View Full Version : STREAMATE - Venting, Complaining, Discussing site issues
SoloDesire
12-26-2015, 03:43 PM
You are so dedicated to Streamare. I did ZERO hour this week and feel no guilt. After reading your post, maybe I should go ahead and take the rest of December off. Might as well, LOL!
Not dedicated at all. When SM doesn't treat me well I go elsewhere. Unfortunately everywhere is slow over the holiday for me...I just stuck with SM for the bonus and the small minuscule hope that I'd make some money. SM has been pretty good to me lately, but working holidays never pans out well for me. I should have known better.
Susperia
12-26-2015, 04:33 PM
I just couldn't do the 10 hours like I wanted I made it to 9 or so. But that's ok cuz I had my highest earning week ever....but its still probably not good enough for any prize...
And my RTT is still all over the place. Althought when I use SM Broadcaster it doesn't seem to be as high as when I stream in the 720 Encoder.
Chellyinparadise
12-26-2015, 05:58 PM
I had a new glitch today... I pressed the break button, and upon my return, a semi reg told me that he could hear me talking while I was on break. He couldn't see me but he could hear me. He told me enough for me to be sure that he was telling the truth. I tested it out later and it didn't seem to be happening, but that's something to be wary of. What if I was on the phone ordering takeaway and giving out my address or something?
Thats scary, i know to be careful now while on break just incase it happens thanks for the info.
Chellyinparadise
12-26-2015, 06:00 PM
Two guys have gone into pvt and said they're connection was bad. I think they believe it's on their side but the way SM has been, I'm thinking it's the site. Why do I keep bothering with that site. It's costing me more money than it's worth. Reminds me of people that stay in bad relationships because he/she was so great at the beginning.
I had the same thing, guys logged out numerous times but i tell them to log all the way out and come back in they usually have the issue resolved. I did have them mention while i was working that the video was lagging and freezing on and off but i didnt have any other issues with pvt and excl. it was just in free on and off.
Holly_xoxo
12-26-2015, 06:16 PM
I wish I was more tech savvy. I admit to not having a clue about what it takes to run a website but I can't understand what they're doing, that is having such a messed up effect on the site. Especially when it's been going on for months
Halo88
12-26-2015, 06:32 PM
10-15 minutes to say hello? Girl, I'd be too afraid of doing that. I take time, but I'd be too afraid of taking that much time. My hat off to you for pulling that off!! My luck, I'd get poor ratings and comments of "Too slow" or "Takes her time".
I agree that some customers know what they want and are happy if we get right to the point. That's great and I like those simple shows. But not all customers want a rushed experience, this is especially true for fetish clients. I have had plenty of customers who want to spend 10-15 minutes chatting before moving on to other things. It's not uncommon at all.
I can't count the times in the past that I quickly undressed and started plowing on a toy, and then the customer ended up saying 'no I didn't want that', and left me a bad rating. Not only did I lose money, but I lost a great potential fetish customer who wanted to do a long specific type of show with my clothes on.
I'm just saying it's best to give them a chance to lead the way. 1 minute is too soon to know the direction they are going.
HoneyKitten
12-26-2015, 07:45 PM
I had a new glitch today... I pressed the break button, and upon my return, a semi reg told me that he could hear me talking while I was on break. He couldn't see me but he could hear me. He told me enough for me to be sure that he was telling the truth. I tested it out later and it didn't seem to be happening, but that's something to be wary of. What if I was on the phone ordering takeaway and giving out my address or something?
Oh no!! Glad to hear that nothing too personal was revealed. I don't ever use the break button, I always log out as it isn't worth the risk for me!
I saw a similar event the other day.....A model used the break button but you could see her partner enter the room and them engaging in a personal conversation for like 4mins, before the picture and sound vanished. Bizarre!!
Glamourmilf
12-26-2015, 09:22 PM
Well, did my 10 hours so I can get that AMAZING $25 bonus! Slowest 3 days I've had in months! Thanks for that AMAZING incentive to work the deadest fucking days possible Streamate! I won't be doing it again, that's for damn sure. Nothing but a bunch of beggars, trolls, and minute men over the holiday...was definitely not worth the stress for me. Live and learn.
I dont plan on working next Christmas either. I can always count on a full cam room, and usually walk away with an easy grand or 2 on xmas eve and xmas day. But this stupid contest on SM fucked it up this year.
