View Full Version : The General Purpose "Camming Sucks Right Now" Thread
LacyStockings
07-19-2013, 10:04 PM
My week with Streamate has been meh, with tonight being the absolute worst. I think my crummy mood is exacerbating the problem.
It's pretty bad when anyone who comes into your room is either dead silent or chatting about how they can't meet girls at parties. Does it make me a bad person if I want to take out my frustration at Streamate on this poor un-socialized soul? I'm trying to be a happy hyper fun person, and they're making it REALLY hard. If you're half as whiny in person as you are on here then I understand perfectly why women go out of their way to avoid you at parties. Sweet Jesus.
Alright, magic spell to become happy, hyper, and fun again. ...
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Well crap, that didn't work.
Time to try Chaturbate. Sigh.
Ms.ThaliaBlair
07-19-2013, 11:23 PM
I've made nothing this week on MFC. Actually nothing. WTF?
cherryblossomsinspring
07-20-2013, 10:25 AM
I'm actually getting sick of camming. Maybe it's pms talking but I really despise people coming into my room like I'm there to hang out for free. Also this member that tips umm lets see $10 keeps asking me out like this is fucking match. Ohh wait and it gets even better as he tells me what men should do blah blah. It's like shut the fuck up and tip or get the fuck on. When I realized I got through 3 hours of a watching shows and then hit 45 mins of another I realized I wasn't making shit just responding to this guy's long dried out commentary that was going no where.
Going forward the entire room gets ignore until I hear a money chime. I'm also getting on cam in fucking sweats and a tshirt. Ohh and to make matters worse the guys are being limited on what they can spend. Ohh great!
Marina Starr
07-20-2013, 05:34 PM
Camming doesn't suck. Poor men suck!
Blovely
07-21-2013, 01:28 AM
I want to upgrade my lifestyle and make more money in general. I don't feel like I'm making enough on SM especially with how slow it has been. So I'm going back to split-camming and going on a camsite sign up spree. I never thought about touching Imlive, Ifriends, or Livejasmin but now I gives no fucks.... I need and want to make more money. I dunna how I'm going to manage working 5 sites (6 once I get my passport for Adultwork) but I'm going to do it.
Nina_Den
07-21-2013, 01:29 AM
Not necessarily camming, but the circumstances; Sunday morning-noon is usually the day I make the most on SM, since my placement is so good (relatively). If I make payout on that day alone (which always happens), it keeps me calmed down about the fact that even if the upcoming days will suck, I'll still get paid.
Today I can't do it because it's my mom's birthday and my family and I are going to a restaurant. It means I'll have to start all over again on Monday, and Monday is ambivalent.
On the other hand... this restaurant rocks.
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(Also, Marina, if you're reading it - I'd like to officially declare this gif (http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Oprah_relaxin.gif) as the first and newest desktop picture on my new laptop; I've a feeling it's going to stay like that for a long, long time, and I'm totally fine with that. Seeing Oprah relaxin in the tub like a boss everytime I turn on my computer? Yes, Sir.)
lifetravelergirl
07-21-2013, 05:44 AM
Sunday morning on SM is usually one of my best days also but today it was awful.
I think I banned about 18 guys today, one who thanked me after he came in my free chat, was glad I got him before he closed the page. Maybe it's just me though, I am gong through a difficult time right now.
Marina Starr
07-21-2013, 06:44 AM
http://i184.photobucket.com/albums/x311/melaniamai/Oh-Yeah-Obama-Singing-Gif_zps34a1938a.gif
(Also, Marina, if you're reading it - I'd like to officially declare this gif (http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Oprah_relaxin.gif) as the first and newest desktop picture on my new laptop; I've a feeling it's going to stay like that for a long, long time, and I'm totally fine with that. Seeing Oprah relaxin in the tub like a boss everytime I turn on my computer? Yes, Sir.)
Glamourmilf
07-21-2013, 08:40 AM
Yeah, lifetravelergirl. Sunday has had a change up in good times for me also for the past couple of weeks. I have better traffic in the later part of the afternoon.
