Okay, I know this site is about destroying paysites, but I thought I'd point out the professionalism that Kate from Parsimonious exuded on the front page of the website in response to...what I suppose was "hatemail."
Regardless of whether you are pro or anti-pay site, I would like to remind everyone that free downloads are gifts from their creator to the community. We have been receiving more and more negative messages from visitors demanding items in a particular style, or telling us how much they dislike our work and that we should make different items better suited to their taste, complaining about EP requirements on our houses, without even bothering to notice the large number of new No-EP lots we've published recently.
We are of course flattered when people like our items and would like more Iin the same style, it is nice to know what we do is appreciated, especially since our resident artists have chosen not to be paid for our creations. Some people are kind enough to leave positive feedback, others have the decency to spare us their complaints, but an increasing minority are treating us as if we are here solely to serve their wants.
To those people: we are not your personal slaves, you are not entitled to downloads and this type of behaviour is precisely what has caused many artists in the past to cease creating entirely. If you don't find what you want here on Parsimonious then try looking elsewhere, we have an extensive links listing, or try our Community Finds Section - try Google or if that fails then go and learn to make it yourself if you feel you can do better
In a community where so many artists have a "take their toys and go home" demeanor, I thought Kate handled their situation in an exception manner. Now, I know we're a bunch of vulgar pirates, but maybe in this instance we could lend our support to a free site, instead of only focusing on the horrors of paysites. [/quote]
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