Reviews and behind the scene business practices.
[QUOTE=DethManRulz;2166062]They go to dinner with these girls too (and drive them home afterwards), so there's obviously much more than the usual service extended to these people. Personally I don't have a problem with it. They are likely the agency's best clients. It's smart to give them special deals.[/QUOTE]Indeed, it makes perfect business sense, even though these guys seem to read more into this privileged access than what it usually is. And it's not uncommon, or unique to XO; I've had the opportunity to do the same over the years with ladies working at various agencies, indies, etc. , and I know of other hobbyists in Montreal who have had similar opportunities. Ultimately it's a mark of trust. Reading more than that into it, like these guys do by the way they're bragging, leads to answers one might not want to hear. But it's part of the game.
XO is not unique in Montreal in having a group of hardcore clients who will write nothing but extremely positive reviews, and will attack anyone writing a negative review, without the agency being necessarily involved. Other agencies have gone through the same cycle; Euphoria more recently, and before that, GoodGirls, MTLGFE (now Mike's Mansion), WildTime, and back in the day Eleganza and Devilish, to name a few. But the latter was known to have people writing fake reviews on its behalf, which contributed to its immense popularity before it eventually faded and disappeared. Same for GoodGirls at its peak.
There are high-profile members who also have been exposed as mercenaries. One even admitted on the local board a few years ago writing positive reviews in exchange of discounts. He was banned for it, but then allowed back by the moderation, only to pick up where he left off.
XO has refined these practices by also giving deep discounts to its best clients, and by giving privileged access to those who even invest in the agency. This has been known for a while now back channel, but has not been revealed mostly because of the fear of reprisals by the agency.
None of this is unique to XO or even the Montreal scene, but when one wonders why so many of the reviews on the local board are dedicated to XO, this partly explains what's going on. Should it come to light on the local board, this would certainly raise questions about the authenticity of many reviews. None of this changes the fact that XO has one of the largest rosters in Montreal, is therefore almost unavoidable when hobbying in Montreal, and has some ladies who do merit the vast amount of positive reviews they have received (Shelly, for instance).
It's for the lesser reviewed girls on the roster that these behind-the-scene machinations should be kept in mind when reading feedback about them.