Jason Couto was the 'head of household' at the Ryker Ct house, where a lot of Patrick McElhiney's friends would hang out playing video games like World of Warcraft and StarCraft, in addition to Xbox games like Halo. Jason was very ambitious and started a website known as NorCalHotSpot, which he promoted at dance clubs, including those on J Street in Modesto, CA. He got restaurants and other companies to pay for advertising on the website, which he had a friend develop for him. Jason threw multiple parties at the Ryker Ct house, that sometimes attracted all sorts of different people from all over Turlock, CA. Jason and Patrick sometimes double dated women, though Patrick never met anyone that interested him out of the process.