Real life (though there is no such thing) was holding me hostage, but I managed to escape So now I'm slowly getting back into things and reading what's been going on while I've been gone.  This "EA-Land" filth shocked me but I'm glad to learn it has now melted into a pile of fail

Why is "EA-Land" still up? wtf is it? I don't understand it...don't think I WANT to.  Sims Carnival has absolutely NOTHING to do with Sims (surprise, surprise). And I'm getting quite sick and tired of seeing the Sims name slapped onto any and everything.  TheSimsOnStage used to be Singshot.com, and after EA teamed up with them to do a contest involving singing Lily Allen's "Smile" in Simlish, they ate it up entirely.

I don't understand EA-Land but the name itself guarantees I would have stayed away, anyway.  Did TSR lose a lot of money? plz say yes.  And, more importantly, will this prevent a possible EA-TSR "reunion" in the future?

Oh, thank god. I thought we were still updating Cardrew's stuff. If not, then all is right in the world.

I think she has no customers.  I think this might be a ploy to get US to pay for her shit.

There is no way anyone likes her stuff enough to actually buy it - unless they have unfortunate eye problems or something, in which case this is sad yet understandable.

But I can't shake the idea that this may just be a ploy to get SOME money.  If she says her membership is like $15 and nobody subscribes, then at the very least she'd get the money from someone here paying for it to go in the Booty.

I think we should destroy her by giving her no attention, and perhaps finding a way to ban her from life?

Or, she could ask to be hosted by WickedNouk or elsewhere for FREE - providing she closes the PAY section.

I think that excuse she gave is such bullshit: if it's not a space or traffic issue, why on earth would the free section need to be closed?

If she's all about finding cheaper hosting so she doesn't have to beg customers to "donate" (read: buy) her other shit, then it would make sense to close her "donation" section (paysite-area) and join up with a freehost.

But, of course, this would defeat her whole purpose on trying to suck money out of the Sims 2 community.  Whatever amount of money she gets out of her pity-cry-filled donation scam is more money than she'd get from being part of a free site group.

Also, Calalily is 100% right - paysites need that free section, however crappy it might be, so people can see if they like their crap enough to buy it (so how does Peggy get customers?).  If I ever saw a 100% paysite, I'd never go there again and not even download their junk from the booty.  It could be totally borked or have a million polys for all anyone knows.

I think finding alternative sources of hosting would be best.  I'm not sure just how much bandwidth they're using, but a freehost ( http://www.freeweb7.com is pretty decent, and no ads) might work.  Or at the very least, a cheaper host.  

Also, http://www.moneybetterspent.org/ has a nice list of resources under the "Go Free!" part.

Hopefully the owner(s) of SimShowroom sees this before shelling out $189 to renew their hosting.

It can be both: some people may not frequent FFSS and might be interested in this stuff.  Last I checked, though, S2CHost didn't have much info on it, and that turned me off right away (this was before I became a WickedNouk killmark, I think :lol:)

Speaking of WickedNouk - when the shit is our server going to be back up?  I've had PMs both here and elsewhere asking if my site is closed, why I'm closed, and even "I went to get some stuff but it was closed, do you still have the files?" lol  I explained we're down for maintenance, but I think we should have a "We're Down for Maintenance, blah blah be back shortly, depending on how much our server likes us" or whatever.  I don't know how this would be implemented, but I'll help if I can.

Affiliate program - Sounds good but I don't know how effective this would be, if it depends on similar sites linking to each other/communicating frequently.  How would this one work differently?  These are good ideas on paper, it's the logistics of things that need to be figured out & clear, otherwise people are just left confused.  Or maybe that's just me

LOL it's paysite revenge.

"U STOLE MAH STOLEN WEEVE SO IMMA STEAL URZ BAKC, BIATCH!"

Wow, that's so true.  TSR is like the mafia of teh internetz.

This is a crime against everything.

That's because the mesh scanner is probably adding up the polys for all age groups.  I've never used that tool, it's much easier to just open the mesh file in SimPE and click on the appropriate GMDC to see it's polys.  Simple, and makes you one step closer to being cool cuz you can "understand" SimPE

Nouk's new hair is a rip-off.  If I were paying, I'd be like SCREW YOU, NOUKZ!

Honestly, don't you people see it?  Don't be blinded by her charm and fake smilez!  It's just her lolita pigtails - extended.   Any Peggy/Rose could do it!  YAH SO MUCH FOR ORIGINALITY NOUK!!!

lol, just kidding, Noukie! You know I luv you =) ...But you still owe me a kitty collar for my Sim peoplez! :shock:

He's a little bitch and tried to force WNF to host him.  I think he said he had payfiles because of hosting, but his intent was to still keep his payfiles up once snagging a comfy spot in WNF.  Honestly, he only wanted the exposure he'd get, and figured if he had payfiles + exposure, that means more people would pay for his crap.

There's absolutely no reason a site that is hosted for free should need "donations" of any kind.  If you want to be compensated for making custom content, apply for a job at EA.

Btw what message is he talking about?  WNF says absolutely nothing about pirates, paysites, or anything else.  They just say they host 100% free sites.

Anyway, wtf does this mean?:



Lindsay, like Lindsay Lohan?  Doesn't make sense.  If anything, I'd be upest that she even WANTS to use the treadmill - look how thin she is!!

Oh. I don't really see the relevance of that article, seeing as how people wouldn't have these concerns and issues had EA not illegally installed a 3rd party software.. :roll:

I seriously hope this doesn't just "burn out".  There must be MOAR FIGHT!

Er...I'm confused.  Are we talking about  Raon Male Donation Hair #18? That's the one shown in the picture, and we talked about earlier.

Because that's the one Anyerfillag said was 3056 polys, and I double confirmed this in both SimPE and Milkshape  :?

Actually, the only thing that could add up to the amount fourohfourerror stated was if you calculate the sum of all four age groups of that mesh.

Adult: 3056 + Teen: 3004 + Child: 3004 + Toddler: 3062 = sum of 12,126 for 4 age groups.

So I think it's safe to stand by what I said earlier:


Enjoy!