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˚➶ ｡˚ 𝐊𝐀𝐓. twenty-one. (she/her). girlfriend lover. bad at photoshop. self-proclaimed lovergirl. not wciff. eighteen+ minors do not interact.

links: resources & downloads & carrd & current legacy (chrono)

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happy new sim fall

#technically my sim self but if i was actually deranged #ts4 #simblr #sims 4 #ts4 edit #ts4 gameplay #got a new pc and the graphics difference is unreal

orsanedraws

respectful Lae'zel sketch

featherfangart

The Camp

#bg3

thebramblewood

An elusive sea beauty of the night, sighted in fleeting glimpses by tourists and locals, usually near the volcano on Mua Pel'am. Legend has it you shouldn't get too close if you see her - you might not make it out of the water alive.

(Heavily inspired by @nefarrilou's Bonefish!)

#wtf so cool????

halsingf

SIM DUMP #1

from left to right: alex, norah, alysia, sade

hair, genetics, makeup, & tray files included

download: sfs

tou: please do not change their genetics if you're going to post them. you may use them as a base for personal gameplay. tag me if you use them!! i'd love to see them in action.

#hi getting a new pc today so we're so back #tzr

some more sims i've made while waiting for all of my mods to update

#ts4 #simblr #sims 4 #ts4 edit #ts4 gameplay #the sims #sims 4 edit #ts4 pictures #the sims 4 #show us your sims #sims 4 cas #ts4 cas #right most is lisbeth btw!!!!#haven't seen her in a while

mattodorearchive

control your dog or buy a muzzle

#OBSESSED W THIS #ts4

simself world domination

#i love her so much #i need to edit her a little bit raah #ts4 #sims 4 #ts4 edit #ts4 gameplay #the sims #simblr #sims 4 edit #ts4 pictures #the sims 4

halsingf

every week i'm lured in by a potential new gameplay sim...

#i have more sims to post today methinks #i’ll get back to you #i’m refusing to do gameplay until wicked whims updates LOL #tzr

armoricaroyalty

Why is the Sims community boycotting Curseforge?

I've seen a lot of posts going around calling on Simmers to stop using Curseforge, a modding platform that enables creators to monetize their downloads, with plenty of outrage directed toward modders and CC-makers who are still on the platform. But I've also seen a lot of people who are confused about why there are calls for a boycott.

Curseforge is owned by Overwolf, a company that is donating money to the IDF in support of its ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people.

In late October/early November, Overwolf posted a graphic on their social media asking followers to "defend our defenders" by contributing financially to a fundraising drive for the IDF. They were met with backlash and quickly took the graphic down, replacing it with one that used language about raising money for "those affected by the violence in Gaza" (my phrasing may be inexact) but the money is still going to the IDF and not to any agency actually supporting civilians or doing humanitarian work.

You can see the original graphic on this change.org petition, which provides some additional context.

If you are using Curseforge in any way -- by hosting your content there or downloading from it -- you are giving money to a company that is raising funds for an ongoing military campaign against a civilian population.

This is why people are calling for a boycott. If you are a modder or CC maker for the Sims, you should remove all of your content from the website and redirect people to other DL sources. If you are a consumer of mods and CC, you should stop clicking curseforge links and send (polite!) messages to modders and CC makers to urge them to pull their content from the site.

ETA: Here's another link with more images of the original Overwolf Tweet!

armoricaroyalty

So Curseforge/Overwatch put out a statement about this, addressed specifically to simmers.

Even if we decide to take them 100% at face value (which I don't think we should) and accept their claim that none of their corprate revenue goes to "defend our defenders," (their original claim) and only to help "terror-affected families" with housing...is any of this funding going to support the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians? I'd say people living in refugee camps because their homes were bombed to matchsticks because some of their neighbors were maybe allegedly supposedly aligned in some vague with Hamas are pretty "terror-affected." Are they eligible to receive any of this aid, or just Israelis?

There's no word on the website, but considering that the other major donor listed on equal footing with Overwolf is the Israeli Leadership Forum, which states on its English-language "About Us" page that it is a platform for those who consider "the advancement of Israeli society....as their mission," it seems fair to say that this group and donation drive have broadly settler-colonialist aims.

So. My original post was not 100% accurate in all the details, I'm willing to own that. Mea culpa, I'm a random guy on the internet who tried to make a post to summarize a lot of discussion that had been happening in a lot of different places, and I didn't do any investigative journalism to verify those claims (see above: random guy n the internet).

I still think that boycotting Overwolf and their products is a good, simple step to oppose Zionism. Using Curseforge (and other Overwolf products) still fuels the bottom line of a Zionism organization which aligns itself with other Zionism organizations. Vote with your feet and don't use these products.

If they're releasing corporate statements to try to dispel concerns over a consumer boycott, it means it's working.

p.s. Do not harass people. I think my original post was pretty clear in terms of calls to action, but I'll say it explicitly: sending hateful messages, spamming people's inboxes, etc. is not an effective tactic here. Polite communication to register your objections, followed by withdrawing your financial support is a much better strategy for effecting change.

dyed my hair pink for the chappell roan concert im going to an march and i’ve never felt so cool in my life

#i need to to get my other nose piercing but i’ve been waiting for septum to stop being mad at me #my simself went from really accurate to viscously innacurate in a week #love it #thoughts

wetheoriginals

trans activist, model, and actress hunter schafer was amongst the 50 people arrested yesterday at an action held in new york city to disrupt president joe biden’s appearance on late night with seth meyer.