The Little Black Book

A group of simmers against bad behavior. Have a horror story about a paywaller, horrible creator, or other instance of bad behavior? Submit a post/ask, or email us at [email protected]

[littleblackbooksims]

The Patreon Mafia/Cowbuild Gate/Tracking/Doxxing Summary and Links

We're seeing a lot of people confused or just catching up about the situation so here are some helpful links:

The rundown is some big creators like Cowbuild, Bergdorf, Hermajesty Builds, and Anto, Bursa and more had a list of their's leaked where they were looking at and exchanging private information of suspected leakers. In violation of Patreon TOS, EU law & UK Law privacy laws.

Anto has since apologized and confirmed the existence of this list and that some members of this group were tracking their cc. His apology has been deleted.

The methods used to track is the warehouse tab in sims file share, baking user info into blender files and by monitoring download links. This is why so many permanent paywallers make their patrons beg for links, so they can track each piece of cc.

Last week we also released a post that documented more information that Cowbuild has been committing Copyright Infringement and Intellectual property theft, this has been confirmed by one furniture brand. Thats all for now.

Helpful links:

Simbelene

AND ANOTHER THING! You know who else was talked about in the chat? Hermajestybuilds. If you're active here on simblr, then you already know.

A Doodle Summary of the Cowbuild Drama...

Reciepts can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/thesims/comments/u4fteb/if_you_are_a_patron_of_several_huge_cc_creators/i5114ay/ Creato

Cowbuild - Decide for Yourself - Part 2

Hello and welcome back! Just to recap Part 1, Cowbuild self admittedly downloads 3D models and passes them off as her own, and as recently a

Cowbuild - Decide for Yourself - Part 1

A few months ago some very interesting drama occurred surrounding the user Cowbuild, who publicly doxed another simmer after she was called

r/thesims - If you are a Patron of several huge CC creators you’re private info is being shared without your consent

1,729 votes and 243 comments so far on Reddit

Full receipts, we try to update these as they become available

FLICKRS BEEN TAKEN DOWN RECEIPTS STILL ON PROTON DRIVE THOUGH:

Little BB’s albums | Flickr

Proton Drive allows you to securely store and share your sensitive documents and access them anywhere.

Stuff that came to light since breaking:

BoneSims intimidates Patrons and Infiltrates Pirating Groups:

I just……………SMH. Infiltrating pirate groups is just doing wayyy too much lol.

Reblogging for the update….. I just……………SMH. Infiltrating pirate groups is just doing wayyy too much lol. Confirmed with screen-record in ad

LeoSims reportedly hired a PI and doxxed Emma Simposium:

Hey everyone, after emailing Emma she has informed me that she is stepping away from the sims completely. They have released private informa

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[blackmagictrait]

anyway

"When you contribute UGC [user generated content], you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion of it, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party. You also grant to all other users who can access and use your UGC on an EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service without further notice, attribution or compensation to you." - ea terms of service "Mods must be non-commercial and distributed free-of-charge. Mods cannot be sold, licensed, or rented for a fee, nor can Mods contain features that would support monetary transactions of any type." - official sims 4 policy on mods

free cc resources:

my free cc tag

** all sfs folders

dollhouse mafia * telegram group (instant messaging app), requires phone number to sign up but you can set your # to private. 100% safe and my most used resource

ts4rebels > direct link to vault * new site, new link

paysitesmustbedestroyed * it's back bby!!

simsgalaxy * vk page, requires account but is free (**good for sl conversions)

kemono.party (for patreon/boosty releases) * use an adblock on this one!!

losts4cc * not a pirating site, just an archive of cc that's been deleted/lost

verycursedstuff * for curseforge stuff!!

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

I'm not taking requests anymore but if you need help with one of the above sites lmk and I'll help you!

[verycursedstuff]

why you shouldn't use curseforge at all

all the CC i have (simfileshare)

all the MODS i have (simfileshare)

feel free to request stuff!

🍉 free palestine 🍉

↓ psa for downloading mods ↓

mods get updated quite often so PLEASE check the creator's socials in case there are new updates and for more information about it

on simfileshare you can see this date

if the mod has been updated after this, feel free to shoot me a message to update everything cause i can't keep track of everything all the time

[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.

