Advocating Free Content
madpauly:
Quoted from a certain other place...
Paysites have thier place in the community right now - they have done for years.
The last little droplets of respect I had for the author of this particular piece of nonsense have finally evaporated. In no other moddable gaming community that I am aware of is content available on a 'pay-to-download' basis (although a certain Morrowind site has recently introduced a 'beg-to-run-it' ideaology, which kind of makes me want to find a bucket).
People should run hosting sites because they enjoy it, not to make money off the back of it. I'm disgusted that EA/Maxis continue to allow this practice. Any other decent community would have shot sites such as TSR down in flames long ago.
Regards,
Pauly
Flying the Flag for Free Content
madpauly:
Tell you what... if someone came to my free hosting site and forums and started advertising pay content, their feet wouldn't touch the ground after I hit the 'IP Ban' button :lol:
Regards,
Pauly
Keeping It Free
Katt:
*grin* I have to make my hubby read this. I was asked to join two friends opening their own paysites...I turned them down, and he was very angry. I like that anybody and everybody who wants it can download my stuff....
Katt:
Honey...I know all about Po *laugh* Hubby works and I'm a stay at home mom with four kids.....I still won't do it no matter how much he thinks we need the money. I went to school for cosmetology, and I could easily get a job doing that. He wants me home. This is one argument I'm going to win...he can't make me do it.
madpauly:
What makes me laugh is sites like TSR claiming that the only reason they charge is to pay for bandwidth. What a load of utter bs. They make shedloads of cash off the back of unsuspecting mugs^H^H^H^Hcustomers which should more than pay the bandwidth costs, unless they're shifting something along the lines of 20Tb a month, which is a helluva lot of shifting...
TSR even deign to pay certain 'featured artists' retainers, which galls me even more. How mercenary can some people be, when they're prostituting their hobby for a quick buck? Do it for the love of the game, or get the hell out of the business. You think I'm making any money out of hosting mods? Damn, the ad revenue doesn't even come close...
It makes my blood boil, I tell ya :P
Regards,
Pauly
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