I, for one, appreciate the historicity that you bring to the Forum. I had not even looked at the Forum before this year - and only then a few months ago.

I have benefited many times - not so much as to which cards to buy (whether by luck or wider acceptance through old age, I have lucked out in being very happy with the shows that have brought me, fairly recently, triple diamond status). The pluses have arisen from the advice and relevations - on, among other things, withdrawn cards and even use of the Showroom. Of course, I now value those things that I pick up on the Forum - a perusal of which brought me into this thread this morning.

I even now participate in casting polls! No biggy for veterans, but for me a newbie!

I have not doubted/under-valued the contribution that Forum participants provide and, of course, Totem would be wasting a resource if the views raised were not being monitored.

So to be as clear as I hope I can - whilst on some priorities you and I may differ, I am glad (TRULY GLAD) that you are `out there' working on improving the product. I am a beneficiary of this, after all!

✌

Hope "DJ KATE SHOO" card.
The scene is now waiting for the protagonist.


https://1drv.ms/u/s!Alwjobl3N347_ATgDTIQ1NhanimF

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The interesting thing that occurs on this board is customers often give ideas that go ignored or knocked down quickly by naysayers, but totem is actually looking at these forums. I am sure that Rex sees much of the topics on here. I remember when a little known poster brought up the idea of discounts based off of a gambling system. if memory serves he was shot down with the logical comeback that totem doesn't have the resources or coding assets to do such a thing, this was at least two years ago and now we have gambling discounts,and people love them. Another suggestion years ago was to change xxx to something more like dancing intermixed with dildo play...this was shot down and now it is reality, years later. There used to be a site where a customer posted fairly decent reviews with card specifics about clips types and nudity levels with some other details. I built my collection around this site... literally went from 50 cards to 1000 based on the suggestions from this reviewer. If totem can replicate this model I can guarentee it will encourage customers to invest...heck I am sure they can tie it into their marketing of the product as well.

http://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/29408/17?post=551675

Excellent your new conveyor scenes @DANO70. Love the light beam effect in Atlantis,
your use of shaders to perpetuate & color the names & the care you have put into
composition & the animations. A great ' new ideas ' teaching resource also.
Thank you so much 😎👍

If I may enter an answer, just on the chance that you thought I was belittling your balance of credits. I was not. If anything I very much envy that tally. It empowers you - with the opportunity to heavily influence demand for models - such as Kristina. I, also, do not doubt your `savvy' on the site. You clearly post more than I ever will and are very likely to be well versed in the where-and-why-for's. Just hoping to clear any air, here.

I always thought your idea had merit - you are seeking greater transperency in what is on offer. My own experience has not brought too much disappointment, so not a priority for me. On the basis of what you seek - and how you have argued - a no-brainer. My satisfaction with the existing situation is not a critique of your view but a measure of my contentment. Both perspectives are right - for their holders. I do not begrudge your push and hope you do not seek to ridicule mine.

In the past, I have lobbied for views that I have held, which were obvious to me, but probably had little traction with many other members. I was not trying to rally anyone. Otherwise, like you, I would have started a thread.

I did - and do - wish you sincere good luck. No doubt current and future members will agree with you 👍

A triple diamond may have spent over 30000 credits so my 1500 is really a drop in the bucket, and I can tell you if they were shooting in America that 1500 would be gone really quick, like in 3 or 4 months...

There are few things going on, I filled my account over the last two 600 for 50$ deals...so I saved something like 20% on my refills, 3 times now. I get my cards for 40% off, really only buy cards when they are 12% off, and are really getting each card for an extra 20% off because of the refill deals, of course because of diminishing returns this is more like a total of 58% off, but anyway. At the current pace my 1500 will last a full year or more, rather than 3 or 4 months if it was like 2016 again...that means I would be refilling sooner if the cards were better or I at least THOUGHT they were better. That also means I can wait until their next refill discount to refill which helps me and ***** totem...unless the company goes under, which I do not forsee in the near future. There are thousands of totem users, but only a dozen or so regular posters on the forum, I imagine that the thousands would appreciate more transparency as they spend money in an industry that is generally free. The whales will argue in totems favor all the time, which is fine. I want a better product, so I ask for it.

I echo your thoughts, @muttonjeff - I like the way things are now.

