TIB is DONE, FINISHED, GONE.......

TIB is gone, finished, and there will be no more future tickle media from him. That is my belief and opinion.

I have been a fan and critic of TIB's work for years. Make no mistake, this was out of my own self interests....I am a big fan of restrictive bondage tickling, and mummification tickling is one of my favorite forms of tickling, both in my private tickle play, and in tickle media preferences. There are hundreds of tickle companies that utilize flimsy bondage tecniques or no bondage at all in their tickle clips, and to each their own, thats just not for me. TIB was one of the few companies that consistently used complete immobilization bondage devices (some of you remember the immobilizer and the bandit) and he made more mummy tickling clips than any one I can remember, and I have a pretty extensive collection of tickle media, from just about every tickle media company, spanning over 2 decades. ("Silver Cherry", "Polodolatria productions" and "Dungeon maidens" are some other very good restrictive bondage tickle companies.)

When TIB started to post pictures here on the TMF advertising his work, maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I posted to him point blank that I do not buy tickle media from companies that dont provide sample clips....I told him that his pictures look good, but I have been burned too many times by tickle companies that have great looking tickle pictures, and lousy tickle movies. I told him if he wanted my business and the business of those like me, he better provide sample clips of his work so we can make an informed choice as to what to buy. Very soon after, he began posting sample clips, and I believe he has posted a sample clip of nearly every tickle production he has made.

Anyway, since I am a big fan of his work, it became glaringly obvious to me that TIB (the actual TIB) had not made any tickle media in months, and whomever was currently making tickle media under his guise lacked the quality of both tickle models and tickle equipment that TIB was famous for.

So I did some investigating. One of the advantages of living in southern california is that on occasion I actually run into some of the tickle models used in tickle media (I have tickled "Nicole" from F M concepts films, "Taylor St Claire" from various tickle productions, "Eve" from TIB's realtickling's "Giggles for Hire" movie, among other california tickle media models.

I was able to contact one of TIB's former tickle models, and she gave me some insight on the status of TIB and what's really going on with him and his company. Rather than paraphrasing what she told me, I will just paste her email comments to me here below......

Hi. So you've been there many times huh? Yeah Brian told me about that passive art place it sounded interesting to me. He and I were going to go play there once but our schedules didn't work out. He's a nice guy I enjoyed working with him although I haven't spoken with him in like 6 months or so.



But to try and answer your question about what Brian is up to lately. I'm not sure where he is or what he's up to but at our last shoot together many months ago he said he was just tired of filming video after six years - or was it seven? I don't know but he told me he was going to quit making tickling videos and let another company take over all his stuff and continue the website. I don't know what company it was but I remember him saying that to me.



But fer sure after seeing those sample pictures at the online videoclip store I can tell you that he isn't the guy in them. Yeah
there's a batman outfit in the pictures but I've spent enough real time with Brian to know hes not the guy in that outfit in those pictures. I should know because I've been tickled near to death many times by him HA!



OK well you asked me to be very specific about why I thought it was or wasn't him in the pictures. The short sleeve black shirt for one thing. He never wore short sleeves I remember he said once that it looks cooler if just the a tickling hand sticks out of his completely black outfit. Also since the sleeves are short I can see that man's arm and those are def not his arms. Just something doesn't look right about his body language. Looks shorter and slighter. I also never seen that couch used by him or that maroon massage table so I'd say those are being filmed somewhere else. I don't recognize any of the girls in the newer videos either and I know lots of the models he and I would work
with. But in the end your guess is as good as mine about his whereabouts. He probably just did what he told me he was ganna do.



Other than that I don't know what to tell you. His phone number I used to call him with is no longer a valid number. His email address also comes back as not an email address of anyones.



Oh I have to end this email now. Got a dinner date with my new boyfriend. And about your offer to tickle me at the passive art place HMMM I don't know I"M damnit ticklish! I'll think about it but I don't know you except for emails. You sound nice enough. How much money do I get? LOL!!! It's really hard for me to be tickled so much IT HURTS I'm so ticklish. But I'm close as I live in Huntington Beach. Money makes it just a little more easy to put up with. Well so long I hope this helps you figure out where he is.

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so, to make a long post longer, as I stated before, in my opinion TIB has left the building, and he will be making no more tickle media. Some folks could care less and said that none of his models were "really ticklish" anyway...I disagree, I tickle ladies regularly, and TIB's Franchesca, Sarah, Autumn,Genie, Sylvia Day, Meghan, Kristin Leah, Audre Dupree, Viviana, Lil Dee, Pricilla James (lee and ler), Jackie French, and others were pretty ticklish, in my opinion.

