View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
pinklemonade0
10-27-2015, 01:06 PM
I'm not surprised you're freaked out. I'm glad your neighbour's dog is ok. Well I hope he stays away, sucks having to deal with something like this. I don't understand people sometimes. Good luck with it all.
anonymous camgirl
10-27-2015, 02:10 PM
Where the hell are all my regulars at? I am dying over here!
ShyCamgirlBB
11-01-2015, 11:05 PM
I shouldn't have cammed during the world series. It was painful loll Still got some shows though
RamonaRamone
11-02-2015, 09:11 AM
So I did this roleplay yesterday on Streamate and I straight-up love roleplaying and am pretty good at it. This dude and I were doing a RP that I do pretty often, so I've got it fairly down pat, and he seemed into it (he had his cam on) and was reciprocating and everything and then suddenly he leaves after like 10 minutes, right in the middle. I wasn't super concerned, cause that shit happens all the time, but I looked at my ratings and he gave me 3 stars! I have only ever gotten one other rating below a 5 and it was a 4 and I am so pissed cause I just did not see it coming and I know SM doesn't remove 3s or 4s. UGH. My pride is hurt.
thekhaleesi
11-02-2015, 09:26 AM
I hate cheap guys. No you cannot have 200 videos for 5 bucks
Glamourmilf
11-02-2015, 11:28 AM
So I did this roleplay yesterday on Streamate and I straight-up love roleplaying and am pretty good at it. This dude and I were doing a RP that I do pretty often, so I've got it fairly down pat, and he seemed into it (he had his cam on) and was reciprocating and everything and then suddenly he leaves after like 10 minutes, right in the middle. I wasn't super concerned, cause that shit happens all the time, but I looked at my ratings and he gave me 3 stars! I have only ever gotten one other rating below a 5 and it was a 4 and I am so pissed cause I just did not see it coming and I know SM doesn't remove 3s or 4s. UGH. My pride is hurt.
Isn't that the pits! I had a repeat give me a 1 on Saturday..it was my last exlusive for the day too!
You CAN get 3 removed....but u should prob email Liz to get it done. I do it all the time.
ShyCamgirlBB
11-02-2015, 10:42 PM
When you have a room full of guys and you get a douchebag who enters just to exit after 1 minute. It's just to f with your money and time.
I want to strangle them. They wouldn't do that if we had the power to ban them freely on SM. :(
FreakyFranky
11-02-2015, 10:53 PM
Man, I averaged like $7 an hour last week and this week is off to just as rough of a start. Feeling like coming back to cammin just isnt working, I can't get paying custies on SM anymore.... wtf. BOOO. Feeling down but gonna stay on. Hour #3 with $0.... :(
TheBrownFox
11-03-2015, 07:28 AM
My laptop crapped out on me. Well it still works but none of the USB ports do and I need them for basically everything. I tried a few things and nothing worked so I just went ahead and bought an Alienware 18, it would have been way cheaper to just fix this laptop but the thing is I would first have to pick out a computer repair place and then be without a laptop or send it in if it's still under warranty and be without it for god knows how long... I saw on the Toshiba forums people saying they sent their laptops to Toshiba for the same issue and they ended up still not working. Just seems like a huge pain in the ass when I needed to get a better laptop for SM anyway. Looks like I have a mini vacay since I can't cam on this laptop now, I hope they can expedite my laptop's shipping.
Next time consider trying Rent-A-Center. When my son had messed up my previous laptop and I had to get the screen repaired, I rented a brand new Toshiba laptop from Rent-A-Center for only $65 (for two weeks).
TheBrownFox
11-03-2015, 07:34 AM
When you have a room full of guys and you get a douchebag who enters just to exit after 1 minute. It's just to f with your money and time.
I want to strangle them. They wouldn't do that if we had the power to ban them freely on SM. :(
When I cammed on Streamate, I used to have this guy who would force me into premium chat and then leave a second later. Never said a word to me. He'd just do that shit to fuck with me, because I guess he thought it was funny. As you know, models can't disable premium chat, so douchebags like that can keep fucking around and forcing you into premium chat...and there's nothing you can do about it until you can actually ban them fast enough. I had sent SM an e-mail explaining the situation, and I think they were like "Well just ban him from your room" (Idiots, I can't because he leaves immediately!), and I had to keep explaining this shit to SM 'til they finally just banned the guy for me on their own.