I was amongst quite a few who clamoured for the return of Luna Corazon. I even raised the issue, before her first showing, in a support ticket. It may - or may not - have influenced their decision for Luna Corazon 2. Many try to have input into the direction of a site to which we have varying levels of commitment. Natural enough.

I have a nice balance of unused credits - NOTHING LIKE 1500 though. I seek different objectives in cards than many others. The way that the reviews are done now is fine by me. To me it is all subjective, but I often read those reviews. How much they influence my choices - I doubt very much at all. It is gratifying to see similar aspects appeal to others. And I am fine with that.

But whatever aspects @orclover seeks to improve his satisfaction with the site is, of course, also fine by me. The users love the site (well most I am sure) - their input is intended to assist not undermine the site. More power to them!

@tresk

you have 3 diamonds, others have to pay more

That is true, but once upon a time i was bronze.... it didn't stop me then and won't stop me now. Sure I have cards that i never watch but that's the way the cookie crumbles. Buying more cards does have its benefits.

10 credits= 1 euro including 50% bonus one card cost me 16.25 credits right now.

Seriously dude that is less than $2 per card, if you cant afford to play you are swimming in the wrong fishtank. All things considered, Totem are doing a damn fine job with a great product.

Totem get beautful girls into their studio and ask them to perform for 30 to 40 minutes

@hombre the reason we come back for more 😊

Yes - but if I understood correctly - Totem will do so based on measurable data - not influenced by unused credits.

Of course, demand and concentrations of opinion must weigh-in to how business is conducted. That is not the aspect that I was addressing.

Sorry - I do not mean to distract from the thrust of the thread. Only to point out that I believe Totem already has the benefit of your credit count. Therefore how you spend them - or not - will have little impact on Totem deliberations or pre-select presentations.

Wrong! Totem are very aware of what sells or doesn't. Future cards and models are determined by what sells.

Really? You think Totem fooled you?
Let's take a step back and think about what Totem really do here...

Totem get beautful girls into their studio and ask them to perform for 30 to 40 minutes production time. Usually 6 times over more or less. In two days. Totem have no control over how good the girl's performance is.

BUT they paid the model and have to sell their cards or it was a waste of time and money. WTF would anybody else do???

Sorry - as it is just morning here, I am a very late entrant into this thread.

If I may go back to @orclover 2nd comment about having 1500 CREDITS ...

Does Totem not ALREADY have the money - by your purchasing those 1500 credits? How you expend them will reflect your choices, but, as I understand it, the sale is already made. Just that you are not receiving value from an enormous cache of credits! Or have I misunderstood?

My assumption, but it seems logical to me. When my credits grow short, I am urged to buy more, by a pop-up. I am not urged to select cards when I do `top-up'.

Sorry - I do not mean to distract from the thrust of the thread. Only to point out that I believe Totem already has the benefit of your credit count. Therefore how you spend them - or not - will have little impact on Totem deliberations or pre-select presentations.

😕

i can say totem fooled me with the exsample from the card estonika.
its not my intesion to be fooled again.

@Tresk - As you say, when people go to the cinema they often look at a trailer to know something about the film, not everything about it. Why do you think that Totem should provide much more detailed information for a much lower priced piece of entertainment?

I also agree with mrgame4444 the usual lingerie outfits are getting a little boring, regardless of who is wearing it. In this case I always try to look for the girl that most appeals to me. If she has a nice body I like while wearing lingerie, I'll most likely buy the card. I just wish Totem would persuade the girls to wear regular clothes we would normally see a girl wearing like yoga pants with a nice top or more dresses! Don't get me wrong, I love bikinis though!!

i dont drink coffee, so its not necessary for me. as i say food and drinks are essential. when i went to cinema i look a trailer to know something about the film i will see.
but when the film promise something, like action and in the film you see only one action scene i will be very disapointed.

estonika/admirable my comment

i bought this card only because the anal promise and was very disappointed
the girl is horny without question yet there for this show only one star from me

after 2 other comments from users, totem remove the anal tag.

Just to through a dissenting opinion out there...

I much prefer the top without a bra underneath. To me, teasing with the top is spoiled when it just reveals a boring bra, and I don't find anything appealing about how most bras are removed. I was actually getting pretty frustrated with all the bras in the past so I'm happy with the way it is now.

Unless it's something particularly special that is an integral part of the overall outfit, I don't want to see a bra.