[blackmagictrait]

anyway

"When you contribute UGC [user generated content], you grant to EA, its licensors and licensees a non-exclusive, perpetual, transferable, worldwide, sublicensable license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works, publicly perform, publicly display or otherwise transmit and communicate the UGC, or any portion of it, in any manner or form and in any medium or forum, whether now known or later devised, without notice, payment or attribution of any kind to you or any third party. You also grant to all other users who can access and use your UGC on an EA Service the right to use, copy, modify, display, perform, create derivative works from, and otherwise communicate and distribute your UGC on or through the relevant EA Service without further notice, attribution or compensation to you." - ea terms of service "Mods must be non-commercial and distributed free-of-charge. Mods cannot be sold, licensed, or rented for a fee, nor can Mods contain features that would support monetary transactions of any type." - official sims 4 policy on mods

free cc resources:

my free cc tag

** all sfs folders

dollhouse mafia * telegram group (instant messaging app), requires phone number to sign up but you can set your # to private. 100% safe and my most used resource

ts4rebels > direct link to vault * new site, new link

paysitesmustbedestroyed * it's back bby!!

simsgalaxy * vk page, requires account but is free (**good for sl conversions)

kemono.party (for patreon/boosty releases) * use an adblock on this one!!

losts4cc * not a pirating site, just an archive of cc that's been deleted/lost

verycursedstuff * for curseforge stuff!!

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[blackmagictrait]

aight y'all I'm done for now. sorry if you sent in a req but I just can't keep up so imma have to pause requests indefinitely. life got me too busy!!

in the meantime tho PLEASE use the links above ^^^ I don't have any secret sources, all the cc I get is from one of these links.

leaving asks on in case anyone has questions about something but please don't send in requests, they'll get deleted.

it's been real y'all. <33 stay pirating.

[littleblackbooksims]

this is not really an ask to do a callout but more as something i’ve noticed. since when it’s acceptable for cc creators to block content behind a paywall for a whole month? and sometimes it’s even more than that. i’ve seen the own sims 4 community say it should be max like 2 weeks and yes i know people gotta pay their bills, but some of this is riduculous. some examples of this are obscurus and northen siberia sims.

Yes we've seen this for a long time now. And many people have decided now that 3 weeks is now the accepted time frame for early access. Which is still pretty long in our opinion.

[littleblackbooksims]

Not so friendly reminder that curseforge is directly supporting the genocide in Palestine and we urge cc creators and modders to stop using the site immediately. Thank you.

We might make a directory of creators that still use it and other ways to get their content.

[littleblackbooksims]

welcome back lol

Lol we're not "officially" back but will post some stuff every now and then. I personally will try to answer any asks we get too.

[joshseoh]

Fro and Curls Hair Pack

Public release: 19 Feb 2024

For feminine frame

Basegame compatible

24 EA swatches

For teen to elder

Custom thumbnail

Hat compatible

Shadow map

Specular map

Normal map

Disallowed for random

Marjorie Hair Bandana Recolor (26 swatches) can be found in Brow Ring (Left) category

Read my Terms of Use before downloading!

Download here

[yooniesim]

Man, I'm not trying to be mean here, but why did you make a whole pack centered around black hair for the first time during black history month and then paywall it? Genuinely not trying to fight, but why. Like it really feels distasteful.

(On that note, can you please make some darker skinned black sims and not whitewash existing black characters you draw inspiration from? Thank you.)

[fierce-trait]

A yt simmer .. paywalling a pack of black hair cc .. during black history month 🌚 can yall be any more tasteless. this is why i stick to my ts3 chile. yall so out of fkn pocket. bitch i oughta CUSS 🗣🗣🗣

Yall are not reading the room on purpose. 😂

[littleblackbooksims]

Disgusting

[littleblackbooksims]

Hello! This is an important message for anyone who reblogs Sims stuff. There is a post going around from 2018 with the title at the top "Sims 4 Extracted Icons Master Post". This post contains a link to the original Luniversims site, which has been taken over by hackers. This can be read about on Luniversims official Twitter, it is the pinned post at the top. It seems that Tumblr has blacklisted their old site, but they haven't removed the post or reblogs of the post. Now, accounts are being terminated for sharing it. The original post was by the account mystickylightcolor.

