it says on calc i should be getting 0.07-0.08 mining ltc, my payout was only 0.026...is that normal?
The payout was less than optimal. In the last 19 hours, we're at 40% LTC luck (4 blocks).
that explains it, i guess ill go directly mine ltc, sorry

be patient.
middlecoin is the most profitable scrypt pool.
I would definitely agree with that. I've tried doing my own profitability mining with CGWatcher and running on different multipools, but this has been by far the easiest and most profitable. h2odysee really takes all the work out out of it. You'll also find that LTC won't be the most profitable at some point and manually trying to figure out what the next, reliable one is, is a PITA having to find, set up the new walllet or pool if not solo mining, and then doing all the exchange hassle. It all goes in waves, and this pool definitely helps smooth it out.
h2odysee is doing an excellent work, and in the last 2 days, profitability of middlecoin pool, is higher then usual.
I hope h2odysee will soon open an experimental middlecoin pool for sha-256 alcoins mining
i dont doubt it, im gonna probably come back, just have to figure out if i wanna hold alternate cryptos, or just go all in on BTC
btw i have some CPU miners, and they take forever to submit shares at 45khash. does difficulty matter in those situations? would i be better off pointing them somewhere with VARDIFF or in the long run it all comes to same?