Log in

View Full Version : The Streamate Thread



Pages : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 435 436 437 [438] 439 440 441 442 443 444 445 446 447 448 449 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516 517 518 519 520 521 522 523 524 525 526 527 528 529 530 531 532 533 534 535 536 537 538 539 540 541 542 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 567 568 569 570 571 572 573 574 575 576 577 578 579 580 581 582 583 584 585 586 587 588 589 590 591 592 593 594 595 596 597 598 599 600 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 626 627 628 629 630 631 632 633 634 635 636 637 638 639 640 641 642 643 644 645 646 647 648 649 650 651 652 653 654 655 656 657 658 659 660 661 662 663 664 665 666 667 668 669 670 671 672 673 674 675 676 677 678 679 680 681 682 683 684 685 686 687 688 689 690 691 692 693 694 695 696 697 698 699 700 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 724 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 736 737 738 739 740 741 742 743 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 754 755 756 757 758 759 760 761 762 763 764 765 766 767 768 769 770 771 772 773 774 775 776 777 778 779 780 781 782 783 784 785 786 787 788 789 790 791 792 793 794 795 796 797 798 799 800 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 808 809 810 811 812 813 814 815 816 817 818 819 820 821 822 823 824 825 826 827 828 829 830 831 832 833 834 835 836 837 838 839 840 841 842 843 844 845 846 847 848 849 850 851 852 853 854 855 856 857 858 859 860 861 862 863 864 865 866 867 868 869 870 871 872 873 874 875 876 877 878 879 880 881 882 883 884 885 886 887 888 889 890 891 892 893 894 895 896 897 898 899 900 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 908 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 916 917 918 919 920 921 922 923 924 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 932 933 934 935 936 937 938 939 940 941 942 943 944 945 946 947 948 949 950 951 952 953 954 955 956 957 958 959 960 961 962 963 964 965 966 967 968 969 970 971 972 973 974 975 976 977 978 979 980 981 982 983 984 985 986 987 988 989 990 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 1000 1001 1002 1003 1004 1005

1pandoradesire
09-22-2015, 08:59 AM
Hiya, thanks 1pandoradesire, I appreciate it...I was beginning to wonder if I was getting way ugly. I think I tried signing up with cams and then they asked me to fill out a w8 form or something, which being in the UK was near impossible? I found the form, printed it off and then had a laugh at all the referrals to 'aliens!'...is it proof lol?

I was thinking of trying a new tactic and maybe trying out a token based system like Chaturbate? I've only cammed via Skype or private based sites so far and although I love the c2c and 121 ethos I also fancy doing something different for a change.

I started doing more camming to replace doing working on a psychic line as doing back-to-back readings is so draining. Now sitting doing f all in free chat on SM is more draining than that and I've got the worry over not earning.

At least playing with my pussy for free or tokens will keep my circulation going and I like the fact that you can link to your wishlist and twitter and so on and also get creative with HTML in your profiles.

Of course, I may change my mind once I've tried it, but I have cast some 'happier and not so pissed off whilst working' spells of late and who knows...maybe a change is part of the manifestation!

I actually wrote an incantation that I'm about to post as a video on YouTube actually, for earning a replacement income when you can't get online...I'll put a post on here when I've uploaded it and you can see if it works for you!

xxx

We have much in common! I was just thinking about doing readings online. I have been reading oracle cards for several years now. About six months ago i started to learn tarot cards. I can see where doing only readings would be a drain on you, so mixing it up with cam modeling is good. I have also taken an interest in Wicca lately, and am really liking it. I am sure you already know this but be sure to sage your cam room often. As for Chaturbate i signed up a few months ago and am going to give it a try. I have been cam modeling for almost four years. I got my start on LJ so i was made so to speak in doing pvt shows. While I have 10 years in advertising sales, the gold shows are not how I did my sales. Perhaps it is time to learn a new way of doing things. I have loved my time on SM, well really I would say we have a love hate relationship and hope it recoups. I will stay on for regulars, but i have also found Cams to fill in on the income. On Cams you can give your wishlist, snap and instagram, as well as F.B and twitter, it is available i think only for the fan club members. My fan club has grown quickly there. Not sure why you have trouble with the sign up, there are many models that are not from the U.S. At any rate I am glad to have met you on this post and will be sure to check you out on YouTube.

