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KatM
04-25-2017, 02:47 AM
^^^ This!

Compared to the other contests where the motto was kinda like "Let's make the rich even richer" this last contest was addressed to everyone as there was a bonus on top of the earnings so knowing u can make more if u push and work hard it was indeed an important factor to log in and stay on.
I tried too in the evening here but it was quiet as i logged in & i had no patience to stay on cam plus i felt tired & decided to enjoy the evening & rest. For me the Easter & Christmas are holy days so i rather not cam but yes, that was something different for sure.

h0ttie
04-26-2017, 06:59 PM
has anyone who has worked sm for awhile noticed there are less guys around lately?? im not sure if its just me. it seems like the ones that are around do spend but before there used to be always atleast 10 guys whenever i was in free...now i have 5 or 6 most of the time /:O

Sunnylexie
04-27-2017, 01:14 AM
has anyone who has worked sm for awhile noticed there are less guys around lately?? im not sure if its just me. it seems like the ones that are around do spend but before there used to be always atleast 10 guys whenever i was in free...now i have 5 or 6 most of the time /:O

YES! I now may have to wait for minutes before I get someone in my room at all. I'm on the first page, top row or top half depending on the viewer's location.

Snowy0Star
04-27-2017, 01:25 AM
YES! I now may have to wait for minutes before I get someone in my room at all. I'm on the first page, top row or top half depending on the viewer's location.

i thought it was just me but yeah thats been happening more often then not the past month or so. Most of the time my room is empty and when i get someone in my room they just leave right away or they beg for free shit then leave when i ask them for gold.

Mare
04-27-2017, 07:18 AM
I was thinking it was because of this week being rent week and Mother's Day, but Mother's Day isn't until the 14th. So I don't know what's giving right now. :(

xxtinamariexx
04-27-2017, 10:00 AM
did anyone see that there is a Star now in the notes section next to the users name right under report user.. wonder what its for

~Carmen~
04-27-2017, 12:25 PM
did anyone see that there is a Star now in the notes section next to the users name right under report user.. wonder what its for


I noticed that too! Hopefully we will soon find out what it's for.

kortneykay
04-27-2017, 05:51 PM
did anyone see that there is a Star now in the notes section next to the users name right under report user.. wonder what its for

Might be able to see just who Favorited us.

h0ttie
04-27-2017, 06:43 PM
did anyone see that there is a Star now in the notes section next to the users name right under report user.. wonder what its for
i thought it was to add them to ur contacts?? im not sure i clicked it for a few good spenders lol

TCG
04-28-2017, 02:06 PM
I was wondering why SM did the contest where we got 50% of what we made over $25 and then went back to the Top 200 get prize money so I did a little math. I didn't "solve" anything. Just looked at some data. Sharing it here. Welcome other insight/comments.

It does make me wonder if the 50% contest cost them more than $42,500. I'm a top 10-20 host and never make money off Top 200 contests because I work 10 hours a week but I did make $87 from the 50% contest so that makes me think the 50% contest cost them more than the Top 200 and/or made them less overall too.

1st place: $3,000 x 1 $3,000
2nd place: $2,500 x 1 $2,500
3rd place: $2,000 x 1 $2,000
4th place: $1,500 x 1 $1,500
5th place: $1,000 x 1 $1,000
6-10th places: $750 x 5 $3,750
11-20th places: $500 x 10 $5,000
21-50th places: $250 x 40 $7,500
51-100th places: $125 x 50 $6,250
101-200th places: $75 x 100 $7,500
GRAND TOTAL $42,500

SM_CamGirl
04-28-2017, 03:29 PM
I was wondering why SM did the contest where we got 50% of what we made over $25 and then went back to the Top 200 get prize money so I did a little math. I didn't "solve" anything. Just looked at some data. Sharing it here. Welcome other insight/comments.

