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LavishLivia
03-21-2013, 02:13 PM
Just in case you missed it. Vanessa just posted in her thread. She has been gone for the last week and just got back. :)
Thank you so much for calming me down, justanothercamgirl! I read both your messages addressed to me at the same time and I have to thank you for being so sweet. In fact, I decided to be a stubborn bith and gave it a last try. Great success! lol, just received an e-mail stating I'm in! Now, to tame the glitchy Sm beast! ;)
Cherrie05
03-21-2013, 02:20 PM
Had a good day today despite getting on 1 hour later than I wanted & doing everything in my power to talk myself OUT of getting on cam...:D
SweetCandy
03-21-2013, 03:06 PM
I signed up for SM through DP yesterday and instead of DP contacting me I received all the sign up info from SM. Is that usually how it works ?
justanothercamgirl
03-21-2013, 03:07 PM
Thank you so much for calming me down, justanothercamgirl! I read both your messages addressed to me at the same time and I have to thank you for being so sweet. In fact, I decided to be a stubborn bith and gave it a last try. Great success! lol, just received an e-mail stating I'm in! Now, to tame the glitchy Sm beast! ;)
You're more than welcome! Since I went through the whole banging my head against the wall frusteration myself having to deal with Streamate -- I could completely sympathize with the frusteration that you were personally going through. (And how much you probably wanted to stab things. LOL!)
Just in case you were curious, it was actually Vanessa who came to my rescue and got me off the Streamate application merry-go-round. That is why I knew she would eventually be able to help you too. ;)
delilahd
03-21-2013, 05:06 PM
Thanks for all the helpful info on how to sign up and get approved. I was approved woth a lot of wonderful help from Vanessa! Looking forward to trying my hand at SM. You girls rock
TheBrownFox
03-21-2013, 06:41 PM
I'm in a friend's room right now on SM, and the video has been freezing up a lot. And the other guys in the room can't even see my posts...I have that eyeball thing opened up, so my posts should be visible.
Marina Starr
03-21-2013, 06:43 PM
What's up with so much freezing lately? I'm gonna hop on shortly!
I'm in a friend's room right now on SM, and the video has been freezing up a lot. And the other guys in the room can't even see my posts...I have that eyeball thing opened up, so my posts should be visible.
Ms.Lacey
03-21-2013, 07:03 PM
When the site starts acting up like this it seems like its when we/them receive a new feature #scared
cumslut4u
03-21-2013, 07:26 PM
Soooo many beggars tonight!
DoodlebugBites
03-21-2013, 07:34 PM
Spring break, y'all!
Marina Starr
03-21-2013, 08:03 PM
Anyone have freezing issues tonight? I'm freezing so bad. This is weird!
sammii
03-21-2013, 08:05 PM
^ Don't worry, Marina. I was checking out girls cams' tonight because people on here said there were issues and the freezing was happening to every single person I clicked on.
Edit: I clicked on a few random cams just now and it's still happening. They must be updating the site or something.
Marina Starr
03-21-2013, 08:07 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/14vs7lljpg.gif
^ Don't worry, Marina. I was checking out girls cams' tonight because people on here said there were issues and the freezing was happening to every single person I clicked on.
Edit: I clicked on a few random cams just now and it's still happening.
sammii
03-21-2013, 08:10 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/14vs7lljpg.gif
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lseihaOeMk1ql141xo1_400.gif
Marina Starr
03-21-2013, 08:12 PM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/tumblr_m3z7h9JtFp1qmktazo1_500_zps87fdf133.gif
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lseihaOeMk1ql141xo1_400.gif
cumslut4u
03-21-2013, 08:19 PM
I seriously logged out after 20 minutes. Lots of begging and lots of lagging :(
AliceFun
03-21-2013, 08:22 PM
This is what is happening in encoder log tonite
"Fri Mar 22 2013 03:13:46 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 618 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:13:56 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 649 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:06 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 400 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:11 : AutoAdjust: Video Bitrate required for current available upstream bandwidth is less than Minimum Video Bitrate value.
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:11 : AutoAdjust: Switching to frame drop.
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:11 : Auto Adjust: Drop Frame Command sent for stream o/5901997/show_63020470 being published to server rtmp://fcs45-1.streamate.com/naiad/live1
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:37 : Auto Adjust: Stop Drop Frame Command sent for stream o/5901997/show_63020470 being published to server rtmp://fcs45-1.streamate.com/naiad/live1
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:42 : AutoAdjust: Video Bitrate required for current available upstream bandwidth is less than Minimum Video Bitrate value.
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:42 : AutoAdjust: Switching to frame drop.