I urge people to share this information and delete this if you have reblogged it in the past, people who may reblog it from you will have their blog terminated.

Thanks for the heads up!

[littleblackbooksims]

With how easily they fell to the dark side, do you think it's possible Sixam, Max20 and Simplistic were also part of that doxxing ring from some time ago? If so, I wouldn't be surprised.

Can't say for sure but it's possible.

[littleblackbooksims]

Hi LBB I hope you are okay

hi we're ok we have just not been as active. we are small group of simmers and I personally had stopped playing sims for awhile the other members have other stuff going on so that's why we've been quiet. thanks for the concern!

[littleblackbooksims]

@fleshbysaleen is paywalling recolors of EA/Maxis ingame content! I hope people are not paying a 3 dollar tier to get a recolor of a playpen from GT!

thanks for letting us know! yes we agree people shouldn't be putting recolours behind paywalls especially if they dont make their own designs.

[littleblackbooksims]

thoughts on Oshinsims locking up content for over a month?

hm greedy behaviour but not surprising when you see who she collabed with. It's unfortunate because I personally used to love her videos but she has had some shady behaviour in the past other than this recent thing.

[yooniesim]

happy to chat publicly and openly if you would like. you seem to have a problem with me and your post is also an example of bullying whether you like it or not. lets talk about anything you would like and make it public. balls in your court. im here and ready.

...Are you referring to my brief post from over a month ago about how you've quietly returned to posting on your patreon without acknowledging your awful behavior and subsequent doubling down in December? If so, I'm honestly not sure why you're coming to me in particular, since your terrible non-apology and arguing in the replies after was received negatively by pretty much everyone here. Pointing out how bad it was is not bullying (as you were told by the many people you argued with that day) but your insistence that it is tells me that you still haven't changed. I'm also not Jewish, which is the community you upset the most with your actions and why I only boosted their voices rather than going into the replies myself back then, so it's even stranger you sent me of all people this ask. Did no one else respond to you, do you not take them seriously, or is it just some personal grudge?

In any case, I think you would do better making a statement on your own blog taking responsibility for your inability to take criticism and how you're going to take action to grow as a person without blaming others, rather than spending time messaging people you still feel slighted by. From what I saw in the comments of your post, you like to argue no matter what others tell you, and I've no intention of spending time arguing back and forth when many others have already told you what you've done wrong. You know well what we all have a problem with at this point.

You said on one of my posts once, "I don't need to defend myself, I know my truth and you all can come to your own conclusions." People in this community, including myself, have done just that according to what we have available: your actions. If you've changed your mind and there's anything else you'd like to show the community, anything you'd feel you need to get off your chest, that's up to you. I can't help you with that or point you in the direction of repairing your reputation here. Unfortunately there are no magic words you can say to do that. I do think it would be beneficial to unhide your earnings on patreon to be more transparent about how much you're making there. It would at least make you seem more genuine, which is a quality you seem to lack in the eyes of the public at the moment. But otherwise, you'll just have to navigate this all on your own.

At this point, I'm going to defer to some of the people I saw commenting on or reblogging your post as I wasn't directly involved in that conversation. Perhaps one of them will have something they'd like you to speak publicly and openly about, so I'd like to give them the chance to ask you whatever they'd like. But if not, I'd suggest you stop reaching out to people to educate you and start putting in the effort yourself.

