In my humble opinion I feel my ratings reflect the sincerity of the meeting. When a lady makes you feel special isn't that what this is all about? Sure, performance skills are highly coveted by many. But that's not the entire package.
To me its the overall attitude, atmosphere, performance that determines the scores.
Of course the fact you are a stone cold fox doesn't hurt either.
Pretty much its how the client feels when he leaves and how much the memories linger.
I still find myself thinking Wow

I've thought that many reviews exceed reality simply because the reviewer wants to make himself (and the reader) believe that things were better than perhaps they really were. Plus, the tendency of many reviewers to contribute virtual porn movie scripts as reviews adds to the excess.

So I take what I read with a grain or two of salt, and put a great deal of emphasis on the credibility of the reviewer. It's not so much the number of reviews he's written as it is the quality of the providers he's seen,  on his ability to convey a description of the woman and the atmosphere and not merely what went on, and finally, his ability (or inability) to put a few coherent sentences together!

Re: Do you feel that your reviews are overinflated? Have you ever regretted a generous score?

Why question a real good thing?
Is there ever too much good?

Ally Moore should get a medal.

This is exactly why I do not give reviews.  Four years ago I was going to write my first review on a lady from an Agency that was visiting.  I told the owner what numbers I was going to give 7/7, which were solid numbers.  He went off the deap in.   He advised that such numbers would hurt her. 7 equals attractive and 7 for performance is a hot time.

I have hobbied around the world and frankly still looking for "once in lifetime".  The likelyhood of me finding a "once in a life", is that once in a lifetime...NOT everyweek I see someone. The flip side of all this is you do not want to give a HONEST view because a nice girl who gave a nice performance may suffer because you were honest.

The last I want to add to this is:  Do you feel the cost of the hour, should raise the bar for what you are expecting?  I would say no, but again most of the ladies I see visiting Boston would be receiving 7s.

Re: Do you feel that your reviews are overinflated? Have you ever regretted a generous score?

I once had a review edited down because the lady was short one item on the menu to qualify.  Nonetheless the rating I originally gave her was subjectively accurate whether she lived up to the formula or not.  I think my way makes more sense, but I'm not the editor and in fairness I've found the reviews to be pretty reliable, so I can't complain to strenously.  Unofficially though,Jamie's a 10/10 in my book.

I found the responses to Ally's thoughtful question interesting, and I'm surprised her post didn't elicit more comments.  For one, I thought this topic was much more interesting than whether or not Bostonguy57 is too egotistical .

There were the tough and (in my view) realistic answers:

Polysensualist - "We tend to give too high scores too often"

defender - "This is exactly why I do not give reviews.....most of the ladies I see visiting Boston would be receiving 7s."

And the the-hell-with-the-rating-scale-it's-all-subjective answers:

Harvey-The-Pooka  - "Pretty much its how the client feels when he leaves and how much the memories linger."

Boris993 - "I just think, and this is nothing new, that it is totally subjective."

And the meta-analysis:

medicineman22 - "I take what I read with a grain or two of salt, and put a great deal of emphasis on the credibility of the reviewer...the quality of the providers he's seen...his ability to convey a description of the woman and the atmosphere and not merely what went on, and finally, his ability (or inability) to put a few coherent sentences together!"

As for me, I agree with medicineman22, that it's important to look beyond the numeric ratings and see if you think that the writer reflects what you are looking for in a session.  I also (and this is obvious) pay more attention to the lady's pictures and stats than any number others give her.  If her pictures don't appeal to me, it doesn't matter what ratings others give.  

Back to Ally's question, I do take issue with CrispyCritter who described himself as "honest".   "If she is a hottie she gets a 9/10 if she is more like a hot soccer mom then 8"

Again, for those playing at home, the top end of the scale is as follows:

Looks:
7 - Attractive
8 - Really hot
9 - Model material
10 - Once in a lifetime

Performance
7 - Hot time
8 - Went the extra mile
9 - I forgot it was a service
10 - Once in a lifetime

There have been numerous debates in the past as to the true meaning of the phrases  "I forgot it was a service" and "once in a lifetime".  I don't want to revisit these, as it leads nowhere.  Suffice it to say that these ratings are reserved for out-of-the-ordinary experiences.  If they are your ordinary rating, you are rating too high.  Obviously, there is a degree of subjectivity in all of this.  If someone else feels that an escort is "Really hot", it doesn't mean that I will.

But please try to understand the intent of the appearance ratings. 8 is "Really hot".  That covers just about anybody you will see walking down the street and that includes Newbury Street.  I've spent many days on Newbury Street and other equivalent spots around the world.  Once in a while you see someone who is, or could be, a model.  Setting aside whether you like high fashion models or prefer Guess/Victoria's Secret models, that's what a 9 rating is for.  It's a fact of life that very few women who could be in the pages of a magazine are escorting in the $300-$400 range.  I have given a few 9s for appearance and no 10s.

Getting back to defender's comment, I agree that 7 should be a good performance score, but I hesitate to give it because others would consider it poor.  The reason that I don't write many reviews is that 1) it takes a lot of time to do a lady justice and 2) I have a hard time being honest if she was just good and not exceptional.  I don't want to hurt her business, but if I would not go back, for any reason, I tend not to review.  This is not to say that she might not be someone else's ATF.

Thanks Ally for the great question.  Sorry for the long post.



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GREAT thread!!

I am fascinated by Ally's question. I've only written reviews for about a third of my hobby experiences, which have become increasingly infrequent for a couple of reasons. I have nearly always selected ladies after much research, so no surprised that I have rated most of my experiences 8's or 9's. I don't wirte reviews after disappointing experiences because I'd rather err on the side of caution (hey, might have just been me) rather than risk a lady's reputation or livelihood. I would feel differently had I ever been "ripped off," but fortunately I haven't.  

I sometimes look back on my reviews and realize that I haven't allowed enough room for differentiation amongst some of the better providers I've seen. There's just something about that afterglow that makes splitting hairs between an 8 and a 9 not such a big deal.  Kind of like having multiple ATFs...I guess you're only supposed to consider one as an ATF, but WTF, I have at least three I can think of.  And Ally's one of them. I never even wrote reviews for the other two, but I think they know.