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:42 : Auto Adjust: Drop Frame Command sent for stream o/5901997/show_63020470 being published to server rtmp://fcs45-1.streamate.com/naiad/live1
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:14:57 : Auto Adjust: Stop Drop Frame Command sent for stream o/5901997/show_63020470 being published to server rtmp://fcs45-1.streamate.com/naiad/live1
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:02 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 440 Kbps"
and continously auto adjusting:
"Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:02 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 440 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:12 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 480 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:22 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 520 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:32 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 560 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:42 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 600 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:15:52 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 640 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:16:02 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 680 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:16:12 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 720 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:16:22 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 760 Kbps
Fri Mar 22 2013 03:16:32 : Auto Adjust : Video bitrate set to 800 Kbps"
It's been like this in the last weeks and it's NOT me!!
JaneBurgess
03-21-2013, 10:19 PM
It's been glitching all day and night. I really wish they would do something about all the issues. There are happening almost every single day and the site is becoming full of moochers. I also have a bunch of guys telling me they are promoting the site as a dating site and telling people you can meet the performers in your local city.
Pearl_Sugar
03-21-2013, 10:30 PM
I'm having issues on SM tonight and I never have issues. This is not good.
Marina Starr
03-21-2013, 10:31 PM
Me too! I was freezing and lagging all other the place. It never happened before. I hope it's just tonight and everything will be back to normal tomorrow.
I'm having issues on SM tonight and I never have issues. This is not good.
Blovely
03-22-2013, 03:09 AM
I signed up for SM through DP yesterday and instead of DP contacting me I received all the sign up info from SM. Is that usually how it works ?
Yep that's normal from what I can remember.
When the site starts acting up like this it seems like its when we/them receive a new feature #scared
Well if we do receive one then I hope its a good one. But because its SM I won't hold my breathe.
SluttyCocoLoca
03-22-2013, 04:40 AM
I dont know if its SM fucking up or what!!! I had ppl poppin in&out, when i had pvt it took foreeeever between guys log off and log into pvt and then it cut them off after like 40 sec.... aaaaaaaaaaalll damn nite!!! and after that I had mofo tellin me he wants cuddle!!! no I dont wanna cuddle bb I wanna fuck! haha hope you ladie had better nite ;) xoxo
TheBrownFox
03-22-2013, 05:38 AM
It really bothers me when Streamate makes their own models feel like everything is her fault. Ladies, it is NOT your fault. If any of you have e-mailed SM about the issues, have they finally admitted that the site is having issues, or are they still in denial? I'm curious.
I was in a model friend's room last night, and her video kept freezing up for me and the other guys. She tried doing a Gold show 2 or 3 times but not enough guys chipped in. It was probably for the best anyway, because she was gonna do a long Gold show...and I know she would've been pissed if she had gotten disconnected during it.
And another thing...I had that eyeball wide open for people to see my posts, but no one could see anything I was typing. Another guy in the room had that problem too. It was very frustrating.
And it's kinda hard for a model to do well and enjoy her cam session when she has to spend the whole night
Marina Starr
03-22-2013, 05:43 AM
It's SM! I've also had guys popping in and out of my room WAY more than usual so I know something isn't right. Tell him you'd cuddle after he made a big fat donation, lol!
I dont know if its SM fucking up or what!!! I had ppl poppin in&out, when i had pvt it took foreeeever between guys log off and log into pvt and then it cut them off after like 40 sec.... aaaaaaaaaaalll damn nite!!! and after that I had mofo tellin me he wants cuddle!!! no I dont wanna cuddle bb I wanna fuck! haha hope you ladie had better nite ;) xoxo
DoodlebugBites
03-22-2013, 05:46 AM
Just an FYI, I tried to run a Gold Show and it didn't work for customers. When they clicked to buy in, it took their money and when they tried to enter again they were asked if they wanted to give more Gold. I am mortified for them but all I can do is tell them to contact tech support. One guy said the response was he will be refunded next Thursday and it seems tech blamed it on his bank account.
I was reluctant to try a GS anyway with all the site issues (one private got disconnected three times last night, poor guy), but with nary a private this morning and so many GS requests I gave in and started the timer. Ended up canceling the show and haven't made a red cent on my usual busiest morning.
Don't wanna bash SM, just want to share my experience with you all so you have a heads up. It's technology, whatever, I just roll with it, the bad days pay for the good, etc etc. I still love my cam site. (Though I am thinking of logging off to go get my passport renewed so I can finally be approved to cam at AW, LOL.)
