#Roundup - November 20th edition

Contributor: Gary Gary
Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Weekly Review Roundup #21!

Three new things this week: The Expectations of Conduct has been posted, you can now ‘Flag’ comments in the forum to report abuse, AND last but not least… one of our most active contributors is now going to be a forum mediator… a round of applause for Sammi!

Beyond that, as most of you will recall there was a new all time record number of reviews submitted last week, 189 to be exact. Well this week you all have not only broken this record (again) but you really smashed it… 205 reviews came in this week! That number again, 205! Last week I was wondered if someday we would ever break 200… that certainly didn’t take very long to find out!

Right now, our review community is making me think of Evil Knievel (both are seriously bad ass!). He had to keep outdoing himself, and keep jumping over more buses each time he made a jump. Then eventually he raised the bar so high that he had to begin jumping canyons in a rocket. For us, breaking 200 reviews in one week is like jumping a canyon in rocket. Congratulations everyone!

When I was putting together this week’s roundup, I had originally decided to only pick reviews from reviewers that had not been in a Roundup before (at least, the last 20). But as I was going through the mountain of reviews that came in this week, I noticed a lot of new faces, and a few older faces that had not been around in a while. So I decided to have this week’s roundup all be reviews from new, or returning contributors.

Ladies and gentlemen, without further delay, I give you this week’s 5…

Mystikaloasis: “Pleasureful” – a review of the Heart-on Bullet by WHK GmbH. Here we have our newest review contributing member of the community… Welcome to the Community Mystikaloasis! She registered yesterday, and submitted her very first review today. She reviewed this cute little Heart-on bullet. It is really cute! It’s white with little tiny red hearts all over it…. Aw! Mystikaloasis says that she likes this bullet so much that she is going to buy a second one, just in case anything happens to this one. So, go check out her review and say hello!

ArmywifeKira: “A fun way to immortalize your loved one's cock!” – a review of the Clone-a-Willy molding kit by Empire Labs. ArmywifeKira signed up on Monday this week, and has already submitted 12 reviews! Wow! I picked this one in particular because I think these molding kits are really cool, and have always wanted to try one! So go check out her experience with this molding kit, say hello, and commend her on her blitzkrieg reviewing attack for this week!

Destructogasm: “My girlfriend's dick” – a review of the Share double-ended dildo by Fun Factory. First of all, I would like to welcome Destructogasm back to the community!!!! He originally signed up in May last year, but after a long dramatic pause, he has returned and submitted his very first review! I would also like to compliment Destructogasm on having an awesome contributor name! (I just might have to steal it for a song title in the future). For his first review he chose the Share double-ended dildo. He talks about the fun he and his girlfriend have with the Share, including an exchange of blowjobs. If you want to know more, you are gonna have to go read the review. Make sure you leave a comment and welcome Desctructogasm back!

JEM: “It doesn’t take two to Tenga... but it is more fun that way!!” – a review of the Deep Throat Cup masturbator by Tenga JEM is also a newer member of the community, who signed up a few weeks ago, submitted a few reviews, and has been upgraded to an Advanced Level contributor. So… welcome AND congratulations!!! Her review is on the Deep Throat Cup by Tenga. I initially was checking this out just because of my every increasing appreciation for the cool toys that Tenga makes. I specifically chose this review because I liked the twist that she added to using this male masturbation toy. She initially bought it for her husband to use when she was away, but it ended being a toy they shared when they were together. Go check out the review!

Twist Shimmy: “Seventy-Two Pages, Twenty Kinks, Two Colors” – a review of the graphic novel In a Metal Web by Amerotica. I decided to check this one out just because I am a Michael Manning fan, and have a few of his other books (but not this one). So then when I was deciding to include this review in the roundup, it fit the theme perfectly! Twist Shimmy had not submitted a review since February (around the time I started working with the Review Program), and now she is back… with 2 reviews this week no less! So, welcome back Twist Shimmy! Her impression of this book is similar to mine of the other books; the artwork is amazing, the adult aspect is very intense, and the storyline is crazy but confusing! So go take a look at the review and the review and say hello!

Last week I gave you a homework assignment, and this week we have a lot of new faces, and a record number of reviews. There are so many new ideas in-between the planning and brainstorming realms at this very moment for our community. I really can’t wait until they begin to take form so that I can share them with you all. But, since you did such a good job last week…

Your homework assignment (again) for the weekend: Tell a friend, tell two friends! Ask them if they would like to join our crusade of promoting happier, healthier orgasms throughout the universe, by joining our review community.

Have a great weekend everyone!
11/20/2009
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Contributor: Victoria Victoria
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Originally posted by Gary
Hello Everyone,

Welcome to the Weekly Review Roundup #21!

Three new things this week: The Expectations of Conduct has been posted, you can now ‘Flag’ comments in the forum to report abuse, AND last but not least… one of our most active ... more
Over 200 reviews? FUCK YES!!!! That is awesome! Thanks to everyone in the community!
11/20/2009
Contributor: Twist Shimmy Twist Shimmy
Re: Homework-- I have a friend that I'm trying to convince to join the community as a reviewer. She and her fiance are interested, but she is TERRIFIED of "being found out."

