View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
PennyJ
04-28-2017, 04:28 PM
Ughhh why couldn't the contest happen today, I made bank for once (dead ass week), and would have rocked it. Now it's just gonna be madness for 3 days. I would have definitely been more enthusiastic if it was the 50% deal. I would have worked my ass off for that. Contest though? It's like they want us to battle each other...we're all equal, and everyone works hard as fuck no matter where they rank in the contest, everyone gives everything they have in shows, just give us 50% and make everyone smile and treat everyone the same
Lexilexxx
04-28-2017, 10:25 PM
FML! Where's the 50% contest?! Everyone has a chance @ that deal.
Scorpio Girl
04-28-2017, 11:29 PM
So, I can't see who is in my room other than when they first log on or talk to me, but the list where it normally has all their names is just blank even though there are people in my room and it is not making the log in noise when they come in. Anyone else having this?
winnipeg
04-29-2017, 03:13 AM
I hate these self-entitled men who think just cause they are paying, then you'll put up with rude behaviour!!
IvyRose
04-29-2017, 07:16 AM
.... well... another contest... 3 days.... 200 winners.... :-\
Im just gonna do my regular hours, not going to work extra hard and make extra hours for a bonus while I can make the same extra $ on a normal day easier. Count me in before and straight after the contest though #notworththetrouble
PS fuck those 3! days contest with a big hard strapon
2 days is allready exhausting (but do able); 3 nooo bueno (wont even be able to work afterwards if would have to go full out for 3 days, which will result in a loss of $ even with added bonus)
47961 pussy says no
JoyKitten
04-30-2017, 06:35 AM
The European, South American & other global models can confirm, this is a 3-4 day weekend ALL over the globe, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day
Just wondering if Tuesday is part of the holiday weekend? (Otherwise, why is SM including it in the contest?)
Cam sites offer contests when they know it's going to be dead online. They want to increase THEIR earnings, driving traffic by getting models who normally wouldn't bother to sign-on and work. In this case, the global May Day Holiday, is like holiday weekends in the USA: Guys are with their family (kids) or traveling, or doing other holiday stuff rather than being alone to wack-off with us. AND so are top models! Fewer of us sign-on to work too.
RE Easter's BIG contest bonus, that is a HUGE global family holiday. I suspect SM felt they needed to make a rediculously generous offer to get top models to sign-on to drive traffic to an otherwise dead site =p So I doubt we'll see another one of those super-contests until next Easter or other global social event.
Snowy0Star
04-30-2017, 06:44 AM
^ i had no idea May Day was an official holiday I've never had that day off from school but I'm American .
JoyKitten
04-30-2017, 07:37 AM
Until today I wasn't aware of May 1st being a global holiday either. (we Americans are so self-centered & clueless) The fact that SM was offering a contest made me curious WHY, because as you say, in the USA it's not a holiday. SM always has a reason for offering contests, so I wanted to know why they're offering a strange May Day special?
Googled and found out it's a huge holiday round the world. For the majority of the world this is like our USA Memorial Day weekend, the beginning of summer fun.
So, I can't see who is in my room other than when they first log on or talk to me, but the list where it normally has all their names is just blank even though there are people in my room and it is not making the log in noise when they come in. Anyone else having this?
This has been happening for me for awhile now.
Contest. Again. Tells me my time on sm isn't going to be worth it. Thanks for the heads up. Make the rich richer and the poor try as hard as they can. No thanks. I have never been one to compete with others unless there's an actual chance.
anonymous camgirl
04-30-2017, 10:39 AM
The only good bonus they ever had is that one where they will pay you 50% more of your earnings!.. I did good with that one .. I had some big spenders and hardly worked that hard.
imelly21
04-30-2017, 11:55 AM
wow but the prizes are so generous
Teddy_Bear
04-30-2017, 12:33 PM
The European, South American & other global models can confirm, this is a 3-4 day weekend ALL over the globe, right?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Workers%27_Day
Just wondering if Tuesday is part of the holiday weekend? (Otherwise, why is SM including it in the contest?)
Cam sites offer contests when they know it's going to be dead online. They want to increase THEIR earnings, driving traffic by getting models who normally wouldn't bother to sign-on and work. In this case, the global May Day Holiday, is like holiday weekends in the USA: Guys are with their family (kids) or traveling, or doing other holiday stuff rather than being alone to wack-off with us. AND so are top models! Fewer of us sign-on to work too.
RE Easter's BIG contest bonus, that is a HUGE global family holiday. I suspect SM felt they needed to make a rediculously generous offer to get top models to sign-on to drive traffic to an otherwise dead site =p So I doubt we'll see another one of those super-contests until next Easter or other global social event.
