It is a great day when Delphy shows the world of simmers what the whole concept of sharing means Kudos to that.
Numenor Confuses me in a matter about Free vs Pay?
on about pg 3' of this subject delphy wrote, numenor points out how bad it is for those who have gone pay with what they have learned for free.
Delphy, your words made me put together some pieces of a bigger puzzle...
Atavera has recently quit modding because he felt sick about the modding community, that is every day more "pay-oriented" - if we can say so.
I myself can't help but shiver with annoyance every time I recognize in a TSR Featured Artist, or a new paysite owner someone who learned (for free!) everything he knows here at MTS2, or that I've personally helped with his creations, and now he gets paid for them!
How different is the current scenario, compared with the one we used to know two years and half ago (when I joined MTS2)! And I'm not only talking about modders that move to paysites: I'm also talking about the adventurous spirit that animated us while creating the MeshTool, SimPE, the CEP; a spirit that it's hard to find today, where thestress is put more on the final "product" than to the "process" that lies behind it. I'm talking about the collaboration we used to have with the Maxoids, the thrill to have a recolour package created by me tested by Maxis' engineers (at 3AM, local time ), the total co-operation we established within the Dream Team while creating the Grand Trianon, each of us actively working on each piece of the set, and not just putting together items autonomously created by each modder...
Times have changed, undoubtedly, and I don't deny that sometimes I feel like a dinosaur (this perhaps explains why I enjoyed the Simstone set so much! ).
But your poem (errmm... I mean your post ) has put everything in the right perspective: past is past, but after all we still "feel the thrill" when we break a boundary, learn a new thing, and realize that with our help or our creations we have improved other people's gaming experience.
This "thrill" is the common trait that joins all the free sites, and that pay sites will never experience.
Oh, and BTW, isn't it silly to pay for something you can get for free? ;P
but was'nt he one of the people who allowed the CEP to be placed on any site "Including Paysites"?
Recolour packages created for CEP objects can be posted on any site (including paysites); in any case, the creator must advertise *each* download as a "CEP Recolour" and add a *link* to this thread; you can also use an official CEP icon, containing a link to this CEP page. Alternatively, the provided link can point to a local CEP Info Page that must contain a link to this thread. Credits for each download are optional if there is a local CEP Info Page that contains proper credits to Numenor, RGiles and Quaxi.
Objects created by cloning CEP objects can be posted on any site (including paysites); No link to this thread, nor credits are required, though they would be greatly appreciated.
If this could have been prevented in the begining when people asked that it stay for the free only, then maybe about 30% of the pay sites would not have the stability they have now,
Would all of this have prevented Simpe from allowing "Paysites" to use his product as well? did Numenor have a helping hand in that?
I am glad they are finaly realizing this may have been a horible mistake from the get go but the cep still states it can be used on any paysite...
Will Numenor be removing that statement now? I surely hope so!