OFFICIAL
76.0
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
14.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
14.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
56.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
11.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.5 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
8.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria New
New Update!
As of Aug 15th, 07, price of a site is no longer factored into the overall score/rank. |
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1. Not too expensive.
2. Nice, unique content.
3. Simple site.
1. Not a lot of extras.
2. Design and navigation could be improved.
3. Video could be revamped.
"A simple site that focuses solely on the content, it's definitely worth a look if you're into the pain scene." |
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Okay I don't usually enjoy or do well with sites involving pain. I really can't imagine finding it pleasurable at all, in fact I think I'd pay to have the pain stopped! Just seeing the opening images on today's sites gives me the willies (or something), but being the brave reviewer that I am, I'll log in anyway. The site is called Paintoy, and you can tell from the tour that they mean business when it comes to painful content.
This site is an independent one that isn't run by any of the big boys which is a nice change. It costs $25 and recurs at $20 a month, which isn't too bad of a deal if you ask me. The site has a painfully (no pun intended) design, and could definitely use an update in that area. At least it's simple to get around, though, with no ads or anything in the member's area. They also have a note letting you know they increased their update schedule to twice weekly.
They split the galleries up into a few pages, and I don't really like the setup they have. I guess I'm not a fan of the dropdown boxes for choosing a gallery. It's good you get a preview pic of the model, but as far as the gallery goes you don't know much until you see it. I also wasn't 100% positive that each listing in the menu (for instance Lucy 1, Lucy 2, etc.) was a separate gallery, but it turns out it is (I thought they may have been different pages in a single gallery, but that's not the case as each gallery also has multiple pages).
Navigating the gallery itself is a little difficult as well. I like that they gave options to jump to specific pages (as well as next and previous links), but the page selector opens up a new window which is unnecessary (especially with all the popup blockers these days which makes it even more difficult). Thankfully the images are quite large and worth the work. Most were around 1280x960, and some jumped up to 1400x1000 or so. Get ready to see lots of pinching, spanking, and red swollen skin. While the girls are naked, there's not a lot of pleasure here from what I saw, but then again this isn't my thing so maybe I'm not looking in the right place :)
Videos are a little tough to find at times because there's no separate video section. Each gallery is supposed to have videos, but quite a few have messages indicating that videos are coming, or that there won't be any for that model. They seem to only be offered in Real Video format, which is one of my least favorites. I think the Real player and the codec package have to come a ways to catch up to current standards. Regardless, the videos do take the content to another level by allowing you to see in full-motion what's going on. I hope you can handle watching girls crying, lol. Video quality was fine, ranging from 200-450kbps or so in a standard 320x240. There were shadows in the videos more than I'm used to, but what they show in the video is clear as daylight.
That's about all there is to see here. I checked out the update schedule, and the twice weekly thing must be real new since there were a few weeks in the last month with only one update. The site doesn't win any awards in the web development department (needs new design, navigation, etc. in my opinion), but they do provide decent content at a fair monthly price. If you're into the pain thing, Paintoy is worth a look if you ask me.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 02-20-07 |
Ahh yes, who could forget Paintoy? They're plugging away here (and spanking away, flogging away, caning away, whipping away, and more) on the site to produce some solid growth here. Check out our site facts that we've counted up and you'll see their doing quite well with almost 500 photo galleries, and over 700 videos. While those numbers look good, the actual video specs are hurting quite bad. They're looking pretty bad these days without having any upgrade in recent years. The site looks much the same as well, which means they're ready for a makeover as well.
So while the content remains crazy and fun, the actual site and specs are lagging behind these days. They have a good product, so I just hope they can keep up with the other areas as well to stay competitive.
Score decreased from 76.6 to 76.0.
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