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KoyKili
07-28-2011, 04:17 PM
Got on for a bit today...not much money. Better than nothing I suppose...going to try again tonight.
TinaLayne
07-28-2011, 09:50 PM
I can definitely tell it's the end of the month. Didn't do terribly tonight, but 80% of the guys in my room were pure beggars. I even had 3 different guys say "can I see your body bb?" Then when I told them they can tip or take me pvt, they replied with "sorry, I'm broke bb" Really? Oh, that's too bad, cuz now I'm kicking you out. >:(
Thank god for a few long exclusives, or I wouldn't have made shit tonight.
sweetheather
07-28-2011, 10:06 PM
My couples account did in 30 minutes what my solo did in 2 hours today.
KushKandi
07-29-2011, 03:03 AM
My couples account did in 30 minutes what my solo did in 2 hours today.
This is good to hear.. I am still waiting to start my couples account, hopefully tomorrow. I just know I don't do as well anymore on my solo account so hope the couples account does awesome. What hours do you cam on your couples?
Lusty Laken
07-29-2011, 04:07 AM
SM was smoking hot yesterday!! I had a really slutty attitude though. I wish I was always in that mood!!!!!! back2back privates all day yesterday, what time I wasn't logging off for random things. I hope later today will be as good!! Someone will piss me off before I get home though, and spoil it for sure :D .... I wish everyone an awesome $$$$ day!!! Remember Money loves you!! Thank it and fall in love with it!! Be positive!!
kittykrane
07-29-2011, 06:10 AM
My couples account did in 30 minutes what my solo did in 2 hours today.
Wow! Great job! I keep getting guys asking for couples, but my man's schedule and mine are so different, we'd be on maybe once a week, if even that...
newsoma
07-29-2011, 05:15 PM
Does traffic typically slow during the end of a month?
sweetheather
07-29-2011, 09:39 PM
Today was horrible. Didn't make a damn penny.
I work my couples account around 8est and we do well, rarely work more than an hour
AudrinaCams
07-30-2011, 12:08 AM
WTF is up with traffic? I bet if I signed up for LJ I could get more traffic there!!
Electric Barbarella
07-30-2011, 12:26 AM
this is the first time i've had a real problem with traffic there; made half of what i would normally make on a weeknight and weekends are usually big nights for me :(
very glad i signed up at mfc because i will be spending more time there now; honestly i'd rather get tipped by some people while a bunch of freeloaders watch than sit and practically beg for privates especially when i could tell half the guys on sm tonight were just stroking in guest chat; at least when someone does that on mfc theres another person paying to make it worth my while :(
LAChloe
07-30-2011, 10:02 AM
It's so crazy how things can be so different for all of us. Yesterday during the day was painfully slow (I worked from noon-3:30 MST). Last night from 6-1:30 MST was the busiest night I have ever had! I am kicking myself for not staying on. I just signed back on right now. Hopefully, it is a busy day! :)
alexxxi
07-30-2011, 03:36 PM
I've been on for the past hour and it sucks! Mostly beggars, a couple of pervs wanting incest, and one quickie premium. $1.90 for the hour :O
Taking a break, then hoping for a different crowd LOL
sweetheather
07-30-2011, 03:53 PM
^Pretty much the same here, it's been dead.
alexxxi
07-30-2011, 05:46 PM
Well, it got better. I got a nice guy to take me exclusive, so that was thirty bucks. Now I'm back to more of the same 3-second peepers in free chat. ::)
LAChloe
07-30-2011, 05:57 PM
Alright girls! It's Sat night! Let's do it!!!!!!!
DMaribella
07-30-2011, 06:40 PM
I'm going in! ;D
Erikaxstacy
07-31-2011, 03:21 AM
:) happy camper here :) Hi guys!
Cam_Model_Jess
07-31-2011, 07:57 AM
Yesterday was on/off. Sometimes I did great and other times it was so slow I signed off for an hour to cook, clean, etc. Last night was great because hardly anyone was doing PC, but of course they started doing PCs when it got later, like around midnight and later. I did ok REALLY late, but there were a TON of jumpers.
It's crazy how these guys come out of the woodwork. I thought I had them all blocked, and then I sign on and there's fifty more in one day. Wtf? Where does SM find all these guys? Sometimes I get so overwhelmed by the jumpers that I sign off for a while. I know I should be focusing on paying customers, but when it's 4:1 and not in my favor, I get very discouraged. However, I think today it's going to pick up later on (I hope...)
DMaribella
07-31-2011, 10:19 AM
Traffic was pretty good for me last night, I was on from 7:30- 12:30 Pacific time. I checked my placement periodically, and for the first part of the evening at least, I was in the second row in my category, mostly because the "superstars" doing party chat were not on. Even when some came on later and started doing them (and my dropping down the page), traffic was still decent and I didn't have to wait too long between privates.
