CONFESS! How many of you pay for downloads?

[staroverthebay]

I subscribe to TSR -- I like the unlimited bandwidth of downloads for subscribers and the no-ads option. I like not having ads. I'll pay to not see ads, you know.

I also have a subscription at Simslice (has the best hacked objects!) and Simchic cuz I like the detail of the clothes there, and I stupidly shelled out $5 to Simskins before I realized that the only stuff I like are freebies. *headdesk*

I'd subscribe to JDsSIMulated but that server doesn't take Visa, and I only have one credit card -- a Visa. And you can't even get into the interior of the site to see what's available unless you subscribe. So, I'm sunk. Oh well. Shaklin's lovebed makes up for not getting to see what JDs has.

[geekily]

When the Sims 2 first came out, I subscribed to TSR and WDS.  Haven't subscribed to anything since probably November or December '04.
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[J. M. Pescado]

Simslice has crap objects. I've actually dissected them. Most of them are simply random collections of marginally modified Maxis codes, complete with their errors and idiosyncracies. Definitely not worth any money.

[geekily]

Simslice has crap objects. I've actually dissected them. Most of them are simply random collections of marginally modified Maxis codes, complete with their errors and idiosyncracies. Definitely not worth any money.

Reeeeally? Good to know. I was so enthralled with the whole weather machine object that I had the sudden urge to pay up. Thankfully my broke college ass brought me back down to Earth.

[Mirelly]

Simslice has crap objects. I've actually dissected them. Most of them are simply random collections of marginally modified Maxis codes, complete with their errors and idiosyncracies. Definitely not worth any money.

This is either a confession of purchase or else of theft ...

[Bangelnuts]

Simslice has crap objects. I've actually dissected them. Most of them are simply random collections of marginally modified Maxis codes, complete with their errors and idiosyncracies. Definitely not worth any money.

Reeeeally? Good to know. I was so enthralled with the whole weather machine object that I had the sudden urge to pay up. Thankfully my broke college ass brought me back down to Earth.

I have yet to see a "weather machine "that actually works so my broke ass wont  be paying for one anytime soon either

[Jysudo]

Simslice has crap objects. I've actually dissected them. Most of them are simply random collections of marginally modified Maxis codes, complete with their errors and idiosyncracies. Definitely not worth any money.

This is either a confession of purchase or else of theft ...

I cannot imagine JM paying to receive cc. That idea is too far fetched. I will even believe a tall tale of elephants eating ice cream than this 

Theft...more likely to be true...

[BlueSoup]

Theft - not exactly.  Paying - not exactly.    I did pay for the files.  I asked Pescado to take a look at what they contained for me.

[staroverthebay]

Humph. *I* like Simslice's stuff. It's worth the fee to me. So there.

[KellyQ]

I subscribe to TSR (although sometimes I really wonder why) and Sim Chic. At some point though I am going to get off  my lazy butt and cancel my subscription to Simchic because they don't update as much as I would like. I don't consder two updates in a month to be worth the $5 a month charge. Yesterday I just forked over the $10 for Peggysims site because I was dying to have some of the "donation" hair and decided to quit torturing myself with it.
If someone would have told me 2 years ago that I would be paying for custom content for a game, I would have laughed in their faces. 

[BlueSoup]

Heh, I suscribe to SimChic too.  I think they update enough for me - when they do update, it's usually with quite a lot of stuff.  Plus, their meshes are awesome and used by almost everyone.

And I have too many clothes anyway lol.

[KellyQ]

And I have too many clothes anyway lol.

I didn't know there was such a thing!

[ElfPuddle]

(Before pointing and laughing, know that I'm a real newbie when it comes to hacks & mods.)

I was so enthralled with the Simslice TS1 stuff, that I bought a sub and DL'd a lot of the TS2 stuff. I'm not nearly as enthralled with it as I thought I would be. Most of it sits on a backup/storage CD, and the only things I use are the costume trunk and the gizmo that increases the price of decor (so that when you sell it, it appreciates based on your Creativity level).

I currently have subs to Around the Sims 2, TSR, and here. All of them are worth it (though TSR is a on-and-off thing).

[BlueSoup]

It seems I can't help myself.  I have 7 current subs. 

[holly]

you know what i hate about this thread i now have to go vist all the sites that have been talked about so its going to cost me a small fortune , altho i have a new rule with hair if im paying for it it has to be binned .

and i dont know who said it but a share program sounds good esp for sub junkies ,

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well if we're to talk of value for money, then Around the Sims has always left every other pay site standing!

I don't actually sub anywhere now, I just can't afford it, except my once only sub to ATS2, and some remaining points at SimFreaks2.

[holly]

you see another one up until 2 mins ago id never been to around the sims2 , now i want there dining room set , i dont rate there skins tho

[ZephyrZodiac]

Most of her skins were done very early on, and she hasn't done much since, but one thing about them, they are very high quality and look good in your game  some more exciting ones often look dreadful when you come to use them.  If you like some of the new sets, there are recolours over at MTS2 for the kitchen and living room, and also recolours by Damage of the office set and the chairs.

[BlueSoup]

The only clothes I use of hers are the gym outfits and they are really nice.

[ZephyrZodiac]

I think I have a male teen outfit in one of my games.  But even the recolours of the awful Maxis originals are well done.  I don't often use them now, but at one time there wasn't much around and one was grateful for everything one could get!

[Bangelnuts]

I currently have  a sub to 5 different sites . and of course my sub to Maty brings my total to 6 I cant help myself I am a download a holic. then of course I also have my free subs such as MTS2.

[BlueSoup]

Oh.

I forgot MATY.

Eight, then. 

[Kristalrose]

Sigh.  Y'all are bad, bad people that make me want to throw money away to buy clothes and objects for electronic people that don't really exist!!  My husband already wants to delete them all and get his wife back. 

So, if you were like, going to pick the better deal (best quality, # of downloads, frequency of updates) would you choose Around the Sims 2 or Sim Chic?

[BlueSoup]

Simchic.  Around the Sims 2 is very good quality (except, in my opinion, the Modern Line series - that looks awful to me), but they rarely update.  Save it for when you have a spare $5 and it never expires, so you don't have to worry about recurring charges with them.

SimChic, on the other hand, updates often and usually a lot of stuff at a time.  Not to mention that like half of the retextured clothes out there use their meshes.

[BlueSoup]

If there's good free Custom Content out there, and people are complaining that their game is lagging because of it then why do they pay for more of it?  I'm kind of assuming that people that subscribe don't have a godly gaming computer, so they're used to buying second-rate hardware/software.  I don't see justification in a subscription if you don't have a computer like that, since you can find a better use for your cash.

If it's my cash, what business is it of anyone else's what I spend it on?