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RE: laxattack34's Review

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:36:55 PST

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12-01-08 02:36pm

REVIEW REPLY by laxattack34 (2)

To TheRizzo (19):

Really? Good to know. I was so disappointed with what I saw.

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:18:50 PST

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11-21-08 07:18am

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (24)

To WeeWillyWinky (70):

To me most "Tobys" have a distinct flavor, www. When I was still a member of ATK Natural and Hairy (only a very short time ago) I would take one look at "today's update" and say to myself: Oh, boy, here's another Toby, because it looked darker than the others! The tinge was not quite so obvious until one opened a picture in the set. And, man, do I agree about the boredom factor when it comes to his sets.

But, in his defense, I think most photographers have become very predictable. I saw three different "stocking" sets on one site where three different models sat on the identical stool, in the identical kitchen doing identical poses. :-)

As a positive PS, as I told Drooler, I just downloaded one of Toby's sets of my favorite model and while it is predictable the tinge is not present!

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:04:46 PST

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11-20-08 11:04pm

COMMENT REPLY by WeeWillyWinky (70)

To messmer (24):

I don't know, messmer, but I never noticed anything "darkish" or otherwise physically different about Toby's sets on ATK's various sites or in his work elsewhere. I did notice that his sets were extremely predictable and instantly recognizeable, at least with the older material, which comprises most of what I've seen since I'm not into the new style of softcore at all. Predictable as in: girl in doorway, expose one breast, expose other breast, lift skirt, turn around, get on floor, lift knees, open knees, turn on side, turn over...done. The models spent WAY too much time on the damn floor in most of Toby's vintage sets.

Over-all, however, I do agree that ATK lags behind some of the premier sites and are resting on their laurels technically and esthetically. I have always enjoyed my visits to their sites because of the sheer amount of content and the wide variety of photographers they use. But I do visit now far less than I did in the years past.

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:27 PST

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11-20-08 01:00pm

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (24)

To Drooler (156):

I know it's a stretch but could "Premium" have taken the pictures and corrected the color tone before publishing them? I agree that CRT monitors sometimes give you a better picture but when I look at picture sets of two different photographers one looks great the other looks bluish/pink on the same flat screen monitor. Toby's sets (not all) also look darkish compared to others. When I complained at AO30 the answer was that he uses some sort of screen to soften and tint his sets, while SeanR, at the other extreme slightly over-sharpens HIS sets. And to end on a positive note, I noticed yesterday that Toby's shoot of my favorite model was, for once, just right! Hooray!

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:51:46 PST

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11-20-08 11:51am

COMMENT REPLY by Drooler (156)

To messmer (24):

I just checked and yes, there are 172 sets by Toby at Premium. I did notice one with the "blue tinge," but most of them looked, well, untainted (?).

I could be completely wrong but I wonder if the intensity of tinging has anything to do with the type of monitor. When I got my most recent Dell box, two years ago, it came with a flat screen monitor that I just couldn't stand for photo viewing. Had to go back to my old (nearly 10-year-old) CRT. Forgive me, Al Gore. But maybe it's just me, bein' hyper-picky 'n all.

I recently came across just one food smearing pic set that I kind of liked. The girl had mashed what looked like an Eskimo Pie onto her own pie of hair. It looked yummy.

But I hate them smearing the stuff all over their tits and legs and stuff. And anyway, NONE period would be OK.

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:45:30 PST

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11-20-08 07:45am

COMMENT REPLY by messmer (24)

To Drooler (156):

I agree that experimenting with new stuff has its dangers, I certainly would be turned off by food smearing! :-) Do you have sets by Toby at "Premium?" He's the photographer that drove me crazy on the other ATK sites with his bluish/pinkish tinges to just about every set they published. And he's ubiquitous ... I found him everywhere, it seemed. AllOver30 was one of the sites. However, I find some of his latest sets quite acceptable so maybe some of my criticisms got through.
When it comes to formula, Older Women and Aunt Judy were the worst.

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RE: Adding to some of the comments!

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:41:19 PST

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11-20-08 03:41am

COMMENT REPLY by Drooler (156)

To messmer (24):

I'll have to agree that the formula problem is quite common at ATK Premium. It wasn't that way when they started, although the material developed its own formulas which I didn't care much for, either: girls doing laundry and ironing, listening to music with earplugs stuck in, etc. Really, it didn't work.

But I won't say that formulas never work. I have my own formula stuck in my own head. The key is certain photos for ass worship. My problem with ATK Premium is that I don't enough satisfaction for my own formula-driven "needs."

