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Hello beautiful people, I hope you're doing well.

As some of you know, I take care of stray and homeless cats in a tiny shelter that I built. And sometimes, like this time, it gets a little bit difficult financially and I find myself compelled to ask for your help.

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Much love, Nords 💛

kikuruacchi

Hello everyone, I’m Kikuruacchi.

Right now, I’m facing a situation that has deeply upset me and honestly made me feel like I’ve hit a low point.

For the past 4 years, I’ve worked under TSR, doing my best to create beautiful content for you all. At the end of this journey, I received a message informing me that — as part of the company’s downsizing — they would no longer be keeping me on.

I was one of the top contributors on the platform, which makes this even harder to process. It made me feel like maybe my work wasn’t good enough. I don’t know… perhaps it’s just my confusion talking, but it hurts.

I’ll continue uploading my content to TSR until November. After that, I’ll be moving everything over to Patreon and CurseForge. I’m also planning to bring back early access content on Patreon.

This is really important for my life right now. If you’d like to support me, these are the steps I’m planning to take as I try to slowly get back on my feet.

Thank you so much for being here. 💛

aromasimss

Hi everyone I hope this reaches you through a way of sincerity and love, It breaks my heart to announce that The Sims Resource has let me go as a paid Artist. This being my only true source of income will leave me unable to pay bills and everything including in the following months until I can find something outside of what I love to do here which is never something I would've ever wanted to say. I love creating Hairstyles to bring your sims alive in the way you envision them and I have loved doing so for the past 5 years. This also leaves me at risk of having to move back into the toxic household that I was so happy to be able to leave earlier this year. My only way forward is to try and focus heavily on patreon to keep this loving community I've spent my teen years building alive. If anyone out there is capable of checking that out you may truly save my life. I hope to see you all again, Lots of Love Aroma <3 PATREON

xhellkittyx

I normally don't watch youtube videos (yes, i am one of those weirdos). But I did sit down and watch this, and if you have been following the chaos going on with the "artist purge" from TSR , and still havent seen this, i recommend taking the time to watch it.

thesimsresourceofficial

Addressing the Recent Changes to TSR's Artist Program

Hi everyone,

I’m writing today to address the recent changes to TSR's Artist Program and the concerns that have been raised by members of our community. We understand that these changes have caused a lot of frustration, confusion, and disappointment. We want to provide full transparency about why these decisions were made, how they affect our current and future artists, and what this means for the TSR community moving forward.

Firstly, I want to apologise for the way the restructuring of the Artist Program was handled. I acknowledge that the communication our artists initially received could have been better. It was always our intention to follow up with support, feedback, and advice, which we are doing now. The communications for a loss of badge at TSR is structured, and I understand how this has created confusion and hurt. Please know that we are committed to maintaining an open line of communication with these former artists, we have been following up with all artists affected, and we will continue to support them in any way we can.

Why These Changes Were Necessary

TSR’s Artist Program, which has been home to nearly 200 talented paid artists, had not undergone a thorough evaluation in years. This lack of oversight led to a situation where the program became financially unstable and exposed to significant risk. Without proper management and planning in previous years, the program was not sustainable. If we hadn’t addressed these risks, it would have jeopardised the long-term viability of the program, threatening our ability to fairly compensate artists and sustain the community that depends on their creativity.

It’s also important to highlight that these financial constraints had prevented us from inviting new artists, promoting Select Artists or increasing pay for current artists, leaving over 100 talented creators waiting for up to 3 years for an opportunity to advance. 120 Artists have now finally been promoted, rewarded and acknowledged for their outstanding contribution to TSR, but unfortunately their achievements have been overshadowed by information spreading online.

Why This Was Done

The changes we implemented were not easy, nor were they taken lightly. The difficult decision to let some artists go was made to ensure that the program could continue to operate sustainably and support the 120+ artists who remain with us. Many of these artists rely on TSR for their livelihood, with some coming from countries where the additional support they receive from TSR is vital.

As part of our thorough evaluation process, we assessed the performance of each artist by analysing the value they brought to the platform relative to the investment made in their work. This included reviewing metrics such as engagement with their content per dollar spent. We deeply appreciate the work of our artists, but the financial outcomes unfortunately did not align with the investments that were being made, and we had to make difficult decisions based on these findings to ensure the overall sustainability of the program. In doing so, we were able to fairly compensate all remaining Artists.

Addressing Misinformation

We want to address the misinformation that has been spreading online. Some are claiming that more artists were let go than actually were. In reality, a number of the artists included in these rumors were not let go—they left on their own terms a few months ago. Furthermore, several of the artists who were let go had been inactive for longer than the agreed period and were fully aware of the terms they had agreed to. Some of the named Artists are actually still with us, and have been caught up in this for no reason at all other than by assumptions or a lack of research. It’s important to clarify that this is not a traditional job where someone is “fired.” TSR is a user-generated content platform that compensates artists generously based on their performance on our site.

Spreading incorrect information hurts the 120+ artists who are still part of our community. These creators have continued to pour their time, talent, and passion into their work, and they deserve your support too.

The communications with the former artists ensured they would still be paid for all remaining works they have done with us. It also included that if circumstances ever change, they would always be welcome back as an artist. We do not forget the hard work that has been done, and we do care.

Looking to the Future

Our evaluation process was thorough and took into account numerous factors, including each artist's contribution, consistency, quality of work, and the community's engagement with their creations. We are committed to maintaining a program that is fair, transparent, and supportive of our artists.

Moving forward, we will continue to refine the program to ensure it remains financially viable while fostering the incredible creativity of our artists, to prevent situations like this from happening again. We are also dedicated to providing a community where artists can thrive, receive the recognition they deserve, and be part of a vibrant, supportive environment.