THANK YOU! I reiterated this point regarding the last contest in the SM thread and received a load of abuse both on the forum and off. I stand by what I said SM were so desperate for models to log on over Easter they dangled something some models couldn't afford to pass up. Annnnnddd it worked.
Didn't change a thing because as I predicted the last contest wasn't as profitable for SM so they have reverted back to the unfair contests that reward girls who already earn big, what a joke.
I increased my prices as I thought the site was going to be a glitchfest graveyard during the stupid contest and it has paid off handsomely, plus it's been busy all day. Hooray for being independent and in control of how much we believe we're worth.
raakashock
04-30-2017, 01:15 PM
Easter Bonus was added to Apr 9-15 week for me.... Is that normal? I thought it would be added to the next week. When the Bonus was earned..
SO I am also noticing something weird about the bunny bonus. They added it to April 16th on my account, but it only shows up when I click the pay adjustment option. Under my earnings, it doesn't show up at all, and was def not added to that weeks paycheck. Anyone know when we get paid that bonus?
SO I am also noticing something weird about the bunny bonus. They added it to April 16th on my account, but it only shows up when I click the pay adjustment option. Under my earnings, it doesn't show up at all, and was def not added to that weeks paycheck. Anyone know when we get paid that bonus?
I got paid mine already.
Scorpio Girl
04-30-2017, 04:30 PM
Thanks, it was so weird. I did clear up though.
Scorpio Girl
04-30-2017, 04:32 PM
SO I am also noticing something weird about the bunny bonus. They added it to April 16th on my account, but it only shows up when I click the pay adjustment option. Under my earnings, it doesn't show up at all, and was def not added to that weeks paycheck. Anyone know when we get paid that bonus?
I got mine too on the check I just got last week. It didn't go with the check it was actually earned on for some reason
PennyJ
04-30-2017, 07:46 PM
In these contests, I wonder how much the 1st place winner has to make to be eligible. And how much their rates are, and how many hours they worked their ass off for. Super curious, any guesses? I haven't really bothered working during contests, so I have no info/estimates based on my own ranked earnings
kamiliam
04-30-2017, 08:30 PM
What I don't understand is why I do so awful during these contests. Not that many girls are online, weekends are my busiest days. Yet I am way underpreforming. I mean yeah I don't do goldshows. Maybe the guys who like me don't like contests? Counting this weekend as a loss. Like everyone I did way better with the bunny days bonus. Oh well.
Sunnylexie
04-30-2017, 09:51 PM
In these contests, I wonder how much the 1st place winner has to make to be eligible$0.01 more than the 2nd place winner lol.
Sunnylexie
04-30-2017, 09:55 PM
What I don't understand is why I do so awful during these contests. Not that many girls are online, weekends are my busiest days. Yet I am way underpreforming. I mean yeah I don't do goldshows. Maybe the guys who like me don't like contests? Counting this weekend as a loss. Like everyone I did way better with the bunny days bonus. Oh well.It's not about you, it's about SM doing the contest on days they expect less customers and less models to go online, so as to give models an incentive to work on days they'd normally spend elsewhere. As for the customers, they aren't getting any bonus for visiting the site, so, naturally, they just go where they'd normally go and spend their holidays with friends or family.
kamiliam
04-30-2017, 10:23 PM
It's not about you, it's about SM doing the contest on days they expect less customers and less models to go online, so as to give models an incentive to work on days they'd normally spend elsewhere. As for the customers, they aren't getting any bonus for visiting the site, so, naturally, they just go where they'd normally go and spend their holidays with friends or family.
I do get why they run these contests, but I would say 80% of my customers are American, and this is not a holiday for us. I would expect my normal guys to be around, guess they just see someone fresh and new (and on for 30hrs straight) lol...mad props I just don't have it in me.
Sunnylexie
05-01-2017, 05:20 AM
AAAAND then the FPS drops strike again. I guess they run contests specifically at times when their tech department is off for holidays.
DahliaSimone
05-01-2017, 12:53 PM
Same, I tend to do pretty shitty on contest days. Weekends are my best days too and yesterday even though hardly anyone was online I had next-to-no traffic for the majority of the time that I was online.
Exact same here.
imelly21
05-01-2017, 01:08 PM
I have this feeling that they put a cap on ranking. As in: if you do not make more then $200(random number). You will not make it in Top 200.
Also Major glitch today. About 7-8 guys who joined my gold show did not show up in gold show after I started. Only the 3 that joined after I started.
imelly21
05-02-2017, 12:26 PM
This contest needs to end already.
sexyadrienne
05-02-2017, 01:01 PM
There a lot of glitches today - C2C not showing up. Exclusive window disappearing. Argh.
AuroraJade
05-03-2017, 05:43 AM
What I don't understand is why I do so awful during these contests. Not that many girls are online, weekends are my busiest days. Yet I am way underpreforming. I mean yeah I don't do goldshows. Maybe the guys who like me don't like contests? Counting this weekend as a loss. Like everyone I did way better with the bunny days bonus. Oh well.
