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Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 08:58:24 Looks like she didn't retire.
http://forums.sims2community.com/showthread.php?p=716921&posted=1#post716921 Looks like shes alive and well and got her teeth out. Anyone want to jump in the conversation. (I think MTS2 is down still) Need to go back and add something lol :twisted: Title: Hchangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 03, 09:22:24 WOW, thank you Hchangeyourmind for illustrating yet another paysite-owner archetype: the greedy bitch.
Way to score a point for the opposing team. :roll: Honestly, that thread is turning into a perfect illustration of why PMBD exists, and the paysite owners are doing it themselves! First exhibit: the drama queen (exnem (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/)). Second exhibit: the insulting, bitter ex-mod (lyriclee (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/)). Off topic: I simply love how delphy immediately puts her in her place! Third exhibit: the greedy paysite owner (HChangeri (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/)). Ahh, I LOVE it when people shoot themselves in the foot. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Marhis on 2007 January 03, 09:57:34 I agreee ahahahah!
My best find is: Quote Quote HChangeri, why is this site targeting you when you only have a couple donation sets and you're not known to plagerize or steal from other sites? Why not target Pegy and Rose instead. I'm just curious why they are attacking you and not other people. Quote from: "t2suggas" SlayerAngel90, The site that must not be named, makes fun of all paysites. I think that HChangeri is a little peeved because the discussion about her site has moved to page 2, and is no longer a hot topic. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 10:24:36 I saw that too...Good jab they did :). :twisted:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: tIIsuggas on 2007 January 03, 10:58:06 I took screenshots of that, just in case Delphy deleted it. But it is still up.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: ugly_duck on 2007 January 03, 11:13:25 Isn't it what she wants after all? All this attention, I mean.
If she is making more money, why is she complaining after all? Title: Hchangeri Post by: Anouk on 2007 January 03, 12:52:17 Is she trying to offend us by telling us she's finally making legal money? We should pat her on the back and congratulate her.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 12:57:46 egads Nouk, she wants to make money off of us in a more covert way with adds and popups. I wont be at her site, might give off web trojans to.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 03, 13:01:31 No, Nouk, we're supposed to admire her, because she's so clever. Frankly I don't give a damn. I visited the site once or twice. Not much to see there. At all. The fuss will die out and she will lose her "clicks" pretty soon. Totally pathetic. I'd rather if she would have never come back. I want to kick her in the butt, out the door and tell her "STFU AND STAY OUT!" Showing her true colours. Pffffft. :roll:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: lordrichter on 2007 January 03, 13:04:05 Quote from: "Soup Parrot" egads Nouk, she wants to make money off of us in a more covert way with adds and popups. I wont be at her site, might give off web trojans to. I went to her site and did not see a single ad or popup. Damn ad blockers! Title: Hchangeri Post by: calalily on 2007 January 03, 13:15:02 There are ads all over it - but they don't flash and aren't annoying. There are no popups though - more bullshit from the drama llama. And as far as I can recall, she's had those ads there since she started bitching about Pescado.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 13:19:18 I'm not going there to her site. She's weird.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: ... on 2007 January 03, 14:05:44 She certainly does flounce about a lot, doesn't she? It's a little interesting how her post tries to drag the discussion to be all about her and the shallow "wah paysites are evil" business, completely sidestepping any ethical or legal issues being discussed. I wonder if her ad revenue has already started to drop off...
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 03, 14:19:24 Thing is though we want to encourage people who need some income to use ads instead of charging the user.
That means that no matter how annoyed we got by these paysite owners along the way, we need to show some support to them when they do give in and stop charging us. Otherwise they've got no incentive to change. It is only of secondary importance if she's trying to save face by turning the ads into a sort of "nyer nyer", the important thing is if they listened and changed, and that wants some sign of approval from the rest of us. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 14:37:58 Well kind off topic, I was on the front page reading through legal threats to the site. This one from Rose was a clincher (copied)
Name: Rose --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: rosesims2@yahoo.com.cn --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phone: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fax: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments/Questions: Hello,thanks for your read this! Some of my consumers tell me that someone is using the Layered Technologies stolen my donation creations(which people must pay for them),the url is : http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/ the owner also provide free download of other pay site's items,this must be stopped,so could you give me some advice about what I can do to stop the site hand round my works?Thank you! DID you notice they are not donaters to her site or contributers but consumers!!!! Consumers, customers marketing lingo. Title: Hchangeri Post by: PirateBooty on 2007 January 03, 15:41:17 Heather is a fucking nutcase who shouldn't be allowed near a computer.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 03, 16:03:57 Her name's Heather is it? Hmm there is some little bell ringing at the back of my mind about that name... Or am I mixing it up with Hazel? Some female name beginning with H seems to be behind some fake deaths etc.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 03, 17:04:57 Quote from: "teadrinker" Thing is though we want to encourage people who need some income to use ads instead of charging the user. That means that no matter how annoyed we got by these paysite owners along the way, we need to show some support to them when they do give in and stop charging us. Otherwise they've got no incentive to change. It is only of secondary importance if she's trying to save face by turning the ads into a sort of "nyer nyer", the important thing is if they listened and changed, and that wants some sign of approval from the rest of us. She isn't going to change. She said it's time to tell the truth: she wants money. Title: Hchangeri Post by: PirateBooty on 2007 January 03, 17:23:16 Too bad her ads won't be seen by the non-stupid internet browsing public
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 03, 17:25:22 But that's beside the point. We all like money. The issue this site is centered around is we don't want people making money *out of the community*. Do we care if they make money out of Google?
Title: Hchangeri Post by: BlueSoup on 2007 January 03, 17:28:47 I said it to her over on S2C, and I'll say it here - I'd much rather she makes money from Google, and pay-per-click, etc. than fleecing her naive young customers out of their money for game content.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Surelyfunke on 2007 January 03, 17:38:18 LOL. HChangeri kind of missed the point when she went all "screw you pirate idiots!" at us for directing traffic to her sites to get money for Google ads. Hey, I don't have a problem with her doing that at all. Knock yourself out with Google pocketing their fat cut of your revenue, Heather. As long as you're not getting the cash for your Sims pay sets, I'm cool with whatever moneygrubbing shit you set up for yourself. LOL.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: tIIsuggas on 2007 January 03, 18:05:19 Ok, so we go to http://www.retailsims.com/ click like mad on the google ads.
Come back here, download her booty, and don't pay a dime for her content. Title: Hchangeri Post by: calalily on 2007 January 03, 18:07:35 But she's a damn liar - she still has two donation sets -
http://www.retailsims.com/OFB_Shops/OFB_built/built.htm and http://www.retailsims.com/OFB_Shops/OFB_BS/BellasSecret2.htm Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 03, 18:47:11 Quote from: "teadrinker" But that's beside the point. We all like money. The issue this site is centered around is we don't want people making money *out of the community*. Do we care if they make money out of Google? I don't care if she makes money out of Google Moogle Whatever. She meant that she wants money. Hence the "donation sets" will keep coming. She isn't going to change. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 03, 19:20:43 Arent most these sites donation stuff paypal....Your over there working on Exnem (hint hint) maybe she's in violation of paypal terms.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: coliss on 2007 January 03, 21:20:00 Well, at least she's giving PMBD some credits for giving her more traffic. How nice of her! I don't know if she's trying to piss anyone here (if she does, she fails)... but seriously, if she's making lots of money off the ads, good for her.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 04, 00:02:12 Oh the lulz!!
She still doesn't get it, does she? God...she needs to do some fucking research once in a while. And her glee that we're talking about her, ALL THE TIME (actually, I missed the bitch a little, she's entertaining). Also, notice the targeted Pescado-hate again, her special little PS to him. She's..........so incredibly thick. Title: Hchangeri Post by: iamjbird on 2007 January 04, 00:10:26 She claims what she is doing is "evil" but shes just as greedy as peggy.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: lingeringviolet on 2007 January 04, 00:40:03 Back before all of this started, I used to use quite a few of her sets in my game but ever since she showed us how batshit insane she is, I can't stand to have her crap in my game anymore. It just reminds me of her drama whoringand ruins my playtime. Just ugh.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: stim on 2007 January 04, 00:56:32 I love how she's so awesome, that it's her we have a problem with.
