Escort of the Year Award party

[TownsendPLocke]

Rentboy.com 's resident marketing genuis Brandon Baker is hosting this years Escort of the year award in West Hollywood at Rage nightclub on March 22nd-so you can have a truly memorable easter egg hunt!

This is a really big event-and I will let my fellow MERmen know as soon as tickets go on sale.

Brandon will also be having a party on Sunday at yet to be disclosed location.

At least one frequent poster to this board will be joining me at this great event,and I hope lots of you will join us as well.

Great chance to see some of the boys up close and chat with them.

I will try and pin Brandon(yum)down on tix and other info tomorrow-he is has just returned from SF. and the GAYVN award weekend.

So check back here soon

[Guest eastburbguy]

Rentboy.com 's resident marketing genuis Brandon Baker is hosting this years Escort of the year award in West Hollywood at Rage nightclub on March 22nd-so you can have a truly memorable easter egg hunt!

This is a really big event-and I will let my fellow MERmen know as soon as tickets go on sale.

Brandon will also be having a party on Sunday at yet to be disclosed location.

At least one frequent poster to this board will be joining me at this great event,and I hope lots of you will join us as well.

Great chance to see some of the boys up close and chat with them.

I will try and pin Brandon(yum)down on tix and other info tomorrow-he is has just returned from SF. and the GAYVN award weekend.

So check back here soon

Townie, with all due respect, I find this kind of an event a MAJOR slap in the face of every escort whom either Rentboy or Brandon Baker doesn't deem "worth rating." Who the fuck are they to determine the Rules of the Contest? Yeah, it's a major marketing ploy for Rentboy and Brandon, but otherwise where is the value?

Forgive me if I criticize without full info, but this event just seems to be "loaded" and not in a good way.

[TownsendPLocke]

With all due respect eastburbguy-but you are not correct in this matter.

There is(was) a voting process.I posted about this while primary voting was still active,and again when the finalist were anounced and voting is still active in this second round.

Brandon does not select the nominees.Votes are calculated via an election check box next to every single profile on rentboy.com

I have been lobbied by escorts to vote for them.And that is one way an escort can get votes.The ONLY way to win is by having the most votes.

So yes,you are critiisezing without full info-and in pretty damning language also

Here is a link to the voting for the second(final)round.

http://rentboy.com/adds/bannerRedir.asp?ur...ward_468x60.jpg

[TownsendPLocke]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THEHOOKIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

On Brandon bakers blog-partywithbrandon.com there is a link to a new site for the escort of the year award which have been named "The Hookies"

Here is the link

http://www.rentboy.com/Awards/