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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I think stats reveal that women do it less, except, of course, women may be less likely to reveal their habits to pollsters.
I can visualize now how such a poll would go if I participated in a telephone survey:
Sexy-voiced lady pollster: Sir, how often do you masturbate?
Me: I'm doing it right now.
Sexy-voiced lady pollster: How many times per week do you masturbate, sir?
Me: So what are you wearing?
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10-10-13 01:23pm
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Review
1577
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Burning Angel
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93.0
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| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
- Large site
- Updates regularly
- Good variation in body types
- Variation in level of tattoos and piercings
- Class-leading video quality in newer videos
- Many download options
- Streaming available (with options)
- Supports download managers
- Fans of Joanna Angel should definitely join – lots to see
- TBP discount |
| Cons: |
- No zips for pics |
| Bottom Line: |
The first time I joined this site I surprised even myself as I’m not a big fan of tattoos and piercings. Or so I thought.
The site seems to be quite a bit different now than the last time I reviewed it. Back in 2009 when dracken commented on it, and even as recently as a year ago when I reviewed it, the site had a ‘community’ feel to it, like it wasn’t necessarily a professional porn site but a site owned and run by people into this lifestyle. (That was and still is highlighted by the obvious connection that Joanna Angel has with this site. Any of her fans NEED to get a membership here.) The site still has that feel to it with the blogs, a forum, event listings and chats, but it is clearly more ‘professional’ now.
The last time I reviewed the site it was broken down into several sub-sites. Those are listed in my previous review if you’re interested in seeing what those were. Those divisions seem to be gone now in favor of putting all the videos up on the main page and relying on a pull-down menu to sort by niche. This may be a personal thing, but I prefer the new way: all the scenes are right there and there are convenient ways to sort by star or niche.
The site is part of the Fame Digital family of sites. In my opinion, Fame has the porn Midas touch in that they nail the Holy Trinity for porn sites: the porn is incredibly hot with high production values, the site is well organized, and the porn is easy to access for streaming or downloads. The only caveat with Fame is that you need to track which of their billing companies you paid through because you’ll need to know that when it comes time to cancel.
Another way the site is different now is that they use a look more common to other Fame sites: the scene thumbnail opens into a page where all your options for streaming and downloads are in sub-menus. If you’re familiar with any of Fame’s sites you’ll realize that this is both intuitive and easy to use. Also like other Fame sites, this one offers some of the widest choices for streaming and downloads. Other porn companies need to copy this. The oldest videos on the site date from 2008 and are available for download in either WMV or MP4 in 160p, 240p, 360p and 480p. Obviously these aren’t great, but they look okay and they were great when they were uploaded. The really good news, however, is that like most Fame sites, this site jumped into HD early: videos uploaded as early as mid-2009 offer both 720p and 1080p in MP4 format. This was way ahead of the curve for most adult sites in 2009. The icing on the cake is that however fame encodes its scenes, in either 720 or 1080 they look amazing. Some sites offer 1080 that still looks pixilated. Please Fame, if you’re reading this please offer encoding lessons to other sites. Or just buy them out.
I downloaded the 1080p versions and those come in at 1980x1280 and 6800kb/s bitrate.
The site currently has 719 scenes of varying length. The scenes run the gamut from solo, POV, b/g, group, g/g, anal; in other words, just what you’d expect from an adult site. The models also have some variation so depending on the look you like you’re apt to find lots to satisfy you. The site updates frequently and regularly with several scenes being added weekly.
If the site has one glaring fault it’s that pics are still not offered in zips. I know this is primarily a video site, but for those who like to collect photos of their favorite models it would be a good idea to offer zips.
Download managers are supported and like other Fame sites this one has resolved the issue of short-duration time-outs. Links don’t last forever, but they will last about an hour and that is a huge improvement over what was offered even a year ago.
So that leaves dealing with the 800lb gorilla in the room: that the models don’t sport a mainstream look. If that is an absolute deal-breaker for you, then there is no way you’d like this site. If, however, you have even a remote interest in this niche then I highly recommend checking this site out. The models are all really beautiful and but for the tattoos and piercings they look like the beautiful models that work in other parts of the porn industry. There are varying levels of body modifications too: not all the models are heavily tattooed and pierced; some are very light on both. Katie St. Ives, for example, is on this site and I doubt many would consider her a niche model.
The bottom line is that just in the past year this site has made some changes that, while subtle, have made a great site even better. It’s a large and growing site that offers excellent quality (in production values and in how they look on your monitor or TV) at a discounted price and features unique-but-beautiful models. What’s not to like? I highly recommend joining. |
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10-08-13 04:17pm
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1578
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Broke Amateurs
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
I can say for certain that unless there is a download option that exceeds that I certainly won't be back.
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10-07-13 02:41pm
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1579
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N/A
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Reply of
graymane's Reply
I certainly took your comments to be light-hearted and good-natured. And yes, in a pro versus con argument about anal I won't back down nor take any prisoners!