SweetCandy
03-22-2013, 11:54 AM
Well I asked the admin on the dailypay forum if I would be able to be signed up through them because I just closed with a studio they said I have a good chance of being signed up through them and once I explained further about how I just recently got denied by streamate because of the other studio now they are saying that if SM flagged me before chances are they will flag me again. What a waste of time if Streamate really does flag me again. I really don't get why we need to wait 6 months and why we can't sign up right away if we canceled previous studios...
shysara79
03-22-2013, 04:29 PM
SM has been driving me crazy this week, I sure hope they fix their tech issues :(
Marina Starr
03-22-2013, 04:31 PM
What kind of issues are you having?
SM has been driving me crazy this week, I sure hope they fix their tech issues :(
shysara79
03-22-2013, 04:33 PM
Ugh been getting kicked out of block sessions and this am was not even able to log on do to errors. The guys in my room said that it seemed like every models paget hey logged into was freezing :( It was not a good week... But I have had worse :)
Marina Starr
03-22-2013, 04:35 PM
Yes! Freezing and lagging seem to be the issues lately! I haven't had problems with block sessions or logging on.
Ugh been getting kicked out of block sessions and this am was not even able to log on do to errors. The guys in my room said that it seemed like every models paget hey logged into was freezing :( It was not a good week... But I have had worse :)
DoodlebugBites
03-22-2013, 05:50 PM
Anyone having a better experience tonight?
JaneBurgess
03-22-2013, 07:44 PM
They are in denial still and say it's on us. They have even told customers it was their fault if they had issues. We all use different computers, internet providers and live in different countries/states. The only thing we all have in common is Streamate so clearly it's them with the issues. I wish they would just admit it's the site and give an eta on when it will be fixed.
It really bothers me when Streamate makes their own models feel like everything is her fault. Ladies, it is NOT your fault. If any of you have e-mailed SM about the issues, have they finally admitted that the site is having issues, or are they still in denial? I'm curious.
I was in a model friend's room last night, and her video kept freezing up for me and the other guys. She tried doing a Gold show 2 or 3 times but not enough guys chipped in. It was probably for the best anyway, because she was gonna do a long Gold show...and I know she would've been pissed if she had gotten disconnected during it.
And another thing...I had that eyeball wide open for people to see my posts, but no one could see anything I was typing. Another guy in the room had that problem too. It was very frustrating.
And it's kinda hard for a model to do well and enjoy her cam session when she has to spend the whole night
AliceFun
03-22-2013, 08:59 PM
^^^ They will never admit such thing, no company does, they will keep saying it's us so we dont give up working, this way we do our best to get online and work thinking and hoping all will be ok this time. seen this with other sites as well -> ifriends, imlive.
euaici
03-22-2013, 10:20 PM
well, i've seen one thing:
no matter how your feed is, coming from your connection/PC, placement on what page of the site, no matter how you look, what you wear, when the site is working decent, you will have beggers in your room.
when the site has issues, there r periods when you don't even have beggars...so, when this happens...it's from them
Blovely
03-23-2013, 08:30 AM
I haven't had any problems with freezing, lagging, or getting kicked off (knock on wood) but I'm very aware of how Streamate rolls. Alot of ladies and customers are complaining. I never thought that they'd deny this much or this far. Its one thing to blame us models(def not saying that that's ok) but blaming the customers is so not a good look. They mine as well just link customers to mfc, lj, imlive, etc. Its sickening how they're conducting themselves.
I just read a tweet from a very well known top model and she said that she's going to go to a different site if they don't fix the tech problems. Given who she is that's pretty dam serious to me. Sm better get it together before models and customers start leaving in droves.
Cam_Model_Jess
03-23-2013, 08:53 AM
I rarely ever have issues. I don't doubt that others do & understand how frustrating it must be. Especially when a lot of top models are leaving or working fewer hours, there must be a serious issue. I think SM just took on a lot more than their tech can handle. More people on SM have better quality feeds than MFC I've noticed, but I don't think their plan of passing on the majority of cost to models (i7, mega-upload speeds) has entirely compensated for their lack of tech knowledge/abilities & their lack of willingness to do anything about the issues that obviously exist.
DoodlebugBites
03-23-2013, 02:00 PM
The beggars are not my concern. The paying customers who get disconnected from exclusive sessions multiple times? Yeah, that's my concern. I'm absolutely mortified that it happens and I am powerless to make it up to the customer.
AliceFun
03-23-2013, 02:03 PM
I had this guy in pvt last nite and he was soo much into me and asked how can we meet and all, that he wants a woman in his life, bla bla, then after the show i got a message from him going even more deeper into how bad he wants me and how he found me on this DATING site (SM), was his 1st pvt with me, looks like SM really advertise site as dating site omg!! now i dont even know what to tell this guy, dont wanna hurt his feelings but i dont wanna stress over the situation, need my peace, this is work for god's sake! What u do in these situations normally? The guy seemed soo... genuine, not the typical member looking to bust a nut online.
