The thread basically presents a question "are the elves touring?", now because you are dealing with the elves and primarily Santa there is questionable speculation as to what the answer could be. As I said, in a market like Las Vegas one ad placed at 2:30A where by 9:00A its burried so deep it is irrelavent makes you wonder??, especially where in Baton Rouge not only do they place a group ad, but individual ads as well.
So if they are touring fine, but if not then why post the question in the first place, maybe it is to get the attention of dawgs in the B.R. market that did not see their usual elf ad today wondering why not?? If one sees the ad then you can see that most of the elves except for 2 have rates at 200/hh-350/hour etc., so one would assume that if and when the elves returned to Baton Rouge dawgs that missed them as in "absense makes the heart grow fonder" should be ready and willing to pay what they were getting in Vegas.
Now the issue was raised on one post last week that many of the elves were not answering their phones, and Mudvr/Santa himself responded that one went home because of her monthly friend, one was in a wreck, etc. etc., also in any product market and the hobby is a business market, and providers are the product there is what is called the "law of deminishing returns", which means the more something is available and purchased even if originally in high demand the demand for it in the same market decreases over time. ie. a hot new thang/ provider, hits the scene and her phone rings off the hook for the first couple weeks, after the dawgs have gone back for seconds, thirds, fourths etc. then they start to back off a little, so this week could have been a good week considering many of the elves had issues to say take the week off, go take care of business, take a rest, and come back next week ready for business, and in the mean time I will not run any ads in Baton Rouge, but I will run one in Las Vegas or another market with new rate structure, making it look like the elves have left Baton Rouge, and when you return next week there will be renewed interest in the elves at a higher price.
As far as the beauty of the elves or any women that is in the eye of the beholder, "one mans trash is another mans treasure", but in reference to the hobby everything is relative to the market the provider is in. The elves as far as Baton Rouge goes was heaven sent. Dawgs in Baton Rouge were treated to a buffet of hot young 18 year olds at 150/hh that were willing to do every little naughty thing that enered their mind, bbbj, greek, msog etc. These girls in their own right are all presentable in a appearance stand point in the Baton Rouge market, but in a market like Las Vegas where you are 100 miles from Orange County, Los Angelas, and every little valley girl that wants to be the next Kim Kardasian, Brittney Spears, or Paris Hilton the elves would be average at the least. I have been with 5 of the elves myself, and I have also been all over the world including Las Vegas sampling the merchandise so to speak, and in my opinion their is only one of the current elves possibly 2 that have serious Vegas market viability. I am not saying that all will not get calls, but to seriously compete in a market where number one you can legally go to a ranch and have actual Playboy bunny caliber service, and number two there are marketers on every corner handing out provider cards for girls that could be movie stars you better show up with your a game and your best line up.