christianpfc
September 29th, 2011, 03:09
Some camfrog observations and questions
Some weeks ago, I finally registered on camfrog. Now, after spending most of my free time there, the novelty slowly fades. Here my experiences. There are plenty of gay chatrooms (just by judging the тАЬgayтАЭ in their title). Some have only few members, others several hundred at peak time and still more than hundred at low time (weekdays 6am Thai time, who is online at that time?). In fact, there are too many: whatтАЩs the point of a chatroom that is empty on a Sunday afternoon? There are very few Farang around. The user names are all in English. Many of the members speak sufficient English for a conversation, but in some cases I had entire conversations in Thai (now finally reading and writing Thai pays off. Otherwise I would be unable to chat, and there are some cute boys I want to meet who donтАЩt speak English.)
Amazing, to look into strangers' rooms (and they into mine, but I've nothing to hide), and from time to time there is a Thai boy in underwear! There are plenty of boys age 18-25 who are interested in meeting me. I found a few barboys from Pattaya (during chat I asked where they work). Rumors that you might be able to watch boys masturbate in front of the entire room proved true (now donтАЩt rush to camfrog, I had to spend many hours until I got one of the rare cases, I even saw a woman shaking her boobs in front of the cam and a boy picking his nose). Boys in underwear are common, so are requests to go private or requests to see my dick. So far, I encountered more bottoms than tops.
I estimate about 10-20% of the users online are looking for online sex. There are public messages like тАЬ7 inch looking for bottom in Ram(khamhaeng) 65тАЭ (translated from Thai). I got messages тАЬk or qтАЭ (king or queen) without any introduction.
I met several boys who work in bars (is there no place where they are save from me?), now I know why boys are never on time when I want to meet them again the next day at 12am after a short time: because they are on camfrog until sun rises and then sleep til afternoon!
There are problems displaying thai characters in some rooms (instead of Thai characters, any characters appear like ├а┬в├й├Т├д┬╗├д┬┤├й┬ ╖├Х├и so itтАЩs a problem with the decoding, not someone typing Thai on an English keyboard, it only occurs in some rooms.). My video only works if I tick тАЬuse the old video rendering systemтАЭ in the video settings.
To tick тАЬShow everything with my font settingsтАЭ is very usefull. The standard font size is a bit too small to read on the screen (especially if itтАЩs in Thai). And some boys use fonts that are not easy to read. Now I have everything in 14 which is fine, so I donтАЩt have to get closer to the screen to read some words. (It would be better to set a font and size for the conversation partner, so you can distinguish easier who wrote what.)
I recognized one users from gayromeo and one from real life, and one user recognized me from real life.
Problems with internet connection (on both sides) give a new meaning to тАЬcoitus interruptusтАЭ.
р╣Ар╕зр╕Ч wet is short for р╣Др╕Юр╕гр╣Ар╕зр╕Ч private (misspelling of р╣Др╕Ыр╕гр╣Ар╕зр╕Х?) and р╕Др╕▒р╕Ъ or р╕Др╕▒р╕Я (with as many р╕Я as you want) all mean р╕Др╕гр╕▒р╕Ъ krap.
And here some questions that remain:
Every time I go private, my webcam makes a sound as if it is taking a photo (there are no shutters any more in digital cameras, but the sound is played). What is happening? Are they taking a picture to display instead of the video while I am private with someone?
If you are a pro-user, what are the major advantages? Opening multiple windows would be useful, locating friends as well. The biggest problems are camera not on focus, picture too dark, camera doesnтАЩt point on face or body, slow internet. None of these will be resolved by becoming a pro-user. However I would love to become a Platinum-Super-Giga-Plus-User and be able to watcher otherтАЩs private chats.
How can I directly save a picture or even a video sequence? I use print screen and then insert into a paint program, is there a direct way?
How can I sort users by age (IтАЩm interested in the age range 18-25, and then again 80-110).
There are some rooms that require a password. Where do I get it and whatтАЩs going on in these rooms?
Sometimes a video closes just a second after connection. Is this just by chance or can you block others from viewing their video and disappear from the userтАЩs list?
How can I see the number of members on my favourite room list? This problem is partially solved by just going to Thailand->General where the rooms are sorted by decreasing number of users online.
