Do they serve any purpose? Aside from allowing providers to charge more, I guess? I routinely read all a lady's reviews when considering seeing her. I don't keep numbers in my head well, though I do notice them. Experiences, or my interpretation of them, do stick in my head, not counting the "just the facts" ones. I can't make sense of the relative rankings for ladies whose reviews I'm familiar with.

Top 40 serves the purpose of getting people to listen to your radio station, or if you're the listener it serves the purpose entertaining you if you like that kind of music. What purpose does the Top 100 serve on TER, which is supposed to be a forum for clients to review providers, is the question.

That's possible, but I read hundreds of reviews before I even knew the Top 100 list existed, and I can't recall ever reading a lady's reviews because I saw her on the list. So it's not doing a very efficient job.  

a set routine they want to got through on a date. Chat, Change Clothes, Kiss, Suck, Moan, Brag on you, see you later.
Not all top rated ladies(top 20 in a market) but most I have seen.

The answer to both the monthly award and the Top 100 is pretty much the same to me. Something I pay little attention to. I suspect some like that -- providers probably like getting the recognition and clients in some case like sampling from the "winners". Perhaps you might think of it in the context of the Porn Star providers -- some guys seem to really get off on the idea of fucking the woman they've see on a video

higher rates, special packages, etc.

I get that, but why is TER helping with their marketing like that? It's one thing to give them the opportunity to promote themselves, it's another to promote along with them. How does that help clients, to whom TER is supposed to be catering?

More then one client has paid for VIP to have access to the list.
I do not necessarily look at the top but gives me 100 local ladies  to chose from all of which have reviews.
To me it sure beats seeing an add and then checking number and email to see if she has reviews/
This does miss the providers who have less then 20 reviews but is a hell of a start

People pay for access to that list, or for access to reviews? I realize it's a sort of shortcut, but is that really the way it goes? People Clinton click on the list, then pick from there? Because that's not the way I did it.  

I suppose it just depends on how you define "purpose", maybe "value" is a better word in this context.  To be in the top 100, the provider needs at least 20 reviews.  That's a pretty decent sample size, enough to where the reader should get a decent sense as to what the provider has to offer and, perhaps more importantly, if those things match up with what the reader is looking for in a provider.  Should the top 100 be the sole basis for a decision on whether to visit a provider?  No, of course not.  But the list is certainly a decent place to begin the search.

The providers who are from Las Vegas, where I reside, rarely if ever interact on our local board.  Most, I've never heard of.  Hmmm...I guess they're too busy escorting, to communicate with TER's hobbyists via the discussion boards.

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Maybe if you are talking about the Top 20 or Top 20, then that would be true, but not so for the Top 20. I spend a lot of time on the LV board and I'd say most of the ladies that regularly post are indeed in the LV Top 100.

Please reread my original post, in case you misunderstood what I said.  The Las Vegas providers, who are on TER's 'Top 100 List' rarely, if ever post on the Las Vegas discussion board (and, I do not mean the Las Vegas Ad Board).

am also well aware of who the top posters are on the LV Discussion oard. I stand by my statement but I will not name names, here. The newbie board is not the place for arguing about this.
Aloha

Your comment about the LV gals was a bit caddy and off base.

but if you meant "catty," you're correct.  All she's proven is she knows less about TER than our host and fails to understand this is a friendly board in order to make newbies comfortable.

Off the top of my head I could rattle 15 names of top 100 girls who post but I choose not to list them here. Naming names can serve as promoting someone, or putting them down. We should not be doing either on the newbie board. This board is for questions and advice to help newbie providers and newbie hobbyists. It's not for arguing, train wrecks, or promotions or put downs of providers or clients.  

While there are no written TER rules that say we have to be nice here, it is an unwritten rule that has always been followed on the newbie board. It's a place where people should feel welcome, and a place where experienced providers and hobbyists share advice and helpful hints with newbie providers and hobbyists. No trainwrecks. No fights. No bashing of providers or clients, and no promotion/shilling/advertising either. As host it is my job to keep the board flowing this way, and even though rules are unwritten, I can set rules here, and admin has my back, as long as I don't buck actual TER rules.

And you certainly held up your end to a "T."
But discussions of technicalities like this really do nothing for new members, nor do they advance the tone of this board. May I humbly ask you to bear that in mind in the future?  While you may still insist you're right (and I'm not prone to debate it any more) this is not the place for it, especially when you said you'd ended the discussion above.

Just noticed this a day late, but the phrase was supposed to say:
"Maybe if you were talking about the Top 10 or Top 20, then that would be true, but not so for the Top 100."

I've had two clients tell me they found me by looking on the top 100 in Atlanta. One of them told me whenever he travels, he goes to that city's Top 100, starts at #100 (because of his budget) and works his way down to the first one with an above 9 in performance. He said it never failed him, and he's had a good time every time with all the bells and whistles and without having to go over his budget.

The "top lists" have not completely destroyed the credibility of the review system here, but they have caused serious damage to it.