Oh noes! You're making money legally! We-hate-you-so-much-we-have-been-foiled-what-are-we-going-to-dooooo? Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 04, 11:01:04 Quote from: "stim" I love how she's so awesome, that it's her we have a problem with. Oh noes! You're making money legally! We-hate-you-so-much-we-have-been-foiled-what-are-we-going-to-dooooo? Yeah. The only one we really love is Carla Niven. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 18:12:41 She came out of the Lair again
http://forums.sims2community.com/showthread.php?t=30984&page=43&pp=25 last page on that thread long diatribe. Good i got her worked in a lather. Im going to go enjoy my day. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 05, 20:02:07 OMG look what she spends on her game!!! No wonder she's in such a panic her husband probably threatened a divorce if she doesn't cut back a bit (or get the money back off us).
Do you think that might be the key to what turns some people into paysites, they start getting the game out of proportion and start buying a load of professional tools and professional hosting services for it and then get out of their depth? Oh how sad! People like that want a doctor not a website. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Pariland on 2007 January 05, 20:26:00 I find it funny that she declares Malaysia as being known for it's fruad and it's terrorism. Especially after she got Krispy Kreme lawyers on her case for stealing their trademark (fraud) and threatened to upload viruses onto people's computers (terrorism).
She needs to spend less money on Sims and more on a good therapist/crazy pills. Plus, she's so delusional, I'm convinced that every word out of her mouth is a lie. Title: Hchangeri Post by: tIIsuggas on 2007 January 05, 20:32:37 The crazy nut just contradicts herself all the time.
If her site has seen a rise in downloads, then why is she ranting. She has free publicity. If she doesn't delete or edit her posts, she has it there in black and white that she is 'selling' content. Wonder if EA has seen the admittance. We should all donate to her, so she can buy a JCB, I don't think a bigger spade will be sufficient. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 20:32:59 Gee, $1500, if she had joined the platinum club over at DAZ3d she could of had some great software for 3D development at much way lower cost. NO she invested to make money off sims.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: redisenchanted on 2007 January 05, 20:37:11 Good grief, the woman is seriously unwell. :shock: And hilarious! Every time she unleashes a new rant, I can hear the pitter patter of little simmers racing over here. :lol:
Maybe Thomas can gobble her up and pay her to keep quiet. She should be PMBD's official ambassador for all the traffic she brings to the site. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 05, 20:38:28 Quote from: "redisenchanted" Maybe Thomas can gobble her up and pay her to keep quiet. :giggle: Title: Hchangeri Post by: Pariland on 2007 January 05, 20:42:18 Quote from: "Soup Parrot" Gee, $1500, if she had joined the platinum club over at DAZ3d she could of had some great software for 3D development at much way lower cost. NO she invested to make money off sims. At $1500, you would think she could produce better CC. I have yet to see anything she's done that couldn't be done in Milkshape 3D. Her work is a serious waste of the abilities of 3DS Max. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 20:45:17 I just dont think her meshing skills are that hot personally, for her to be expecting pro status in any 3D field. I dont think Thomas would be that impressed with her skills either to hire her, there are better meshers out there.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Solowren on 2007 January 05, 20:46:34 My god, $1500 spent on the Sims? Just pirate the damned software like everyone else if you want it that badly. :roll:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 20:49:08 well like it was said, can we really believe her, could be just another story of hers.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: ... on 2007 January 05, 20:49:10 $1500... whooboy. I liked some of her things but yeah, she's hardly a shining talent. She might be one of those unfortunate people who thinks that expensive tools will make her good at what she wants to do, not, y'know, practice and hard work.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Solowren on 2007 January 05, 20:50:30 Because seriously, when has practice and hard work ever paid off?
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Marhis on 2007 January 05, 20:57:41 My. God. I'm speechless.
It's like shooting to a died duck. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 21:07:37 boy biting my tongue on this one:
Ichangheri; Why should anyone want to invest their time, effort and money into creating and sharing contents for a bunch of spoiled brats? updated post here: The above is a quote from Ichangheri's current rant, notice end we are all out here spoiled brats. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 05, 21:09:58 I certainly wouldn't want to invest the amount she claims to be - even if it was for the most wonderful people on earth
Title: Hchangeri Post by: ... on 2007 January 05, 21:26:05 HChangeri (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/retailsims/) is absolutely out of her mind.
And Inge, I may just go you one better on that tutorial idea and write one on legally acquiring the tools needed to make things for the game without spending any more than one normally would for one's internet connection, for the REALLY chea- er, broke. Fifteen hundred bloody dollars. Shit. Title: Hchangeri Post by: neriana on 2007 January 05, 21:32:27 I know nothing about meshing, but it seems to me that most people do pretty well with Milkshape. And I do know about texturing: if she bought Photoshop instead of just using Gimp, she's out of her mind.
Oh wait, this is HChangeri. Of course she's out of her mind. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 05, 21:36:10 I have a recollection of a well-known sims 1 creator getting into a flap when she heard that Maxis would be using Maya to make the objects and assumed creators would need to buy it too. A collection was set up to get her the money to buy it - which I think is something like $1500? I really don't know but it's a lot.
I spoke up and said "whayyyyy hold your horses, I am sure there will be other ways for us to do it, let's wait till the time comes" I wonder if that collection went ahead, how much money was collected, and who that creator was, because I have quite forgotten. Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 05, 21:58:15 Oh god. She's....she's fucking mental. Her first (well, second, the REALLLLLLY long one) post there almost, perhaps nearly kinda suggested that she was almost going to talk about it sensibly. It reminds me of like...you know when you have a fight with someone, a massive, screaming fight...then both of you calm down, and you're both still extremely cross, but...you can talk about it, then you reach an understanding, and all is uneasily okay.
That's what I thought was happening...like...everyone, Blue, Inge, JMTmom, Calalily, said 'Okay, you're a nutter, but we hear what you're saying, and here's what we're saying'.......and she manages to react as even more of a psychopath than ever... Still, at least she's very VERY publicly shown her true colours now, in discussion rather than just plain insane rants... Title: Hchangeri Post by: ... on 2007 January 05, 22:07:10 I really wonder what the hell happened to HChangeri (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/retailsims/) to get her like this. When I first saw her putting stuff online it was on MTS2 and she was very friendly, very happy to be sharing. Now it's a year and a half later and she's acting entitled, greedy, and incredibly unbalanced. Severe manic phase? Bad medication? Greed took over and ate her brain?
Title: Hchangeri Post by: sickpuppy on 2007 January 05, 22:13:34 Didn't she get married...and lost her job. Both enough to make someone nutty, and completely nuts if they were a little nutty to start with, eh?