How do Thais who donтАЩt speak English choose an english unsername?
Sometimes camfrog stops operating and closes. тАЬCamfrog Video Chat has stopped workingтАЭ Sometimes it closes without error message. Does this happen to you as well?
How do I know when a user logged in the last time? (This feature is very usefull in gayromeo.)
How do I unfriend members? I can тАЬAdd User to Your Freinds (sic!) ListтАЭ but I donтАЩt know how to unfriend them.
Do you recognize this internet caf├й? I recognized the wall on several cams, some of them moneyboys.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j412/christianpfc/various%20stuff/backgroundinternetcafe.jpg
My camfrog тАЬI donтАЩt get itтАЭ list:
Glasses: I wear glasses myself, but I donтАЩt like glasses on pictures on gayromeo and on camfrog itтАЩs even worse: usually you can see the reflection of the screen in the glasses. Fortunately, few wear glasses, so this problem is not widespread.
But the problem that only parts of the body (no, not dicks or buts; shoulders, knees, arms and so on) are visible is videspread. I see my own cam, so why do I have to tell others that I can only see a part of their body (e.g. only a shoulder or a chest their cam points to their body and shows it from belly to neck? Video too dark (often) or too bright (rare) are other problems. It breaks my heart, but there are boys who miss a free online wank with me (and possible meeting on my next holiday) just because their cam is not in focus or points in the wrong direction or itтАЩs too dark in their room.
There are a lot of users who are between 80 and 110 years old according to their profile. This is probably a joke, however I donтАЩt get it.
Why donтАЩt the moderators kick those out (or transfer them to the lurkers) whose cam is black or points at the ceiling or shows a picture show?
Why does тАЬLoading Video StreamтАЭ take so long? At least about 3 seconds, often much longer. (I sometimes have slow internet connection, so the problem might be on my side.) Whereas it takes me usually one second to decide if a boy is my type or not, so I lose a lot of time waiting for the video (I have a book for reading while I am on camfrog).
I was contacted several times by lurkers who wanted to show their cam only in private, тАЬbecause I not cuteтАЭ.
In many cases I tried to access a website that was advertised on camfrog, it was not found on the internet.
Some weeks ago, I finally registered on camfrog. Now, after spending most of my free time there, the novelty slowly fades. Here my experiences. There are plenty of gay chatrooms (just by judging the тАЬgayтАЭ in their title). Some have only few members, others several hundred at peak time and still more than hundred at low time (weekdays 6am Thai time, who is online at that time?). In fact, there are too many: whatтАЩs the point of a chatroom that is empty on a Sunday afternoon? There are very few Farang around. The user names are all in English. Many of the members speak sufficient English for a conversation, but in some cases I had entire conversations in Thai (now finally reading and writing Thai pays off. Otherwise I would be unable to chat, and there are some cute boys I want to meet who donтАЩt speak English.)
Amazing, to look into strangers' rooms (and they into mine, but I've nothing to hide), and from time to time there is a Thai boy in underwear! There are plenty of boys age 18-25 who are interested in meeting me. I found a few barboys from Pattaya (during chat I asked where they work). Rumors that you might be able to watch boys masturbate in front of the entire room proved true (now donтАЩt rush to camfrog, I had to spend many hours until I got one of the rare cases, I even saw a woman shaking her boobs in front of the cam and a boy picking his nose). Boys in underwear are common, so are requests to go private or requests to see my dick. So far, I encountered more bottoms than tops.
I estimate about 10-20% of the users online are looking for online sex. There are public messages like тАЬ7 inch looking for bottom in Ram(khamhaeng) 65тАЭ (translated from Thai). I got messages тАЬk or qтАЭ (king or queen) without any introduction.
I met several boys who work in bars (is there no place where they are save from me?), now I know why boys are never on time when I want to meet them again the next day at 12am after a short time: because they are on camfrog until sun rises and then sleep til afternoon!
There are problems displaying thai characters in some rooms (instead of Thai characters, any characters appear like ├а┬в├й├Т├д┬╗├д┬┤├й┬ ╖├Х├и so itтАЩs a problem with the decoding, not someone typing Thai on an English keyboard, it only occurs in some rooms.). My video only works if I tick тАЬuse the old video rendering systemтАЭ in the video settings.