Its not you.
- Guys who spend money on pvt/excl and are nice and good customers generally do not care about this contest bullshit. I have had big spenders ask me what the fuck I was talking about when I mentioned the contests in my room
- Guys who care about the contests... either they are good paying guys who want their fav model to succeed or the cheap gold show guys who expect us to bend over to their will because they think we are that desperate to win 50 bucks.
- And its dead. I often see contests being announced the day after payments are sent. I think it has something to do with their bank balance being low-> they need more money stat -> they have a contest to get us online. With the prices they give out they still have a lot of profit. But that is my theory and it explains why these things are always announced out of the blue and at the end of the week.
I stopped caring about the contests. I do everything like I always do it. Fuck ' contest offers' . I much rather stick to my guns and work my way up so in a year or so I can get into top 100 or maybe even top 10 without having to work 72 hours for it.
My pussy is not for discount, if you want to see me naked then pay up! I would recommend anybody to do the same it causes way less stress and anxiety. :) Plus its good for the site in general if we all would stop the discounts and contest offers
maddiebabe
05-03-2017, 07:34 AM
I just looked at my profile on streamate the way a customer would see it and it says there are videos but I never uploaded any? They are also from like ages ago when I used to try and disguise myself which I don't bother with now. On the model interface when I click on videos down in the galleries section it doesn't show that I have any videos and says I cannot delete any? What the f? How do I get rid of this shit?
RosieRedAss
05-03-2017, 08:18 AM
I'm am at my wits ends.... Friday and all of last week and before that all my equipment was working like a dream, nothing has changed.... but now smbrodcast will not show my cam..... I uninstalled, reinstalled, both my cam and smbrodcast.... then tried in manycam and splitcam, also will not show up, but does if I just add it to the regular page.... but no HD that way..... GRRRRRR Sooooo frustrated!!!! Anyone have any suggestions?? I even ran all the scans on everything on my laptop.... Ahhhhh!!! Please help!!
livroyale
05-03-2017, 08:24 AM
I'm am at my wits ends.... Friday and all of last week and before that all my equipment was working like a dream, nothing has changed.... but now smbrodcast will not show my cam..... I uninstalled, reinstalled, both my cam and smbrodcast.... then tried in manycam and splitcam, also will not show up, but does if I just add it to the regular page.... but no HD that way..... GRRRRRR Sooooo frustrated!!!! Anyone have any suggestions?? I even ran all the scans on everything on my laptop.... Ahhhhh!!! Please help!!
This should help: https://www.stripperweb.com/forum/showthread.php?216257-Windows-10-Creators-Update-Webcam-Encoder-Issues
RosieRedAss
05-03-2017, 08:45 AM
@livroyale thank you so much..... hopefully I can sort it out!! I'm tech savy... I can't figure it out for the life of me!
EllieGold
05-03-2017, 01:27 PM
I tried going back on last night. I think a total of 20 people came into my room within an hour and a half span. Is this the new normal? I just can't fathom wanting to log in anymore there. I'm just burnt out of camming and especially camming with Streamate. I realized nothing is going to change with Streamate so it's best I adapt and go where the money goes.
^^^ Looks like this is the new norm for the average earner like myself yes.... sorry, i am affected too by this situation on SM, i wish to go where the money goes but what place that is pls?!
ETA: looks like SM does not work well on Chrome, 1.5 hrs online & it was glitch fest (frames/ resolution drop), i switched to Mozilla & it looks stable for now!?! Wow!
I just like Chrome but for some reason it's glitching on SM with the Broadcaster hmmm
ETA2: is glitching on Mozilla too plus if i watch myself as a guest there is at least a 5 sec delay for video & audio. NOT GOOD!! I know its not me cause i tried both connections as i have two separate lines from different internet providers & is doing the same on both so it must be SM. When i enter my own room or other rooms near mines in the list it says something like "This room has loading issues" or so, it's a message in a white box that displays quickly then goes away in the settings bar under stream window (from member's side).
Ok here it is:
47981
ZoeLee
05-03-2017, 04:31 PM
I cant turn my back on SM because they got me to where I am now... But somethings gotta give. Its either a TON of traffic and no one talks/tips, or its barely any traffic and they either tip a little or just sit there.
Can we go back to like....2013/2014 SM? PLEASE?!