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 05, 22:21:35 Maybe the whole paysite/donationgift culture got to her, it really is becoming self-fuelling.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: ... on 2007 January 05, 22:35:31 Quote from: "sickpuppy" Didn't she get married...and lost her job. Both enough to make someone nutty, and completely nuts if they were a little nutty to start with, eh? Mm, yes. However, I'm going to be judgmental and say that one would have to be terribly fragile mentally for those events alone to drive someone to that level of behaviour. [eta: Now I'm wondering why FreakAboutSims is so stupid, but I think that's going to have to be one of those mysteries of life.] Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 05, 22:43:44 drats everybody i had both windows open, and posted on the SC thread by mistake, than here. Oh well lol put the copyright info up there. Let everyone go read it.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: sickpuppy on 2007 January 06, 00:08:00 Oh yeah! She said she was nuts, didn't she? Somehting about major depression blah blah blah? IF I remember right anyway...SO--she's just off her meds again :lol:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Captain Flint on 2007 January 06, 00:17:31 Quote from: "Renatus" Quote from: "sickpuppy" Didn't she get married...and lost her job. Both enough to make someone nutty, and completely nuts if they were a little nutty to start with, eh? Mm, yes. However, I'm going to be judgmental and say that one would have to be terribly fragile mentally for those events alone to drive someone to that level of behaviour. [eta: Now I'm wondering why FreakAboutSims is so stupid, but I think that's going to have to be one of those mysteries of life.] Well since we are speaking about the sims 2 community which have already shown the world that they are a "Bunch of Nutters" i would have to say in no doubt she was "already insane" or the biggest nutter in the community so far and is now using an excuse, a piss poor one at that, Especialy one that calls the community Quote a Bunch of Spoiled Brats or says things like Quote Calling out for a few old friends to infect the stolen files with viruses is some bizarre rant? this all tells me she is more loopy than anyone in the community and has some sort of vengance towards the sims 2 communty which has nothing and everything to do with her files (Scary) especialy if done allows the laws to be used againts her, especialy now if one of her files does come into light of a virus attachment, she then laughs and says she is doing better than before with all the debate crap about her. My Questions are: If she hates everyone to the point of "we are spoiled brats" then why create for us? Money? (Doubtfull) as she spends more than she makes, Recognition and power in the community? (Doubtfull again) as she is in no way a powerful creator and only recognised by her latest rants. so why? If she hates everyone to the point of "we are spoiled brats" then why respond to any of us? is it because she is obsessed by the community and her creations? or creating in general? or that she needs us more than we need her? (Possibly) ... what is it that drives her to stay in the community at this point? obviously whatever it is? i can only keep comming to the conclusions that she is obsessed in some strange and beyond normal obsessions to the sims 2 community perhaps. Title: Hchangeri Post by: redisenchanted on 2007 January 06, 01:05:11 Having a bunch of nutters like the Sims 2 Community call you crazy is really a bad sign. I hope her husband keeps her away from sharp objects. :shock:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 06, 07:11:30 She could be more than depressed she could be maniac. Maniacs "can be" very melodramic" needing the attention on them, even tell stories. Good grief there are so many illnesses through that fit into bizaare behavior, but for some online they like to tell stories just out of a need for attention and self importance. I have not read the thread in hours.
Have you noticed theres only a couple of these people coming out, her and exnem, the rest are kind of just avoiding us. They may be reading our threads, but their not being vocal or defending themselves. Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 06, 10:33:37 "Woe is me, the money I've spent for you! All for you (scumsuckers)! Pity meeeeee!"
Reversal of fortune. Quote from: "Renatus" I really wonder what the hell happened to HChangeri (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/retailsims/) to get her like this. When I first saw her putting stuff online it was on MTS2 and she was very friendly, very happy to be sharing. Now it's a year and a half later and she's acting entitled, greedy, and incredibly unbalanced. Classic Drama Queen Syndrome. In the larval stage they slather on the honey to attract a following. Once crowned they gain the famous Royal Temper, and start withholding honey for loyalty and affection. If they've done it properly, they'll have a nice swarm of drones to defend the honor of the crown. Considering the dearth of HChangeri (http://paysites.mustbedestroyed.org/booty/retailsims/) defenders, well... It sounds a lot more like immaturity than some "mental problem." Title: Hchangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 06, 10:47:06 Quote from: "sickpuppy" Oh yeah! She said she was nuts, didn't she? Somehting about major depression blah blah blah? IF I remember right anyway...SO--she's just off her meds again :lol: ERM... I am clinically depressed and have been on various medications to treat the disorder for about 7 years. At a couple different times I have gone off my meds for one reason or another, and of course my symptoms got worse and my behavior changed - but I did NOT go crazy and did NOT become a psycho-bitch. This behavior is not due to simple depression. It is far too outrageous. Depression WITH an associating mental disorder, perhaps. Like Soup Parrot said, this seems almost manic. Or she's just a drama queen and mental illness has nothing to do with it. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 06, 13:17:26 She might have some type of psychosis even. That might explain the expenditure getting out of hand.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Surelyfunke on 2007 January 06, 14:01:49 Quote from: "teadrinker" She might have some type of psychosis even. That might explain the expenditure getting out of hand. Overspending is also a classic symptom of bipolar disorder. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Quorneater on 2007 January 06, 15:27:42 Yeah but that's overspending from impulse, for fun (my 2nd husband had bipolar) whereas with Chagnerih it seems more a delusional obsessive thing like sims creating is a really important mission.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 06, 17:34:35 Quote from: "teadrinker" Yeah but that's overspending from impulse, for fun (my 2nd husband had bipolar) whereas with Chagnerih it seems more a delusional obsessive thing like sims creating is a really important mission. Yes, she's been sent to Earth with an important mission. Spend as much as you can and make game content. I have to admit, sometimes when I feel down and depressed, I go on a shopping spree and buy lots of pointless junk which I regret buying later. Title: Hchangeri Post by: BlueSoup on 2007 January 06, 17:40:59 Well, I would think with all this money she's spent on stuff that she makes sound like it was all for Sims shit, that she'd make better content.
Or at least learn how to use SimPE and make any of it more than "Decorative only" Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 06, 17:44:05 Torq thats why i have sims, lots of freebies for them, and helps me not excercise that need of going on real life shopping spree I cant afford. 8) for stuff I dont need 8)
Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 06, 17:45:50 Quote from: "Soup Parrot" Torq thats why i have sims, lots of freebies for them, and helps me not excercise that need of going on real life shopping spree I cant afford. 8) for stuff I dont need 8) :P That's another addiction for me. Title: Hchangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 07, 03:53:22 Quote from: "BlueSoup" Well, I would think with all this money she's spent on stuff that she makes sound like it was all for Sims shit, that she'd make better content. Or at least learn how to use SimPE and make any of it more than "Decorative only" Yes, one would think... I wonder what type of shit-fit she'd throw if one of us edited (read: improved) some of her objects... Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 07, 07:30:30 Not every bit of bad behavior is the result of a mental problem.
