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    Quote Originally Posted by Euryale View Post
    My RTT has never been 100 or less. I've upgraded everything and while that has helped my other ranking numbers and income a good bit, I never have excellent RTT. I'm always at 113-130. I'm not really tech savvy so Idk really know what else I can do.
    Should I just assume it's the site?
    itīs the distance. Basically no matter if your internet is the best, because of the physical distance between you and the server where the action is taking place (America), the RTT is the measure of the time your signal takes to go and come back to you, and this is basically limited by the speed of light and distance.

    I woke up obsessed with RTT a few days ago and I read a lot about it trying to fix it. Gamers have problems with latency, ping, and RTT that you can tweak with some software, and some things you can check with you Internet Provider, but there is nothing you can do to improve the distance factor.
    You can check more or less your ping time to the server running a tracert command if you're on windows, go to start --> run.... and write cmp on the line. then on the prompt, you write: TRACERT WWW.(site). I tried streamate and streamate models.com, then you'll see basically what hops and time your signal goes through before reaching them, ie first modem, router, isp servers, relay servers, Sm's servers, and then back to you. It's interesting info but like I said there's not mich you can do about it, except if you notice that thr bottleneck is in the first few hops of your route (which would mean that the problem is in your equipment or your ISP srttings.

    Sorry for the rant, geek out.
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    You know it's bad when I am making more money on token sites than SM.

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    I made 13/hr on sunday. My absolute worst in my camming road. For that much I rather stayed all comfortable in a new unknow unpopular no free chat site I found watching a movie and waiting for a private than try to hustle the cheapest cheap guys Iīve ever saw since Livejasmin. They become rude, entitled, demanding, just like Livejasmin traffic, but in little. And yeah I know, I always know I can do better, but no, I wonīt shove 2 hands up my ass, and no, I donīt offer 83 videos for a dollar...I donīt think I became that awful and undesireble in a year I was off, I donīt expect to log on, look pretty and wait for the money rains, but at least deserve some respect. I feel so grateful when privates in other sites are actually nice and donīt feel like a sick dog. This shouldnīt be like that, I respect all my customers, even freeloaders. I donīt like this site how it is right now and breaks my heart because Streamate is my favorite site.
    Edit: Better today Streamate is like a boyfriend that breaks your heart and then bring you flowers to make up. An absolute love-hate relationship.
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    Don't get me wrong, I love Streamate but last night was terrifying when I have rent due. I normally make $100-$200 for 2-4 hours on a Tuesday night and last night was the worst for me. $1.75 for 3 hours, and the $1.75 was from a $5 tip. UGH! I was watching my stream most of the night too because I upgraded to the SM Broadcaster Mac version (FINALLY! My stream is waaayyyyy better now!!), and my stream kept showing me getting pulled to paid. Um, NO! I was not pulled to paid once. I'm wondering if that was why I couldn't keep guys in my room. 5-10 would pop in and then disappear almost immediately. I was at the top of my game last right and ready to take some wallets by storm. That was depressing..... Finally ended the night in a rage quit.

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    This is my first time on SM in about 1 1/2 months and I'm using SMB for Mac - I will keep u ladies updated. Good luck to all

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    it's really so sad to see such a powerful site such as Streamate fall like this. It's been nearly 15 mins and I've had only a handful of in n outs. I seriously feel there is no more traffic going here. I hold out hope, but I think SM officially breached the trust of custies and models. No one is fucking with this site anymore. I'm almost in shock at how quiet it's been

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    Shouldn't contests be more spread apart and not shoved into a marathon? 10 days is a new record low for them. Prizes of anywhere $5-200. Were they laughing as they decided on these prizes?

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    I worked in marketing before I decided to join camming. I understand branding. I also understand there is such thing as destroying your brand. Offering gold shows seemed to have hurt what Streamate once stood for. When I signed up in 2012, Streamate still looked like that "Luxury" cam site. it was a place where men with money would spend for one on one sessions with beautiful models. I would watch gold shows back then, but it didn't seem to be ran by everyone. I would see models get anywhere $300-1000 for one gold show. They didn't beg or offer videos in exchange. Men tipped because they supported their favorite model. Man, those were the days I bet.

    Flash forward to 2016 and here we are. Look at what Streamate has turned into. It's mainly gold shows. Lots of people with $100 goals not even getting to $40 out of that. It's so sad. Lots of women offering videos and men still aren't buying. I'm guilty of offering incentives to get men to pitch in. Honestly, it's the only way I can make some money. I'm so tired of stingy men and I'm done with camming. I'm better that this crap. I think I have gained a few gray hairs this past month on Streamate.

    This contest has brought at least a few men into my room to say "What are your contest deals?". instead of first saying hello or how's it going. I feel like I have to be cheap during these contests or I won't make a cent. Thanks Streamate for that. Now men EXPECT cheap deals for 200 videos. Shit.