DEUCESWILD
07-21-2013, 11:53 PM
yesterday i made a whopping $61 in 6 hours! Yesterday sucked so bad but today I made $184 in 5 hours. Camming can be so unpredictable sometimes! But when I think of working a regular 9-5 again I want to shoot myself! I'll stick it out through these slow times because it beats the daily grind of that (atleast for me)
buxxxom
07-22-2013, 12:59 AM
Just what I needed after a unexpected week off, due to non-stop thunderstorms and no power/no water... a shit return. 4 hours and only $66. I could have logged off an hour ago with the same dollar amount. *sigh* Isn't it just Murphy's Law that I can just never get ahead. Something always happens that keeps me trying to catch up. -___-
justanothercamgirl
07-22-2013, 06:03 AM
Just what I needed after a unexpected week off, due to non-stop thunderstorms and no power/no water... a shit return. 4 hours and only $66. I could have logged off an hour ago with the same dollar amount. *sigh* Isn't it just Murphy's Law that I can just never get ahead. Something always happens that keeps me trying to catch up. -___-
I know your pain, sister. For what it is worth Murphy's is always getting up in my business too.
KimKlass
07-22-2013, 06:03 AM
I don't know WTF is going on. July on MFC has been absolutely brutal guys. Brutal! Impatiently waiting for the fall, when it picks up! And I started MFC in the summer last year, too. I do not recall it being like this. This is just craziness.
NicoleM.
07-22-2013, 02:44 PM
I'm feeling very frustrated right now .. the last three days were super-slow and tonight almost nothing.
I'm still online just 'cause I need that money but .. damn.
What the hell is wrong with me.
Nina_Den
07-22-2013, 02:49 PM
What the hell is wrong with me.
Don't ever say that. It's not you.
Seriously, don't even go there because it's disastrous. I know exceptionally well how hard it is to not mix your true value and sense of self-esteem with your camming life, but once you start thinking badly of yourself, it's time to log off, spend time with the people who love you, drink chocolate milk and watch Workaholics. Or, for that matter, anything else you like.
NicoleM.
07-22-2013, 02:55 PM
Maybe you're right, I'm starting to be bitchy with everyone who enters in my room.
But on the other hand, I have this thoughts on my mind saying to me that if I log off I may lose some good opportunity later.
That's really frustrating.
Nina_Den
07-22-2013, 03:00 PM
Oh, I know. I can relate to this, a lot.
That's why I started limiting myself with the time I stay on, no matter what, cause I realized staying on for hours without making a dime (or hardly any) is not worth the hassle. It's not worth the feeling of failure accompanying staying on and on and on.
I only stay overtime if I'm stressed about making payout, and it usually feels horrible.
What I'm trying to say is, it's not worth the way it makes you feel. Go do other things and come back the next day, freshly showered and clear-minded.
These are just my 2 cents on the matter.
karaamsel
07-22-2013, 03:09 PM
But on the other hand, I have this thoughts on my mind saying to me that if I log off I may lose some good opportunity later.
self-care is the number one thing you can do to prevent burn-out. check in with yourself periodically throughout a shift, if you're finding you're becoming bitchy and that's not your intention, then it might be time to log off for a bit. nothing wrong with taking breaks or logging off early - better than stressing and ending up quitting.
NicoleM.
07-22-2013, 03:15 PM
In the end I log off, I can't take this anymore for tonight.
Tomorrow I will consider joining also AW or MFC, this shit can't go on. I think I feel a lot the pressure of duties and economic responsabilities I was not used to.
For now gonna get some cookies.
Thank you for the support
Fallenangel2904
07-22-2013, 04:12 PM
Camming doesn't suck (well maybe camming sucks a little lol) but I'm the one who sucks because I can't find the motivation to get my ass online lately! I did SO good for like two weeks then the lazy cam girl syndrom hit. Wasn't helping that things had gotten sloooowww on SM, I've been having major computer issues with SM so that just makes me UGH annoyed. But still need to forge on and get on. Going to try to suck it up and do a few hours tonight. It's hard once you take a few days off, someone hit me okay?
