Having a strange issue with staking.

It has been that way since 9am est yesterday... over 24 hours ago.... when i first started the network staking weight was only ~1400 and it said 3 second time expected.
All of this and no stake in 24 hours??? either i have HORRIBLE luck staking or something is wrong.
Hi - I read about 'staking' - there are a couple ways it is done and I don't know the rules for XPO. I assume since you mention 'luck' that the stakes are selected randomly without regard to size. I think the point of 'staking' is to remove those coins from being bought or sold for 30 (?) days to maybe stabilize coin value, so stake size should matter and maybe larger stakes are getting the coin reward for tying up coins. I am a total newbie so I am trying my best to know what is going on. My wallet is taking forever to sync and I might stake, but where are the rules? at GitHub?
Scam - it seems to me if the project was a scam they would have took the BTC and run already, so I don't understand the scam complaints. Things can just go slow in the beginning I think.
I read the most desireable feature for a coin now is privacy - Monero and another coin have gone way up. I am hoping the debt card thing works and this coin becomes worth as much as ETH in a year or so, just like it took ETH a year or so. The average value of the top 30 coins under the top 10 is about $1, which would also be awesome, but the range is wildly wide. Sitting tight and wishing the best for this project!