x 100 credits and 1x Special card... but it wasn't added to my account :/
Never gonna waste credits on that one again...

Why can't I purchase the newest card by Ginebra Bellucci? I keep getting a Server Communication error.

HEY TOTEM!
IF YOU WANT TO SELL CARDS, MAKE GOOD ONES!
FIX THE CRAPTASTIC GRAPHICS AND PRODUCE SOME CONTENT, DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR ONCE.

Why do i even care -.-

Yes why not...They make the games more interesting.I don't buy the xmas calenders as I don't want to buy 12 cards that i don't want,but others do so fair play to them...I think if they become available in games of chance then it's your choice if you want to gamble on a small chance of getting them.I still hope to win Niemira but I know the chances are not good so I don't throw hundreds of credits away chasing after it.
What i would say though is that people with complete collections should be made a special case...They have no discounted cards to win so they should be allowed to buy any special card on release as a reward for being such important members.

Ahhh... Stacy. Wow, what a woman! They can bring her for as many cards as they wish and I'll buy them all. Such a beauty.

Ok, after having watched the "special event" card by Ginebra Bellucci... it's a pleasant enough XXX card by Ginebra, but I can't find one single thing why this is a "special event" card (unless a glass scene counts as such). Good performance all in all, but nothing one wouldn't expect from any regular XXX-card. Just letting you know that if you don't win this card ( or don't even bother to try and win it ) you won't miss anything "special".

Typical XXX-card with an attractive model, sure, but nothing "special" about it unless you consider a washing glass scene being as such.

I would like to see an authentic poll on this subject.
Do we really like exclusive cards ?
yes
no
let's see the true results, the final opinion of the active customers.
No more choice, a clean yes or no !

I am 100% behind this idea, put your money where your mouth is

Ok I was wrong and I had another look at it.
I won one card, and was reimburst for each of my attempts and won an extra 100 creds.
I might continue twice I lost the gamble and got nothing.

@therock242 - at first I thought I had the same problem, but I was wrong. Try scratching at the circles on the card and then clicking on it. Even though I had a full collection I was able to play - in the end I payed about 100 credits, won 130 and the special card so I ended up with more credits than when I started and got the card as well,

I tried to play this game but have such a full collection.
It just said I have zero credits, , or shows to collect.
That is rediculous as I have a healthy credit balance.

It would not allow me to play the game for the Genina Belluchi card or respond at all.
I have no idea if I was charged for my attempt.
I feel slightly lucky that it has not cost me loads of creds to get what is unachievable.

After looking at all the previous comments on this thread,
Totem. You seem to have a lot of upset customers, who have supported you for the last 11 years or more!
I will wait for this card to re-appear, hopefully, in a future offer, for those of us who have given you so much support over the years!

I am sure we all reaaly appreciate what you do for us, sometimes comments are needed though.

Well i usually don't bother with the promotions but I thought what the hell...I won my credits back twice and got the new card on my fourth try....Yay me lol.

The scratch game is not a bad idea, the main problem is all the credits you waste to get an exclusive card. From what I read, most people are ***** about the cost of the scratch cards being too high and the fact you end up getting many cards you don't want.
I think it can be improved either by choosing cards from people's wishlists, or by doing something similar to the slot machine: 1 credit for a scratch card, winning 1 to 10 credits or something, and you get to choose if you wanna buy the card or not (at -10%, -20%, -30% for example).
This way more people would be willing to take part in it and still feel happy to have played, even if they didn't get the exclusive cards.

In case anybodys tracking the "cost" I just spent my last 50 credits, won 10 twice, used them as well won nothing. 70 credits and no card, yeah that seems right. Nice of you to put the Buy Credits button right there though I won't be using it anytime soon.

if everyone boycotted these games of chance, then believe me "totem" will stop this gigantic scam.
I already do, I do not even try 10 credits. and following these famous special cards, finished the comments .... more participation. nothing.
what nonsense of filming that will benefit 100 users out of 2 million, ahahah.
Your special cards, I do not care.
Keep them.
I will leave a comment on trustpilot about these games of chance, a good advertisement is always appreciable 😉.
Again, take out 3 billion special cards. you will not have anything with me on this scam. no matter what your cards are.
P.S: Thank you for ruining the collections of all your users 👍😂

I'll make my statement to each of Kaiju's points directly as he's the only team member to respond.