@marigolde @anachrosims @cinamun @ardeney-sims @neverheresims @merry927 @fiftymilehighclub @simdertalia @7intendo @xldkx @littleblackbooksims @lesbianaspiration

[weareanti-deactivated20230826]

THIS POST IS MADE FOR @bergdorfverse !!

back in 2020 when I was tryna collab with this bitch and she had me do all the meshes and all she wanted to do was lackluster textures. Kept asking me to redo them over and over again like im her damn slave and when I had any ideas they were never considered. The fact that to this day my hard work wasn’t released and I stayed quiet about it is wild then she proceeds to talk shit about me on twitter like??

here are some screenshots I took during that time

[weareanti-deactivated20230826]

As you can see this bitch was manipulative as fuck and when I let her know not to talk to @santosfashionsims and add her to our collab because both of us were uncomfortable this is what she does:

[weareanti-deactivated20230826]

9 months after I already finished the collection I asked her to release once again and she said this (mind you I joined the military on January of 2021 when I actually finished the collection on august 2020)

[weareanti-deactivated20230826]

I kept trying to contact her after but she barely even responds so I had go mention her on my stories to get a reply and after a while I realized she's a scam. So I had to unfollow her.

Never got a response from her ever again and she unsent that message lol

A while after the whole doxxing scandal happened and I of course decided to contribute and post on my stories so people are aware. What happens? She sends her little minions who wont sucking on her loose pussy to come and "explain" her part of the story and I politely asked them to have her contact me about it since I have no business with them. They just cuss me out then attack me like the cult that they are.

Forgot to mention this part but right after working with her I was completely drained from creating for a few months and I was completely done with the community most of last year. I was barely active on there so then this year comes and my friends cheered me up and actually made me feel like coming back. So as a little come back I decided go do this model casting just for fun and I see these following tweets:

I decided to ignore them since that specific cult is full of shit anyways but they kept going

[littleblackbooksims]

More bergdorf drama.

Really gross that she’s pressuring creators into collabing and not respecting boundaries when they say no. Then ghosting ppl when it comes time to release the collab, but are we surprised at this point?

Also confused because she says she creates original creations but here we have in dms that she admits she can’t mesh AT ALL. Hopefully the original creators are ok with her paywalling their creations and are receiving compensation even though she’s taking sole credit on her solo releases.

Let’s leave art plagiarism behind in 2022.

[xelineximblrfinds]

I don't understand how can a person that's a fucking thief is call a creator or even be considered one smh i bet 1 dollar that non of the people she stole meshes from since day one are getting money and i also bet the only ones who probably see money from this person is the CG trader website also can I just say creators can abuse other creators like that's a thing specially big creators taking advantage of small or upcoming ones even sometimes big creators take advantage of each other to be on top of the game no matter the consequences as a creator you need to be very careful who the hell you talk to or who you associate with cuz this can happen to anyone and the fact she's a huge part of the doxing i cannot fathom how people can still support such a disgrace of a human being this simstagram cult is getting delusional by the days and I'm not surprised one bit but you know what ? I very interesting fact about the sims community that's been proven time to time big creators that shares group chats sooner or later will have a falling out and throw someone under the bus and later on they ate each other like Hyena's and everything will be exposed cuz at the end of the day in their delusional mind theirs only competition and it can only be one popular creator above the others this ain't friendship this is straight up let me use you and you better do it my way or I'll fuck you

[littleblackbooksims]

[littleblackbooksims]

the paré/bergdorf collab is one of the most disgusting displays of greed in the sims 4 community and a sign of the second life-fication of the sims 4. paré, for context, is a SL creator and bergdorf simply converts the already existing content for a cut of the check. I get SL content costs money and they're cool with that over there but we should not normalize it over here. not only do they expect people to pay $5 for only ONE MONTH OF CONTENT, but you would have to pay $25 to have access to everything and $10 to only get 3 months' worth. It's ludicrous. I wouldn't even spend $25 on a tshirt. At the very least people who actually play the game should be making this much cash off the community if at all.

That whole crew has been trying to bring that mentality over TS4 for awhile now. The thing is historically The Sims has never been like this although it’s slowly started to morph into that over the years. Some communities will tolerate it, others won’t. Bethesda’s is openly hostile to pay per mod for example. SL exclusively operates that way. BIt’s about not trying to force your expectations on the norms of a community. The sims tried to have a middle ground. We were wrong to accept a lot of the patreon nonsense (timelines getting stretched out, tiers with little to no benefit that were overly expensive, retroactively locking content, PAYWALLS) as long as we did.