Here’s Who Will Win At The 2012 Cybersocket Awards

Despite adding and removing nominees after voting was closed (I thought nominees were based on fan votes?), ongoing industry grumblings about winners being selected based on advertising dollars spent on the website or in the magazine (although, are people even buying print ads in 2012?), and the failed attempt to garner mainstream buzz after shamelessly nominating Chris Crocker in the Best Newcomer category (has anyone seen or heard Chris Crocker talking about his nomination on either of his highly-followed yet intolerably dull and narcissistic YouTube and Twitter accounts?), the Cybersocket Awards ceremony will take place Monday night in West Hollywood! And because so many of you care about who will “win” and who will “lose,” I will make some predictions.

To be sure, Cybersocket knows how to throw a party, and the event itself is a fun night, presuming you like to drink heavily and presuming you go into the evening with no expectations and no concern whatsoever for who is awarded what. It is also a spectacle worth attending (and covering—which I will) for the porn star sightings, but if you can’t make it, The Tim & Roma Show will be there, live, to document all the madness.

As usual, the predictions and opinions here are mine and mine alone, and I’m usually about 99% wrong, so take this for what it’s worth. “Who Will Win” is based on who I really think will win; “Who Should Win” is who is most deserving of a Cybersocket Award (not necessarily who I want to win); “No Guts, No Glory” is who doesn’t stand a chance in Hell.

BEST PORN BLOG
Banana Guide, Benny Morecock, Chronicles of Pornia, Completely Naked, DeWayne In SD, Diesel Washington XXX, Gay Daily Hot, Gay Fleshbot, Gay Foot Blog, Gay Porn Talk, Gay Porn Times, Gay Stoners, Jack Manly, Jason Curious, Joe Knows Gay Porn, Just Us Boys, Manhunt Daily, Men On The Net, Nick Young XXX, Night Charm, OMG Blog, NYC Guys, Queer Click, Queer Me Now, Queer Porn Nation, Starrfucker, The Sword, Tiger Tyson Blog, Vidio View, XX Factor, You Love Gay Porn

I wasn’t notified (Cybersocket winners are notified in advance so they can make arrangements to be at the show), so I know The Sword isn’t taking home the award. But has anyone even heard of the majority of these blogs, many of which are barely updated once a week? No. Also, neither highly-trafficked and long-running Gay Porn Blog nor well-liked Men Of Porn were nominated, but “Gay Stoners” and “Gay Foot Blog” were? Truly ridiculous.

Who Will Win: Manhunt Daily. The editor of Boston-based Manhunt Daily, “Dewitt,” has been live-tweeting his trip to L.A. over the weekend, which means he’ll be attending the show Monday night because he was notified in advance of his win.
Who Should Win: Gay Fleshbot.
No Guts, No Glory: The Sword.


BEST VIDEO SITE
Hot House, Bel Ami Online, Rear Stable, Suite 703, Falcon Studios, Lucas Entertainment, Rub Him, Colt Studio Group, Factory Video Production, Boy Crush, Citi Boyz, Video Boys, Fantastic Foreskin, Bait Buddies, Lucas Kazan, Raging Stallion, Eurocreme, Next Door Studios, Naked Sword, Chaos Men, Dominic Ford, Jake Cruise, Hard Friction, Stag Homme, Circle Jerk Boys, Sean Cody, Cocksure Men, Corbin Fisher, Randy Blue, Active Duty, Cocky Boys, Boynapped, Men.com, Like-Em-Straight, Jalif Studio, Fresh SX, Athletic Model Guild, Dirty Boy Video, TimFuck.com, Hammer Boys TV, C1R.com, Helix Studios

Good grief. The only company not on the list is Jet Set Men (albeit deservedly, given their faded and formulaic parody porn, including their take on the child rapist hidden camera show To Catch A Predator, the oh-so-cleverly titled To Fuck A Predator), you could pare down the rest based on parent company ownership (Rear Stable, Falcon, Raging Stallion, Naked Sword, Hard Friction, Stag Homme, and Boynapped are all part of AEBN; Jake Cruise and Cocksure Men are both Jake Cruise Media; Bait Buddies and Like-Em-Straight are both Bait Buddies sites, etc.), and, for pete’s sake, when was the last time Suite 703 released a new video?

