> @lsnishi said:
> sorry @Amuni50, it must be an entry of @Elocine54 then! I remember both of your having extraordinary entries.
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> Here's the correct household with link:
> https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/951E2681EEFC11EA8056C2DBEBA66C98
Aww, that's lovely. Thanks for finding the link!
This is my biggest complaint about the lack of moderation. I fully expected my own entry to get buried (I'd created parents and siblings for Salim Benali about a week before the challenge, so decided to submit just his parents with a little bit of a story), so I wasn't disappointed when it did. But the Spark'd challenges should be a great opportunity to find something other than the same-old-same-old gallery Sims... and they're just not. This particular entry got noticed, which is great, but I'm sure there are loads of other amazing ones that slipped away before anyone had a chance to even see them.
But the Spark'd challenges should be a great opportunity to find something other than the same-old-same-old gallery Sims... and they're just not. This particular entry got noticed, which is great, but I'm sure there are loads of other amazing ones that slipped away before anyone had a chance to even see them.
I had never even seen some of the final Top Creators last time.
It's getting worse by the day too. I'll often look through the entries when I first launch and go way down the list and try to boost some good entries that have been buried into oblivion. I too entered a sim I knew would be buried but I was ok with that, I just wanted to try it out. I was gone from the game for several months and Spark'd wasn't around before that. I came back during the middle of the last one, so I thought I'd try something for this one. Now, I'm just focusing on supporting other entries. The Spark'd gallery really is a mess.
Considering that it was like this for the last challenge and they did literally zero to fix it or even address that it's an issue, I have absolute confidence that they will do nothing to fix this. They had time between to fix the issue. They've had since it started to make some kind of statement. It would really be nothing to have a mod in there just deleting bad entries and yes, they should ban people that abuse the system. Maybe delete the one, but if it keeps happening on the same account, block them from uploading for 24 hrs. Then 48, then 72... you get the idea.
At the beginning I was trying to up vote some legit entries so they didn't get lost but I've quit that now. It's too much and too spammed and my gallery doesn't load after a certain number of times scrolling down so there's people not at the beginning but not at the top either that will just be lost forever in the middle oblivion that no one can see.
Its a shame you can't even find the entries that won the first challenge. At the very least, I would have hoped they would have been added as Maxis curated content. There should be some way that the winners are highlighted.
Its a shame you can't even find the entries that won the first challenge. At the very least, I would have hoped they would have been added as Maxis curated content. There should be some way that the winners are highlighted.
I too am fed up with all of these people posting not to win the challenge but because they want the exposure. EA needs to hire some moderators to go through and remove them from the challenge. I thought last time was bad this is absolutely 8 times as bad. Also the houses. They are supposed to have a room dealing with a hobby but people are just uploading houses. Yes they are very nice but they are not following the rules. I really don't know how EA will figure that one out. I bet the winners in the building category won't fit the rules.
I entered a tentative granny as I haven't entered anything before. It got 5 downloads and 4 favs before it vanished from sight in about 5 minutes. I'm not trying again.
I see nothing has changed since the last time, maybe no one cares (you know, when in the 100 best submissions are only 3 legit submissions they have winners).
I would really like to go through the real submissions, favourite, vote, download... It is super annoying how everyone uses the challenge for the follower boost (and unfortunately it's working). I just do not vote for anything which doesn't have written story. I think I do not have a chance, because I didn't build a big community of followers before the challenge (didn't think I'd need it one day :( ).
The only think I can think of - how about we make our own hashtag how to find the real creations? I used #Molpe at first, now I also use #fairplay and #mycreation, any other ideas? Is it worth it?
The Spark'd gallery is a lost cause. Builds that have nothing to do with elders or their hobbies, sims that are mostly pregnant YA or teens. I'm still favoriting legit entries every day but they are getting buried deeper and deeper by the waste of time entries.
I see nothing has changed since the last time, maybe no one cares (you know, when in the 100 best submissions are only 3 legit submissions they have winners).
I would really like to go through the real submissions, favourite, vote, download... It is super annoying how everyone uses the challenge for the follower boost (and unfortunately it's working). I just do not vote for anything which doesn't have written story. I think I do not have a chance, because I didn't build a big community of followers before the challenge (didn't think I'd need it one day ).
