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  1. I use NordVPN - just checked it and I it still works - I logged out, connected to VPN (UK Server #1918) and was able to log in and use BBRT without issue. I tried again with other servers and it worked fine. Probably logging out before connecting to the VPN might be a good idea. Likely also keeping in the same country helps too. I note that Microsoft locks me out of my online accounts and makes me re-verify them if my IP address changes country, which is a pain when travelling. Some VPN providers and servers are banned because they attract misuse. NordVPN seems to be fine for me.
  2. Xmas Eve: just got back from the sauna. Was kinda quiet but sometimes that pays off... I had hopes for having fun with a guy who had a scorpion tattoo on his back just above his butt... but it wasn't to be. Instead I got cruised by a really nice rugby build guy - muscular but with soft edges. We started off upstairs in one sling and then the other, which was more comfortable for him as it was less high. We switched locations and fucked in the gym, the darkroom, and the jacuzzi-spa. I'm not quiet when getting railed, so we drew a small crowd each time. He had tons of stamina and I was glad of a short break each time we switched locations. Since it was getting close to closing time (7pm since it was xmas eve) we went upstairs to the sling again for a grand finale. After he finished (second load from him) I stayed in the sling for a while hoping others who hadn't dropped their loads already might want to do so before closing. Put the towel over my face so I couldn't see and stayed a while to see what happens. Not long before I felt probing fingers and then a cock. Decided not to peek and let things happen... it could have been any one of about five or six guys who were left. Whoever it was didn't last long, which I was grateful for as the previous guy had been unrelenting and I was a bit sore. Now I'm home and looking back it is very horny thought that I'll never know who that was. Anon can mean just not knowing who they are but not seeing them at all is a whole new level and one I plan to revisit.
  3. Past few years I've done NYE in Berlin. I don't do the big parties - I just stuck around Motzstrasse and Fuggerstrasse. The bars with darkrooms don't really get going until after midnight, and some are still busy until lunchtime on new year's day. New years day a lot of stuff is closed, so Connection is usually very good - it's a good setup.
  4. I went to Sheffield in early 2023 for CumUnion and it was not worth the journey - the sauna did nothing to promote it as a CumUnion event and it seemed like just a regular evening. They didn't make any effort to play bareback porn on the TVs and people I spoke to there didn't know about CumUnion. Similar experience in Northwich - the CumUnion event coincided with their naked event and they were pushing that and there was no mention of CumUnion at the venue. I've not been since as it's not worth the drive up anymore.
  5. Never heard of MachoBB. IMO, you can't stick to one app: Which app is 'best' depends where you are as different countries seem to favour different apps. Some work better in cities and some work better out in the sticks. Which is best depends on what you're looking for too. The bigger apps can have a higher percentage of time wasters. I've pretty much given up on them all, except to keep contact with people I meet - and found that going in person to a cruising spot, sauna, bar or club yields consistent success, whereas the apps - and the guys on them - were awful.
  6. SOP in London is my local haunt. There are plenty of posts on here describing what goes on and what it's like. I think the big thing is how it is such a relaxed and attitude free place you can really enjoy. It's also very diverse in terms of the kinds of guys there and the gear being worn - from naked to full-rubber and hivis work gear. I've even seen someone wearing a fur coat there. Sundays with a bank holiday Monday afterwards are usually very busy, but often the best parties are the quieter ones when it's not overrun with tourists. I've also done lab a few times and my impression is that 80% of the guys aren't into piss and are just there for whatever. I've often felt that when lab put on specialist themes, it's always mostly the same guys just in a different colour jockstrap.
  7. I'm headed to Milan for a weekend. Any recommendations for other BB-related places to go? Cruising places? Darkrooms? etc?
  8. Not sure if I'd answered this before but definitely PigBoyRuben (Ruben Litzky)
  9. Here's a thought: maybe some people are misrepresenting themselves by using older pics or having some (to put it mildly) artistic license with their stats. That's likely why a lot of people ghost - because they would otherwise be found out to be different from what they claimed. It seems a common behaviour - so I ask what motivates that? My answer is that advertising, porn, and gay culture shows us images that are not a reflection of how many of us really are Do people then try to live up to these images and expectations by exaggerating aspects of their profiles? This further perpetuates that 'image' and it becomes a vicious circle. Images are beginning to change but I think it's an 80/20 thing where 80% of us aren't like the images we see in the gay media. And yet 80% of gay media is pushing that image. It's not healthy and I think what we see with people's behaviour in the apps is just a symptom of that.
  10. I'd say you also need to have a clear policy on phones and cameras. You have to ban them outright or make everyone aware they're permitted. The halfway solution of 'only film if you ask permission first' or 'phone allowed but no photos/videos' never works - someone always tries to get away with a few surreptitious photos or video when they think nobody will notice.
  11. I think anything becomes work when you do something you wouldn't normally do just for pleasure because of the financial reward or fulfilling some longer term strategy.
