16th Cybersocket Awards 2016

Forrest Black and I had the pleasure of attending the Cybersocket Awards again this year. This event has such a great energy and is always so much fun. Rather than having people sitting stiffly at tables, Cybersocket has everyone in a nightclub atmosphere where it is easy to mingle and get drinks. The ceiling of the Penthouse nightclub in West Hollywood was festooned with vines and flowers and big crystal balls which shimmered in the club lighting. I don’t recall whether the Penthouse usually has that decor on the ceiling, but it was really beautiful. The event boasted lots of go-go dancers, not only on boxes, but also inside a giant luxury shower raining hot water on fit bodies inside the club.

Speaking of fit bodies, there is nothing like going to a gay nightclub in West Hollywood to motivate you to hit the gym. Go to an awards show there and it is nearly wall-to-wall eight packs. I apparently need to add more sit-ups to my New Year’s resolutions.

I cheered a little extra loud for the awards won by two of my billers CCBill and Epoch. Gay adult studios Cocky Boys, Naked Sword, Helix, and Bel Ami took home some of the most important trophies. Cocky Boys packed the event with hot twink performers. Pornstar Colby Keller won for Best Personality and accepted his award in a giant banana suit. Event sponsor Flirt4Free and their adorbz performer Pierre Fitch both took home awards. Sexy Trenton Ducati received an award which I think Cybersocket might have created just to be able to give him an extra big honor. MC Chi Chi LaRue, as in the past, did a remarkable job of keeping the awards presentations high energy, funny, and fun to watch. Chi Chi is truly the master (mistress?) of the microphone.

Because Forrest Black and I had some duplicates in our swanky gift bags, I offered the Uber driver two of my DVDs. I got the impression he really wanted a copy of Green Lantern is Gay!, but he was nervous about admitting he wanted it. He seemed happy when I told him he really was welcome to it, as I had a second copy. The Uber driver said he was going to give it to a friend and he had a whole elaborate plan for how this would take place.

As for me, I’ll be doing sit-ups and watching adult superhero flicks. It is, uhm, for a friend.

Cybersocket would like to congratulate all of the winners and nominees of the 16th Annual Cybersocket Web Awards. Every year, votes from web surfers like you decide which companies and individuals have made the year’s most important contributions to the gay adult industry. By honoring these individuals and companies, we acknowledge their work as innovators in queer media and encourage them to continue as technological entrepreneurs, advocates for free speech, and agents of cultural change.

Here are the 2016 winners in order of category, with Industry Choice listed first and Surfers Choice second:

Industry Choice Awards

Best Webmaster Resource
CCBILL

Best Content Producer
HELIX STUDIOS

Best Affiliate Program
FLIRT4FREE

Best Billing Company
EPOCH

Best Alternative Billing Company
NETBILLING

Businessperson of the Year
JAKE JAXSON – COCKY BOYS

Best Hosting Company
MOJO HOST

Best New Company
Lüb Lube

Company of the Year
FLIRT4FREE

Special Award
Cybersocket Wall of Fame Award of Excellence
TRENTON DUCATI

Innovative Site of the Year
SUPERMEN.COM

Surfer’s Choice Awards

Best Mobile Content Site
MEN.COM

Best Porn Review Site
STR8 UP GAY PORN

Best Product/Retail Site
ANDREW CHRISTIAN

Best Video Site
BEL AMI ONLINE

Best Webcam Performer
PIERRE FITCH

Best Ethnic-Themed Site
LATIN BOYZ

Best Escort Site
RENT MEN

Best European Site
TIM TALES

Best Niche Site
STR8 TO GAY

Best Hookup Site/Mobile App
GRINDR

Best Live Cam Site
CAM4

Best New Site
ICON MALE

Best Massage Site
MEN 4 RENT NOW

Best Personality
COLBY KELLER

Best Pornstar
ANTONIO BIAGGI

Best VOD Site
NAKED SWORD

Best Movie or Web Series of the Year
MEETING LIAM – COCKYBOYS

Best Sex Scene
TWO AMERICANS FOR A FRENCHIE – FRENCH TWINKS AND HELIX STUDIOS

Best Newcomer
SEBASTIAN KROSS

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