@Tresk - but we did not make a comparison with anything necessary to survive. Coffee is not a necessity. We likened the price of single cards to other simple luxuries, ones that nobody I know would think twice about buying without insisting that the supplier performed an expensive and unnecessary excercise to provide extra details about. Comparisons could also be made with going to see a film - do you insist nowing the exact body count, or just how many bikinied girls appear in, for example, a Bond film, or do you just go and watch it knowing roughly the sort of film that it is?

OK, here is updated version (v0.5.2):
http://www.lukasr.net/projects/istripper/showroom/

@L3088

would it be possible to have an option to select some kind of night mode that changes the white background.

Scroll down to the bottom. You will find little bulb icon on the right. Click on that and see if this is what you wanted to see.
I've put this icon on the bottom of the page, because I think that you will be using it not so often.

@Richie94

is there anyway to view a picture at full quailty without having to download the whole photo album?

Unfortunately it can't be done. All I can do is to add a link to every single image in bonus gallery. You will be able to download only one image instead of full gallery. iStripper server is serving bonus images in this way and I can't change that.

@Richie94

im having trouble using the website, WITH A SMARTPHONE internet browser the problem is, its not letting me change model card #

Try now. It should work.

@EndOfLine

If you try to pull up the bonus gallery for a card that doesn't have a bonus gallery yet (like for an unreleased card), the bonus gallery will break for all other subsequent cards you try, even if you know they have one.

Fixed.

@DrDoom9

If your input is VirtualGirlHD, Cards, 40, 69 the showroom goes into a wait state for ALL the images.

Fixed.

@muttonjeff

I prefer to think of 'display zzz cards starting at xxx' instead of 'display cards from xxx to yyy'. This way zzz could be set to 20 or 50 (to speed up image download) and only the start needs changing.

I'm going to change whole control panel and add some new functionalities, so I will leave your suggestion for another version.

Other things:

• NEW: added new label "Deleted" for cards that were deleted from VirtuaGirl HD collection.
• NEW: type password "!deleted" (without quotes) in search bar to see all cards deleted from VirtuaGirl HD collection.
• NEW: type password "!secrets" (without quotes) in search bar to see cards from out of range (beta cards, test cards etc).
• FIX: bonus galleries and videos were not displayed in some cases. Fixed.
• FIX: card range wasn't updated after hitting 'GO' button on mobile devices. Fixed.
• FIX: "jumpy" custom scrollbar in Internet Explorer 11. Fixed.
• ***** fixes.

BTW: If someone have full png images of Divine (Dovile) and Camilla, please let me know through private message.

dont know what you try to say.
when you are thirsty you take a drink, when you are hungry you will eat something.
watching nude girls is not nessary to survive.
when you are rich you can easely spend a lot of credits without thinking about it.

@tresk: Please type in English all the time. It's more than good enough for the rest to understand :)

There are so many ways to compare the cost of these cards to other things we spend money on without even thinking.

A cup of good coffee is always a favourite. How about a ride on a rollercoaster? A breakfast sandwich, a beer in a club?
All these things cost about the same or more than buying a card. Yet they are gone in an instant. Once consumed, taken, drank or whatever, you can't get it back. The cards can be viewed over and over. The odd one you don't enjoy can be deleted or just never watched again. No big deal.

10 credits= 1 euro including 50% bonus
one card cost me 16.25 credits right now.
i spent round about 900 credits to hit diamont status.
most cards i even didnt download. i have now 333 cards but only 135 are active.
198 cards are deleted or not downloaded.
when i calculate with 7 credits per card (480p platin status)
i waste 1386 credits. i know its much more credits i waste.

@Tresk - even with no discount a card still costs a similar amount to a cup of coffee - often less depending on where you buy your coffee (see chart). A card certainly costs less than a glass of beer bought in a pub.

its your opion thats not expensive making bad choice, you have 3 diamonts rabatt, others have to pay more. more bad choise and it will be not only expensive it will be very expensive. no reason to waste money.

You keep using the word review, but the software says "Write your comment here" and for most people these are considered just comments.
After reviewing the photos and demo, If i want to know the content of a card, i buy it.
They are not expensive and if i made a bad choice... cest la vie.

Bonjour,encore une promo qui ne m'interesse pas car payer pour des filles qui me plaisentpas non merci.Cà doit plaire à une majorité car ce type de promo revient souvent.

