Posts made by eobox91103

I was always a leftie until I broke my left wrist and it was in a cast for several weeks.  I then learned to use my right.

I suppose that makes me ambisextrous.

It might be worth taking a look at the "Guide for Starters" and seeing if it can be edited to give newbies more tips on getting–and keeping--a good ratio.  Perhaps it needs a warning against downloading like mad at first which digs the new user into an un-recoverable hole.  People need to have reasonable expectations about what they can and can't do.

Also, maybe there's a way of making that guide required reading for new members (maybe it already is, I joined a long time ago).

Another thing that can help is to find a new torrent, just posted, that has many files.  Then, select only a few of them–maybe 10% of the total size--to download.  That's straightforward with uTorrent; I'm not sure how it works with other clients.  That way, you'll get those first few files very quickly and become a "preferred source" for other downloaders.  Your ratio for that torrent could end up being very high, especially if you've got a good internet connection.  For example, right now I see 5GB torrent (Rafael Alencar) with only one seeder (the original uploader) and four leechers.  Download that torrent, pick only a couple hundred MB of files to download, and you'll be out ratio jail soon.

Note also that torrents get "stale" very quickly...within a day or two, there are LOTS more seeders than there are leechers, especially for freeleech torrents.  I recommend only downloading stuff that's very new--preferably, not more than a few hours old.  It might not always be material that you like, but if you use the "select only a part" tactic I suggest above, it will help your ratio even if you junk the stuff a week later.

I hope things work out for you.

@duke4172:

Yes! As long as you use protection you will be safe!

Nothing is ever 100% safe; it's all about risk reduction, not risk elimination.  That said, topping a POZ/undetectable bottom while using a condom that doesn't break is very unlikely to cause exposure to HIV.

As another person noted above, a guy who knows he's POZ and is on meds and has an undetectable viral load is a safer partner than the many of us who were negative at our last test.

And yes, I've topped POZ guys, some multiple times, and a few times not with a condom.  I'm not proud of that record, but I remain negative.

@jabyjack:

Hello, I wanna delete my count.

How can I do that?

Oops, I thought you wanted to delete your cunt.  I was going to suggest seeing a transgender specialist.

I should probably see an eye doctor.

As a general comment, I this US President Abraham Lincoln once said,

You can please all of the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can't please all of the people all of the time.

I think there's some wisdom in there.  I tend to like the changes.

@MrMazda:

Not that I'm aware of. I can save you half the work. Your torrent client reports that it is using port 11773

You need to make sure this port is forwarded from your router to your computer. The only resource I can think of for help would be www.portforward.com

I use uTorrent as a torrent client, and I seem to recall that its website had some help pages that were useful.

If other Gentle Users can suggest a good resource, please mention it here, and perhaps it can become part of this site's help system.  The computer I use for torrenting was set up seven years ago, and I got it to work fine.  But it's not going to live forever, and when I replace it, I'm not sure that I'll remember what I did back then.

I've found another way to get more upload:  If a new torrent is posted that has lots of files in it (like an OnlyFans collection), just download a few of them, maybe 20% to the total volume.  You'll probably get those files quickly, and then you'll be the source of that material for the other users who are downloading everything.  Try it out a torrent…you'll likely see your ratio for that torrent get quite high.

I was not a fan of the new layout with all the thumbnails and other stuff on the screen…but once I learned how to tailor the display to my liking using the three little toggle buttons on the right of the screen (see image below), I can now make the display the way I like it...and I think it's better than before.  My thanks to the designers for including these.

I would urge other Gentle Users to fiddle with these buttons and see what they can do for you.  You might find the results pleasing.

@ben351500:

I like the three new toggles on the right side of the Search page that allows some customization of the Search view. A definite step in the right direction!

I strongly agree…this way people can tailor to the view they like.

Here's another comment:  In the new style, we seem to have fallen victim to the web trend of "bigger font is better."  But this can make the titles of the torrents rather harsh to eye.  The new titles in (which appear to be Verdana Bold) stand out harshly from the background.  Dialling back the font colour just a bit, while retaining the font and size, would be easier on the eye.  See the image below:  The top frame is the current site design, with the lower frame at a slightly darker grey (RGB:225,225,225 to prove that I'm a nerd).  Just a thought.

@d0m1n1k:

Is there a section in this forum that would be appropriate to ask for a reseed request (in addition to the reseed request button already available on a torrent's page)?

also is there anyway to double check if the request button actually worked?

Not really, and yes.

1)  The reseed request button sends a private message to active members who have indeed downloaded the torrent–I get that sort of message at least once per week.  Not everyone uses the forum, so a posting here might not get seen by someone who has that material.  It's remotely possible that someone reading the forum might have the requested material from some other source and be able to start a new torrent with it, but that's a longshot.  While you could make a "request" posting in the Forum, I think your best bet is to use the reseed button.

2)  After clicking the "reseed request" button, the system will say something like, "Success--14 PM's sent."  That way you know it worked--meaning that people who have downloaded the torrent have been sent a reseed request message.  I think most people read their messages, but some people are not adept at reseeding torrents, and others might have deleted the material and thus not be able to reseed it.

