hi! have you seen the absolute nonsense that is SonyaBelka's Patreon payment structure? it's absolutely ludicrous and fits on your page imo
Okay so this is hilarious and 100% deserves to be roasted. ^
There's no downloads or way to get any sort of rewards? What do you mean? Why are we paying you then? Who really knows?
First, we have the ominous:
The ability to get items, lots, and characters will reappear when this page has 1000 patrons.
Which makes no sense, but okay....
But then...
The "points system" will only be used to receive objects that are in early access...{what early access? You guys aren't releasing anything? Right?}
If you are our patron, you get points for which in the future you can get items $1 = 1 point.
Oh so people are paying you in the hopes that maybe someday in the far off future you'll let them get items from your early access?
How many points will items be? How many months will someone have to "wait" to get something if they just pay $1 a month (which is the only tier right now)...how does this work? I think I need a big pinny-board thing to explain this...
Does this whole statement feel very much like holding something hostage to you? Because it sure does to me.
In addition, when you go down further to figure out why they're holding the content hostage, their reason becomes a bit more clear:
Okay, so I'm going to explain why this person is literally out of their mind.
First and foremost, let's talk about this whole "copyright" issue.
Harry Potter, and the entire cast of characters, the setting of Hogwarts, etc. All of that shit...belongs to J.K Rowling. The only reason movies got made, and posters and all sorts of fan "merch" get sold each year...is because J.K Rowling sold off some of her rights to the characters to specific parties. THIS CREATOR IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
The fucking audacity you must have to try to make money off of HER intellectual property, while also gatekeeping content you've made from your own community is fucking sick. EA DIDN'T EVEN TRY TO BLATENTLY DO THIS, BECAUSE THEY MADE "HARRY PUFFER" TO TRY TO NOT INFRINGE ON HER COPYRIGHT.
Second, let's also talk about the fact that ALL CREATORS are using EA'S PLATFORM to host your content. The sims 4 is EA's platform. Without the sims 4, none of your precious "custom content" would remotely WORK. So unless you just took the 3D models and sold them elsewhere {which I don't know why this creator isn't doing that since you seem to think you're such a damn hotshot}, you need to follow by EA's rules of their platform.
It's the same regardless of where you upload. For example, if you made a youtube video and you posted something that was against their terms of service {ex: child porn, or a pyramid scheme, or a virus within your video}...youtube would have ALL the rights in the world to pull down your video from their platform and delete your account. Because you posted that video on their platform. Even if ALL of the video was "your content" because you put it on their platform as a method of display, you have to abide by their rules.
It's the same idea for if you enter art into a gallery. The gallery owners have a specific theme or a collection they are aiming to display. For example, the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art would not be interested in a Claude Monet piece, because he wasn't an American artist. Not because his art isn't good, but just because it doesn't fit the guidelines of their collection.
EA has stated it doesn't want people who are creating CC who are going to be permapaywalling using their platform/assets/tuning/files to do so. What is so hard about that to understand? I know that a lot of people want to be like FUCK EA AND FUCK THEIR CORPERATE GREED but at the same time, they have the ability to remove your ability to use their platform (ex: the gallery/your origin account) if you don't comply.
Let's also mention that this creator, while trying to get at least $1000 by promising content and not delivering it in any way...is not even "done" with the big project they are promising. No WONDER they have less than two dozen people fleeced into their scheme?
This is insane and @sonyabelkasgames should 100% be ashamed. Because while they go on and on about their "rights" they are 100% fine with trampling on the rights of others. {Not to mention they literally aren't okay with using patreon for what it was designed and basically want to lead people on with no promise of anything real? That sounds 100% like a "take the money and run" situation to me.}
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If anyone wants some hogwarts cc, allow me to share with you some nice places to get shit that's FREE.
Pufferhead Stuff
Free Harry Potter "World" file with HP Lots
Tons of Harry Potter stuff from TSR {the ad wall isn't great but eh}
Hogwarts Build
HP Mod Pack
Hogwarts Stuff
Simdertalia's Witchy Finds Blog {for witch/wizard CC}
Plus tons and tons of free hogwarts builds on the gallery
