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Sex Art
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skippy's Reply from skippy:
OLd Viv Thomsa is what I think of as glam porn.
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01-21-19 02:36pm
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Sex Art
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skippy's Comment
from SelenaMetArt:
Hi,
I wanted to reach out and let you know that I very much appreciate your feedback. We continue to experiment with the Staff Selection content, seeking a balance between offering special content and presenting it in a way that doesn't disrupt your experience as a customer.
I am sorry that we've let you down in this regard, and I have communicated the concerns to my management team.
If I can be of any assistance, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
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03-21-18 11:58am
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Showy Beauty
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skippy's Review
from lk2fireone:
Excellent review, as usual.
You mention that the videos are not terribly exciting.
I don't think I've found a single softcore site that has exciting videos.
But there must be an audience for softcore videos, because most softcore sites put a lot of time and money into making them.
My opinion: softcore videos are a waste of time and money. And I usually don't bother watching them.
Which is strange. Because I remember back in the 1980s, when I did enjoy the softcore movies from Europe, mainly from France. But some of the actresses were stunning, so that was the main draw. And nudity in movies was much less common back then, or should I say it had a brief golden age of softcore porn.
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12-13-18 08:12pm
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Stunning 18
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skippy's Review
from lk2fireone:
Excellent review, as usual.
Thierry Murell used to be the main photographer at Glam Deluxe.
But Glam Deluxe closed down.
I guess that Murell stopped contributing to the site as frequently and the site had other problems.
The selection of models at Glam Deluxe was quite good.
Another softcore glamour site that went bust.
Murell has contributed some nice sets to MetArt over the years, but he was never a heavy contributor.
I don't know why: maybe he didn't have the drive to create a lot of sets.
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12-22-18 05:36am
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Team Skeet
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skippy's Review
from Divinx:
With current misleading previews in many a site, it has become my custom to visit the link "Webmasters". Very useful to ascertain what network the site belongs to.
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10-22-15 01:43pm
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Team Skeet
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skippy's Review
from papermarvin:
Hey Skippy -
Thank you for reviewing out site :) Reviews like this are the reason we keep in improving. I have applauded our team for the kind things you said, but its apparent we have a lot of work ahead of us to be the best. We wont rest till we are - Thanks again.
TeamSkeet!
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10-22-15 09:53am
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Teen Mega World
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#3
from elephant:
(skippy's Reply)
Yeah I'm speaking for me and other people that are not into tats but its the human form in its beauty with addons that I love, I don't need decoration, fake eyelashes, tonnes of makeup, ink, piercing, I'm a simple guy that just like a woman in her natural state.
Ears pierced I can take though lol, thats about it.
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01-22-17 02:24am
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Teen Models
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skippy's Comment
from exotics4me:
I had forgotten about this site until I saw your comment. This is all just me thinking out-loud, but I used to talk to their webmaster on a weekly basis. That was back in 2009-2010. Somewhere around late 2010, I stopped receiving replies from him and haven't heard from him since. It was a site with tons of potential when it first started out. He was very passionate about making the site good. If I remember correctly, he was a businessman who had never been involved in any kind of porn before this site. He loved getting feedback from members, tips on up and coming models and even in his site design and functionality. He had two of the top photographers working for the site back then, but as you're seeing, everything just suddenly stopped and dropped off. I'll send him an email, but won't hold my breath on him replying.
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02-11-16 11:25pm
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The GF Network
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skippy's Comment
from thirstyfish:
I'll confirm some of Skippy's observations with this informal review. This site is little more than a subscription tube site - with mostly amateurish content. I've not had a problem with spam (yet).
When I want a break from the usual "Pro" shenanigans, I'll subscribe to an amateur site.
I read TBP GF Network review so I went in knowing it wasn't going to be great. Even with low expectations, it was pretty disappointing. I signed up to Oral Girlfriends which is part of the GF Network.
The site is called AmaLand and it claims to be a network which consists of 20 (or so) "girl friend" sites. A site has both photos and clips (it wouldn't be fair to call the videos "scenes"). The photos and clips are unrelated to each other. A photo does not tie back to a clip and vice versa.
Since many clips have multiple site tags, the clips are duplicated across sites and in some cases a clip will show up several times on the same site. Some sites have a few hundred clips/photos, some have thousands of clips/photos.
