OFFICIAL
77.5
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
13.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
4.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
57.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.0 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
13.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
6.5 / 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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| Editor: Duke |
Initial Review: 01-10-05 |
| Follow-Up Review(s): 04-16-07 |
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1. Exclusive professional content.
2. Large amount of pictures.
1. Poor video organization.
2. No magazine archives.
"The site has a lot of big boobed and plumper models although I'd like them to include the magazine archives." |
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XL Girls a site from Score Group, a print magazine company that has made a successful transition to the internet. Their most popular site is the boob-oriented Scoreland which is based on Score Magazine. XL Girls is the web presence of Voluptuous Magazine whose mantra is "All Plump, All Stacked, All Natural". While the "XL Girls" title might convey that this is a site with fat girls, the reality is it's a blend of huge boobs and plump ladies. The models all have female forms and they are NOT the huge BBWs with rolls and rolls of fat. In addition to "voluptuous" I'd say the best way to describe these women would be "curvy" and "full-figured".
TBP has already reviewed several of Score Groups other sites including Scoreland, Leg Sex, and 18 Eighteen. At $19.95/mo XL Girls is cheaper than the rest and I can see why. Unlike the others, this site doesn't have the magazine issues archived. To me, magazine publications with the best websites always have compilations of past issues (and Score does that with their other sites that I've seen). I have no doubt that this site is built around their issue database, but it's not organized that way. Instead they've got pictures divided into three categories: Top Heavy, Rubenesque, and Plumpers. Each has a long alphabetized list of models. There are no thumbs next to the names so members are left to click on names with no hint as to the girl’s looks. The pics viewable on the site range from 800x600 and smaller which aren't overly impressive. On the bright side, higher quality ones can be gotten as zips, both 800x600 and 1600x1200 sizes are available.
They went with an alphabetical list for the videos too. For each letter of the alphabet they list clips beginning with that letter, such as 'Autumn - Clip 1' or 'Tracy - Mini Movie 2'. Again, with out categories, descriptions or sample pics makes for a lot of hunting, pecking, and loading movies that you don't want to watch. Clicking on a clip opens a new browser window where it begins to play in a QuickTime player. After that it's possible to stream or download the video into a Windows Media player. The ones I sampled showed me there is a mix of solo softcore action all the way up to hardcore sex. Quality varies and overall they are about average.
In addition to the pictures and videos, a third content section called "Specials" contains some additional pictures and video galleries along with a small bit of fiction and articles. The pics and vids are actually a decent amount of material although there's no real release dates or organization.
Like all of Score's site, the content (specifically the pics) are very professional, polished, and staged and some of the stuff appears to be dated. The site would be much better if the pics were organized by issue and the videos has some categorization. Without those two things the site is far less valuable than it otherwise could be.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 04-16-07 |
XL Girls has continued to update the collection every 2-3 days bringing the size of the site to 100k+ pics and 275+ vids (as of Apr '07). The site itself hasn't really changed except for the price which is now $29.95/mo. The site is still best meant for those who are into magazine style content, especially in terms of the picture galleries. My score is going to rise since there has been growth and I think the design/navigation are better than the ratings I had previously posted.
Score increased from 73.3 to 77.5.
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