@desexyvideoclub

1 - People do expend credits to obtain the SECs.

2 - The number of credits that they expend to obtain a SEC is higher than the number they expend to obtain a normal card.

3 - Therefore. as i said, "people do pay far more than that". (where "that" was 50 credits)

So they are indeed more expensive to obtain - i.e the are more expensive.

@theemu " people do pay far more than that "

I disagree, event cards are not "having higher price" they are literally free, but you must take active role in playing gamble games and buying whatever the random number generator tells you otherwise you cant get the exp bar to fill so that you can get that one card for free.

Also the joker cards are more rare, not more expensive.

Unrelated, but shouldn't we all agree that we are all being manipalated psycolgically?
We all want our colllection to become 100% by having bought cards number out of max cards number, this cause us to feel commited to buying cards we would usually skip.

This is done futher by gamble, luck based, that is directly created to have the road toward getting the cards harder to reach since you might get unlukcy and get the exp after buying 20 times as many unwated cards to reach that one event card.

Lootsboxes getting banned for being luck based and being *****, this is the same.

By using renamed folders, you can Keep, 2, 3, or all 4 resolutions downloaded, and switch between them at any time.

Ok, I understand the principle but then you need more storage space 😕😆

I don't know how you handle 2 different resolutions of the same card.

I do this all the time.
Simply browse to the Models folder
Example
e1500, which is currently in 1080p size.

I rename the Folder to e1500-1080p
Then in the App, I select the new Resolution
Pick 3K
the Card will now be downloaded in 3k, but instead of replacing the existing files, I have them saved by renaming the folder
before I selected the New Resolution.

When this download is done,
I rename the folder again e1500-3K
and select a different resolution in the app, like 720p

And then when that is done, I rename that folder to e1500-720p
and I pick a new resolution 4K

Now I have 4 sets of folder for card e1500

e1500 <-- which is the 4K version and the one that will be used
e1500-3K
e1500-1080p
e1500-720p

To change which version I will use.
I simply rename two folders.
1st
rename e1500 --> to e1500-4K
then rename one of the other folders, such as the 720p folder
from e1500-720p --> to e1500

The app will know which resolution the clips are, because the clips are encoded with the resolution.
You DO NOT adjust the Resolution in the APP.
You Only Rename the folders to change resolutions.

If you Decide NOT to rename your Folders.
Then each time you pick a new resolution the Old resolution is deleted, and the new resolution replaces the deleted files.
You have to re-download a different resolution every time you want to switch.

By using renamed folders, you can Keep, 2, 3, or all 4 resolutions downloaded, and switch between them at any time.

Also,
even though it is the same card, There could be slight differences in the clips from one resolution to the other.

Each resolution is Encoded individually from the Master Video files
but the encoder software has different settings for each resolution
slight changes to the settings could result in slight differences between the resolutions.

In QA we sometimes see this, where the 720p versions will work ok.
But the 3K version might have an issue.

It is because each resolution is encoded as a separate process.

Not bad, the week will end soon. They'll soon have to correct the one for the next class 😊

Pas grâve, la semaine va bientôt finir. Ils vont bietôt devoir corriger celle de la prochaine promotion.😊

With all the posts about getting SEC and Jokers written over the years, by so many, there must be enough material for some very heavy book all about the psychology of it all. I'm not writing it btw, too busy looking at sexy women. 😆

The book has been written since the beginning of mankind.

The weak point of men are beautiful and sexy women. Very early some of them understood, that there was money to be made with this. Toterm has understood the priocipe very well and knows the ways to make their clients cough up money.

The artificial scarcity of cards (SEC) created by Totem, is one. Gambling is another. There will always be people who will fall for it, even if it is frustrating and ***** for the wallet.


Le livre est écrit depuis le début de l'Humanité.

Le point faible des hommes sont les belles femmes sexy. Très tôt certains ont compris, qu'il y avait de l'argent à faire avec celà. Toterm a très bien compris le priocipe et connaît les moyens de faire cracher l'argent à leurs clients.

La rareté artificielle des cartes (SEC) créé par Totem, en est un. Les jeux en est un autre. Il y aura toujours des gens pour tomber dans le panneau, même si cela peu-être frustrant et douloureux pour le protefeuille.

I'm not writing it btw, too busy looking at sexy women. 😆

This would be better for us all to do! 😄

Does it have to do with mining and uses special ports?

Try with the port ::69😐

I don't know how you handle 2 different resolutions of the same card.
Does a 3K card download replace an existing 4K card download or can you
just toggle the clip resolution down one way or another?

To do this, you must download the card again in the desired resolution.

