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Content
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| Quality : |
17.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
9.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
60.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.5 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.5 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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| Editor: Duke |
Initial Review: 05-15-07 |
| Follow-Up Review(s): 04-09-09 |
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1. Unique network of fetish sites.
2. Clear update info on content.
3. Straightforward network navigation.
1. Mix of WMV & QT video formats.
2. Some sites are on the small side.
3. Could use video size/length info.
"A network specializing in fetish/bdsm/femdom content with some vids in WMV & othes in QT format." |
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Member's Extreme is a network of fetish sites which is different than most networks out there. Most of the time networks cover a range of popular niches geared towards a general hardcore audience. Member's Extreme focuses entirely on different fetishes so they're definitely going after a more targeted audience.
The Goods:
- Unique Fetish Site Network. The sites seem to cover just about all aspects of the bdsm realm with specialties like pain, femdom, spanking, asian bondage, and a few others. The Titanic Titties site stands out a bit to me since the other sites are so bdsm/fetish oriented. Actually the more variety the better so the titties site is a welcome addition in my opinion.
- Content on All Sites is Dated. While there isn't an update summary on the network hub they make up for this by date-stamping the content throughout all the sites. From my browsing they seem to make steady additions across all the sites.
- Easy Network Navigation. The design isn't flashy but the network hub has a common sense layout. What I like best is that moving from site to site does not require re-entering the password. I get to review a lot of networks and this simple feature of not having to enter passwords over and over is always a big positive.
The Bads:
- Only QuickTime Video Format. This is the one area where Members Extreme really stubs their toe. Some surfers will like QT but my though is always that QT is nice as an additional option. Some form of WMV, MPEG, or AVI is what I like to see as a main format. Their QT only setup is something that guests will want to consider.
- A Couple Small Sites. A couple sites in the network have noticeably less content than the others and are small with fewer than 20 videos. Other than that the amount of stuff from site to site is fairly well balanced.
Conclusion:
To me the most important aspects of Members Extreme are the specialized fetish sites along with the QT video format. In both of these areas this network is different that what I'm used to. Based on the regular updates and short list of "coming soon" sites my guess is there will be quite a bit more to see here as time goes by. It'll be interesting to take a look when we get back for a follow-up review.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 04-09-09 |
This collection is now titled Fetish Network rather than Member's Extreme but the foundation has held steady with a couple dozen hardcore fetish sites in the fold. The main hub page and date-stamped content continue to be mainstays and they seem to be doing a nice job at adding new episodes to the different sites. They big adjustment that they've made is in the video formatting where in early 2008 they switched over some sites to WMV files instead of QT. So as it stands there is a significant amount of shoots with the WMV downloads (and streams) available which is more what surfers expect from paysites. That being said there are still many that continue to only have QT including some of the new updates on some sites. All told it's hit-and-miss as to whether a shoot you're interested in will be in WMV or QT or both. The extreme fetish focused site concepts continue to be the most notable characteristic of this network and it really does separate them from the crowd when compared to standard networks with general niches.
Score increased from 80.5 to 82.0.
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