On-A-Set contest at Erotica L.A. The survey results were a mix of expected answers and surprises. \n The respondents were overwhelmingly male (631, to 72 female) and single (540, 92 married and 21 divorced) with an average age of 30.195. No surprises there. \n However, 466 said they watched adult videos with a partner, almost equalling the 454 who said they watched alone. There were also 149 who watched "in a group." Even though respondents were encouraged to give more than one response if appropriate, the large amount of partner watching was unexpected. These numbers differ from the rental numbers from the 1998 AVN Adult Entertainment Guide, which tag solo rentals (from both sexes) at 73%, and couple rentals (combining m/m, m/f, and f/f) at the remaining 27%. \n The respondents were practically evenly divided between those who rented or bought adult videos, and those who both rented and bought adult videos. There were 108 buy-only, 221 rent-only, and 343 rent-and-buy responses. \n The respondents overwhelmingly rated Wicked videos 8, 9 or 10 on a 1-10 scale when compared with other companies. This might have reflected the fact that the questionnaires were distributed at the Wicked booth - often by Wicked contract players such as Serenity and Missy - and that the questionnaires were attached to a contest to go on a Wicked set as much as the quality of Wicked's video offerings. If a person doesn't like Wicked videos, they probably also would not want to go on a Wicked set, or fill out a Wicked questionnaire, or even stop at the Wicked booth.
Other results from the Wicked survey include: \n Do you have a favorite female performer? Almost half and half on this one, with 335 No votes to 327 Yes votes. The Wicked girl one-two-three punch of Jenna Jameson, Serenity and Juli Ashton led the list of favorite female performers among those who had a favorite. < BR> Does the use of condoms in a video turn you off? The Noes had it, 402-282 (with a mere two fence-sitters who "didn't know.") \n Would separating videos by theme, performer and/or company make your decision easier? Yes, overwhelmingly, 518 to 154. One guy didn't know. \n What about the box helps you decide to choose an adult video? (Multiple answers encouraged.) Far and away the top vote-getter was "Girl on cover" (454) followed by the pictures on the back of the box (387). The Company is more important than than the Synopsis (149-130) and Reviews only swayed 144 porn fans, which would make us reviewers feel pretty insignificant except Directors were even less important, noted by only 84 of the respondents, so there. \n What's your favorite position to watch? In ascending order, the winners were Missionary, 34; Reverse Cowgirl, 46; Cowgirl, 70; Doggie, 209; and the ever-popular Don't Care was the winner here, with 278 votes. "Tower of Power," "In The Mouth," "Mexican Cradle" and "Kool-Aid"got one vote each. ["Kool-Aid"? - Ed.] \n Where do you like the cum shot to be? "Face" was the big winner here, with 240 votes, edging runner-up "Don't care" which got 211 votes. Tits, Internal, Ass and Stomach all scored less than 90 votes each. \n Do you think adult videos should include coming attractions? [Add your own pun on "coming" here.] Yes, by almost 5 to 1 (509-106, with 68 Don't Knows.) \n So basically, the lessons here are: Stores, Organize your adult video section, it doesn't matter how, specifically, but do it. Also: Producers, Condoms are not a deal-breaker with fans, although there is still some resistance; Throw some previews on those tapes along with the 900- number ads; and A pretty girl on the box (and it doesn't seem to matter who she is) beats a good review or a big-name director.
