LiveJasmin is fast becoming one of the major cam sites. The overall design is heavy on the red and could get a bit intense, alternatively, they have other sites called JoYourself , LivePrivates , CameraBoys , MaturesCam , LiveSexAsian , MyCams , LsAwards and Excellent-Porn.

As to the chat - Livejasmin has free live video chat, both the video and text chatting are entirely free without any registration at all.  You don't even have to specify a nickname for your chat and you are straight into the room with the host as a "guest", or select your own nick.

Even free chat now has double and full size videos.  The full size is particularly nice -- it isn't full screen but it is big and with the chat text over laid over the video -- but only if your mouse is in that area.

Free chat also has sound by default, so mute those speakers if you are in the office!  But the fee chat will timeout eventually and prompt you to join, which will get rid of those prompts and let you stay in free as long as you want.

This site just gets bigger and bigger -- first time I looked at (november 2002) it had 6 performs online.  In June 2004 they had 50.  Today I can see 498 online on a Friday night, though mid week it might be a hundred less.  There is a good spread of different types -- 54 guys and over 60 gay hosts online which is nice for a change.

In the main chat site there is a section for LiveJasmin Performer Awards "The 69's Team"-- no prize to you to recognize this as a successful concept.  The performers are not just getting recognition and stars to put on their bio page, they are getting cash as well.  The 1st place in each category gets a $100 bonus (there are 13 categories)-- and that's out of LiveJasmin's pocket, not the viewers -- at least not directly!

There are also "TopMember" awards for members to encourage viewers to behave nicely to the chathosts.  Each time you purchase credits you receive points.  Plus the chathosts will vote for you on various aspects: masculine, generous, nicest, most sympathetic and wisest.  Results will be published every two weeks and free credits will be given to first 500 awarded members.

Voting as always is very controversial, so vote with care, but be sure that though the top voted performs are going to be great there will also be great hosts who are not in that list

If you want to go beyond free chat into a private show then you have to buy credits, Visa and Mastercard both accepted.  Prices start at $1.99/minute which is pretty good, but of course it varies with the model so some will have premium pricing as well.

There are a certain range of sections to choose from:

Cam Girls: Girls (596/31315) Couple (59/4326) Boys (98/8921) Lesbians (33/2046) Group (16/962) Gay (159/4835)

Mature Female (168/3185) Fetish (51/2238) Transgendered (85/6297) Friends (83/6056) Ebony Girls (71/5016) Asian Girls (57/5897) Latin Girls (175/7456)

The Gays make up the Livejasmin gay webcam section, which is smaller than the girls but still bigger than some sites.  At peak times over 100 guys are online.