Secrets Post #950

[francinefrenski]

WARNINGS -> Racism -> Premades -> Made-over Premades -> Concerned Ape

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[(Anonymous)]

wait is that true with concerned ape eric barone

[(Anonymous)]

I some digging couldn't find anything backing it, he's also not public about that type of thing. Surely that anon isn't just starting bullshit...

[(Anonymous)]

1. I agree. She's annoying, but it's funny to see how she's annoying other people too. Also it seems like she goes away once you complete the quests, so you can get rid of her permanently if you finish them.
3. I agree with this too. I wasn't crazy about her original look but they made it worse.
4. Now I want to see that secret, because I don't remember it.
5. I don't even take photos because of it.
6. RIP 😔
7. Agreed, let's put it to rest.
8. Same, and when I do have free time, I find myself doomscrolling or watching garbage instead of playing. I only want to play when I don't have the time to. When I do have the time, it doesn't sound fun anymore.
11. Back in the day when you'd buy an expansion and the jewel case had an ad for the next expansion...good ol' days.
12. Idk, I miss when MTS was the hub for CC, but they managed to kill their site with their ridiculousness.
13. LOL wow.
15. I agree. If I cared I'd watch a video to see if the items are as bad in the game as they look like in the preview pics, but I don't care enough.
16. No spiral stairs. Just endless shit kits until the next fresh helping of Project X shit is ready...
18. Sauce?
19. Ok BUT, DOES snow accumulate? Does it???? You didn't give us the answer!!!!!
Lol anyway, yeah, just play the alternate save file for awhile and see if it's fun, you can always go back to the old one.

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[(Anonymous)]

This is the secret:
https://i.postimg.cc/65GgKKTm/origin.png

These are the transcripts of Summary Anon in case you can't read the secret:
https://officialsimsecret.dreamwidth.org/95119.html?thread=26891663#cmt26891663
https://officialsimsecret.dreamwidth.org/95119.html?thread=26891919#cmt26891919

[(Anonymous)]

01. afaik she hasnt done anything noteworthy in my save, but i do agree that players shitting on her is funny.
03. the goth family redesign is so bad tbh, i've been a hater of their redesigns since day 1. i like the caliente redesigns more
05. they also attempted to fix eyelids numerous times and they're still broken
08. true
09. true as well
010. this is just bait. every time someone is new to cc they never make sims like this
013. #notmylandgraabs

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[(Anonymous)]

I mean, it looks like what an 8-year old thinks looks good so how do you know they're not new to cc?

I feel like someone who just started experimenting with cc would make something like this and throw a lot of shit on a sim.

[(Anonymous)]

finally they shipped the plum bob sweaters and journasl that they sold in decembmer lol

sims 4 creator gets accused of using ai for his new skin set

[(Anonymous)]

I want to address the recent discussion around me using AI images on my skins.

I understand that people have strong feelings about generative AI, and I respect that everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Conversations about ethics, environmental impact, and artistic value are valid, even when we don’t agree.

That said, I want to be clear about my own work and my boundaries.

For the past five years, my creative process has always involved references, drawing, research, and different digital tools. AI images from pinterest is simply one of the tools I may use along the way.

Finding references for my skins has always been a long and arduous process for me, but fortunately I discovered Pinterest and all the pics available there, as well as elsewhere on the internet. I've never hidden the fact that I use photos to achieve the result I want, and it makes no difference to me how a photo was taken, as long as it's suitable as a source material. That does not replace my ideas, decisions, or the time and effort I put into creating. The concepts, editing, and final results are still my responsibility and my work.

Artists have always used whatever tools help them achieve the vision they have in mind, and creative workflows naturally evolve over time. Using tools does not erase the skill, experience, or intention behind what someone creates.

You are free to disagree with my approach, but disagreement shouldn’t turn into personal attacks or accusations about someone’s character or ethics. We can have different views without hostility.

I respect creators who choose not to use reference pictures, [ai or not] and I ask for the same respect in return for my choices. If my workflow doesn’t align with your values, you’re completely free not to engage with or use my content - and that’s okay.

I’d like to move forward and keep the focus on creating and sharing work rather than continuing conflict. I'm very sorry if anyone was disappointed in me, but I've never hidden the fact that I use reference photos to create my cc.

This will be my final statement, thank you!

Re: sims 4 creator gets accused of using ai for his new skin set

[(Anonymous)]

Is it crazy that I don't see this as a big deal at all? Photorealistic skin creator uses photorealistic pictures as sources, more at 10

[(Anonymous)]

They are asking for feedback on infant and toddler fixes

https://www.reddit.com/r/Sims4/comments/1rgkwlp/infant_toddler_feedback/

Also on their discord if you're on there. I appreciate that they are at least trying to do something about this bc it's a mess right now as it is.

[(Anonymous)]

its shit social skills anon from a while back and i fucking hate how fucked my social skills are. i can post here just fine but im too scared to post on tumblr and discord. i recently started posting on those two more but like im so scared now all of a sudden >.

[(Anonymous)]

then do it scared, if youre waiting for bravery youll wait forever, take some charge of your life. the worst that can happen is no one cares, but then you did something to improve yourself and ultimately you'll win.

[(Anonymous)]

simfileshare down again? must be a day that ends in y

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[(Anonymous)]

WARNINGS
-> Racism

francinefrenski I wasn't trying to be racist about this secret; I was referring to her overall appearance. Like many others, I was only asking that they change the skin color of the original Bella Goth from TS4, not a radical change. But if you consider it racist, then I'd like the OP to remove this secret. I don't want to express these kinds of things, even anonymously.

But if the warning about "racism" refers exclusively to secret number 17, then there is no problem.

