View Full Version : The Streamate Thread
Vlodina
07-14-2015, 08:17 AM
Thank you Vlodina! I've got it now. I am being a wally, until then I couldn't get it in my head haha!
Nice to know nothing has gone wrong in payment too. :)
Goodness, I find SM hard going..it's temping just to go back to AW but I will soldier on!
You'll feel better when you see the first payment. On your SM profile, in the payment info section it should say "Payoneer approved" and show you your Payoneer ID No. if it's all set up right. On the 17th, that money will show up in your "payment history" tab. Then on the 18th (Friday) you will get two emails from Payoneer telling you how much to expect to receive on the 21st! Xx
Arwen25
07-14-2015, 09:03 AM
Squee! Thanks so much Vlodina, I know what it's all meant to look like now :)
Just had a little stalk of your profile - you BABE . X X
BlueBunny
07-14-2015, 11:32 AM
Apparently, you are not allowed to mention Tips for requests on your SM profile. :O I updated my profile the other day, and never checked my email, but noticed my update "didn't take". Checked my email today, and sure enough, my updates were rejected. Since I wasn't aware of that stupid "rule", I updated my profile with the same idea but different wording prior to seeing the email, and that second update was accepted. Man I swear SM support is just the weirdest (to put it nicely) freaking team in cam world. My overly active imagination is wondering if the rejection was done by some no life self-entitled "nice guy" who doesn't think we should be rewarded for our time.
cupcakex13
07-14-2015, 11:53 AM
The glitches I wonder if tha t has driven a lot of my traffic away. I get the request for exclusive they log back in my room and we go around and around for 10 minutes sometimes and no show happpens...usually my bread and butter...still at 700 since saturday but that's thanks to alternate sites..
I been disconnected 3-4 times in approx 3-4 hrs shift in the last days, every single day, last nite this guy could not connect to private a few times then he requested an exclusive, i accepted it but nothing happened, i was not in exclusive nor in freechat but somewhere in the air?! SM is terrible lately, lots of glitches, no traffic, no shows. What gives?
Susperia
07-14-2015, 02:36 PM
Had a couple customers complain that my screen was freezing in the middle of shows......then I'd lose the show before we could finish....fix your shit SM!
Girly_Girl
07-14-2015, 02:40 PM
What's the difference between classic and party chat? And which one does everyone else prefer if you are not doing a gold show?
SoloDesire
07-14-2015, 02:42 PM
What's the difference between classic and party chat? And which one does everyone else prefer if you are not doing a gold show?
The only difference is that the customer can't see who else is in your room when you're in classic chat. You also can't start a Gold Show from classic chat and must be in party chat to start one. I prefer classic because it makes it easier to talk to myself and they have no idea who else is there.
SuperPookie
07-14-2015, 05:42 PM
Had a couple customers complain that my screen was freezing in the middle of shows......then I'd lose the show before we could finish....fix your shit SM! That happened in my one and only Exclusive today. Needless to say I wasn't pleased lol.
Now people complain my picture is small & they cant enlarge it in freechat, i noticed this myself when looking on site, even my browser was full size i wont always get the full size video screen even the models were streaming in HD, same like i do. Bleah!
Arwen25
07-15-2015, 12:30 AM
Were you streaming using wide screen or standard? That can make a difference.
I have never used party chat, I too prefer classic chat as I am still not familiar with the site and feel like I have a bit more control this way. The only bad thing I've found so far is if a troll pisses me off, sometimes the others think I am having a go at them - oops. Need to start using names properly!
I keep on getting guys saying: "Oh you're on AW, we had a show there too!" In some cases it's true as they have similar/identical user names. Should I just igmore these sort of questions and remarks? I know we're not to supposed to mention other sites so I am worried even a yes or no could get me into trouble. Anyone else have something similar happen?
SaraLaughs
07-15-2015, 12:56 AM
I actually don't find there's a huge difference between classic and paid chat unless you have quite a bit of traffic. I generally have between 2 and 5 guys in my room, rarely over 10 at the same time, so there's very little conversation between members. If you like being 'discreet', though, classic is definitely the way to go!
SaraLaughs
07-15-2015, 03:09 AM
Fuck Streamate... why you gotta be like this? Can't we just go back to how things used to be?