Oops! I'm not a language expert... Certainly not a phonetics one.

My above post mentioned malaria. This has 4 syllables and I tried to correct that but Pop's post beat me to it. Ishould have said 2nd syllable.

Interesting to note how many ways one can pronounce a word or name with more than one syllable... I guess each word has as many number of ways as there are syllables. Unless there are accents like Spanish 😐

Very nice scenes @Dano70 😎

Dianna 💋💖💖💖

Oh okay...thanks guys! 👍

Spanish has a great way of pronouncing words. They use accents, (´) over vowels to indicate where the stress should be on the syllables.

If the word has no accent, then the stress is always on the last syllable. So, to me, Valeria sounds like, Valer-EE-A. The 'A' is like 'A cup of coffee.'

In English, the word 'malaria' is different. The stress is on the middle syllable.

To be honest, as a purely personal opinion, I have never bothered to read the reviews, why, because it is purely someone's' personal opinion. Someone else's opinion will depend on a whole range of issues based on their personal preferences.

Those preferences may or may not match mine and if they don't then their opinion will probably not reflect my own.

There are a few members, who a pretty much unbiased when they review a card, but still their own preferences are always there in a subjective way.

Its also the reason why I stopped rating cards so very long ago.

But just my personal point of view.

Is becoming boring boring for me the new shows with little less to strip and lack of outfits, the ones i see lately are students ones

yeah im tired of the lingerie one piece or two pieces striptease, is better when they do striptease with full clothes and underwear, like a real striptease

http://pronouncenames.com/

@lukaszr

Those 2 need to come ASAP😍

Does anyone know how you pronounce Valeria???

Is it like Val-er-ia...

or...

Va-ler-i-a

Thanks! 😎

Mr. Basic has finished the Conveyor/Atlantis scenes. Credit to Wyldanimal for the occluding shader tweek that led to static names and RGB color effects used here. I changed/combined a few images since the Atlantis test versions to make a smoother running scene. I also took Pumpdude48 advice and moved the girls a bit higher off the conveyors. I recommend using HD cards due to feet cutoffs old cards have. I put things close enough to help but still some show. There's 2-4-5 girl versions of each scene. All scenes are the the same just set in different fantasy lands...lol

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/s15q5mhstmwqjg3/D7%20CONVEYORS.zip?dl=0

Have to agree with No.6 and Emu. Any kind of review is ALWAYS going to be subjective, no matter where it comes from.
We all think we can be objective but anything we say is still coming from our individual tastes, likes and dislikes.

Little things like, 'she drops into the splits often,' sounds objective, right? But if someone says that in a review, it means they probably really like seeing this or why mention it at all? They might add that it looks hot when she does it to re-inforce the statement. Again, a subjective view.

Almost anything a person might say is still based on what they like/dislike. It comes from the subconscious and we have little control over that.

I agree about the change in value of credits. No idea why they did that. Same for the ratings from marks out of 10 to 5. I still look at a girl's score and mentally double-up. A score of say, 4.37 has more meaning for me at 8.74! Old habits die hard...

Would simplify things, if cards in wishlist were marked... (Still using 1.2.148 tho).

"Light" contains 3 cards on wishlist. So that is not really "an offer".

"Dark" has 7 on my wishlist.
At one quarter off the prise, and one third cards I wouldn't normally have bought, I would still have paid less at full price for the seven I do want. (25% off 10 cards ~ 2½ cards free. So I paid full price for ½ card I wouldn't normally buy.)

Don't really se this kind of promotions, as "an offer".
To be that, cards should be solely from wishlist, or user selected.

I have to wonder if those who want Totem to expend a lot of time and effort to make more details available before purchase because they are reluctant to buy something until they are absolutely sure they will like it - do they also agonise so much when buying other things that have a similar price? Such as cup of coffee, which in many places will be rather more expensive than a single card. Treat yourself to an occassional random purchase - you may be pleasantly surprised and and if you did not like it has cost very little.

I think Totem made a bit of a mistake when they revalued the Credit as the cards seemed cheaper when they were priced at about two old credits rather than twenty new credits even though the price in Euros was not changed.