If, after hitting the button, the system says something like "No PM's sent," it means that nobody who downloaded that torrent is still active on the site.  That's happened to me a few times, and it basically means that the material I want has died and gone to Porn Heaven.

(As always, if a Gentle Moderator has a more accurate statement of how this works, feel free to delete my post in favour of yours.)

@Joker:

But people must also understand that after such a long time with a design from 2006, it is time to make some changes.

I would respectfully disagree.  Many commercial webmasters like to make periodic changes to give a new "look and feel," but there's no need to fix something if it isn't broken.  The new frozen pane at the top of the windows is a welcome feature, but I don't see much advantage to many of the other changes.  I suggest an approach of, "What do we need to fix?" and then fix it…not "What can I change for the sake of change?"

That said, I again appreciate the hard work of the many people in operating this website.  I'm a little disappointed that there isn't more of that appreciation shown in this topic thread.

There are some videos by HungYoungBrit that are like this, although they probably don't count as "caught" because the guys watching very much want to join in.

There are also several collections of guys wanking in adjacent toilet stalls being secretly filmed over the stall wall, although the guy filming it can't be seen.  In some of these, the guy wanking notices the camera, and often looks rather angry.

I favor a campaign "Make pubic hair public!"

@pmrrk:

I've noticed a trend of users uploading files with extremely long thumbnails. These take up a lot of space when browsing for torrents and I find them to be extremely obnoxious and annoying. Is there a way to set a limit to the height of an image so people don't take up so much space?

I agree that it's inconvenient, but it's also inconsiderate and lazy.  I think most of these thumbnail "filmstrips" are copied from publishers' websites, and a few mouse clicks of cut and paste can turn these into more manageable images.

That being said, at least these uploaders are providing images.  More and more people are omitting this required step.  I never download those torrents.

@box20062:

I think new layout is too wide on PC. Search results have no margins on left and right, so text ant table cells is near borders of screen. It's inconvenient.

I echo this comment.  The search page wants to expand to full window width with no margins, and with a wide-screen monitor, this is clumsy.  I suggest a maximum width.  This might mean reducing the number of displayed thumbnails, but we had that in the previous search screen when mousing over, and it was not a problem.

I do like having the torrent description and thumbnails "live" rather than only on mouse-over, although it increases the server's upload.  It's also a good way to identify "deadbeat" torrents that have no description and/or thumbnails.  Eventually it would be nice to have a gate in the upload process that stopped torrents with no sample images…but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

I commend the hard (!) and conscientious work of the moderators and programmers who are clearly trying to make this already-excellent site even better.

@MrMazda:

@srblock:

It is clean. I think I Like it, I'll give it a go. One thing is bothersome: in Browse view, when I mouseover "i" to see info, the popup box sometimes is very wide and goes off the left side of the page. This is only happening in Safari (which I prefer to use). It looks fine in Chrome. Also, under my profile I do not see an option to choose the old layout, although like I said I think I'll get used to the new layout. Nice work

This issue should now be fixed.

I still get this phenomenon.  If I mouse over the description ellipsis on the torrent "Answered Prayers: The Actor Starring Tayte Hanson," the expanded description bleeds off the left side of the screen (see screenshot below).  This doesn't happen on all torrent listings, which is odd.  It's not a serious issue.

I like it, especially the main index pane (strip) that stays frozen at the top of the page, even when one scrolls down.

One might take a look at font colour vs. its background:  For example, at the Forum page for "all unread topics," I get what's pasted in below.  The text below "Gaytorrent.ru Forum" wants to read, "Pages: [1] 2 3 … 117" but note how "Pages: [1]] and "…" fade almost completely into the background. This should be just a minor tweak.

As for font size, I commend you for not following the current web design trend of enormous fonts.  My bank, for example, tells me my balance in a font that is 6 cm high!   I think the current font sizes on the site are just fine.  Members can be reminded that pages can grow (or shrink) with browser controls (e.g., "Cntrl" & mouse wheel).

Thank you to all admins and moderators for their hard work!

The guys in "straight" porn are better-looking now than several years ago as the industry responds to what audiences want.  I did some porn direction/production in the 1990's, and we generally put the younger and/or better-looking guys in "gay" scenes because the main audience for "straight" porn was "straight" men, and they didn't want to feel inadequate by seeing a very muscled (or trim) guy with a huge cock.

Audiences are different today; more women watch "straight" porn and they want good-looking men.  Also, there are a lot more men exploring same-sex attraction that are more comfortable watching "straight" porn than "gay" porn.

Note:  I use quotation marks for "straight" and "gay" because those labels don't apply to models making porn:  Lots of guys with very little attraction to other guys make "gay" porn, and many guys who would be considered "gay" by most definitions make "straight" porn.  More than once I've had guys on set getting their dicks fluffed before a shoot by their boyfriend before fucking a girl–as well as the opposite.

I enjoy sucking, and I really like the sensation of a cum explosion in my mouth–maybe because it makes me think that I've done something right.  I'm not into the taste of cum, so I'll usually swallow quickly to get rid of it.