Score: 0= bad, 5=best
4 Design
4 Uniqueness
5 Animations
3 Crowded
3 Pervable
1 Staff
5 Ambient sound (waves)
3 Music
4 Going stag?
5 Noobs
4 Lag
TOTAL = 3.5 (I added .5 for Porthos, Athos, Aramis and D'Artagnon, four truly excellent men that I met here - and yes Penny knows your identities and will be happy to reveal them if you ask her nicely.)
Have you seen the movie Eyes Wide Shut? If so, you probably hated it like everyone else. That movie was a huge turkey in every way ... except one: the set. Thankfully that is what this SL representation is inspired by! The manicured grounds lead up to a lovely castle/mansion with small but adequate beach to one side. Inside there is a piano/living room, orgy room, lockable bedrooms, and BDSM stuff around. It is a short and enjoyable exploration. I wish there was more to do at this sim, it seems like there could be more done with the space, but so far so good.
The build is lovely and consistent throughout. You are given a cloak and mask when you join, and the group tag is careful to note that we are all anonymous strangers. When uncloaked the men are in very nice suits or tuxes, and the women in evening gowns. The animations are top notch. Now that they hired Manon to DJ the music doesn't suck, but the land stream can be really terrible at times. There are regular events that include a "ritual" - the kissing ceremony from the film. There are auctions and parties to draw a crowd as well - and if there are people here, they are going to get naked so you will probably hook up. Also, EWS is all about voyeurism so the perving is reliably great then. Also it caters to short orgys which can be fun if brief.
This brings me to the negatives. If there is no event here it can be a ghost town, and when there is a "ritual" the lag is insane. Also, they do not tell you to turn off your name tags for the ritual - in fact you are lucky to get direction of any kind - so the rituals are very confusing and the whole point, sex with an anonymous stranger, is profoundly defeated.
I would give them points for trying, however when I excitedly participated in the ritual my oblidate opted to take me to an unrelated SL event instead of helping me break in the orgy room and then he poofed on me with no apology. NICE! The auction I participated in ended equally badly - at the last minute I was purchased by someone I never met, who never bothered to speak to me and was 4 hours late for our date. When I TP'd in he told me to take off my dress because he "paid good money for my ass." Lovely!
Sadly this was not the first time I was treated like a whore by a member of EWS. This seems to be a prevalent attitude here. So if you are into that, more power to ya. Take off your clothes and enjoy one of the fully loaded D/s chairs.
Conversely, I have met several amazing men here as well. These individuals are unique, educated, classy and wonderful lovers! They also have the morals of alley cats, but hey! It's not like I picked them up in the produce section at Safeway is it? Some of that is to be expected at any adult sim, I have yet to figure out if it's worse at EWS or if they are just more honest about it here. Still you have to look hard and be more selective that you would think to find a real (read "respectful") man here, which is disappointing given the commitment to elegance.
As far as the women go, they are beautiful and sexually active but after that I have no clue. I get the impression that the male:female ratio is stud heavy here or else I am just dazzled by all the masculine beauty and ignore the girls completely. I have met exactly one other friendly and outgoing woman here (Hi Piper!). Of course, I'm a girl so....
Staff here is notably unhelpful, usually they don't answer when you IM or answer very very late and have a habit of abandoning you mid-conversation (and mid-dance!) with no explanation.
EWS RP costs 300L to join the group (about $1.50 USD) which makes it slightly less expensive than average. It is definitely worth it!
Tip:
Dress up and keep a very mellow attitude, you don't know which chocolate you're gonna pick.
GO TO EYES WIDE SHUT RP
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