She's just immature and a liar. Lamentable, but perfectly normal. She's grossly inflated the figures to "prove" that she's not out for profit, she's a saint losing her shirt! She just failed to think her clever plan through to the end. Since we can't look over her shoulder, she expects everyone to believe whatever she spools out. But there are plenty of programs she could have at far less expense (or cracked), plenty of hosting packages. Remember, this is the same person who brags about having a government employed white-hat hacker as a boyfriend / husband and/or similar friends, yet doesn't understand what might be the problem with publicly threatening to hack and trojan someone's website. Worse, keeps bringing it up, so that anyone "watching" her DH would certainly see what a security risk she is. More shit, same asshole. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 08, 22:56:17 Hmm just wanted to see what she was up to. She says pay files have returned and this is her terms. I dont know if old or new.i see she is going to allow you to share them with a close friend, or relative. She said if you recolor a set of hers can get it free. And she's calling it a purchase not a donation, which is better:
http://www.retailsims.com/PurchasingGuidelines.htm Title: Hchangeri Post by: yamikuronue on 2007 January 08, 23:41:02 TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES"
Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 09, 00:01:12 Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Man! That was good! 8) Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 09, 02:36:35 Quote from: "Soup Parrot" i see she is going to allow you to share them with a close friend, or relative. It's a good thing we're all such close friends. Hey Cousin BlueSoup, could you spare me a file? :D Quote from: "Soup Parrot" And she's calling it a purchase not a donation, which is better It goes along with her declaration that she owns the files and is out for profit, not bandwidth. If you follow that line of logic, she doesn't have to put up with pretending it's a donation- she doesn't think the EULA should apply. Of course if she denies the validity of the EA EULA, then her EULA isn't binding either. And now it's more convenient for EA, because she's put herself outside the bandwidth permission. She'll also chase off those who are ok with donation sites, but not with blatant paysites. Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 09, 09:48:55 Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Yami, I think I love you. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 09, 13:16:17 Quote from: "LesserOr" Quote from: "Soup Parrot" i see she is going to allow you to share them with a close friend, or relative. It's a good thing we're all such close friends. Hey Cousin BlueSoup, could you spare me a file? :D Quote from: "Soup Parrot" And she's calling it a purchase not a donation, which is better It goes along with her declaration that she owns the files and is out for profit, not bandwidth. If you follow that line of logic, she doesn't have to put up with pretending it's a donation- she doesn't think the EULA should apply. Of course if she denies the validity of the EA EULA, then her EULA isn't binding either. And now it's more convenient for EA, because she's put herself outside the bandwidth permission. She'll also chase off those who are ok with donation sites, but not with blatant paysites. Lessor i was thinking she did that after she saw what all of us wrote in the thread over at MTs2, about not liking the practice of calling it a donation when actually its a product she is selling. I dont like this practice by free and pay on files saying that you cant share them, paqrticuliarly as some dont have fast internet, or even internet. The creation is made I thought for people to have fun with. I think that many are worried when the file is shared, their going go sell em etc, or make competing file. If a person is sharing the file, the person they gave it to has either no internet or real slow connection. I mean for all we know when we get these files we all might take em into SIMPE out here, and vastly change em etc., seriously, I just play the game. I actually DL more than I play with, I just have it, like a collection. I'm so glad have all sims 2sisters stuff, Bluete stuff. Then there are characters and things artists pulled that were great. The fact that they are no longer available makes it special. I liked what Atvera did he left his stuff up at MTS2. The guitars and all, i had so much fun with them, and i know others do. he made a lot of folks happy. Another site site I want to commend is Carsource they are strictly free, take a lot of joy in their creations, and always post who the mesh creator was etc. It looks like maybe Fireflies may return to making food over at MTS2, shecame out with brownies, new sim harvestable stuff. That made me happy. I loved her food and had used it up to OFB. So maybe with Delphy's new initiative, more good things will happen :). Title: Hchangeri Post by: yamikuronue on 2007 January 09, 16:27:42 Quote from: "jesserocket" Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Yami, I think I love you. *blushes and hides behind massive boyfriend* Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 09, 19:17:50 Quote from: "yamikuronue" Quote from: "jesserocket" Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Yami, I think I love you. *blushes and hides behind massive boyfriend* Fine, be that way! *brandishes frankly miniscule boyfriend* ;) Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 09, 19:58:04 Quote from: "jesserocket" Quote from: "yamikuronue" Quote from: "jesserocket" Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Yami, I think I love you. *blushes and hides behind massive boyfriend* Fine, be that way! *brandishes frankly miniscule boyfriend* ;) Don't worry, Jessi. You can love me instead :wink: *has no boyfriend to hide behind* Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 10, 12:23:01 AWESOME. *loves Torque*
...anyway. My god, with my game finally CC-able, I decided to be devillish, and stuck Changeri's infamous Krispy Kreme set in. I have seldom seen such shit in my LIFE. Seriously, what the fuck? All this time, I was thinking she was an average creator with a psychotic attitude...and it turns out she's a really quite shitty creator, with a psychotic attitude. Opinion of HChangeri = -9000 points. Of course, that's a mere drop in the ocean, but still. Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 10, 17:34:00 Quote from: "jesserocket" AWESOME. *loves Torque* ...anyway. My god, with my game finally CC-able, I decided to be devillish, and stuck Changeri's infamous Krispy Kreme set in. I have seldom seen such shit in my LIFE. Seriously, what the fuck? All this time, I was thinking she was an average creator with a psychotic attitude...and it turns out she's a really quite shitty creator, with a psychotic attitude. Opinion of HChangeri = -9000 points. Of course, that's a mere drop in the ocean, but still. *feels loved* :D I luv you too, Jessi. :D Krispy Kreme? That is that one set she is most proud of? Title: Hchangeri Post by: Tchannie on 2007 January 10, 22:20:15 Quote from: "yamikuronue" TO ALL CREATORS WHO DISLIKE "PIRATES" Do you have enough revenue to keep your site open? You do? Great! Then you get to spend your free time doing a hobby you enjoy and putting it up on the internet so people can compliment you! What warm fuzzies. So why are you spending said free time bitching at us? We're not hurting you. You say you don't have enough money to keep your site open? Well, come here, I've got a little secret for you, let me whisper in your ear closer closer that's it... now listen real good, I'm only going to say this once... YOU CAN GET FREE HOSTING AT MODTHESIMS2.COM Why are you still here? go play sims! Remember? That game you like playing so very much that you even create custom content? Yami, I love you. :D This needs to be the big Why You Need To Open Your Eyes To MTS2 quote. Because by goddess we need one. ^^^^^ However, I'm opening a freesite not on MTS2. I don't fancy the idea of being another one on there--I don't know why, I just want my own site is about right, with me and a few friends. :D I guess my response is similar to others, but I'm not about to turn my site into a paysite. The moment my host wants to charge me, I'm getting a proboards. :D Another one. :lol: That's another thing. Why don't they get a permanent file hosting site and a forum?? Because it looks ugly? Who cares? :roll: Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 10, 23:17:23 Quote from: "Tchân de Bouley" However, I'm opening a freesite not on MTS2. I don't fancy the idea of being another one on there--I don't know why, I just want my own site is about right, with me and a few friends. :D There's nothing wrong with wanting your own site. Putting your content up on one of the compilation sites (MTS, TSR, Insim) gets you more exposure, but you're faceless unless you update prolifically. There's also a lot to be said for controlling the look of the site yourself, and the ability to freely post content that those sites must block to stay good with paypal. Quote from: "Tchân de Bouley" That's another thing. Why don't they get a permanent file hosting site and a forum?? Because it looks ugly? Who cares? They do. And to be fair, you get a lot less visitors when people have to jump through hoops for your content. Juniper Sun and the yahoo groups are good examples- no matter how nice their stuff is, most people aren't going to bother wading through. But the line of thinking is that because they want their own site, they're entitled to have one, and have their visitors foot the bill...which wraps into the same old "I should be paid because I worked so hard!" line. Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 10, 23:33:01 Quote from: "LesserOr" And to be fair, you get a lot less visitors when people have to jump through hoops for your content. Juniper Sun and the yahoo groups are good examples- no matter how nice their stuff is, most people aren't going to bother wading through. But the line of thinking is that because they want their own site, they're entitled to have one, and have their visitors foot the bill...which wraps into the same old "I should be paid because I worked so hard!" line. I agree. The horror that is yahoo groups. I can never be bothered to sign up with 150+ yahoo groups just to get one pretty object or set. edit: plus wading through the pics and files in different sections and finding the file match for the pic. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Aquamarine on 2007 January 11, 00:10:01 Quote from: "jesserocket" I decided to be devillish, and stuck Changeri's infamous Krispy Kreme set in. I have seldom seen such shit in my LIFE. Ahaha, I did the same thing. I broke down laughing at how crapulent it was. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Anouk on 2007 January 11, 01:28:29 Is it me or is this topic getting boooooooo riiiiiiiiiing
Title: Hchangeri Post by: BlueSoup on 2007 January 11, 01:33:41 All the topics here get boring after a while.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Pescado on 2007 January 11, 03:47:48 Well, you could always put up a picture of Nouk's hair on a fat sim. That should get her properly riled.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 11, 04:32:13 Quote from: ".torque." plus wading through the pics and files in different sections and finding the file match for the pic. Which are rarely named properly vs the files. The odd thing is, I'd put yahoo and similar groups as worse than having your stuff on a compilation site- same problems, but with added aggravation. They don't even work well as (ye olde) mailing lists, not that most of them even try. Perhaps they enjoy the "hi JOHN DOE I got your email and I'd like to talk to you about ENLARGING THINGS!" messages? Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 11, 12:40:34 Quote from: "LesserOr" Perhaps they enjoy the "hi JOHN DOE I got your email and I'd like to talk to you about ENLARGING THINGS!" messages? LMAO. That is so true. Another thing that is so annoying about these yahoo groups is that when registering they require you to leave a comment to the owner of the group. I mean what am I supposed to say? Hi, I'd like to sign up because I think I want one of your objects? Nouk, things will get fun again when HChangeri comes up with something new. She should throw fits more often, would keep us amused. :) Title: Hchangeri Post by: Tchannie on 2007 January 11, 13:57:19 Quote from: "LesserOr" Quote from: "Tchân de Bouley" However, I'm opening a freesite not on MTS2. I don't fancy the idea of being another one on there--I don't know why, I just want my own site is about right, with me and a few friends. :D There's nothing wrong with wanting your own site. Putting your content up on one of the compilation sites (MTS, TSR, Insim) gets you more exposure, but you're faceless unless you update prolifically. There's also a lot to be said for controlling the look of the site yourself, and the ability to freely post content that those sites must block to stay good with paypal. Quote from: "Tchân de Bouley" That's another thing. Why don't they get a permanent file hosting site and a forum?? Because it looks ugly? Who cares? They do. And to be fair, you get a lot less visitors when people have to jump through hoops for your content. Juniper Sun and the yahoo groups are good examples- no matter how nice their stuff is, most people aren't going to bother wading through. But the line of thinking is that because they want their own site, they're entitled to have one, and have their visitors foot the bill...which wraps into the same old "I should be paid because I worked so hard!" line. Reply #1: Yeah, I guess that's the essence of why I want my own site--plus my site isn't going to exactly be the best thing in the world and it's going to allow some pretty weird things on it. :lol: I don't think I'd be allowed to post any of this on MTS2. ^^ I'd get banned. :oops: Reply #2: I hate yahoo!groups. They piss me off. I've only ever signed up for like 4 and I never go on them. Reply #3: Yeah, I think that's likely to be what they think. And they shouldn't. It's called selflessness. They should learn it. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Anouk on 2007 January 11, 15:13:08 *foams at the mouth* @ Pescado
She'll come back eventually once she sees TSR getting all the attention at S2C Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 11, 15:30:46 LOL probaby..Speaking of TSR what happened to AS Creations cant find them there anywhere suddenly?