It does make me wonder if the 50% contest cost them more than $42,500. I'm a top 10-20 host and never make money off Top 200 contests because I work 10 hours a week but I did make $87 from the 50% contest so that makes me think the 50% contest cost them more than the Top 200 and/or made them less overall too.

1st place: $3,000 x 1 $3,000
2nd place: $2,500 x 1 $2,500
3rd place: $2,000 x 1 $2,000
4th place: $1,500 x 1 $1,500
5th place: $1,000 x 1 $1,000
6-10th places: $750 x 5 $3,750
11-20th places: $500 x 10 $5,000
21-50th places: $250 x 40 $7,500
51-100th places: $125 x 50 $6,250
101-200th places: $75 x 100 $7,500
GRAND TOTAL $42,500

i think the same, in my case im ussually on 4 or 5 row, in contests i always end in 7x place, earning usually $100, in the Bunny Bonus Days , working without pressure, only 4 to 5 hours at day, as i normally do, i earned $254, so yes i think the bonus days cost them more...

Blovely
04-29-2017, 07:23 AM
did anyone see that there is a Star now in the notes section next to the users name right under report user.. wonder what its for

i thought it was to add them to ur contacts?? im not sure i clicked it for a few good spenders lol

I did a right click, inspect and the coding says add contact. I wonder if that means we can send messages to custies now since we can add them to our contacts instead of having to wait for them to contact us first.

Snowy0Star
04-29-2017, 07:34 AM
does anyone know if you have a cam room on cammodelstore.com you can use it for the external room feature ?

laurielegs
04-29-2017, 08:49 AM
does anyone know if you have a cam room on cammodelstore.com you can use it for the external room feature ?

I'm not familiar with it but if you can paste the code in and the store doesn't block that type of code it will probably work. Worth a try.

kortneykay
04-29-2017, 12:22 PM
I had an inclination that SM wasn't going to do away 100% with the old contests but there's still hope that they'll mix it in that way everyone's satisfied. I see they're taking advantage of big money Sundays with this new contest but I'm not going to let it stop me from raking in my best day of the week.

Ain't nobody snatching up my Sunday coins with a contest! Are you watching, SM? :D Nobody! Sundays are a cambbs best frann.

sovereignv
04-30-2017, 06:28 AM
Anybody else having issues with the SM Broadcaster not recognizing their webcam? I tried with the built-in cam too to make sure and it just says it doesn't receive any video and the window stays black.

Edit: I had the same issue with the FMLE encoder and the built in Windows camera software, only the Logitech software itself recognizes any camera at all. I'm gonna restart the drivers and have another go but I guess it's more of a general tech issue than a Streamate thing ;(

Snowy0Star
04-30-2017, 04:15 PM
Does any else vape and notice a lot more smoking fetish guys are ok with it ? Ive been back on SM full time for about 3 months after going on every once in awhile for two years and before my break they always turned me down because i didn't have cigarettes. Do you think guys are more knowledgeable about it now or did they realize that vape clouds are actually bigger the cigarette clouds ?

Marina Starr
05-03-2017, 11:35 AM
I was informed by Liz that your bio pics can hurt your ranking if they're out of scale.
The right size should be 320x240.

Blovely
05-03-2017, 04:36 PM
I was informed by Liz that your bio pics can hurt your ranking if they're out of scale.
The right size should be 320x240.

I thought they automatically resized. I guess that's not the case??

Erika_Xstacy
05-03-2017, 05:05 PM
Lets see bc i uploaded some that looked wonky but it resized when i see pending photos.

Marina Starr
05-03-2017, 05:17 PM
Liz said the Tech team said my bio pic was out of scale so apparently not. I would just size to the right size whenever I submit.

I thought they automatically resized. I guess that's not the case??

Erika_Xstacy
05-03-2017, 05:26 PM
all mine were cropped auto today ... posted up

Erika_Xstacy
05-03-2017, 07:40 PM
Marina, Are you uploading the vertical or horizontal? When I upload vertical, it doesnt crop pretty at all

Marina Starr
05-04-2017, 04:58 AM
My current bio pic is between vertical and horizontal, LOL!

