Someone should send Carlew a male sim in drag, just the way s/h/it likes it. I tried doing that, but I couldn't reach the level of ugliness needed to enter the contest.

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Can she upload free content at TSR?

Glad to see she's uploading her stuff to MTS2, and keeping them free.

We ate her. She didn't taste so good, though.

Or, what BlueSoup said.

Carla wants the body shot to see what custom clothing the model has so s/h/it can steal, and improve (read: sharpen to death) it.

Is it just me, or does every "model" in that contest look like a drag queen? Well, possibly except the one who looks half-alien, and really creeps me out? Actually, that was an insult to drag queens, who have never done me any harm, and are generally upright citizens, so let me rephrase that question. Is it just me, or does every "model" in that contest look like a carlew?

Also, why the hell is Carla's own model also in the contest? Wait, that was a stupid question, since all of those "models" are, in fact, s/h/its own work. I just don't know why s/h/it chose to include s/h/its best-known model, who s/h/it must think is gorgeous, but gives me nightmares with those weird-colored eyes. To make it more obvious that no one bothered to send s/h/it anything? Then again, why does s/h/it do anything s/h/it does?

You also have a link to TSR. BLASPHEMY!

Oooo, houses to download...

Meh, I don't like zombies, aliens, or werewolves. Well, maybe BRAIN-EATING ZOMBIES FROM HELL, but I'm not installing that hack until I'm really tired of my neighborhood.

Great speech. GO DELPHY!

Although, I was hoping to see a heated debate (read: flames and drama) about paysites in the thread rather than sheep going "OMGZ MTS2 IS T3H ROXXORZ!!1 LOLOLOLOLOL!!!111!1" even after Delphy told everyone to think about the community, not just MTS2.

I actually wanted a "Pirate Ninja Vampire Robot" but I don't know how to put clothes on Servos.



Kougra? What Kougra?

Paying money for CC has never been something that I would do. Mostly because I don't even have that much CC in my game to begin with. Actually, before I discovered this place the only CC I had was hacks, and some wallpapers and floors that came with houses I had downloaded. Also I hardly ever play the game, and when I do I don't spend my time building or furnishing houses. I can't live without hacks though, that's for sure.

To be honest, I like Maxis' stuff and have yet to come across much custom content that comes anywhere near them in quality, except possibly some stuff from Holy Simoly, Nouk, and some other wonderful creators whom I'm forgetting to mention right now. Maybe I didn't look hard enough... wait, let me rephrase that... I definitely didn't look hard enough, or maybe I'm too anal, or maybe most things out there are sub par. What Maxis lacks in creativity, it makes up in quality. I'd rather look at something that's uglier with better textures than something gorgeous with mesh flaws. Having said that, I couldn't build a mesh to save my life, and I am amazed by most creators' talent and really appreciate the time, effort, and money they put into these things. Besides, apparently most people enjoy their work so much that they are willing to pay great amounts for it, so what do I care? Anyway, I'm ending my little rant about custom content in general here.

When I found out about this place, I figured I should just grab some pay stuff while I could. Not because I was gonna use all of them in my game (and since no one seemed to care about bandwidth anyway), but because I wanted to see what was so great about them that made people shell out so much cash. Some of them were good (still not worth the money -nothing is-, but good), some of them were pure crap. I'd hit my head against the nearest wall if I had to pay for those and saw just how crappy they were in game. Hiding the shittiness of your stuff behind photoshopped pictures, that's wrong. Since these people see their websites as valid businesses, I don't see why they should get away with things that other businesses can't.

And since when selling custom content for a freaking game is a valid business anyway? I'm not normally one to tell people to get off their asses and find a job, although some people DO need to be told that, but seriously... wtf? And to top it off, these people see it fit to treat their "customers" like shit instead of getting down on their knees and thanking these generous souls (read: newbies who don't know any better) for putting the food on their table, as proven by some creators in the "Why do people hate paysites?" thread. The mesh theft that some seem to practise aside, these people are building businesses on shady legal grounds (EULA) with misleading "advertisements" and non-existent customer service.

But who are we to take it upon ourselves to put an end to this corruption, right? Well, actually... The community has spoken. (There's a phrase I've always wanted to say.) Most people do not want paysites, even those who have paid in the past and are willing to do so again for content they might want. One person can only do so much. A whole community, on the other hand, has the power to decide who stays and who goes. Also, what really concerns me and possibly anyone else who's against paysites, is the fact that the number of paysites is growing too fast, indeed they are becoming the norm. Last time I checked there were only a few, and the biggest one of them, TSR, still had the free rotation thingy. Now they are slowly taking over. As teadrinker said in another thread, TSR is becoming a black hole sucking more creators in, while people like Carla Niven see having a paysite as an opportunity to make a few bucks off underage kids who save their pocket money to buy crappy stuff for their sims. If nothing is done soon, there won't be any free content left.

So yeah, now I'm 100% anti-paysite and pro-filesharing. As I said, I don't care too much for CC. Sure, I enjoy good content as much as the next person, but when it comes down to it, I could live without any CC at all EXCEPT hacks. Simslice is the only paysite out there that specializes in hacks (and crappy ones at that) if I'm not mistaken, and I don't want their stuff in my game, so for now I'm not affected too much by paysites anyway. I'm just against paysites on principle, not for personal gain. Whatever it takes to destroy them, I'm all for it. I actually haven't said anything that hasn't been said, but I just needed to rant a little. I also didn't mean to shit all over every creator out there and their work, but most of them aren't to my taste. Besides, I'm not the one to decide whose content is "worthy" anyway.

I think FIER actually stands for "FALL/WINTER 2006".
FALL/WINTER

Now, why the hell "it" decided to take out random letters from those words and form a new one is beyond me, but this is the only logical explanation that I can come up with. Then again, we are talking about Carla Niven, and logic and Carla Niven don't mix. Such a shame that the second show requires a password though. I really enjoyed the first one.