Marina Starr
03-23-2013, 02:09 PM
I don't think there's any way around it but to just be honest.
I had this guy in pvt last nite and he was soo much into me and asked how can we meet and all, that he wants a woman in his life, bla bla, then after the show i got a message from him going even more deeper into how bad he wants me and how he found me on this DATING site (SM), was his 1st pvt with me, looks like SM really advertise site as dating site omg!! now i dont even know what to tell this guy, dont wanna hurt his feelings but i dont wanna stress over the situation, need my peace, this is work for god's sake! What u do in these situations normally? The guy seemed soo... genuine, not the typical member looking to bust a nut online.
temptingmodel
03-23-2013, 02:34 PM
I have guys like that and when reality hits them , it hits me. I get the typical "you just wanted my money" "I am in love with you" "My last girlfriend was unfaithful" careful with these guys as they are more emotionally attached. Think of this... Who really believes a dating website has private cam session where we masturbate to get their attention? Juice his wallet while you can bb
I had this guy in pvt last nite and he was soo much into me and asked how can we meet and all, that he wants a woman in his life, bla bla, then after the show i got a message from him going even more deeper into how bad he wants me and how he found me on this DATING site (SM), was his 1st pvt with me, looks like SM really advertise site as dating site omg!! now i dont even know what to tell this guy, dont wanna hurt his feelings but i dont wanna stress over the situation, need my peace, this is work for god's sake! What u do in these situations normally? The guy seemed soo... genuine, not the typical member looking to bust a nut online.
Cam_Model_Jess
03-23-2013, 04:34 PM
Alice, sorry that happened :( Kind of sucks that SM misleads the guys then we have to clean up the mess. If you're comfortable with it, I suppose you could just do what you need to do to get as much money from him as you can. Otherwise, you could just tell him that you're so glad he likes you & that you'd like to have more sessions with him since you had such a great time talking to him, but that you don't have control over where SM chooses to advertise you, and that you were unaware you were being advertised on a dating site until he brought it to your attention. Your call.
Blovely
03-23-2013, 05:07 PM
I have guys like that and when reality hits them , it hits me. I get the typical "you just wanted my money" "I am in love with you" "My last girlfriend was unfaithful" careful with these guys as they are more emotionally attached. Think of this... Who really believes a dating website has private cam session where we masturbate to get their attention? Juice his wallet while you can bb
Yes bb's juice their wallet. Lol I had a guy like this today. I played into his fantasy.... acted like I wanted to get to know him and all that jazz. After he did his 1 measly private he tried to stay in my freechat all damm day. He tried his hardest to get my contact info so that we could talk>:(. I told him if he wanted more ways to contact me then he'd have to earn it through doing pvt shows. I wasn't really going to give him my contact info was just trying to juice his wallet some more.
He of course wanted my contact info and time for free so I kicked him out. He came back again and continued being pushy and tried to waste even more of my time so I eventually had to block him. The amount he spent in pvt wasn't worth the amount of time and annoyance that I had to deal with in freechat. He should have spent a ton more for being sooooooo annoying. I'm happy that I got to juice him but my goodness he gave me a headache. I can only deal with paysite daters every once in a blue moon. Ugh just thinking about him is giving me the shakes lol. Live long and prosper with paysite daters bb's.
temptingmodel
03-23-2013, 06:58 PM
IMO
I think the dating websites are white labels/affiliates who use different ads on their pages. I see this all the time with affiliates and some of their pages in which SM has no control who affiliates affiliate with. They are junked up with ads that take customer's to pop ups and usually the pop ups are us. The affiliates are out to make money and when someone is a "clicker" they click click click and it all started with a dating ad and eventually the affiliate has made money from a site that is linked up to his/her page through all those clicks.
I dont think SM really ads us as a date esp when they enforce the rules of no contact info off site.
temptingmodel
03-23-2013, 07:46 PM
The amount he spent in pvt wasn't worth the amount of time and annoyance that I had to deal with in freechat. He should have spent a ton more for being sooooooo annoying.
;) I always wonder about the private chats and dating. The amount they spend in one private comes no where close to the amount they would spend IRL on a real date and they hang out in free? I have had them hang out nightly "Im just making sure you are safe" as we sit in our locked homes broadcasting live. I also think highly of the "I love you" puke :D
Things that make you go hmmmmmmmm?