Oh well, today made up for it. Lesson learned.
Staples
12-26-2015, 10:06 PM
Can't stay connected to streamate tonight to save my fucking life.
christylive
12-26-2015, 10:35 PM
Can't stay connected to streamate tonight to save my fucking life.
Your not alone babe. Been hearing most of our rooms are freezing up. I have a few outsiders who keep an eye out and they all said most of our rooms are freezing :(
EllieGold
12-26-2015, 10:54 PM
i keep getting disconnected now too...
EllieGold
12-26-2015, 11:14 PM
i got an exclusive request (heard the sound) but no popup. Then 20 seconds got the popup and clicked accept but nothing happened. grr...really Streamate?
EllieGold
12-26-2015, 11:30 PM
ok confirmed... someone could hear an advertisement i was playing on my radio WHILE I WAS ON BREAK... Crap. Thanks streamate....
Staples
12-26-2015, 11:32 PM
Blah! I got about half an hour or so of no connection issues before it started throwing me off every 2 minutes again. I managed to make a little bit but I think I'm just going to log out and film clips for a little while.
Well, did my 10 hours so I can get that AMAZING $25 bonus! Slowest 3 days I've had in months! Thanks for that AMAZING incentive to work the deadest fucking days possible Streamate! I won't be doing it again, that's for damn sure. Nothing but a bunch of beggars, trolls, and minute men over the holiday...was definitely not worth the stress for me. Live and learn.
I dont plan on working next Christmas either. I can always count on a full cam room, and usually walk away with an easy grand or 2 on xmas eve and xmas day. But this stupid contest on SM fucked it up this year.
Oh well, today made up for it. Lesson learned.
I used to bank during holidays on SM in the last 5 years just by working 23-26th of dec and end of the year/ 1st 2 days of january when the number of models was very very low at maybe 200-400 ish online maximum but this year the contest messed things up cause there were too many models online fighting for the big cash prizes & also for that measly $25 bonus; so i decided to take time off completely & enjoy christmas with family, my son came home with a nice salary PLUS a nice holidays cash bonus PLUS a huge basket with gifts (champagne bottle, big coffee pack, lots of snacks & sweets wrapped nicely) just before xmas so there was no pressure on me to work :) :)
It feels soo good to know there are enough money to go by without me stressing over making money on cam during holidays, i think is the 1st time in my 15 years of cam career when i 'afford' to feel this. Finally my efforts pay off, now i have sonny boy to support us here so mommy can enjoy holidays, i am soo happy :) :) :)
Kisses & hugs to everyone xxx
P.S: I hope they done with the Contests, dont need this ish too soon again especially not on NYE ;)
Staples
12-27-2015, 12:09 AM
I used to bank during holidays on SM in the last 5 years just by working 23-26th of dec and end of the year/ 1st 2 days of january when the number of models was very very low at maybe 200-400 ish online maximum but this year the contest messed things up cause there were too many models online fighting for the big cash prizes & also for that measly $25 bonus; so i decided to take time off completely & enjoy christmas with family, my son came home with a nice salary PLUS a nice holidays cash bonus PLUS a huge basket with gifts (champagne bottle, big coffee pack, lots of snacks & sweets wrapped nicely) just before xmas so there was no pressure on me to work :) :)
It feels soo good to know there are enough money to go by without me stressing over making money on cam during holidays, i think is the 1st time in my 15 years of cam career when i 'afford' to feel this. Finally my efforts pay off, now i have sonny boy to support us here so mommy can enjoy holidays, i am soo happy :) :) :)
Kisses & hugs to everyone xxx
P.S: I hope they done with the Contests, dont need this ish too soon again especially not on NYE ;)
I'm hoping they don't do an NYE contest too! Camming is actually going to be my NYE party this year and I would like to bank. Last year I got on for like an hour before I went out and did Soooo well. I want to take advantage of the whole night this year.
Chellyinparadise
12-27-2015, 01:10 PM
I tried again today to calibrate the SM broadcaster just for the hell of it to see if maybe it might calibrate this time but nope.. cancelled in the middle of trying to do it so ill just stick to the encoder until it works. Weird cause before my computer crashed and had to redo everything it was working fine.