  12. I've been there on my trips to Berlin. I usually only go to Woof if there is a special event there during BLF or Folsom. Sometimes the gay skin-heads have their event there. So my opinion may be skewed by this. It's a bear's bar, and it seems more friendly social and not as full-on cruisey and seedy as Scheune or The Bull, and not as fetishy as Scheune or New Action. On the nights I've been the darkroom has been quiet relative to other venues. I get the impression you pickup in the bar rather than going out back to find someone. On occasions I've been they have been alternating between episodes of The Muppet Show and some vanilla porn on the screens - which is quirky. If you go on a normal night then you may have a slightly different experience. There are loads of bars in the area - and it pays to explore. If you're a bear (or like bears) you don't have to go to Woof to have a good time. There's lot of other options.
  13. Actually it's not that bad - guys drink a lot of water/beer so it's all really diluted. There is only a smell if you don't wash your gear out and leave it. Take a change of clothes/shoes, a small towel, a bag to put anything wet in (they will give you one if you ask) and if you're really paranoid, a can of Lynx/Axe (but please use it outside the venue). I've been going for a long time and have to take uber, train and bus to get there. Never had a comment or bad uber rating on the way home.
  14. Add to that Central Station's Underground Club in Kings Cross (not too far from Vault - a couple of bus stops, or a walk) which is a bit more kink oriented. List of events here: [think before following links] https://undergroundclublondon.co.uk SOP/Sunday is very good for BB so long as you don't mind getting a bit wet 😉
  15. Speaking as someone who's quite introverted - perhaps as a result of being slightly 'on the spectrum', one of the most difficult things is eye contact. If someone I don't know well makes eye contact with me then it makes me feel really uncomfortable - even if I like them. Similarly I struggle with making eye contact - either across a room or in conversation. I'll tend to look at their sneakers, an item of clothing they're wearing, a tattoo, or something else instead.
  16. Anyone planning to be at SOP today? Always great to meet guys from here. DM me if you're going or say hello there. Depending how hot it is, I'll either be in a dirty orange hivis, blue jock and yellow trainers or hivis, rubber/waders.
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  17. Maybe send the person on here a DM to remind them to update (or remove) their links? Mine are up to date.
  18. I realise this is too late, but I'd go. You can host in your hotel anytime and most guys into raw fucking will be at biohazardmen anyway. Have a plan B - if it sucks, go somewhere else... there's tons of choice. Did you go? How was it?
  19. For some guys, making that decision they feel "in control" of the situation?
  20. Bookmarking this - very useful insight for future travel plans...
  21. Yes.. Also I remember talkers like Lintilla's Multiple Worlds, some of the gay MUDs/MUSHs (ca 1994) and the IRC channels on efnet.
  22. I think a big problem with the current. hookup apps is a lack of accountability. If people behave badly then there's no red flags to warn others. But why not turn that around and give green flags for being a good citizen? Much like Uber has a rating system when you ride - for both the passenger and the driver, I'd think there's a place for such a system on hook up apps. How it would work would be an interesting PhD in Social Science... I think having only positive feedback and no negatives avoids the whole situation where people give revenge bad feedback and it has to be moderated. Maybe there's a bunch of traits you can give props for - "Showed up on time" - "Accurate pics" - "Gave me a load" - "Took my load" - "Multiple loads" - etc... All of these reputation points would be things that are based around an actual meet. The idea here is that by being positive rather than negative in feedback it helps build more of a community. Perhaps some red flags are also needed to deal with bad actors - but would have to be moderated to prevent abuse. The only flaw I can see is that it may be difficult for newcomers to build a reputation from scratch. But reputation has to be earned, somehow/ - so it's sort of the point.
  23. So... currently if you go on BBRT and set the location to Central London and list the events, you'll see a bunch of guys (about 50%) advertising for the same hotel. As of this morning, of those ads, most have 0-2 guys attending, one or two have 5-10 and one ad stands out as having 49 guys. What I'm interested in, is why is the guy with 49 people so successful - his ad isn't notably different - he's not the youngest - and there are guys who are more of a thirst trap who are in the 0-2 guys zone. The successful guy's profile only has one pic you can see and there's not a lot of description. His event is for a Thursday, which I imagine would be less busy than a weekend. This seems to happen with some regularity - lots of ads for the same place and one has a ton of responses, the others very little. I've often wondered why. Given the quoted 20% show up rate for guys with <10 visitors is it worth it? You'd be better off down the road at The Vault or one of the Saunas, surely? For those that do this, do you rely on BBRT or work the apps hard trying to lure guys in?
  24. It's not just the tops not showing up - I noted someone had booked a room for such an event on BBRT and I asked him afterwards how it went. Turns out he never turned up at the hotel to collect his prizes. If I was one of the fifteen or so tops booked in I'd be well pissed to find the bottom didn't show up. What's a mystery to me is how/why some guys at that hotel get a ton of interest and others don't. It seems quite hit and miss.
  25. There are a few good clubs (IMO), but it depends on your perception of 'good'. As for the hotel, I think they have realised: they are no longer taking bookings for one night only - minimum two nights. There's still five ads on BBRT for the weekend though... Agree with @ErosWired here. Probably they're attending more places now so I'm seeing it around more and more. And I agree with the costume comment. What's next will be people getting biohazard tattoos to be 'edgy' ???
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