Marina, Are you uploading the vertical or horizontal? When I upload vertical, it doesnt crop pretty at all

Glamourmilf
05-04-2017, 09:59 PM
I haven't cammed evenings on SM, in a couple of years.
But since the afternoon was abysmal, I figured I'd try it.
Guess it was my turn for each and every guy to enter chat and immediately ask to meet up. And I don't even show my face!! Lol!
I asked if they joined SM under the promise (pretense) that they will get to meet the models, but they all said no.
Hmmm. Then why else would they ask that?
I'm so confused. Is this what the night time crowd is like now?
One guy took me private just to beg me to take his number so we could text while he's at work, away from his gf.
He said it would be hot. Hot for whom? I don't even let guys I'm dating irl text(sext). Lol!

Sunnylexie
05-06-2017, 11:44 PM
Some shitface is sending out malware on Streamate.
47998

Blovely
05-07-2017, 02:20 PM
Some shitface is sending out malware on Streamate.
47998

OMG not this shit again. I remember a few ladies posting the same exact message on here years ago. These dudes are still doing the same shit and aren't even being original. They need to get a life.

hotmodel
05-11-2017, 03:52 PM
which one would you ladies suggest is better to broadcast in? The Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder or the SMBroadcast? Streamate tech sucks in general but if you had to pick one...which one would you pick? thank you!

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-11-2017, 04:19 PM
which one would you ladies suggest is better to broadcast in? The Adobe Flash Media Live Encoder or the SMBroadcast? Streamate tech sucks in general but if you had to pick one...which one would you pick? thank you!

I've started to realize that what you use depends on your equipment and then after that your internet therefore determining what settings you should use. So many people swear for the FMLE but I've had more issues with that than the SMBroadcast. But then for me the OBS Classic works better than the other two. I think you really need to take a day or two to test things out to see which one works for you. Also I'm learning the same thing applies when it comes to browsers. I have an I7 Laptop and an I7 desktop. The desktop is the more powerful of the two but even then I run into SMBroadcaster issues.

hotmodel
05-11-2017, 04:52 PM
oh yes, I know OBS so OBS basically takes the place of the encoder and or SMbroadcaster? It keeps your same placement too? thats pretty cool! OBS is pretty easy to use.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-11-2017, 05:13 PM
oh yes, I know OBS so OBS basically takes the place of the encoder and or SMbroadcaster? It keeps your same placement too? thats pretty cool! OBS is pretty easy to use.

As far as placement goes I'm not really sure? I don't work SM very often but I put in some hours over the last two days and apparently placement was all over the place. But I still did very well. Because it's been awhile since I logged in last I'm not sure if was where I was "supposed" to be.

ep2002
05-13-2017, 10:16 AM
oh yes, I know OBS so OBS basically takes the place of the encoder and or SMbroadcaster? It keeps your same placement too? thats pretty cool! OBS is pretty easy to use.

I've been wanting to use OBS for a while now, but SM won't give me a stream key. How did you get yours?

And when Vanessa gave me one it expired after X hours. I don't understand how this works with getting a stream key.

Please help.

Thanks

ep2002
05-13-2017, 10:20 AM
Can someone please explain to me why or how guys can change their handle on SM? I've found min. 2 guys who have the same ID, but then somehow are changing their handles when they come into my room.

Snowy0Star
05-13-2017, 10:40 AM
Can someone please explain to me why or how guys can change their handle on SM? I've found min. 2 guys who have the same ID, but then somehow are changing their handles when they come into my room.

they just do it from their settings page i have a customer account i can change my user name anytime i want but i never do

Blovely
05-13-2017, 11:06 AM
I've been wanting to use OBS for a while now, but SM won't give me a stream key. How did you get yours?