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10-07-13 02:41pm
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1580
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N/A
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Reply of
graymane's Reply
Actually graymane, your reply to my comment has given me a thought about how to resolve this issue. I'll make this offer to all of my PU friends: if you think there is too much anal in porn today, send me what you have. I'll gladly accept it and give it a good home. you can rest knowing that your unwanted anal porn now has a loving home.
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10-06-13 01:01pm
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1581
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Broke Amateurs
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Good point about the quality issue. If you offer HD for sale then more people will buy it. I'll confess to occasionally visiting tube sites to scout out material from a site I might be interested in. Tube sites have led me to join several pay sites but I only use them when planning a membership.
The thing about this site is that I really like the scenes and would gladly become a repeat customer if the video quality was better. Honestly, I could even live with the 720x480 stuff, but if the site is reverting to 320x240 I won't rejoin.
And as I've said probably a dozen times here already, an answer to my emails from the site would be helpful in clarifying what's going on.
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10-06-13 12:59pm
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1582
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N/A
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Reply of
Monahan's Poll
I sort of have a plan, but not really. If I die suddenly, a close friend, porn buddy and long-time PU lurker is instructed to come to my house and retrieve a specific briefcase. That briefcase contains a bunch of portable drives.
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10-06-13 12:54pm
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1583
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Broke Amateurs
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Thanks for the comments.
The worst part is that I don't think the site has been left to die. It is still updating with new material but the site owner seems to have made a decision to drop the semi-good quality downloads in favour of what might have been state-of-the-art in 1995. And all to thwart piracy. I get that piracy is a big problem, I get that it must be one of the most frustrating things a small site has to deal with, and I get that the site can't tell someone like me from a person intending to upload the material to a torrent site, but this move seems to penalize me for doing nothing wrong.
That's the frustrating part for me. That and the fact that the webmaster doesn't respond to emails.
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10-05-13 01:24pm
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1584
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N/A
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I'm sorry, but I don't understand the question. Is someone suggesting that there could be too much anal? Isn't that like suggesting that there might be too much air? ;-)
But seriously, I'm a fan of anal and like to see it, so there can never be too much.
And one of the things I really like in porn is seeing a previous holdout do her first anal scene. That's a big deal for me.
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10-05-13 01:19pm
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Review
1585
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Broke Amateurs
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65.0
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| Status: |
Current Member for less than 1 month (at the time of review).
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| Pros: |
- Decent sized site (135 scenes)
- Some attractive women
- Supports download managers
- Streaming available
- Lots of rimming (yes, I consider this a pro)
- Scenes are hard without being abusive
- Updates |
| Cons: |
- No HD
- Highest resolution is barely industry standard
- Seems to be using even lower resolution now
- Many broken links
- Some scenes are streaming only
- No customer support
- Some women not attractive |
| Bottom Line: |
I recently discovered that I like ‘amateur’ porn. The qualifier for that is that I like porn that uses models that obviously have some interest in the adult industry and are now trying video, as opposed to a couple who record themselves and post it on the ‘net.
The setup here is pretty much the same as used on similar sites like Exploited College Girls: the scene begins with an interview of the model, she gets naked, there is oral and then sex. I think this formula works so I don’t find it repetitive, but I can see that some might. Most of the sex is vaginal, but there are several scenes that feature anal too, but not enough that I’d consider this an anal site. One controversial sex act that does occur often is female on male rimming, which occurs in a majority of the scenes. I like watching that, so I find it a positive, but I understand that I’m probably in a minority.
Most of the scenes are around 45-50 minutes long. While the female models are asked to do things they probably wouldn’t do in real life, the scenes are in no way abusive as can occur on other sites. There is no face fucking or other extreme acts like that.
Most of the models are quite attractive and there is a decent variety among body types so that most members can say they found a lot of models that suit their tastes. As with ‘amateur’ sites though, there can be some models who are questionable. I swear that one of the models looks like a younger Geddy Lee. And as a Rush fan, it pains me to say that. It could have been worse though: the model could have looked like Neil Peart or Alex Lifeson.
Unfortunately the bad outweighs the good on this site. The material itself is well shot (while there is a lot of POV it is well done), lighted and edited. Most of the women are attractive and most of the sex is fun to watch. The site is let down by the web design itself and what is actually made available to members.
The site is simple and I have no problem with that. It is a small site with 135 scenes available so there is no need for a fancy layout and powerful search function. It would be nice to see some tags but I can live without those. Of the problems on the site, one of them is that the 135 scenes are only theoretically available. I didn’t count them, but there are many dead links for pages and more for downloads.
Speaking of downloads, this is the biggest problem with the site: all of the older material is offered in only 320x240 resolution. (Only one download choice is offered per scene. Or, if you prefer, the only option is take it or leave it.) I can’t be convinced that they were anywhere near state-of-the-art even when they were uploaded. The site did improve that when they upgraded the downloads to 720x480. Those are passable and look pretty good on a 24” monitor, but get pretty grainy on a large TV. More options would be better, including an HD download choice.
But wait! It gets worse!
