This is absolutely toxic and laughable and I’m going to refute this point by point, so take a seat.
Lol who even came up with the fact that the package file format belongs to ea? This format is by default in the Windows system, fucking morons. It is freely available and is used by completely different companies, content authors, programmers, etc. You fucking consumers think you can demand anything from us creators, but look at what the sims gurus write.
As I mentioned to you in the replies, which you neglected to address, it’s been specifically stated that EA has its own variant of the .package file format–else we’d be able to translate packages between games and between modding tools. Most modders and creators who are calling you and other permapaywall creators out KNOW this, so please, cut it out with moving goalposts, it’s not a good look.
For a minute, it was said earlier that only they have the right to dispose of our content and demand something. They own the rights to our content, not you. We now have a clarification that only maxis-based content can be subject to these rules. The alpha and the maxis-styled meshes and textures are still ours, because we created them, this does not apply to the edited maxis meshes (god, it was always obvious, why was this topic brought up just now?)
They aren’t ours, though. This is stated in EA’s EULA. And that supposed twitter DM isn’t even real. We can’t DM the Gurus, and the metadata in the image says it was created in 2018, not 2017 as the date is in the image. Additionally, as was mentioned, unless y’all have figured out a way to put “your” meshes into the Sims 4 without cloning a basegame object, you’re entirely full of nonsense.
I’d also like to add that you’re still shilling your wares using the Sims 4 as a platform, thereby entering into EA’s Terms of Use. (Again, see the EULA.) Finally, you have many, MANY permapaywall folk using meshes from sites like TurboSquid, CGTrader, etc. This has been proven. But my favorite is @aggressivekitty‘s Spa set, which you can find no problem on TurboSquid in just a few clicks.
While there’s nothing wrong with converting meshes from other 3D sites, it’s absolutely laughable that y’all would lose your damn minds over things you didn’t actually make yourself. @felixandresims is also very guilty of this. The cognitive dissonance is unreal. Are y’all compensating those artists properly with proceeds from your Patreon? Or are you going to say, “we bought it, so we own it! It’s part of their license!” and completely ignore the fact that you buying and creating content for Sims 4 also enters you into a license? Or that people are buying your content, so they should be subject to the same license as you?
I saw a lot of maxis content authors who humiliated the authors of paid access, at the same time, their content was of poor quality. Funny coincidence?
No, because that’s not what happened, if you’re referring to the callout post regarding watermarked images and other similarly bad quality CC. Including watermarks, paper-tissue meshes without LODs, not telling people the polycount, not putting in the correct tags, are all signs of low skill and carelessness. You wouldn’t want to buy a cookie with someone’s fingernail clippings because they couldn’t be assed to care about doing their job. Why is this any different? You’re awfully good at twisting things for the layperson who isn’t a CC creator, who doesn’t know better, but you forget that there are many creators who do know what you’re saying is absolutely false.
Because creators with some skill won’t act like fucking monkeys and throw shit, they know a thing or two about their rights. They know the value of their work. Because, you know, this is not taken out of thin air!
You are not the victim here. No one is disputing that CC making is hard work.
You gotta get a hell of a lot of knowledge, have content creation equipment, and a lot of time. You have to spend your personal time testing, then, with sweat on your forehead, publish your creation and wait for the next shit from the sims community, because you guys are suuuper toxic.
The toxicity is coming from you, actually. This is a hobby. No one is forcing you to make content, nor forcing you to put it behind a permanent paywall in an EA-esque jerkoff session to your own ego. And while you could argue that no one is “forcing” someone to want your content, and I’m sure you will, please consider this:
If it really mattered all that much, and if you really enjoyed CC making, you wouldn’t talk about it like you were in a sweatshop with a gun to your head. Respectfully: Suck it up. There are many creators who are watching you and the others throw tantrums over rational discourse, so do us all a favor and stop trying to twist things as if no one knows any better.
You like to blame, without really understanding the problem. And the comments left here are just hysterical laughter for me. Because you again ignore the direct facts, you start to weave various creator-thieves, conversions (but this is a completely different topic), whatever, while other things are being discussed here.
You are literally projecting what y’all are doing. The “direct facts” are in the EULA, and how you and others treat the community like a personal bank, then freak out when you’re called on it.
This is where the average content creators, copyright, and shit around the world discuss between creators and users (sorry, consumerfuckers).
Are you 12? Your tone through all of this has been nothing but condescending. If you’re going to address the community at large, try not to be an edgy internet badass by antagonizing everyone. It’s sad, and you can do better.
