Before You Apply
Off The Traxx — ott-dungeon.com
Membership at Off The Traxx requires vetting. Here's the short version of what that means and what we do with what you share.
The process: You'll fill out this application and verify your ID one of two ways — online (you photograph your ID and take a quick selfie; our verification partner confirms your legal name and date of birth, and we never see the image) or in person at a munch (a vetter looks at your government-issued photo ID and hands it back; no photo or scan is taken). You choose, and you can switch from one to the other any time before the check happens. You'll also give us one or two references from the local scene and come to a munch before your first event. A vetter runs your verified legal name through the public sex offender registry at NSOPW.gov. The online path is usually the fastest; the in-person path runs a little longer because it waits for a munch.
(On the online path, your ID image and selfie are handled entirely by our third-party verification partner — OTT never receives them. We get only the verified legal name and date of birth, and we have the partner delete its copy as soon as we've received that — or within 30 days at most if a check runs into an error.)
A note on references. If you give us an email address for a reference, our system sends them a short standardized form automatically — about five minutes for them to fill in. The email subject is neutral ("Reference request from [your scene name]") and doesn't mention kink or the nature of the venue. Please let your references know they may hear from us before you submit; you'll be asked to confirm you have. If you forget to list references at apply time, you can add them later from your status page.
About the registry check: A hit on the registry is not an automatic decline. The registry includes everything from public-urination convictions to serious assault, and we don't treat those as the same thing. Every flagged result is reviewed by a human who looks at the actual offense before any decision gets made. Predatory and contact offenses are a hard no; other categories get a real conversation.
About your privacy: Your scene name is what appears on the site. Your legal name is encrypted in our database, visible only to a small group of trained vetters, and every access to it is logged. If you verify in person, no photo or scan of your ID is ever taken — the vetter looks at it and hands it back. If you verify online, the image and selfie are handled by our verification partner, never by us, and are deleted from their side as soon as we receive the verified name and date of birth. If we decline you or you withdraw, your sensitive information is purged after 90 days. We don't share vetting data with other venues, sell it, or use it for anything other than vetting.
What this process can and can't do: Vetting reduces risk; it doesn't eliminate it. Most people who cause harm have never been caught or convicted, so a clean record is not a promise of safety. Negotiating carefully, communicating with partners, using safewords, and looking out for each other on the floor still matter. Vetting is one layer, not the whole answer.
After approval: We re-run the registry check annually when your membership renews. If you have concerns about behavior at events — yours or someone else's — there's a reporting process that goes to the same group of people who handle vetting. Approval is the start of an ongoing relationship, not a one-time gate.
A couple of house rules worth knowing up front: Our events are 21+, with photo ID checked at the door every event, every time — no exceptions, even for longtime members. We have an intoxication policy: nothing impairing (alcohol, cannabis, recreational drugs, or medications that affect judgment or reaction time) before or during play. Drinking is fine after the play floor closes for the night. DMs have full authority to make capacity calls and their decisions stand on the night.
Read the full vetting and privacy document →
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