Amen to that, Pariland. That's what killed my fun, too, and any doubt I may have had about the paysite vs filesharing war. And it woke me up in a very big way: I'm much more careful on the internet now. I don't even consider being so free with my money or information. The fact of the matter is, we have no control of where it ends up when dealing with small sites run by people we don't know. I feel better off just dealing with very large, reputable sites of real businesses, and to hell with the greedy people in the sims community. Enough is enough.

Sharing personal information and banning subscribers based on hearsay should be the death of TSR. At the very least it will be the death of TSR's reputation.

lol, here ya go:
 http://www.freefileupload.net/file.php?file=files/151206/1166199253/lyricleesim.package

I even uploaded a screenshot so you could see exactly what you're getting:

http://www.freefileupload.net/file.php?file=files/151206/1166199392/lyricleesim.png

Although there are no deceptive "fat chick angles" in Bodyshop. Too bad.

(If you actually want to use this horror, put the downloaded package in your saved sims folder.)

I'd love to destroy the official site if they'd replace it with one like the original sims site!

But no, I meant that because of paysites and the community putting up with them, and even causing them to flourish, has created a domino effect back to the official site. I hate watching this franchise change into what it has: although occasionally they've given me reason to believe that they are more aware of the community than the paysites are, and will make changes more readily to accomodate the community. So I hope that by boycotting paysites, the effect paysites have had on the official site will be reversed.

There, does that sound more sensible?

(And well, if I see really awesome screenshots of Spore, and it has overwhelming good reviews, I could easily change my mind. Which is why I'm making the list now, lol!)

-ads on the official site

-overpriced stuff packs

-no longer getting objects on simdays at the official site

Can anyone think of more?

I remember the days of the original sims and it has sickened me to watch the franchise turn into what it has. Even though I love seeing the game go 3-D, so much of it is worse in terms of the online community aspect, and the contents of the expansion packs. I didn't think 125 objects was enough back then! And now I'm expected to pay more for even less.

I've already made up my mind that I'm not buying into the Sims 3 or Spore. Which is why I'm keeping the above list to remind myself of why I've made that decision.

Not quite. Thomas only listens to his pet FAs, the ones who make the most meshes. The rest of them he treats as shittily as he treats everyone else who doesn't kiss his ass.  :x

As for already knowing the ambassadors? I'm sure it will be the little group of Thomas' moneymakers, too.  :roll:

Thomas seems to live in his own little world, where only what he thinks and feels matters. He's the main reason TSR sucks, and will continue to keep sucking more and more.

Why in the hell do they have the BIGGEST ASSHOLE on the board interacting with people?! He annoys and alienates everyone who isn't on his payroll, and a lot of people who ARE on his payroll (and who leave because of that.)

And why do they keep getting more tyrannical with the people who are still visiting the site? Don't they get it?! How is alienating the remaining people who haven't wised up yet a good business move?

Oh right, they have a pseudo-businessman/petty thug in charge. Who doesn't even play the damn game.  There is something seriously wrong with the two biggest fansites being adminned by men who don't even play the game.

I wish people who have had their subs renewed without permission and/or banned without refunds would also complain to Maxis/EA in addition to Paypal. With enough complaints they'd do something, even if it was just ceasing to list them on the official site news, which can seem to be an endorsement. The official site certainly shouldn't endorse a site which bans based on hearsay and shares the private information of paying members.

I really wish they would investigate him, too. He's the bad apple that's ruining TSR. TSR isn't the first site he's gotten ahold of and ruined, either. He and his family own ibibi corporation, and at one time they had as many as 20-odd gaming sites, and guess what? Tanked them all.

He is a huuuuuuge asshole. It's quite freeing to say that. I've been wanting to for a long time.

He does indeed operate like a petty thug: if you have any interaction with him at all it's quite obvious he doesn't give a damn about anything but the Almighty Dollar.

And Windkeeper is in his pocket. After all, she's his cash cow.

Why he thinks he can sneak around and commit crimes and act like a greedy bastard without people TALKING ABOUT HIS BEHAVIOR is beyond me. I mean, really. How out of touch with reality do you have to be to expect to get by with behavior like that? His greed completely blinds him, and that blindness is the reason for his repeated failures. Just a matter of time until his next one, from the looks of things.