KimKlass
07-23-2013, 03:05 AM
Just wanted to throw in some hope for you ladies lol. I have had a crappy freaking month, no joke. But hit a $500 night tonight out of nowhere. I changed nothing except the time I logged on by a couple hours, and perhaps my attitude. I've been through quite a few slow periods on MFC, and at the end of every single one, I look back and I'm like, "Well damn. It wasn't MFC that sucked (even though it was actually slower). My attitude on cam degraded because it was slow, and that made it worse. So it wasn't MFC exactly, it was mostly me. I gotta cut that shit out and remember for next time it gets slow."
Gotta get out of that vicious cycle where it slows down for several shifts, or several weeks, then causing us to run around like chickens with our heads cut off because it got slow. It fucks up your performance on cam, even if it's subtle. I know it's hard, but remember that shit can turn around in no time, when you aren't expecting it.
Ivanovich
07-23-2013, 04:41 AM
AW has been soooo slow for me lately, I guess this UK heatwave isn't helping, i have mega lazy cam girl syndrome and hate having to put in more time to earn the same mulah! x
cherryblossomsinspring
07-23-2013, 06:11 AM
Just because is slow right now on all cam sites (at least for me) that doesn't mean we should not put online and put to watch TV, because we need to paid bills, food, medicine, etc.. and watching TV wont give us one single cent for it. So even if we only earn $10 bucks in 4 hours....is $10 bucks that watching TV you wouldn't make...the good thing is that in my country at least $1,000 per month is lots of money, but in US, UK, etc life is expensive so you better keep your ass on cam online even if it is slow instead of watch TV =)
Can you adopt me?? ** bats eyelashes** I'll be your foreign exchange student or something lol
hha
You're right $1,000 goes so much father other places.
My rent just went up again and that's even with the lease signing discount so Ugg this is killing me. Still my "woman" time came so I knew it was best to log off for a few days. I'll be back in action but ooh the feeling of just laying in feels great.
Some guy keeps sending me offline messages of " I'll be online just been busy" as if I'm missing out on his $20 1 day a week tips. lol
DoodlebugBites
07-23-2013, 12:03 PM
Some guy keeps sending me offline messages of " I'll be online just been busy" as if I'm missing out on his $20 1 day a week tips. lol
LOL I love their updates.
One guy stops by my chat once in a while to tell me his status. Last week he told me he was waiting for his paycheck. Fair enough. Yesterday I was taking a break after my first private–I had just gotten online and forgot to grab my phone. I had been gone three minutes when he left a message saying he was ready to play whenever I was.
About three hours later (I was on the whole time) when he came back to say he wanted to play but he had just hit his daily limit with someone else. I said that was too bad and he said "I know, I really wanted to play" and continued to hang around in my chat being all sadface. Finally I said something like, "Well that's what happens when you go somewhere else to play." I tried to say it playfully but I was really annoyed and I think I let it show.
Then I really got annoyed when he said, "Very true but I do have needs and when your not on they must be met hahah." Like, I wasn't online that whole time when I was. That really put me over the edge, and booted him from my room right after that because someone else tipped for a boob flash and I didn't think he deserved to get to see that since he was basically saying "Oh, gonnna buy a session with you! Whoops, too bad, bought it off someone else. But I still wanna play with you! Wah!"
Like, just shut up about it already.
Nina_Den
07-23-2013, 01:52 PM
^ Reminds me that last year on MFC (never again) I had a semi-regular (he occupied my chatroom 24/7, but only tipped/entered a group show once in a blue moon. Thank god for SM's kick button) tell me: "I really hope you're not mad... but I've something important to tell you. Yesterday I played with another model... I'm sorry, but I've needs".
I still SMH and laugh about it whenever I remember it; the way he said it, like he spends hundreds of dollars on me so that could be a possible worry, or like we're a couple. And he sounded so serious, like he actually thought I was gonna get mad and jealous.
CanadianRuby
07-23-2013, 02:14 PM
LOL I love their updates.
