"Everyone thinks that you just go in there and you film for however long, and then you’re done. It’s a lot more complicated than that."
In The Beginning, It's All Fun and Games.
You'd think that jerking off for a living would be easy. Before I even considered sending in my validation to the site I currently work for, I figured it would be a piece of cake. I had browsed the site for a few days, and saw girls raking in the tokens. Some of them were just sitting there, maybe listening to music and completely disregarding their viewers, and people were tossing in hundreds of tokens at a time! For a girl sitting there, doing nothing. I was blown away! If it looked this easy, it must be some really easy cash.
Wrong. First off, being a cam girl (or even a cam guy) is not for everybody. Even if you're crazy outgoing and a super social person, just think about it. You're putting your genitals on display for hundreds of people to see. Every lump and bump is being shown to the world, as you stimulate your genitalia, live, for hundreds of people to watch, and comment on. It's not a job for the faint of heart. You know, I consider myself to be a pretty social person, with not too many inhibitions. Still, my first show was nerve-racking. I didn't look at the chat box once. I just got online, did what I needed to do, then immediately stopped broadcasting. Let me detail what happened.
I went into my first broadcast wearing a simple bra, and plain panties. I had a black sweater on. My hair was plain, and my make up was non-existent. I started broadcasting, then watched as the amount of people in my room slowly climbed. All I could think was, “Oh no. What am I going to do now?” To say the least, you need to go in with a game plan. I took off the sweater, and waited, giggling nervously. Eventually, I just decided to jump in; I stripped off my panties, and went to town. I zoomed the camera on nothing but my genitals, and completely avoided what people were saying. It was a strange moment, to say the least. When I finished, I zoomed out, waved goodbye to everyone, and hit the “Stop Broadcasting” button as quickly as I could. My heart was racing, and I looked at how many people were in my room, and saw over 700. I couldn't believe it. 700 people wanted to watch me masturbate, and some of them might pay me!
Damn, being a cam girl sounds worse than being a porn star. At least in porn you know what you're getting into before you start a scene. With camming you're interacting with your audience live.
It's quite a different experience for both a reader and a performer. It's better than a stripper in the sense that they can't touch you, but worse at the same time. A stripper can completely ignore her audience's kinky/freaky remarks. Camgirls have to deal with them!
Luckily for me I'm a regular guy. One of my buggest turn ons is a genuine full on screaming orgasm. And if I'm the cause? *Score!*