I have 19 ticketd, which is more than enough!!

19. That is a lot.

Curious to see if anyone else bought into the cards and lottery.

I just love having about 20 scratch cads shoing me I could have won a special event card but only having 2 out of 3 S's

RIP me

It's a lingerie tatoo...

Hope you get the chance someday

Its a branch site of Livejasmin...hope that helps

Im waiting to see the models. They are all beautiful, I hope they don't put too many Liya Silver cards because I can't stand those tattoos.

@ADMIRERZ

I presume you know that the special card for Xmas day includes Liya Silver.

And I am sorry but that tattoo under her breasts is magnificent.😍

The odd thing is I generally don't like tatoos, particularly large ones, but i hardly seem to notice Liya Silver's tatoo even though it is rather large. It must be that I am getting distracted by something.

Im waiting to see the models. They are all beautiful, I hope they don't put too many Liya Silver cards because I can't stand those tattoos.

@ADMIRERZ

I presume you know that the special card for Xmas day includes Liya Silver.

And I am sorry but that tattoo under her breasts is magnificent.😍

For me this started with the change to how the preview tab worked, that changed my behaviour. I use to login and leave the program running and check the preview tab every hour, sometimes there would be 3 girls i would buy and sometime none. Now I login, check what the new girl is and maybe add her to my wishlist and logout (unless i'm on the forum or messing with shaders), the preview tab is all but useless now. This means i am not spending my credits and so I am not reloading.

In my first year i spent about 3000 (wouldn't be surprised if its more than that), my second year was no where near that. Now near the begining of my 3rd year i'm not sure i have speny any credits, and with what i have said elsewhere with the 4k paywall I won't be reloading again unless they open it up to everyone. If they don't want my custom then thats up to them, theres plenty of free porn on the internet. We don't need istripper, they need us.

Your collection can be played all the time with the latest version of the software, even if there is no connection to internet.

The worst that can happen is that Totem goes bust, and we're stuck with collections that can't be played.

It has been said in the past that if that did happen we would be provided with a version that could play our collections.

The worst that can happen is that Totem goes bust, and we're stuck with collections that can't be played.

One of two things seem to be happening, either totem are fine finacially and it's just a case of greed at the top, or ...
Replace "greed" by its near synonym in the commercial world of "seeking to increase profit" and I would then agree. Why is anybody surprised or dismayed at this,

Because sooner or later it could backfire as has happened in the computer gaming industry. While the likes of EA or activision can take a huge loss can totem?

Thank for the tip Jonn, but I haven't a VR set, I just enjoy in 2D.

@5marta55
Your profile shows 4151 cards in your collection. So you have all of them.

No, you can try it.
It's free..

All you have to do is register and you can look and talk.
The girls are from all over the world.

@Celine et al . thanks, looking forward to opening

Thank you for this looking forward to the daily surprises.

I'm just going to roast some marshmellows on the flames of this thread lol. That's all its good for nothing will come of this. good bad or indifferent.

One of two things seem to be happening, either totem are fine finacially and it's just a case of greed at the top, or ...

Replace "greed" by its near synonym in the commercial world of "seeking to increase profit" and I would then agree. Why is anybody surprised or dismayed at this,

One of two things seem to be happening, either totem are fine finacially and it's just a case of greed at the top, or repeated missteps have driven customers away and they are having to resort to worse tactics to keep afloat.

It's part of a process of continuous innovation, which has been in Totem's business model since they stabilised the 3k product after their financial crisis a few years ago. We've seen iDancer, that VR thing on Stream and the VR vids. If they were coining it with the existing product, they'd increase the production rate. If they were really struggling, they'd decrease production rate and change the base model.

They're making enough to innovate and hope that something pays off, preferably big-time. So far, the VR vids seem to be working and the games are also paying off, so they are continuing to invest in them.

The games are there, I suspect, to reduce the attrition amongst new users, who, on average, lose interest after a few months. They only represent half the revenue, but the marketing cost of winning new users all the time must *****. As an established customer, I can ignore the games, but enjoy secure access to the product I enjoy, so good luck to them.

I am always suprised, what are many people willing to do to get something which is not so easy to get. For me it is very simple: I just ignore the special cards completely and I am happy. I don't see anything special about them either, except they are sometimes hard to get (or expensive to get).

But I think the special cards work very well as an incentive for collectors, who have almost everything here, to spend more money.

As for the gambling part - obviously there are a lot of people who like it, because else it would not be profitable for them to use it so often. Sad for me, because I don't like to gamble, but I can live with that, waiting for better offers for me, like cashback.