But it's not always the case. With certain photographers, they hit it nicely, at least sometimes. But Alica S, whose photography has been very prominent at the site recently, doesn't do it the way I want it very often at all. I don't care for the strange skin colorings that she produces, either.

But at least there was one set recently of Brea Bennett that Alicia S did that really hit the mark for me. It was indeed an exception, though.

The photographers who try to change their ways do run the risk of doing things new that won't be liked very much, either. Peter Hegre was doing food smearing and such for a spell, thanks to some knobs who kept encouraging it on his forum, and I just hated that stuff! Hope that little experiment is over for good.

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:57:46 PST

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11-19-08 12:57pm

COMMENT by messmer (24)

Adding to some of the comments!

In my opinion none of the ATK sites is what it used to be.

A few years ago someone found that a certain formula worked and they've been stuck in that mode ever since. I subscribed to Galleria, a deeply disappointing experience for me (too much sameness in the various picture sets) despite the raves of others.

Re-subscribed to ATK Natural and Hairy and found, this time around, mostly unexciting photography and photographers who should either retire or change their way of shooting a set of pictures. Videos have stayed of the same quality over the years rather than advancing with the new technology available.

The one thing that really drove me crazy was the unresponsive attitude on the part of the webmasters. In their "Forum," the monthly cover states and has been stating "Amatures" for months.

I sent, not complaints, but observation after observation that for a company with the reputation of ATK, specializing in amateurs it was an embarrassment to keep misspelling "Amateur" on the cover of their monthly magazine and never got an answer or a change. Months later it probably still reads "Amature!"

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Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:00:51 PST

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11-19-08 07:00am

COMMENT by Sickboy3 (0)

Use of download managers

If you use a download manager, they will suspend your use for 10 days.....this is not good......I will do business elsewhere!! Here is their statement:

It appears that your login was disabled for download manager usage or other automated downloading. We regret that download managers and automatic or robotic downloading methods are not supported by our sites and will cause you to be disabled for up to 10 days. Use of robots such as download managers or queuing the downloads in any way are not allowed under our terms of service as this is considered data mining.

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RE: laxattack34's Review

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:27:31 PST

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11-18-08 06:27pm

REVIEW REPLY by TheRizzo (19)

To laxattack34 (2):

This is a site when it first came out had real promise. I loved how they took you to the models homes and really tried to give you a behind the scense look at her and her life. Sadly it shifted away after a year or so and become yet another site.

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Sun, 18 May 2008 20:54:16 PDT

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05-18-08 08:54pm

COMMENT by exotics4me (301)

New, lower price

This is a site that I have enjoyed because I see it as different than the typical site with pretty original sets, including some of the models staying dressed from start to finish.

The price is now $24.95 instead of the previous $29.95.

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RE: exotics4me's Review

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:49:28 PDT

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10-03-07 07:49am

REVIEW REPLY by exotics4me (301)

To ChrisK (Webmaster):

Hey ChrisK,

Thank you for letting me know that someone did something about it. All I really remember is asking her what a building was, she looks at it and kind of keeps walking. They then ask her to point at a tree. Then it is the, "Show a little skin" comment, she just shakes her head and says no. It skips forward and asks about a date on a plaque or stone. She has no idea what the date stands for. You can just see the anger building. I will say that she stood up to them, she curses them several times after they asked her to dance. I did chuckle at first because she doesn't speak good English usually, but those curse words were quite clear. Then I stopped laughing when she looked down and said, "I don't like this". If you check out my overall reviews, I rarely even join the American reality sites just because of this type of thing that for some reason some companies think is entertaining.

When I come back to ATK Premium, probably will be November or December, I will adjust my score with a follow-up review. And thanks for the info on new Eve material. I was just mainly asking because I had been a member just 2 months before the email asking, so I was seeing if there was anything new of Eve. No need to reply to this if you are busy. Just wanted to say thanks.

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RE: exotics4me's Review

Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:18:00 PDT

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10-03-07 06:18am

REVIEW REPLY by ChrisK (Webmaster)

To exotics4me (301):

Good morning. I'm glad you got my message and wrote back. I'll do my best to address your questions/concerns.

Are we getting more Eve content? (her name on our sites is Eva)
Yes. We have some video that hasn't been released to the site yet. It's just recently been processed and should be up soon.

Regarding the scene where she gets upset - I located that clip and watched it. That was shot by a photographer team we no longer work with. I see where they ask her to do a little dance and she explains that it's not appropriate. Then it cuts ahead. It looks like the part you describe was removed from the clip. So maybe your feedback did get through or somebody else mentioned it.

