I much prefer the newer tickling vids, although for nostalgia's sake I do sometimes re-watch the older clips that I watched when I first discovered the world of online tickling vids. It cracks me up to remember myself back then - sneaking onto my parents' computer at night, with dial-up internet (so a 20-second clip took damn near an hour to download). I would be excited to find a video clip that was longer than 30 seconds!! I'd spend a couple hours downloading them, watch them repeatedly, then delete them to avoid getting in trouble. Then I'd do the whole thing over again the next night LOL.
Nowadays, I am spoiled with full-length vids (not just the free previews anymore lol). The video quality is better, and the models seem to be chosen with more care. Not that I didn't love some of the models in older vids, there were some legendary 'lees! But now I see a lot less fake tickling/reactions, and more effort put into technique and getting a genuine response from the model. Nothing turns me off faster than watching a scene where the tickler misses the 'lees cues (seriously, they give away so many tickle spots just with their body language, and some 'lers seem to completely miss it). Or if they act as if they've never tickled someone before - you can tell the difference between a 'ler who loves to do this naturally, and one who has been paid to "indulge" a fetish they don't really get. Maybe with tickling being more mainstream as a fetish now, there are more models and 'lers to choose from. It's the most sexy thing ever to see someone really getting off on tickling the hell out of a legitimately ticklish person. If that criteria is met, I don't even care what gender anyone is, what they're wearing or what they look like - sure a cute gal/guy in a sexy outfit is nice, but if both people are right for their roles, then they could look like trolls and I'd still think it was hot lol.