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Anouk on 2007 January 11, 15:51:51 Dunno. But should we care? Do you mean Select Artists? If THAT's pay too, then it is getting overly obvious. Do they wanna scare unnknowing people away as well? :shock:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 12, 01:12:58 Ichangheri released her new pay set for $3 Babyland.
retailsims.com :twisted: Title: Hchangeri Post by: bethgael on 2007 January 12, 01:31:56 Quote from: "teadrinker" Her name's Heather is it? Hmm there is some little bell ringing at the back of my mind about that name... Or am I mixing it up with Hazel? Some female name beginning with H seems to be behind some fake deaths etc. Always pisses me off when someone named Heather goes off on a loony rant and adds to the name's stereotype (a la the movie "Heathers"). Erhm. Yeah. My name is Heather. :oops: Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 12, 01:45:42 Heather, I think there are very few of your namesake like Ichangeri so, you shouldnt get a bad rap.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Captain Feathersword on 2007 January 12, 01:55:33 I used to work with a Heather. She didn't have a great time of it as she wasn't young, thin or beautiful, but in her mid to late 30s and still living with her parents. It really annoyed me as she was one of the few people who actually did her job properly and it affected my job when people didn't.
That's one Heather who actually has integrity. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Witchboy on 2007 January 12, 02:38:03 Ive been lurking for a bit & finally decided to sign up & make my 1st post. Keep up the great work you all are doing for the community. Its about time someone shoved it right back into the faces of all those money grubbing pay site creators! :twisted:
Speaking of Heathers, Did you all know Heather the owner of Sim Freaks has SF listed as a business with the State of California Better Business Bureau? http://search.bbb.org/ Just type in Sim Freaks & then click on the business name & you will be taken to a page listing everything about Sim Freaks. The thing that got me was @ the very bottom of the page after all the business info: Quote Competency Licensing This company is in an industry that may require licensing, bonding or registration in order to lawfully do business. The Bureau encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met. So does this mean Sim Freaks has a special license through EA to sell stuff? Makes me go Hmmmmmmmmm..... Mall of the Sims is also listed at the BBB with a bad score. I wonder how many more sites are listed with the BBB? Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 12, 05:35:36 Notice she has three employees, and they sell sim software add ons?
And whats the PMB in the address...She has 3 employeees!!! Excuse me if they were struggling she couldnt afford 3 employess, you know. Im searching through this. This is MALL OF THE SIMS http://www.dallas.bbb.org/commonreport.html?bid=90003180 look their record----BAAD! I will update as I locate more. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Witchboy on 2007 January 12, 08:27:22 Quote And whats the PMB in the address It could be Postal Mail Box. I googled the address with Google Earth & the building that the address is listed to looks nothing like a post office. It looks like a strip mall with several businesses in it. Its most likely a suite number. Title: Hchangeri Post by: lordrichter on 2007 January 12, 11:54:48 PMB is "Private Mail Box".
She gave the address of a mail drop business, like Mailboxes Etc or something like that. Edit: Yeah, Mailboxes Etc was picked up by UPS and they have an outlet there. The Ups Store 1072 S De Anza Blvd San Jose, CA 95129-3500 Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 12, 22:19:10 What state are Exnem, and Ichangheri in anyone know. I was trying to see if they were in the database.
Title: Blog Entry by HChangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 12, 23:56:07 Quote from: "HChangeri" Wednesday, January 10, 2007 New set, blah blah blah I just finished Baby Land. It is a partial payfile and it was a very tough decision to make any of this a payfile (seriously). I did not start Retail Sims to make money. I did not start creating to make money off of the The Sims 2 but I don't fault anyone who does. However, if I am to be labeled a paysite then I guess I would be an idiot not have have real payfiles. Before everyone gets more upset about this, Baby Land will be the last payset for a while. Payfiles/sets are really a pain for me since I have to make sure I check my email at least twice a day (I hate making people wait for goods they have paid for). I also have to make sure I record the "income" so I can report it on my taxes. It's a serious pain and it takes me away from doing what I love - creating. So why is Baby Land a payset? To prove a point, because I'm stubborn, because I'm evil and greedy, because I'm a capitalist....take your pick. Between you and me, I'm doing it to be beligerent, if I am to bear the label of a "paysite" then I should have one set I haven't given away. Huh? Yeah, I gave Built & Bella's Secret to a Yahoo Group to distribute freely (nope, not saying who) and the one forum I kind of participate in (nope, not saying which one). :P I repaid kindnesses that were given to me when the site was down by given them the sets to distribute with their members. Very evil of me, I know, sorry. I like making money, don't get me wrong. I'm not stupid. But my site doesn't generate "real money." I can't stop working because of this site's earnings (although I hold out hope - sarcasm people, sarcasm). Besides, I don't want to think of this site as a business even though I am forced to by the "Community." Yeah, I have to report the site's earnings on my taxes but the amount I made last year (approximately $1,000) is offset by the fact that I've spend about that much on new creation software, hosting fees, and community support (MTS2 monthly donations and an ad for $50, plus gift subscription purchases for minors to other sites) that it totally offsets my "earnings." Included in my earnings are commissions I earned at Amazon.com - a little over $100 of which was earned from my purchases. It also includes commissions from TurboSquid, but that was only like $1.50 so I guess that doesn't really count. Oh, I did consult a copyright attorney (via my husband's employer) in regards to this nonsense about EA's EULA. The attorney laughed at the "controversy." The WORST EA can do is take away a person's license to PLAY THE GAME. When we agree to abide by the terms of a EULA we agree that if we violate such terms we loose the right to use that software. EA cannot claim ownership of any custom created mesh, texture or texture map. They cannot shut down sites, sue creators for a "million billion dollars" (as some would have us believe) or any of the other nonsense being passed around the "community." They really can't do much which is why they (EA) don't say anything about it. Besides, if they thought paysites were such a violation of the EULA, they certainly wouldn't invite TSR to its facilities for Sims product launches and previews would they? No, they would invite MTS2 but, to my knowledge, they have never done so. I don't know why, perhaps its because Delphy doesn't play the game or create for it (not a jab, just stating what he has) - but you would think they'd have a contest for MTS2 creators to go along for the ride with the TSR people. Kind of sucks for MTS2 to get slighted like that. EA gives favor to paysites over free sites it would seem. Oh well. I honestly don't care anymore. I will create and distribute as I see fit. If people don't like that such is life. If no one ever buys another one of my payfiles or ever clicks a banner ad it won't really matter. If the site closes because I don't have the $90 to pay for another year of hosting then it closes. No worries though, it's paid for through October 2007 and Google should make enough in Q1 to cover next year....well, it would have if I didn't buy another piece of software and forgot to turn my Google Adwords account off after my GoDaddy credit was spent (oops). Oh, GoDaddy gave me a $25 credit for Google Adwords (meaning I can spend $25 to advertise my site through the Adwords program). I kind of forgot to suspend the account so I spent money on advertising that did me no good. I'm sure Q2 & Q3 will generate enough to cover next year's expenses so no worries there either. Besides, I spend enough at my affiliates to earn enough commission to cover my bandwidth (affiliate accounts are great). Enjoy (or not) the new set and the other additions I've added as of late. If you want the set and can't/won't pay, you can always recolor something of mine or enter the drawing. Either of those two will get you the set of your choice for free. Winners for the January 1 drawing were Chris D. & Veronica. Chris received Built and Veronica recieved Bella's Secret. Congratulations! :roll: Where do I even START? Title: Hchangeri Post by: idtaminger on 2007 January 13, 00:16:05 Pfft. IIRC they did invite MTS2 at least once. MTS2 just never made a big deal of it.