@Socialhazard sure. If you set My collection menu so that your clips
shown are either 720p or 3K it will indicate strong stutters or not.

@ComteDracula si vos clips 4K bégayent encore après la mise à niveau de la mémoire
vous devrez peut-être télécharger des cards préférées 3K et utiliser une liste de lecture.

Je ne sais pas comment vous gérez 2 résolutions différentes de la même card.
Un téléchargement de card 3K remplace-t-il un téléchargement de card 4K existant ou pouvez-vous
il suffit de basculer la résolution vers le bas d'une manière ou d'une autre ?
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@ComteDracula if your 4K clips still stutter after upgrading memory
you may need to download favorite 3K or 1080p cards and use a playlist.

I don't know how you handle 2 different resolutions of the same card.
Does a 3K card download replace an existing 4K card download or can you
just toggle the clip resolution down one way or another?

Unable to visit dolz.io. Don't understand why. My router blocks this site while I can visit the whole usual net, twitter for instance and pornsites. Does it have to do with mining and uses special ports?

I think he means the xxx tab on the app info page, @pickle1 We've talked about that before, I think. Well, looks like it got deleted.

What do you mean?

What happened to XXX group?

@EverthangForever

Ok, cool. More testing for me then. 👍 😎

@wrightsayswow

👍 😆

With all the posts about getting SEC and Jokers written over the years, by so many, there must be enough material for some very heavy book all about the psychology of it all. I'm not writing it btw, too busy looking at sexy women. 😆

I rather pay 50 credits for each special event cards, I think 50 credits is a fair trade price

If people playing the games in order to win jokers brings in more money for Totem than directly chargng 50 credits then 50 jokers is not a fair price but is far too cheap - the evidence for this being that many people do pay far more than that, of their own free will, even if they are unhappy about it.

Also, if you could just buy them for 50 credits how would you justify the higher price in comparison with ordinary cards. Currently the justification for the high price is that they are rare even though they differ in no other way from the normal cards.

@com
I miss understood the nature of Special Event Cards
I thought you can ONLY buy them using joker cards -
But you can get them in one other way:
Each card is attached to a date, if you buy a lot of slot machine games you get exp points towards getting that card for free.
This is not good for me since I bought all the cards I loved directly, I don't want to buy the cards I specifically skipped buying, I rather pay 50 credits for each special event cards, I think 50 credits is a fair trade price

You do not win any prizes that you see in the big octagon if you do not reveal 3 "S"
Note : Even if it's in the big box, that doesn't mean it's won. Sorry for the *****

Speaking of *****, the completely misleading game description is still showing on the main "Crazy Week" page...

Indeed, it is much better to exchange a Joker card for an SEC card, which can be very expensive, than for an 11 credit card, in my case.

So far despite many suggestions from Totem members, does not give any answers, and very rarely answers people's questions.

I still feel that in this area, it is lost and useless writing because of this.


En effet, il est de loin préférable d'échager une carte Joker pour une carte SEC, qui peut coûter très cher, que pour une carte à 11 crédits, dans mon cas.

Jusqu'à maintenant malgré beaucoup de suggestions des membres Totem, ne donna pas de réponse, et répond très rarement aux questionnements des gens.

J'ai toujours l'impression qu'en ce domaine, ce sont des écrits perdus et inutiles à cause de cela.

I think the cards being locked behind a luck based wall is making those cards un appealling, I honestly would rather click a button that make it so that I never see them. Totem has to step up their game, like for example, each time you buy 500 credits, u get a joker card, that is going to make the 90% of users who buy 10 cards and leave, have something to stay for (since buying more shows make them realize that istripper is awesome)


I mean, I'v been here for 6 years and I got 2 of them, and I did play the games a lot back in the day... The only way to complete my collection and get the final 12 cards will be to get lucky 10 more times... see you in 20 years?

I am not able to see, anyway, how getting lots of members buying an huge collection could ever be detrimental to them...

The question is would there be "lots of members"?. Totem are in a good position to judge this, we are not. So far they seem to think the answer would be "No", or at least not enough to make up for the reduction of people playing for them via the games.

What is good for me or you is not necessarily good for Totem.

I am not able to see, anyway, how getting lots of members buying an huge collection could ever be detrimental to them...

I don't think I agree: it has been repeatedly said by the company that SECs will not be released for sale... but nothing such has been said about Jokers.

But selling jokers would be essentially equivalent to selling SECs. Yes, you can use them to buy other cards - but anyone buying a Joker for what would presumably be a far higher price than any normal card is surely not then going to use it to buy something that they could buy for far less than they paid for the joker .

