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GlamourRouge
08-27-2014, 01:09 PM
Streamate's server is in Seattle, so that's probably why it went down. Though most of the attacks seem to be on San Francisco (the tech capital), Seattle is still up there.
Airrrie2
08-27-2014, 01:27 PM
Streamate's server is in Seattle, so that's probably why it went down. Though most of the attacks seem to be on San Francisco (the tech capital), Seattle is still up there.
Yeah it was a direct, targeted attack to Blizzard. Took em down in a matter of seconds. It's not ongoing like the two big ones in St Louis and San Diego. I believe those are data centers but I'm not sure. As of the time of this post it looks like Seattle is getting hit again. It's nice to see Seattle is finally starting to either fight back or reflect back.
CrystalStone
08-27-2014, 02:06 PM
Anyone else's cutsies having problems joining private?? One of my favs was trying to get me into a show but SM was having none of it. :(
SarahTime
08-27-2014, 02:15 PM
Does anyone know what the f. is wrong with placements right now? I check the page and couldn't see any of the popular girls on first page, and got excited "yey, i'll be on top rows". Then I logged in and found myself on 4th page, next to some "1st page" models... Is this about studios? How long does it take for it to be back to normal?
Edit: Okay I saw that this happens time to time because of an update? I'm still curious about when it's gonna be back to normal...
Edit 2: It was either about mozilla, or IP changing program cause when I checked it from chrome, everything seemed normal.
When models go into a show, they are pushed back several pages. Depending on how high their placement is, they might not get pushed back that far when they are in a show. That might be what you saw.
SarahTime
08-27-2014, 02:29 PM
Post #14183 http://map.ipviking.com/ Watch it for about 5 minutes to get a clearer picture.
I've been watching for several minutes and all of a sudden there was a HUUUUUUUUGE thing that came from China and all went straight to the Seattle area.
WTF is the point? Who does this stuff and why? Makes no sense to me...?
EDIT: This is super interesting to me... Airrrie2 can you make a new thread so we don't jam up the Streamate Thread? This seems pretty relevant to camming...
MiaFaye
08-27-2014, 02:50 PM
Just had someone book 15 minute block an get disconnected... :/ Do sm to chargebacks?
MiaFaye
08-27-2014, 02:53 PM
I've been watching for several minutes and all of a sudden there was a HUUUUUUUUGE thing that came from China and all went straight to the Seattle area.
WTF is the point? Who does this stuff and why? Makes no sense to me...?
EDIT: This is super interesting to me... Airrrie2 can you make a new thread so we don't jam up the Streamate Thread? This seems pretty relevant to camming...
I second this request! Would really like to know what this is all about!
Snowy0Star
08-27-2014, 02:54 PM
Yeah it was a direct, targeted attack to Blizzard. Took em down in a matter of seconds. It's not ongoing like the two big ones in St Louis and San Diego. I believe those are data centers but I'm not sure. As of the time of this post it looks like Seattle is getting hit again. It's nice to see Seattle is finally starting to either fight back or reflect back.
Maybe this is why my neighbors battle net account got hacked into he lucked out and has a sponsor for star craft (playing on a pro level) so he got it handled pretty fast with blizzard
Airrrie2
08-27-2014, 02:56 PM
I don't have any answers. I've been reading about it but no one is really saying much. I've read it's a smoke screen, while data centers are looking at attack #1, a different kind of attack #2 is going on and the real work is being done. I've read they are taking down what they consider to be the worlds evils, that being anything attached to finance, politics and greed. I've read things that go way over my head and I've read things that sound ridiculous. I've also read that what we are witnessing on the IPViking site is not even remotely close to tracking what's going on because we can't track what we can't see because we don't know about yet. The perfect example would be heartbleed. No one discovered it for 6 months. I have more questions than answers unfortunately. One of them is why would China attack an American Healthcare database? I think JAC started a new thread for you.
temptingmodel
08-27-2014, 06:27 PM
yeah my Timewarner / roadrunner went out during a block
SarahTime
08-27-2014, 08:00 PM
The site seems strange tonight compared to how it's been lately... I'm not getting many people in my room and I'm seeing others who have really low room counts compared to what they usually have.