And when Vanessa gave me one it expired after X hours. I don't understand how this works with getting a stream key.

Please help.

Thanks

You get the stream key from your broadcast page(streamatemodels.com/flash/) like you do with the Adobe flash encoder.....i.e. start my show (make sure external encoder is selected from the quality drop down). The streaming codes expire after each time you stream so when you need to broadcast again you click start show and then copy and paste the codes into the broadcast setting on OBS.

~Carmen~
05-13-2017, 11:57 AM
I guess that guys are able to message us from their phones now. I just had one and that was the first time I have heard of it working.

Snowy0Star
05-13-2017, 12:06 PM
I guess that guys are able to message us from their phones now. I just had one and that was the first time I have heard of it working.

maybe they started to fix the problems? they are making the site more mobile freindly but i think theyre breaking chrome on desktop by doing it a lot of people are having issues in my room on chrome with sound they cant hear me with it anymore. and i cant get sound on anyones room in chrome either anymore i have to use IE. im noticing there has been a huge drop in traffic the past month or so and so have a lot of people.

~Carmen~
05-13-2017, 12:14 PM
maybe they started to fix the problems? they are making the site more mobile freindly but i think theyre breaking chrome on desktop by doing it a lot of people are having issues in my room on chrome with sound they cant hear me with it anymore. and i cant get sound on anyones room in chrome either anymore i have to use IE. im noticing there has been a huge drop in traffic the past month or so and so have a lot of people.

Someone told me that my sound was not in sync with my video today. I logged off and back on and asked someone else and he told me it was fine. I have seen the sound cutting out issue too.

Hopefully these issues will be resolved soon!

Blovely
05-13-2017, 11:53 PM
maybe they started to fix the problems? they are making the site more mobile freindly but i think theyre breaking chrome on desktop by doing it a lot of people are having issues in my room on chrome with sound they cant hear me with it anymore. and i cant get sound on anyones room in chrome either anymore i have to use IE. im noticing there has been a huge drop in traffic the past month or so and so have a lot of people.

I had sound issues as well. A few people said they couldn't hear me so I went and checked myself. There was no sound with Chrome but my sound was fine with IE as well. I asked the person if he was using Chrome, he said yes so I suggested he use IE instead.

Its funny(not really funny tho) how they kept adamantly saying that the SMB would fix streaming issues/glitches even though so many of us said and new it wouldn't because its the site that needs fixing yet here we are with new streaming software still experiencing glitches. We wouldn't be dealing with this if they just listened to us "silly" little camgirls and redeveloped the site in html5/non-flash and added new servers. Smh you can't put a tiny band-aid on a gigantic cut and expect it to fix the problem, it doesn't work like that.

Teddy_Bear
05-14-2017, 08:37 PM
I feel like I am on a completely different SM to everyone else?! My cam girlies keep telling me how bad it is and how they are really struggling yet I am making double my goal on there consistently the past 10 days. I have just as many glitches as others, c2c not connecting and no sound in Chrome being the two worst ones yet it doesn't seem to affect my earnings.

Don't get me wrong I am grateful just confused.

Snowy0Star
05-14-2017, 11:23 PM
I feel like I am on a completely different SM to everyone else?! My cam girlies keep telling me how bad it is and how they are really struggling yet I am making double my goal on there consistently the past 10 days. I have just as many glitches as others, c2c not connecting and no sound in Chrome being the two worst ones yet it doesn't seem to affect my earnings.

Don't get me wrong I am grateful just confused.

Are they mostly regulars ? That might be why. Unless Im in a gold that had a 1 minute buy in timer on it so theyre forced to pay to see me i dont make money at all on SM anymore. Even with the external show on i had 6 people in a row leave before i could get paid in 30 min so i turned it off and went back to gold shows. Thats awesome your making more then twice ur daily goal tho .