So, my proposal to give to members which own very big collections (e.g. 5000+ cards or so) the possibility to buy Jokers, might be quite an incentive for much people to get a bigger collection - so, being a convenient thing both for users and for the company.

As this, or something like it, has been proposed several times already it is pretty certain that Totem do not see it being to their advantage. What is good for me or you is not necessarily good for Totem. As a first approximation always thnk of these things as a zero sum game and only then try thinking of why it would not be, with no risk of it being a permanent drain on Totem's potential income.

If Totem does not allow the purchase of SEC cards, it would be surprising if it allowed the purchase of a Joker card

I don't think I agree: it has been repeatedly said by the company that SECs will not be released for sale... but nothing such has been said about Jokers.

Moreover, a Joker is not a "disguised SEC", since it permits to get any card in Store, not only SECs.

So, my proposal to give to members which own very big collections (e.g. 5000+ cards or so) the possibility to buy Jokers, might be quite an incentive for much people to get a bigger collection - so, being a convenient thing both for users and for the company.

OK thanks. There is nothing else in premium that interests me. Initially I thought I might get a joker since it will be my first time.
If it was few years ago only and not now then I'm not buying premium membership.

You do not win any prizes that you see in the big octagon if you do not reveal 3 "S"
Note : Even if it's in the big box, that doesn't mean it's won. Sorry for the *****

The FG175, works well for me @EverthangForever.

I can't wait to receive and install my new memory modules (RAM), to see if there will be a difference in performance.

The graphic of this scene is impressive, with its 3D impression.

Thank you.

I am happy for you @Philours. Getting some color back is a sign of getting healthy again. We are always in slow motion, during a recovery. 😆

Here is a song, that will go well for you with this scene, from one of our late great Quebec rock band.

"Slow Motion" by the band "Corbeau", with Marjolaine Morin (Marjo). Song which is according to me part of their best album "Illégal".

To discover, if you don't know. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVjfZXHz4EU

She was pretty and sexy our Marjo in the 80s. It's always a pleasure to see her again, when she covers her old hits on TV.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wj17y-73ZA



La FG175, fonctionne bien pour moi @EverthangForever.

J'ai hâte de recevoir et installer mes nouvelles barrettes mémoires (RAM), pour voir s'il va y avoir une différence dans la performance.

Le graphique de cette scène est impressionnante, avec son impression de 3D.

Merci.

Je suis content pour vous @Philours. Retrouver des couleurs, est un signe de retour à la santé. On est toujours au ralenti, lors d'un rétablissement. 😆

Tiens une chanson, qui va bien aller pour vous avec cette scène, d'un de nos défunts grand groupe de rock québécois.

"Slow Motion" du groupe "Corbeau", avec Marjolaine Morin (Marjo). Chanson qui fait partie selon moi de leur meilleur album "Illégal"

À découvrir, si vous ne connaissez pas. 😊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVjfZXHz4EU

Elle était jolie et sexy notre Marjo dans les *****ées 80. C'est toujours un plaisir de la revoir, lorsqu'elle reprend ses anciens succès à la télé.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Wj17y-73ZA

@desexyvideoclub
The Joker are not for sell, you can only get some by the TGIF games, when they are available.

FG175 fonctionne, toujours comme si j'avais choisis de mettre sur "ralenti" Mais, au moins j'ai récupéré des couleurs 😄😄
FG175 works, still as if I had chosen to put it on "slow motion" But, at least I got some colors back 😄😄

I don't think you gonna get the bonus joker card, it seems it was a one time thing unfortunately...

Another question: is there a way to get a joker card other than being lucky? what about buying them directly is that a possibility?

If Totem does not allow the purchase of SEC cards, it would be surprising if it allowed the purchase of a Joker card, since this is the only card that can be exchanged to obtain an SEC card.

Si Totem ne permet pas l'achat des cartes SEC, il serait surprenant qu'il permette l'achat d'une carte Joker, puisque c'est la seule carte que l'on peut échanger pour obtenir une carte SEC.

@Socialhazard your idea of testing old against new clips is quite important imho. 👍
Thanks lots for that

WebGL Shader Inputs:

uniform vec3 iResolution; // viewport resolution (in pixels)
uniform float iTime; // shader playback time (in seconds)
uniform float iTimeDelta; // render time (in seconds)
uniform int iFrame; // shader playback frame
//uniform float iChannelTime[4]; // channel playback time (in seconds)
//uniform vec3 iChannelResolution[4]; // channel resolution (in pixels)
uniform vec4 iMouse; // mouse pixel coords. xy: current (if MLB down), zw: click
//uniform samplerXX iChannel0..3; // input channel. XX = 2D/Cube
uniform vec4 iDate; // (year, month, day, time in seconds)
//uniform float iSampleRate; // sound sample rate (i.e., 44100)

These are some default settings that Shadertoy's WebGL works with.
As we don't have multichannels like sound on our OpenGL iSplayer,
I have commented out the ones that I figure don't apply on our system.

