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Southern Strokes

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The tour of Southern Strokes really doesn't tell you much about the site, but it does tell us that these are guys from the South - of the U.S., that is. The tour offers up some photo and video samples, and the amateur southern guys on the site seem to be between maybe 19 and 26 years old, with attractive faces and great physiques. If you click on each model's sample pic, you are taken to a page with his bio and some sample thumbs from his shoot.

The member's area is set up just like the tour. There are currently 13 models plus one 2-guy set, and the models are listed alphabetically by name so there's no way to know where the latest updates are. While most of the models each have 1 video and pic set, a couple have more than one. Each model's page does have a nice little bio about the guy. That really let me get into their heads a bit, and I especially loved Beau's page. He just has this big smile that is a big flash of personality. The model pages have the same navigation as the tour, and you choose between their photo sets and videos. What thought were separate photo sets are actually individual pictures that are mostly not in a series. They open up in a pop up, so you'll need to disable your pop up blocker. The pictures were big at 1300 on the long side, and I liked the look they gave the camera. The guys might be amateurs, but the photography certainly isn't.

After our first review, Southern Strokes changed their videos from streaming-only to downloadable. The vids are offered in WMV and Quicktime at 640x480 with a bitrate of around 1.5 Mbps and also one smaller size that - strangely - has the same bitrate, so this is not a site for those using dialup. The videos are around 10 to 15 minutes long.

Southern Strokes seems like it could be a solid amateur site down the road, especially since I can't recall many southern gay sites. Other than the model bios, the site is really lacking any sort of information - for example, I have no idea how often it updates. Navigation has simplified a lot since our recent review, but I'd like to see the epsiodes in date order. With a bit of growth and a few adjustments this site could easily hold it's own - and I have to admit I have a soft spot for those southern twangs.

Things we liked:

• Good quality video and photos
• Cute southern amateur guys
• Exclusive content
• No DRM used
• Videos are downloadable

Things we didn't like:

• No update schedule
• Site needs some growth

Membership prices: ( billing by CCBill  )

• Trial?: $21.85 (5 days trial, recurring at $26.95 monthly??)
• Monthly: $26.95 (recurring every 30 days)
• Monthly: $32.95 (non recurring)
• Quarterly: $69.95 (recurring every 90 days??)

Reviewed on 2008-06-27

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