Clips have static watermarks or crawls: "As seen on AmaLand". The video quality of the content is poor. Many clips are 320 x 240 screen size with low bit rate (300 to 600 kpbs). Some are of better resolution/bit rate. Most clips are around 4-10 minutes long. Some are in the 15-20 minute range. There are some webcam clips that are more than an hour long.
Much of the content is amateurish because the photography and lighting are of very low quality. Most of the clips are shot POV and are very shaky (i.e., many clips look like they were shot lights-out during an earthquake). Many of the clips are unedited. You'll see clips presented sideways and even upside down. Clips will begin with lots of camera thrashing and end abruptly.
I consider sites like Wifey's World, Jenny and Joey, Asian Deepthroat and Home Grown Video to be quality amateur sites. AmaLand can't hold a candle to them.
Speaking of which, I saw what looks to be a JnJ scene and a Wifey clip on AmaLand. I also spotted a scene from the old Seymore Butts "Blow Me" compilation (scene 9). That made me wonder where the content actually comes from.
Steaming is done via JWPlayer. When I tried to scrub ahead on the timeline the clip would stop playing with a "media loading error" and the streaming would halt. I was able to use a download manager (IDM) however I found that if I did D/Ls with more than one connection, the speed dropped to 1/2 or 1/3 speed.
On any given page you get 4 or 5 ads for affiliated sites.
y opinion is the subscription is not worth $28/month. When I went to cancel I was offered a "special discount rate" of $1.12 recurring every 30 days. For what you get, even that discounted rate is too steep.
The CC processor is Vendo and both sign-up and cancellation were painless.
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08-14-15 08:23pm
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The Life Erotic
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REPLY TO
#2
from lk2fireone:
(skippy's Reply)
My advice:
Send an email to selena@metart.com
Copy the reply you just posted at PU.
See if you can get better service from her, to reset your username and password to the same login details for all your accounts at MetArt.
You paid for the sites, their customer service should be responsive.
Selena seems to be the best bet.
In the past, she has mentioned a number of times that she is available to help with any problems.
Best of luck.
PS: The MetArt drop down menu of sites works for me, even though I don't have the same username and password for all my MetArt sites.
But you are one of their best customers, and you deserve good service.
That's what you are paying for.
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11-04-18 03:13am
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The Life Erotic
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skippy's Review
from lk2fireone:
@skippy,
Sorry to read about the troubles your are having with your password/login details.
My suggestion would be to email personally to selena@metart.com .
She's been on the MetArt staff at least 5 years or more.
I don't think I've ever personally emailed her.
She is friendly, pleasant, and tries to be helpful with any problems MetArt members have when they post at PU.
I have 5 active memberships at the MetArt network: the MetArt Network(5) hot link at the top left corner of the MetArt website is how I login to each site, after I login to the MetArt site itself.
Usually that's the easiest way for me to navigate/login to the different sites.
In the past, MetArt has given me different login details (username and password), and I think that some of my MetArt sites require a separate login detail, so that's why I use the MetArt Network hot link at the top left corner of the website.
In the past, I asked MetArt customer support to make a single login detail (username & password) for all the sites, but they didn't, and I didn't pursue it.
The hot link showing my different site memberships I what I use: it's simple, and works.
But since you have login problems, I suggest contacting selena@metart.com to see if she can give better service.
As a bonus, she might offer you some free extended days on one of your memberships.
She did that for me, but I didn't bother to take her up on it.
Too lazy.
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10-31-18 06:05pm
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The Life Erotic
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skippy's Review
from Monahan:
Excellent review. I've been thinking about signing up for a while but I just got an email offering $9.95 recurring. So I decided to skip the supersized Big Mac and spend the money on this site to check it out.
Besides it's healthier. A porn site has fewer calories and saturated fat than a Big Mac with Fries.
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12-05-15 12:05pm
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The Life Erotic
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skippy's Review
from rearadmiral:
Great review! I suspect that the site is a little conservative for my tastes but it will be exactly what some other readers are looking for.
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07-05-15 07:25am
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Tiny 4K
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Reply of
skippy's Review
from lk2fireone:
Excellent review.
Lots of nice details and opinions.
Review is easy to read. Well organized. Gives a good overview of the site and network.
