OFFICIAL
75.0
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
11.0 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
13.0 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
2.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
54.5 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
7.5 / 10 |
| Features : |
2.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
13.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Originality : |
4.0 / 05 |
| Hard Facts : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
7.0 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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| Editor: Duke |
Initial Review: 06-01-06 |
| Follow-Up Review(s): 10-17-07 |
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1. Exclusive content collection.
2. Muscular adonis type guys.
1. In-browser streaming vids.
2. Occasional update gaps.
"The site lives up to its 'Adonis' title but the in-browser videos are a negative." |
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Muscle Adonis is a gay site featuring guys who look like they haven't missed a workout in years. You know if I worked out every day of my life I'd still not have even a fraction of the muscles that these guys have. It's definitely a good thing that I make my living at a keyboard instead of posing for a camera.
The Goods:
- Exclusive Content. Original stuff is always welcome. The collection includes a balanced mix of photo galleries, videos, weekly webcam shows, along with some extras. While the focus is on shoots highlighting the guy’s bodies they do change things up in the shoots with some work outs, outdoor shoots, and some stranger stuff like a pizza eating contest. Hopefully they'll continue to do more creative shoots in future updates.
- Adonis Type Models. Since that's the theme it's important that they live up to it. There are a ton of gay sites out there so focusing on a specific micro-niche within that category is a help. Of course the collection is heavy on Dan and Pete galleries since it's their site but there are other men too. Those who join will want to see ripped fit guys and I can say all the models qualify. In case you're wondering they actually do work show workouts in some of the shoots.
The Bads:
- In-Browser Streaming Videos. This is the biggest negative simply because surfers expect downloadable videos nowadays. Whenever a site strays off the path of downloadable files that can be played in a media player then most surfers (and reviewers) tend to get annoyed.
- Kind of Slow Updates. An updates list does show regular additions but I notice that they've been breaking movies or cam shows into segments and adding only a small portion as an update. Since the site isn't all that large it'd behoove them to get larger amounts of content added at one time to increase the quantity.
Conclusion:
Very fit guys, exclusive content, and webcam shows are the most unique aspects of Muscle Adonis. They're really killing themselves with the in-browser videos so improvements in the formatting and updates are what I'll be looking for when it comes time for a follow-up.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 10-17-07 |
Taking another looks at Muscle Adonis I see they seem to be moving along the same path as they were at the time of our initial review. The collection updating with at least a handful of new additions each month and they seem to be getting a little steadier. A few gaps still appear from time to time though. The content is still well balanced between pictures and videos including some of those unique shoots like Cheese Steak Boys and Beaching It. The in-browser video format remains the biggest negative without a doubt.
Score increased from 74.8 to 75.0.
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