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마지막の글 - 페이지 #1113

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Number6
Joined in Oct 2010
3706 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 10, 2019, 303 답변
IMHO Totem are experimenting with this?

There has been some discussion on other threads as to whether or not keeping the current discount system is viable.

As a percentage, the triple diamond status is actually far lower now than it was when the original discount was set. Many more customers are achieving this level and will continue to do as time goes on.

Totem therefore need to achieve other ways of increasing their income. These games of chance may just be a way of doing this.

For example the last two games have featured chances of winning a card that isn't available yet.

The Kay J Victorean Secret card in the Goose game was possibly an initial trial without an exclusive card. The card will be regularly available shortly but did enough people take up the chance to get it early make it economically viable to let Totem think it may be doing with an exclusive card?

Was the switch to an exclusive card for a Ginebra show something to test the waters with what is obviously an extremely popular model. Would enough people pay extra credits to make this a viable proposition going forward?

As someone who has virtually all of the cards I cannot say that I would be particularly happy with this going forward however I have a lot of money invested in Totem and I certainly don't want to see it fail.

Just looking at the maths I think I paid out 24 credist to get the Kay J card and I got the Ginebra card for an outlay of 20 credits. The total outlay therfore is approx 44 credits for two cards that would have cost approx 27 credits.

There is usually a method behind every madness and is this Totem's way of saying that the Diamond memberships are costing them too much and they need to find another way of increasing revenue even if it looks as if it is unpopular with a vociferous minority of customers?

Please note that the above is a personal opinion and may just be the rantings of a ***** fool.
CwHart
Joined in Jan 2014
113 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 9, 2019, 303 답변
It is sad reading all these comments fom no doubt loyal customers who now are feeling squeezed and taken advantage of. I'm not sure what is driving this game focus at Totem- I should assume they think this will lead to more profit. But not because they offered great products, Rather, they have a group of customers that is prime for being taken advantage of, who will gamble their credits on Totem games, the same way a casino gambler will lose everything in the pursuit of everything playing the slots. I wish we could have an "intervention", that no one would play these games anymore and if no one played they would go away. That is what I am doing. Walk while you still have some credits in your account!
Actually, the problem is not really the games themselves. If I was a new customer and the company was offering me the opportunity to acquire new cards at a lower price, I'm quite sure I would be happy about that. You're new (not you specifically of course), you don't know the models, what you're looking for exactly, you're less selective. Then, the games are a great idea to start building your collection.

What is upsetting many of us right now, is that we are trying to ***** us, long-time customers, to participate in a game in which we have nothing to gain from, by making exclusive a card that should have been available for purchase. That's where the lack of respect lies. Given the current backlash, I hope Totem will reconsider its decision.

Careful dont use the word *****, or else Emu will come in and correct you based an a technicality XD
RAGORN
Joined in Dec 2007
250 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 9, 2019, 303 답변
It is sad reading all these comments fom no doubt loyal customers who now are feeling squeezed and taken advantage of. I'm not sure what is driving this game focus at Totem- I should assume they think this will lead to more profit. But not because they offered great products, Rather, they have a group of customers that is prime for being taken advantage of, who will gamble their credits on Totem games, the same way a casino gambler will lose everything in the pursuit of everything playing the slots. I wish we could have an "intervention", that no one would play these games anymore and if no one played they would go away. That is what I am doing. Walk while you still have some credits in your account!

Actually, the problem is not really the games themselves. If I was a new customer and the company was offering me the opportunity to acquire new cards at a lower price, I'm quite sure I would be happy about that. You're new (not you specifically of course), you don't know the models, what you're looking for exactly, you're less selective. Then, the games are a great idea to start building your collection.

What is upsetting many of us right now, is that we are trying to ***** us, long-time customers, to participate in a game in which we have nothing to gain from, by making exclusive a card that should have been available for purchase. That's where the lack of respect lies. Given the current backlash, I hope Totem will reconsider its decision.
orclover
Joined in Jun 2012
1405 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 9, 2019, 303 답변
Just remember that iStripper is a business thing, and Totem wants to make money with it. So, this kind of game is one idea to let the business goes on and make money, as with the Goose Game.
It might also be good to remember that companies that actually take their clients' comments into account (instead of telling them something around the theme of "we're doing business, we don't care for your actual needs, take it or leave it") tend to do better. These days it's called "enhancing the customer experience".