Some other tickle movie producers are probably pretty happy that TIB is gone, one less competetor to deal with. Many who didn't like TIB's style are probably pretty happy that he and his future tickle media are done. It's just my personal opinion that he made some fantastic and innovative tickle media, some of the best I have ever seen, and I would have liked for him to have stuck around and made more....

TIB, wherever you are, thanks for all of the great movies, free sample and pay clips and free pictures....I really appreciated your work and your contributions to the tickle community.



But as our Myriads stated in another thread, there will be other tickle media companies to come along....I just hope they make more Mummy style tickle clips... 😛 And I believe Myriads post here below to be accurate, based on what I have learned....

Myriads
The spotlight on Company forums are one way that a company can advertise on the TMF, and we have had a long and happy relationship with TiB and his company.

Oddly a few months back the monthy payments for the advertising stopped. We, based on our good relationship with TiB and Realtickling let things go, after all life gets busy etc. It's summer and folks are on vacation... we all know how it goes.

But after repeated attempts to contact him or whoever now owns Realtickling (there was a sudden change in the ISP of the person using the TiB account, suggesting a change in user on it) in the past week, and getting no answers at all we turned the forum off.

We are very sorry about doing it as there was a lot of cool stuff in there, but a simple answer to our many attempts to contact whomever is now responsible for realtickling would have shown that someone cared about the advertising and forum.

I personaly believe that the company has been sold, and there probably was some silence aspect to the sale contract so the real TiB couldn't say anything or tell us. If this is the case, the new folks seem less interested in being part of the community and interacting with us then TiB was it seems.

Happily the community is seeing a true golden age of new producers this year. Tickle Abuse, Tickle Challenge, Tickle Chicks, and Viper Productions are all making amazing material that seems to be filling the gaps left as older producers go quiet.

I'm sure in time a new forum will pop up to replace the old ones gone. Any of the above may well find it profitable to take a more personal touch with all of us.

Myriads

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Every clip I have from him on my computer has the HOTTEST girls getting tickled. The very first tickle clips I ever saw was "Ivy tickles her Mother" and a bunch of TIB clips.

Peace TIB.

ticklegothgirls said:

Every clip I have from him on my computer has the HOTTEST girls getting tickled. The very first tickle clips I ever saw was "Ivy tickles her Mother" and a bunch of TIB clips.

Peace TIB.

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except the Ivy one was Magic Touch...

it does suck that TIB retired. but after doing what he did for so long, i guess it started to be less of a hobby and more of a job. especially for the three or four people that badmouthed every single video he put out. i hope things work out for the guy.

Gee, nice of TIB to keep his fans and customers in the loop. Wotta douche.

The end of an era.

Wow. While this is totally understandable about TIB, it is truly sad news and he along with his work will be sorely missed indeed.

Kinda surprising however he did not say goodbye.
Oh well.
Best of luck to him and thanks for all you have done and given us.

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except the Ivy one was Magic Touch...

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Yeah I know. I was saying that besides the Ivy clip, TIB was the first company I ever got clips from.

TickledToDeath said:

Kinda surprising however he did not say goodbye.

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Didn't everyone not like him or something?

I'm not trying to be an ass, I seriously don't know. All that shit awhile back confused me.

I divide TiB's career into three "eras".

The first era was the classic days: the days when he had Sara, Priscilla, Kristin and others at his beck and call and they were regulars. Those clips were the most innovative and exciting of their time, and created some of the most well known "stars" of the tickling community.

The next era extends from then to a few years ago, when there was a "new batch" that took centre stage. These clips were often good, but apart from the odd star such as Audrey Dupree, he never quite replicated his success with the earlier batch. But at this point he was still the most prolific producer in the business, and still tried his hardest to be innovative and original.

The most recent era began probably a little over a year ago. Its main characteristic is that pretty much every clip he produced during this era was exactly the same. The lee lay nude or in a bra and panties spread-eagle on a mat on the floor, and was tickled by another girl or TiB himself. Or else they were vibbed. That was it. The previews got shorter as well. In hindsight, it is clear that TiB was losing his enthusiasm for video producing at this point, and he largely stopped trying. He became boring; one of the crowd, bested by many.