To tick тАЬShow everything with my font settingsтАЭ is very usefull. The standard font size is a bit too small to read on the screen (especially if itтАЩs in Thai). And some boys use fonts that are not easy to read. Now I have everything in 14 which is fine, so I donтАЩt have to get closer to the screen to read some words. (It would be better to set a font and size for the conversation partner, so you can distinguish easier who wrote what.)
I recognized one users from gayromeo and one from real life, and one user recognized me from real life.
Problems with internet connection (on both sides) give a new meaning to тАЬcoitus interruptusтАЭ.
р╣Ар╕зр╕Ч wet is short for р╣Др╕Юр╕гр╣Ар╕зр╕Ч private (misspelling of р╣Др╕Ыр╕гр╣Ар╕зр╕Х?) and р╕Др╕▒р╕Ъ or р╕Др╕▒р╕Я (with as many р╕Я as you want) all mean р╕Др╕гр╕▒р╕Ъ krap.
And here some questions that remain:
Every time I go private, my webcam makes a sound as if it is taking a photo (there are no shutters any more in digital cameras, but the sound is played). What is happening? Are they taking a picture to display instead of the video while I am private with someone?
If you are a pro-user, what are the major advantages? Opening multiple windows would be useful, locating friends as well. The biggest problems are camera not on focus, picture too dark, camera doesnтАЩt point on face or body, slow internet. None of these will be resolved by becoming a pro-user. However I would love to become a Platinum-Super-Giga-Plus-User and be able to watcher otherтАЩs private chats.
How can I directly save a picture or even a video sequence? I use print screen and then insert into a paint program, is there a direct way?
How can I sort users by age (IтАЩm interested in the age range 18-25, and then again 80-110).
There are some rooms that require a password. Where do I get it and whatтАЩs going on in these rooms?
Sometimes a video closes just a second after connection. Is this just by chance or can you block others from viewing their video and disappear from the userтАЩs list?
How can I see the number of members on my favourite room list? This problem is partially solved by just going to Thailand->General where the rooms are sorted by decreasing number of users online.
How do Thais who donтАЩt speak English choose an english unsername?
Sometimes camfrog stops operating and closes. тАЬCamfrog Video Chat has stopped workingтАЭ Sometimes it closes without error message. Does this happen to you as well?
How do I know when a user logged in the last time? (This feature is very usefull in gayromeo.)
How do I unfriend members? I can тАЬAdd User to Your Freinds (sic!) ListтАЭ but I donтАЩt know how to unfriend them.
Do you recognize this internet caf├й? I recognized the wall on several cams, some of them moneyboys.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j412/christianpfc/various%20stuff/backgroundinternetcafe.jpg
My camfrog тАЬI donтАЩt get itтАЭ list:
Glasses: I wear glasses myself, but I donтАЩt like glasses on pictures on gayromeo and on camfrog itтАЩs even worse: usually you can see the reflection of the screen in the glasses. Fortunately, few wear glasses, so this problem is not widespread.
But the problem that only parts of the body (no, not dicks or buts; shoulders, knees, arms and so on) are visible is videspread. I see my own cam, so why do I have to tell others that I can only see a part of their body (e.g. only a shoulder or a chest their cam points to their body and shows it from belly to neck? Video too dark (often) or too bright (rare) are other problems. It breaks my heart, but there are boys who miss a free online wank with me (and possible meeting on my next holiday) just because their cam is not in focus or points in the wrong direction or itтАЩs too dark in their room.
There are a lot of users who are between 80 and 110 years old according to their profile. This is probably a joke, however I donтАЩt get it.
Why donтАЩt the moderators kick those out (or transfer them to the lurkers) whose cam is black or points at the ceiling or shows a picture show?
Why does тАЬLoading Video StreamтАЭ take so long? At least about 3 seconds, often much longer. (I sometimes have slow internet connection, so the problem might be on my side.) Whereas it takes me usually one second to decide if a boy is my type or not, so I lose a lot of time waiting for the video (I have a book for reading while I am on camfrog).
I was contacted several times by lurkers who wanted to show their cam only in private, тАЬbecause I not cuteтАЭ.
In many cases I tried to access a website that was advertised on camfrog, it was not found on the internet.