And is she invoking her husband again? Oh, am I shaking in my boots! :roll: Title: Hchangeri Post by: Witchboy on 2007 January 13, 00:41:12 Quote What state are Exnem, and Ichangheri Im not sure but once someone finds out we can make complaints to the BBB about them. Thats 1 way to get them into the BBB Listing :twisted: Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 00:42:15 wrong Ichangheri, MTS@ was there Tiggerypum
http://www.sims2community.com/category/articles/ Tuesday, December 5th in Articles by tiggerypum | 1 comment I was very excited to get to make a trip last week to Electronic Arts, home of Maxis and The Sims. People from select fan sites and EA locations from the United States and Europe were invited for a special event. Things began with a meet and greet in the hotel lounge on Thursday night. Various members from the Sims 2 team stopped by during that time; many of them then went back to work readying things for the next day’s events, promising us a great time. During this time I was able to discuss the Pets EP with some of the team, and indeed they are hard at work on a patch for the ep to resolve the bodyshop behavior and other items. Friday morning we made our way over to the main building. In the lobby were some big screens showing commercials and other videos for various EA games, and then up on a balcony I spotted a sign for The Sims. We all got our badges and signed paperwork, and the day began. The tour began in the corporate building, which included displays of key points in Electronic Art’s history. It was interesting seeing screenshots of their first games which were created about 20 years ago, and how with every 5 year interval how much computing had changed. Then we got a whirlwind tour of some of the facilities, including the cafeteria, gym, basketball court, and central lawn where they hold soccer games and launch parties. In the lobbies and public spaces bright banners featuring various EA products could be seen. Then it was time for the special meetings… which I’ll be able to tell you about in a few days. Meantime enjoy the photos here! Didnt she say too that her husband worked for the government, now his boss has legal expertise. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 01:07:13 Get sick new paysite
Feel like I'm advertising heres another one http://www.religiosims.com/ under Policy at top they write: Since there seems to be a lot of theft in the sims community, having a strict policy seems (sadly) very necessary. I borrowed the policy from Retail Sims - with permission - since it seemed to encompass just about everything she charges 3.00 says half the cost will go to Habitat Humanity Title: Hchangeri Post by: tIIsuggas on 2007 January 13, 01:14:46 You can't even download what you pay for. They send the files via email.
I would love to send an email.. ' I am an avid file sharer, do you still want my money' EDIT: I sent an email. Quote I am an avid filesharer. I would like to purchase your Sims content that you have for sale. Your pay files will be sent to PMBD to be distributed among everyone for free. Do you still want my money? And, a very swift reply. Quote ROFLMAO! Uh, no, I don't...but thanks for asking. PMBD is a public website not sharing among close friends. They aren't that money hungry then. GREAT BIG EDIT. I just received a second reply. Quote On second thought....PMBD already has two of my sets, probably three at this point (I don't check). I won't take your money but I'll give you Baby Land. Honest simmers who understand the value of hard work and the money I've invested in my hobby still pay for the sets regardless of your efforts to "destroy paysites" so I suppose there isn't too much harm in it. I am glad you asked permission though. It means a lot that someone actually asked for my permission. Oh, and if you aren't hosting "built" let me know and I will send that along too. Baby Land also includes the collection file so give people a head's up on that one would you? Oh, and if you could ask the webmaster to do me a small favor, could he add "hosted with permission." No biggie if he won't, just think it would be nice. Last thing, if he could remove Krispy Kreme (or move it outside of Retail Sims section, I would appreciate it. I cannot distribute that file legally anymore and I wouldn't want the KK lawyers to think I was giving him permission to distribute the set. HChangeri Bluesoup, if you are reading, I have Babyland. Please nobody pay for it. http://www.religiosims.com/ is HChangeri. She wants Pescado to state it is hosted with permission. *off to ask TSR if they will let me fileshare if I pay a sub. They might be kind enough to send it to me. Another email reply. Quote LOL! Sorry, I forgot to set up the filter to send Kisa's email to her gmail account. I didn't see that I got it. Please don't distribute the ReligioSims content. It is for charity, not for profit after all. Can we just leave that site alone for a while? Thanks, HChangeri (on behalf of Kisa who isn't getting her email apparently) Title: Hchangeri Post by: Tchannie on 2007 January 13, 01:34:46 lol!
SP, I didn't understand a word of that...(the first) The second was just funny. ^^ Even the name's stupid. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 01:49:26 Meanwhile we have another paysite that possibly stole these meshes;
look at the new pay content at the fishes and marine life http://www.savagesims.com/previews.php Now this is just one site that I could think of that had free .3DS models you could use in poser scenes http://toucan.web.infoseek.co.jp/3DCG/3ds/FishModelsE.html look at bottom of this page states: These items may be used on any website, including those for businesses. You may modify any of the content as you like. Selling content on the web or by other media and redistributed is prohibited In other words you can DL theses models make modify them for your work, generally maybe resizing, retexturing, etc for to put in your 3D scene, which the program either renders a picture or an animation. redistribution of the mesh in any format is a nono. So if you go here, this is the company that sells these meshes look at the cost $30 per mesh. Are you going to tell me they legally bought these ie Savagesims http://www.turbosquid.com/HTMLClient/Search/Index.cfm?FuseAction=ProcessSearch&istSearchKey=toucan&intMediaType=-1&stgBoolean=l&blExternal=FALSE This is just one sight there are more that do aquatic animals. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 02:10:05 Tchan theres a new paysite, if you read the post above yours, lol it is somehow under HChangheri's control. Read above your last post, TI is editing as he's dialoging with her :twisted:
Title: Hchangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 13, 08:16:46 I have to say, Heather's response to tII is baffling to me. It's... I don't even know to how describe the impressions I'm getting.
