#simblring

I'm not shy, but I am hesitant to engage with people because you just never know, but I'm happy to say that, since I've been here, every interaction I've had has been positive.

and simblr is just amazing to me. with so much to see and do, I can hardly articulate all the reasons why, but if I had to pick one thing, it's the people. folks from everywhere, places you know and places you don't, doing their own thing with this swiss army knife of a game.

in particular, there are a handful of people that have had the greatest impact on my time in this community.

@therichantsim, @shesthespinstersimmer, @cinamun, @nightlifeseries, @rainymoodlet - interesting and thought provoking stories that I get to enjoy regardless of whether I'm wearing my reader's hat or writer's hat. sincerely engaging with me when I engage with their stories. and just being cool peeps in general.

@oatberrytea and @kashisun - among other things, being a warm, cheerful presence in the community; worth their weight in gold.

@xldkx and @pictureamoebae - whether they're writing a tutorial themselves or offering links to other resources, they have done so much to help people curate their game experience to suit them. when it comes to the whats and whys of things having anti-gatekeepers like them in the community has made it possible for me to explore more avenues of the game than I had previously considered. And of course their cc and recolors are always a gift.

simblr is such a motley crew... organic gameplayers, challenge survivors, world renovators, architects, fashion houses, storytellers, CAS warriors, cc creators, mod makers, spectators, and more... and I adore you all.

I saved the best for last...

@igotsnothing - a comrade, a cheering section (even when things are keeping me from doing anything to cheer about), a friend, a kindred spirit even. there's a post going around about how all it takes is a word or a brief exchange and then you just click with someone. when I saw it, Igs immediately came to mind. on my dash, I just love their short stories and inspired edits, and I feel like their longer stories belong in an anthology of favorite tropes made just for me. off my dash, they've encouraged me, laughed with me, and talked shop with me. their presence and friendship has truly made simblr an even better place for me. and to think it all started because we both feel that Moonwood Mill is more Appalachia than Pacific Northwest.

But before I get to that, one thing I want to say about this is that some of the aggregate blogs out there have drawn the line at reblogging posts that include link shorteners or content that is still in the early access period, but can't find it in them to exclude direct or indirect links to Curseforge. Most of them aren't getting paid for running their blogs in any way, so they have no financial/livelihood stake in perpetuating the proliferation of Curseforge links across simblr, and yet...

I don't know if it's laziness, apathy, or ego, but, whatever the basis, the end result is still inhumane.

This, of course, is not to say that creators that still use Curseforge are absolved because they do have a monetary stake in it, but that the aggregators have such a low bar for advocating for the resistance and still cannot manage it. It's disheartening and makes me angry.

Anyway. I know there are loads of aggregate blogs out there, but I limited my list to ones that I actually use or follow. There are 2 others not listed here, but I haven't decided how to address them yet. That said...

sssvitlanz - no response, no blog policy update, still reblogging posts with Curseforge links (up to today)

ts4-poses - no response, no blog policy update, still reblogging posts with Curseforge links (up to yesterday)

maxismatchccworld - no response, no blog policy update, but no new posts since Jan 6th - NOTE: The blog runner has their own Curseforge account for their own CC, so…

public-ccfinds - no response, no blog policy update, but no new posts since Jan 11th; one of the blog admins is on hiatus and the other hadn't been active since a couple days before my ask, but popped up this month

Rules: You can use any sims game to answer this questions!

Your 3 traits: Bookworm, geek, unflirty

Your aspiration: Nerdbrain

In-game world you'd live in: Windenburg

Favorite townie(s): Except for Sulani and, now, Chestnut Ridge, I evict them all the first time I check out the new world, so I don't really know any of them.

Most used pack(s): For building materials, EL, SE, GF; for my rare organic gameplay, JtB, IL, SV

Favorite decor object (no cc): In general, books, in particular, the My Kinda Zen - Not Just A Deco Tray from TL

Something you want in the game: There are a lot of nocc things that I like, but the color options are just like WHY? So, I want the the pattern/color changing feature from TS3 in TS4.

What color is your plumbob right now?: headlineeffects off

I started this hours ago but had an emergency situation to handle and now I'm exhausted, so my low stakes tag is for anyone who is also a manga/manhwa/manhua/comic/webcomic/webtoon enjoyer.

Be sure to @ me if you do this and include something you're reading or just finished in the tags!

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But now, scripts are randomly failing, the type tool just stopped working, it can't parse image files created in it... I have to save what i can--since some things won't save--shut it down, launch it, and try again.

This just started happening over the weekend. All this just as I settled into the workflow for my current project. I am weeping.

Not so keen on finding out which plugins and, by extension, which actions, aren't forward compatible, but I need to be back on track by the time pose-related mods are updated, so...