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Femmestudent
09-02-2015, 02:23 PM
Today was the day I decide to officially stop catering to freeloaders. Which of course meant that the few guys who didn't immediately in-and-out were gone once I asked them to tip if they wanted to see my ass. Definitely slow today, and my regular that did come on got kicked out of pvt once because my feed froze (again, not on my end!)
A Canadian camgirl meetup would be amazing. If that ever happens I am so there its insane.
I still can't accept exclusives on the first try and it kicks everyone out of my room :( :( :( ARG, this is so frustrating, I'm losing money.
webcamcutie
09-02-2015, 03:38 PM
omg are you girls still able to make goals? I haven't been on because I am packing and in the middle of moving so I probably won't be back on until next wed or thurs maybe not even by than but aiming for that. I was hoping the tech issues would be done by the time I come back but it is not looking too good for that smh
Dont hurry back, you're most definitely not missing anything.... Just a headache and issues. Sure...can make goals in 2-3x it normally takes, but who the hell has all that free time??? Or the patience to deal with the asshats between pvts? I'm about to start drinking!! Totally sucks. I enjoyed having a life, guess it's over now, lmao.
SoloDesire
09-02-2015, 03:46 PM
I'm about to start drinking!! Totally sucks. I enjoyed having a life, guess it's over now, lmao.
Pshhh...Streamate has had me drinking for months now!! LOL
webcamcutie
09-02-2015, 04:11 PM
Pshhh...Streamate has had me drinking for months now!! LOL
I quit drinking 3 years ago after an incident, but it's really been bad enough I'm ready to start again!
GracieBlue
09-03-2015, 12:06 AM
Anyone venture to guess why my stream on sm would pixelate? I will stream for a bit and it is fine and then my screen will like blink and then pixelate. This has been happening for like 4 days. I thought it was my internet so I dragged them out to my house and they did fix a few things but I am still pixelating! My lighting has not changed or really anything. I do not split. I use the c920 cam. My computer definitely needs updating, it is a AMD Hp but it does the job. Thanks in advance to any techy bbs that can help!
Bella28
09-03-2015, 04:59 AM
Dont hurry back, you're most definitely not missing anything.... Just a headache and issues. Sure...can make goals in 2-3x it normally takes, but who the hell has all that free time??? Or the patience to deal with the asshats between pvts? I'm about to start drinking!! Totally sucks. I enjoyed having a life, guess it's over now, lmao.
LMFAO ok well at least it's doable!
hyori
09-03-2015, 06:09 AM
Anyone venture to guess why my stream on sm would pixelate? I will stream for a bit and it is fine and then my screen will like blink and then pixelate. This has been happening for like 4 days. I thought it was my internet so I dragged them out to my house and they did fix a few things but I am still pixelating! My lighting has not changed or really anything. I do not split. I use the c920 cam. My computer definitely needs updating, it is a AMD Hp but it does the job. Thanks in advance to any techy bbs that can help!
It could be a multitude of things. Usually if you turn off hardware accelleration in your Flash settings that will be the quick fix. Right click on your vid stream and then go through the little tabs until you find the check box with hardware accelleration. Uncheck. It will cause you to use more CPU resources but since you don't splitcam you should be OK.
pixiepower329
09-03-2015, 06:16 AM
Holy fucking zero traffic. I mean.. I don't expect thousands of people in my room.. but it is beyond odd for me to be online for more than 10 minutes with not even an in-and-out guy.
Sunnylexie
09-03-2015, 06:27 AM
Holy fucking zero traffic. I mean.. I don't expect thousands of people in my room.. but it is beyond odd for me to be online for more than 10 minutes with not even an in-and-out guy.
Same here. Damn, I could do one or two 14-hour shifts a week to reach my goal, but not every day! I need to sleep sometimes FFS. Why get a good webcam and a fuckton of toys when there's noone out there to show all that goodness to =/.