Who Will Win: Men.com. They’re the giant new kid on the block that’s been releasing a scene a day, every day, for months. (Men.com is owned by straight porn conglomerate Manwin.)
Who Should Win: NextDoorStudios.com.
No Guts, No Glory: Jake Cruise.

BEST ORIGINAL CONTENT SITE
RandyBlue.com, JizzAddiction.com, AllAustralianBoys.com, CockyBoys.com, MenAtPlay.com, ActiveDuty.com, BrokeStraightBoys.com, C1R.com, BaitBus.com, LucasEntertainment.com, YouLoveJack.com, DirtyBoyVideo.com, NextDoorStudios.com, BelAmiOnline.com, CocksureMen.com, Suite703.com, BareAdventures.com, OnTheHunt.com, 8teenboy.com, SoYouThinkYouCanFuck.net, Badpuppy.com, Fraternity X, Tim Tales, Corbin Fisher, College Dudes 24/7, Dirty Tony, Haze Him, Male Celebrities, Bentley Race, Club Jeremy Hall, Video Boys, Sweet n Raw, Extra Big Dicks, Men.com, Hot House Backroom

If you can explain the difference between this category and the one above, please share what that is in the comments. Call me cynical, but maybe having two categories with two virtually identical lists of nominees is simply an opportunity for Cybersocket to hand out an additional award to another potential advertiser?

Who Will Win: NextDoorStudios.com. Despite a year’s worth of horrible press for Next Door (thanks largely to the laughably absurd dry-humping antics of Cody Cummings), they’ve still got plenty of influence in the industry. Also, all of their models have been tweeting about attending the show, and they didn’t fly all their exclusives down to L.A. for nothing.
Who Should Win: Men.com.
No Guts, No Glory: Jizz Addiction.


BEST NEW SITE
Alterna Dudes, AustinZane.com, Badpuppy Video, Bareback Twink, Bound Jocks, Buenos Boys, Club Jason Sparks, Drake Rock, Fantastic Foreskin, Fraternity X, Fetish Force, Fuck Off Guys, Gay Revenge, Hammer Boys TV, Jays Straight Guys, Lucas Raunch, MaverickMen.com, Men.com, Phoenixxx.com, Rub Him, Spritzz.com, Trystan Bull, Young Bastards

Of all the new Next Door sites launched in the past year (Austin Wilde’s, Marcus Mojo’s, Samuel O’Toole’s), Trystan Bull’s is the one to get a nod? LOL. I guess that’s the one that’s doing the poorest in terms of memberships and in need of the most attention, so that’s the one Next Door asked to have nominated—assuming you believe Next Door has that kind of pull with Cybersocket. While there’s a slim chance Cybersocket might want to rightfully acknowledge a fan favorite (e.g., Maverick Men, Austin Zane), it’s always safest to bet on one of the mega sites (in this case Bound Jocks, Rub Him, or Gay Revenge).

Who Will Win: Rub Him. Straight-owned mega site Haze Cash (operator of Rub Him, Out In Public, Un-Glory Hole, and more) should take this one, unless something went awry in one of the other categories and either Next Door or Men.com still need to be recognized.
Who Should Win: Trystan Bull.
No Guts, No Glory: Young Bastards.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR
The Other Side of Aspen 6 / Falcon, Golden Gate Season 2 – The Perfect Ten / Naked Sword, Giants Pt. 1 & 2 / Raging Stallion, So You Think You Can Fuck / Dominic Ford, 3D Belami / Belami, Assassin / Lucas Entertainment, Wank in The Woods / William Higgins, Dirty Secrets / Randy Blue, Brother Fucker / C1R, Raw Muscle / Factory, 100% Twink / Helix Studios, Score! 1 & 2 / Hot House, Bear / Colt, Hard Drive / Buckshot, Bulge / Olympus, Jock Stalker / Men.com, Zeb Atlas is the Boyfriend / Zeb Atlas, What I Can’t See 3 / Treasure Island, More Tales 2 / AYOR, Jersey Score 2 – Jet Set, Fist ‘n Fuck Orgy Boxer BCN / Jalif Studio, Suited To Fuck / FreshSX, Born This Way / Benny Morecock, Bareback Fuckers / RawJoxxx Studio, Arabian Exposure / Oh! Man Studio, Rudeboiz 19 /Rudeboiz Studio, Hot Muscle / Alpha Male Media Studio, Bareback Country Boys / Rawboys Studio, Cuban Missile Crisis / Angry Young Man

No bareback or twink title has ever won here, so you can forget about all of those. Past winners have been films from traditional studios like C1R, Lucas, and Raging Stallion, but with the rise of web studios releasing their own original content in DVD format (including Randy Blue, Dominic Ford, Cocky Boys, and The Sword’s parent company Naked Sword), one of them could pull off an upset.