SimoneGray
07-15-2015, 04:07 AM
Question...and this is more of an opinion one, so bear with me. I opened an independent account with SM in Feb of this year. I think I've maybe cammed on it consistently for a month, before laving it to focus on my daily pay sites since this year has just been one scramble for cash. Anyway, I'm going to go back to it because I have new equipment etc and I can make a go of it now. Also I am more comfortable only getting paid every 21 days now.
Should I close my current account and just start all over again? Take full advantage of new model status, work the site properly etc, do all the things correctly. Or, just keep the old account which doesn't have the greatest placement etc. Also, will I be able to open another account a month after I close this one? And then do SM own my name or can I also get it back? I have all my cam accounts under the same name and I like the continuity.
adris
07-15-2015, 04:15 AM
Were you streaming using wide screen or standard? That can make a difference.
I have never used party chat, I too prefer classic chat as I am still not familiar with the site and feel like I have a bit more control this way. The only bad thing I've found so far is if a troll pisses me off, sometimes the others think I am having a go at them - oops. Need to start using names properly!
I keep on getting guys saying: "Oh you're on AW, we had a show there too!" In some cases it's true as they have similar/identical user names. Should I just igmore these sort of questions and remarks? I know we're not to supposed to mention other sites so I am worried even a yes or no could get me into trouble. Anyone else have something similar happen?
Im on aw also and i get guys who know me from there,i just tell them I can't discuss that and they will stfu.What I noticed is that the aw guys who found me on sm are hunting for gs,which is annoying.
SaraLaughs
07-15-2015, 07:50 AM
Question...and this is more of an opinion one, so bear with me. I opened an independent account with SM in Feb of this year. I think I've maybe cammed on it consistently for a month, before laving it to focus on my daily pay sites since this year has just been one scramble for cash. Anyway, I'm going to go back to it because I have new equipment etc and I can make a go of it now. Also I am more comfortable only getting paid every 21 days now.
Should I close my current account and just start all over again? Take full advantage of new model status, work the site properly etc, do all the things correctly. Or, just keep the old account which doesn't have the greatest placement etc. Also, will I be able to open another account a month after I close this one? And then do SM own my name or can I also get it back? I have all my cam accounts under the same name and I like the continuity.
Unless you have more than 1000 customers/favorites and and established presence on SM, I say start over. I had a little big of 'new girl' luck. But I still think new girl status on SM isn't nearly as important/profitable as it is on other sites, so it just may not be worth the trouble.
hyori
07-15-2015, 09:39 AM
New girl status is overrated. All the guys you deal with are annoying fucks who tell you to lower your rates and fist in public, bb, it's allowed. I wouldn't bother with starting over. Your placement will be lower but you will bring in your regulars from other sites if you advertise it on your social media and they can help you get back up really quickly in placement. For some reason, regulars like knowing what other sites you are on as well. Not sure why they like this knowledge but I would say use it to your advantage.
SimoneGray
07-15-2015, 10:05 AM
Thanks SaraLaughs and Hyori, yea I have like 90 favourites only so its not a train smash if I lose them, but you are right, the hecklers are freaking annoying. Meh, I'll just keep it and do what I did the last time...be consistent and stuff and get my placement up that way.
SaraLaughs
07-15-2015, 10:13 AM
If you're going to start over, I say use your current cam username with an 'xo' or a dash at the end so that you're easily find-able.
BlueBunny
07-15-2015, 12:02 PM
New girl status is definitely not that big of a deal on SM. I am into my third week with a new account, and it sucks balls, because the traffic sucks balls right now. lol With my old daily pay account I had (PJ), I didn't feel like I needed to work so hard just to make 10/hour. I was always at the top of page 2, sometimes page 1, and I worked sporadically as f**k (now I'm a solid middle of page 3 due to poor hourly - ouch!). As far as your other questions go, my old account had gone into inactivity limbo, so I emailed support to close it down for good this past May. I hated my stage name, and I hadn't cammed on the site since last August. I could have probably opened a new account right away, but I took about 2 weeks for unrelated issues. I also don't think you can have the exact same stage name again (I couldn't when I killed my first account to open a DP account), but you could have something similar, just like SaraLaughs said. Some people have said new girl status starts when the account is approved for streaming, but it seems to work like MFC a bit. It starts to count once you go live for the first time. I took exactly a month between account approval to my first live session, and I was still listed in the new girl section.
Susperia
07-15-2015, 12:05 PM
Something glitchy as fuck going on with SM this afternoon.
