Mikayla's Sims 4 Blog

Mikayla. She/Her. 23. Australia.  Anti-paywalling. WCIF friendly. Currently obsessed with blender renders. Occasionally posting CC.

[barbieaiden]

slooowly starting to actually figure out blender lighting

[talentedtrait]

i feel like people are still confused so let me explain:

if you exchange money for goods and services, that is not a donation. if people choose to give you money without getting anything in return, that is a donation.

exchanging money to get something early is not a donation, that is an exchange for goods and services. if you want something early and it’s locked, you are required to pay. even if it’ll be free later, it is not a donation.

[nigmos]

pop sensation - day 6 of the barbie create a sim challenge by sea-cross :)

[golyhawhaw]

Anything above 2-3 weeks early access is not a reasonable amount of time.

[softerhaze]

the coolest (and only) record store in copperdale (♪)

[cryptidautumn]

31 Days of Barbie Challenge 

Western Fun

Sparkle Beach

Pretty in Plaid

Totally Hair

Surf City

Pop Sensation

My Scene: My Bling Bling

Barbie and Friend(s)

Masquerade Madness

Fairytopia

Barbie Fashionistas: Glam and Sporty

Rock N Royals

Workin Out

Barbie and Ken

Mermaid

Slumber Party

Princess

Camping

Couture

Skater 

Mystery Spy

Ballerina

International 

Vintage

Super Hero

Holiday

Dream Wedding

Equestrian

Career

Extra Fancy

The Barbie of Your Dreams

A huge thanks to @xldkx and @ellemant for giving me this fun idea! Let’s see your Barbies! Please use the tag #barbiecaschallenge or @ me! 

[tlirsgender]

Everybody needs that one friend who's better at piracy than you so you can ask for links to tv shows or perhaps movies and they just Have them. They're like genies. This is a priceless gift when unfamiliar links scare you when you try to google Watch free online yourself. Very literally it does not have a price. You aren't paying for it

[timmssimms-deactivated20220810]

this is not directed towards the gems in this community. nor the others who always followed the rules. this one is for those who didn’t and ruined it for the ones who did. we do not owe them the right to allow their content to stay behind paywalls. 

LINK: HERE

[littleblackbooksims]

*Cough cough*

TS4 Rebels

[fierce-trait]

it's mod/cc creators i've never heard of claiming they're keeping the game alive for me. bye wig 😭

[xldkx]

tomorrow is aug 1 so don't forget to cancel your subs to the people you see on here acting wild.

[trainjr]

[xldkx]

updated and longing for those simpler days

[loi-jieun]

笑死了！！

[ceeproductions]

You can all thank the perma paywallers / patreon exclusive cc “creators” for ruining it for everyone.

[mack3030]

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK.

[xldkx]

Like all the ea ppl who said nothing uwu no drama uwu not my business when people were getting threats and doxxed are gonna find dem mouth now lol

[fierce-trait]

the early access gworls stayed out of it bc "it didn't involve them" and now they got hit w/ that collateral damage. whew chile! ya hate to see it 🌚

[mack3030]

I and others told y'all this would happen if you guys didn't have the guts to stand up and say something.... And sadly it's come to this. Inaction is a choice.

[zombietrait-deactivated20230321]

even if you were a new creator i literally don’t know why you would start a patreon first thing…cc making is HARD it takes years to create quality, reliable content, and you’re making exclusives and early access when we don’t even know if you can make it right? when your previews are renders and we don’t even know how it looks in game? hello?

[myshunosun]

EA Help has an official article on installation and distribution of mods and custom content. How cute of them to include very useful information about permanent paywalls!

[xldkx]

Ea said time for y’all to dead that fucking screenshot bc you idiots are wildin

[fierce-trait]

i'm surprised to see that early access isn't allowed now and honestly.. im kinda relieved tbh 😅 & honestly if people choose not to create because of this, you won't be missed .. because we're not wallets 💀 sorry not sorry, but take the talent you use to create cc and put it towards something else..

all those $1-3 tiers add up to a damn utility bill.

[gothoffspring]

me reporting every single permapaywaller through the contact form at EA

[sojutrait]

[littleblackbooksims]

[littleblackbooksims]

It has come to our attention that EA has officially came out against permanent paywalls!!!!! Creators can still profit off their content as long as they are also made free to the public, like we’ve been saying this whole time *cough cough*

You may now direct creators who don’t follow those guidelines to this statement:

For more information: https://help.ea.com/en-gb/help/the-sims/the-sims-4/mods-and-the-sims-4-game-updates/

Thank you to everyone who did their part by sending a ticket or reaching out to a guru, this is a big deal. Glad EA is finally doing something about a huge portion of the CC creator communities exploitative practices.

[msteaqueen]

About d*mn time! Also worth noting are two other critical statements needed to ensure that user's are held accountable with EA's policy, they are:

Positive Play Chapter, and

Policy, Reporting, and Enforcement. The full policy that also includes content above.

[versatile-design]

Finally the drama about the permanently paywalled CC can stop now with this clarification about creating Sims 4 CC for money and the reporting form for those who don’t comply with the rules. The permanently paywalled CC and the tactics some creators were using to enforce the exclusivity of their stuff was killing the sims 4 community, it’s creativity and bringing out the worse out of some people in my opinion. There was way too much fighting going on over this. I felt that overall it put a dark cloud over using and creating CC. I’m glad all the negativity can be put to rest. It’s official CC can’t be exclusive or behind a paywall.