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Hecubus
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2008 January 07, 18:36:32 »
Captain Jojoba and I were talking today about how crappy many pay items are, and how there are amazing free creators who do BETTER work. We realized that as long as there's demand for their stuff - even in the booty - they'll keep creating it. Why not help reduce the demand ALTOGETHER?
We want to compile a list that we'll add to the FAQ, but we need your imput.
Think about popular paysites or pay creators... and then think about who makes similar or BETTER items for free. Who would you suggest?
For example... Instead of Peggy, Rose, and Raon... get better hair from XM, Helga, and Nouk.
next?
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2008 January 07, 18:41:14 »
Hm.
People who like Steffor's work at TSR could download her FREE stuff from Avalon and her Banana site.
And always check MTS2 for what you want, even if TSR has it, because they tend to make similar items AFTER someone else has uploaded them to MTS2.
Good idea.
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2008 January 07, 18:56:28 »
I agree with Ry, I always check MTS2 after seeing something I might like from a paysite even before I check the booty! :lol: I also check Rissa's or Renegade for hair but they do use the paymesh so that doesn't count. :?
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Jojoba
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2008 January 07, 18:58:06 »
Yup yup
Most, if not all of us, are as pro free as we are anti pay. But we are not that hot when it comes to showing this pro free side...
So, this idea means lowering demand on pay items (which means they are less popular, less kaching, etc.) and increased use of free items (supporting free creators and sites) - so all good stuff!
Mkay, start with the obvious -
hair stuffages
. Hair is one of the most asked after thing in the shopping list (annoyingly so, hint why we now ask that requests for raon, peggy, rose are not posted!) so obviously a big thing..
Peggy, Raon, Rose.
Alternatives, in terms of new meshes, sites/creators such as XMsims, Nouk, HP, Helga, Lunar, HIM666, Coris,
Donny
, Adele, Sizz, Louis, Seomi. In terms of recolours/textures/not new meshes but new hairs (that make sense), MTS2, GoS, Insimenator, TheSims2WritersHangOut....the Natural RedHead project is majorly recommended
As is creators like Harripwns, Evanesco, Marie Fay, Schuldig Seiben, ButterflyKiss4u, Setso
...I know my free CC
Oh huzzah
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2008 January 07, 19:02:10 »
Well, these people have no competition from paysites:
Ren at Rensim and Bruno at MTS2 for makeup, Enayla for skins, Ren at simscribbling for skins (and hair).
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2008 January 07, 19:29:14 »
How about instead of comparing general styles, we compare actual popular files from the booty? General styles are useful, but if we could also target specific files - maybe?
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2008 January 07, 19:32:32 »
Quote from: "calalily"
How about instead of comparing general styles, we compare actual popular files from the booty? General styles are useful, but if we could also target specific files - maybe?
How do you determine which files are most popular? Ask Pes for download rates?! :?
Maybe, we should do *both*...mm ideas guys please?
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2008 January 07, 19:34:57 »
Oh yes - I said also, so I meant both - I just got excited and changed tack halfway through my post. :lol:
And yes, ask Pes. That should be the best - rather than us jaded pirates who do not like much.
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2008 January 07, 21:33:21 »
Instead of paying for Simslice stuff like I used to, I go to Paladin's Place! Much more entertaining and the same sort of hacked items.
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2008 January 07, 22:09:59 »
And Paladin's objects are made of win, whereas Simslice is maid of fail and lose. And the code is bullshit, too.
You know what would be a great resource? A compiled list of all free sims sites, perhaps broken down into category or style. It would be a major undertaking, though.
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2008 January 07, 22:36:40 »
Would this site be at all helpful there, Lieg?
http://chukhin.brinkster.net/Lynne/sims/simlinks.html
Scroll down and they do break it out for objects (by style), bodyshop, etc.
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2008 January 07, 22:47:48 »
Quote from: "Hecubus"
get better hair from XM,and Helga
next?
i would but both sites always have terrible textures. good meshes, but terrible textures.
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2008 January 08, 00:07:06 »
Quote from: "liegenschonheit"
You know what would be a great resource? A compiled list of all free sims sites, perhaps broken down into category or style. It would be a major undertaking, though.
There's
Download Whores
(which, she updated in December, yay!), maybe someone could take her list and strip out the paysites? I've got gobs of space available if someone wants to do it.
I don't know how to make those nifty tables.
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2008 January 08, 00:07:29 »
Avalon is consistently wonderful. In addition to Steffor's free stuff, OM makes great ethnic furniture sets and (IMO) the best paintings. Tweetysmom has some of her recolors there, and is beginning to mesh. Even the walls are terrific. (Can you tell I'm a fan?)
So--Avalon for ethnic (mainly eastern and north African) furniture sets, paintings, recolors and walls--as opposed to Simaddict's Indian sets, and stupid PAY walls--at TSR.
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2008 January 08, 00:11:43 »
I love
www.piggis-sims.net/
for recolors especially since so many people download specifically to get matching sets. She does both maxis and other mesh recolors but seems to stick to the most popular meshes out there and uses the same set of textures to do all the recolors so everything matches easily. Free of course!
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