Conclusion

This has been a challenging period for everyone involved, but we believe these changes were necessary to secure the future of TSR’s Artist Program. We remain committed to our artists, our community, and the values that TSR stands for. We hope you will continue to support our artists as we work to build a sustainable and thriving platform for creators.

Thank you for your understanding, your support, and your dedication to the TSR community.

Sincerely, Queenie, Creative Ops Manager, The Sims Resource

cryptiam

Some things to note here:

Many of the cc creators TSR kicked out of their program have said this came abruptly without warning. Thus Simmers and creators are pissed off. This isn't misinformation, they're accusing TSR of being assholes to long-time creators.

At the start in their response they say TSR had 200 partnered creators, and later saying they have 120+ current partnered creators - meaning a large chunk of cc creators were cut off in this decision from TSR both abruptly and not giving time for these creators to make the adjustment or improvements.

TSR had a decline in traffic expectations, instead of innovating on how to make the site stand out among competitors and get that traffic back up, they made some 'budget cuts'.

I find the statement: creators "left on their own terms" dubious at best. TSR could easily have stopped paying the expected amount/change the terms to stay partnered/or other requirements - making the creators choose to "leave" by not complying or look to other platforms before TSR cut them off. I'd rather hear it from the creators that were let go, not the company. If they left on good terms, then they shouldn't have a problem substantiating this claim.

Instead of acknowledging the unhappy creators that were 'performance reviewed' and the angry sims community, TSR instead is stating there's misinformation and it'll hurt their current partnered creators and TSR as a site. Misinformation is a real issue. Though the real damage to TSR is losing all the talented creators that brings traffic to your site in the first place.

fatalrosecreations

Call To Action

Normally I try to mind my own business and Keep my Ps and Qs but seeing what is happening to people I speak with and people I adore, I will stand 10 toes down for them!

Recently, TSR has demoted atleast 70 artist in a fell swoop. These artist were given no warning, no explanation as to what happened, no opportunity to rectify their situation, all they got was a half baked standardised email.

What TSR does not realize is that there is power in the people. Many of the artist let go are staples of our community!! ThisIsThem, Remus, ShakeProductions, the list literally goes on. Understand that these artists had no pledge of exclusivity to TSR. They are not owned by TSR. They have paid for works that are uploaded there but not for everything the creator makes. Imagine working for a company loyally for 10+ years and then being fired without a word.

What they seem to not realize either is that they have now taken away many people's source of income. I know some believe creators shouldn't make income from CC but that is the whole point of TSR tbh. And now they are making it difficult for artist to remove their creations because its apparently abusive to other artist. So now they have fired many wonderful folks, put them out of jobs, but will continue to profit from them!!

This is my call to action for the simmers of the community I create for and adore. Support these creators elsewhere! I have canceled my TSR Vip and will no longer upload there. If others follow suit, it's what they deserve. They need to understand that TSR is nothing without its loyal artist and if they wish to act so carelessly, they need to see that we wont take it lying down!

Here is a partially compiled list of the many artist that were fired!

Not a complete list, but some of them (I did not crosscheck all entries on this list, so if your favs are among them, please check them at TSR directly): Danuta720, ArtVitalex, Pizazz, RemusSirion, Kardofe, wondymoon, Bakalia, mincsims, Reina Sims4, thisisthem, EvilQuinzel, cazy, Nadiafabulousflow, ShakeProductions, Anto, birba32, xogerardine, nilyn, oranos, mini simmer, ray_sims, Mincsims, willeekmer, reevaly, aleniksimmer, nickname, akogare3, arwenkaboom, dasie2, ekinege, genkaiharetsu , mahocreations, Merit Selket, nordssims, pinkycustomworld, simsbylinea, suzz86, carvin_captoor, ravasheen, kimsimjo, zullaby, nobody1392, Regine, bozena, simsbylinea, Lhonna, simbishy, cyclonesue, jaru sims, DarkNighTt, akaysims

Its our time to show our creators we care! So do what you do best and spread the word!!

xhellkittyx

Reblogging for exposure !

It's a shame how such a good site as TSR used to be, can throw away amazing artists like we are nothing. It's cruel, and it for sure wont help with TSR's reputation in the community

remussirion

An era comes to an end and makes room for a shiny new one

Today, after 8 years, TSR removed me from their Featured Artists without any prior notice or explanation as to why. As justified as their decision must have been, being kicked with a standardized e-mail tells a lot about how much they appreciated me as an artist. I'm looking back at good and bad times.

I will thus not continue to upload there and you will find all my future content at Modco (LINK)!

remussirion

At this moment, we're counting 68 featured artists who have been let go by TSR without prior notice through a lousy copy&paste e-mail without any explanation, on a friday evening.

Not everyone is in the privileged situation of having moved on already though.

Many of you might be (paying) members and you deserve to know what happened to some of your favourites. I am NOT suggesting you cancel your membership or harass anyone over this, but you may check the status of your favourite aritsts at TSR.

glitterberrysims

Elfdor

Hi guys, so @v-i-c-c-s recently confirmed to me the sad passing of Elfdor.

Elfdor did some amazing creations for the sims 4 and I honestly will miss them here on tumblr and in the wider sims community. I didn't really get to talk to them much, however I did follow them and loved seeing what they were doing. They had so much creativity in everything that they did.

The news has saddened me a lot. For someone who was quite well known in the sims community I take part in. It's so sad that they are just gone, and I just wanted to make a post to appreciate them and all that they did.

RIP @elfdor, we will miss you.