Aww, .torque., your homicidal demon girl is adorable. She's wearing one of my favourite dresses ever too, which gives it a bonus

Totally off topic, did you know those shoes are my most "stolen" creation ever? I see them everywhere, most often with people claiming they made the whole thing all by themselves, no touching! But I know the truth! They are miiiine...and I used part of a peggy alpha to figure out where to put the straps.

On most small sites, Google adds pay out squat. I've tried it, and given the choice, I'm better off with an add free site and accepting the occasional donations that come in than trying to make any kind of revenue from Google. Seriously, on one site I hosted, with a low to moderate amount of traffic, I generated a grand total of like fifty cents in a month. Funny enough though, I've noticed that on larger sites that can generate some sort of payout from Google, Google finds some "violation" of terms to shut them down. Basically, its something of a scam to get nearly free adverts on websites.

Just say no to Google Ads. All the smart kids have adblock anyway

Never struck you as bright? Hell, I can't even begin conceive of how to make the stuff Cyclone does. Just about everything I've ever seen of hers has been of good quality, and as far as I know she makes all her own meshes. Also, I'm glad to hear that I was right about not every FA being all about making money for TSR

Actually though, this sort of opinion from paysite owners and contributors doesn't shock me at all, I've heard from several personally that say they know filesharing happens and don't even really care too much as long as it isn't shoved in their faces the way Pescado does. I think there are many people that have donation files that quietly accept that behind the scenes filesharing will happen, and no big deal. Someone still has to pay for it, after all. It's just when we wave it like a red flag in their faces that they get upset.

So yeah, I think that it is good for us to understand that the paysite owners are just people too, and not big evil monsters. Just like we aren't dirty thieves. Even when our ideology differs, we are all still people trying to enjoy a game and a community.

*edit* Plum, I think that means she mostly lurks

Nevermind... Apparently we can't delete our own posts.

Pescado sucks!

So... Here's what I was thinking I'd have for a sig. What do you think?

Also, Chris, your sig says "Toxic Sole". While I assume you are referring to a "soul", it instead proclaims that the bottom of your shoes are nasty and toxic, or that possibly you are a poisonous fish.

You might want to fix that.

I don't know enough about TSR internal politics to know who gets what share of the profits, but I am not naive enough to assume all FAs get a large chunk. I've been assuming that a large percentage of FAs over at TSR are in it for the prestige and fanbase. Not all of the FAs are as nasty and mean as Chaz, after all.

What disgusts me about TSR is not the FAs or whether they get a share of the cash, it's the fact that the site owners are raking in the profit by selling the work of others. I'm sure FAs disagree with me, but I see this as Thomas taking advantage in the dirtiest of ways. To compare it to something, it would be like Delphy charging $8 a month for access to the MTS2 downloads, then laughing all the way to the bank.

So yeah, while I detest the way TSR operates and refuse on principal to have anything of mine posted there, I know the allure of having free, easy hosting snags a lot of creators. Its a pity too, because some of the FAs are easily some of the most amazing creators in the community.

Aikea Guinea has a few items on TSR, but is not a FA.

Jello shots. Best. Evar.

What the hell was this thread about again?

I like the vodka more than I like the kool-aid.

Also, kool-aid doesn't make a good mixer. I've tried it. You're better off doing shots then drinking kool-aid as a chaser.

I like the kool-aid.

I hate to say it...but...Justin Timberlake actually gets cool points.

I love that song!

...What?

I want to snuggle the hitler cat!

Pfft. Ghanima > Aikea Guinea.

For one, Ghanima makes very pretty things. For two, she shares her pretties. For three, she's just awesome. Also, I actually very rarely end up keeping Aikea's things in my game, except maybe the rings and a couple necklaces.