It appears that the site may have made a choice to actually revert back to the 320x240 size. I say this for three reasons: 1) the newest update is low resolution, 2) a blog update in late August reported that the site would be only using low resolution downloads to thwart theft, and 3) a couple of emails to the site to ask if my suspicions were true went unanswered.
If it’s true that the site has reverted to low res for downloads, this alone will cause me to not recommend the site and not rejoin. I get that piracy is hurting porn, and probably hurting smaller sites more than big sites, but surely there is a better way to curb piracy than kicking your customers in the balls. I’m an active porn buyer and I frequently rejoin sites, but if this is what I get, I won’t be back.
Two relatively minor issues too: 1) if you have an option for members to contact you, you should read your email and respond. If you don’t respond, then don’t make the option available, and 2) the third most recent update features a stunning young lass who puts on a great performance, but for some reason it is only offered in streaming. This really cheesed me off, and my reasonable question on future availability went unanswered.
As for some technical stuff, the site updates with approximately one new scene being added weekly. It also supports download managers with no obvious timeouts or download limits.
This is some decent amateur porn that is let down by a too-amateur site. I could live with that but if my suspicions are correct that they are making things even worse for members I can’t recommend the site. If the site responds to this review or to my email with some information on better downloads then I’ll reconsider my refusal to recommend and the score. |
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10-03-13 06:39pm
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1586
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N/A
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Reply of
Monahan's Reply
Glad to have reminded you. It is one of my favourite sites.
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10-03-13 06:37pm
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1587
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N/A
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Reply of
Monahan's Reply
I've seen that but never tried it. I'll check it out. Thanks for the tip.
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10-03-13 06:36pm
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1588
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Milk Enema
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Your point about there still being lots available here is well taken. This is some excellent porn at a great price which represents a great value. I do wish that they'd drop regional pricing for those outside North America.
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10-03-13 06:36pm
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1589
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Milk Enema
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Review
Great review! This network is one of my favourites that I join regularly and I agree that the price you were offered made this an amazing deal.
The only problem I have with Milk Enema now is that it isn't updating. From what I've read no new scenes are being made or released. From my perspective, this is too bad as this is a unique and under-served niche. I also realize that it isn't a niche with too many supporters here.
I should also point out that I joined this network just last week after having only been away from it for maybe three months and was surprised to see how few updates there were on the entire network. The better value is probably the Evil Angel site with the TBP/PU discount because these are the same studios and there is a lot of overlap.
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10-02-13 04:46am
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1590
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N/A
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Reply of
Cybertoad's Poll
A discount is often the difference between me joining a site that I otherwise wouldn't and not joining it. This has worked out well for me (and for some sites, I suspect) as a discounted price has brought me to some sites that I really like and continue to join regularly.
One site in particular, Evil Angel, offers a discount to PU members that I take advantage of several times a year. Without that price I'd probably only join once a year or less.
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10-02-13 04:40am
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1591
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N/A
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Reply of
Khan's Poll
I don't have my drives protected but I should. I just don't know how to do that. I do have instructions on how to use the 'hidden file' feature in Windows to mask what you have on a drive. It would certainly protect the drive from people stumbling onto your stash as the drive looks empty unless someone looks deeper.
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10-01-13 04:54pm
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1592
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My XXX Pass
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Reply of
jberryl69's Reply
I'll check for that email. Thanks for taking the time to send it.
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09-27-13 09:09am
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1593
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Evil Angel
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Reply of
pat362's Reply
He's definitely one of my favourites. But then most of the directors with Evil Angel are among my favourites. I just wish Jay Sin would start shooting the Milk Enema series again...
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09-27-13 09:08am
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1594
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Immoral Live
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Reply of
Tree Rodent's Reply
Thanks for the comment.
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09-27-13 09:06am
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1595
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My XXX Pass
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Reply of
PantyhoseFan's Reply
I'm not sure if there is a way to bump up the quality, but I'm reasonably sure you could likely improve it a bit. My recommendation is to post a thread in the forum. You're likely to get some good answers there.
Thanks for the comments on the review.
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09-27-13 09:05am
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1596
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N/A
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Reply of
Drooler's Poll
Back about 8 years ago Destiny St Claire looked exactly like my wife's cousin. That made for some interesting thoughts during family events. When we visit her now I see a graduation photo from that time and the resemblance is striking.
Hmmm... I wonder if my wife's cousin does anal?
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09-27-13 07:04am
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1597
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My XXX Pass
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Reply of
jberryl69's Reply
I do remember you talking about this somewhere. Can you point me in the right direction please?
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09-23-13 01:33pm
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1598
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Immoral Live
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Reply of
Marcus's Reply
The billing issues can be frustrating unless you make sure to save the information you need to cancel. I make it a point to mention this is reviews so that others can avoid problems. Once you know what you need to cancel it is an easy process.
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09-23-13 01:32pm
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1599
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Reality Kings
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09-23-13 01:30pm
Replies (2)
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1600
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Evil Angel
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Reply of
pat362's Reply
Uh oh... that might mean that I'm not sane!
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09-23-13 01:07pm
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