Also, info on ReligioSims (from Heather's other blog, on MySpace): Quote from: "HChangeri" New Site: RelgioSims! ReligioSims is a new site featuring downloads for religious simmers of any faith. It just opened this week so there isn't much there yet, just one set for Christians and some Christian freebies. It is a "paysite" but half of the proceeds go to charities for each religion. Money raised from the Christian set(s) will go to Habitat for Humanity International since it is a Christian charity (which I didn't know until recently). Kisa, the site's founder, tries to find solid, reputable charities with international ties. [snipped a huge graphic here] So why am I telling you about this on the Retail Sims blog? A former (and very good) customer of my pagan shop, Kisa, contacted me recently. She's also a simmer and found me through Retail Sims. She wanted to start her own site and asked me for advice. After she ran the idea by me I decided to help. All she really had was an idea and a few recolors - but I really think the idea will be a great experiment so I filled in everything she didn't have: money, a URL, a host, or the ability to mesh. I'm hosting ReligioSims, I also do all the meshes for the site, and pretty much everything else LOL! Kisa does the recolors but she's learning meshing too. Please check it out. She opted to use Google Checkout for payments since it's fee-free through the end of the year. Kisa always came in with her friend Vienna who is yet another simmer. Vienna is now a chef and wants to do something similar to Kisa but all food themed. I will probably host that site too. I'll let you know all about that one if/when it gets off the ground. I think I've lost my mind!!! I could soon be running and creating for not one, not two but three sites! Hopefully I can find enough time! I wonder who else from my past is going to pop by and say hi? I've had 4 this month. PS: Religio is Latin for Religion is memory serves. That last cracks me up. As if even the sheeple are too stupid to figure out what ReligioSims means :roll: Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 08:26:38 Himmm wonder if TI will get an answer back from TSR on permission to fileshare. Should search their site about filesharing BRB. More than likely the answer will be no, because if you ask for freee files that can get you automatically banned.
money must be good over there: 8) Jan 12, 2007 By Thomas|TSR 26 Comments We are pleased to announce 2 new staff positions: Artist Managers (AM). Those two persons will work as a source of communication between artists here on TSR, and us the developers. Our ambition is to make sure we have the smoothest possible communication with everyone who create here. This includes getting proper bug reports, feature requests and general thoughts and improvements about the way our site works. The key role for them will be to provide proper follow-ups to your issues, rather then bug reports and ideas getting lost in the forums or the support system. Once something has been reported (either through direct e-mail to them, found in the forums etc), it will be provided to us and we will make a time estimate (if possible) which will then be reported back to you. A new support system where you can track progress of your issues, regardless of it's type (bug, feature etc) is in development and will be presented in January. So, without further due, it is with great pleasure I announce the following new members of our staff: - Atwa, who will be responsible for all artists except Featured Artists. She will begin her new role in January and a contact e-mail will then be provided. - Cyclonesue, who will be responsible for all Featured Artists. She will also begin her new role in January. I like sue but that means they have 10 people in their main staff, not including FAS or their support staff which they might not pay. Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 13, 11:47:33 I don't know what to think anymore. :? Heather seems... more sensible...Not because she gave the baby land set for free, but...I'm starting to understand her. What's wrong with me? I need a kick on my head.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: tIIsuggas on 2007 January 13, 11:49:35 Quote from: ".torque." I don't know what to think anymore. :? Heather seems... more sensible...Not because she gave the baby land set for free, but...I'm starting to understand her. What's wrong with me? I need a kick on my head. Is there a psychiatrist in the house? Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 13, 12:05:53 Quote from: "tIIsuggas" Quote from: ".torque." I don't know what to think anymore. :? Heather seems... more sensible...Not because she gave the baby land set for free, but...I'm starting to understand her. What's wrong with me? I need a kick on my head. Is there a psychiatrist in the house? Yes. I'm willing to pay. *shakes in the corner* Title: Re: Blog Entry by HChangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 13, 13:01:58 I'm always up for dramaqueen piñatas. As her rant was a giant WALL 'O TEXT, so is mine.
Quote from: "HChangeri" However, if I am to be labeled a paysite then I guess I would be an idiot not have have real payfiles. Before everyone gets more upset about this, I thought no one could force her to do anything? Oh, nevermind, that was when she quit, so it doesn't count. Realization that the only ones she's hurting are her fans? Nope. Quote from: "HChangeri" Yeah, I gave Built & Bella's Secret to a Yahoo Group to distribute freely (nope, not saying who) and the one forum I kind of participate in (nope, not saying which one). :P "Here is a story of my generosity that I refuse to prove!" Even if it was true, wishful thinking. They could be on MTS, but as long as she charges, they're payfiles. That also covers the recolor/raffle bit mentioned at the end, by the way. Paying for files other members get for free must give her customers a warm glow. But hey! I've a good idea- paysites should start claiming that they aren't selling payfiles because they're in the PMBD Booty. That would be excellent advertising. Quote from: "HChangeri" I also have to make sure I record the "income" so I can report it on my taxes. It's a serious pain and it takes me away from doing what I love - creating. ... the amount I made last year (approximately $1,000) ... Included in my earnings are commissions I earned at Amazon.com - a little over $100 of which was earned from my purchases. It's $1000...unless she's counting on fingers, how long could it possibly take? And again with the bullshit. The current paysets are at $8 and $5. For $900, that's about 70 people buying both. Her site is fairly obscure, and she doesn't post often on compilation sites. There's no way in hell, even if you subtract a lot for ad revenue...which doesn't jibe with obscurity. Quote from: "HChangeri" offset by the fact that I've spend about that much on new creation software, hosting fees, and community support (MTS2 monthly donations and an ad for $50, plus gift subscription purchases for minors to other sites) that it totally offsets my "earnings." All things her visitors paid for, but isn't she generous! Of course, this is unverifiable too. Quote from: "HChangeri" It also includes commissions from TurboSquid, but that was only like $1.50 so I guess that doesn't really count. Quoted not because "lol, she sux!", but because she earlier claimed she'd made a bunch of money off of them. Quote from: "HChangeri" Oh, I did consult a copyright attorney (via my husband's employer) Little known fact: the government hacker dept. has all sorts of copyright attorneys (which are generic and have knowledge of all fields) waiting to speak to wives of their employees for free, especially about the video game content they sell for a little over $1000 a year (technically!) But considering what she's claiming he said, it's possible she accidentally talked to an illiterate drunken hobo instead. I've made that mistake myself on occasion. I'm not quoting most of what she pulled out of her ass since it's all been thoroughly debunked before. But a few special nuggets of stupid: General laughter at "EA can't sue you, they can just make you stop playing the game!", "They can't shut down your website!", and "EA is really powerless, that's why they don't do anything!" That's right, the legitimate copyright holder is totally helpless to prevent you from infringing on what they own. The sky in her world must be a delicious pink. If the pretend copyright attorney was reading the actual EULA, he'd tell her that CC is an illegal modification of the game- it says so quite clearly. The EULA also doesn't have the bandwidth permission in it, so he'd have to tell her that making dime-one off her website is illegal. Even if her point is that the EULA is invalid, that doesn't just wipe away her failure to purchase sale rights to the package format. A real copyright attorney would have mentioned this. But I prefer my illiterate hobo theory. Quote from: "HChangeri" EA gives favor to paysites over free sites it would seem. Ignoring the discussed TSR bit and the MTS stupidity- EA doesn't acknowledge paysites exist- they're all "fansites." And the only paysite invited was TSR, so... Quote from: "HChangeri" Oh well. I honestly don't care anymore. I will create and distribute as I see fit. She doesn't care so hard, she can't help but contact a copyright attorney and post giant rants! Quote from: "HChangeri" No worries though, it's paid for through October 2007 and Google should make enough in Q1 to cover next year...well, it would have if I didn't buy another piece of software and forgot to turn my Google Adwords account off after my GoDaddy credit was spent (oops). How HChangeri wastes your donation money (oops). Of note: earlier she gave us a laundry list of programs she had to buy to make sims content, plus other expenses. Add all the other extraneous shit she's claimed to have bought in this rant. Assuming she's telling the truth, that's a lot of pocket money she put out...yet she's threatening to let the site close if donations don't cover bandwidth. I feel sorry for her fans. On ReligioSims: Hello blatant attempt to draw fire down on PMBD. "They're stealing from charities now!" Unless changes are made to the site, it's extremely illegal to solicit charity donations without getting the charity's oversight and specific permission. Even if you take out the skimming (bad enough by itself), it becomes a scam because she's getting the tax deductions off other people's money. And if she's lying about contributing, she better pray to all of those gods that the charities don't find out. What the hell was wrong with just putting up links to the charities so people could donate for themselves? Get people to show their receipts, get a file. Done! Quote from: "icedwhitemocha" I have to say, Heather's response to tII is baffling to me. It's... I don't even know to how describe the impressions I'm getting. If she was sincere, she'd contact Pescado herself and stop crying about it. Instead, she goes super-nice to an individual, and contradicts what she's said (loudly, repeatedly) in rants. And remember- that file she gave for free privately, she's charging her fans for in public. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Marhis on 2007 January 13, 14:28:36 Awww, too bad that EA didn't consult HChangeri's husband's friend's lawyer!