    I'm so over this crap. Time to move on from Streamate for good as of Fall.

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    Well said Ellie. I remember those days. Ahh the good old days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EllieGold View Post
    I worked in marketing before I decided to join camming. I understand branding. I also understand there is such thing as destroying your brand. Offering gold shows seemed to have hurt what Streamate once stood for. When I signed up in 2012, Streamate still looked like that "Luxury" cam site. it was a place where men with money would spend for one on one sessions with beautiful models. I would watch gold shows back then, but it didn't seem to be ran by everyone. I would see models get anywhere $300-1000 for one gold show. They didn't beg or offer videos in exchange. Men tipped because they supported their favorite model. Man, those were the days I bet.

    Flash forward to 2016 and here we are. Look at what Streamate has turned into. It's mainly gold shows. Lots of people with $100 goals not even getting to $40 out of that. It's so sad. Lots of women offering videos and men still aren't buying. I'm guilty of offering incentives to get men to pitch in. Honestly, it's the only way I can make some money. I'm so tired of stingy men and I'm done with camming. I'm better that this crap. I think I have gained a few gray hairs this past month on Streamate.

    This contest has brought at least a few men into my room to say "What are your contest deals?". instead of first saying hello or how's it going. I feel like I have to be cheap during these contests or I won't make a cent. Thanks Streamate for that. Now men EXPECT cheap deals for 200 videos. Shit.

    I'm so over this crap. Time to move on from Streamate for good as of Fall.
    You HIT THE NAIL right on the head! I'm so over all of it to be honest. The contests, the gold shows. I almost never do gold shows anymore because it's just not worth it for me anymore. I almost never had an issue getting 95-100+ % of my goal but now I'm lucky to make $3 my cut . No thanks. I'm extremely thankful for the high earning gold show days but they've lost all appeal to me as I refuse to beg for a $1-7 gold buy in. I refuse to re start the timer over and over for the same 20+ free loaders to sit in silence while the same 2 or 3 keep re tipping, trying their best. Plus the glitches make me not want to even risk a gold show. My happy place is private and exclusive, when they can actually stay connected long enough or my screen on their end doesn't go black. I don't think SM will ever be what it once was. However I will hang in as long as I can.......however long that may be...

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    Quote Originally Posted by EllieGold View Post
    Shouldn't contests be more spread apart and not shoved into a marathon? 10 days is a new record low for them. Prizes of anywhere $5-200. Were they laughing as they decided on these prizes?
    Exactly. I mean really, 10 days? What's next? 1 month long? My god please make it stop.

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    you guys...I am genuinely freaking out right now...I know you are all experiencing this on sm right now so at least I'm not alone, but I have literally never NEVER sat in silence this long. I have rent to make, bills to pay, goals to meet and I'm sitting here making 4 bucks an hour today. I feel like crying. I took a lot of time off because I was being lazy and felt confident I could make my money when I chose to log on...wow big mistake. in and outs for hours on here. the other day I made 60 bucks and that was after a few hours, which compared to today is a fucking blessing. does this generally pass after august? its my first year camming and I did not save for summertime ahead of time because I never expected this. kicking myself right now. id literally make more flipping burgers!

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    Quote Originally Posted by foxmulder View Post
    you guys...I am genuinely freaking out right now...I know you are all experiencing this on sm right now so at least I'm not alone, but I have literally never NEVER sat in silence this long. I have rent to make, bills to pay, goals to meet and I'm sitting here making 4 bucks an hour today. I feel like crying. I took a lot of time off because I was being lazy and felt confident I could make my money when I chose to log on...wow big mistake. in and outs for hours on here. the other day I made 60 bucks and that was after a few hours, which compared to today is a fucking blessing. does this generally pass after august? its my first year camming and I did not save for summertime ahead of time because I never expected this. kicking myself right now. id literally make more flipping burgers!
    Don't freak out. Breathe. Seriously, make some a nice pot of Yorkshire tea, nice and strong. It's going to be okay. Are you on other sites? Summer does tend to slow things down in the cam world, but with enough hours, some solid hustle magic, and spreading your effort among a few sites, you WILL be okay. The most important thing is to make sure you have more than one site. For example, SM is shit at the moment, but I am doing okay on other sites so I will be able to pay my bills. You have to keep a few balls in the air at once, but you can do it. The first year is the toughest while you figure out how to compensate for variable income. You're going to be fine, you're going to come up with a plan to not rely totally on one site, and (most importantly) you are not going to be lazy Now excuse me, all I can think about right now is tea, so I'm going to make a brew.

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    I lost THREE shows to the damn glitch were the customer enters paid chat then disappears to some Unholy Oz.