I am simply amazed that after all this, some individuals continue to call it “impolite” that the author himself chooses how to publish HIS content.
How content is published isn’t the issue here, it’s that you are asking for money when the community has already been ceaselessly exploited by a company much larger than the rest of us… then proceed to twist yourself into knots acting like you’re above the rules you’ve set. How many permapaywall folk are out there putting other people’s content behind those paywalls? @aggressivekitty and @sims41ife do this to hundreds of creators, but I guess it’s okay to share it and not give those creators a dime because it’s already free, right? Again, the cognitive dissonance is staggering.
Especially those individuals who argue that everyone, even not the richest, should have content. Look.. Do beggars buy games for such crazy money? I really doubt.
I’m going to be very polite here, more polite than you’ve earned thus far.
It is none of your g-d business how someone came to own a Sims game, nor under what financial circumstances they might be living. The assumption that someone MUST have disposable income because they have a computer and have a computer game is absolutely disgusting, and shame on you for being so naive and so callous.
A person’s financial situation does not absolve you of treating your community as EA treats us. We’re all supposed to be in this together, but evidently this is not the case. You would rather spite someone for not handing you money than contribute to the community.
By trying to be loyal to all walks of life, you become fucking animals who don’t value other people’s work.
I value my work and the work of others. You, however, don’t seem to value your audience enough not to be in this hobby for anything but money.
No money for paid content? Use free! Oh, of course, you want exclusives from all over the world, so go and make money on them! You are not deprived of cc content at all, there is too much of it. Thousands of packages are created every day for free, but what do you do? You will be outraged that you didn’t get paid content just like that, because you are fucking pigs.
Again, are you 12? Your first reaction to a rational post was to call people pigs en masse. Stop with this toxic nonsense.
P.S. I have nothing against my followers, those who support me and those who use my content, but sometimes very unpleasant people and things arise that set my ass on fire like fireworks. Do not be surprised, my dears, by the fact that people completely switch to closed access to their content, because such an audience is eliminated by itself due to the reciprocal disrespect towards the author.
Taking one’s toys and throwing a tantrum because one isn’t receiving the money one wanted isn’t a justifiable action. End of story. The rational thing to do when someone is being pushy for CC is to block them, not close up shop and hide your CC away. The rational thing to do is NOT to require your audience to pay for content like the little copies of EA y’all have made yourselves into.
You only had ads before - you didn’t like it, because “there are viruses”! And do not care that these should be your problems, and not the problems of the whole damn Internet!
Spreading viruses is actually the internet’s problem.
If someone injected poison into a cookie and you ate it, it would be your problem. Having a computer get a virus because you want one extra penny from adfly is the community’s problem, because it proves to the community what you actually think of your followers: Which is very little, by what I’m reading here.
We made early access - I don’t like it either, “too long and it should be free at all, pixels should be free, dudes!” Now we have private access - “what the hell is this shit ?? I will burn your whole family if you don’t give me this content for free” and other shit in ask for each patreon-creator. What the hell is going on with you people?..
First of all, I don’t see how “exclusive access” is a logical improvement to people disliking early access. Not sure what your logic is with that.
Second of all, if someone is threatening your life, that is clearly not a representation of the entire community and you should report them to the site immediately–you should NOT go off half-cocked calling everyone you don’t like a pig. Especially when posts regarding this matter have been largely reasonable. If I went to someone with a rational and calm, respectful discussion and they reacted as you have here, I would not get the best impression of that person.
Finally, I’m going to give one more suggestion: Take a step back. Step away from the computer. Go do something you like. Have a snack, a nice beverage. Breathe. You are better than this. I understand being upset, but this isn’t the optimal way to handle this situation. While I am very frustrated myself, I still wish you the best.
Y’all, the community is better than this. We HAVE to be better than this.
I am very tired of seeing claims of “entitlement” being thrown around by people who are clearly projecting their insecurities onto the rest of us.
For my part, I do what I do because I love this community and I have fun making CC. I have made my stance on my own Patreon content very clear.
I am not here to give the community bad content, demand payment for such, and then cry about the resulting backlash.
I’m not sure why this subset of the community is incapable of understanding these concepts.
I’m going to close out this post by reiterating, however:
DO NOT HARASS CREATORS. DO NOT SEND HATE.
This community needs to be above that. Heated discourse is one thing, but sending shitty anons and the like is another entirely.
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