As a matter of policy, we do not condone any belittlement of the models; that is not our style and not what we represent. You might be surprised at the amount of content we receive and turn away because it doesn't live up to our guidelines. Apparently, this one slipped through the review process and made it online. If so, we made a mistake and on behalf of the company, I apologize.

I hope this helps and feel free to write me here anytime.

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RE: exotics4me's Review

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 19:35:33 PDT

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10-02-07 07:35pm

REVIEW REPLY by exotics4me (301)

To ChrisK (Webmaster):

Hello ChrisK,

The question I had asked was just a basic one asking about if you all were going to have any new Eve Angel material. I didn't think too much of not getting an answer, then I sent one offering a tip that several sites have started using, that I thought would help ATK Premium. It is just a tip about making a preview page that shows all of the models and how many pic sets and video sets you have of each model. Xisty has an excellent one that looks to take minimal time and work to make. It is a nice touch for prospective new members to be able to see what all you have before paying.

I then sent a complaint about the interviews/behind the scenes clips. I enjoy these clips, so it isn't that I didn't want them. I just found some to be disrespectful. As a Psychologist in Los Angeles, I deal with ex-pornstars as patients on a nearly daily basis, so I was just speaking from experience in the email I sent about these. I have found that most of the models are very sweet in person, very normal even. The questions are great that you all ask, but some of the requests of asking to do things in public in countries that really look down on public shows of sexuality, was a little much. I will explain.

It is of Eve Angel and is in the Behind the Scenes/Interview section. I understand that these women are being paid to be on a site, but I was quite shocked when I seen Eve nearly crying mad because she was asked to "dance a little" in her home country of Hungary. With an American model, this would be no big deal. I live in California, women here are half naked in public everyday. I spoke with Zsanett (Sandy) a few years ago in Florida. My wife and I recognized her, she was very nice and was telling me that Eve was her favorite model to work with. This was not at a porn convention or anything like that. Zsanett was in Florida to see relatives and we ran into her at a store. She went on and on about how sweet Eve is and how she does all of these animal activist acts of kindness.

So, it kind of left a bad taste in my mouth towards ATK Premium to keep probing her in that interview in Hungary. I loved the parts where she was just talking about her likes, though she seemed frustrated with her English, she still tried her best. Just that one clip was bad where you all had her pointing at a tree, asking her to show a little skin, asking her to dance a little. It makes her look dumb, just like the site Mike's apartment who ask her in her clip, "Do you like cartoons?" I expected that from Mike's Apartment, it is an American reality site, as an Italian-American, I will say, most Americans are jerks. I didn't expect that type of probing from ATK Premium. It came off as ridiculing Eve.

This combined with the no replies to emails made me a little disappointed with ATK Premium. It is good to see that you all are becoming more involved. And I'm sure that you all mended fences with Eve. Thank you for replying.

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RE: Drooler's Review

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:42:08 PDT

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10-02-07 11:42am

REVIEW REPLY by ChrisK (Webmaster)

To Drooler (156):

Yes, we did have a bad crash this past Spring. So bad that the entire site was completely lost and the design destroyed. It was a huge blow to us and we worked almost 24/7 to get it rebuilt. Without the design and the structure we were forced to put the content back up in a structure we did have, that of the other sites. Otherwise it would have been many more months until we could have relaunched. All content had to be manually put back and it was a huge job. Though the original design of the site was lost the content remains the same.

It was a malicious attack that brought the site down but we learned from it and instituted safeguards to prevent it from ever happening again. We're very committed to this site and we continue to move forward. Feedback is always welcome and appreciated.

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RE: exotics4me's Review

Tue, 02 Oct 2007 11:27:08 PDT

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10-02-07 11:27am

REVIEW REPLY by ChrisK (Webmaster)

To exotics4me (301):

I was looking through all the user comments and reviews and wanted to let you know we appreciate you taking the time to give honest feedback. However, I was distressed when I read that you had a customer service issue recently. We have a dedicated support person and we answer every single email that comes in, no matter what the subject.

We do get a lot of email (and a lot of spam) so it is possible yours was overlooked by mistake; I can't deny that probably happens sometimes. But please don't think it would have been intentionally ignored. I'd love the opportunity to make good on your question, if it's not too late. Please reply to me here or try the customer support email again.