Im not really sure whats going on with SM tho but i think this has been the worst its been in a long time. i went from making 100 a day to not being able to make anything unless im running gold shows all day and averaging 30 a day. Its bearly enuf to cover rent and bills but im focusing on my weight loss right to care about much else. I just spent a few hours on CB and i made enuf to be happy with but it was mostly from one person but it was promising enuf to motivate me to try token sites again since ive lost 60 pounds since the last time i used them so im considering going back to CB and MFC on top of SM /Cams after i get my second computer because my computer can only handle 2 sites . Im thinking sm/cams on one and CB/MFC on the other .

I'm really not sure how much longer SM can last like this they broke the browser (chrome) most people use on desktop to make it more mobile freindly but i think that was a bad move the blackflash from that has proven disastrous and it feels like theyre making no efforts to fix it. It works fine on IE but men are stupid and implusive so theyre not waiting long enuf for me to tell them to start using IE because (at least for me) most of them are just constantly refreshing the page too fast for me to type or use my voice and tell them anything before they give up and leave or stay and turn into tools and start begging for shit because theyve given up and dont wanna pay to use a broken site. Should i just put it in my room topic "if you cant hear me and using chrome use IE" ?

Magical_Hoohah
05-15-2017, 09:30 AM
I feel like I am on a completely different SM to everyone else?! My cam girlies keep telling me how bad it is and how they are really struggling yet I am making double my goal on there consistently the past 10 days. I have just as many glitches as others, c2c not connecting and no sound in Chrome being the two worst ones yet it doesn't seem to affect my earnings.

Don't get me wrong I am grateful just confused.
It's not just you. I think I have reasonably good luck with the glitches, but I do get a few, and my ISP seems to want to fuck me over. Even so, SM is being good to me lately. I lost my five stars for a minute, and during that time of shitty placement it was worse than usual, but now that I've got them back, the money is there.

Sometimes I feel like there are two different SMs, too. It makes me wonder if it's becoming more polarized, kind of like MFC, where the top ladies do well (not saying I'm one of them by a long shot), but the ladies lower on the page have a very different experience. I hope not - I liked that SM was the site where most people could make at least some money just by logging in and putting in some effort.

Mare
05-15-2017, 09:52 AM
It's not just you. I think I have reasonably good luck with the glitches, but I do get a few, and my ISP seems to want to fuck me over. Even so, SM is being good to me lately. I lost my five stars for a minute, and during that time of shitty placement it was worse than usual, but now that I've got them back, the money is there.

Sometimes I feel like there are two different SMs, too. It makes me wonder if it's becoming more polarized, kind of like MFC, where the top ladies do well (not saying I'm one of them by a long shot), but the ladies lower on the page have a very different experience. I hope not - I liked that SM was the site where most people could make at least some money just by logging in and putting in some effort.
I'm in really good placement and haven't made decent $$$ in months. I do believe there is preferential treatment going on though. That's how it is everywhere.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2017, 10:33 AM
I don't have any issues hearing cammers on Chrome. Both in desktop and mobile I can hear people just fine. However everyone looks like their streaming from the 80's. I have very recently uninstalled Chrome and reinstalled the browser on my computer. I was having some weird issues non-streamate related that I had to remove it.

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2017, 10:36 AM
Next time I work Streamate I think Im gonna make a preset that says "Please for the love of God switch to Internet Explorer so you may see my true Goddess Beauty" "Disclaimer, if you're using Chrome I swear to you I don't look this bad. Try IE"

Teddy_Bear
05-15-2017, 03:11 PM
Are they mostly regulars? That might be why. Unless Im in a gold that had a 1 minute buy in timer on it so theyre forced to pay to see me i dont make money at all on SM anymore. Even with the external show on i had 6 people in a row leave before i could get paid in 30 min so i turned it off and went back to gold shows. Thats awesome your making more then twice ur daily goal tho.