I have no issue with "exclusive" shows but to call a digitally produced item rare is ridiculous. As for the added value, how so? Basicaly every one has produced upset customers.

The legal issue of games of chance I don't know enough to comment on that other than I know it's illegal in some places.

Now in what way does this particular game make discounts more fun? By the sounds of it and based on my past experience on iS it makes it more frustrating. So did the last one when I did the math and based on the odds realized it was cheaper for me to wait and buy the card as in that case I could. This time I don't have the option to just buy it.

Lets be honest here, the increase in "games of chance" on iS has been blatant and I suspect for obvious reasons. My complaint in this instance isn't that I don't like games of chance but that it's so heavily slanted towards not winning that it's obcene and it's literally the ONLY WAY I can get a card that I've been hoping for from Ginebra.I gather from the last sentence in your 4th point my "permanent discount" means I should stop *****?

By coincidence I am down to my last 57 credits from the last buy discount. I am going to try my last 50 to get this special and that will be it. I will not buy anymore credits until I see a change in attitude by Totem towards customers like me that have loyally bought every show for the last 10+ years.

You're welcome. Glad I could help.

It was indeed the problem. As I tried to quote a long text and the sentences of each quote weren't even spaced by a line, I got *****. Thank you for your answer.

Geez, even the quote function doesnt't work properly...

You must be referring to the "Easy Quote" button over on the right of each post which I've tried to convince them to remove for several reasons. It does work but it pretty much puts everything in one paragraph. If you want it as it's written, seems you'll have to copy/paste the post in the text box, highlight the text and then click the quote icon that almost resembles two thumbs up at the bottom of the text box.

I must be the most unlucky player in this scratch game... lol.I have landed 42 times (yes, forty-two times on the Special card in this game and have not yet won it)... I mean, how small have the odds been squeezed for one to actually win it??!!

Make that 75 (Seventy-five) times landing on Special event card without winning it. What are the odds???

After that I finally, FINALLY, won the card.
I bought scratch cards for 8020 credits and won back 7660, so this card cost me a whopping 360 credits (+ probable tenosynovitis on my mouse hand...)

I just started the card, I ***** h*ll hope it was worth all that.

This game is the reason why I decided not to buy credits anymore

Not a good game. Just spent 40 credits to win a card I've never wanted. At least you should have let us pick the card. That was the most expensive card I've ever bought. Not getting any more of my credits here and I don't suggest anyone else waist their credits either.

Geez, even the quote function doesnt't work properly...

"No, these games are not illegal. We are a serious company and we have inquired with our lawyers.

I don't think any of us said this was illegal, just explotive and trying to squeeze more from the consumer base. But thank you for clearing a point that wasn't really brought up except maybe by one or two posts that I may have overlooked."

I am the one that said it. And I say it again. Each game of luck that asks money to be played and is based on people's hopes of gaining randomly something in return is forbidden in France, even if the price is not money, except with a State's licence or prefecture's authorization for a small tombola. Only free random games are authorized without it. And there's even no mention of conditions of winning neither warning about addiction. They can invoke their lawyers, I don't buy it.

I would like to see an authentic poll on this subject.
Do we really like exclusive cards ?
yes
no
let's see the true results, the final opinion of the active customers.
No more choice, a clean yes or no !

Highlighting this sentence from @kaiju:

(...) Moreover, even if "special event cards" appear in games of chance, you can also get them on promos that don't depend on chance, like black Friday, pre orders etc.

To date that has not been the case as I have inquired brfore about this very same subject. And yes I am a collector.