MelantheDivine
09-22-2015, 09:15 AM
Well yes, it does seem we have a lot in common, so nice to meet you too. I've been a psychic since forever and am an oracle and empath. I started off doing tarot readings in my early 20's for psychic premium lines. Although I don't need to use cards any more I still love them and collect decks. That makes me feel old. The only problem I find is that there are so many crap or not-really-psychic psychics that it is hard until you get started. I have a few regulars who I've know for years and most have become close friends. My PC and webcam is on my altar actually and I cleanse and purify daily. It is habit already but thanks. I do actually teach magic too, so let me know if ever you need any magical advice or help. The one thing you have to know about magic is that you cannot and should not attempt to change everything. Some things, like SM for instance, cannot be changed. It is like trying to run a car on a small pen battery, energy-wise. I'll have a look at Cams again - sounds interesting an maybe their rules have changed since I last looked. I just wish I's stop coughing and sneezing now - my fault as I 'requested' to get better fast, so now I have short-term pain enhanced for medium term gain lol. xxx

Finley_Blake
09-22-2015, 10:17 AM
Yes I had bouncing around too! It took me 3 days to figure it out. It is your FPS most likely. I learned that the BCC950 Conference Cam can't really handle the new settings (even though the camera capable of 30 Frames per second). I switched to the C920 and it fixed it. As soon as your FPS drops, placement does too!

Not sure if it's the camera. I have been using the BCC950 for almost a year now, and I have been streaming in 720p for at least 4 months (using OBS thought) and these are my stats with that cam and my bitrate is 1163.51, FPS is 30 and RTT is 95

christylive
09-22-2015, 11:03 AM
worst monday in years !!!!!!!!!!!!!


OMG YASSSSSS!!!!! nothing but pretend bots I mean users logging off and on hundreds of times.. tom67.mak45,sue44,8877yyt,445tty67 <----- all day long.... On occasion a regular would say hello and disappear. Some of the models that had 100+ 'members' in their room the other day had nothing but members with the above names... hmmmm... Would like to know wtf is going on...

Bella28
09-22-2015, 11:04 AM
me too I have assholes all day and my placement is down so low on front page I am so sick of this shit! This has been going on for weeks now WTF STREAMATE!

christylive
09-22-2015, 11:10 AM
Oh my - I've had so many issues with SM of late. Firstly not being able to log-in at all, right when I'd done my eyes so nicely too The 'connecting' thing was just going round and round and round...boring and very annoying. Then I eventually got on after like three hours only to be told no-one could hear me.

I've had people wanting to take me private the then not being able to. I have posted before about this too. I know the site had issues a few weeks back.

I've also seen such strange people coming in and out and in and out...not saying even 'hello' and the site (now this is going to sound weird but I am a psychic) 'feels' strange too. It looks like SM but feels different. Like I'm in an alt reality or something lol. People act as though I'm not there. Every time I've felt the same energy, I've had issues with the site. So much so that I just didn't even attempt to go live the other day. Now the site is just pissing me off and it's not good vibes started a live session pissed off lol.

I asked a regular who's run out of cash (damn) and he says he can see me OK etc.

I've not received any messages about new settings either. I've checked my feed and so has my hubby, it looks OK and my lighting is better than ever.

I do feel disappointed if I'm honest as a few months ago I was making $120 in three hours and sometimes in an hour and a half. The last few I've made $5 for the same hours, nothing at all on a few evenings.

Are days any better?

Is it me or is it SM and their system? I don't want to give up on the site but I can't face wasting every evening of my life for nothing. I've got kids and fitting in working around being a mum is hard enough as it is.

Now I've got flu (did I manifest it in not wanting to sit in a dead non-earning room?) and can't cam so am wondering what to do when I'm over it. Try a new site or what?

I've got some good tags and really don't want to say goodbye to SM, it is just not holding up it's end of the bargain.

Any ideas are most appreciated.

xxx



All I know is it's NICE to see I'm not the only one who SEES the fishy shit going on with the rise in these 'bot like' ghosts w/weird names. We go from hardly any traffic thanks to glitches to traffic up the WAZOO outta nowhere only I don't think the traffic is human. Conspiracy nut? Maybe.... Maybe.... But this is OUR money on the line and our 65% at work?? I mean REALLY???