Une semaine merveilleuse avec 7 shows et filles superbes. Merci Totem 👍

my english is not the best so i write in german.

ich finde totem sollte die angaben mit denen sie eine show bewerben auch wirklich prüfen. beispiel estonika/admirable. diese karte wurde unter anderem mit anal beworben. nach 3 negativen bewertungen inklusiver meiner eignen wurde einfach der anal tag still und heimlich gestrichen. die dauer der einzigen anal aktion betrug etwa 1-2 sekunden.

es gibt non xxx karten die mehr xxx im programm haben aber nicht als solche beworben werden. irgendwie nicht einleuchtend. deshalb verstehe ich mitglieder die bessere und genauere infos haben wollen, bevor sie geld für eine karte rausschmeissen die sie unter objetiven angaben nicht gekauft hätten.

@annhwi
Please check the date and time settings, and also the time zone setting.

The "Coming soon" sticker will be displayed if the current day (on your computer) is before the day of purchase of the card.

I agree with Number6 on this. In my opinion in order that reveiws are in any way meaningful they pretty well have to be from customers and reflect their responses to the performances - which implies that they are essentialy the opposite of objective. In almost all cases it is possible to obtain much more information about a performer, though not of course the particular performance, by a simple internet search. This will often be "objective" as much of this information is in the form of photos and videos.

There are, again in my opinion, two problems with "official" Totem reviews whether they are produced by Totem staff or sponsored by them. Firstly, they likely to be, or at least will be perceived to be, biased and secondly a good review of any card would entail expending a great deal of time and effort while having only a small impact on sales.

I am in favour of Totem making more information available for each card before purchase, but only as a summary of that which is already available on the card's clip list page once you have bought he card. This would be cheap to produce as it can be generated automaticaly with no human input.

Lol, touches her toes is not subjective, takes off shirt first is not subjective, 12 full nudity clips may mean multiple things but has meaning.

Actually touches her toes and takes off her shirt first are subjective. They mean something to you but absolutely nothing to me. To be fair if it was mentioned that a girl does the splits that is a big turn on for me (naked or otherwise) but isn't necessarily so for others.

So do Totem say how many times a girl touches her toes or removes her shirt first. What if she isn't wearing a shirt?.Do they say how many times she touches her toes facing the camera or with her arse in view. Is she naked when she touches her toes? Do they say how many times she scratches her head. Do I really care - you might but I don't.

Recently you ***** that Kristina wasn't explicit in her early cards yet you say x full nudity clips means something.

The reason you don't look at reviews is because they are meaningless, you proved my point.

Yes you are sort of right but it is the negative comments that I now tend to find meaningless - not necessarily the positive ones. I am not over keen on girls with fake tits and was for a long while put off by comments on Erica Fontes, Having downloaded one of her cards I found that she is actually really nice, beautiful face, great body and a really nice arse - but these are my opinions and again are subjective.

Only thing I am noting with this is the cards purchased all download just fine but had to be done manually and the "coming soon" moniker is on all the cards. Any idea why this might be?

Sometimes a picture can paint a thousand word and if you are Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan sometimes a word can paint a thousand pictures.

I am sorry @orclover but most users are just happy to say that a particular girl is stunning. I know I am. All of the girls have been in their own way.

You look at a Kristina card and see something that is generally not explicit. I look at the same card and see what is in the screencap. Something that is reasonably explicit but may be just a "flash". For me that is the tease in striptease and I love it. For you it probably isn't.

The problem is that this is my perception. It may not be yours. No amount oif description by me is going to be truly objective. Even what you are asking for is not likely to be objective. Totem want to sell cards they are hardly likely to give a review that may impact negatively on sales and personally I don't blame them. I don't particularly care if the the card has x XXX clips or y non-nudity clips. It does not influence my decison to buy a card, nor does other peoples opinions or reviews. In the attached clip Totem may give this a level 4. You might only rate it a level 3 as it is only a very brief "flash".

For many years I was extremely selective about what I bought, frequently put off by other people's reviews of cards. Then I decided that I would buy at least one card of every girl on VG. I no longer look at reviews - they are other peoples' opinions - not mine. I now make up my own mind. I have virtually a complete collection. I have no deleted cards. I have a few deselected (Xmas cards - they are reselected at Xmas) but other than that every card is allowed to play.