It was soo slow omg i was thinking i'll do nothing but then i had two shows, one nice pvt and a longer exclusive, after that i logged off relieved, 3 hrs on cam and only two shows omg! I was reading an e-book on screen, changed positions often cause my back was hurting, tried to hustle but there was no traffic to hustle to. bohhh. I find wednesdays to be very slow for me most times.
pixiepower329
09-03-2015, 06:54 AM
Well, I'm trying to stay committed. Already broke it a little by sleeping in this morning and getting on almost 4 hours late, so I suppose this is my penance. From now until the week of Thanksgiving, I'm committing a minimum of 42 hours per week to Streammate. And an additional 20 hours to another site. And an additional 10 hours to clip making. Got a kiddo with a very expensive hobby.. and we have a major competition in November.... its the only shot I've got at being able to cover it all.
IllyriaStorm
09-03-2015, 07:45 AM
Yikes, not looking forward to logging on in a bit with what everyone is saying! I'm glad that I had a great night last night! Not as much pressure for today.
Sunnylexie
09-03-2015, 09:30 AM
Well I've been camming on SM for 7 years, no splitcamming, I cam fulltime, 10+ hours 5 days a week, always best internet connection and equipment I can find, toys and all, but it doesn't look like the site is planning to return any of my love. I haven't had sex with my husband for 3 months because during the weekend we clean the house, do the laundry and run the errands and all I do on weekdays is camming (read: sitting in an empty room waiting for someone to show up and making like $10 an hour) and sleeping. Looks like I have to get up and carry my equipment and devotion elsewhere because I have no fucking life anymore and don't want to sacrifice my family to SM on top of all the money I've invested into it.
GracieBlue
09-03-2015, 09:44 AM
It could be a multitude of things. Usually if you turn off hardware accelleration in your Flash settings that will be the quick fix. Right click on your vid stream and then go through the little tabs until you find the check box with hardware accelleration. Uncheck. It will cause you to use more CPU resources but since you don't splitcam you should be OK.
I have always had that unchecked. But thanks for the suggestion. So annoyed with it.
hyori
09-03-2015, 09:47 AM
I have always had that unchecked. But thanks for the suggestion. So annoyed with it.
Try also clearing out all your cookies, flushing dns, reinstalling Flash, update your cam drivers, update your video card drivers. If all else fails, reinstall windows.
Sunnylexie
09-03-2015, 09:49 AM
@GracieBlue - Do you have enough lighting? My Logitech goes pixelated and down to 15 fps when it's too dark (and by "too dark", the cam may understand a zoom on your ass in black panties lol).
Well I've been camming on SM for 7 years, no splitcamming, I cam fulltime, 10+ hours 5 days a week, always best internet connection and equipment I can find, toys and all, but it doesn't look like the site is planning to return any of my love. I haven't had sex with my husband for 3 months because during the weekend we clean the house, do the laundry and run the errands and all I do on weekdays is camming (read: sitting in an empty room waiting for someone to show up and making like $10 an hour) and sleeping. Looks like I have to get up and carry my equipment and devotion elsewhere because I have no fucking life anymore and don't want to sacrifice my family to SM on top of all the money I've invested into it.
I admire ur dedication and hard work sunny, i wish to add that IMO work should not come before relationships & personal life, not having intimate life with ur partner is not healthy for the relationship, i dont know ur situation there, i get it u need the money but u also need to live, not only to work. You will get older at the PC camming & then u'll miss the years when u could have had enjoyed life believe me. I get u not the only bread winner in the house so why pushing urself soo hard? Just thinking of ur well being & saying these all with love. take care, Hugs!
IllyriaStorm
09-03-2015, 11:44 AM
Are the SM dudes on an every-other-day schedule this week or something? Monday was great for me, Tuesday sucked, yesterday was great, today is the slowest day yet! What's going on?!
kiki399
09-03-2015, 12:34 PM
Is anyone else experiencing glitches big time again? My ranking numbers are all over the place and I know for a fact its not on my end. This is getting so old, my encoder btw shows completely different numbers. I have high speed, hard wired and my fps is 2.5 c'mon really WTF! They go excellent to poor and the numbers I am getting are outrageous! UGH and Monday & Tuesday were great, no glitches, made money, traffic. Today is a nightmare
RamonaRamone
09-03-2015, 12:40 PM
I had to log off. Today was deader than dead. And I agree, Illyria! I did pretty well yesterday but today and Tuesday have been slow as fuck, and I'm on the front page with a nice HD cam, nice lights, phone, and everything. UGH. Trying to save up money to move to a new apartment and this is killing me.
