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Reporting CC Creators Locking Content Behind a Permanent Paywall
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Back in 2017, SimGuruDrake issued a statement regarding the controversy behind paywalled content: https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/930045/ea-its-time-you-start-doing-something-about-the-entitled-cc-creators-in-the-sims-community/p3
Is this still considered a current and valid stance from the SimGurus on the topic? How would the community go about reporting creators that do not follow this guideline? There seems to be a bit of discourse on r/TheSims about the topic and a lot of people claim that the statement is "outdated."
Good morning folks! So I've been alerted to this thread by the mods and wanted to provide some insight here on two points of discussion: CC/Mods locked behind a paywall and Patreon.
CC/Mods Locked Behind Paywalls - Creators cannot lock content they make using our game behind a paywall. While we do not police this content (there is no way we would create a team simply to monitor this) we do take reports sent to us seriously and action accordingly.
Patreon - We understand that folks who make CC / Mods for others to enjoy are doing it in their free time and may desire to offset costs to create the content by using this service. As long as the content is still made available FOR FREE we do not mind these types of pages. Folks who have a Patreon page are welcome to provide folks with "early access" incentives for their content but it should be made available to the general public within 2-3 weeks of it being given to folks early.
I hope that this provides you with some clarity and please reach out should you have any questions.
CC/Mods Locked Behind Paywalls - Creators cannot lock content they make using our game behind a paywall. While we do not police this content (there is no way we would create a team simply to monitor this) we do take reports sent to us seriously and action accordingly.
Patreon - We understand that folks who make CC / Mods for others to enjoy are doing it in their free time and may desire to offset costs to create the content by using this service. As long as the content is still made available FOR FREE we do not mind these types of pages. Folks who have a Patreon page are welcome to provide folks with "early access" incentives for their content but it should be made available to the general public within 2-3 weeks of it being given to folks early.
I hope that this provides you with some clarity and please reach out should you have any questions.
Is this still considered a current and valid stance from the SimGurus on the topic? How would the community go about reporting creators that do not follow this guideline? There seems to be a bit of discourse on r/TheSims about the topic and a lot of people claim that the statement is "outdated."
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Also somebody posted a link to a download for npcc and a mod deleted it even though the creator never updates the free version.
You can find information on broken/updated mods and how to troubleshoot your game here:
https://forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/1000307/broken-updated-mods-cc-june-14-2022-werewolves-patch/p1
Quite right.
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he never update the pay version also ....
Interesting.
Good! Finally they're taking action.
EA needs to clearly and concisely state what 'acceptable' is because it was very clear before and they still found a way to exploit it or ignore it.
If this is the same creator Im thinking of, they're even putting public content behind ADFLY. And we all know those sites are filled with nothing but malware. Its utter trash.
They should give an exact time frame. Otherwise there's going to be no shortage of creators thinking they're slick, and saying that a few months to a year is a perfectly acceptable and reasonable amount of time for early access. I say they should give a max of 30 days.
The original rules were a 2-3 week time frame. MOST people stuck to that. If it were me, I'd give a max of two weeks, that's plenty of time. More than plenty, really.
Sadly, I can't report any of them. No matter what time a day, no matter what browser, I can't access the ea help forums or the form for reporting. It times out, or tells me my connection was lost, even though other sites are just fine. Even as I type this here, it's not connecting. It's a good thing I don't have a bug to report, I wouldn't be able to report it.
As for perma-paywallers I think they suck. They are breaking EA rules. They should be reported and banned from Patreon.
There is a good site, where people added mods from that perma paywallers for free
There is also a site where there is a black list of all paywallers and reasons why not support them. I will never support these people
Also, where can I report perma paywallers?
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it's only blocked to people whom aren't paterons. Those whom are paterons can see what's the mod is.
This is exactly what I meant. You have to become a Patron to see content. How can I pay for something I don't see now, because I'm not their Patron? Pay blindly?
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I think what ends up happening is people follow the creators on places like Twitter, Instagram etc and the modders/creators tend to share sneak-peeks on there. People see the mod or item in-progress and then go to the Patreon to pledge.
So it's not entirely blind but if you simply find the person on Patreon, it certainly feels like it when everything's locked. Seems like a daft idea to me, quite honestly.
Sorry to bring up that topic, but i was wondering if this case was formalized ? If yes, can we report cc creators putting cc behind permanent paywalls on this page ? : https://help.ea.com/en/help/faq/how-to-report-cheat-hack-scam-websites-to-ea/
The method of reporting content to us for investigation is found on this EA Help page.
Some creators keep their Patreon *and* another site. Their Patreon is always locked to pay only, but their other site has everything for free. I've found that many times when people say "this creator *never* unlocks their stuff."