One thing that is annoying the crap out of me though, the HD icon is not showing up above my picture and I canNOT figure out why! I use the encoder, triple checked it's configured correctly, my computer is fast enough, CPU doesn't go above 35% or so when I'm streaming, and my internet is reasonably fast with an upload speed of around 5.30Mbps. I am using wireless and play Pandora while I'm working, those are the only two things I can think of that could be affecting it. I close any other unnecessary programs and windows. I ask guys periodically about my stream/camera etc, they always say it's working perfectly. I understand the HD may not show up right away, but even after being on a while last night and doing a couple of privates without logging out, no dice.
So I emailed "support" with this question:
Hi there. I've been streaming using the encoder exclusively, but I just saw I'm not showing up as HD on the model page. My internet is fairly fast, and I think I have everything configured correctly, so I'm wondering what may be wrong and how I can fix it. Thanks!
This was their response:
Thank you for writing!
Choosing the HD through the drop down is not true HD; it really just
makes the screen bigger. If you are getting users who are seeing a
pixilated feed, it is because the window is too big for a clear picture
and the only way to fix this is to use the encoder.
Have a great day!
Clearly the ability to read for comprehension isn't a requirement for sm support personnel. :mad:
Does anyone here have any ideas? What is the usual amount of time you need to be on before the HD shows up? Perhaps I'm not waiting long enough, I'm not sure. Any insight would be much appreciated!
AlexisCam
07-31-2011, 10:55 AM
Traffic today was great!!! I had many successful party chats and some exclusives and in 2 hours I made $420 woohoo! This is the best paying traffic ive seen in weeks. Hop on girls!!
Cam_Model_Jess
07-31-2011, 12:08 PM
Clearly the ability to read for comprehension isn't a requirement for sm support personnel. :mad:
Does anyone here have any ideas? What is the usual amount of time you need to be on before the HD shows up? Perhaps I'm not waiting long enough, I'm not sure. Any insight would be much appreciated!
Haha! All of the responses I've gotten from them have been like this. Here's the explanation for that:
"Any time a model sends an e-mail asking for support, read the subject line of the e-mail. If the subject line is not specific, read the first line of the body of the e-mail. Guess what the subject matter is, select a pre-written response from the list we've provided, then scramble it slightly, so as to keep them on their toes. Press SEND, and you're done!" (From the Streamates Support Personnel Training Manual, page 33)
I even asked one time, "Why is it that every time I e-mail you, I get an answer completely unrelated to my question, or if it is related, I get a response that doesn't answer my question?" I didn't get a response to that. I think the message was too many syllables or perhaps the question was too complex. These days, I try to keep it simple, but I usually still get pissed about the answer.
Sometimes the HD thing happens to me too. Usually it takes up to ten minutes to show up, but sometimes it will randomly disappear, and I'm using an encoder.
DMaribella
07-31-2011, 04:18 PM
^ Haha! Thanks for the laugh..... unfortunately it's also probably true.::)
I'll check it again when I go on later.... I was definitely on for longer than ten minutes and it still wasn't showing, but maybe it just happened to not be there the times I was checking. I'll try checking more often and see if it shows up.
LAChloe
07-31-2011, 06:01 PM
Hi girls- I usually don't do Sunday nights but I am about to jump on. Are they usually good?
~Carmen~
07-31-2011, 06:16 PM
Today was great! Busiest day I've had in a long time.
tinydancer23
07-31-2011, 07:08 PM
if you're using the encoder, usually when the hd disappears it's because it's dropping frames or your internet connection isn't stable enough. i noticed this recently when i was using wireless instead of ethernet (because it's normally pretty stable and it's faster).
DMaribella
08-01-2011, 07:44 AM
^ Thanks- I had the same problem again last night, I think it must be the wireless.
sweetheather
08-01-2011, 01:35 PM
Last nigt was ok. 156 but it took 4 hours.
Lady Xplicit18
08-02-2011, 08:36 PM
Just logged off. I literally would log on, when I got bored I would just walk away and chill in my living room even if people were in my chat. I made $28/hourly. Not too bad for half-ass work. 8)
PurpleSkye
08-03-2011, 10:22 AM
Reasonable. Got my goal in about 4 hours :)
~Carmen~
08-03-2011, 10:37 AM
A bunch of free loading jerks today
KushKandi
08-03-2011, 09:27 PM
Has it been slow for everyone tonight? I finally tried couples camming tonight for the first time since everything is set. We got on at 7pm and cammed nonstop till 11pm. Combined, we only made $29. WTF???? Everyone was a freeloader, pretty much. Or they wanted me to go on party chat which I don't have. This is frustrating since my internet bill is due tomorrow and I pay $80 a month for my turbo speed bullshit. Just so I can make $5 an hr. yay!!! =(
sweetheather
08-03-2011, 10:13 PM
I've been pretty dead tonight
sweetheather
08-04-2011, 02:33 AM
Streamate just crashed on me. I got an error in the middle of a pc countdown and it ended my stream and I can't access my model page or the main site. WTF
SSxxx
08-04-2011, 03:53 AM
Streamate just crashed on me. I got an error in the middle of a pc countdown and it ended my stream and I can't access my model page or the main site. WTF
Same thing happened to me 3 times already, and I just logged in half an hour ago.