RubyRapture
08-27-2014, 08:07 PM
The site seems strange tonight compared to how it's been lately... I'm not getting many people in my room and I'm seeing others who have really low room counts compared to what they usually have.
I've only had like a 4th of the people I usually have in my room today. Sometimes I would wait quite a while to get anybody in my room and that almost never happens for me. =/ It's been a weird day. I've also been disconnected 5 times, even though my connection and computer are fine.
Mysti Syre
08-28-2014, 12:53 AM
I've been getting disconnected several times an hour. I just wanted to share that when I get a pop up box saying I've been disconnected from chat it looks like all of my guests get dumped out of my room also. I see my room as being offline/empty, but guys have been telling me that my cam stays on. They can still see me even though my room's down/disconnected. So now I've been immediately closing my encoder anytime I get the disconnected notice. Just a warning to anyone else getting disconnected..... Don't want anyone's cam to unknowingly be on.
beauvoir
08-28-2014, 03:24 AM
It was stupidly slow last night, and loads of guys were telling me my cam was black.
MiaFaye
08-28-2014, 04:25 AM
Does anyone know if these problems are continuing today?
BustyVixen
08-28-2014, 04:27 AM
See last week I had slow traffic and it was a weird week for me but a lot of girls said the opposite. So far this week it seems back to normal to me. Had two kick ass days back to back.
MiaFaye
08-28-2014, 05:29 AM
See last week I had slow traffic and it was a weird week for me but a lot of girls said the opposite. So far this week it seems back to normal to me. Had two kick ass days back to back.
Hrrrrm.... Okay, well I'm gonna give it another go today and hopefully things will be better. If not, I seriously need to get some more eggs in my basket...
CurvyWinona
08-28-2014, 05:32 AM
I will log on after my breakfast.. Hope things will be great. =/ past two days were crap.
SimoneGray
08-28-2014, 05:39 AM
^^ Things seems to be somewhat back to normal in the sense that guys can stay in my room and my cam seems to be working fine. But it also seems to have gone back to its usual slowness in terms of payers.
PrincessLavender
08-28-2014, 06:25 AM
I was looking around some girls rooms last night because mine was so slow. Almost everyone's cam looked blurry. Same thing today. Anyone else noticing this or it just on my end somehow? It's seriously so slow today. I got so excited because the last few days it's been almost back to normal. Then this crap.
TattooedBBW
08-28-2014, 07:27 AM
The other night my customers cam was frozen during c2c and then we both got booted off. I re logged in and was booted off again a few mins later. So frustrating
kortneykay
08-28-2014, 07:55 AM
I've been seeing grainy pixilated lines on a lot of people's cams so it has to be a SM issue. I hope it doesn't look the same to the guys :(
Issabelle
08-28-2014, 07:56 AM
I got DCed once this morning (not during a show, thank god!) and my traffic was about usual. I did have my room suddenly empty out at one point though and a customer logged out and back in to say my cam had frozen. He came into my exclusive and got booted before coming back again without further issues, but I wonder if it wasn't on SM's end and not his crappy work internet as he claimed...
Bambola
08-28-2014, 10:52 AM
Hi girls!!!I have a question about tv shows,how often you do tv shows?I think Tv show is great but im wondering what depends producers choose a girl or not....
PlayfulLilGirl
08-28-2014, 11:04 AM
First ofcourse you have to opt in to get tv shows, last night i hit a gold show at 100 and than had a tv offer for 75 right after. I think you need to hit your gold show goals and that helps determine who gets picked for one. My knowledge on tv shows is near to nothing, but i do notice i get them after a succesful show =) Hope that helps ! xx
Bambola
08-28-2014, 11:11 AM
I do one gold show today i hit my goal and other on sunday but any tv show offer yet. Before i always in classic chat but now im in party chat always.Anyway thanks for your help hun!
PlayfulLilGirl
08-28-2014, 11:14 AM
Yes you have to be streaming with the HD encoder and be in party chat at all times, i think if your opted in and are not using one of those features you will get a pop up, something on the lines of "" Ineligible for tv broadcasts because you do not meet the requirements."
Vlodina
08-28-2014, 11:19 AM
AND you need to enable freechat (as well as guest chat).
SarahTime
08-28-2014, 11:27 AM
It seemed to be somewhat normal after I was online a couple hours. Things picked up, but I did get A LOT of the "ghost privates", so maybe they are working on things still. Thankfully no disconnects though.