ZoeLee
12-27-2015, 05:23 PM
I tried again today to calibrate the SM broadcaster just for the hell of it to see if maybe it might calibrate this time but nope.. cancelled in the middle of trying to do it so ill just stick to the encoder until it works. Weird cause before my computer crashed and had to redo everything it was working fine.
Omg this sounds like my EXACT morning/day!!
I thought it was only me!!!
Ughhhhh they really need to fix their shit! Cause I was totally banking before this shit happened!
Chellyinparadise
12-27-2015, 05:25 PM
Omg this sounds like my EXACT morning/day!!
I thought it was only me!!!
Ughhhhh they really need to fix their shit! Cause I was totally banking before this shit happened!
Yea i hope so too but the encoder is working just fine for me so ill use that for now. Hope they get it worked out soon so we can use it right because i really did like the quality of it.
MsBellaSpanxx
12-27-2015, 09:06 PM
Omg this sounds like my EXACT morning/day!!
I thought it was only me!!!
Ughhhhh they really need to fix their shit! Cause I was totally banking before this shit happened!
I was having this calibration issue for weeks and then someone told me to calibrate using your laptops built in webcam. Once it calibrates fully you can change the setting to use your external webcam. I tried it and it worked like a charm!
Chellyinparadise
12-27-2015, 10:17 PM
I was having this calibration issue for weeks and then someone told me to calibrate using your laptops built in webcam. Once it calibrates fully you can change the setting to use your external webcam. I tried it and it worked like a charm!
It worked thank you so much! :) Ill try it out tomorrow and see how it goes while streaming, i appreciate the info. Got it calibrated now.
EllieGold
12-27-2015, 10:51 PM
It worked thank you so much! :) Ill try it out tomorrow and see how it goes while streaming, i appreciate the info. Got it calibrated now.
I had this issue on my computer a couple days ago. I took the software off and re-installed it, and somehow it fixed it? Just another tip to possibly try for people struggling to get it calibrate.
Chellyinparadise
12-27-2015, 11:34 PM
I had this issue on my computer a couple days ago. I took the software off and re-installed it, and somehow it fixed it? Just another tip to possibly try for people struggling to get it calibrate.
Thanks so much, if i have problems with it again ill try that, i appreciate the info. :)
LittleSexBunny
12-28-2015, 02:41 AM
Sm please fix my placement :D haha... The last two nights i've busted my asssssssss!! I'm still pulling out my average hourly and then some tho... but i feel like it's taking twice the energy to get the traffic... I had an hour where i made over 200 dollars and placement still stayed stuck in the middle of page one. :/ Wish i had more energy for the guys... they don't want me to go but at this point, i'm exhausted.....
Staples
12-28-2015, 02:46 AM
Sm please fix my placement :D haha... The last two nights i've busted my asssssssss!! I'm still pulling out my average hourly and then some tho... but i feel like it's taking twice the energy to get the traffic... I had an hour where i made over 200 dollars and placement still stayed stuck in the middle of page one. :/ Wish i had more energy for the guys... they don't want me to go but at this point, i'm exhausted.....
Have you logged out and back in? I had lost my 5 star because I took time off and I got it back but it didn't seem to update or fix my placement but I logged out completely and then back in and it was immediately better.
christylive
12-28-2015, 02:48 AM
Blah! I got about half an hour or so of no connection issues before it started throwing me off every 2 minutes again. I managed to make a little bit but I think I'm just going to log out and film clips for a little while.
Was this with the SM broadcaster?? I haven't been able to use it for 5 days now without major probs.
Staples
12-28-2015, 02:56 AM
Was this with the SM broadcaster?? I haven't been able to use it for 5 days now without major probs.
Yes but it's been working just fine tonight. I've only had a few issues with the SM broadcaster and after I uninstalled and re-installed it the issues seem to have stopped.
LittleSexBunny
12-28-2015, 03:09 AM
Have you logged out and back in? I had lost my 5 star because I took time off and I got it back but it didn't seem to update or fix my placement but I logged out completely and then back in and it was immediately better.
Yeah girl, i did that... didn't work, but thanks :)
I guess me having to work 10x as hard paid off... these guys thought i was horny af tonight lol... so i'm not too upset. At least i got paid... Hoping tomorrow is better! fingers crossed!!