Monica_Lovely
09-03-2015, 12:58 PM
I haven't been able to get any exclusives in over 2 weeks.....it kicks them before the show starts....they think i reject it and never fucking come back.......fml
luscious sadie
09-03-2015, 01:16 PM
I haven't been able to get any exclusives in over 2 weeks.....it kicks them before the show starts....they think i reject it and never fucking come back.......fml
maybe for the time being stop offering them or make an auto text and spam freechat with it every now and then explaining the situation?
SweetieBitch
09-03-2015, 01:20 PM
I had some glitches last night -- a few guys getting kicked from pvt and free, one guy being in pvt and saying he couldn't see me, and one guy not being able to see the block session options, though I suspect that may have just been a daily limit issue. But the guys were persistent and they all came back and were able to get shows, eventually. Overall a decent 7 hour shift.
Also at least once a night for the last week or so, everyone suddenly complains about a really loud high pitched beep in free chat. Everyone can hear it except me. I've heard it while peeping in other girls' rooms too; it's rather startling and I imagine quite boner-killing.
plumwine
09-03-2015, 02:07 PM
I had 2 guys enter private at exactly the same time, and one said he had to try multiple times to get it to work. No other complaints today besides that.
On another note, does anyone outside of Florida want to volunteer to check my placement for me? I tried looking on my phone and couldn't find myself :(
daisylive
09-03-2015, 02:15 PM
The last 2 weeks have been absolutely horrible. i have to wait 5 to 10 mins after logging in for people to start talking in my room cause they keep getting booted out. Then when the connection is finally somewhat stable they say to me "speak up plz". Yet im sitting looking at my encoder and the volume level is very high. Then when i get a pvt they stay for 1 minute. When i look in other models rooms, their sound goes in and out, apartently this is what my sound is like too from what guys have told me. I've called my isp, asked them to send a signal. I've used ccleaner, but nope. Nothing is working. I've adjusted the encoder setings soo many times and its not fucking working. I wonder if im having these problems from my recent downloads. I've downloaded PIA, anti-malwarebytes, skyprivate and avast 2 weeks ago and have been experiencing this problems ever since. I thought these programs were supposed to help improv my PC performance, but is it possible that its fucking with the encoder? I don't have them running in the background when i stream on the encoder yet i still have all these issues. I can't deal with this wtf.
update: i just uninstalled the vpn and my bitrate went back up, but people are still getting kicked out
tropo
09-03-2015, 04:55 PM
Some girls in here mentioned a contact for SM customer service. Not the really dry, robotic customer service we can get online, but someone who may be more sympathetic to my particular problem.
They've really screwed with my business, by making a general ban on message service "from my region" as they say. Unfortunately, customers can still message me and when a customer who has spent a lot of money in my room and given me a lot of gold leaves a nice message, but doesn't get a thank you back from me, he's likely to think I'm a rude bitch and not private me again.
This is extremely unfair. If they disable my message service, they should inform the customers and give an explanation.
All I got from customer service was a "we'll take it under advisement" kind of reply, and that was months ago. They really don't seem to give a shit. It's not good for us and not good for the customers.
sweetgapeach
09-03-2015, 05:40 PM
Nevermind...lol
CharlotteD
09-03-2015, 07:09 PM
OK is it just me or there is noooooooooo freaking traffic at all? I wasnt on tuesday and yesterday but thursdays used to be good. WTF. I've been on for over 3 hours now made like 18 bucks and had barely any traffic
SexyLittleThing
09-03-2015, 07:22 PM
I've been on for 3h and made a whooping 10 bucks. I just can't anymore... I just can't. I just want to curl up and cry. Bills are piling up, car insurance, college bills... Everything. As one of you mentioned earlier - it's time to start drinking, because this stress is getting to me. I've never been THIS stressed in my life. But - every month on SM is a struggle. Can't wait to get off this horrid site.
princessivy
09-03-2015, 07:29 PM
I had a solo account on SM and (AFTER closing it) recently opened a Boleyn Models studio account. I should've been approved sometime this week so I planned on doing a camathon this weekend to help for the days I took off.
BUT SURPRISE!