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RE: qualsite34's Review

Mon, 03 Sep 2007 05:27:30 PDT

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09-03-07 05:27am

REVIEW REPLY by Drooler (156)

To qualsite34 (25):

This review really sums up at lot of what I think has happened with the site as well and how I feel about it. The "Premium" label is now like a 93 octane tank filled with 87.

If they'd make their videos HD, their pics 3000, the poses more erotic and less routine, and the models in greater variety, then they'd be premium again.

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RE: qualsite34's Review

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:04:39 PDT

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07-07-07 09:04pm

REVIEW REPLY by exotics4me (301)

To qualsite34 (25):

I do remember when ATK had the AMKingdom logo instead of the ATK one, and do believe their main office is in Florida. The CS rep that responded to my email kept mentioning UK and members "favourite" model instead of favorite. I actually wrote to complain to them also about the treatment of some of the models in the behind the scenes clips. If you have watched any of those, everyone from the photographer to the hairdresser/make-up person, and the woman who asks questions have British accents.

In one though, with Eve Angel, they go to Hungary, her home country, and have her walk around the cities with them explaining history. She speaks and understands very little English. They start asking her the dumbest questions, "What happened at this spot in 1958?" because there is a marker that says 1958. She was born in the early 80s. Also, "Could you point at that building and tell us what it is?" It was obvious that pointing is seen as rude in Hungary. She says no. They continue with these boneheaded questions. Then it hits a boiling point when the cameraman asks her to, "dance a little" thousands of Hungarians walking around. She says no. He says, "Ok, show us something." She says no. He asks something else, the woman with him asks something else. Finally, Eve says, "I'm not doing that! All the f*cking Hungarians around, it is not right!" she also tells them she is not happy with the shoot, they are being too personal that she is there to model.

I expect this type of badgering from some of our US sites like Bang Bus who are in it for humor as well as sexy. But I thought it was really sad for the ATK sites to badger a model like this. She was fine with spreading nude, in privacy, for the behind the scenes, changing clothes in front of them, everything, but you could tell they went too far by going against Hungarian customs.

See, I'm on the opposite end as you when it comes to women. Being from California, most of the US pornstars look just like girls I see everyday out here. I have some US models I like, Eva Angelina, Aria G, Teagen for example, but I tend to prefer the Euros. Even so, didn't want you to think I was trying to debate your score. I was mainly just letting you know what they had told me.

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RE: qualsite34's Review

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 12:47:02 PDT

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07-02-07 12:47pm

REVIEW REPLY by qualsite34 (25)

To exotics4me (301):

I think ATK is based out of Florida. These guys used to be the kings of
girl next door American amateurs. However, in the past few years it looks like they decided to focus more on the European types. I'm guessing those Eastern European girls work very cheaply. The problem with the European girls is they all look the same. I'm guessing they are real professional models who can't find work elsewhere. If you check out the exagerated poses you know what I mean. The photo and video equipment also appears to be lower then that used for the U.S. girls also.

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RE: qualsite34's Review

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 05:41:02 PDT

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07-02-07 05:41am

REVIEW REPLY by exotics4me (301)

To qualsite34 (25):

qualsite34,

I too have wondered about the Premium label. I wouldn't have posted this if I hadn't seen where you are from USA like I am. Seems they speak a different English than we do, according to the email that I received back from them, "ATK Premium is a collection of the best from each of our sites, ATK Galleria, ATK Hairy, ATK Exotics, based on model popularity."

Which does make some sense when you think of it. Kind of like a Greatest Hits cd or Best of cd. I explained to them that I thought maybe it would be higher quality on the pictures and/or videos. Their reply back, "If it were higher quality video and pictures; don't you think we would be charging more for it than we do for the other ATK sites?" I thought about digging a hole to bury my head in!

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Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:30:31 PDT

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06-23-07 09:30am

COMMENT by Sharkhunter (0)

Not as good as it used to be...

This was one of my favourite sites, in that it truly lived up to its 'premium' title and stood from the regular ATK site. The selection of models, although small, was excellent in that it included such names as Sophie Moone, Lenka Horakova and Monika Matejovska (Sharon M). Most of the photosets were tasteful nude, though there was a nice selection of harder material.

However the site experienced a fair bit of downtime in April of 2007, and despite its return promising great things this has not been the case. The classier models appear to have disappeared, and more recent updates have included girls who must have missed out on the initial auditions and selections many times over. To be frank, some have been pretty ugly and not worthy of a site of this type and reputation.

All in all, while I would have been happy to subscribe to this site a year or so ago, these days it is simply not worth the money. Rather than 'premier' it has become somewhat third division - and the regular ATK site is these days a lot better in terms of quality and content.

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