As many forum members must be aware, our post last week in the video section resulted in some unpleasantness that led to the difficult decision to remove our content and suspend any future posting of free previews.
We listed our reasons in a response to "avethibaltus" (reprinted below), and thus far haven't really received the feedback that we had hoped for or expected. We'd like to ask for opinions here in the tickling discussion section, at Myriads request, and because so many TMF'ers have e-mailed us asking us to reconsider.
And we want to reiterate that we are open to any opinion based on the post below, whether you agree or disagree, either wholly or in part, or simply don't care.
Thanks to all for your time and consideration.
Posted by ~ avethibaltus
"I would like to ask if there is anyone here who honestly believes that the FM Concepts models are in most cases really ticklish? They seem to chance upon one every once in a while but cannot compare to the real tickling sites in this regard, despite the volume of clips that they produce(d). You do however often get a chance to assess the surgical skills of breast implantation specialists in the Los Angeles County area.
Our response:
The controversy is due to one simple thing: the viewer's perception. Many 'lers have a specific, preferred, stand-alone reaction that they feel has to be present in a genuine, "real" ticklish reaction. Or even a particular style of tickling that the 'ler in the video may not adhere to. And they dogmatically cling to that. If this is absent, they say it's a fake. What they don't take into account is that there are as many different ticklish reactions as there are 'lees. Any producer who has worked with the same model on different occasions, or anyone who's been fortunate enough to have a long-term partner for tickle play, knows this to be true. And the same 'lee may have a differing reaction due to their mood, time of day, or many other factors.
And if we have ten models in a title, and only two of those models exhibit the viewer's "genuine reaction", well, the other eight must be faking it. So someone didn't see their particular "genuine reaction" in some FM material and cried fake. Even more heartbreaking if it was a model that they found particularly appealing and had high expectations of the scene that just weren't met. Someone else, who may have even had a different trigger that they were looking for, but wasn't visible, joined in and so on and so on.
We regret that this thread has degenerated into a maelstrom of accusations and negativity. We certainly were aware of the reputation of our material in the community, but we didn't expect this when we had decided to offer free preview clips.
Any well-mannered, constructive criticism, suggestions, or even complaints, would've been welcome. Everyone is entitled their opinion about our material. But instead, we are faced with a post of "FM's stuff is all faked", and ridiculous, childish insults against our models and owner's in nearly every thread. Even if only coming from a very vocal minority. We haven't observed any other current producer providing preview clips to be subjected to this kind of blanket (and untrue, unfounded and, unfortunately, indefensible) treatment. This has created an unwelcome, and frankly, hostile environment for us here at the TMF.
So we have removed our content from this forum, and suspended any plans for any future preview updates. To those of you who did provide positive encouragement, whether in posts or by PM, sincere thanks to you all. And a special thank you to Myriads, who has always been courteous and proven himself to be someone of impeccable class in every experience that we've had with him. May you continue to prosper and thrive.
We listed our reasons in a response to "avethibaltus" (reprinted below), and thus far haven't really received the feedback that we had hoped for or expected. We'd like to ask for opinions here in the tickling discussion section, at Myriads request, and because so many TMF'ers have e-mailed us asking us to reconsider.
And we want to reiterate that we are open to any opinion based on the post below, whether you agree or disagree, either wholly or in part, or simply don't care.
Thanks to all for your time and consideration.
Posted by ~ avethibaltus
"I would like to ask if there is anyone here who honestly believes that the FM Concepts models are in most cases really ticklish? They seem to chance upon one every once in a while but cannot compare to the real tickling sites in this regard, despite the volume of clips that they produce(d). You do however often get a chance to assess the surgical skills of breast implantation specialists in the Los Angeles County area.
Our response:
The controversy is due to one simple thing: the viewer's perception. Many 'lers have a specific, preferred, stand-alone reaction that they feel has to be present in a genuine, "real" ticklish reaction. Or even a particular style of tickling that the 'ler in the video may not adhere to. And they dogmatically cling to that. If this is absent, they say it's a fake. What they don't take into account is that there are as many different ticklish reactions as there are 'lees. Any producer who has worked with the same model on different occasions, or anyone who's been fortunate enough to have a long-term partner for tickle play, knows this to be true. And the same 'lee may have a differing reaction due to their mood, time of day, or many other factors.
And if we have ten models in a title, and only two of those models exhibit the viewer's "genuine reaction", well, the other eight must be faking it. So someone didn't see their particular "genuine reaction" in some FM material and cried fake. Even more heartbreaking if it was a model that they found particularly appealing and had high expectations of the scene that just weren't met. Someone else, who may have even had a different trigger that they were looking for, but wasn't visible, joined in and so on and so on.
We regret that this thread has degenerated into a maelstrom of accusations and negativity. We certainly were aware of the reputation of our material in the community, but we didn't expect this when we had decided to offer free preview clips.
Any well-mannered, constructive criticism, suggestions, or even complaints, would've been welcome. Everyone is entitled their opinion about our material. But instead, we are faced with a post of "FM's stuff is all faked", and ridiculous, childish insults against our models and owner's in nearly every thread. Even if only coming from a very vocal minority. We haven't observed any other current producer providing preview clips to be subjected to this kind of blanket (and untrue, unfounded and, unfortunately, indefensible) treatment. This has created an unwelcome, and frankly, hostile environment for us here at the TMF.
So we have removed our content from this forum, and suspended any plans for any future preview updates. To those of you who did provide positive encouragement, whether in posts or by PM, sincere thanks to you all. And a special thank you to Myriads, who has always been courteous and proven himself to be someone of impeccable class in every experience that we've had with him. May you continue to prosper and thrive.
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People will take a look at your stuff just to see what the fuss is all about!