The only think I can think of - how about we make our own hashtag how to find the real creations? I used #Molpe at first, now I also use #fairplay and #mycreation, any other ideas? Is it worth it?
That’s an amazing idea! What about #realchallenge?
Not sure if someone else already voiced this opinion, but submitting should be anonymous too, to give everyone a fair chance. A lot of Sim Instagrammers and Sim Influencers bring their fanbase with them on the Gallery even when their builds for the Spark'd challenges don't follow the rules or just aren't that great. And then they get thousands of likes and shoot to the top. Some are also built while streaming so they're basically crowdfunded ideas which is just not fair. I also wish i had hundred of other people in a chat to help me come up with my ideas...
Not sure if someone else already voiced this opinion, but submitting should be anonymous too, to give everyone a fair chance. A lot of Sim Instagrammers and Sim Influencers bring their fanbase with them on the Gallery even when their builds for the Spark'd challenges don't follow the rules or just aren't that great. And then they get thousands of likes and shoot to the top. Some are also built while streaming so they're basically crowdfunded ideas which is just not fair. I also wish i had hundred of other people in a chat to help me come up with my ideas...
I agree. Lots of them are posted on Twitter and Reddit too. When submitting as well maybe Simmers should answer some questions which will filter the inappropriate ones out like (in this latest instance, Age of Sim wiping out anyone who doesn't answer Elder)!
Ok, So i wanted to talk about the Sims Spark'd challenge "Golden Age" and i have some thoughts i wanted to speak out. Firstly, I looked at the popular page and nearly all the stylist creations aren't elders or have elders included in them. Most of them are named "Hot *blank*" and are either young adults or teens. Secondly, the builds on the popular page aren't all themed around elders, some of them are party houses or restaurants. So what i'm saying is, that i feel some people are misusing the page to their advantage to gain likes and downloads which is unfair to the other creators who are participating in the challenge, now i know that it is a bit late to say this now, but i was hoping to get it out there so that the next challenge isn't flooded with creations that aren't part of the theme of the challenge.
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> sorry @Amuni50, it must be an entry of @Elocine54 then! I remember both of your having extraordinary entries.
>
> Here's the correct household with link:
> https://www.ea.com/games/the-sims/the-sims-4/pc/gallery/951E2681EEFC11EA8056C2DBEBA66C98
Aww, that's lovely. Thanks for finding the link!
This is my biggest complaint about the lack of moderation. I fully expected my own entry to get buried (I'd created parents and siblings for Salim Benali about a week before the challenge, so decided to submit just his parents with a little bit of a story), so I wasn't disappointed when it did. But the Spark'd challenges should be a great opportunity to find something other than the same-old-same-old gallery Sims... and they're just not. This particular entry got noticed, which is great, but I'm sure there are loads of other amazing ones that slipped away before anyone had a chance to even see them.
I had never even seen some of the final Top Creators last time.
At the beginning I was trying to up vote some legit entries so they didn't get lost but I've quit that now. It's too much and too spammed and my gallery doesn't load after a certain number of times scrolling down so there's people not at the beginning but not at the top either that will just be lost forever in the middle oblivion that no one can see.
Some of them were shown on Twitter last week.
I would really like to go through the real submissions, favourite, vote, download... It is super annoying how everyone uses the challenge for the follower boost (and unfortunately it's working). I just do not vote for anything which doesn't have written story. I think I do not have a chance, because I didn't build a big community of followers before the challenge (didn't think I'd need it one day :( ).
The only think I can think of - how about we make our own hashtag how to find the real creations? I used #Molpe at first, now I also use #fairplay and #mycreation, any other ideas? Is it worth it?
That’s an amazing idea! What about #realchallenge?
I agree. Lots of them are posted on Twitter and Reddit too. When submitting as well maybe Simmers should answer some questions which will filter the inappropriate ones out like (in this latest instance, Age of Sim wiping out anyone who doesn't answer Elder)!
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> That’s an amazing idea! What about #realchallenge? :)
I will use that from now on! ♥ Too bad you can't change the description (or I don't know how O:) ).