I feel this particular game is not for a member like me, however, attaching an exclusive card to a game like this.

Is it really that surprising to get such negative responses in reference to this game?
Really?

If there was an opportunity to get the Alyssia Kent card after Black Friday in 2018, I would have it already. I call bullshit on the statement.

As for the scratch game( in my view as a collector, Sux A@@ and swallows!), sorry. Not attempting to be crass, just wanting to convey the full measure of my discontent with the way in which exclusive cards are trending at this point.

Or you can do something like this: roll back to the older version (i.e. 1.2.198), make a copy of the "bin" folder or rename it (for example to "bin_1.2.198"), install the newest varsion again.
You will have two versions of iStripper. You can make a shortcut to both versions on your dekstop and run different version whenever you want. Sometimes I'm using the older vesion (1.2.182), because I like the old "preview push" system. It gives me only 12% discount, but I'm sure that the discount will not end when I focuse on something different 😉

Thank you, lukaszr!

If no one takes part then these ideas would soon cease!
I have taken part in all the only one time never to be repeated offer special cards
only to find there is another special offer to get them!
which is fine but just be honest to begin with
we are all here to get cards we like and pay good money for it

If you want to see the demos for all 4 of these cards, you need to roll back iStripper to an earlier version. Just overwrite your latest version and when you're done, re-install 1.2.218.

Or you can do something like this:

• roll back to the older version (i.e. 1.2.198),
• make a copy of the "bin" folder or rename it (for example to "bin_1.2.198"),
• install the newest varsion again.

You will have two versions of iStripper. You can make a shortcut to both versions on your dekstop and run different version whenever you want. Sometimes I'm using the older vesion (1.2.182), because I like the old "preview push" system. It gives me only 12% discount, but I'm sure that the discount will not end when I focuse on something different 😉

I've enjoyed playing, it took some tries but I got the special event card after, my credits fluctuated quite a bit but in the end I spend about 100 or 120 credits I believe to get the special event card and 10 other cards. Quite nice, I enjoyed this one a bit more then the goose game, but nice to see some variation in the promotions,

Thanks Totem!

Have a good weekend all!

@BJ:
The other 3 cards ARE there in the store. They have the same tag with the extra little star denoting Special Event cards.
If you click on Selection at the top left and the Special event cards in the store, you'll see all 4 cards there.

If you want to see the demos for all 4 of these cards, you need to roll back iStripper to an earlier version. I used version 1.2.198. (It's in Bugs & Fixes a few pages back). Just overwrite your latest version and when you're done, re-install 1.2.218. No need to un-install at any time, just overwrite them. The demos will still be on your drive but won't play anymore.

Oh, btw. They look like regular cards in earlier versions and you can click on the buy button. Don't bother, you'll just get a server error. 😕

Thanks, Hombre!
Now it's all clear.
Have a nice day!

:)

To get the e0863 card (Niemira - Tis The Season) you had to buy the Advent Calendar in 2017.
To get the f0406 card (Alyssia Kent - Splurging) you had to buy several Booster Packs and collect 10 stars during the sale in November 2018.
To get the f0428 card (Olivia Sin - Happy New Year) you had to buy the Advent Calendar in 2018.

In each of these situations, we knew how many credits should be spent to get an exclusive card, but we didn't know what card will be the exclusive one. In this case, we face the opposite: we know the exclusive card, but we don't know how many credits we will have to spend.

What's more, the current exclusive card has never been available anywhere before.

Reffering to this sentence:

@kaiju: (...) Moreover, even if "special event cards" appear in games of chance, you can also get them on promos that don't depend on chance, like black Friday, pre orders etc.

Is there (or will there be) another way to become an owner of the f0440 card (Ginebra Bellucci - Flash Flood) ?

BTW: I admit that I am one of those people who wanted to buy this card when it will be available in the store. Well, I will live without it, because I'm not going to spend hundreds of credits instead of standard 13.75.

