Office Undies Day
July 2nd, 2009
it has been hot this week. Very hot. London is sunny, boiling, and so is the office. In response to the heatwave, General Secretary Bernard Barber has urged British bosses to “think seriously this week about how they can make their workplaces cooler and their staff less overheated”.
So what did our bosses, Wim and Bertrand decide to do? Delcare “Office Undies Day” of course. The beer was cold, and the clothes were off! We can’t think of a more comfortable way to work…Check the pics below, and the video evidence. Think you can follow suit? Check the dare here
working as hard as ever
Ella sending some very important emails
Pretending to be busy when the bosses walk past
Me phoning my Mum long distance to Australia on the work phone – hell yeah!
I have no caption for this. too ridiculous
Medal-tastic
June 25th, 2009
Some of the newbies...
A couple of the new medals include:
Featured Dare
Featured Brag
Team Ranking
High Roller (50K, 100K bragging rights...)
Dare Maker
There are stacks more, so keep your eyes peeled for more new medals, and with a bit of practice, your medal cabinet could look something like bragster legend, Calicab! (Check his out below)
bragster is famous (yet again)
June 24th, 2009
Front page, totally unmissable. You can imagine the smiles on our faces when The Daily Star printed this article about our open dare to pelt BNP leader Nick Griffin with ethnic food.

The Daily Star also posted the story online, and we were also stoked to see stacks of online publications pick it up from all over the world, including this one on MSN India!

Looking forward to more bragster headlines…
bragster loves fanmail!
June 8th, 2009
Now how's that for a piece of fanmail? Of course, now the fight for where it's going to be put starts... Bertrand and Dan both want it above their desks, and Luke wants it on the wall by the lunch table.
Wherever it ends up though, massive thanks go out to tigertamer, showing again just how dedicated some bragsters are to the best website in the world!
Introducing: People to Dare!
June 5th, 2009
Well, here at bragster HQ, we've done something to help. Check out the people to dare board, found under "dares" then "people to dare", here.
It's your one-stop shop for getting dared! All you have to do is fill in your likes and dislikes, add yourself and you're up and running for everyone to see. This means:
- Any time you want a dare, you can let the world know!
- The dares you receive can be more personalised, as people will know your likes and dislikes.
So, what are you waiting for? Sign yourself up to get dared!
adidas f50i challenge...
June 2nd, 2009
Bragster is pleased to announce the launch of a new partnership on the site, giving you guys yet another chance to win prizes, and take your bragging to another level of cool. We’ve teamed up with adidas, to celebrate the release of the new f50i boot , bringing you the f50i challenge.
Throughout 2009, we will be launching a range of dares and challenges, designed to showcase your skills on the pitch. We’ve got a team of pros helping us out, with teams led by Tottenham star Jermain Defoe , and Aston Villa’s Ashley Young .
So which team are you going to play for? There’s premium adidas merchandise, game tickets, adidas profile medals, and even a chance to meet up with the pros all up for grabs. So head to the campaign homepage to see how you can get involved!
New and improved video player!
May 22nd, 2009

What to expect from the new player:
- A Whole New Look - Did the rollover play bar ever go strange on you? The player has been restyled in order to add stability and reliability to your viewing experience
- Widescreen and no more stretching - The player now supports widescreen (16:9) and doesn't stretch smaller videos so they look crap. Awesome!
- High Quailty Mode - When a video supports it, an 'HQ' button will be displayed. Clicking this will allow you to watch the video in even higher quality!
- bragster watermark - All videos now have a small 'bragster' watermark in the bottom-right corner, so when your content goes global everyone knows where to come to see more of your stuff!
- Even more video formats are now supported! - Sweet.
- Better processing - There should be much, much fewer issues such as sound missing or sync problems...
- Faster processing - ...and it'll be done quicker!
How's about that? As always, let us know what you think!
Now that the new upside down cans are out in the shops, we thought we'd get back together with Tango and celebrate... by literally turning London on its head!
The bright orange swimwear-clad flashmob hit several landmarks around London with their inverted antics, including Millenium Bridge, St. Pauls Cathedral, Tate Modern, and London Bridge. Naturally this caused quite a stir in the press - you can read and see more over at The Sun and thelondonpaper
In other news this week, our marvelous tech team have just released a site update which includes even more new features we're pretty sure you bragsters are going to love:
Firstly, the search functionality has been massively improved - as well as showing many more results, you can now filter them to show only users/dares/brags/teams/groups, which should make it much easier to find that dare you wanted to enter, or the brag you wanted to link a friend to.
Also, "open dares" are now open... permanently! - We saw a lot of users wanting to enter dares that had already been closed, or not getting the recognition they deserved for clearly beating someone else's entry to a dare.
So, we decided to keep open dares, well, open! You can still choose a winner for an open dare you've created, but at the same time, the dare is never really over - other users can still add their entries, and if one of them is better... well, you can declare a new winner!
As always, let us know what you think on the feedback group, and keep bragging!
Do you live in london?
April 30th, 2009