Anyone have any experience reassuring people on this? I think a personal testimony is going to be what sells this. She'd be a great addition to the community, and she and her boy would have so much fun reviewing (naturally)!
11/20/2009
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by Twist Shimmy
Re: Homework-- I have a friend that I'm trying to convince to join the community as a reviewer. She and her fiance are interested, but she is TERRIFIED of "being found out."

Anyone have any experience reassuring people on this? ... more
They can choose what information is public, and they can rename completely anonymous on their public profile. If they are interested, have them go through the signup process and look at the existing contributor profile. This will give them a better idea of how things work.
11/20/2009
Contributor: Sammi Sammi
That is an amazing number of reviews for the week!
11/20/2009
Contributor: Twist Shimmy Twist Shimmy
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Originally posted by Gary
They can choose what information is public, and they can rename completely anonymous on their public profile. If they are interested, have them go through the signup process and look at the existing contributor profile. This will give them a better ... more
That's a really good suggestion. She won't listen to me personally when I tell her it's as private as you want it to be, but if she sees it for herself....

Thanks.
11/20/2009
Contributor: removedacnt removedacnt
Wow that is a lot of reviews! And Congrats to the 5 that were picked out of all of that!
11/20/2009
Contributor: LicentiouslyYours LicentiouslyYours
This explains why I feel so sleep deprived! - that's a LOT of reviews to read.
Still it's completely awesome! We've had some really good reviews this week. Well done to the list of 5 and the rest of y'all.

I'm gonna go take a nap now.
11/21/2009
Contributor: MuffysPinguLove MuffysPinguLove
205 reviews, WOW! Congrats to everyone in the roundup
11/21/2009
Contributor: Jimbo Jones Jimbo Jones
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Originally posted by Twist Shimmy
Re: Homework-- I have a friend that I'm trying to convince to join the community as a reviewer. She and her fiance are interested, but she is TERRIFIED of "being found out."

Anyone have any experience reassuring people on this? ... more
I have no experience reasurring people on this, but I will say that you can keep things as anonymous as you want to. Hardly any one that knows me in my day to day life knows that I review sex toys. Those that do, only know because my partner or I have told them. There are some situations where I can see that it might be easy to be found out, but it is definitely possible to stay anonymous.
11/21/2009
Contributor: Adriana Ravenlust Adriana Ravenlust
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Originally posted by LicentiouslyYours
This explains why I feel so sleep deprived! - that's a LOT of reviews to read.
Still it's completely awesome! We've had some really good reviews this week. Well done to the list of 5 and the rest of y'all.

I'm gonna go take a nap now.
Tell me about it. I must be at least a week behind in reading them and every time I check my feed, I think "Laurel is at it again."
11/21/2009
Contributor: Maiden Maiden
I wish I had the time to read all the new reviews! I generally read all the ones in the roundup first, then the weekly contest nominations, then I try and hit as many of the new ones as I can. Wow... and all the new advanced reviewers! I used to try and read all of their reviews and leave welcoming and helpful comments...but I don't have the time anymore. My baby boy is turning into a toddler and is getting into every thing! I wish I didn't need to sleep, then I would 10 hours of "me" time, which in my world equals "EF" time and of course masturbation! lol
11/23/2009
Contributor: Gary Gary
Yeah it is definitely a lot to keep up with, but the way I see it... this is a really good problem to have
11/23/2009
Contributor: Sir Sir
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Originally posted by Gary
Yeah it is definitely a lot to keep up with, but the way I see it... this is a really good problem to have
I definitely agree!
11/23/2009
Contributor: J's Alley J's Alley
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Originally posted by Twist Shimmy
Re: Homework-- I have a friend that I'm trying to convince to join the community as a reviewer. She and her fiance are interested, but she is TERRIFIED of "being found out."

Anyone have any experience reassuring people on this? ... more
You can choose a name online and no one will know their actual names. If she wants to she can set up a new email (I have one just for my blog that I use) so her daily one won't be out there.

A bonus: Most people think of sex toys and they think of those old dirty stores, it's not like that anymore. Everyone I have shown EF to is VERY impressed with the overall quality of the site and the great lengths they go to in order to get information to people.
11/24/2009
Contributor: Gary Gary
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Originally posted by J's Alley
You can choose a name online and no one will know their actual names. If she wants to she can set up a new email (I have one just for my blog that I use) so her daily one won't be out there.

A bonus: Most people think of sex toys and ... more
This is a good point! The EF site will shatter the whole 'Dark Ages' stereotype.
11/25/2009
Contributor: red delicious red delicious
Congrats to those who made the roundup!!! Awesome review total everybody, keep it up!
11/25/2009
Contributor: ArmyWife Kira ArmyWife Kira
Oh wow! I just noticed my review was posted up here! I am very happy! Yea, I have posted lots of reviews since I joined! My husband is gone so I have LOTS of time on my hands! lol! Thanks!
11/29/2009