One guy stops by my chat once in a while to tell me his status. Last week he told me he was waiting for his paycheck. Fair enough. Yesterday I was taking a break after my first private–I had just gotten online and forgot to grab my phone. I had been gone three minutes when he left a message saying he was ready to play whenever I was.
About three hours later (I was on the whole time) when he came back to say he wanted to play but he had just hit his daily limit with someone else. I said that was too bad and he said "I know, I really wanted to play" and continued to hang around in my chat being all sadface. Finally I said something like, "Well that's what happens when you go somewhere else to play." I tried to say it playfully but I was really annoyed and I think I let it show.
Then I really got annoyed when he said, "Very true but I do have needs and when your not on they must be met hahah." Like, I wasn't online that whole time when I was. That really put me over the edge, and booted him from my room right after that because someone else tipped for a boob flash and I didn't think he deserved to get to see that since he was basically saying "Oh, gonnna buy a session with you! Whoops, too bad, bought it off someone else. But I still wanna play with you! Wah!"
Like, just shut up about it already.
How long does the kick last for? That's good you kicked him haha. What a loser. "I have needs". That's the most stupid thing I can hear out of a mans mouth. Same with the whole "blue ball" excuse. They make it sound like their penis will implode that instant if you don't give them a blow job.
I see guys on MGF that do that crap. They tell me they are out of credits or something, but I can see they JUST got a new review that day from someone, or I have seen them online for the last 6 hours.
Like, fine, if you have no credits don't come talk to me and waste my time.
They make it sound like they don't have 5 bucks to spare in the middle of the month....yeah right. Then why are you online....every single day....for 12 hours....on a pay2play website....
Oh wait, I know, it's because when you refresh your log in every 2 minutes, women send you free samples and pictures all damn day.
TeenageAnnie
07-23-2013, 02:34 PM
AW was slow today so put free chat on , which i never do, just a bunch of losers asking "where u live" cause they wanna meet me. pisses me off. every 10 seconds another 1 asks WHERE U LIVE BB? fuck off twats!!!!!!!
SexyAleks
07-23-2013, 02:51 PM
Yes, or "where u from". Or "wat you wearing" (original spelling). All part of their universal freeloader script. And it's not like I haven't put in my profile where I am from, live and all those details.
Ivanovich
07-23-2013, 03:18 PM
Don't forget the "Do You escort" like yeah I escort but i failed to put it on my profile.....or i'll give £1200 to sleep with me.... standard answer... Fuck Off!
Via Flaminia
07-23-2013, 09:58 PM
I never like bringing the negative to the party, but what a fucking horrible day and night so far.
nikki187
07-24-2013, 08:20 AM
So didn't realize I was going to be so easily irritated today. Just went on a blocking spree lol. So tired of the guys who come in and stay stuff like wow you look like my wifes hot friend that never leads anywhere and the guy who tried to tip only 2 gold to see my outfit after I clearly said 5. It is also in my room topic.
Had to log off and have a smoke lol.
cherryblossomsinspring
07-24-2013, 08:41 AM
LOL I love their updates.
One guy stops by my chat once in a while to tell me his status. Last week he told me he was waiting for his paycheck. Fair enough. Yesterday I was taking a break after my first private–I had just gotten online and forgot to grab my phone. I had been gone three minutes when he left a message saying he was ready to play whenever I was.
About three hours later (I was on the whole time) when he came back to say he wanted to play but he had just hit his daily limit with someone else. I said that was too bad and he said "I know, I really wanted to play" and continued to hang around in my chat being all sadface. Finally I said something like, "Well that's what happens when you go somewhere else to play." I tried to say it playfully but I was really annoyed and I think I let it show.
Then I really got annoyed when he said, "Very true but I do have needs and when your not on they must be met hahah." Like, I wasn't online that whole time when I was. That really put me over the edge, and booted him from my room right after that because someone else tipped for a boob flash and I didn't think he deserved to get to see that since he was basically saying "Oh, gonnna buy a session with you! Whoops, too bad, bought it off someone else. But I still wanna play with you! Wah!"
Like, just shut up about it already.
