Ok back on.

I read your other post and you are right that is wrong. I respect your principles to not download and I also respect the fact that you have taken the time to at least consider the other side. Most that come here, as you have probably noticed, dont even bother to try and understand. They also have never bothered to answer the question either. Actually they come back with all this about the meshes being theirs. I will agree that they made the meshes and the meshes are theirs, right up to the point they put them online specifically for the sims 2. That is the point that they no longer become theirs and actually become Maxis. As I said there is no gray area here. It is plan and simple English and appears on every site.
I also respect a person's right to earn money. The more the better. But this is the only time that a company has allowed so many, to make so much off from copyright material. I also agree that EA allows them to and I dont have a problem with that either. The problem comes in when they start yelling that we are stealing. We have nothing here of theirs. Everything on this site belongs to Maxis/EA. We dont use their bandwidth at all. Nobody is hot linking to their files. They should not have a problem with us sharing what belongs to Maxis/EA.

??  Sorry - I didn't follow this comment.  Not sure if it was directed at me or something totally different.  I need more coffee... :-)

Ok, Now we are off.

*pets HotNWet*

See, you didn't read the stickies, did you?

Like Blue said, read and understand all the stickies. Everyone is lovely over there, but it's not quite a case of striding in and saying 'GIMME SUCH-AND-SUCH A FILE', it can be a bit complicated at first...

Absolutely!

I think so cause I am a mod at the site lol, some people here have different opinions.

We have gifts that people make and good conversation if you are into that thing, there are plenty of nice people around.

Plus if you have specific request that haven't been put up here or that you are having touble pinpointing we are good for that too.

Downloading files is not as easy... you have to request them from someone who has them, or make a little list of the site of things you want and someone will send you a link for those items in a pm.  It's not super hard I don't think, but not as easy as the directory here.

So I think it has it's ups, registration is easy though, so you can always give it a shot.  If it's not your thing we have no hard feelings either way.

Check my www

Why Lacky, we not supposed to mention it here?

Ok your dead! Now I am gonna have to kill you. :wink:

Sims File Vault. It's a very nice site, with somewhat different sharing policies to here.

:lol:  I'm actually pretty hot about the Rose thing.  And I am SERIOUSLY considering contacting PayPal about it.  

And HnW, believe it or not, I know a thing about web sites, too.  I'm a smidge older than 17, and I've been working online for about 10 years.  And I know a LOT of graphic artists that got shut down because their bandwidth was killing them.  Granted, that was back before you could get scads of transfer for not a lot of money, but still.  But you know what?  Making money because someone wants what you've made or built is part of the American Dream.  Otherwise all we'd ever be able to do is work for corporate America, ya know?

As for the sites I donate to, I've chucked $5 here and there, but I regularly (about every three months or so - I wait for a buildup of updates) donate to TSR, Sims Connection, and Well Dressed Sim.