Interesting questions, @Txmetalhead82K. This is what i think. First, as suspect as the rating system is, most of the high rated girls deserve their popularity status. Some girls have undeserved bad ratings, but i don't think the top ones are badly rated. That said, i think the special system is aimed to lure new users and to motivate the ones with modest collections to purchase cards. The rest of the users are not relevant to the company regarding the specials. Platinums above 200 cards get the worst part of this repeated cycle, but there's the motivation to reach for the VIP status and partially regain the benefits of the old calendar system. You'll likely be ***** to subscribe or spend more. That's good for business. VIPs have little use for the special system. If you run both VGHD and Hustlergirls, you'll get about 60 cards as specials per month + the occasional website deal. The chance to get all at 1 ticket is a VIP privilege.
Just my two cents. (;