JaneBurgess
03-23-2013, 11:04 PM
That's my friend and she is trying out another site tonight. So far she is loving the new site and plans to leave SM after she builds a fan base on there.
I haven't had any problems with freezing, lagging, or getting kicked off (knock on wood) but I'm very aware of how Streamate rolls. Alot of ladies and customers are complaining. I never thought that they'd deny this much or this far. Its one thing to blame us models(def not saying that that's ok) but blaming the customers is so not a good look. They mine as well just link customers to mfc, lj, imlive, etc. Its sickening how they're conducting themselves.
I just read a tweet from a very well known top model and she said that she's going to go to a different site if they don't fix the tech problems. Given who she is that's pretty dam serious to me. Sm better get it together before models and customers start leaving in droves.
TheBrownFox
03-24-2013, 12:46 AM
Yeah, the SM model y'all are talking about has a HUGE fan base, and one of her regulars is like a level 9 spender on SM, so SM's loss will be MFC's new gain. I follow her on Twitter as well, and she's such an entertaining model that I'm sure she'll do amazing on MFC. Her cam score has already jumped up a few thousand points. :)
DoodlebugBites
03-24-2013, 01:25 AM
As far as the dating site marketing goes, I have have been asked several times, "So, Philly, huh?" I'm like, no, where did you even get that? They say it says it on my profile... as if that would even fly at SM. I just treat it like it's a mistake, I'll look into it, then I'm all.... so how YOU doin'? I mean, so many of the regular SM guests treat it like it's OK Cupid, so it's not really any different.
Although, I had a guy hang out all night selling himself to me. I'm like, SOUNDS GREAT, LESSGO. No, he's gonna slow play. So I boot, then he asks what for, and I just said, "Well, it seems you're not into playing with me right now, which I understand, no worries, etc." (I don't usually say stuff like that but I was really tired of him and it was past my bedtime.) He said, "No I am REALLY interested, you have no idea." Then tipped me $5 Gold.
I mean, it was a sweet gesture on his part he just seemed kind of clueless. His $1.75 gift to me gave him a stay of execution via banhammer for at least 10 more minutes, at least until no one else was in the room. I am usually not so liberal with the banhammer but good grief, why are you trying to sell me on yourself? I'm pretty much a sure thing, LOL. (Again, prolly a dating site dupe, but wake up and look around you!)
Marina Starr
03-24-2013, 05:29 AM
I think the dating site that these guys found us on is OK Cupid? Some are so nice and pleasant until they found out they have to pay to play, LMAO!
DoodlebugBites
03-24-2013, 10:16 AM
I think the dating site that these guys found us on is OK Cupid? Some are so nice and pleasant until they found out they have to pay to play, LMAO!
The thing that makes that hilarious to me is that last summer I signed up for OK Cupid. This was before I started camming. The guys were so frustrating–they would want to email and IM back and forth foreverrrr without setting up a date, even after we agreed we should go out. Like, let's be PENPALS.
They would always want more pictures, too. I'm like, dude, the handful I have on my profile gives you a pretty good idea of what my face and body look like. Just because you put a billionty on yours of you climbing a damn rock doesn't mean I owe you more. Then, if I gave them my digits so we could go out, they just wanted sexting and nakey photos.
Long story short, I eventually caved on the nakey photos since it seemed like what everyone on OK Cupid was doing. I figured, can't beat 'em, join 'em (I was horny and new to my city). So in researching how to look better naked taking pictures of yourself, I discovered camming. Suddenly I was like HELL NO I am not sending any of these OK STUPID guys free nakey pix! I'm gonna get paid!
Fast forward to now. Streamate is turning into part OK Stupid, part MFC with guys thinking they can just throw $2 Gold with no warning and be like, there. Show pussy. Um, sorry guys I will NOT fuck myself in free chat. I don't even like to show a nip but lately I have given in randomly to flash cash. I don't like it but since I am now looking at MFC I don't see what it really matters.
Sorry for the rant/ramble. It's just that I went to bed thinking how it's like all the OK Stupid guys found me in chat. Thought I lost them when I started camming. LOL?
Via Flaminia
03-24-2013, 11:52 AM
Yeah, the SM model y'all are talking about has a HUGE fan base, and one of her regulars is like a level 9 spender on SM, so SM's loss will be MFC's new gain. I follow her on Twitter as well, and she's such an entertaining model that I'm sure she'll do amazing on MFC. Her cam score has already jumped up a few thousand points. :)
"That was easy." Right, TheBrownFox? :D :D
Seriously, I am happy for her and yes, she is very entertaining.
She'll be a lot happier with her cut on MFC, too. Her studio @ SM pays 25 percent (?) I think.