In the quest for getting shaders to compile and run efficiently, its worth keeping an eye
on your vghd.logs to see if any of the above are creating ommisions or conflicts.

I was intrigued by the slow down of clip frame rate caused by proximity of the model
to the 'Strandbeestie' in da Frosted Forest.fsh Mods recently. There appears to be a
relationship between Clip stuttering and..

• How much ( ie: how close ) does the detail of the shader get to filling the screen
• How independently is detail in the shader moving and what is range of color used.
• Age of the clip ( ie: is it resolution 720p, 1080p, 3K or 4K ? )
• the speed at which the shader is running at.

Here is another shader by Eiffie that you might want to mess with, to test the effects
on clip frame rates.
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/29408/69?post=737214

FG175

Still trying to minimise clip stuttering using several methods.

https://scenes.virtuastripper.net/ET_FractalGarden175.zip

zip size = 118 Kb .
Extract the zip straight to ..scenes/ folder. Allow merged folders
and to overwrite any existing same name files
https://www.istripper.com/forum/thread/27449/120?post=737215

the flash sale cards are changing for sure after a week or more.

Some of the flash sale cards are changing, most of them aren't.
Would there be over 50% of them altered frequently, that would be an improvement.
It's just a marketing question.

I don't think you gonna get the bonus joker card, it seems it was a one time thing unfortunately...

Another question: is there a way to get a joker card other than being lucky? what about buying them directly is that a possibility?

I never bought premium membership. So will I get 1 more joker if I join since it will be my first time?

I never bought premium membership. So will I get 1 more joker if I join?

My memory is that the free Joker was only given to those that joined in the first few weeks and that this offer was for limited period was clear in the initial announcement.

Read my text, from what I've learned:

• if you want something to change, change the algorithm and buy few flash sale cards from what you may like. The taste is changing.
• not all the cards at one model will be flash sale.
• the flash sale cards are from all, even from your wishlist.
• the flash sale cards are changing for sure after a week or more.
• the flash sale cards depend on your membership: at fresh member you get 20-25 % sale, at triple diamonds you get 10-15% sale.
• very rare you get the new cards that are one month old at flash sale.
• buy the Premium upgrade to have 4k cards and the new cards at 20% sale.

I know more, but some algorithms don't work anymore or are too rare.
Sometime I play the minigames where I can change the cards that I don't like.
Good luck!

@EverthangForever

I leave it to you then and others that actually know what they are doing. 😳 😄 😎 👍

To my knowledge, being a Premium member myself, there was only the first year of membership, that a Joker card was given as a gift.

À ma connaissance, étant membre Premium moi-même, il n'y a eu que la première *****ée d'adhésion, qu'un carte Joker était donnée en cadeau.

Frosted ForestMod02.fsh in FG173x

@Socialhazard interesting to experiment / compare with the code like that. Thanks, I get that too 👍
and ..yes it ends inside a tree on the Shadertoy.com website as well. 😄

One year premium membership doesn't give a joker card?
Last year I got a joker card for joining, did that feature got removed?
Or is there a new program mechanic to get and use a joker card? since I can't find it.

FG173x Frosted ForestMod02.fsh

for(int i=3;i>=0;i--){if(h==0.)continue;

with test cards Ariel A e0967 and Merry Pie e0092

FG173 Ariel A sometimes slow, Merry Pie slow.
FG173x Ariel A sometimes slow, Merry Pie ok.

The 'Strandbeest' does slow things as mentioned.

Hope that is useful. 😕 😎

Also, is the scene supposed to just end inside a tree like that? 😄

En effet, je suis tellement compatissant avec @Philours, que j'adopte un humour noir. Je ne peux rien vous cacher, même dans le noir. 😉

Ça mériterait bien une photo avec une chambre noire.😆

@Sexy3DBoy, En effet, je suis tellement compatissant avec @Philours, que j'adopte un humour noir. Je ne peux rien vous cacher, même dans le noir. 😉

They are presented in descending order of the rating. I'm currently getting card rated 4.63 so next I will get cards rated 4.62.

What would be the marketing purpose of playing them in descending order instead of randomly?

@Kloving
Did you get three 's'?
The big box is not a definite winner.
It is what you win if you get three 's' also.

I can't remember exactly. There might have been just 2 'S', instead of 3 :(

@Kloving
Did you get three 's'?
The big box is not a definite winner.
It is what you win if you get three 's' also.