NicoleRiley said:
Honestly, the point of a contest is that you might not win, and a lot of girls don't offer consolation prizes. It seems silly to me that you're complaining.
I know you said that the consolation prize was appealing, but if you had been on the winning team you could've got a hardcore video and photoset for only 77 tokens! I think that's a steal!!
(especially after you decided to tell me that my g/g video that tons of guys had previously purchased was "too expensive")
But I think that these contests are half the fun of MFC. If you truly didn't like how MFC works you'd be on pornhub or something.
@Lily - None of my photosets are 20 photos either
It's hard to be the model and photographer. I can take 100 pics and only 11 turn out decent!
ETA: I never put out photos or prizes in an attempt to "be really lame". I only put out content/prizes I think are good, and I can tell you that the majority of models are this way. So just because you think it's "really lame" the model most likely does not and is happy with what she gave. You calling it lame when a model has put work into something is most likely hurtful. I'm not saying you are trying to be mean or hurt anyone's feelings.. because I know you're a nice guy, but I'm just putting myself in Lily's shoes. My feelings would be hurt.
You are right Nicole, lame was a really poor choice of words. I can easily see what it would hurt Lilly's feelings and for that I apologize. Lilly looked lovely in the pictures and there was nothing lame about them. We had a significant different expectations of what a lingerie picture set consists. I'll agree the fact that it was consolation prize makes my complaining look silly . I was also thinking of another contest which I won where I was disappointed in the video which I should have used as an example instead. The use of the word lame was hurtful and didn't add anything to the conversation, me bad.
To me a prize from contest should be special, since they generally end up costing the winning members a lot tokens. This implies the videos, picture sets, fan signs etc, should be of at least comparable length and quality to the content that you can purchase directly and preferably better . Generally they are sometimes they are not. If I do win these type of contest and the prize isn't up to my expectation. I don't enter future contests.
Which leads me to my dilemma. When I see these questions on ACF, I always add the words, "that cause me to spend less money on the model". I debate about sticking to the benign, "I find it annoying when models begging for tips constantly". (How many models think are you in this category?) Or being honest, knowing I am going piss off some models .
So I am struggling with how to provide this feedback. In Lilly's case I went to her room, verified that no the zipfile wasn't corrupt there were only 5 pictures. I thought about complaining and decided nothing good would come of it, so I dropped it. But when this thread came I thought, I think it is valuable for cam girls to know that some members expectations for contest prizes are high, and it is important to set expectations properly. Satisfaction = Reality - Expectations. So if you advertise the winner(s) gets a special hot high def video, it should be that way and not something that is 3 minutes. If her banner had said short non-nude lingerie set, than I would have a proper expectations.
To me the most valuable thing I can do on ACF to is help provide insights on why members tip or don't tip. You all have regulars who put you on pedestals, and will use any excuse to tip you and think anything you do is the bomb. I readily admit that I am way more demanding than your regulars, but I do tip. However, on any given night roughly 97% of the guys watching you don't share that opinion or at least not enough to open their wallets
. Some of these guy may have spent money in the past on you but aren't now. Why not? I can only speak for myself. If I purchase something and I don't get it in a timely fashion. I get annoyed, and will simply stop tipping or tip less until I get it. This is no different how we'd feel toward a friend who owed us money, or promised to a do job we paid them for and stuck us with the lunch bill. I appreciate the professionalism of models who are proactive about letting me know the content will be late and keep me update. . Those who add some bonus content for the inconvenience earn my gratitude and more tips. Of course members have different priorities and some may get annoyed when the model forgets to update her highest tipper club, and other like myself could care very little.
Now I realize this is no shit observation, but it occurs regularly enough that I wanted to provide some specific examples, without calling out names and getting into a pissing contest.
BTW, wants to know is this something this done feel free to PM.