Hxchayley
12-28-2015, 09:29 AM
SAME HERE! Dudes thought I was drunk because "how horny" I was. So that extra hard work for me resulting in me hopping offline after 2 hours. Made a decent amount but when you have 2 guys who take you prv both skip and come back and tell you your screen froze or went black....you kind of have to focus on not ripping your own fucking face off in frustration. I finally know now, for a fact, that it's the site messing up. I got a new cam (which I needed anyways) and have my laptop connected with the straight fucking ethernet chord like it's 2001 again.
Has anyone ever got a straight answer from anyone who works for SM about these issues? I see in forums these very same problems date back to like, April. At this point I feel like there's too many models/customers or BOTH on at the same time and their system and connection isn't up to par, but of course they're not going to come out and say "our site doesn't work correctly because the amount of users" obviously I may be far off base, either way >:(
jackiebee
12-28-2015, 01:09 PM
Does anyone know if the SM contest results have been released? Was I so shitty I didn't even make top 200?
IvyAdams
12-28-2015, 02:12 PM
Does anyone know if the SM contest results have been released? Was I so shitty I didn't even make top 200?
I don't think they've been released yet :)
MinnieVicious
12-28-2015, 02:18 PM
I don't think they've been released yet :)
It's not released yet, but you can already see the pay adjustments in the earnings report :)
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
12-28-2015, 02:27 PM
I had a new glitch today... I pressed the break button, and upon my return, a semi reg told me that he could hear me talking while I was on break. He couldn't see me but he could hear me. He told me enough for me to be sure that he was telling the truth. I tested it out later and it didn't seem to be happening, but that's something to be wary of. What if I was on the phone ordering takeaway and giving out my address or something?
had this happen all day yesterday. Splitcamming and doing shows on other sites and guys were responding on SM. "Mmmm yes baby ride me like a pony..." very specific things from the show.
LittleSexBunny
12-28-2015, 09:53 PM
what the absolute fuck is going on.... i don't ever watch my feed... but it being the 3rd day my placement is jacked up and i still don't have traffic, I did and everything is laggy as FUCK!
Usually the broadcaster is amazing. Tonight... it's horrible. I guess only for select people, because some people say the feed is fine, some people bitch, then some people can't tell what the fuck im asking so they just leave. I switch the encoder.... things look... better... but i still have no traffic haha... i just don't get it. I upgraded my internet even faster a few weeks ago because i kept running over with suddenlink... it's just cheaper to upgrade. This shit is killing me!!! I'm about to punch someone!! :D
I switched out webcams, I'm hardwired, using firefox, i've reset firefox, my ranking everything is good or excellent, I'm still pulling in money despite this bs but i'm really really reallllllllly fucking aggravated! I feel a tad better from bitching now tho. For a girl whose trying to make some serious cash tonight, I'm beginning to think it's not me. definitely can't be me....
maybe im just gonna go work on chaturbate the rest of the week... LOL! <seriously..................
xoprincessremy
12-28-2015, 10:20 PM
It's not released yet, but you can already see the pay adjustments in the earnings report :)
How/where?
I worked over 10 hours and def earned at least $25, yet I don't see anything under last week...
MissMoore
12-28-2015, 10:38 PM
How/where?
I worked over 10 hours and def earned at least $25, yet I don't see anything under last week...
Look under this current week at the pay adjustment. Last weeks pay won't show you the bonus.
xoprincessremy
12-28-2015, 11:23 PM
Look under this current week at the pay adjustment. Last weeks pay won't show you the bonus.
I haven't worked this week. There has been no change in this week's earnings...
SweetieBitch
12-28-2015, 11:26 PM
How/where?
I worked over 10 hours and def earned at least $25, yet I don't see anything under last week...
I haven't worked this week. There has been no change in this week's earnings...
Top right corner of the earnings report page should have a link that says "pay adjustments." But even though the adjustment is on this week's earnings report, the bonus is actually going to be added to the paycheck that gets issued this week. (So it'll be included with your earnings from last week.) I asked SM.
Staples
12-28-2015, 11:28 PM
I haven't worked this week. There has been no change in this week's earnings...
