Fratmen Zane created a solo account on
Chaturbate & logged in Tuesday night for the first time. Zane drew a good crowd for his show &
unlike other rooms everyone was well behaved including the grey members making
the night easy for his moderators. Several members in attendance had
questions regarding the future of the Fratpad. After being asked several
times Zane shared what he knows along with many stories about his time in the “cam
house” industry.
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Zane told his audience that there was no work
left at the Fratpad & believes it is done for good. He added that he thought the website
was still up offering video archives for those with memberships or wanting to
purchase them. As for Zane, he is
working on launching his own software business & will be performing on
his personal Chaturbate account or with his new roommate Fratmen Benji. You might see a few of the Fratmen (Maddox, Trent, Gage, Ridge) on F4F using their Fratmen
name as it provides great recognition.
If the founder of the Fratmen (HMJ) takes a piece of their earnings you
will see more of them heading over to CB as well – just saw Fratmen
Ridge online Wednesday afternoon.
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Zane started by discussing the Voyeur Boys. His guests asked whether or not he knew Jaden Storm & he said of course I know him. Zane says he was aware of the Voyeur Boy project months before it launched. He was having dinner with a friend who brought it up & then contacted former Fratmen Jonah – (the initial partner with Jaden at VB.) Zane arranged a dinner meeting with the guys to discuss things & it became awkward when Landon (Gay Hoopla owner) showed up instead of Jaden. After the meeting Zane stayed in contact since they were friends & provided some advice to the new venture (camera types, etc.) saying he didn’t want them to be the “laughing stock of the industry.” One thing we learned - HMJ the owner of the Fratpad & Landon really don't like one another.
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What else did we learn from Zane’s show? One of his moderators was
none other than Gregory Franklin (aka Benjy) from the old Ben’s Blog. Zane shared some stories & said some
of Ben’s “sources” had no idea what they were talking about when it came
to the Fratpad. Ben didn’t have
anything to say other than the issue of “hanky panky” that he is
sure took place at the Fratpad between models & HMJ. Zane told Gregory he wasn’t
aware of any of this – but there was one time when something might have took place but the model initiated
it. Gregory said Jaden & Landon were
aware of it, but Zane chimed in during his time at the Fratpad he didn't see anything like that taking place as is being claimed.
Zane said the Fratpad used a recruiter he fictitiously
called “Geno” & said he did a good job of finding talent for the Fratpad. The Fratpad eventually found out “Geno” had meetings the night before their interviews to prepare the guys – he had them jack off in front of him claiming it would get them comfortable doing it & often tried for more. One such
model was "Luca" who didn't appear in the cast for several months after his interview, my understanding was "Geno" didn't want Luca around so his shenanigans wouldn't be detected. "Geno" was fired from the Fratpad & Zane said guess who he works for now? Landon & Gay Hoopla!
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As one “cam house” comes to a close what does all this mean for the
Voyeur Boys? The initial promise was it
would be the Fratpad done right with many promises. We are still waiting for promises made to be fulfilled & continue to see the same old shows with no signs of anything new. Combine
that with the recent “Voyeur Bugs” problem it makes one wonder how much longer do they have? One of our readers shared he
believes as long as Jaden remains popular he can keep things going, but will need to come up with something different, new, & exciting to keep his supporters on board. Another reader & Jaden fan tells us unless something changes he gives them under year.
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Only time will tell what will happen, but a
good question for discussion... Is the “cam house” concept played out or will
some new exciting concept be developed by Jaden or someone else with experience in the "cam house" industry? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
Shame seeing the pad come to an end as some insanely hot dudes were on that site. So Ben was full of shit then?
ReplyDeleteNot at all. Our policy at Ben's News both before and after Zane's arrival at the Fratpad was to verify everything we learned from at least one other source and most of the time we made the extra effort to verify with two independent sources. The problem at the Fratpad was never Zane; Zane, in my opinion, did a fantastic job, especially during the times that he was allowed to fully function creatively. The owner of Fratpad was one of our main sources of information about Fratpad. It became obvious that the information received from the owner (both accurate and inaccurate) had not necessarily been communicated to Zane. I have no doubt that Zane would be left with a clear impression that I had more than one bad source but there was only one bad source--but as the owner the source could not be ignored. Since the owner was rarely able to alter the facts, he resorted to impugning my personal and professional integrity. By the summer of 2013, I had had enough and resigned my affiliate status at Fratpad and ceased to do news coverage there. Remember, there is at least two sides to every story and unless one has heard and considered the different sides, one may not possess the correct conclusions.
DeleteThanks for stopping by Greg, you're welcome here anytime.
DeleteBen was nothing more than a pawn in the Fratpad owners game. Sharing inaccurate info since he was the owner is proof of it. So much for verifying everything when you should not written anything at all in such cases.