But most importantly: I am happy to see people are interested in the product and are willing to participate even in the gambling parts, because I don't want this great product to end.

Dear all,

We are very proud to present our free Advent calendar 2019!
Each day of December, you are given a sexy preview of an iStripper, all you have to do is click the daily window to play the video!

The Advent calendar is 100% no nude, unless you choose otherwise :)
It's the perfect tool to show your friends and followers the magic of iStripper and to offer a sexy gift around you!

And it works like a charm on mobile as well!

December 1st is very close! Copy this link https://www.istripper.com/home/advent? and spread it now!

Enjoy :)

Celine & Co

@orclover

Yeh, I used the slot machine events to build my collection, as it was working out at ~20% off, when it became less advantagious for me to buy my cards that way i stopped using it. That isn't the problem.

For some people the keeping their collection at 100% could be classed as mental illness (hording behaviour) as such the SEC's attached to gambling games could be taken as totem taking advantage of mentaly ill people, I don't think that is their intention but it is obviously wrong and shouldn't be happening regardless of intent.

I would judge someone spending 500 credits to get 1 card when they normally cost <14 as cause for concern.

I have only been a member for just over 2 years but in that time i have seen a pattern emerging... One of two things seem to be happening, either totem are fine finacially and it's just a case of greed at the top, or repeated missteps have driven customers away and they are having to resort to worse tactics to keep afloat.

I hope it's neither of those and they just think these games are a bit of fun and don't realise what they are doing to some people. I ***** that if they carry on down this path istripper is eventually going to go down the toilet and none of us want that.

Im waiting to see the models. They are all beautiful, I hope they don't put too many Liya Silver cards because I can't stand those tattoos.

Yes - that is what I said - twice. No need to gamble if do not want to, but expensive if you do it that way. Now I have said it thrice.

P.S. for a couple of the earlier SECs there have been posts by people claiming that they would willingly pay at least two hundred credits to buy one (though I am not entirely sure that they really would have done so)

If no one takes these "deals," they'll stop doing special events cards. Boycott the system.Oh, and D2. ***** about the system while you boycott it. I'm sure that the mods and Totem staff feel our ***** when they read the forum and would rather not experience the cognitive dissonance. But the money's too good for them as it stands. We can only vote with our cash.

Hear here.

@TheEmu,

What I did say was that you do not have to gamble to get the Special Event card (which is what had been claimed in the post I was replying to)

Not sure how you figure this, but the fact is that you have to gamble 50 times to get it. To say that you do not have to gamble is to put a 500 credit price tag on it. Is that what you are saying?

@boan000 : It's fruitless/hopeless to provide one's opinion.
Gambling and SECs (Exclusion Cards, as I keep seeing 'em) being the carrot, I mean the key of it has became Totem's motto to keep rolling since one and a half year now, with no return.
That's the way it goes : the company has sunk the possibility for one member to build one's collection picking ONLY THE CARDS HE/SHE WANTS, should he/she want to gather all cards of a favorited model. Period, no huge need to comment furthermore nor hope for changes...

This is bizzare. I'm doing 5 dredits per spin. Maybe I bought all the cards allowed? Just a little *****.

i got it as soon as i saw it, i bought it when i was a gold member and now i am platinum, am i going to get some credits back because with gold a card costs 20 credits and with platinum its 17.50 credits and i payed 480 with gold, with platinum it should be 420 if i am right ?

And not least for everyone to look forward to next year. Yay!
http://www.istripper.com/de/forum/thread/43421/3?post=641249

Exclusive cards are not up for sale. They are available again through special events. At the moment , you can check our Black Friday tab : ) . More information about our special event cards : https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/40970#post638918

http://www.istripper.com/de/forum/thread/43421/3?post=641249

So I read all these glowing posts about profits, and tried my "luck"...

50 cards purchased

201 credits "won" (299 credits down the drain)

12 cards "won", of which I might actually download 2

Not impressed. At all. I don't suppose I can even get credit reimbursement for the cards I wouldn't have touched with a bargepole?

Editid for arithmetical failure

@Krell, Thanks for sharing, I think I'll refrain from spending any credit in this year's Black Friday events.
Also, I feel sorry about your experience

Bought the Advent Calender yesterday right after I saw the advertisement. Can't wait to see who the girls will be each day. There have been some real knockouts lately so I'm not worried about being disappointed.
Also spent an enjoyable evening playing the slots and the scratch cards. I won the Jia Lissa card and about 70 extra credits so I'm giving a big "merci beaucoup" to the Santa's ( Pere Noel? ) at iStripper.