Ha!! I hate these types. I actually can't help but to break down the truth and say umm you know I'm not your wife or you're girlfriend right? Sooo... umm I really don't care. Remember I play with dozens upon dozens of guys why exactly would I care where or who you spend your money on? Remember NSA+ CASH is what camming is about. Now go and check out some other rooms so I can play with some guys :) Yah!
Hahah they hate this but ooh well... I usually try to thrown in " It pay$$$ to Discover" lol..
The only guys that do the really weird back handed stuff like this are seriously old. Their not even functioning down below yet still want to feel umm wanted or needed or some crap.
That same guy I posted about above is so desperate to meet. He tried the well I'm "older than you". It's like umm come on now gramps "older doesn't even cut the age gap". But I pretend like " ohh wow really??"Ugg I hate how dumb these types think we are. He actually had the audacity to tell me I should throw away some of my pictures on my profile because " that's not you". Right because the world revolves around your tastes ?? Pfft I told him actually bubb... I had many privates after men saw me in that sexy outfit.. btw do you plan to take me private this year?? lol
Shut him the f... up.
Nothing is more of a icky feeling than some guy trying to play "father knows best" with his limp winky out. So pedophiriffic. ugg!
gingerstripper
07-24-2013, 10:57 AM
Yesterday I ended up making 130 dollars. blah. It was dead but i did have tippers for the short amount of time i was on. but it still was sloow
justanothercamgirl
07-24-2013, 12:40 PM
Have I mentioned how much I hate burnout?
Yeah, probably like 1000 times now.
(*sighs*)
cherryblossomsinspring
07-25-2013, 03:17 AM
I'm burntout + end of menses. I haven't been on cam in a few days but hope when I do I'll be all over the camming rocks thread. I feel like I missed out on a wave of cash because the camming rocks thread was insane tonight!! So happy for the ladies here, it's great motivation:)
Deaddolly
07-25-2013, 06:34 AM
Guys want to hang out all day.
Deaddolly
07-25-2013, 09:07 AM
I don't know WTF is going on. July on MFC has been absolutely brutal guys. Brutal! Impatiently waiting for the fall, when it picks up! And I started MFC in the summer last year, too. I do not recall it being like this. This is just craziness.
Haha I started in the summer too. But luckily my new girl luck carried me through it.
Just had my first official day back on SM after a year break from camming, and made only $33 from gold shows in almost 2 HOURS WTF. Normally I'd have at least $90 by now. Not an encouraging welcome back. WHERE'S THE TRAFFIC?
Still, easier and more money than a so-called "real" job... ugh.
Sunnylexie
07-25-2013, 10:16 PM
My SM room must be cursed. Every time I try to raise my pvt rates higher than $2.99, it drops dead. Like a half a year ago I tried to raise it from 2.49 to 3.49 and failed massively. It took me a year to inch my way back from 1.99 to 2.99 and to the middle of the 1st page - and I did rather well there. But after I added another 0.05 to make it 3.04, my room instantly got empty and got moved to the page 2. FFS, do the 5 cents a minute make that much difference?(((
P.S. Does anyone know if one can filter/sort models by per-minute price on SM?
DoodlebugBites
07-25-2013, 10:27 PM
My SM room must be cursed. Every time I try to raise my pvt rates higher than $2.99, it drops dead. Like a half a year ago I tried to raise it from 2.49 to 3.49 and failed massively. It took me a year to inch my way back from 1.99 to 2.99 and to the middle of the 1st page - and I did rather well there. But after I added another 0.05 to make it 3.04, my room instantly got empty and got moved to the page 2. FFS, do the 5 cents a minute make that much difference?(((
P.S. Does anyone know if one can filter/sort models by per-minute price on SM?
Have you tried jacking it way up, just for kicks? Like, even for one night, or after you make a goal.
Sunnylexie
07-25-2013, 11:08 PM
^Not sure it will make any difference. For some reason, pvt rate>2.99 = empty room, right off, from the very first hour. Not even less pvts, but drop in traffic (e.g. from 15-20 people in guest chat and 10-15 in free chat to 3-5 people in guest chat and 1-2 in free). That's why I was asking if they can filter models by price. Gonna lower it back to 2.99 and see what happens.
