I allowed Thomas to do that. I could have said no. I could have insisted on proof. I was too willing to sell my reputation
you and me both, you and me both
who am I angry at? myself mainly for beleiving the lying witch who shall rename nameless but about 15 months ago I counted her as my freind and went into battle for her in various forums
calalily and nixy I am so sorry for the nasty and hurtful things I said to you and about you
I can add my name to that list! I'm glad I finally saw the light and apologies to anyone I had bad thoughts about because of it. I don't remember ever getting into any arguments over it but if I did and have just forgotten then I apologise for that as well. I would have meant what I said at the time because I would have believed myself to be right, now my views and beliefs have changed. Even at TSR I was pro free but admit I did not have a problem with their being paysites per se. The last 6-8 months I have gone from being just pro free to anti paysite, I am sure you all know what I mean with the difference.
I must say when I first left TSR (even though I was an SA not FA so my stuff was free anyway and I wasn't particularly well known) I had a wonderful reception from the free community at large. I found many to be very welcoming and supportive. Saraswati, Skadi, Hecubus and Calalily in particular were awesome in their support - thank you ladies
One of my happiest times since leaving TSR was when I was meshing a telephone table and the slot I was trying to add on the table portion was playing up and I had screenies of my wayward slots on a couple of forums, phone floating in mid air 2 tiles away and then hiding under the chair, instead of just getting frustrated and binning it in temper like I would have done when at TSR, we all had a laugh about the slot and were betting where it would end up next and when it finally ended up where it should I was so proud, I could not have done that without the support I received. I would have just given up.
My policy was that I never used to allow meshes to be included in lots or with recolours without permission but that was more because I was paranoid my meshes would break someone's game and if I needed to fix a mesh I wouldn't know where any broken copies were. I changed the policy a couple of months back when I started up S2A with 3 others so that meshes can be included on free sites only, I've been meshing 10 months now and have that little bit more confidence. (Ok most of my stuff is still rubbish but hey I have fun!).
I was angry with myself for a long while when I finally woke up and realised how much I had been duped. That turned into disappointment with myself to the point I nearly walked away from creating, I was persuaded not to, now I think I finally feel more at peace with myself. Yes I made mistakes but no-one over here has ever held them against me and I appreciate that, it's helped me accept my stupidity as was and move on. I am so much happier these days and thoroughly enjoy being part of the community. This is a great community to be a part of.
SimPE and I are at the point of calling in the lawyers for a divorce, my muse went on vacation without me and everything I try and make right now sucks real bad but I am happy!I'll shut up now and go back to moar lurking