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10-03-16 11:11pm
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Tiny 4K
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#1
from rearadmiral:
(skippy's Reply)
Thanks for the comment. Coincidentally I'm thinking that I'll be rejoining soon. I look forward to reading any additional comments you have.
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12-27-15 12:21pm
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Twistys
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skippy's Comment
from nineinch:
Agreed!
I didn't want to use a normal credit card to pay, so I was excited to see that they accept gift cards. Unfortunately, after signing on with my non-refundable gift card, I see that I have to use a real credit card to download files. So much for supporting gift cards! Especially, after that sleazy experience, I'll be damned if I'm going to give them real credit card info.
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12-14-17 10:41am
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Twistys
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skippy's Comment
from Dorsai6:
The parent company, MindGeek, seems to be taking this approach to all the sites they operate including Playboy Plus. I have stopped visiting both sites.
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06-18-17 06:40am
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Twistys
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skippy's Comment
from sonofzog:
Thanks for the tip. Twistys used to be a go-to site but this is absurd. It looks like wow porn is doing the same thing: charging a good discounted rate but only for streaming. $10/month for downloads. This is not a good trend.
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04-28-17 03:46pm
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Twistys
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skippy's Comment
from graymane:
Well guess what? According to a recent promo gracing my mailbox:
Twisty was/is offering an unprecedented member invitation (not for just a trivial $10) wherein (quote) "one couldn't go wrong" ..but now at half that amount ($5).
Maybe its because that option now requires a six month up-front payment of $70.
Beware, ......caveats could be hidden about everywhere.
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11-13-15 12:35am
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Twistys
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skippy's Comment
from brotherlove:
It's actually changed a whole lot since just last year 2012. Daily updates have been reduced from 3 photo sets and 2 videos to 1 of each. Power search was removed at least a year ago. They no longer listen to user comments and eliminated the forum. Pretty much they no longer interact with customers. They don't shoot any European models located in Europe anymore any such content was shot at least 6 months ago. Tammy Sands, one of the best photographers they used no longer shoots for them. Holly Randall, the other best photographer they used rarely shoots for them anymore. They have started using some crappier photographers to make up for it. Oh and they now fix the ratings and supposedly are dumping the treat of the year contest after the fallout of fixing this years contest.
They're now purely driven by money and don't give a lick about customer satisfaction or new content quality. Download historical content but much of the new stuff is disappointing.
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09-11-14 08:49pm
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Twistys
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Reply of
skippy's Review
from cjd2004:
Actually the content on When Girls Play is not on the main Twistys site (as is the content from Nicole Graves and Anette Dawn).
As for the billing, if you do a Google search for "twistys.com" on ccbill.com you will find a few forms.
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07-12-12 03:11am
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Twistys
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Reply of
skippy's Review
from tangub:
Great review skippy. I have to agree with Claypaws in that Twistys was one of my all time favorite sites but without an independent billing processor i'm afraid i'll never be back as there's no way I will ever give my credit card number over to Brazzer's dodgy billing company.
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07-12-12 01:03am
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Twistys
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skippy's Review
from Claypaws:
Good review Skippy. Looks consistent with what I felt about it when I was a member shortly before Shap sold it.
Is there any way of signing up via ccbill or Epoch? If there is, I might give it a go sometime. If not, I'll pass. I am point blank not prepared to give my credit card details to some unknown outfit in Nicosia.
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07-11-12 03:59pm
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Twistys Network
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skippy's Comment
from MGunz:
I agree completely on every word you said skippy! ....a few more....I am a on and off viewer of porn sites and had been on Twistys a few times over the year. So I decided to join for 3 months with premium.....and then found out I had to pay for downloads of videos! Since when does a porn site charge extra to download? I called and asked and got the “piracy’s” bullshit and then said to cancel my membership after my 3 months were up. Then I went back to login a week later and couldn’t login! Call and I get, use “Google Chrome” as your web browser.....when every other porn site I go to or have membership WORKS with what I have on my IPad Pro. FUCK TWISTYs, don’t waste any of your money on this MONEY GRAB of a website.
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03-08-19 12:21pm
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Twistys Network
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Reply of
skippy's Comment
from Yosemite:
Thanks for the heads up on Twisty's. I was thinking of joining and even went so far as to read their Terms and Conditions a second time and saw nothing about downloading for an additional fee. One thing I have found is that one can never do enough research about some of these pay for play websites.
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02-13-17 04:44pm
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