Just thought I would point out that this "network" has a new site, although as lk2fireone said in his review, it is never clear exacly what bonus sites you get when you join this network. If you go directly to the new site, 18firstsex.com, you do get this site as a bonus - but for whatever reason you don't get 18firstsex as a bonus when you join this site. Definitely a goofball network setup.
My best advice if you intend to join one of these sites is to go through them all and see which has the bonus site package you find most attractive, bearing in mind that just because Site 1 has Site 2 as a bonus, doesn't mean the reverse is true.
It is definitely a frustrating network setup, my guess is they think by holding back a few of the sites they will get people to join those on a seperate occasion. The last time I joined the "network" I looked at all their sites to see which was offering the best collection of sites. Sort of stupid, I agree.
So you didn't even get access to fuckstudies when you joined this site? That is weird because I got access to teenstarsonly when I joined fuckstudies... Definitely a bit of a confusing network - I am pretty sure they give you fewer bonus sites if you join with the discount.
Did you ever get access to 18firstsex.com as a bonus, I got an email from these guys a while ago saying it was a new bonus site, but I guess my membership expired before I could get access. Just curious if you did, and if it is any good.
perhaps she didn't intend it as a slight and more as a statement of purpose for her site. I agree she doesn't sound very welcoming, especially to a group that I would think account for a rather large percentage of her clientele, but maybe she just intended it as a warning of sorts for potential customers.
I see what you are saying, but comparing the two update schedules I would say they are pretty comparable, Nubiles only does 1 hardcore update a week. I defnitely agree that Deisel is more focused on girl-girl than Nubiles, and it seemed to me that Nubiles has a lot more toy use in the solo scenes where Deisel solo scenes are frequently just posing, but I think the hardcore updates are pretty equivalent.
hey man, I think the update schedule of this network is actually pretty decent, they typically did 4 sets a day across the network while I was a member. Nubiles does something like 3 a day, and Teen Megaworld was pretty erratic the last time I was there, I don't recall there being more the 5 or so updates a week.
granted many of the updates here are for beata or sasha blonde, and they have a bunch of dead sites, but I just thought I'd point this out.
also it seems as though lately they were putting content exclusively on either 18only or younglegal, probably in an attempt to get people to join the network rather than joining a single site. I still can't stand this aspect of the site, especially because if you join a single site they constantly seem to be trying to get you to upgrade to the network - at a higher price than if you had joined the network outright from the beginning.
I also think Deisel is targetting the same audience as Nubiles, although Nubiles does it better.
as I said in a review I did, I think think the policeman.net site is pretty amusing, although it is also dead.
I actually did keep a couple of sets from this place the last time I was a member, but I totally agree this site is sort of a worthless throw-in with all the other Deisel stuff.
What is with all the new video types at this family of sites? I can understand that some are supposed to be better or easier to include subtitles or whatever, but I have had nothing but problems with the mkv or flv files (load lag, glitches in playback, audio problems). Why not stick with the regualar old mp4? Their high quality wmv is decent, I just don't always feel like downloading a 1+GB video.
Yeah the guy does seem a bit overly sensitive. Oh well, what can you say? Guess I should have just said "not my style" and left it at that, I just didn't think the site was all that...
I forgot to mention, the reason I thought Twistys hard was not frequently updated is because of the dates you have listed:
Nov 30 2008 - Mar 18 2009 - 7 updates.
That's like 1 a month, not 14. I didn't realize you didn't start doing it until a few weeks ago, although it does seem more frequent for the past couple of weeks. Since I have only been a member for a few weeks that date range certainly makes it seem as though updates are uncommon...
Oh and exotics4me, I adjusted my 1byday score down, after giving your comments some thought.
I had a full month membership, and I did check out all the bonus sites (except bustyones - not my style). whengirlsplay was okay, but i'm not a fan of anette dawn - although if you were i'm sure you'd love that site - and naughtystaff wasnt that interesting so I didn't consider any of them much of a pro.
Thanks for the response Shap, I think I addressed most of the issues you brought up in my response to exotics4me.
I looked back at your site and I agree there is more hardcore than I made it sound like there was, however not much that I was interested in.
I wouldn't necessarily try to change the site to meet everyone's needs. The one thing I would change is to get rid of the two "bonus sites" that aren't bonus at all.