DeleteBen just admitted he was a pawn for HMJ. Taking information from the owner he knew was false and using it in attempt to be relevant. The last several months of his blog nobody trusted what was written and now he's trying to bring it back in some form. Trust has been broken so anything other than show stat reporting must be scrutinized like none other.
DeleteNever cared for Ben's Friends Blog as it lacked effort. It became woefully predictable with headlines only but no supporting story of interest. Best part was the comment sections pitting people capable of logical thinking and the GH & VB kool-aid drinkers. From all the blunders and comments from staff of that place I never knew what was true.
DeleteEveryone has a different philosophy & I'm sure Ben offered what made him happy. As for myself, I never had much interest in what was being reported. I do agree the comments sections were my favorite part of his site.
DeleteI will add, if Benjy in fact knew he was being played & published information he knew wasn't accurate (or very well might not be)... that's all on Benjy as he made that decision.
DeleteAs far as VB, without the support of his blind followers who I am sure assist with funding certain aspects of the house, this endeavor would have went under months ago. Its funny how the site still promotes "hardcore" action when they never film any. That was one of the original promises. Jaden is a con man and its sad how these fans lap up every redundant show they perform.
ReplyDeleteIt is likely good that JJ Swift left the business. He & Jaden would have had to split the profits which appear minimal at best. They both would have had to appear on cam nearly full time to make ends meet personally, but would have hurt their boys income in the process by taking VB fans away from their shows.
DeleteThe VBs already sabotage themselves by being on cam on their personal accounts while the VB account is used for regularly scheduled shows. And their "team competition" a few weeks ago--when all the VBs were online at the same time in duos, on the VB account and two of their solo accounts--might have been a novel idea, but it undoubtedly divided the regular fans among the three shows. Popular though the shows were (I think they were always in the top 5, once things really got underway), I wonder how much of that was due to the regular fans and how much was due to the standard crew of onlookers who enter to watch but rarely tip.
DeleteThe house idea only helps the owner financially I think. All those guys could go it on their own and make more money. Fratmen had their day and Voyeur Boys are getting stale.
ReplyDeleteVB was stale from day one. Models came and went since Jaden's old fans from FP did all his recruiting(via Chaturbate), In fact, I believe if you check, almost every dude he has ever gotten is from CB or some wanna be porn star. At first he was getting GH hand me downs, even after he and JJ would trash GH outright while chatting with the 9 or so members in chat at VB. I wonder if they have at least doubled the number of members in chat at this point? As far as the models....all they get is free room and board and maybe 50 or 100 bucks from CB a week...kinda the easy life, no? Perfect for slackers with no goals or ambitions...
DeleteThis explains why the Fratmen always had great looking personable guys, they got out & recruited. When you get hand me downs or slackers the product you put out is representative of that. I don't think the cam house business on it's own is a sustainable business... other revenue streams need to be developed which will require all the guys (including Jaden) to really work. It just doesn't seem like they have it in them though, Jaden is banking on his personal popularity to keep it going as is from what it appears.
DeleteKnowing full well that Jaden Storm's fans would crucify me for uttering something so blasphemous...not even his popularity will be able to sustain VoyeurBoys and keep the business running unless he starts diversifying a bit and providing new alternatives to his current product. Jack-off and group shows--and even spanking and toy shows--on CB and whatever semi-hardcore he posts to the VB site are going to get old really quickly unless he does more than just change up the cast roster.
DeleteIf he can't come up with something new in the new year (2 years should be more than long enough for his site to go through its "growing pains"), he may as well pull the plug on the whole enterprise...before it gets pulled for him by bankruptcy.
Jaden is 1.5 years into the VB's now & has shown no creativity to this point so I wouldn't expect anything to change. He promised the Fratpad done right, but has delivered "Fratpad lite." Speaking of that VB site, needs a complete redesign from it's current generic version.
DeleteHardcore action is promoted but not offered? That is bait and switch which fools potential subscribers which is unlawful if true. I would also believe models would make more working on their own instead of working in a house like this. It would be of interest to hear what those blind followers have to say.
ReplyDeleteI think they have removed the "hardcore" promise from the main page, since it was there for months when they offered nothing of the sort. And what they did film "live" shows? OMG....the most pathetic thing I ever saw...
DeleteSully announces he is done with Voyeur Boys at weeks end. Tonite the show was oh so exciting as two of them sat ordering and eating pizza. This should be embarrassing for Jaden he does need to close up shop.
ReplyDeleteDown to 3 guys living in the house now? From the shows I've watched they are all low energy and just go through the motions. The last couple shows some blue color members ask is this all they do or will they do something new. Doesn't appear time is on their side.
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