I think it's a somewhat anti-climactic, disappointing and undignified end for a man who most consider to be a pioneer, and who created some of the greatest tickling material the community has ever seen. To just fade into the background without a word is a tremendous shame. I don't know what provoked his gradual apathy towards the tickling community - perhaps constant trolling and flaming from critics had something to do with it - but I do know that he will be sorely missed by a large section of the community.

As for me: since the advent of the third "era", he's been gone to me anyway.

Why take things so personally?

Forget the goodbyes.

My guess is (as Myriads stated) that his not saying anything was simply part of the arrangement when the business was sold. TIB had a loyal customer base, so it's likely an attempt was/is made to maintain the illusion that TIB is still in business and the company is unchanged. That makes sense; it's done so that whoever took over the business would not have to start from scratch trying to earn a reputation for themselves. It certainly sweetens the deal when talking about the sale of a company--guaranteed sales from the start.

Perhaps, after sometime has passed and the new company is well-established (or gone altogether), the real TIB will come forward and explain everything. Perhaps not. He could be a member lurking among us already. Anyway, I wish him well.

Thanks for the info, Jaba. I`m sorry to see TIB depart the tickling scene, he put out a good product. I wish him well in his new endeavers.

realticklings quality has been sub par for years now. Not to sound harsh, but he won't be missed by some (Actually, MANY) members, thats a fact. =)

i thought the tickling community was a fun and loving one... 🙁

Sad to hear, like many have said not too surprising after recent events, however back in the day its undeniable he did some damn good stuff, and had some of the best models in his videos, Priscilla,Kirsten,Audrey to name a few but a few.

One of the first tickling sites i came across was realtickling when i was younger so it holds a special importance to me, people have differing views on him, missed by some and other glad to see the back of him, But you can't deny he made a big contribuition to the community.

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As for me: since the advent of the third "era", he's been gone to me anyway.

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My guess is that he's been gone to everyone. His videos became mundane and repetitive right after that fiasco where most of the forum turned against him. Probably when he sold his studio to this unnamed company they took his entire identity and tried to make it look like the same guy was still in charge. That way there wouldn't be any loss of fans during the changeover. A few people noticed the change in appearance and quality anyway though. A copy of a beautiful thing is an ugly thing I guess.

Sometimes you get burned out..

In Brian's defense, I can see how doing if for that long would burn you out. If he sold his company and walked away, well, more power to him. I think he left behind a phenomenal body of work that we will all enjoy for years to come. I have my favorites to be sure.

I used to write a ton of stories for tickle sites and newsgroups and have seen some published, and I got burned too. I haven't written a tickle story in years. Just got burned out and my hearts not in it any more.

On a somewhat related note, when BAC re-surfaced here after so many years, I was really excited about him and initially he did a flurry of work (mainly reworking and repackaging earlier works). But it's been kind of quiet over there - if I had to guess, maybe it's just not as high a priority as it once was for him.

But, thankfully, for every legend (myself not included 😉 that fades away, there are new ventures with new entrepreneurs who have the energy and drive to create and deliver great products for the community. For example, the new Digital Magazine project, and several other new tickling sites that have cropped up recently. If you look around and try something new and different, I will wager that you will find your new Priscilla or Kristen Lea.

theshire said:

I divide TiB's career into three "eras".

The first era was the classic days: the days when he had Sara, Priscilla, Kristin and others at his beck and call and they were regulars. Those clips were the most innovative and exciting of their time, and created some of the most well known "stars" of the tickling community.

The next era extends from then to a few years ago, when there was a "new batch" that took centre stage. These clips were often good, but apart from the odd star such as Audrey Dupree, he never quite replicated his success with the earlier batch. But at this point he was still the most prolific producer in the business, and still tried his hardest to be innovative and original.

The most recent era began probably a little over a year ago. Its main characteristic is that pretty much every clip he produced during this era was exactly the same. The lee lay nude or in a bra and panties spread-eagle on a mat on the floor, and was tickled by another girl or TiB himself. Or else they were vibbed. That was it. The previews got shorter as well. In hindsight, it is clear that TiB was losing his enthusiasm for video producing at this point, and he largely stopped trying. He became boring; one of the crowd, bested by many.

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This says it better than anything for me. I miss that first era, where the girls like Sarah, Kristin, and Priscilla, were stars and had their own personality. There also seemed to be more effort in the production and storylines which all added to it, rather than the later strapped to the mat or bench approach.