I believe if you look at my other reviews you will see that I don't typically rank sites all that high, I am just trying to abide by PU's review guidelines.
Perhaps I am being a bit unfair. Certainly Twistys has a much better price than 1byday. I would have posted a review of 1byday, but I was a member like 6 months ago and didn't think it would be appropriate to post a full review of a site I haven't been a member of in so long. Perhaps 90% of the models on 1byday are on Twistys, but in my opinion the style of the shoots and the quality of photographs on 1byday is significantly better. Or perhaps it is the 10% that are different that made the difference. Maybe if I had joined 1byday after Twistys, I would have felt more lukewarm about 1byday, but there are several sets I have downloaded from 1byday that are amongst my favorites, and I would not put any set I downloaded from twistys in that group.
Perhaps I should not have used the term "fake breasted", large breasted may have been a better term - as the webmaster called me out on this, which is not typically my preference.
There were also general things that irritated me and might have colored my review somewhat:
-I prefer photos, and I found many of the photos to be mediocre quality in light that was way too soft for my tastes
-calling a site (even if it is only 2 of 7 or whatever) a bonus site when it is the exact same content as the main site is misleading and stupid
-while having zips to download is nice, it is much nicer when some kind of naming convention is used, a minor qualm to be sure, but something 1byday or nubiles handled much better
As far as updates go, I rarely join a site for more than a month, so that truly wasn't a concern of mine - I don't believe I have seriously considered that in any reviews I have written.
I don't think Twistys is a "bad" site, perhaps my cons made it sound worse than it is, I consider it average - which is why I rated it as such.
People may like this site, and I could see why, but it isn't a site for me. This is just my opinion, and the only reason I mentioned you in my review was because I have always tended to agree with your assessment of sites (at least the ones you've reviewed that i've joined).
Was a member approx. 1 month prior to this review.
Pros:
Attractive women
Huge collection
Zips for all photo sets
Good connection and site organization
Price is reasonable given the size of the site
Cons:
Some of the content was not exclusive, you probably have several sets in other places
Most models have several photo sets, but fewer to no videos
Very little of the original content is hardcore. They added a twistys hard section but it doesn't appear to be updated very frequently.
The two bonus sites I looked at had the exact same material as the Twistys main site
Photo quality mediocre
Bottom Line:
Honestly I'm not sure why people rate this site so highly. I usually agree with exotics4me's reviews but in this case I must disagree. The models are mostly of the large breasted varietty, which isn't really my cup of tea. I also did not like the style of a lot of the photography (makup, lighting, focus, etc.)
Worth joining if you like softcore pictures of porn stars in soft lighting, otherwise I would look elsewhere. They are good at what they do, I'm just not into a lot of it.
If you go to videobox.com/browse/scenes, not sure why they are hiding this with their new front page (I kept getting taken to join as well), it used to be available straight away.
Thanks for the info exotics! I had been wondering about that channel, for some reason I can never seem to figure out how much of stuff is where on the new VB tour. I didn't realize they pro-rated the channels either, that is really good to know.
Nice to hear it sounds like it has gotten better, the last time I was a member there, over a year ago I think, I thought the search function on VB3 was pretty terrible.
It certainly would have been good for him to mention his complaint was about VB3 in the comment, as this is certainly the basis of his complaint, but I have seen many people post comments that are quite negative, as well as reviews that are quite negative. Isn't this the point in having a review site, so that people can posts their opinions of sites. I would be intersted to see mike's scores of VB, I like to read negative reviews and comments, even of sites I enjoy, as it helps me see other folks perspective.
I understand what you are saying, I just don't think this type of reaction due to frustration is all that uncommon. I agree it gives a negative spin on his feelings of VB, but he is free to give whatever spin he pleases. I guess I just don't see a problem with it. I agree VB is one of the highest rated sites, but personally I think it is also highly overrated. Bitching in the forum may be prudent, but these are also threads that quickly disappear which some users may never notice or know to look for.
I see plenty of negative opinions in comment titles over the past few months, why can't he post the same? In what way is his sentiment (VB3 blows, which I strongly agree with) not valuable information for casual users looking for site reviews? What if the current workaround of using VB2 goes away? Sorry for carrying on this debate, it just seemed like you sort of jumped on the guy.
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