EllieGold
05-03-2017, 09:44 PM
I miss the good old days of Streamate. I think the last good year for me was 2015. I was pregnant then and I had tons of shows but after that it's been dead. None of my regulars come around as of January. It's like they all disappeared. I quit camming as a gig back in January and I'm finally feeling fantastic with my new life. I am headed back into clips and possible side camming if I need the extra cash. I didn't realize how depressed being on cam was making me. If I could log into Streamate, build a client base again then I think I'd be in luck. However, when you're waiting for hours for 1 private that maybe lasts 5 minutes or less, what gives Streamate? It's so disheartening to built a client base off Streamate these days. I feel bad for new cammodels that think it's always going to be like this. There's so much more out there so having more eggs is best. <3
xoprincessremy
05-03-2017, 09:54 PM
Does anyone else keep going pixelated? It's happening quite often for me. I had the same thing keep happening last night. Multiple restarts have not helped.
The stream will be clear & then all of a sudden the cam itself will 'refresh' and just pixelate.
using BCC950.
ShadyPinesMa
05-04-2017, 07:00 AM
Anyone having issues with Streamate in Firefox?
Nothing is lining up for me, it's weird to describe. Like half of my chat will be blank unless I click on the screen, then it will go back to normal for a second before it gets weird again. It's kind of like the alignment is off? Only things get cut off and go blank. This randomly started happening to me on Tuesday but every other website works on Firefox fine.
Teddy_Bear
05-04-2017, 10:54 AM
Streamate is still S.I.L.E.N.T on Chrome and has been all day - there is literally no sound in anyone's room and I've clicked every chick on the front page. You can see them but not hear them how ridiculous, that might explain why some girlies have had it rough both lately and especially today!
Not to mention the pixilation and robot feedback when there is sound. It's so frustrating. I checked the same rooms on Edge and perfect streams as usual :banghead:
xxtinamariexx
05-04-2017, 11:03 AM
Streamate is still S.I.L.E.N.T on Chrome and has been all day - there is literally no sound in anyone's room and I've clicked every chick on the front page. You can see them but not hear them how ridiculous, that might explain why some girlies have had it rough both lately and especially today!
Not to mention the pixilation and robot feedback when there is sound. It's so frustrating. I checked the same rooms on Edge and perfect streams as usual :banghead:
Guess that is why I was dead all day and users (good customers left) I wish I would have checked myself to see if something was wrong... but I didn't
SoloDesire
05-04-2017, 11:11 AM
Streamate is BROKE AS FUCK. Anyone viewing on Chrome is getting a black screen or other issues. It's DEAD on there right now. Nope...taking the rest of the day off. Streamate, fix your shit!
Snowy0Star
05-04-2017, 11:27 AM
I picked a good day to take the day off i was gonna log on in about 20 min but after i saw this47983
imelly21
05-04-2017, 01:33 PM
$0 pledge for gold shows. Food for thought : if everyone would start doing that, $0 pledge, we know "who" would not get results with it, and then "they" would understand how it backs fire. Im not going to comment if anyone replies to me for saying this. That is all. Just pissed.
nicole88
05-04-2017, 01:38 PM
I really don't know how some
Girls make so much money they must be super hustlers or super models because I make 18 an hour according to streamate and I'm on the first page. That's not okay with me when I'm exposing myself and spending hours on a dead site. I've given streamate a year it's time to move on.
pippapippa
05-04-2017, 02:48 PM
I can't be the only person right whose framerate is dropping like crazy and video quality looks like shit. My connection seems fine, but wtf Streamate?
Vlodina
05-04-2017, 02:59 PM
I can't even use the Encoder today, it crashes as soon as I hit Start. :(
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
05-04-2017, 03:23 PM
I can't even use the Encoder today, it crashes as soon as I hit Start. :(
When you say Encoder are you speaking of Adobe FMLE? I sometimes have to rotate between using the SMBroadcaster and OBS Classic. Also I know you had experienced issues with Avast. Have you had any other updates on your computer lately. You may need to do a restore point. Or uninstall reinstall FMLE.
About Chrome not showing rooms earlier, I checked the site from Chrome and everything looked perfect on my end. This around 1pm est. But I did have to uninstall Chrome a few days ago and reinstall it. Prior to now I've noticed some weird things happening in Chrome not just on SM. I avoid using Firefox because I don't want to download flash.
xKikox
05-04-2017, 04:25 PM
I can't even use the Encoder today, it crashes as soon as I hit Start. :(
The encoder (Adobe - FMLE) has been playing up on me - disconnecting me from public and private shows. When I hit 'Start my show' again I just get the following message 'The streaming connection was lost. Please try again.'
47985
Very frustrating! Thought maybe my connection was bad... in the the end I just resorted to using one of the streaming options from the drop down menu 'HD (high)' as I don't like the SMBroadcaster and everything was fine :)
icamthereforeiam
05-04-2017, 04:34 PM
Any one having c2c problems?
Wasn't able to get ANY C2C work yesterday, 5 different sessions couldn't get their cam to connect. Hoping today will be better.
ETA: Ofc once I complain then it works. Yay!