First ofcourse you have to opt in to get tv shows, last night i hit a gold show at 100 and than had a tv offer for 75 right after. I think you need to hit your gold show goals and that helps determine who gets picked for one. My knowledge on tv shows is near to nothing, but i do notice i get them after a succesful show =) Hope that helps ! xx
It's pretty much random depending on who the producers want to pick at any given moment. It doesn't have anything to do with making your goal. In fact our own goals seem to have no impact what so ever anymore, where as they use to give you a goal offer based on your own previous gold shows. Now they base the offer on what you average on just TV shows.
PlayfulLilGirl
08-28-2014, 11:35 AM
Oh okay, i just noticed a pattern, but it could be coincidence like i never get tv shows unless i have done 1 or more hit goal gold shows.
I wish i did =( lol
SarahTime
08-28-2014, 02:29 PM
I wonder if they are having a problem finding models to do TV shows? I noticed they have been using models who are streaming in standard and not widescreen.
Was just seeing who was on before I signed on.......... two sisters.......twins.... Some how I don't think that's legal??? I was thinking, who does porn with their sister? It's not right, just creepy. If I pissed anyone off well idc you're creepy as well. SM allows this???? WTF???
I saw them today, happened to click their room in the middle of one of them explaining that they only do side by side solo play and don't touch each other at all.
Snowy0Star
08-28-2014, 02:41 PM
I wonder if they are having a problem finding models to do TV shows? I noticed they have been using models who are streaming in standard and not widescreen.
I saw them today, happened to click their room in the middle of one of them explaining that they only do side by side solo play and don't touch each other at all.
with how cheap they're being i wouldnt be surprised if they had to start pulling straws to get girls who are willing to do them
SamanthaSugar
08-28-2014, 04:13 PM
The TV Producers must be desperate if they are asking me to do them. I'm so not a GS girl and is the third day in a row they've asked me to do one and have only hit 1/2 of their stupid goal lol.
raine07
08-28-2014, 06:05 PM
Finally able to do gold shows!! Super happy about that, but...don't think that I will be putting any on. Feels like 99% of the guys comin in my room are beggers. Not happy with that at all. But I am working in, seems daily. I mean, I had teeth pulled yesterday and I still got on today. (hoping the swelling didnt show- but whatever I still looked super cute) Just wanted to share the good news with everyone- been a long and hard summer for this newbie.
SimoneGray
08-29-2014, 12:34 AM
^^ I did one GS and now I have about 3 repeat beggars who come into my room for the sole purpose of sitting there for an hour saying "why no gold show bb". They then get agro when I say I've gotten back to pvts and excl's only.
I think GS are a hit or miss. I'd do them if I had a TON of paying regs who loved me and loved my style etc and who would pay regardless, but currently some of my regs turn beggar the minute the realise that they can get something for less than normal.
Do one and see how it goes, after that, ban the beggars lol
MiaFaye
08-29-2014, 06:56 AM
Sooo slow for me right now... Online 40 min, paid for 4...
MiaFaye
08-29-2014, 06:58 AM
Considering dropping my rates? I'm currently at 4.99/5.99 and not getting anything...
BritishBecky
08-29-2014, 07:30 AM
I think it depends how long you have been on there for and how many regulars etc. When I first ever started I charged 1.99/2.99 and was busy but it took a long time to add up. For a while after that I did 2.99 and 4.99 and actually I think I left them at that rate for quite a long time (maybe a year or so). They are higher now but I have a lot of regulars and also do gold shows for those who can't afford my rates (and have top row placement).
Issabelle
08-29-2014, 07:49 AM
Considering dropping my rates? I'm currently at 4.99/5.99 and not getting anything...
Every time I've dropped my rates for slow periods, my average $$$ per hour either didn't change at all or went down. Of course, that meant I was either getting slightly more shows, but still working for the same amount of total money because of the lower rate OR saw no increase in shows. I've found that just being patient has helped me the most.
P.S. My rates are very close to yours (possibly the same--I barely keep track), so my suggestion is mostly based on experience with those same rates.
reversecowgirl
08-29-2014, 09:25 AM
I am wondering too, when payoneer payments hit your cards? Liz said mine would be paid out this week for the acct I closed, I didn't want to bug her asking when and what day exactly. So I am bugging yall instead. :D lol
EDIT nevermind smh RIGHT after I asked this, it posted to my account.