SM_CamGirl
09-22-2015, 11:16 AM
OMG YASSSSSS!!!!! nothing but pretend bots I mean users logging off and on hundreds of times.. tom67.mak45,sue44,8877yyt,445tty67 <----- all day long.... On occasion a regular would say hello and disappear. Some of the models that had 100+ 'members' in their room the other day had nothing but members with the above names... hmmmm... Would like to know wtf is going on...

if my wonderful monday was a nightmare... God im not expecting anything good for the rest of my week... my heart and my patience are broken =(

luscious sadie
09-22-2015, 11:30 AM
All I know is it's NICE to see I'm not the only one who SEES the fishy shit going on with the rise in these 'bot like' ghosts w/weird names. We go from hardly any traffic thanks to glitches to traffic up the WAZOO outta nowhere only I don't think the traffic is human. Conspiracy nut? Maybe.... Maybe.... But this is OUR money on the line and our 65% at work?? I mean REALLY???

what is the conspiracy?

pixiepower329
09-22-2015, 12:01 PM
Beefing "traffic numbers".... to me that generally indicates an intention to either garner new investors or sell.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
09-22-2015, 12:15 PM
Beefing "traffic numbers".... to me that generally indicates an intention to either garner new investors or sell.

Or its a sadistic plot to driver cammers crazy by greeting bots all day long

"hi r2d2Arf, how are...damn he's gone"

"What up bigyskdreoi8 how's yo.. *poof*

"bigserudklsekr Howdy"

christylive
09-22-2015, 12:25 PM
what is the conspiracy?

I'm only saying that folks like me are labeled as such for thinking outside the box. Muahaaaahaahaaaaa *evil laugh*

EllieGold
09-22-2015, 12:28 PM
I have noticed alot of weird bot like names. Not sure what's up. I do get weird names like "askmesomethingweird" or "shewasntready" <--- what's that about? Sounds pretty bad. hmmm. These guys DON'T spend.

I found a thread via google where men talk about trolling camgirls and kinda an inside point of view what they think of cammodels. I do sincerely believe that lots of men are seriously thinking we're either 1. free and we love getting naked without being paid or 2. they were led to believe we will screw them in real life.

SuperPookie
09-22-2015, 12:34 PM
You know Streamate has officially went to shit when you log into ifriends and think how busy you are :/.

Tigrillo
09-22-2015, 12:39 PM
Tumbleweeds here since noon. It's 2:38 and I've made peanuts today. :)

RamonaRamone
09-22-2015, 12:58 PM
Today was my lowest earning day ever. Usually I can at least hit $100 in 3-4 hours on a slower day. Was on for two and a half hours and left with $20. Fuck. I just put in my two weeks notice to my vanilla job to cam fulltime too, and it's scary. I've never had such low traffic - I got super paranoid and thought my sound was fucked or I was lagging but then someone would say something after like 20mins of silence and I'd know I wasn't glitching. But like... what the fuck. Did my placement drop?? I never get long periods of no one in my chatroom like this.

IllyriaStorm
09-22-2015, 01:26 PM
Yeah after half an hour if having approximately 6 people go in and out of my room I've been spending the rest of the afternoon signing up for other sites.

justlurk
09-22-2015, 01:34 PM
Is it just me or ever model I peep on has a slight lag?

EllieGold
09-22-2015, 01:41 PM
$3 so far today... yeah this aint fun at all. :-/

SadieTaylor
09-22-2015, 01:43 PM
Yeah I tried, I can't log into mine either.

SM_CamGirl
09-22-2015, 01:56 PM
something its really worst today, every model i try to see... i only see the black screen including myself, and 1 model was in a tv gold show u know 1st place on front page... of course i did not see her, but i saw the countdown and only 2 guys sent gold !!

kortneykay
09-22-2015, 02:15 PM
I was able to log in after re-installing it and hearing back from SM. Works now so I'll see what happens.

xCamLovex
09-22-2015, 02:35 PM
golferalex showed up in my room. took me exclusive, sent me a c2c request and i told him to go fuck himself and ended the show. oh yes, and i didn't open his cam. fuck him.

webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 04:00 PM
Did u ever find the post? Im being plagued by this issue as well!