Prussia
07-15-2015, 11:14 PM
I was online for almost 5 hours tonight and not able to stream properly for more than 15-20 minutes at a time. My room keeps crashing and doing wierd glitches. This has been going on for 3 days now and getting worse. I emailed support last night explaining my situation in full detail best I could and provided a screen cap of a wierd glitch I was experiencing.
http://i58.tinypic.com/xcktif.jpg
It was a brief email, and at the end I wrote that I am not using wifi and I checked to confirm my internet speed is good.
The first thing they write me back was asking if I'm using wifi and the encoder. If the person had bothered reading my email and or checking my screen cap they would have clearly known these answers. Then they asked me about 10 other questions after that. I took the time to write back a concise response to all the questions (speed test results, type of computer, screen cap of encoder settings, my web browser etc); the only thing I was not able to answer was my encoder logs as I don't know how to find that from previous streams but I asked how to do that. This is the resonse I got:
http://i58.tinypic.com/6tijbd.jpg
What in the actual fuck does this even mean?!
Blovely
07-16-2015, 01:15 AM
@Prussia Smh at the support. Below the video of the Encoder there's 2 tabs on the left..... "Encoding Options" and "Encoding Log". Click on "Encoding Log". At the top it says Log To File>>Log Directory>> and then it shows a file location. If "Log to file" is checked off then you should be able to find your Encoder logs in the file that is shown.
kitte
07-16-2015, 07:40 AM
I switched to morning shift today and theres sooo many glitches. My pvts are ending early like before i hear them exit, theres a long delay on my end. Guys seen me exposed in free chat ugh. 'll log back on when this gets fixed, hopefully soon.
beauvoir
07-16-2015, 07:46 AM
Seems OK with me so far. Quiet, but working...
JessRyan
07-16-2015, 10:21 AM
I switched to morning shift today and theres sooo many glitches. My pvts are ending early like before i hear them exit, theres a long delay on my end. Guys seen me exposed in free chat ugh. 'll log back on when this gets fixed, hopefully soon.
YIKES! Maybe it's a Thursday thing? Wasn't it a couple Thursday's ago it all went WAcK? LOL
PrettyInPunk
07-16-2015, 12:22 PM
I'm pretty sure at this point that SM uses Thursdays to do their updating/dicking around on the site. Every week for the last couple, SM has had glitches or just plain won't work. I think it's cause it's one of the slowest days of the week but I wish they'd knock it off.
SoloDesire
07-16-2015, 12:56 PM
I'm definitely not putting in enough hours, and it being slow is killing me! So my new goal is 7 hours a day at least 5 days a week...8 hours on good days! I think if I make myself stick to this new schedule I'll start pulling ahead a bit. I'm only 3.5 hours in today and I'm already ready to give up...Ugh, this isn't going to be easy for me.
Erika_Xstacy
07-16-2015, 01:00 PM
ditto ditto ditto ditto
slow days kill me
Yesterday I did a 6 min private
he stayed 4
something seemed off..... he logged off but not out of private lol fml
Erika_Xstacy
07-16-2015, 01:19 PM
lord have mercy lol
my adhd sucks on the slow days
I cant even deal
beauvoir
07-16-2015, 01:27 PM
drinkyourcum: i know i want to make u shutter with extasy
Well then.
Erika_Xstacy
07-16-2015, 01:33 PM
drinkyourcum: i know i want to make u shutter with extasy
Well then.
lol bet he didnt do it tho
omg these guys turn me into a fucking comedian and then I realize I am giving away a humilation show :D
kortneykay
07-16-2015, 01:37 PM
lol bet he didnt do it tho
omg these guys turn me into a fucking comedian and then I realize I am giving away a humilation show :D
Damn, Bae, I haven't seen you in a min :D
beauvoir
07-16-2015, 01:42 PM
Nope. And his wallet stayed locked.
SophiaSylvan
07-16-2015, 06:44 PM
I went on cam to do 2 gold shows (my paysite member shows through SM) for the first time in a whole year. I was pleasantly surprised to find I was on page 1 row 5! I couldn't believe it. Now I feel like I should get back on the beast at least one day a week. I intended to just do indy and resuscitate my member shows, but now I'm wondering. I thought it would be a painful crawl back to the top.
Maybe u got the "I am back" 'treatment' like on Ifriends for example? I went there yesterday & got the red banner on my profile pic with the I AM BACK label on it lol, did not cam there for more than a year. Ah & i was on top row on their model's list haha. Pity that site is just dead, not sure who is making money in there anymore, obviously they have models still making money but to resuscitate that account i have there i'll need to put on nice hrs plus lots of content, not willing lol.