Now EA is swindled, poor EA! I'll start a paysite to collect funds to give EA better lawyers, it's a mission, you know. Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 13, 15:53:59 Quote from: "Marhis" Awww, too bad that EA didn't consult HChangeri's husband's friend's lawyer! Now EA is swindled, poor EA! Yeah, it's a shame EA didn't expect the legal tour-de-force that is "My rights are important but EA's rights are not because I said so." They really should have seen that one coming. Quote from: "Marhis" I'll start a paysite to collect funds to give EA better lawyers, it's a mission, you know. You could probably get HChangeri's husband's friend's acquaintance's second-cousin's employer's lawyer. I hear he works for half a can of sliced peaches and a bottle of twist-top vodka. Rubbing alcohol is also acceptable- he can strain it through burnt toast. But the toast is extra. Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 13, 15:56:49 LesserOr, that was a good therapy. I think I'm healed. :)
Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 13, 18:11:34 On the one post up there on Savagesims, I have a link to Turbosquid. 1.50 commission, when they are charging an average of $30. Of course I have not seen her models, they must be real cheap low poly.
Title: Hchangeri Post by: icedwhitemocha on 2007 January 13, 22:37:50 Quote from: "LesserOr" If she was sincere, she'd contact Pescado herself and stop crying about it. Instead, she goes super-nice to an individual, and contradicts what she's said (loudly, repeatedly) in rants. And remember- that file she gave for free privately, she's charging her fans for in public. I think you've managed to isolate the dichotomy that was giving me fits last night - it seems so super-nice of her to send a file-sharer her pay files until you realize that she's charging her fans for them. What a bitch. Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 14, 03:36:50 Quote from: ".torque." LesserOr, that was a good therapy. I think I'm healed. :) If you need more, I got a consultation from Mr. Crumples. He's under the third dumpster on the left. Remember to knock four times so he doesn't accidentally shiv you with a broken bottle. Quote from: "Soup Parrot" On the one post up there on Savagesims, I have a link to Turbosquid. 1.50 commission, when they are charging an average of $30. Of course I have not seen her models, they must be real cheap low poly. For clarity: When HChangeri dramaquit, one of the things she claimed was that she'd take all her meshing skills away from the sims / post her sims meshes on Turbo Squid to make people cry. This was the original TS store (http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?FuseAction=ProcessSmartSearch&istIncAuthor=HChangeri%20&blAuthorExact=y&intMediaType=-1&stgBoolean=l&blExternal=TRUE) she put up then. Uploaded June-July. Then in November she opened a second TS store under a different name, (http://www.turbosquid.com/Search/Index.cfm?INTFILETYPE_3=0&INTFILETYPE_2=0&BLSHOWCATEGORYSELECT=false&BLSEARCHGAMEREADYONLY=FALSE&ISTSEARCHKEY=&INTFILETYPE_1=0&INTMINPRICE=&INTCATEGORY=-1&BLKEEPCHECK=n&INTBUNDLEID=&ISTINCAUTHOR=TexelGirl&ISTEXCAUTHOR=&INTRATINGCOUNT=0&FUSEACTION=ProcessSmartSearch&FLTRATING=0&DATEBEFOREPUB=&INTMEDIATYPE=-1&STGBOOLEAN=l&INTMAXPRICE=&STGTYPE=&DATEAFTERPUB=&INTSTARTROW=1&ISTEXCKEY=&BLAUTHOREXACT=y&stgAD=15J244404040441&stgOrderColumn=AS&intSortOrder=1&blViewType=0&intMaxResults=50) likely because she dramatically changed her prices. Uploaded mostly in November, then on to the present. I don't have an account there, so I don't know if members can see the amount downloaded on pay files. Regardless, the profit split with TS is 50% for anything under $150. None of her files are above $100, and...well...I actually don't want to dump on the quality of her work, rather on her behavior. But if she hadn't been determined to downplay her profits for pity, no one would have known that she made "only like $1.50" off her TS stores. Quote from: "icedwhitemocha" I think you've managed to isolate the dichotomy that was giving me fits last night - it seems so super-nice of her to send a file-sharer her pay files until you realize that she's charging her fans for them. Prime dramaqueen move. Another thing to watch out for- HChangeri said this to one person in an email, so she'd feel free to claim that she never told Pescado to put "hosted with permission" on her folder. It's consistent with the behavior pattern, when you want to be seen as the victim. It must be very hard to be a fan of RetailSims. 1. She throws a raving fit, calls you an ungrateful brat, and pulls her content. 2. She taunts you with things she doesn't intend to upload, and claims it's all the fault of people you don't even know. You have to beg her to come back. 3. She gives the files you paid for away to other sites for free, out of kindness. Then she taunts you with the knowledge that others got them for free, and won't tell you whose club you'd have to join for the privilege. 4. She's not shy about how she spends your donation money on all sorts of things besides bandwidth, or that she makes a profit beyond what she needs. Despite this, she threatens to close the site if donations don't keep flowing, because she might make another "oops". 5. To one-up the filesharers, she offers to give all her payfiles away to them for free. She doesn't tell you this, because then who would pay for her meshing programs? HChangeri doesn't think about speaking to more than one person at a time. She thinks only customers will see one rant and only filesharers will see another, even if all of them are on her front page. It's even worse when you realize that none of this contradiction and stupidity I've noted was snooped or came from invading her blog- it's all out in public, where anyone can put it together for themselves. Title: Hchangeri Post by: Soup Parrot on 2007 January 14, 04:24:11 Iced you hit the nail on the head. I was reading through the dialoque something just was not right abut the whole deal.
If you find her TS account let us know. I was able to view that one guys page without being a member. Generally sites let you look, so you will want to join. Title: Hchangeri Post by: LesserOr on 2007 January 14, 05:06:14 Quote from: "Soup Parrot" If you find her TS account let us know. I was able to view that one guys page without being a member. Generally sites let you look, so you will want to join. Look up- both of her TS accounts are in the links above. Straight from RetailSims. Title: Hchangeri Post by: torque on 2007 January 14, 13:14:26 Quote from: "LesserOr" Quote from: ".torque." LesserOr, that was a good therapy. I think I'm healed. :) If you need more, I got a consultation from Mr. Crumples. He's under the third dumpster on the left. Remember to knock four times so he doesn't accidentally shiv you with a broken bottle. Thanks for the tip. If I tell him that LesserOr sent me, do I get a discout? :D Title: Hchangeri Post by: ingeli on 2007 January 15, 03:06:47 I am actually grateful for the drama back in october - or I would not (as soon as I did) have found this site...
Title: Hchangeri Post by: jesserocket on 2007 January 15, 15:34:54 Quote from: "ingeli" I am actually grateful for the drama back in october - or I would not (as soon as I did) have found this site... I'm grateful for the drama back in October - it entertained me highly through a very bad month. :D |