This week's not over so I may try my luck again and earn some more lottery tickets for the Friday draw.

Seriously, you think having to spend $50 to be guaranteed one card is a good way to treat loyal customers? Really Emu?

No, I do not think it is either a "good" or a "bad" way to treat loyal customers - but I never said that it was either, Overall I feel that we are treated well enough.

What I did say was that you do not have to gamble to get the Special Event card (which is what had been claimed in the post I was replying to). I also said "This is of course likely to be expensive". As things worked out the SEC cost me about 5 euros - expensive but not exorbitant.

We may not be getting the best deal on this one card - but to claim that because of that we are BIG losers way overstates the matter. We can simply ignore the card and give up on owning 0.023% of the available cards, which is not what I would call a big loss, just a ***** irritation.

In passing may I also point out that we may be loyal customers, but we are a long way from being Totem's current best customers. We buy 365 (or so) cards a year, the current best customers each buy over 1000 cards a month - some even as many as 2000 cards. So with just the three such customers we can see each month they are buying as much as 100 of us. It is that ever changing group that Totem logically should concentrate on encouraging - and in my view it is they that "deserve" being rewarded.

The house always wins.

The only way you can win is not to participate, the more sukkers fall for this the more they will run these games.

They run these games because you keep playing them.
Don't really care. I can well afford the 50 credits net that it cost me particularly as I have gained 640 credits from 2 reloads.

I have no need to play anymore but I may well do another reload before th 3rd DEC. It should give me enough credits to last until next November.
You haven't actually gained anything though, you have just spent money.


@jonnBGood

The more a few people pump thousands of credits into gambling games the more totem will run them, they are a buisness after all. Look what has happened in the computer gaming because of the whales that pump thousands into games. Game after game ruined by microtransactions and gambling, then look at how some of those games have failed (battlefront 2 comes to mind).

If people carry on like this i wouldn't be surprised if every TGIF becomes a gambling game with a special event card and that will drive customers away. I have seen posts where people have gotten sick of being milked and said they will never buy again so my saying it will drive customers away is not hyperbole. As more customers are driven away they will have to resort to price hikes, and even more egregious gambling.

I won't blame totem for this, the blame rests on those who spend hundreds if not thousands of credits to get 1 card.

"surprise mechanics"

Whales have always existed...even Bach used to write crappy compositions for rich folk back in his day to make ends meet because doings things purely for the art left him broke. There is plenty of "art" in video games and porn...especially with totem...their production value has increased and although I wish they would get more top pornstars this could be out of their control a bit since most only visit europe a few days a year. I bet the gambling makes a good chunk of their team uncomfortable, but they were late to the game and only did it once it became apparent that this was the way that entertainment software was drifting. It isn't like the gambling doesn't make real value for the player...they can get cards cheaper.

@Reg90 The service goes where the money goes. I can ask my developer friends how much it costs to make a casino app, but my educated guess would be that there are costs associated with making a "good" scratch card app that didn't get spent on hiring better talent. And the more money we spend on gambling, the more money they focus on gambling, whether rewards or UX.

I'm totally fine with not having 1/6 cards for an attractive lady I'd like to see. I'm not fine with the awareness that some people (maybe more in past years than this one) have spent waaay too much money on spins or scratches, only because they want one card, not because they "want" to gamble.

It's not that far from opening packs of collectible baseball or game cards looking for that one special valuable card. That instills a scarcity value collectors view as disproportionately desired, and it's very different than gambling for money where one dollar is just as good as another. I was here before "gamification." They could have just added gambling for discounts, but they didn't. They added the SECs because it brings a wider audience to the tables than gambling for straight credits would have, and I refuse to be played. None of you should either.

I wish I had understood the nature of the progress bar better. I'm still not sure I would have played. Essentially the progress bar puts an upper limit on the cost of the SEC card (500 credits = $37.88) and an upper limit on a Joker card. If you are lucky with the scratch game you could pay nothing as some people have. If I had known this and known the scratch game odds I might have chosen to play. It's too late now because I "spent" my prior Joker on the SEC card.