The third time it also happened during a PC coutdown that was going very well and I still had almost 7 mins to go. I am so pissed!!!!
Well, it is better that it didn't happen when I was almost ending the actual show, but still, this sucks.
TeeBaby
08-04-2011, 03:55 AM
OK I thought I was the only one. They must be reconstructing or something because now I can't get to the site. A little heads up from them would've been nice though.
sweetheather
08-04-2011, 10:35 AM
Yeah, I had a whale in my room too, one of my best regulars. So pissed
KushKandi
08-04-2011, 04:48 PM
This same thing happened to me a few times last week. I've been stressed and blaming it on my computer and thinking about upgrading because of the fact. My feed has been slow but only while in pvt. Then a few times I got a crash error. This didn't happen last time I worked but it happened 3 times recently. I never even thought it was on SM's end because I contacted them awhile ago and they pretty much told me my equipment is really bad and its not compatible for camming. My equipment isn't awesome but I have a Logitech Pro 9000, HP Pavilion Dv7 and upload speed of 3.19. It should be good enough though but I've been stressing a lot about my own equipment.
BritishBecky
08-05-2011, 02:34 AM
^I'm running on a Dv6 :-/
I know I need to upgrade but it's still managing it (although I do reboot after about 1.5 hours cos overheat)
Traffic has been ok for me this week. Monday was horrible for me, but since then it's been steady. I've done hardly any party chats though - just can't get more than 10 guys interested at a time, meaning that I earn more doing privates and exclusives
Lady Xplicit18
08-05-2011, 07:07 PM
Traffic has been decent but I got kicked out once already grrr. :/
SM is fucking up!
Lady Xplicit18
08-05-2011, 07:26 PM
NOTE: ALOT of party chats going on so I'm going to log back on later. I'm already bored. Blah.
TinaLayne
08-05-2011, 08:02 PM
^^ Yep me too, I had one long pvt, then it was dead so I logged off. Gonna wait about an hour to get back on.
SarahTime
08-05-2011, 09:01 PM
It's been busy for me, don't give up! :)
sweetheather
08-05-2011, 09:15 PM
Completely dead
KushKandi
08-06-2011, 02:16 AM
Same here. $16 an hr on couples chat =( But really $8 an hr split 50/50. He is NOT gonna deal with blue balls for $8 an hr. lol
SimplyMe
08-06-2011, 03:28 AM
It's been pretty slow for me this week. Even my regulars are like MIA and that's unusual. I've had to put in alot more hours this week and switch up my schedule in order to get close to my weekly goal. Logging back on shortly to try and reach my target though. Wish me luck.
Cam_Model_Jess
08-06-2011, 08:45 AM
Oh yeah, it's slow this week. When I logged on this AM there weren't many US models on, but IssabbellaAndMike were doing bj in free for tips, and MyDirtyWifeXXX kept giving flashes of nudity, putting pussy right up to cam. That probably wasn't helping my traffic.
They're both running videos though, so the joke is on the guys. IssabbellaAndMike have had four accounts now. They just keep closing one and opening another, and they've been using the same video for each account... since at least Feb. MyDirtyWifeXXX has been doing the same thing for about 6 months, always showing peeks at nudity.
But, yes, I've had to be very persistent this week. Been having a lot of $20/hr times. But I'm nearly to my goal. $170 to go, and I'm gonna stay on all day if I have to.
Let's do it, girls!!! 8 more hours to go. We can do it!!
DamnGirl
08-06-2011, 09:02 AM
Good traffic for me today. But my phone was cut off a few times and then its totally gone. I cant see phone option in my room and have to email them and wait for getting it back. Anyone had phone problem today?
SanAntonioDancer
08-06-2011, 11:38 AM
I dont even know how to get the phone option, Ive been having them post their number in exclusive private and blocking my number to call them directly. Is this legal?
LAChloe
08-06-2011, 11:44 AM
I'm on right now and it's dead, dead, dead for me! :)
whirlerz
08-06-2011, 12:34 PM
Aww sorry hun^! sucks. What's weird is phone sex was going crazy..seems like when I'm busy there, the cam ladies are as well.
I feel like it will pick up in the next couple days. However I can't figure for the freakn' party chat tho..