Who Will Win: The Other Side of Aspen 6. It was objectively the big release of the year that not only relaunched the classic Falcon series, but was also symbolic of the Falcon/Raging Stallion merger that dominated headlines in 2011. It’d be hard even for Cybersocket to ignore this one. But, they probably will.
Who Should Win: Zeb Atlas Is the Boyfriend.
No Guts, No Glory: Jersey Score 2.

BEST SEX SCENE
The Orgy from Other Side of Aspen VI Angelo Marconi, Landon Conrad, Roman Heart, Tony Buff, Adam Killiam, Shane Frost,Cameron Adams, Gavin Waters, Brandon Bangs
Giants Part 1—Rusty Stevens and Marcus Mojo
Golden Gate Season 2, Unreal Estate—Jesse Santana and Sage Daniels
Assasin—Michael Lucas and Adam Killian
Bad Boys Get Spanked Then Fucked—Dean Monroe and Matthew Rush
Double Shot—Tyler West and Alex Vaara
Score! Game 1—Blu Kennedy and Topher Dimaggio
Bulge—Jack Dragon, Greg Wilson, Michael Troy
Bear—Roman Wright and Marco LuBeau
Impulsive—Nick Ford and Christopher Daniels
The Slammer—Phillip Aubrey, Gavin Waters, Cliff Jensen and Christian Wilde
Drill Instructor Strokes his 11″ Inch Cuban Dick at The Shaving Sinks—Angry Young Man
Cocky Boys—Pierre Fitch and Mason Star
Randy Blue—Rafael Cedano and Eric Pryor
Bel Ami—Brady Jensen and Dolph Lambert
FreshSX—Aitor Crash and Leo Mack
The Rectodus Society, Next Door Buddies—Marko Lebeau, Vance Crawford, Cody Cummings, Brec Boyd, Parker London, James Jamesson, Adam Withmore, Tyler Torro

If you’re able to take any list that includes “The Rectodus Society” seriously, good luck. Seeing as that marshmallow-dicked mess is on here, it’s anyone’s guess who will win. I can’t.

Who Will Win: Raphael Cedano and Eric Pryor. Randy Blue shoots locally in L.A. and is well-liked among the Cybersocket crowd, so this might be the category they take home (they always win at least one award every year).
Who Should Win: Drill Instructor Strokes His 11″ Inch Cuban Dick at The Shaving Sinks.
No Guts, No Glory: Bulge—Jack Dragon, Greg Wilson, Michael Troy

BEST PERSONALITY
Chi Chi LaRue
Michael Lucas
Mason Wyler
Tim & Roma
Riley Price
Mike Dreyden
Diesel Washington
Jason Sechrest
mr. Pam

Chi Chi won last year, so she’s out. While a Mason Wyler win would be shocking, that’s not happening in a million years. Diesel and Michael Lucas are both too polarizing. Of course, considering that in 2009 this award went to Cody Cummings, anyone could win.

Who Will Win: mr. Pam. Universally beloved within the industry and at the top of her game professionally. Could the Cybersockets actually get this one right?
Who Should Win: Jason Sechrest.
No Guts, No Glory: Chi Chi LaRue.

BEST NEWCOMER
Andrew Jakk
Chris Crocker
Alexander Garrett
Bryce Evans
Brady Jensen
Derrick Atlas
Jessie Colter
Cameron Foster
Liam + Lucas Rosso
Matthew Keading
Topher DiMaggio
Bob Hager
Sencer Keve
Dylan Roberts
Tyler St. James
James Huntsman
Anthony Romero
Tyler Torro
JP Dubois
Harley Everett
Billy Gruber
Gabriel Clark
John Sullivan

This is the first year they’ve had a Best Newcomer category, but maybe they’ve been meaning to do it since 2009 and these are the names that have accumulated since then, because some of these guys have been working in gay porn for years (while one of them hasn’t appeared in a single frame of it in his life). Anthony Romero, the one who actually deserves the title of Best Newcomer, isn’t attending the show, so we know he’s not winning. Jessie Colter would be a worthy recipient, but does he have major studio backing?