The only reason why it doesn't apply here is that Totem has absolutely no competition. The company has created a business niche and they strive on it, and that's why they have the luxury of being able to totally disregard their most faithful clients.

Good for them. But let it be noted that Totem's customers aren't blind to the fact that they're treated with a certain amount of contempt because they're a captive clientele. If one day a competitor emerges on that same niche, it's safe to say that many people will leave.

They have plenty of competition, its called pornhub. Nearly all of their models are naked or having sex for free on the internet, their product happens to be EXTREMELY expensive even compared to other porn sites that cost $10-20 for all content. Istripper costs $5000 for all content. You piss off enough customers and they will go get off for free watching the same girls do the same things.
orclover
Joined in Jun 2012
1405 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 9, 2019, 303 답변
@cwhart - Totem have in the last few years offered 7 "regular" cards a week. That is their standard product.
In addition they have also offered a small number of "special event" cards - that is not their standard product, it is something extra and there is not reason why anyone should expect that they are available unr the same tems as the regular product.

I have, and I am sure you have also, seen several cases of manufacturers of a product make "special limited edition" versions (e.g. to celebrate some aniversary) which are little more than very ***** variations on the main product (e.g. by having the name of what is being celebrated printed on it) and making these available to only the first 100 or 1000 customers or via what amounts to a lottery. Totem's special event cards are an exact analogue of that - albeit the differences between the "regular" and "special edition" versions are very small.

Now, like you, I would prefer it is Totem did not make these exclusive. It undoubtedly annoys some customers, but it is Totem's choice and it we are not ***** to participate. If Totem are getting a bigger income by offereing these cards then I am sure they will continue to do so, and if they are loosing income then they will stop.


I am more pissed off that totem is "investing" in gambling games and expensive UI, along with VR on steam, and the waste that was idancer instead of improving this flagship product. If they are making a ***** from the promotions we aren't seeing it in istripper. ANd that pisses me off. We know the product hasn't improved in any way in 3 years, in fact they closed a studio, introduced flawed cards with poor color correction and AA, and limited most of their talent to one country. Their duo reintroduction was a flop, was poor quality, and more expensive..they haven't introduced new props, improved quality, or even improved the talent. There are a lot of reasons why but I would appreciate one investment into istripper for every time they make a new gambling game or attempt a new VR game on steam.
Sabahnur
Joined in May 2012
248 글

TGIF and the good time for a spring break game

iStripper에 관한 모든 것
March 9, 2019, 303 답변
Ok here I go again, (and I stopped posting comments years ago, because at the time it seemed Totem never paid attention to them. I could be wrong, but it still seems that way to me). I read somewhere in here, a requote about my statement in reference to unhappy customers Totem does not see. It was totally taken the wrong way. I realize Totem does not care about losing 1% of their overall customer base. They have new customers joining everyday, so the loss of a few paying customers in the grand view is null. (it is essentially porn after all). What I meant was that the culture that would come from continued blatant disregard for the part of the community here, (namely collectors like myself), in my view is not a good way to go. They may not see it that way at all. Hell, we have already given our money, they really don't need us anymore. My point was eventually it will come to a head. At some point most if not all will have as bad of an experience as I and a few others have. When that happens then it may be difficult to mantain and even attract new customers. Social media is everywhere now, and even if Totem can censor your comments here and even delete them. Nothing will stop the sh@t storm on other platforms. That being said, they may not care about that either. Totem may be like other companies, in that every action is proceeded by a reponse to an action as a reaction. I am not a gambler, hell I don't ever drink, but some people do and that's fine. I just don't appreciate being ***** to endulge in something that...

1) I do not support in any form
2) I do not participate in at all myself

In order to get cards that I should be able to buy or participate in an event such as the advent calendar, in order to recieve the card I want. There are older cards that I still want, but cannot get because the model has expressed to Totem that they do not wish them to sell anymore. I get that and I can except that. But this scratch game seems unethical, (in my view). I just don't do them when they come up, my decision, to make a card exclusive to the game then skew the game in favor of loss more than wins is a punch in the nose. It doesn't ***** you, but it sure as hell ***** alot.

Bottom line, in my opinion, unhappy customers means less people purchasing and supporting, in turn means more crap like this scratch game to make up the difference. I am pretty good at seeing patterns thru data, hell I had a job where i did just that, in all this I just hope Totem can do a 180 on this type if thinking, but then again, my opinion is they don't care anyway, if is profitable do it.
CwHart
Joined in Jan 2014
113 글
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