Well if you do, bragster needs you for a TOP SECRET event that is sure to make you all rich and famous! Well, maybe not rich but it may get you in a newspaper or two. Oh and it has nothing to do with buses, I just couldn’t think of anything else that said London like a big red bus.
Next Wednesday, May 6th we are going to be doing something pretty cool in the city of London, and we want YOU to be a part of it. So clear your calendar, and email ash@bragster.com for more details.
Let the party begin….
Oh and while you’re clearing your calendar check us out strutting our stuff in this video created for Geek’n’Rolla, a conference run by TechCrunch for European start ups.
I think you’ll agree that bragster have the sweetest moves….
New bragster Tees in time for summer!
April 27th, 2009

Who needs to hire models when we've got this kinda talent at bragster HQ? Exactly.
We're excited to announce some rad new tee designs available for purchase in the bragster store!
The sun is on it way, so get yourself a brand spankin new bragster summertime tee and wear with pride. And who knows...we may even offer a special prize to the bragster that can upload an even more embarassing photo in their summertime tee than Luke and Adam!!!
Get on it bragster fashionistas!
In other random and exciting news, kudos goes out to Greg Staples for this rad take on the bragster gorilla. Dan caught up with him over the weekend and scored this rad sketch. Hollah.

bragster rolling out MORE new features
April 24th, 2009
We’re good to you guys, aren’t we?
You may have recently noticed that we’ve rolled out some cool new features to make life even easier (and way more fun) for you bragsters. The techs have been working hard, so lets take a quick overview of the newest features.
MY STUFF
The “my stuff” tab is the place to go to find all of your content in one place! Here you can view all your dares, brags, and you can also keep track of all the latest comments on your content. Pretty darn cool!
We’ve also automated brag deletion, so you can delete any unwanted brags at the click of a button. This feature is a great way of giving you guys more control over your content and your profile. 
NEWBIE RANKINGS
We wanted a way to showcase all the new talent that is constantly emerging on bragster.com. The newbie rankings ranks users who have been on the site 30 days or less, and is a great way to check out the latest competition…so keep your eyes peeled!
Enjoy guys!
Tango prints 2.5 million upside down bragster cans!
April 22nd, 2009
March 2009 saw the launch of an exciting campaign forged between Tango and bragster.com, a partnership that has just taken a very exciting turn. After a dare from the bragster team to “print their cans upside down, complete with a bragster logo”, it seems Tango have indeed come up with the goods. This week, production of 2.5 million specialty upside down cans began, due to hit stores throughout the UK by mid May.
The highly interactive campaign has also seen bragster users worldwide engaging in tango themed dares of all kinds, with the creation of new and exciting user generated content stemming directly from the partnership. The campaign is set to continue well into 2009, with the promise of more surprises from both the users, and the Tango/bragster team.
All the action has taken place at www.bragster.com/tango, the hub for the campaign.
Watch the guys head to the tango factory to see the very first cans produced!
New server for tech, random fun for the rest!
April 9th, 2009
Our latest and greatest server (shown here with Andy, codename to be announced) is a real beast at 2U, twice the physical size of those we have already. When it comes online sometime next week, it'll be straight to work on processing your brags as you upload them, meaning this process should be much quicker from now on!
Meanwhile... The rest of us didn't get something exciting in the post, so we left the tech team to play with their server while we went downstairs for a bit... But what could we possibly have been doing to end up like this?!
Bertrand
Dan Your answers on a postcard please...
Want an internship to really brag about?
April 6th, 2009
About Us bragster is the largest social network for daring, boasting and bragging. Ego is everything at bragster, and users get to dare their friends and brag about their own talents, for which they earn “Bragging Rights”. The Guardian recently called us “Jackass meets Facebook”, a very apt description indeed, and while some of our users do the most outrageous stunts or pranks, others just brag about how good they are at skating or gaming. bragster is becoming ever more popular with people in the UK and US, and growing extremely fast. We're a small team, so it’s important that you get along with everyone – a good sense of humour and adventure is a massive plus! If you check the site, and read more about us on the team page, you'll quickly get a sense for yourself of what we're all about, so step away from the computer, get out of the house, and get your bragster on!
Interested? Send your CV and contact details to dan@bragster.com AND tell us what you like about bragster, as well as what you'd like to see more of on the site.
New features on bragster.com
April 3rd, 2009
The crew at bragster HQ are excited to announce some new features released in yesterday’s site update. These features give you even more options when it comes to interaction with other bragsters on the site.
We’ve introduced the “block user” feature. Clicking this button on someone’s profile ensures that this user cannot message you, or comment on your dares, brags, or profile.

This should give you greater control over who you communicate with on the site…and as always, if you have any queries please feel free to post them on our feedback group page.
In the meantime, rock and roll!
