^^^Thanks for that Regen. This is just the sort of considered and reasonable response that can make this forum so good at times.
It was not the intention of my post to come across as nihilistic. There are still some genuine little nuggets of gold in sessions within the shows I agree. I just feel that at BS recently these have been confined almost entirely to the handheld camera segments (particularly while the shower was out of bounds). Why are the efforts these bits represent becoming so marginalised there? Where is the intent to build a charged atmosphere across a session, to hook the viewer and press his interaction? (Maybe the babes you list simply don't hold the appeal for me, in the same way your meagre list of 66 babes that you like, as per a recent post, seemed to miss a couple of my favs there.)
So while the POV examples you give do allow the retention of a little hope for the future (I missed Nicole in the shower, so thanks for the reminder to seek it out.
) I can't agree they form a wide vein of promise.
Neither did I intend to begin any tiresome argument of 'this channel is better than that channel'. All operators have their issues; some common problems exist, some are unique to the individual provider. I focused on BS because they were at the centre of your previous comments. I'd say 66 have only been on a poor par with BS of late. My personal preference for their style of presentation doesn't give me rose tinted glasses believe me. Regular DBS syndrome is something I'd hate for BS to catch from 66. I agree they are a worse offender there so far.
(This discussion is not aided by the time of year. The summer holiday time has long been a poor period for the shows in general I feel. This year the problems are accentuating that. The shows are in a rut. They will recover some as ever.)
More longterm (and giving them some grace) the shows, babes and BS in particular could be said to be going through a transitional period in regards to how the format is presented and revenued. The main downside of this is that atm they are woefully inconsistent in generating any eroticism and fall back time and again on 'trusted' positions and routines.
To address your more specific points, I don't think posters should concern themselves with whether the industry is reading their thoughts, frankly. How can any opinions on here be honest and true if that becomes too much of a consideration? If a BS boss cancels plans for new sets (or anything comparable) on the strength of comments on here then the guy is a thin-skinned idiot. No one runs a business on such an emotional level and survives. I think you are giving BS no credit at all on that one actually. They are quite obviously a lot better than that.
Taking your argument to its naural conclusion, I think you are also walking a fine line in suggesting that this forum could become responsible in any way for any of a operator's bad performance. I can't believe you really wanted to go there.
Finally, you really think that the babes you mention have more space to do their thing while plugging BS's endless gimmicks...? And haven't we moved way beyond the regulations excuse by now? That was 5-7 years ago; it hasn't been like that for at least 3. The reg changes were a catalyst but they didn't force us to where the channels are today.
I used the house of cards analogy because the current format seems to me such a fine balance between keeping guys just about sweet enough to keep tuning in while giving them absolutely nothing to chew on unless they pay. Worse, we are now seeing callers regulated to second class servicing, with the channels looking at how little they can get away with providing them in terms of visuals for just the price of their call. This is such a very fine line to attempt to tow to me. Remove a guys desire to interact by lowering his VFM too much and ... Do that to too many guys...?
But I agree all these things are subjective perceptions. Mine may be more warped than yours. YMMV.