Glamourmilf
11-03-2015, 09:09 AM
When I cammed on Streamate, I used to have this guy who would force me into premium chat and then leave a second later. Never said a word to me. He'd just do that shit to fuck with me, because I guess he thought it was funny. As you know, models can't disable premium chat, so douchebags like that can keep fucking around and forcing you into premium chat...and there's nothing you can do about it until you can actually ban them fast enough. I had sent SM an e-mail explaining the
situation, and I think they were like "Well just ban him from your room" (Idiots, I can't because he leaves immediately!), and I had to keep explaining this shit to SM 'til they finally just banned the guy for
me on their own.
I know I read it on here somewhere, but, here's a great tip i learned..When a guy takes u prvt...click on his name right away. You can block him from messaging u. Then, go to blacklist, and ban him from chat also.
sovereignv
11-03-2015, 01:41 PM
Not camming, but ugh, my best friend is PISSED at me because she thinks I disrespect her boyfriend. Do I? I don't know. I try to be nice to him but I can be rude sometimes without meaning to or even noticing. But does she have to bring him along every time we hang out? Obviously I'm never going to be as excited about him as she is. I don't think friends and partners mix :(
I fucking hate fighting with friends, it always throws me completely out of whack. I always feel like they're going to abandon me at the first sign of conflict...
How come I'm a stone cold mean queen completely in control of herself on cam, and a shivering emotional wreck in real life? Haha.
pippapippa
11-03-2015, 01:48 PM
Some guy just contacted me on Skype and told me he was talking to me on Chat Avenue. I fucking hate bots. It makes me feel so gross that someone thinks he's talking to me when he isn't.
SuperPookie
11-03-2015, 04:18 PM
Man, I averaged like $7 an hour last week and this week is off to just as rough of a start. Feeling like coming back to cammin just isnt working, I can't get paying custies on SM anymore.... wtf. BOOO. Feeling down but gonna stay on. Hour #3 with $0.... :( I'm ballin with 8$ an hour then lol.
MaeAnything
11-03-2015, 04:40 PM
Another $8 an hour baller right here <---
Starting to think this new hair change is not for the better. I'm hoping it's just been these two days.
JaneBurgess
11-03-2015, 06:18 PM
Today sucks so far. All they do is stare and most dont talk. Sigh
SimoneGray
11-04-2015, 01:11 AM
Camming is eerily quiet today...as in 90% of site users seem to have packed their bags and left...am I missing something? I know its not my feed or whatever, but yea some traffic would be great.
Glamourmilf
11-04-2015, 01:20 AM
Cant believe that both my cam sites AND my pso lines were dead today. Usually when 1 is dead, another is busy...hmm. maybe cause it was election day?
But other girls were getting calos, so idk.oh well, tomorrow is another day.
DonaDiabla
11-04-2015, 07:34 AM
Glamourmilf,
I would have to say that on the pso side of things...my raceplay and snuff lines was getting callers all day but the rest of them were dead. I do think it was because of the election. It was also weird that my animated zombie vore clips were selling a lot early this morning too. Strange :) But you always have the rest of the week to get calls and cam shows. :)
Cant believe that both my cam sites AND my pso lines were dead today. Usually when 1 is dead, another is busy...hmm. maybe cause it was election day?
But other girls were getting calos, so idk.oh well, tomorrow is another day.
luvnrockets
11-04-2015, 08:59 AM
Camming sucks because...Wednesday.
Marina Starr
11-04-2015, 09:00 AM
Is Wednesday usually sucks?
Camming sucks because...Wednesday.
LoraDoll
11-04-2015, 05:06 PM
It sucks bc i just on my period, but need to work today. I ve taken some pain killers but my tummy still hurts and my head feels dizzy.
I m more sensitive in these days, and just feel like the whole thing is ridiculous.