Lol, touches her toes is not subjective, takes off shirt first is not subjective, 12 full nudity clips may mean multiple things but has meaning. The reason you don't look at reviews is because they are meaningless, you proved my point. I have enough cards in my collection to know that girls change from card to card and getting only one, may not be the best one. A positive and clear review will only increase sales, unless the product is trash and in that case customers should want better. Totem is missing an opportunity not risking sales by being more transparent...unless they are afraid their product is poor. You have a story but mine involves skipping entire girls because I can't be sure that I would watch the card...I have 1500 credit waiting to be spent but totem can't invest anything into enticing me to get spend those credits.

Sometimes a picture can paint a thousand word and if you are Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan sometimes a word can paint a thousand pictures.

I am sorry @orclover but most users are just happy to say that a particular girl is stunning. I know I am. All of the girls have been in their own way.

You look at a Kristina card and see something that is generally not explicit. I look at the same card and see what is in the screencap. Something that is reasonably explicit but may be just a "flash". For me that is the tease in striptease and I love it. For you it probably isn't.

The problem is that this is my perception. It may not be yours. No amount oif description by me is going to be truly objective. Even what you are asking for is not likely to be objective. Totem want to sell cards they are hardly likely to give a review that may impact negatively on sales and personally I don't blame them. I don't particularly care if the the card has x XXX clips or y non-nudity clips. It does not influence my decison to buy a card, nor does other peoples opinions or reviews. In the attached clip Totem may give this a level 4. You might only rate it a level 3 as it is only a very brief "flash".

For many years I was extremely selective about what I bought, frequently put off by other people's reviews of cards. Then I decided that I would buy at least one card of every girl on VG. I no longer look at reviews - they are other peoples' opinions - not mine. I now make up my own mind. I have virtually a complete collection. I have no deleted cards. I have a few deselected (Xmas cards - they are reselected at Xmas) but other than that every card is allowed to play.

Lol, touches her toes is not subjective, takes off shirt first is not subjective, 12 full nudity clips may mean multiple things but has meaning. The reason you don't look at reviews is because they are meaningless, you proved my point. I have enough cards in my collection to know that girls change from card to card and getting only one, may not be the best one. A positive and clear review will only increase sales, unless the product is trash and in that case customers should want better. Totem is missing an opportunity not risking sales by being more transparent...unless they are afraid their product is poor. You have a story but mine involves skipping entire girls because I can't be sure that I would watch the card...I have 1500 credit waiting to be spent but totem can't invest anything into enticing me to get spend those credits.

Sometimes a picture can paint a thousand word and if you are Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan sometimes a word can paint a thousand pictures.

I am sorry @orclover but most users are just happy to say that a particular girl is stunning. I know I am. All of the girls have been in their own way.

You look at a Kristina card and see something that is generally not explicit. I look at the same card and see what is in the screencap. Something that is reasonably explicit but may be just a "flash". For me that is the tease in striptease and I love it. For you it probably isn't.

The problem is that this is my perception. It may not be yours. No amount oif description by me is going to be truly objective. Even what you are asking for is not likely to be objective. Totem want to sell cards they are hardly likely to give a review that may impact negatively on sales and personally I don't blame them. I don't particularly care if the the card has x XXX clips or y non-nudity clips. It does not influence my decison to buy a card, nor does other peoples opinions or reviews. In the attached clip Totem may give this a level 4. You might only rate it a level 3 as it is only a very brief "flash".

For many years I was extremely selective about what I bought, frequently put off by other people's reviews of cards. Then I decided that I would buy at least one card of every girl on VG. I no longer look at reviews - they are other peoples' opinions - not mine. I now make up my own mind. I have virtually a complete collection. I have no deleted cards. I have a few deselected (Xmas cards - they are reselected at Xmas) but other than that every card is allowed to play.

Lol, touches her toes is not subjective, takes off shirt first is not subjective, 12 full nudity clips may mean multiple things but has meaning. The reason you don't look at reviews is because they are meaningless, you proved my point. I have enough cards in my collection to know that girls change from card to card and getting only one, may not be the best one. A positive and clear review will only increase sales, unless the product is trash and in that case customers should want better. Totem is missing an opportunity not risking sales by being more transparent...unless they are afraid their product is poor. You have a story but mine involves skipping entire girls because I can't be sure that I would watch the card...I have 1500 credit waiting to be spent but totem can invest anything into enticing me to get spend those credit.