Streamate closed my studio account because "model has account with another studio with a recent stream date".
What the fuck streamate?! Recently you've made it nearly impossible for me to make enough money when I work, and now you've taken THAT away from me!? I emailed support but we all know how that goes. Holy fuck I'm fuming I'm about to punch a wall or something. I really needed the money from this weekend and now there's no way I'll be able to work. Thaaaanks Streamate. I'm so glad I sticked with you as my main site.
euro_princess
09-03-2015, 07:57 PM
Wtf, SM?! Seriously? So pissed right now. You get no more pussy!
LittleSexBunny
09-03-2015, 08:19 PM
wow streamate.... you dropped me an entire fucking page?? Wtf for?? I made so much more $ yesterday by NOT doing your stupid goldshows. So you drop me??? The fuck is this shit? Force ashley to do goldshows for 12 dollars of her fucking her vagina at 7 minutes. Fuck off....
calling mfc and skype shows....
Not my fucking job to convert a million people to only be 5 dollar tippers for your site. It's like, since i didn't have 100 people join gold shows yesterday you're punishing me. NEWS FLASH. Your fucking site hasn't been paying out with goldshows. I have bills to pay. Punish me for making more money with less people??? GTFOH
And...I'm editing again..
Drop me..fine...whatever.. But I'm not cheapening myself for your site. Not now. Not ever. I'm not taking shows for a few pennies just to get my placement up. You can kiss my ass. I'm worth more than that. bxtch.
I can't remember having so many freaking peekers. Nearly the only traffic I had today.
IllyriaStorm
09-03-2015, 09:00 PM
Yeah, I made a glorious $8. Decided what the hell and did a gold show at the end of the night, didn't make anywhere near goal but did it because at least it's still income at this point. So that was my night. Really hoping tomorrow is better...
TrifilinCamHo
09-03-2015, 09:11 PM
So....how does one go about getting a permanent static avatar? Do I just email support with a .jpg and they do it? My action shots of late are decidedly NOT doing me any favors.
IllyriaStorm
09-03-2015, 09:14 PM
Same here. Most of them involve a lot of my forehead.
Blovely
09-03-2015, 09:17 PM
^^^Yeah you have to email support and ask them to change your bio pic to a static image. From there on out you can change your bio pic by uploading the pic through the "Change Bio Pic" link on your profile.
EllieGold
09-03-2015, 09:36 PM
Went from page 2 to page 4. I'm the last in my category almost. I'm streaming just great and people can hear & see me! I've made a pathetic goal for 4 hours...laughable. }:D Please... camgods I need you!
kiki399
09-03-2015, 09:39 PM
I made a fuckin Buck today,so congrats to u girls who made 8.....Wtf, Guess I'll do another site until SM fixes this shit!! Oh yeah and nothing but demanding peepers. Anyone else notice guys who want to view their dicks? I feel like I'm on mfc lol...wanna see my dick so they can get their freebie show, not from this little lady
EllieGold
09-03-2015, 10:00 PM
When I'm in free chat watching models tonight lots of them are mid gold show countdown then all of a sudden they are in private... refresh and its back to gold show. I know that I'm under free chat, but really? I will go to look at myself and I am in a private (when I'm clearly not).... Lots of girls are really mad at Streamate tonight....I don't blame them.
EllieGold
09-03-2015, 10:03 PM
wow streamate.... you dropped me an entire fucking page?? Wtf for?? I made so much more $ yesterday by NOT doing your stupid goldshows. So you drop me??? The fuck is this shit? Force ashley to do goldshows for 12 dollars of her fucking her vagina at 7 minutes. Fuck off....
calling mfc and skype shows....
Not my fucking job to convert a million people to only be 5 dollar tippers for your site. It's like, since i didn't have 100 people join gold shows yesterday you're punishing me. NEWS FLASH. Your fucking site hasn't been paying out with goldshows. I have bills to pay. Punish me for making more money with less people??? GTFOH
And...I'm editing again..
Drop me..fine...whatever.. But I'm not cheapening myself for your site. Not now. Not ever. I'm not taking shows for a few pennies just to get my placement up. You can kiss my ass. I'm worth more than that. bxtch.