I ve just started now, placed my "bored face" on cam, maybe someone ll like it lol, but i dont really care if it ll busy or not. This for today. :D
FreakyFranky
11-05-2015, 12:23 AM
Camming sucks because it's been two weeks and still managing less than minimum wage an hour. I know it's just a job but it feels like shit after putting in 4-8 hours at a time and having a paid chat percentage at 3-6% at the end of pay period when that wasn't my situation when I cammed a year ago. Found out tonight my stream is shit and I don't know where to try to fix the problem. I just give up right this second and will fix it tomorrow or try (between my vanilla job 8 hours a day). Guess I'll just cry and record it and hope that sells. Seriously. So fed up. Maybe SM just isn't for me anymore or maybe it's my connection/stream, IDK. Just not feeling too good about myself after trying to stay positive and so fuck feeling so confident to meet this end. Trying so hard to adopt the positive outlook/positive results idea but it's failed pretty hard for me recently. Back to doing research on how I could possibly fix my stream...
Glamourmilf
11-05-2015, 01:39 AM
^^^ Have You tried camming at different times than you normally do?
webcamcutie
11-05-2015, 02:17 AM
Camming sucks because it's been two weeks and still managing less than minimum wage an hour. I know it's just a job but it feels like shit after putting in 4-8 hours at a time and having a paid chat percentage at 3-6% at the end of pay period when that wasn't my situation when I cammed a year ago. Found out tonight my stream is shit and I don't know where to try to fix the problem. I just give up right this second and will fix it tomorrow or try (between my vanilla job 8 hours a day). Guess I'll just cry and record it and hope that sells. Seriously. So fed up. Maybe SM just isn't for me anymore or maybe it's my connection/stream, IDK. Just not feeling too good about myself after trying to stay positive and so fuck feeling so confident to meet this end. Trying so hard to adopt the positive outlook/positive results idea but it's failed pretty hard for me recently. Back to doing research on how I could possibly fix my stream...
Tackle one issue at a time. Same thing happened to me. I went from making 80/hrly down to 20/hrly and so many issues I just fixed one thing after another and another and eventually got it all sorted after a month of troubleshooting and fixing everything. Makes me cringe to wonder how long it had been like that and effecting my earnings and it wasn't until it was REALLY bad that I started to investigate and fix things. All those dead wasted hours of my life I'll never get back due to tech issues of my own on top of SM glitches. Now it's finally starting to creep back up to what I'm used to hrly, but if your steam isn't working right that is a MAJOR income killer on SM or anywhere else I'm sure. Don't give up, don't get frustrated, if you need any help feel free to pm me and I'll do the best I can to help, giving up shouldn't be an option, just work it out and you'll be fine!
PumpkinSpicy
11-05-2015, 03:26 AM
I finally decided that my jaw is healed enough to do a blowjob video with my bf, but 25 min into filming and the fire alarm went off. That was bad enough, but when I went to pause the recording, I found that the program got fucked up when I updated to Windows 10 and nothing ended up getting recorded at all. Now my throat is raw and my jaw aches and I have nothing to show for it but a happy bf haha.
SaraLaughs
11-07-2015, 02:26 AM
I hate to revive this thread from the bottom of the second page, but I just have to vent...
Do you ladies ever get really emotionally burned out from constantly being taken for a ride at your job? It's really getting to me the last few weeks. I fucking HATE the lying, bait-and-switching, demanding, whiney, timewasting JERKS. It isn't even about the money, it's just depressing how many people I encounter daily who just want to fuck me over. Sometimes upwards of a dozen, but usually at least one or two.
I know you need strong emotional fortitude to make camming work for you, and I feel like I possess it. I have relatively high self-esteem, I am largely comfortable with my abilities, and I have absolutely no problem shutting anyone down who tries to fuck with me. But the fact that so many people I encounter show me zero respect is a real bummer.
Fuck off, losers. This is why no woman loves you.
webcamcutie
11-07-2015, 03:06 AM
Fuck Friday nights.
