I always knew that the time would come when EA would finally address this whole perma paywall thing. I just didn't think it would come so sudden, it's not like they didn't know what was up they knew. EA made a reference to wickedwhims in the game called whicker whims it's the laundry basket in the game(lmao). So they knew that people were having mods and cc in the game, the whole doxxing situation just bought it to the light what was really going on behind closed doors and I feel it made them have no choice but to address this issue.

Back in 2017 is when I feel patreon started to become popular in the sims 4 community. I remember a lot of creators having everything for free and you had to go through adfly which I hated because of random pop ups on my laptop. Then all of a sudden things that were only supposed to be locked for 2-3 weeks because months and then YEARS. Then all of a sudden you had gifts and exclusive cc popping up and it became so normalized. These same creators that were making cc when the sims 4 came out that were free and used to release content after 2-3 weeks started not release anything at to the public.

After a while it became so hard to find good quality cc that I liked for my game that wasn't locked, and at the time I was a young teenager(now 23) so I didn't have money to buy anyones patreon and I knew I couldn't ask my parents to buy me cc for my game unless it was from EA. I know my parents would have looked at me crazy as to why i'm spending almost $30 a month on a video game. (Which I also want to bring awareness to this as well, not everyone is an adult and can just buy cc whenever they want there are kids and teenagers whose parents are not willing to spend monthly payments for something that's not made by EA themselves)

I hate when creators like to call simmers who can't afford their patreon cc broke. I promise you that is not the case for a majority of people who play the sims. Obviously there are people who can't afford it but nobody wants pay to up to 25-50 dollars a month on cc. Your NOT the only creator that someone is getting cc from and its seems(not all)like yall forget. That's basically a damn UTILITY BILL at that point.

If your so stressed about not being able to make money then put your talent to use and go into 3D software or be apart of a big gaming company like EA, Rockstar etc. or even a indie game like paralives which i'm sure they will be grateful for your help. But stop using the excuse woe is me I have student debt to pay I have bills to pay, I have this and that to pay for. So do your PATRONS that give you money every month they are REAL people THEY ARE NOT YOUR DIRECT DEPOSIT CHECK AT THE END OF THE MONTH.

It sucks that a bunch of people ruined it for everyone that actually enjoyed making content for the sims and went by the 2-3 week rule and NEVER perma paywalled. I hope you guys keep getting the love and support you deserve.

I hope what EA did was a eye opener to everyone to stop being greedy and to follow the rules, now everyone is feeling the effects of what's to come in the future.

And to the people who were subscribed to someone's patreon page and they decided to nuke their whole page after the statement from EA I hope that was a eye opener to you as well. Those creators only saw you guys as dollars signs and they never really cared about you. If they did their page would still be up and they would just ask for donations and make everything free, to them this was a job and not something that they were truly passionate about. I know cc is a lot of work as a beginner it's tough to figure how to use blender and the sims 4 studio and maya and marvelous designer. Everything on youtube is mostly a speed mesh tutorial and you have to set the video to like 0.25 just so you can follow along and replay every video at least 50 times to get it and most walkthroughs are hush hush. Everything is trial and error its days and weeks for something to be perfect for the public. If you really were passionate then you would still be here and i'm sure you lost loyal patrons that have been with you since day one, if you ever decided to come back.(but honestly the community has seen your true colors and i'm sure they wouldn't welcome you back with open arms sorry not sorry)

Anddd since it seems over the next few weeks and months to come a lot of big creators are probably going to leave. This is just a rumor but they are talking about making png files and object files to sell and for you to convert it in your game or they'll send you the package file. Some creators are talking about only making things for blender only but like you can't even play the sims properly in blender like that doesnt make sense at all?!?! You'll only be using it for pictures and that sounds like it would get boring after awhile because then you'll have to convert things over into blender and in the sims 4 studio because you want it in your game that seems like a lot of unnecessary steps to me just so you can still make a profit. But honestly that sounds like the whole doxxing ring all over again if you choose to do that then be safe(use a fake name and fake email address for everything so nothing can link you to your real identity). Who wants to go through all that when they can find someone else that has their download public.

But in good news that means a lot of small cc creators(myself) are going to be coming up in the next few months and years to come so I say now is the time that small cc creators need to be practicing their craft and promoting their cc to the community. If what learned from this whole patreon mess and doxxing ring is to help everyone who wants or is interested in making cc share everything from tutorials to walkthroughs even if it seems like newbie questions help out. Everyone started out as newbie and didn't know how to use the camera controls in blender(lmaooo my ass was struggling okay) hopefully we can repair and build back up the sims community.