Hang in there. I got dropped big time tonight. I used to be #1 in my category for a few weeks now... to #10 or so.. I lost a ton of traffic... page 1-2 to 4, 5, 112. I had to take a peek in your room and you are stunning. It's NOT you trust me. :)
scarlettbelle
09-03-2015, 10:10 PM
My placement went way up on Tuesday night so I'm guessing placement is getting thrown around a little right now. Probably due to the new encoder being tested.
So far tonight I went from back to back exclusive shows to suddenly not even getting a $1 GS started. Stop toying with my emotions, Streamate!!
LittleSexBunny
09-03-2015, 10:11 PM
yeah it's pretty crazy... idk wtf is going on. lol
I was GOING to try goldshows again tonight, but it's damn near impossible on the second page with only 4 paying members in my room at once. So there goes that idea! lol. Oh well sm... they're missing out on money too, not just me. No matter what it takes I'm going to pay my bills... If that meant doing goldshows at 100 dollars or taking privates/exclusives. But it's like they're forcing me to only do the goldshows. After a night like yesterday....(over 300 in one hour) HELL NO i didn't want to take any goldshows with like 40 dollars in the pot lol! So i told everyone to come back tonight and we would try again...
Can't like this. I'm not sitting here in free chat with my tits out for nothing. lol. They can fix it or forget it.
hope things look better in the future. I have accounts on mfc, chaturbate, niteflirt, imlive, skyprivate, ect. So im not really worried about it. If they don't want me to work for them then I wont. It's that simple.
I'm probably going to message support about it tomorrow. lol we'll see...maybe i wont! HA!!! Kind of don't feel like dealing with the, "half ass support system."
Hang in there. I got dropped big time tonight. I used to be #1 in my category for a few weeks now... to #10 or so.. I lost a ton of traffic... page 1-2 to 4, 5, 112. I had to take a peek in your room and you are stunning. It's NOT you trust me. :)
Sunnylexie
09-03-2015, 10:23 PM
Well since they aren't bringing in traffic anymore and want us to bring our own clientele for the extra %, what are we expected to do (especially the new models who don't have a following)? Put in a few more hours into networking and advertising on top of the hours we spend on the site struggling to make a living? Or maybe hire an agent with the money we aren't making? FFS I can't even take any decent photos of me because I'm permanently tired, stressed and sleep deprived and look like a caffeinated zombie but can't take an extra day or two of to bring myself in order because chance is high I'll get "penalized" for not putting as many hours in and come back to a dead room.
UPD: SOOOO I got on cam tonight to find out my placement has dropped almost a page. So yes, back to a dead room. I guess I should now message the support and ask where I sacrifice my first baby (because everything else's been done)?
EllieGold
09-03-2015, 11:08 PM
this may sound like the dumbest question ever... but WHY stop buying traffic SM?... Seriously. Does not make any sense to make the models rely on traffic we bring ourselves. We're performers. Yes some of us have a following- I get it! Buuuuut... That's just taking cheap to a whole new level. :(
scarlettbelle
09-03-2015, 11:27 PM
From what I've seen they're mostly relying on white labels and promoters to bring in traffic. And there are definitely still SM pop ups on porn sites. Not sure if they're still running ads on TV or not, but they were doing that fairly recently.
EllieGold
09-03-2015, 11:40 PM
Oh yea, that's right.. the whitelabels. I know that they advertise on dating sites. I've been getting a lot more guys this week asking if we can meet in person or they will greet themselves with "A,S,L" (Age Sex Location). Like... we're not here to date guys... seriously. I do notice a difference in traffic since 2012-2013 when I cammed full time then. Men talked a lot more & were more interactive. They didn't just pop in/out like they do now. Hope things improve for us ladies.
DeepThoughts
09-04-2015, 12:16 AM
^^ Oh shit! I wondered why some guys are always telling me that information and Im thinking "and I care because......." LOL That explains it! Maybe the hole Ashely Madison scandal left a gap in the market cause I have had so many of those guys the last few days. The good news is they do sign up with payment info so the potential for them to be clients is still there!!!
LittleSexBunny
09-04-2015, 12:23 AM
maybe complaining here does help sometimes. Placement fixed. Thank you streamate. I'll try to makeup lost cash tomorrow! MUAH!