@BJ:
The other 3 cards ARE there in the store. They have the same tag with the extra little star denoting Special Event cards.
If you click on Selection at the top left and the Special event cards in the store, you'll see all 4 cards there.

If you want to see the demos for all 4 of these cards, you need to roll back iStripper to an earlier version. I used version 1.2.198. (It's in Bugs & Fixes a few pages back). Just overwrite your latest version and when you're done, re-install 1.2.218. No need to un-install at any time, just overwrite them. The demos will still be on your drive but won't play anymore.

Oh, btw. They look like regular cards in earlier versions and you can click on the buy button. Don't bother, you'll just get a server error. 😕

Remember that our games of chance are not here to "squeeze" you like I read on this thread but to make discounts and promotions more playful.

I don't think Totem gets enough credit for this. The responses to the TGIF promotions are sometimes more negative than positive, but I believe that's because people are more vocal when they are upset than when they are happy. I really appreciate Totem's efforts to keep the offers varied, fresh and interesting. Special kudos go to the people who implement the TGIF offers. The functional quality seems to keep getting better and the visual design is always great.

Although not all TGIF promotions appeal to me, enough of them do that I consistently look forward to Friday mornings. 😄

I tried 170 credits gone no exclusive for me hope the rest of you have better luck

Even though I have the three other exclusive cards, I ***** the the fact that there are exclusive cards at all.
And the scratch game is the worst game of all.

Hi Kaiju allow me to tell you why I think this was a hack response


We have always wanted to do "exclusive / rare" shows. They do exist now and we believe they are a real added value to our content.
Thats great but a majority of your consumer base doesn't and most are willing to tolerate it to a point. But I would like a better understanding how this adds value to your content because the way I and many other sees it, it is very unneccessary. Fact that it is here to stay despite the general dislike for them is bullshit to say the least


No, these games are not illegal. We are a serious company and we have inquired with our lawyers.
I don't think any of us said this was illegal, just explotive and trying to squeeze more from the consumer base. But thank you for clearing a point that wasn't really brought up except maybe by one or two posts that I may have overlooked


emember that our games of chance are not here to "squeeze" you like I read on this thread but to make discounts and promotions more playful.
I don't have a problem with these games, I have a problem with having an exclusive card tied to them and having that exclusive card so difficult to get. Again I paid a net amount of 250 credits, that plenty of winnings of 10s, 50s, and even one 100 credit wins, to get this card thinking to myself sure why not. I left with 18 cards that I DO NOT WANT. Spending 250 credits to get 18 cards I do not want and seeing around 10 of that "Special Event Card" conviently telling me that I lost really makes this system rigged. That is not fun, no one I think can call that fun, why in the HELL would you assume that would be fun? Doing it a handful of times just to see what I can get would be fun, losing out on that many credits to get that many "Close but no cigars" is not fun. Again that is bullshit.




I understand that some of you don't like games of chance, In this case, I just ask you to be respectful for those who like them and wait for the next promotion. Please keep in mind that we have many members who are very happy to benefit from these promotions cause they don't have the permanent discount you have.
I am gonna ask YOU not to do this again, and maybe WE will be respectful. Context is key, nuance is key, understand its not the game itself its the fact you decided to attach an exlusive to it. Your willing ignorance not to see two whole pages slamming this shows how out of touch towards the consumer base you are. Give me my 250 back and take all 18 cards I didnt want back and I will happinly wait for the next promotion, until then I am gonna tell everyone here how much crap this game is

PREACH!

Please keep in mind that we have many members who are very happy to benefit from these promotions cause they don't have the permanent discount you have.

No one's stopping you from offering discounts on otherwise attainable cards. Sure, a scratch card can offer a discount to a customer, but that card should also be buyable for full price by other people who don't want to gamble or fill their collection up with 20 useless cards just for a chance to win the card they want. Attaching an otherwise unattaibable card to a game of chance reeks of being a rip off.