Kitcatt
11-07-2015, 03:27 AM
Busy after 1 am, fuck, is it graveyard shift for me? ugh
anonymous camgirl
11-07-2015, 05:50 AM
After so many years! I realized camming is like Getting dumped by your boyfriend everyday...lol... I am so ready to bail now but my bank account says no not yet.. 13 yrs is enough..lmao
I hate to revive this thread from the bottom of the second page, but I just have to vent...
Do you ladies ever get really emotionally burned out from constantly being taken for a ride at your job? It's really getting to me the last few weeks. I fucking HATE the lying, bait-and-switching, demanding, whiney, timewasting JERKS. It isn't even about the money, it's just depressing how many people I encounter daily who just want to fuck me over. Sometimes upwards of a dozen, but usually at least one or two.
I know you need strong emotional fortitude to make camming work for you, and I feel like I possess it. I have relatively high self-esteem, I am largely comfortable with my abilities, and I have absolutely no problem shutting anyone down who tries to fuck with me. But the fact that so many people I encounter show me zero respect is a real bummer.
Fuck off, losers. This is why no woman loves you.
^^^ I think in camming world a year on cam equals 3 years in a vanilla job so for me it's 15 years on cam... too long, never believed i'll last this long & i tell u i am exhausted too, it's not the job itself that tires me, it's the people, every day the same people wanting the same thing, to wank over me, eventually for free if possible. NO, it's not possible haha!
cymonehearts
11-07-2015, 06:51 AM
just need to vent :
but it kind of irritates my soul when guys dont take initiative on these sites especially per min sites.. hell even token base ones. You can be whom ever you want to be behind a keyboard but yet these men lack personality. A simple, hi . . how are you? seems so hard to come by . How does one sit there for hours staring at some one without even speaking. Interaction is key . . Guys complain about girls sitting there looking bored or not getting what they want in private. Well Speak up . .
sorry for the long run on sentence but .. woosahhh . Good morning ladies :)
lTina
11-07-2015, 07:57 AM
I haven't cammed in a long while, so I made a new CB account. Even with the "new" tag I don't get more than 20 people in my room, wtf. And some dude came in to tell me "you charge 60tks for pvts? lol I think you have to drop the 0". Then went on to request anal.
pinklemonade0
11-07-2015, 08:39 AM
making me anxious today
pinklemonade0
11-07-2015, 08:44 AM
Also, had one where they came into private and sat there, did nothing, said nothing at all. So I just sat there, and they sat there. It made me feel uneasy.
and also , Saralaughs... this is a lot of what got me really down recently, i had to take a lot of time off... because of people, i think on purpose, trying to make my upset. i had to ban and ignore
i think that is all i have to say on that :(
BiscuitT
11-07-2015, 10:15 AM
I hate to post here cause for me camming deffinitelly donīt suck, I love camming, but today Iīm soo done! I donīt have a place to work right now but I didnīt want to wait any longer so Iīm streaming from a hotel, itīs more like a temporary appartment really and I checked the connection before rent it but these last days were hell! Connection issues are constant and SM being glitchy doesnīt help at all. Plus, my camming hours are limited, plus theyīre not my best hours, plus Iīm starting from 0 since I took a year off...short story, I struggle hours to drag someone to my private, then my bitrate drops to 100 and of course, custie leaves because he canīt see me at all. I canīt wait to get a decent connection!
For today, Iīll log on a while more to make sure I wonīt starve the next week, send some pictures I owe, and then Iīll just grab some junk food and Netflix the rest of the afternoon :P
LoraDoll
11-08-2015, 07:55 PM
so i ve figured out, as i go on higher percentage on jasmin, my room go more and more empty.
on 30-35-40% my room is full and busy - losts of members and guests around 4-500.
on 45% it goes more empty... around 10-15 members and less guests, on 50 or higher, it s totally a ghost town.
Is that possible? :O
I ve spent a lot to give my room a more luxury look, since an admin asked me to do, in "private chat".
And fucking nothing changed , overall.
i m fucking bored to be busy if i earn less percentage, than go to nowhere.
yesterday i reached 50%, now i m sitting here 3 hours ago, 1-2 member pops in the room sometimes. No traffic. LIke im in the middle of nowhere.