Thanks for the early work TIB.

It was good he got out... but he waited too long and went out on the bottom. And he knows he did!! I highly doubt we'll ever read from him again. This move has nothing to do with business... he's just a passive guy and this passive aggressive tactic was his way of dealing with the people who criticized the sloppy work he's done.

He had good material when he was running the Real Tickling website and making movies... Nurse Gone Bad was the very first tickling movie I saw (and what a good movie it is). But then he started to get sloppy once he moved to TC and only sold 5-10 minute clips. His work gradually became sloppier once he started selling his clips on clips4sale.

Then his character flaws came out too much... his famous advice on how to be #1 to TickleHorror's Laney... lying about his work and using split camera angles to fool foot fetish lers and even ub lers... persistently arguing lame arguments with members (tickle fetish) instead of just accepting the constructive criticism to get better... and the latest clip trading entrapment charade he pulled.

He drove his work into the ground... a good beginning declined into an ok middle and then went straight (without looking back) into a bad ending for the TIB. It really is a damn shame!!

I agree that in the last few months the work from this company was most lackluster as the sample clips were all the same. A girl lying on a mat tied spread eagle face up with her feet tickled, then laying on her stomach and her sides tickled then lying on her back again etc.

But could this possibly be a way to set us all up for somthing we know nothing about? When Tickling Paradise was sold it was not done so quietly though I dont know how their sales are now. I just get suspicious when someone just leaves quietly in the night and it makes me wonder what is really up. Listen there were rumours that Bac passed away and that turned out not to be true at all. Im going to wait a while and sit on my skepticisim as its possible this person Brian may yet return. Folkloric tales are good publicity its been done time and time again.

I doubt we will see any kind of proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes any time soon 😛

TIB is gone, finished, and there will be no more future tickle media from him. That is my belief and opinion.

I have been a fan and critic of TIB's work for years. Make no mistake, this was out of my own self interests....I am a big fan of restrictive bondage tickling, and mummification tickling is one of my favorite forms of tickling, both in my private tickle play, and in tickle media preferences. There are hundreds of tickle companies that utilize flimsy bondage tecniques or no bondage at all in their tickle clips, and to each their own, thats just not for me. TIB was one of the few companies that consistently used complete immobilization bondage devices (some of you remember the immobilizer and the bandit) and he made more mummy tickling clips than any one I can remember, and I have a pretty extensive collection of tickle media, from just about every tickle media company, spanning over 2 decades. ("Silver Cherry", "Polodolatria productions" and "Dungeon maidens" are some other very good restrictive bondage tickle companies.)

When TIB started to post pictures here on the TMF advertising his work, maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I posted to him point blank that I do not buy tickle media from companies that dont provide sample clips....I told him that his pictures look good, but I have been burned too many times by tickle companies that have great looking tickle pictures, and lousy tickle movies. I told him if he wanted my business and the business of those like me, he better provide sample clips of his work so we can make an informed choice as to what to buy. Very soon after, he began posting sample clips, and I believe he has posted a sample clip of nearly every tickle production he has made.

Anyway, since I am a big fan of his work, it became glaringly obvious to me that TIB (the actual TIB) had not made any tickle media in months, and whomever was currently making tickle media under his guise lacked the quality of both tickle models and tickle equipment that TIB was famous for.

So I did some investigating. One of the advantages of living in southern california is that on occasion I actually run into some of the tickle models used in tickle media (I have tickled "Nicole" from F M concepts films, "Taylor St Claire" from various tickle productions, "Eve" from TIB's realtickling's "Giggles for Hire" movie, among other california tickle media models.

I was able to contact one of TIB's former tickle models, and she gave me some insight on the status of TIB and what's really going on with him and his company. Rather than paraphrasing what she told me, I will just paste her email comments to me here below......



so, to make a long post longer, as I stated before, in my opinion TIB has left the building, and he will be making no more tickle media. Some folks could care less and said that none of his models were "really ticklish" anyway...I disagree, I tickle ladies regularly, and TIB's Franchesca, Sarah, Autumn,Genie, Sylvia Day, Meghan, Kristin Leah, Audre Dupree, Viviana, Lil Dee, Pricilla James (lee and ler), Jackie French, and others were pretty ticklish, in my opinion.

Some other tickle movie producers are probably pretty happy that TIB is gone, one less competetor to deal with. Many who didn't like TIB's style are probably pretty happy that he and his future tickle media are done. It's just my personal opinion that he made some fantastic and innovative tickle media, some of the best I have ever seen, and I would have liked for him to have stuck around and made more....

