Free Content Pwns Paysite Crap

[ScooterBabe]

I saw that BB recolor and thought the same thing: lame.

I looked at T$R and didn't see any downloads for you, darqstar. Probably hidden from my lack of search skills, no doubt.

[dietofworms]

Sorry, Darq, I didn't know you did BB's. Anyway, what I meant by borrowing here is that the MTS ones were released, and then a few days later, the TSR ones came out.  There's probably no connection, it's just that the MTS ones are so much better.

[HugeLunatic]

Darqstar's BB's
http://sims2artists.sublimesims.net/pictures4.html

All Free!   No Suck! 

[Andais]

BTW, Darq, I LOVE all those flower paintings you have. 

[Darqstar]

*Blink*  Now i feel like a moron, I forgot that the BB's got to Sim2Artists.  The very first one I did, the David Mann / Biker bedroom one is at TSR still.  But yeah, that set of a dozen was one of my more popular downloads at TSR.  The four seasons one wasn't as popular, I think I'd flooded the market at TSR.   

DOW, don't worry, I was just trying to point out that you really can't look at that as "TSR copied them!"  Because they might have been copying me.  I like the free ones better of the ones you put up, anyway.  The others don't look like real BB's they look fake. 

Andias, thanks.  I found some really good artists when I started recoloring pictures.  All my flowered painting sets were fairly well downloaded at TSR. 

[Alastair]

There are some funny things in this thread

[emethyst]

Here's two suspiciously similar dresses!

From the paysite:


And the free!


The meshes used, the back of the dresses, the shoes, and the quality differed greatly. Hoping to give the paysite the benefit of the doubt, I went ingame, and oh, was the side view lovely.


Pwetty dress here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/34415768@N05/3221662163/
I believe the creator is also owner of http://vintage-d.com/, which is a freesite... right?

[aeris]

Wow, the free dress is so much better. The pay one has an ugly texture. 

Pay:


And free!
http://www.blackpearlsims.com/showthread.php?t=27286

[emethyst]

Is it me or is the pay set... set on FIRE? They don't look firey. Whaa? Though the prints are rather nice.

However, the free one pwns it with a larger variety of recolours, both modern and ethic. WANT.

[aeris]

Epic theft?
I was shoked to see that the amazing "diagon alley" lot that we could download at MST2 is now at TSR. Same lot name, same previews.
But the creator's name is different. Did BlackOrchid join the dark side (and his/her policy is a no-paysite one!) or is it once again a theft from TSR??

The MTS2 upload it here: http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=306904
The TSR upload is here: http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/details/category/sims2-lots-apartment/title/Diagon%20Alley/id/882182/

[Zillah]

Well, since all of the rest of his/her uploads are craptacular boxy houses, nothing even remotely like Black Orchid's amazing lots, I'd have to vote for blatant amd shameless theft.


edited for typo

[paperbeth]

I tried going to T$R to check out who stannypanny is, but it froze my computer as soon as I got there. 3 times in a row. Nothing worked, it all just froze while it said at the bottom "waiting..."
Apparently, just going to T$R can retard your computer. I wasn't even logged in. I hate that frickin place!

Either they are the same person, or it is BLATANT THEFT by yet another T$R tool.
From his/her main page at MTS, it looks like BlackOrchid is ESL. Does anyone know if stannypanny is ESL?
BlackOrchid has a very specific TOU which says no uploading to paysites.
Also, BlackOrchid's lot creations are simply amazing. From what I was able to see of stannypanny's lot creations, they look very amateurish.
I really don't see how they could both be the same person.

Has anyone pm'd BlackOrchid about this?

[Darqstar]

Unless they've completely blocked out their "badlist" people, the TSR one seems to be gone.

[ScooterBabe]

I get the same as you, Darqstar. That lot is gone.

[Paden]

Caught in the act, do ya think? What a fuckin maroon..