    SM has been sucking so badly for me lately. I mean $50 a week sucking. It's not a great time for me to be losing out on an egg so i decided to do something I said I never would. I lowered my prices. I went from 8.99/7.99 to 6.99/5.99 and made $184 in about 4 hours. I wrestled with doing it because guys always expect you to keep them low frankly I needed some cash asap & SM is on daily pay. I don't know if that'll help anyone else but it saved my weekly goal.

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    I m actually upping the prices starting tomorrow. im a bit iffy, but i found that with gold shows it made absolutely no difference when i upped the buy in to $5, it actually worked better, same people willing to buy, but at least i got more from each of them. ill post an update as soon as i get some feedback and results.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tigrillo View Post
    itīs the distance. Basically no matter if your internet is the best, because of the physical distance between you and the server where the action is taking place (America), the RTT is the measure of the time your signal takes to go and come back to you, and this is basically limited by the speed of light and distance.

    I woke up obsessed with RTT a few days ago and I read a lot about it trying to fix it. Gamers have problems with latency, ping, and RTT that you can tweak with some software, and some things you can check with you Internet Provider, but there is nothing you can do to improve the distance factor.
    You can check more or less your ping time to the server running a tracert command if you're on windows, go to start --> run.... and write cmp on the line. then on the prompt, you write: TRACERT WWW.(site). I tried streamate and streamate models.com, then you'll see basically what hops and time your signal goes through before reaching them, ie first modem, router, isp servers, relay servers, Sm's servers, and then back to you. It's interesting info but like I said there's not mich you can do about it, except if you notice that thr bottleneck is in the first few hops of your route (which would mean that the problem is in your equipment or your ISP srttings.

    Sorry for the rant, geek out.
    No need to apologize. I appreciate your taking the time to tell me all of that! I'm going to try this and see what I come up with.
    Thank you!

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    I had a guy complain I didn't have exclusive enabled this morning @[email protected], um I had two short exclusives before him, so I know it was working, dunno what that was about.
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    Hey, just if anyone wanted feedback on SMB for Mac. Burn it. Put it in the trash and burn it.

    20+ mins of calibration and my feed looked worse than ever. I barely had any traffic.

    I logged back into FMLE ...got a show within the first 20 mins.

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    If you freak out donīt let them know, swear to god they smell fear (forgot to quote ).

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    Quote Originally Posted by takiaya View Post
    I had a guy complain I didn't have exclusive enabled this morning @[email protected], um I had two short exclusives before him, so I know it was working, dunno what that was about.
    He was probably close to his daily limit. I love how guys get mad when the issue is really on their end

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bootsie View Post
    Don't freak out. Breathe. Seriously, make some a nice pot of Yorkshire tea, nice and strong. It's going to be okay. Are you on other sites? Summer does tend to slow things down in the cam world, but with enough hours, some solid hustle magic, and spreading your effort among a few sites, you WILL be okay. The most important thing is to make sure you have more than one site. For example, SM is shit at the moment, but I am doing okay on other sites so I will be able to pay my bills. You have to keep a few balls in the air at once, but you can do it. The first year is the toughest while you figure out how to compensate for variable income. You're going to be fine, you're going to come up with a plan to not rely totally on one site, and (most importantly) you are not going to be lazy Now excuse me, all I can think about right now is tea, so I'm going to make a brew.
    thank you so much! needed to hear that *deep breaths*

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    ok so, I know this is bad (super against rules of sm) but seriously how else am I suppose to make them money when their website has been glitching on me all fucking day. so phone services on sm has not been working for me for the past month. I emailed them about this a month ago when I lost a well paying regular due to this. it shows up that they are ringing online but nothing appears on my phone. and no my phone that works perfectly fine is not broken somehow. so today after making fucking pennies one of my regulars sent from god appears but he only uses phone. I knew id lose him and be left with no money today so I sarcastically said I do not use outside sources other than streamate. luckily he is a smart cookie and emailed me his skype. I replied to his email I cannot speak outside of sm. then I connected to skype and paid for my show on sm while we used skype phone services since theres doesn't work.

    I really hope I don't get into trouble for that because I still got those bitches paid having to use "contraband" sources to make it happen because their website is a piece of junk. its not my fault their support NEVER tried to fix the phone issue.

    I didn't make my goal, but I came pretty close thanks to that godsend of a man.

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    Good lord... What is happening to streamate? I just dont understand what theyre thinking.

    What other sites are you guys on? Cause I cant do this anymore





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    Quote Originally Posted by BiscuitT View Post
    If you freak out donīt let them know, swear to god they smell fear (forgot to quote ).
    I think youre right lol

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    Yeah, today was really bad! Thank goodness Monday and Tuesday were great or I'd be sweating right now. I'm having to put in double the hours I normally do to catch up. SM is just a clusterfuck lately. You never know what kind of day it will be, but you damn well better stick out your hours (plus more) or you'll end up with nothing.

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