I myself have voiced my concerns in the past but to me i feel there is nothing really to be said anymore. I enjoy the product, I will support them as long as I live. This site has helped me through rough times and coming home sometimes to a very hard day and seeing these models on my desktop brightens even the worst day ive had. Its real simple if you dont want to support them, then dont participate. Just like what alot of you have said its only 1 card and you can enjoy their others. They make revenue significantly. The forum might be a small minority and majority who dont post or care about the forum, probably participate in events that empowers them to keep running different games/events to get profit. All in all if these events/games causes them to make more profit to better the service, to invite new models and make the experience overall better im perfectly fine in helping them. Im a full card owner and I dont feel like a loser at all, but instead a winner with all these cards that I can choose from. Nothing in life comes free, just as this. If you dont want to gamble dont go to a casino, its that simple protesting outside one, or in this case here is not going to change them when majority probably gamble and enjoy the games/events. I myself dont gamble until the special event cards come out and if i dont get a card it is what it is, ill try next time, plus to me i feel totem has been reasonable. However this is my two cents and im pretty sure people will ***** regardless.

@Wyldanimal,

Chances are though, you will win enough credits on the first 10 to 20 scratch offs
to Allow you to Scratch the Next 30.

That's still $10 to $20 I'd have to spend on one card.... WAY more than anybody should have to pay, imho.

So besides reaching the Goal of 50 scratch off tickets to advance the progress bar to get the SEC card
you might even end up ahead, and if not ahead, you'll have spent far less than 500 credits to get there.

I actually rather doubt that. Like I said, I NEVER win in these things and I spent an obscene amount of money last year trying to get the SEC. The only reason I did not walk away from Totem for good is because there are people in the company that gave me the impression that they were listening. Yet here we are with another Black Friday event just like last year's, where collectors with full collections have to risk everything on a pipe dream... or spend 500 credits (yes, that is $50 however you slice it because that much money would have to be spent buying those credits)

I appreciate you trying to put a positive spin on it, but the cold hard reality is that I would have to spend $50 to get one card I want with no guarantee of being able to get any of the other 3 SECs I lack.

And that, my friend, blows balls.

Yeah, that's another way to look at it. But then again, so was the first way.

A subset of cards has been walled off so they can't be purchased through credits directly, causing (some) people to spend money on things they wouldn't have wanted otherwise, namely the Advent Calendar or legalized gambling.

Everyone knows what they're doing. Must be tiring to pretend you don't know what's going on.

Seriously, you think having to spend $50 to be guaranteed one card is a good way to treat loyal customers? Really Emu?

You buy the scratch cards using credits.
so if you buy the credits with the 20% reload bonus, it's less than $50

But that Also presumes that you will Win 0 credits on the scratch offs.
That is highly unlikely, that you will get all Looser tickets, but yes, it is a possibility.

Chances are though, you will win enough credits on the first 10 to 20 scratch offs
to Allow you to Scratch the Next 30..

So besides reaching the Goal of 50 scratch off tickets to advance the progress bar to get the SEC card
you might even end up ahead, and if not ahead, you'll have spent far less than 500 credits to get there.

Just another way to look at it...

Nice zzmaskers thanks for sharing.

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I can well afford the 50 credits net that it cost me particularly as I have gained 640 credits from 2 reloads.

That's great, Number 6, and I am glad you did well. However, I am NEVER lucky in these things. I am ashamed to admit how much I spent last year trying to get the SEC. It is beyond my means this year and I am not pleased to be left out in the cold again. That 1000 credits you spent, odds are, if it were I gambling them I'd just be $100 poorer and 1320 credits emptier with nothing to show for it.

@JohnBeGood

How many customers you think Totem has?

A lot. Seriously, bro. Totem might be a small company, but they have far reach. I've seen Rex bragging to other pornographers on industry boards that they're bigger than Hustler. And that was several years ago.

I don't know where this notion comes from that they are always on the verge of going out of business, but I'd bet my last 10 cents that it is fiction.

@TheEmu

the Reload Bonus discount brings the overall discount up to just over 60% - what more do you want.

I thought I made that clear. I want a way to acquire SECs without having to gamble away money or spend $50 to be guaranteed the SEC. You might think that is a deal and a good way to treat customers. I do not.

The only customers who do not have much to lose are the ones that still have cards to buy. We who have full collections have almost everything to lose.

@TheEmu

@boan000 - I have a full collection but do not feel that Totem have treated me at all badly with these events.

Interesting.

And, you are 100% certain to get this week's SEC if you buy 50 scratch cards irrespective of what you may also win by playing those cards.

Seriously, you think having to spend $50 to be guaranteed one card is a good way to treat loyal customers? Really Emu?