No they are new customers which is the root of my confusion. My regulars have been in hiding the past week yet I had my best week ever on SM, it doesn't quite compute. I've had a few PM's from ladies who have experienced an increase in earnings during this uncertain time so it's not just me. Thank you for seeing I didn't post in malice or for bragging rights Snowy.

I believe Mare might be right about preferential treatment at times as I went from second row (being told by support my internet wasn't strong enough using wifi to move up despite high earnings) to the first box of the site in under 4 days. Now THAT doesn't make any sense. I understand SM putting you in plain sight if you earn them money but a jump like that isn't right or normal.

I've also seen some questionable things on Twitter regarding certain models being compensated for lost gold shows when they are thrown off the servers. That is preferential treatment of the highest order. Basically if you make SM a lot of dough then they will bend over backwards for you... if not struggle on. It's not right!!!

BattleAngel
05-15-2017, 03:43 PM
Anybody else having issues with the SM Broadcaster not recognizing their webcam? I tried with the built-in cam too to make sure and it just says it doesn't receive any video and the window stays black.

Edit: I had the same issue with the FMLE encoder and the built in Windows camera software, only the Logitech software itself recognizes any camera at all. I'm gonna restart the drivers and have another go but I guess it's more of a general tech issue than a Streamate thing ;(

Yes! I had the same issue and it drove me crazy trying to fix it. Finally, I uninstalled my antivirus program completely and both SMB and FMLE were able to read my camera again. Hope that helps!

BattleAngel
05-15-2017, 03:46 PM
Question: Which encoder is better for placement? SMB or FMLE? I've been using SMB since that's the one SM pushes - I assumed they'd favor it in terms of placement, but has anyone noticed one encoder getting you better placement than the other?

PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-15-2017, 04:15 PM
No they are new customers which is the root of my confusion. My regulars have been in hiding the past week yet I had my best week ever on SM, it doesn't quite compute. I've had a few PM's from ladies who have experienced an increase in earnings during this uncertain time so it's not just me. Thank you for seeing I didn't post in malice or for bragging rights Snowy.

I believe Mare might be right about preferential treatment at times as I went from second row (being told by support my internet wasn't strong enough using wifi to move up despite high earnings) to the first box of the site in under 4 days. Now THAT doesn't make any sense. I understand SM putting you in plain sight if you earn them money but a jump like that isn't right or normal.

I've also seen some questionable things on Twitter regarding certain models being compensated for lost gold shows when they are thrown off the servers. That is preferential treatment of the highest order. Basically if you make SM a lot of dough then they will bend over backwards for you... if not struggle on. It's not right!!!

I don't think moving from the second row, which is the 8th spot to the top spot is all that suspicious. If you said you jumped from the last row to the top spot then maybe. You very well may have earned your spot because like you said the money you're making is coming from new customers. It's possible that not only are they new to you but maybe to the site as well. I don't have placement figured out completely but I think conversions and the ability to get them to sign up and spend a buck weighs heavily on where you land. Also money made per hour factors in as well. Based on what you're saying and what I've observed with SM it sounds like algorithm is worked in your favor and the momentum is building.

Teddy_Bear
05-15-2017, 09:38 PM
That's just my point though when it comes to the algorithm. Support told me over and over that I couldn't 'rise up the ranks' as I use wifi internet not hardwired and my stream wasn't good enough. Yet some professional lighting and a few thousand dollars in their pockets within a week, later and suddenly I'm top of the pack - with my same shit internet.

Sounds like preferential treatment to me and just because it happens to be in my favour doesn't make it any less wrong. I feel they held me back because I was a medium level earner but as soon as they think I'll make them some cash it's like come on in you are now one of us! It's just wrong and now I have to maintain that level of earnings to keep my spot or fall back down again. What about all the ladies that have been on the site for years, earned their spot and then a somewhat newbie like me comes along and claims it?!

I am not ungrateful and by joe I need the dollars but the system is unfair to others.