Who Will Win: Tyler Torro. I give up.
Who Should Win: James Huntsman.
No Guts, No Glory: Topher DiMaggio.

BEST PORN STAR
Alex Flex, Alex Stevens, Ashley Ryder, Austin Wilde, Baby Star, Blake Daniels, Brad McGuire, Brent Corrigan, Brent Everett, Bruno Knight, Chris Porter, Cody Cummings, Craig Reynolds, D.O., Damien Crosse, Dayton O’Connor, Dean Monroe, Derrick Porter, Francesco D’Macho, Francois Sagat, Jayson Park, Johnny Hazzard, Jonathan Aggasi, Kennedy Carter, Kevin Crows, Kris Evans, Kyle King, Landon Conrad, Logan McCree, Lucky Daniels, Macanao Torres, Marcus Mojo, Mason Star, Matt Cole, Matt Hughes, Mike Dreyden, Paul Wagner, Race Cooper, Ricky Sinz, Riley Price, Rod Daily, Samuel Colt, Samuel O’Toole, Shane Frost, Spencer Reed, Steve Cruz, Steven Daigle, Tommy Defendi, Tony Duque, Trevor Knight, Trystan Bull, Tyler Reed, Vander, Zeb Atlas

If we consider the rule about Cybersocket winners being notified in advance and therefore attending the ceremony, we can eliminate a lot of performers who won’t be there: Brent Corrigan (who hasn’t filmed any porn in years), Chris Porter, Kennedy Carter, Kevin Crows, Kris Evans, Logan McCree, and Samuel Colt, to name a few. Of the remaining guys, it’s either Austin Wilde or Spencer Reed (both well-deserved, and both have flown in for the event) for the win.

Austin, because as nice as a gaycation in L.A. away from the freezing Midwest (where he lives) might be, would he really leave home just to go to an awards show and walk away empty handed? Spencer, because of his prolific year working with every major studio. Of course, Spencer winning would be a slap in the face (not literally!) to the #LOGP contingent, the self-proclaimed “Ladies of Gay Porn” audience who have shunned the muscle-bound fuck stud since his tumultuous relationship with #LOGP-darling Phillip Aubrey ended in assault and arrest (even though, uhh, it was Aubrey who was arrested and convicted of assault).

Who Will Win: Austin Wilde or Spencer Reed.
Who Should Win: Cody Cummings.
No Guts, No Glory: Vander.

Congratulations to all of the nominees, winners, and losers!

 

11 thoughts on “Here’s Who Will Win At The 2012 Cybersocket Awards”

  1. Gay porn these days is full of straight privilege. Are gay men staring in and directing straight porn, not so much? For those us not in the industry but are instead consumers I can not begin to tell you how much of a turn off it is to know that the “hot gay sex action” on some sites is G4P models being directed by straight chicks…uggg vomit. It’s a hard-on killer. It’s like going into Mickey’s and all of the go-go boys are straight and dancing for drunken chicks. Oh wait, that already happens.

    1. Funny that you post about straight privilege and then single out “straight chicks.” Gay males still have male privilege over females, so wtf is your point?

  2. Christine Marinoni

    What?! Chris Porter isn’t going to win?? Thank God he’s still got that Grammy nomination for “Best Rapper Impersonation Performed in a Sweaty Gay Club to a Pre-Recorded Track About Needing to Defecate.” There, it’s either him or T.I. Whew, I can handle those 50/50 odds.

    1. Roza,Köszönöm, a spagetti meg tényleg kifogástalan. Azt hiszem tényleg spagetti mániás vagyok :)Zsófi Molnár,Köszönöm, szerintem érdemes elcsábulni erre a spagettire :)Mrita,Hát, köszönöm a receptet, különben nem alkottam volna ilyen finomságot! :)Trollanyu,Köszönöm! :)

  3. I can’t take this post seriously, I just can’t. I was with you til the end. Then you killed me with that last category. I’m gonna crawl into bed and pop in one of those DVDs I won (courtesy of the sword) and enjoy some real porn stars. Cheers to all the nominees!

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