percy

so i'm kinda curious what my moots actually look like, so rb this, make a picrew of yourself, and tag your mutuals!

here's mine :) (maker used: aloha sushicore)

krista hairs

took the bangs from one werewolf hair and slapped it on another werewolf hair

bgc

not hat compatible

all 24 ea swatches

v2. is without strands

Hey y'all! I had an anon ask about this, so I wrote this up real quick for anyone who doesn't have the time or ability to pen a long thing to send to EA about the paywallers. Feel free to change it up as much as you'd like, add even more paywallers (highly recommend this), do whatever you want, let's REPORT REPORT REPORT 💖

How to report:

To report Mods, give us the details right here on EA Help:

Click Contact Us from any page on EA Help.

We recommend logging in to your EA Account.

Select The Sims 4. If needed, use the search bar to find the game.

Select your Platform.

For Topic, select Report concerns or harassment.

For Issue, choose Report website.

From here, you’ll open a webform to let us know more about what happened. Please provide a link to the Mods you think break the rules, and as much detail as you can about why. Your report will be reviewed by our team.

Then you just enter your name/email (which isn't shared with anyone but EA)

Here's my lil template! THIS HAS BEEN CENSORED. In my actual report I listed their full names, and patreon/tumblr pages! If you want a full uncensored version please privately message me and I'll happily send it. Give EA as MUCH info as you can on this. The more of us that report the better off we'll be. Also i borrowed a little bit of wording from @myshunosun (the distribution and installation part) sorry but it sounded nice and I couldn't think of how else to phrase it.

My Template:

I made the subject "Custom Content in the Sims community- perma paywallers"

"Hello there, my name is ______, and I have been an avid sims fan and consumer for MANY years. It has recently come to my attention that EA has released an official article on the distribution and installation of mods and custom content. In this article, it states to reach out if we find any mods that go against the guidelines clearly stated in this article. As a community, we know of MANY people who permanently lock their custom content behind what we call 'paywalls', which means simmers have NO access to them unless they pay. This is clearly against EA's policies and I would now like to report them to you in the hopes that you will not let this continue any longer. As someone who has already spent hundreds on this game and franchise, I believe it is wrong in so many ways to lock content using EA's intellectual property/program/meshes behind paywalls when it is clearly against your policy. Following is a list of some of the most famous and notorious paywallers in the community.

S*xamcc currently makes OVER 10 THOUSAND dollars a month from perma paywalling his custom content. The last time they had their patrons publicly listed they had over 2000 a month. They have removed thier public patron amount due to the backlash they have received. This is unacceptable when EA CLEARLY states that mods are NOT to be sold. This creator has no shame and will continue to lock all of their content behind paywalls until someone stops them.

Other perma paywallers:

antos*ms, bergd*rf, cowbu*ld, P*xel V*bes

News flash, if you're charging for meshes just to convert them into package files at request, it still belongs to EA and you're still profiting off making custom content for the sims.

I really need the community to put their foot down. There are multiple creators saying that they’re going to continue Early Access. Listen, as a creator myself, I’ve had no issue with EA because I saw it as a middle ground to the perma paywall and people who did stuff for free.

But now people are feigning confusions, claiming that EA is not being clear when it comes to early access. It took me a few reads myself but now people are just reaching. I understand it can be hard to give up what people see as their main source of income but it's time to be serious.

(Source)

"Regardless of whether they donate." That includes both Paywalls AND Early Access. Alot of creators say they rely on EA for an income but they're willing to risk years of work? If you're reported, EA can take you down at any moment for disregarding their TOS.

(Source)

Yes we know it's your main source of income, yes we know you work hard but instead of the sob stories and guilt tripping...have faith in what you create. Have faith in the people who pledge to you.

If your content is good, the money will continue to come, sure a handful of people might stop pledging but these are the people who joined because they felt like they HAD to give you money in order to access your content. You shouldn’t want to make people feel like they HAVE to support you. They should feel like they WANT to support you because of who you are as a person and what you bring to the table.

You can also find other ways to bring in money;

donation goals with gifts

commissions

providing “behind the scenes” type content where you show someone how you made something

providing tutorials

There is wide range of what you can that doesn’t involve making the community feel like they OWE you.

As for the community...

It’s on you guys to push for your favorite creators to follow these new guidelines.  Because if they don’t; we’re back at square one where we allow people who: formulate false cease and desist orders, threaten to quit when they think the cash flow is gone, say they’re cutting ties with EA only to convert their objects to the game for the people who pay them, just TOXIC people in general will continue to thrive here and leech off the community.

Along with that, there’s a chance that the creators you like that are still doing early access or finding loopholes against EA’s wishes won’t be around a few months from now if EA is serious about holding creators accountable and from what I’ve seen, they are.

Copperdale High School

A fun, happy high school for your and your Sims to enjoy! Celebrate prom, practice basketball, study in class, read a book under the tree, or catch up with friends in the cafeteria!

Completely CC-free.

High School (Fully functional lot).

64 x 64 lot (Copperdale)

“bb.moveobjects on” will need to be input before placement.

Now available on The Gallery! Origin ID: RachelPedd.

Download (SimFileShare)

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**  Thank you SO much to the EA Creator Network for allowing me early access to The Sims 4 High School Years! **

Thunderous Boots

Comfy but badass lace-up leather boots for your male simmies!! 🖤

custom thumbnail

10 swatches

base game compatible

edited EA mesh by me

please read and respect my TOU

you can buy me a coffee on Ko-Fi if you want

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I just hit my images-per-post limit so to finish off here's a personal fave:

Bonus: Life Imitates Art