TIB, wherever you are, thanks for all of the great movies, free sample and pay clips and free pictures....I really appreciated your work and your contributions to the tickle community.



But as our Myriads stated in another thread, there will be other tickle media companies to come along....I just hope they make more Mummy style tickle clips... 😛 And I believe Myriads post here below to be accurate, based on what I have learned....

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A simple look into the tickling handjobs female orgasms clip store answers the question on who bought the business from TIB. Simply go to the "our other stores" dropdown menu and the answer is there for you.

A simple look into the tickling handjobs female orgasms clip store answers the question on who bought the business from TIB. Simply go to the "our other stores" dropdown menu and the answer is there for you.

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I noticed that but didn't want to say it. It's clear who is involved with it now. I've seen it all and been a customer thru all its phases and have seen both the mudslinging and praises(from both sides) in the forum over the years.

So instead of worrying about if, when, why, and the manner in which he left, I'll just say thank you Brian for the all the work you did and material you provided over the years.

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So instead of worrying about if, when, why, and the manner in which he left, I'll just say thank you Brian for the all the work you did and material you provided over the years.

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Well said.

I think this is the producer I used to like so much with girls strapped onto a black table with velcro straps - I used to think how nice it would be to use a table like that - and I just realized that this is the very table I used to tickle submissive Lacey at Passive Arts - sheesh - I'm not dumb - it just takes time for me to figure things out (5 weeks in this case).

FIRST OFF:

I personaly believe that the company has been sold, and there probably was some silence aspect to the sale contract so the real TiB couldn't say anything or tell us. If this is the case, the new folks seem less interested in being part of the community and interacting with us then TiB was it seems.

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OKAY, NOW, EVERYBODY LISTEN...YES, I'M SHOUTING. THIS NEW COMPANY THAT BOUGHT OUT REALTICKLING JUST WANTS MONEY, AND THAT'S FINE. PLEASE DON'T FLOOD THEM WITH REQUESTS FOR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT EVEN READ YOUR POSTS. PLEASE, IT'S A WASTE OF THE FORUM'S BANDWIDTH.

Okay, now that that's out the way, I really hope, now that everyone knows what's going on...as if enough people hadn't figured it out, that "the gig is up," whatever contract he had that kept him silent is kind of null and void because everyone knows that's not TIB, that he will maybe come here and say goodbye.

I've been a critic of TIB, but in the "It can always be better" way. A critic in the sense that I never insulted his work, and always said what was good along with the bad. I'm like that with every company. I believe that the whole video production area falls into a few categories - the ones who just want a buck, and do the same thing over and over again, which is fine, sometimes you get gold, mostly you produce crap, but capitalism is capitalism. FM Concepts does this, except they have much more variety, and they have lasted forever. Then there are those that try new things, like Vivianne and guiltrip and Laughing Gas Zone, that are in it because they truly love this medium. They will listen to advice and sometimes take it, where the purely capitalistic companies only want the money, so they could care less what people say, good or bad, unless you offer money for a custom video, then they listen, because you're talking in money.
It's like why the mom-and-pop hamburger joints will always have better hamburgers than McDonalds......

TIB the man may have had flaws, but folks, they were minor. Oh yeah, people blew them up and made like it was the end of the world, but did he ever attack people? I'm not talking about say things about them, I'm talking about mail bombing them and threatening them, in real life and on-line, serious shit. Why his videos got so much criticism to the insane degree that they did, I believe, was kind of the whole "nerd" thing. Go on Aint-it-Cool News, and read any posts about a very good looking science fiction film coming out - all the nerds will camp out to see it, yet they rip the shit out of it, the director, the actors, online. Why? Who the hell knows, probably so they can seem all cool and shit, like there are just so awesome because they dissed Star Trek.....yet you know they're going watch it 5 times.

In my case, TIB had produced some of the best videos ever made, had DAMN good customer service - any problems I ever had were responded to literally in minutes...I mean, I assumed it would be hours at least.... Other companies took days, and one never responded back when I had problems over the years. When you ordered a video or DVD, you could count the days until it came in - 3 or 4 was the average. I've waited two weeks for some companies.

I hope he comes back, and I hope he maybe starts a new company, revisited his glory days. I hope he can learn to phase out the critics who just offer bile, and listen to all of us who had suggestions.