Yes I wrote a forum post about it. I'll bump it for ya.

webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 04:03 PM
Prob some tech issues this morning. I had a regular on mobile today say I froze twice and lagged, which was understandable, he was on mobile... Then I had a really good reg custie take me pvt and it froze and lagged on him several times, and he'd stay till the lag would catch up then it would lag again, but in freechat, it was fine. And he was on PC. And the best part (heavy sarcasm) is my bit rate wasn't fluctuating, my rtt was great, my fps was amazing, but when he took me pvt it would freeze then lag horribly bad, explains all the short pvts today for sure.

webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 04:04 PM
I'd REALLY appreciate that, I was trying to find it-- ive had glitches all day and bouncing all over from my RT's going all over on my old settings and the new settings i cant get past 11 fps. pulling my hair out :(

I bumped it for ya :)

Susperia
09-22-2015, 04:23 PM
golferalex showed up in my room. took me exclusive, sent me a c2c request and i told him to go fuck himself and ended the show. oh yes, and i didn't open his cam. fuck him. He showed up in my room yesterday and immediately took me exclusive, I just sat there and asked him what he wanted and he quickly left before I could ban him.

mint_
09-22-2015, 04:46 PM
golferalex showed up in my room. took me exclusive, sent me a c2c request and i told him to go fuck himself and ended the show. oh yes, and i didn't open his cam. fuck him.

This makes me SO incredibly happy. That fucker is a ball of shit. I can't wait for the day I see him again because I'm gonna do something similar then ban him for good. If he has similar screen names I'll keep my eye out for those and do the same thing. I really hate that guy.

EffyRose
09-22-2015, 05:18 PM
I missed it. What did he do? Just want to be prepared.

IllyriaStorm
09-22-2015, 05:33 PM
Great. I'd been mostly glitch-free but tonight guys are telling me my cam is freezing. WTF? I'm using the encoder with the old settings. There is no reason this should be happening!

webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 05:38 PM
Great. I'd been mostly glitch-free but tonight guys are telling me my cam is freezing. WTF? I'm using the encoder with the old settings. There is no reason this should be happening!

I had that today too :( Even when all of my stats were amazing and great, they said it was freezing and lagging in pvt but not in freechat - smh.

IllyriaStorm
09-22-2015, 05:48 PM
The traffic is just not even there. I know I should stay on but it's quite a struggle when I'm literally sitting in an empty room.

plumwine
09-22-2015, 07:22 PM
I tried the new settings for a little bit tonight...my internet/computer couldn't handle it. I went back to the medium legacy settings that I normally use and I actually ended up having a pretty good night for my standards (about 40% in paid chat.) No complaints of glitches, and a decent amount of real traffic that actually talked & were courteous. Camming can be a fickle bitch.

Bella28
09-22-2015, 07:44 PM
so yeah finally busy and using new settings going smoothly and with each private my placement drops? LOLOL um ok

xCamLovex
09-22-2015, 08:23 PM
This makes me SO incredibly happy. That fucker is a ball of shit. I can't wait for the day I see him again because I'm gonna do something similar then ban him for good. If he has similar screen names I'll keep my eye out for those and do the same thing. I really hate that guy.

yes he is. i wrote SM support about this and how a bunch of us models are aware of this slimeball. i would suggest banning him before he can take u pvt and just decline his exc request cuz he'll never stay 30 seconds so dont even worry about getting paid...cuz u wont. F HIM!

kortneykay
09-22-2015, 09:17 PM
That SMBroadcaster brought all the boys to the yard today for me. I mean, regs out the wazzoo throwing money :D Hopefully tomorrow it will be the same because it sure refused to let me log on earlier :/

Bella28
09-22-2015, 09:37 PM
I don't even have the sm broadcaster option lol I am just using the new setting sin the encoder and its working but my placement is horrible

anna111
09-22-2015, 10:01 PM
i am too! i dont have SMBroadcact. i dont have traffic. i have more bad placement. SM give good traffic for favorite models . other models have nothing!

Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:06 PM
yeah I am going to email them and ask for it!

Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:12 PM
was slammed when i logged on for two and a half hours now its a fucking ghost town literally 0 people in my room smh

anna111
09-22-2015, 10:19 PM
yes!i dont understand what going on SM. i even cannot to rich goal for gold show . i dont have pvts. SM stopped to buy traffic. intresting when SM to start to buy traffic again or SM dont want to do it and all money from ours comissions will be take in pockets for himself

Bella28
09-22-2015, 10:55 PM
yeah idk why they did that if its costing them money. They need to do what they were doing before and stop changing shit because this is not good for anybody! They need to get it together!

webcamcutie
09-22-2015, 11:11 PM
I just watched myself freeze up then lag then freeze up in freechat on SM on another computer of mine right beside me. Now I feel bad for telling the few members that maybe it was their issue when I'm clearly seeing there is still tech problems going on. yet my RTT FPS and bit rate are all amazing yet I'm watching myself freeze and lag. Perfect SM, you really did a great job fixing things, no wonder all the traffic is leaving.

Bella28
09-22-2015, 11:22 PM
I just noticed my room started doing it and it has been fine all night and now its fucked up so idk wtf they are doing or whats going but this is horseshit.

AlexiaRoss
09-22-2015, 11:27 PM
I just watched myself freeze up then lag then freeze up in freechat on SM on another computer of mine right beside me. Now I feel bad for telling the few members that maybe it was their issue when I'm clearly seeing there is still tech problems going on. yet my RTT FPS and bit rate are all amazing yet I'm watching myself freeze and lag. Perfect SM, you really did a great job fixing things, no wonder all the traffic is leaving.

This happened to me too. I was able to get my settings to be perfect and my rankings were all good, good, excellent - yet my placement tanked, and I had NO traffic. Earlier today nothing but lag, tonight I had like 3 people come in my room. I couldnt even get a GS started to save my life. I dont have the SMbroadcast. My FPS were fucked all day until I fixed it or s I thought tonight, and then 8-9PM PST when everything was finally "good" I had nobody in my room and I was waaaay at the bottom of the first page. Im usually within the first 3 rows and and sometimes in the first 1 or 2 depending on the time, and even though I dont put in as much hours as I should, this lack of traffic is unusual and scary for me!

anna111
09-22-2015, 11:32 PM
i sent mail now for SM where i asked why they dont buy traffic and when they want to do it. and why our chats so empty

SamanthaSugar
09-22-2015, 11:37 PM
Can someone pretty please take a screen shot of the new encoder? When I try and download the new one it looks exactly like the the old 3.1 encoder I've always been using.
I wish they would just stop with all the upgrades every other month so it seems!!
For the love!

MelantheDivine
09-23-2015, 01:36 AM
Good morning, OK, so could someone please tell me what the SMBroadcast is all about? I've not received any support messages about it at all. A few months back I tried using the old encoder but my feed was ten times worse and when I emailed support about it they said they didn't recommend it anymore. In reading their support response about streaming they say that if you have high speed fibre-optic which I do and an HD cam which I do, there is no need to use an encoder and that using an encoder can actually reduce your overall quality.

What? This is all way to confusing. I've been just clicking on the 'Start My Show' button on my dashboard ever since.

xxx

Secret Lover
09-23-2015, 01:58 AM
I wonder what will be their next move & when the new settings will matter for placement? They said they'll announce us right?
I think they testing the SM broadcaster with the new settings and then offer it to everyone (who can run it)? I hope so lol
because i see something different now when i cam with the Adobe encoder, my CPU usage is at around 50% but jumping to 60-70% now & then also going lower than 50%; so it fluctuates compared to some days ago when it was running at approx 40% steady.
I only run SM on my machine with the new HD720 settings. This is strange and terribly slow lately on SM.

RaineyLane
09-23-2015, 02:44 AM
Top placement and it's just a bunch of broke losers pretending they are going to take you pvt. I can sniff these guys out a mile away. What ever happened to the "spotting the guys who won't pay" thread?? Feel like posting there next...

If the guy starts the convo with "hi, hru" or any variation, he won't pay...
If the guy rattles off a paragraph of erotica in free chat, he won't pay...
If a guys says TITS BB,he won't pay...

I'm getting like all of these broke loser lines! Had to log off for a snack break and to smoke more weed. I'll get back on at 3am and see what's up. Where are all the rich morning wankers?

kortneykay
09-23-2015, 05:30 AM
For those of you who don't have the SMBroadcaster I doubt it has anything to do with favoritism(I'm a middle/mid end of the page type) and I think it was quite random. Just days before I was using the new Encoder and I had bad freezing issues as well. Also, I couldn't even log into the SMB so it sounds like it's all a hit and miss. Keep your heads up, keep logging in and it'll get straightened out eventually.