Folks, I just made my exit at Simbella (I'd signed up to get a file I liked ages ago and had the oft-reported experience from hell trying to get it.)
I started it as I did, bcause there was another page or two of stupid posts about sigs and smilies....I thought they'd lost their way.
I have left them with this post:
I'm going to get this post back on topic AND get my butt banned for this, but it's worth it.
Bella and company, this is THE MOST AWFUL SIMS FORUM I'VE EVER SEEN...for several reasons:
1. A new member has to kiss enormous amounts of behind to get even a nod, no less a file. When I joined, it took a series of rather stupid PMs just to get one file...and the effort was, frankly, not worth it.
2. Guess who owns ALL the .package files...MAXIS/EA. It's very clearly a part of their End User License Agreement (EULA). Maxis/Ea encourages file sharing. I know you guys don't charge money, but let's face it....if given a choice, most people would rather pay a few bucks than suck up so much.
3. YOU ARE FILESHARERS ALREADY. You share meshes and recolors of items NOT made exclusively for this site. Shall we START with Sherry?
4.You dislike ANY dissent. That is sadly out of fashion in all but China and Cuba (and a few other random countries)....certainly NOT how a board should be run. And if that's what you want, then make that clear now. Don't advertise. Tell everyone who doesn't believe the sun rises and sets on you to leave now.
5.You advertise yourself as the 'friendliest place' in the Sims community, when in fact you are not. You are cliquish, snobby, and self-important. This board is a small fish in a big pond...not a big fish in a small pond.
6.Your massive banning sessions have resulted in MANY of your former members coming to Sims File Vault and Paysites Must Be Destroyed looking for relief....for confirmation that they're not the crazy ones. These two sites have welcomed them with open arms.
7.Your story about Linda's leaving is fishy. It smacks of Orwell's 1984.
I don't know if anyone will read this, other than the mod that is going to ban me (for 100 years? Oh please make it so! Fifty years is so wimpy.), but I MUST congratulate ALL who have spoken up about what's happening here.
I'd say it's been real, but I've barely been here. It's been awful.
Sayonara.
If only I'd signed on there with "Hecubus"....I had used an older nickname when I signed up there.
ETA: I wanted to make sure everyone saw the sig graphic that Bella is using:
That explains it all.