Even if it says no earnings found in the right hand corner of the earnings screen is a button that says Pay Adjustments. Click that and your $25 (or whatever you got) should be listed there. It's not listed on my actual earnings report just the Pay Adjustments section.
xoprincessremy
12-28-2015, 11:32 PM
Top right corner of the earnings report page should have a link that says "pay adjustments." But even though the adjustment is on this week's earnings report, the bonus is actually going to be added to the paycheck that gets issued this week. (So it'll be included with your earnings from last week.) I asked SM.
found it! thank you. very helpful.
I panicked and thought I didn't work 10 hours or something lol
Edit: do we keep the full bonus amount or only 35% of it?
LittleSexBunny
12-29-2015, 12:21 AM
so it's the broadcaster that was causing me a million and one probs. Would be nice if sm could have sent out an email instead of using ME as their guinea pig. Encoder it is!!! But hey, at least i have the traffic again!! :D
LittleSexBunny
12-29-2015, 04:52 AM
I lucked out tonight. I finally had my traffic back after i switched back to the encoder...by 5am I was slowly creeping back up past the first half of page one... i lost over a good hour from my regular scheduled time (which is only 4 hours..) trying to figure out what the deal was... so after working 5 hours i only made 322 :/ Hoping tomorrow is better. It should be and i think i'll be fine. I just wish that if they were updating that thing or tweaking it, an email would have been appreciated. The feed was either crystal clear for my viewers, or for some complete dog shit. Luckily when i loaded myself, I saw how bad it really was and switched over to the encoder. I watched my placement tumble so bad.... i struggled so much... my poor too too hurts like i bitch. Just got done soaking in the tub..... I've got a huge goal i intend to hit tomorrow. Hopefully there's no more serious issues from here on out.
Staples
12-29-2015, 05:25 AM
Just make sure you guys write feedback reports for the SM broadcaster. It might be glitching but they've already made improvements on it based on our suggestions so definitely fill out those feedback reports.
LittleSexBunny
12-29-2015, 09:15 PM
same motherfucking issues as yesterday........... and the day before that....and the day before that... ect ect!! I've been making MORE money this week than i can even remember and sm is just throwing my placement to the fucking ground. I have to vent because this shit is fucking old...... How am i supposed to make you money sm?? Don't you want me to make you money? Doesn't seem like it...........
PhatGirlDynomite!!!
12-30-2015, 09:36 AM
We've been talking about the black box issue for months now. Months. Streamate is gonna have to find away to operate the site without the help of flash. Which is dying fast. Some days are better than others. On bad days tell your mobile customers about flash based browsers: Puffin,Photon and Dolphin. Typically I use chrome to stream and splitcam other sites in firefox. But Firefox is blocking flash and making it difficult to run my other sites. I think this may affect streaming on SM sometimes? It's a flash problem.
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/29/2015-adobe-flash-die-google-firefox-amazon
christylive
12-30-2015, 01:39 PM
Ugggg. So annoying. Forgot how annoying it is setting up the sm broadcaster. ... calibrates 30% crashes. 60% crashes. 80% crashes. Guess I'll use the POS encoder. Would hate to blow up my new laptop smh
christylive
12-30-2015, 02:02 PM
Nevamind. Apparently if I do the initial calibration it crashes if I have c920 selected. Fuck this shit man it's wing Wednesday.
Magical_Hoohah
12-30-2015, 02:54 PM
^^ What did you select instead of the c920 to make it work? I can't get it to calibrate, and I've tried everything I can think to do, short of upgrading to Windows 10.
sweetgapeach
12-30-2015, 03:39 PM
I didnt upgrade yet, if that matters. Im not computer savvy at all...but someone here said that it has to be TOTALLY quiet in your room for it to calibrate...like dont even breathe too hard, lol. Try that
Staples
12-30-2015, 04:06 PM
^^ What did you select instead of the c920 to make it work? I can't get it to calibrate, and I've tried everything I can think to do, short of upgrading to Windows 10.
I got the broadcaster before I upgraded to 10 and it took FOREVER to calibrate. It finally did though. It would get to like either 58 or 76% calibrated and crash out. I restarted my computer, made sure EVERYTHING else was closed and then tried again. It first stopped at 25% then I started it again and it stalled at 58% so I did it ONE MORE TIME lol! and it FINALLY worked. Then, I upgraded to windows 10 and took me like a week to get it calibrate again after they released a new version of it. So dumb but I get the best picture quality from the broadcaster so I'm glad I fought with it and made it work.