Graceface
07-25-2013, 11:38 PM
Just a thought - maybe ask one of the veteran gals to pop in and give you some feedback? I've had my rates set at the maximum from the beginning, and it hasn't seemed to affect my traffic either way.
buxxxom
07-26-2013, 03:46 AM
Only made $70 in 3.5 hours. Things started to pick up towards the end of my shift, but it's damn almost 7am and I have to sleep before needing to be somewhere at 2pm. I tried to stick it out, but this summer is just not being good to me. I'll put more hours in tomorrow night and continue to bring the hustle. I know $20 an hour is pretty decent money, but I normally make at least double (if not triple) that. I hope August picks up.
CanadianRuby
07-26-2013, 04:16 PM
My MGF stalker is back AGAIN. He is fucking INSANE.
He made his 3rd account premium, when his main is premium.
I am confronting him right now about it, but he wont give me straight answer. I KNOW it is him. His fantasy is too obscure for it to NOT be him.
FOR FUCKS SAKES LEAVE ME ALONE.
And MGF won't ban his fucking ass or tell him to leave me the hell alone. They wont' answer my emails about him.
CanadianRuby
07-26-2013, 04:31 PM
My MGF stalker is back AGAIN. He is fucking INSANE.
He made his 3rd account premium, when his main is premium.
I am confronting him right now about it, but he wont give me straight answer. I KNOW it is him. His fantasy is too obscure for it to NOT be him.
FOR FUCKS SAKES LEAVE ME ALONE.
And MGF won't ban his fucking ass or tell him to leave me the hell alone. They wont' answer my emails about him.
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gingerstripper
07-26-2013, 05:29 PM
camming sucks right now because i have no motivation to get on cam after my cat attacked my face no my eye is swollen, migraine struck.. and my kid took off his diaper and yeah.. ya know.
today has sucked so hard but still gonna see if i feel up to camming.
suckiest week ever.
RaeRae
07-26-2013, 06:14 PM
It's been over an hour and I've only made 1.75 so far. Fucking kill me. I'd just say fuck it and do the late shift instead but fucking hubby has to have the bed and our couch is falling apart(getting a new one in a few weeks).
cherryblossomsinspring
07-27-2013, 01:32 AM
Wow I actually think this is the worst day in camming for me ever. So lets see $5 in 4 hours . I get on again later after a good nap and hmm let me count ooh right $0 in lets see 2 hours. I did get a private on AW but that's because the member was looking for a cheaper private. Great a nice month to wait for that 1 hour show.
All in all 1 site it's like crickets. I'm ignoring the room until someone tips. People keep popping in to beg. See this is what happens when they try to turn escort clientel into cam customers by advertising on these hobbyist boards. Guys are not interested in spending an real money because they feel for $200 they can get full on in person sex.
Oh and in other news that one spending member keeps trying to confirm my fake location. How many times did I say " I don't escort and have no plans to" but he's under the special snowflake syndome condition.
This totally blows!!
RaineyLane
07-28-2013, 01:11 PM
Camming has sucked for me the past 2 weeks! The physical studio that I work in (Kinklive LA) suffered a system failure and is CLOSED until further notice. Meaning NO MONEY for me! Got my computer fixed, decided to try MFC last night and made 50 tokens in an hour! That's only $2.50! FUCK! I'm freaking out and hope that the studio gets up and running soon. I can't cam on Kinklive from home. Hoping I can get that MFC money flowing again!
PS- I haven't been around SW due to computer issues. I'm back now and could really use some moral support after the past 2 weeks! :(
Thymian
07-28-2013, 05:15 PM
So I am relatively new to SW (long-time lurker though) and I was excited to sign up and start posting in the Camming Rocks thread but sadly it just sucks this weekend.
I made $200 on SM Friday night in three hours (yay!) but the exact same time slot on Saturday night? Just about $20.
Today is even worse–this afternoon was dead and I am trying to log back on right now but DO. NOT. WANT. /rant