SM is different Sophia, yea, would be nice for u to get back on SM, live on cam, i bet people do miss u ;)
Prussia
07-16-2015, 10:15 PM
@Prussia Smh at the support. Below the video of the Encoder there's 2 tabs on the left..... "Encoding Options" and "Encoding Log". Click on "Encoding Log". At the top it says Log To File>>Log Directory>> and then it shows a file location. If "Log to file" is checked off then you should be able to find your Encoder logs in the file that is shown.
I just saw this now!! Thank you Blovely! xx
I have a question.. is there a way to tell in the log if the connection in the encoder is lost on my end vs theirs?
ella2000
07-16-2015, 11:38 PM
Is placement on sm based on earnings or something else?
beauvoir
07-17-2015, 01:02 AM
Hours you're online, round trip time, whether you have audio or not, what percentage of time you're online...
euro_princess
07-17-2015, 02:17 AM
SM placement is one of the biggest mysteries in the world. Sherlock, we have a case for you!
BlueBunny
07-17-2015, 07:12 AM
All the items mentioned above matter for placement. Bitrate and round trip can mean the difference between page 2 and 3. My equipment is good, and I am close to 60 hours in , over the last few weeks. I am experimenting to see how much hours worked affect placement, and I could still be found placed on page 3, because my hourly is very poor still (under 20/hr). Hourly income is likely the biggest placement contributor no matter what anyone says (as far as independent girls are concerned). I saw it with my own eyes how a page 2 model became middle of page 1 model after one strong earning evening. Making it on SM seems a matter of luck, kinda like MFC. Get lucky with a whale, or two, and then your placement improves, thus leading to more traffic.
JessRyan
07-17-2015, 07:29 AM
True. I always check my ranking throughout my session (to check quality) and all my items FPM/Bitrate/Roundtrip time are almost always listed as excellent. If it's not, I log out and restart everything. I use audio, my ratings are always 5 star and I work a lot of consistent hours. I started camming on SM on Dec 27th and I've been on the front page for a long time. and a few weeks ago was on the top row when I looked. I've stopped looking, and can't now because I'm trying Geoblock. I blocked a tiny town in Arizona to try it. So, I'm not sure if geoblock effects your placement? Can't see if it does. I will say that geoblock hasn't effected my traffic or pay.
JessRyan
07-17-2015, 07:29 AM
oops i mean frames per second
Kimber Knight
07-17-2015, 07:36 AM
I agree with Jess. I use Geoblocking for an entire state, and even tho', I'm relatively *new*, it hasn't affected my traffic. I can't see my placement either. But I have 5 stars, Fair to Good Roundtrip, but everything else is Excellent. I also use Audio.
My only challenge is keeping consistent hours. I work a vanilla job and have 4 kids at home, so I squeeze in 90 mins to 2 hours per day when I can.
So far, my weekly payout is about $200.
If I was doing this and only this -- I think my payout would be about $500/week.
Kimber Knight
07-17-2015, 07:39 AM
p.s. JessRyan .... I've cruised by your profile on SM. I think I've got a CamGirl crush! You're very "real" and come across authentic... You're a very classy lady
SM_CamGirl
07-17-2015, 01:05 PM
hi guys, please i need to confirm if when a studio close my account, can i open a new one as independent immediately?
thanks
Addison Lynne
07-17-2015, 02:46 PM
well, its dead right now! I cant cam in the summer cause ..kid. He finally goes to a friends...SM is dead! UGh
ok...vent over
JustCallMeBree
07-17-2015, 03:48 PM
After about an hour of dancing, flirting and generally doing the best I can to be seductive with only pop ins to show for it, I go check out a top girls room for motivation and she's on the verge of tears because she's been one for hours and had no more than 4 people in her room at a time. FML. Why SM! I don't want anything crazy, I just want to work and pay my bills so I'm not homeless! Rant over.
BritishBecky
07-17-2015, 04:12 PM
hi guys, please i need to confirm if when a studio close my account, can i open a new one as independent immediately?
thanks
It depends on the studio. Email SM support to ask. Some studios (most notably internet modelling) require 6 months wait.
I post in here cause i dont know where else to post lol, can someone link me to the thread with the "Voice on cam" or similar? I remember a while ago people discussing about how to use the voice on cam to attract people, how voice can be adjusted in order to sound sexier, so on, i cant find the thread.
Thank u lots xx