Fratpad - Gay Site Review

DESCRIPTION:
Nine college-aged straight guys living in a house together and the web cams are running. Watch these guys get into their crazy antics, nudity, jack off contests, and tons more.

REVIEWED:
August 9, 2007

COST:
$36.95.95 monthly, recurring; $39.95 30 days, one-time charge; $69.95 90 days, non-recurring.

GENRE:
Frat guys, college guys, jocks, straight guys, jacking off, web cams, live shows.

I generally don't like live web cam sites because I'm not fond of sitting around and waiting for something to happen. The idea of peeking in on a live web cam house is hot, but these kinds of sites rarely live up to the sales pitch. Fratpad is different. Fratpad is not going to leave you sitting there staring at a bunch of empty rooms.

Fratpad currently has nine straight, college-aged guys living together, and not only are there cams set up all over the house, but the guys use handheld video cameras to catch extra footage for the fans. The guys who live in this house have all appeared on Fratmen where they have posed nude and jacked off for the camera. And now, these guys are living together in the Fratpad where they get up to all kinds of antics. The guys are scheduled in two-hour time slots, starting from noon PST and rotating until midnight. Each guy mans the chat room for a two-hour window, so the member's aren't left staring at an empty room. The schedule is posted every day, so you can pop in and talk with your favourite guy, along with other members. And during those wee hours of the morning when the guys are sleeping (or at any time really) you're free to chat with the other members who are logged into the site.

Fratpad is not one of those pay-per-minute web cam chat sites where a guy sits around in his underwear trying to get you to spend $12 a minute to see his cock. Fratpad is a quasi reality site where you can check in on these guys who live at the house full-time. The cool thing about this set-up is that every week the member's vote on the most outrageous frat guy behaviour. And since the guys win a cash prize, they have incentive to do more than lie around and watch television. For instance, one guy was getting hassled by one of his housemates and he had enough, so he told two of his buddies to hold the guy down, and then, he sat on him and shoved his cock in face. It's that kind of place. Crazy, wild, uninhibited, and candid. These guys walk around the house nude and semi-nude, they do show their cocks, and they even jack off for the members, but they're also living their lives.

Fratpad is a simple site. When you log into the member's area, you immediately land in the member's chat room. If you've arrived between noon and midnight PST, one of the guys will be logged in and talking to the members. There's an archive area where you can watch nine of each guy's last appearances. And then, there's an antics section where you can watch short clips of the whacky goings-on in the house, like the one guy sitting on the other's face or naked guys having a chocolate syrup fight. There's an e-mail area where you will receive any communication with the guys, and there's a blog section as well, where you can catch up on the latest happenings in the house. Top navigation keeps you from getting lost.

One of the cool things about Fratpad is their chat set-up. The members type in a chat window that the frat guys can see, but rather than typing back, the Fratpad guys actually talk to the web cam They talk to you by name and they answer your questions, tell you about their day, or bring you along as they head into the shower. And this real and live interaction is what really sets this site apart from the rest of the pack. If I wanted to watch a guy on cam and talk to him in a chat window, then I'd just head to one of the peer-to-peer cam sites. But Fratpad really gives you an opportunity to interact with these guys and be a part of the show.

The other great thing about Fratpad is that there's always stuff to watch. The thing is that these guys live at the Fratpad to keep the members entertained. They don't have other jobs, however, they are free to come and go as these please. And as I mentioned earlier, these guys can win prizes if their antics receive the most votes from the members. There's also a private chat component of the site. For an extra fee you can have a one-on-one show with a guy with or without cum, depending on the option you select. The shows are 20 and 35 minute segments, and you even get input as to what you'd like to see. And all of these extra ways for the guys to make money means that they really want to stick around the house and perform. That's not to say that they're constantly hitting you up to buy shows with them – not at all – the option is there if you want to set it up. But if you're happy just hanging out and watching the goings-on, that's cool, too, and there's plenty to see. Fratpad really is a revolutionary site, and it's an idea that is going to be copied in the months to come.

Finally, the biggest stand out feature of Fratpad is that these guys are really straight. These guys just aren't pretending, and then, "oops, look I've got a dick in my mouth." You will see lots of nudity, guys horsing around nude, naked twister, guys showering, jack off contests, and even the odd time when the guys jack one another off, or occasionally a blowjob scene. But you'll also see lots of plain old living: watch the guys cooking, playing pranks, doing their chores, sneaking peeks on their housemates with the handheld camera, playing videos games, and tons more. There's nowhere to hide. The private shows also have a couple component where you can schedule a private show with two guys. What they do depends on what you negotiate with them.

For me the biggest negative of the site is that I didn't see a lot of pictures, and I'm a photo guy. I love cruising through galleries of photos and checking guys out. But then, this is a web cam site, and not a photo site. There are plenty of live shows and archives to look at, but I'd be happier with a lot more candid photos of the guys.

If you're looking for the kind of site where the guys are having lots of sex on camera, then Fratpad isn't for you. There's definitely lots of nudity and there are sexual moments, but Fratpad is more about having a relationship with these guys. The guys will remember your name, they'll answer your questions and talk to you, and they'll even invite you into their bedrooms or showers for some quiet time away from the rest of the house. Most web cam sites failure miserably because there just isn't enough happening, and who wants to pay $30 or $40 bucks to watch someone having a nap or lying on the couch and watching television? At Fratpad you're not going to find 24/7 live sex action. However, there's lots of interesting and titillating things happening on the site and you'll have a lot fun watching the guys horsing around, playing naked twister, making dildos of their cocks, showering, bathing, wrestling, having dance and limbo contests, and lots more. The guys do show us their cocks, and they do jack off for the members, they're just not doing it all the time. Remember, this is real life, no guy can get hard and jack off on command 24 / 7. Fratpad is definitely an interesting site and worth checking out.

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