Ant d about the luxury look: Yesterday i had a long pvt with a guy, who was disgusting, and fucked himself with a cucumber , another long pvt with a guy who wanted to talk about poo - and begged me for poo lol, the reswas similar disgusting retard. As i seen, girls who do fisting, and not disguested to swim in their spits, are doing well here, if u re just a nice pretty girl - simply just a good perforemer, the site just use u as a slave.
Is that possible, or i m mad. o.O
so i ve figured out, as i go on higher percentage on jasmin, my room go more and more empty.
on 30-35-40% my room is full and busy - losts of members and guests around 4-500.
on 45% it goes more empty... around 10-15 members and less guests, on 50 or higher, it s totally a ghost town.
Is that possible? :O
I ve spent a lot to give my room a more luxury look, since an admin asked me to do, in "private chat".
And fucking nothing changed , overall.
i m fucking bored to be busy if i earn less percentage, than go to nowhere.
yesterday i reached 50%, now i m sitting here 3 hours ago, 1-2 member pops in the room sometimes. No traffic. LIke im in the middle of nowhere.
Ant d about the luxury look: Yesterday i had a long pvt with a guy, who was disgusting, and fucked himself with a cucumber , another long pvt with a guy who wanted to talk about poo - and begged me for poo lol, the reswas similar disgusting retard. As i seen, girls who do fisting, and not disguested to swim in their spits, are doing well here, if u re just a nice pretty girl - simply just a good perforemer, the site just use u as a slave.
Is that possible, or i m mad. o.O
I dont cam on Jasmin for years since they changed site and have crazy requirements and all but wish to ask if u have more model accounts there? I know years ago it was possible to have two or more accounts, i would switch to the other account if u find u are not getting traffic on the actual one once u reached a certain percentage.
Can u do that or u find this idea helpful? Just wanna help xxx, good luck!
Edited to add: i read more posts regarding this matter, models complained once they reach the higher percentage they dont get good traffic anymore, it makes sense they want models to get the lower percentage so they direct traffic to that rooms. Jasmin is the most shady site between cam sites i consider.
coma288
11-08-2015, 08:28 PM
4 hours and $160. This is literally the worst Sunday I've ever had :/ nothing but freeloaders and cheapskates
BadBitch
11-08-2015, 08:31 PM
I hate to revive this thread from the bottom of the second page, but I just have to vent...
Do you ladies ever get really emotionally burned out from constantly being taken for a ride at your job? It's really getting to me the last few weeks. I fucking HATE the lying, bait-and-switching, demanding, whiney, timewasting JERKS. It isn't even about the money, it's just depressing how many people I encounter daily who just want to fuck me over. Sometimes upwards of a dozen, but usually at least one or two.
I know you need strong emotional fortitude to make camming work for you, and I feel like I possess it. I have relatively high self-esteem, I am largely comfortable with my abilities, and I have absolutely no problem shutting anyone down who tries to fuck with me. But the fact that so many people I encounter show me zero respect is a real bummer.
Fuck off, losers. This is why no woman loves you.
Yes!!!! I'm SO fucking stressed over it. These losers have fucked it up for the nice men out there. The assholes have turned me into a stone-cold bitch. I don't even greet the men coming into my room anymore. I'm so fucking bitter anymore.
BadBitch
11-08-2015, 08:35 PM
just need to vent :
but it kind of irritates my soul when guys dont take initiative on these sites especially per min sites.. hell even token base ones. You can be whom ever you want to be behind a keyboard but yet these men lack personality. A simple, hi . . how are you? seems so hard to come by . How does one sit there for hours staring at some one without even speaking. Interaction is key . . Guys complain about girls sitting there looking bored or not getting what they want in private. Well Speak up . .
sorry for the long run on sentence but .. woosahhh . Good morning ladies :)
That has become my BIGGEST pet peeve!!!! They just fucking sit!!!!! Wtf?!?!?!???!???!!! Godforbid you don't answer THEM right away though.
LoraDoll
11-08-2015, 09:15 PM
I dont cam on Jasmin for years since they changed site and have crazy requirements and all but wish to ask if u have more model accounts there? I know years ago it was possible to have two or more accounts, i would switch to the other account if u find u are not getting traffic on the actual one once u reached a certain percentage.