Bambola
08-29-2014, 10:46 AM
I did a show today well two minutes and the guy is stupid and one i did anal the first minute,he put me one start!!! but after i did exclusive with other guy who want anal also right the moment....and he dont speak only say this he leave in five minutes and he rate me also one star i cant believe i never had a one star rating and today two,im thinking why!!
LaPetiteVierge
08-29-2014, 11:10 AM
never mind!
kortneykay
08-29-2014, 01:55 PM
SM was cutting a lot of my guys out of shows today and freezing their cams. I had to keep hitting the "release cam" button after they were kicked just so I didn't have a permanant dick pointing in my face. They were troopers though. One drunk reg came back to EXL 5 times and frooze after 8 min in each time before he gave up. Poor guy tried so hard and still couldn't bust a nut :D
starcraft
08-30-2014, 02:42 AM
Question: I stream wirh encoder and I hate when they take pic of me time to time and release it as my bio pic( I am not photogenic at all and I look ugly on those fast shots). How to make my bio pic be always as my. Main pic?
HOTAnastasia4U
08-30-2014, 02:46 AM
Question: I stream wirh encoder and I hate when they take pic of me time to time and release it as my bio pic( I am not photogenic at all and I look ugly on those fast shots). How to make my bio pic be always as my. Main pic?
You have to mail the streamate models support asking it and they will do it for you
MiaFaye
08-30-2014, 02:25 PM
Anyone had any luck on streamate today? Really need some motivation to get online... It's just been dead for me all week.
Bambola
08-30-2014, 02:29 PM
Anyone had any luck on streamate today? Really need some motivation to get online... It's just been dead for me all week.
Hi Mía i did,i made 250 usd in three hours and half! I Hope the same luck tomorrow and labores day Also,anyway please tell me when u finish how was for You,good Luck !
illuminaughty
08-31-2014, 01:28 PM
Is it against the streamate code of conduct to say what state you're from? I lie anyways but I'm just wondering since everyone always asks
Also is it against the code of conduct to pretend like you may meet with someone off the site as a fantasy for the man so he will stay and go into private or become a regular? I have absolutely no intention to meet anyone, but I do pretend. I honestly don't think the men would want to either.
I'm new and stupid and I love camming on streamate and am now paranoid of getting banned. It's been the only way to survive for now, I can't afford to not be able to do this or I'll be on the streets.
Angelfaced
08-31-2014, 02:45 PM
oki have 2-3 upload and i have a dl of 33mn but im gettingdropped cobstantly down to 100 kbps. HELP ??????? i dont wanna go back to escorting omg i wanna cry
Issabelle
08-31-2014, 02:51 PM
Is it against the streamate code of conduct to say what state you're from? I lie anyways but I'm just wondering since everyone always asks
Also is it against the code of conduct to pretend like you may meet with someone off the site as a fantasy for the man so he will stay and go into private or become a regular? I have absolutely no intention to meet anyone, but I do pretend. I honestly don't think the men would want to either.
I'm new and stupid and I love camming on streamate and am now paranoid of getting banned. It's been the only way to survive for now, I can't afford to not be able to do this or I'll be on the streets.
I tell them what 'state' I'm from all the time--as long as you aren't handing out a street address, SM won't care. 'Oh, I'm for LA,' 'New York baby!' 'Florida--I love to surf!' or whatever is fine.
The meet-up fantasy is a big one. There's nothing wrong with pretending you'll meet up. Guys love that fantasy and I get it pretty often. We'll talk about what we'd do, where we would go, blah blah blah. The only thing is you cannot give contact info--real OR fake. No phone numbers, email address, house addresses, etc. Obviously, you don't intend to, but not even fake ones. If the guy sends you any during the chat, politely tell him something like "shhh, SM doesn't allow me to accept contact information, okay? I won't give you mine OR accept yours. I'll have to block you if you keep trying to do that, so please don't." When a guy doesn't accept that and gets pushy, he's too 'into' the fantasy and is about to expire as a customer (there's a thread in Camming Connection on this very topic of guys pushing for meet ups that's worth a read). Otherwise, go forth and rape wallets!