Can u do that or u find this idea helpful? Just wanna help xxx, good luck!
Edited to add: i read more posts regarding this matter, models complained once they reach the higher percentage they dont get good traffic anymore, it makes sense they want models to get the lower percentage so they direct traffic to that rooms. Jasmin is the most shady site between cam sites i consider.
I have one account, and the idea u said sounds interesting.
I ve seen modells with 2 account, but they always placed next to each other ,wich is dumb, lol.
Use 1 account first > go from 30 to 45 , than another one > do the same... aint make sense in the end. (i dunno , just wondering) maybe it s just better idea to move somewhere else, lol.
Whatever, u got me curious, so i think i ll try it out sooner or later, and see what happens.
Thnx for ur kind reply.
^^^ Sure, it's up to u, just wanted to mention this & i know they place models almost next to eachother but if u maybe choose a different category for the other account, if u qualify?!
What i suggested makes sense if u wanna have traffic & privates constantly or u can cam without reaching the next pay level.
Or mix Jasmin with other site(s), it's totally ur decision; i remember when i started camming many years ago at studio, the boss there gave us less money if we reached higher earnings so when i read this about Jasmin i just cringe, they soo greedy and totally unprofessional.
Whatever u decide, good luck! xx
pippapippa
11-08-2015, 10:17 PM
I am SOOO fucking sick of this mobile glitch right now. I'm streaming. Guys on a computer can see me. I'm showing up as a black screen on mobile. How the fuck am I supposed to make money when a large portion of my customers can't see me?
webcamcutie
11-09-2015, 01:21 AM
^^^ this is what's been screwing me since last Thursday. When my big Baller spender finally came in after weeks of Mia and it wouldn't work no matter what yesterday, I rebooted and went to 1500 bitrate instead of 2000 and after him trying to load my room twice it worked, finally. Not sure if it's a coincidence or what but it's been REALLY bad the last 5 days. Used to be able to reboot or pause n unpause to fix it, and now that doesn't work either. I'm glad he got to connect tho cause he's easy money and spends a lot.
SuperPookie
11-09-2015, 01:10 PM
Omg I've made 16.05 in 4 1/2 hours ! Wtf I just want to cry. Ever since the Halloween contest Streamate has been completely dead for me.
^^^ Yes i feel the same, since Halloween is even slower for me :(
SuperPookie
11-09-2015, 01:47 PM
It's frigging killing me.
anonymous camgirl
11-09-2015, 01:48 PM
$0 on SM.. and $28 on cams.. uggh.. come on horny guys!.. It's been 2 hours now..
ShyCamgirlBB
11-09-2015, 01:55 PM
so i ve figured out, as i go on higher percentage on jasmin, my room go more and more empty.
on 30-35-40% my room is full and busy - losts of members and guests around 4-500.
on 45% it goes more empty... around 10-15 members and less guests, on 50 or higher, it s totally a ghost town.
Is that possible? :O
I ve spent a lot to give my room a more luxury look, since an admin asked me to do, in "private chat".
And fucking nothing changed , overall.
i m fucking bored to be busy if i earn less percentage, than go to nowhere.
yesterday i reached 50%, now i m sitting here 3 hours ago, 1-2 member pops in the room sometimes. No traffic. LIke im in the middle of nowhere.
Ant d about the luxury look: Yesterday i had a long pvt with a guy, who was disgusting, and fucked himself with a cucumber , another long pvt with a guy who wanted to talk about poo - and begged me for poo lol, the reswas similar disgusting retard. As i seen, girls who do fisting, and not disguested to swim in their spits, are doing well here, if u re just a nice pretty girl - simply just a good perforemer, the site just use u as a slave.
Is that possible, or i m mad. o.O
Livejasmin stinks!! They are probably giving you bad placement once you reach 50%. They don't want to pay you that.
I'm curious, don't you have regulars? You should still be able to pull $$ out of your regulars once you reach 50% and keep more %. I don't even have regulars there. Unless they are totally hiding you. The custies on that site are disgusting. I treat them like shit and just take what I can get