Re: 3

[francinefrenski]

Oh no you're good, I only put it in after I read secret 17.

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[(Anonymous)]

it's like when someone posts a picture of "the first thing they have ever baked" and it is clearly not their first effort.

[(Anonymous)]

a third cc collab between some sims 4 creator and milkemie has hit the dhm towers. i honestly dont understand how milkemie got so popular. her sims are a dime a dozen and it is obvious she fetishes asian people and culture and wishes she’s asian herself. and the story is a dime a dozen and mid as well.

[(Anonymous)]

Culture wars are fake and a psyop

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[(Anonymous)]

Definitely need to see a source on this, otherwise going to assume it's trolling.

Re: 18

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, the guy who got rich famous on an anti-capitalism indie game is pro running capitalism into the ground like a rusty and falling apart truck from the 1920s

[(Anonymous)]

I thought it was finally the end of the road for my original anadius install of TS4 that I've been using on windows 7 since 2020 but I managed to get the new Aaros updater working my updating and configuring VxKex.

[(Anonymous)]

Replying to myself to add another thought. Maybe I could get the DX11 version of TS4 to run on Wndows 7. Kind of pointless but it's something to do I suppose, I'll probably have more fun doing this than playing the actual game.

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[(Anonymous)]

They added that warning after someone uploaded a ~homophobia~ mod (that did nothing btw).

Re: 12

[(Anonymous)]

Was that a pie menu declutter mod for TS2? IIRC, it removed the same sex romance options from the pie menu if a sims sexuality was far enough in either direction. So straight women would only see romance options for men, gay women would only see romance options for women and bi women would see romance options for both.

Summarized.

[summary_anon]

1. "I am honestly enjoying how much the community is clowning on the Lost Legacys envoy Sim. It's genuinely fun to see all the shenanigans she has gotten up to in people's games. It's actually something lighthearted and fun for once."
2. "When I was a kid, I used to go to a local shop where a guy sold pirated copies of The Sims 2 on CD for a reasonable price, xd (I know it's illegal), just like digital piracy these days, right? Now that I earn my own money, don't have kids, and maybe I can buy original Sims 4 expansions, but I don't plan on spending more than $1500 USD, LMAO.
Oh, beautiful piracy, you are my eternal salvation!"
3. [original TS4 Bella Goth > makeover of TS4 Bella Goth]: "Maturing is realizing:
The Sims Team did Bella dirty with this makeover"
4. [a post with a picture described as "the fake underground neighborhood used for kidnapped Sims"]: When I saw this image, the first thing that came to mind was that strange creepypasta called the origin of the sims that someone uploaded as a secret last year."
5. "I will be interested to see if the autonomy fixes around infants actually do any good, because that is by far my biggest frustration with vanilla TS4.
Fixing sleeping and eyelids while sleeping....ok.
The black photos glitch is pathetic. They've 'fixed' it, what, 3 or 4 times at this point? And yet it's still broken. Come on, get it together.
6. [TS4 repack info]: "No more Analdius..."
7. "I'm honestly so glad ts4 isn't releasing any more packs. Let it flatline, sis."
8. "I want to play the sims again but I have adult responsibilities"
9. "I created my Simself and loaded her into a fresh save. Right out of the gate on day 1, she had bad luck. Born with bad luck - makes sense, she is truly my Simself."
10. [a Reddit post of a Sim with lots of CC, with the title saying that the poster is new to CC and asking if they're doing it right]: "Aside from the fact that you're just pathetically fishing for compliments. The answer is no. This looks terrible."
11. "Sometimes I feel nostalgic and remember the time when, when a Sims expansion was released, you knew nothing about it. At most, you might see a picture if you read the official magazine, but that's nothing like today, when you know even the exact number of items it has 😓"
12. [MTS queue bypass system - a notice that the upload hasn't been reviewed by staff, may not comply with site guidelines, and could potentially be removed]: "what's the use of giving your users the privilege of bypassing your ever growing backlog of queued uploads when you slap a message like this on their cc page? It's giving 'sure you can post it without moderation but we can still nuke it if we don't like it'."
13. [heavily-made-over, heavy CC blonde Sims labeled Landgraab Makeover]: "Are you sure these are the Landgraabs? They just look like college students in this
also, nice sad beige color palette"
14. [a Discord post about a Q&A with the players who gave input or helped create items for Royalty & Legacy]: "Lol I feel like they are truly getting desperate since so many popular game changers have left the EA network and they are trying hard to get people's attention in any way they possibly can. Not to mention the way they are plugging their program to try and get more people to join 👀 FAFO!"
15. [new kit]: "this creator pack coming from ravasheen is so disappointing.
THENH i remember that all of her content that is actually good are extractions/reworks of ea textures and meshes with some functionality.
Custom meshes and textures = NOT her strong suit at all.
worst creator pack so far. 1/10"
16. "WE'RE NEVER GETTING THAT BANDS EXPANSION PACK
NO CARS, NO HOTELS, NO PRETEENS, NO BANDS, NO HOBBIES, ONLY BIG CITY WORLD IS SAN MYSHUNO
MEANWHILE WE HAVE 18 BRITISH COUNTRYSIDES AND 27 AMERICAN SUBURBS.........."
17. WHEN PLAYING PLEASANTVIEW, I SOMETIMES WONDER IF THE REASON THAT DANIEL AND MARY SUE HAVE NO RELATIONSHIP OR EVEN AWARENESS OF THE DREAMERS IS TO IMPLY THAT DANIEL AND MARY SUE PERHAPS HELD RACIST VIEWS OF BLACK PEOPLE.
I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IT SINCE THE MID 2000S.
THE SIMS 2 WAS ABLE TO PORTRAY SUBTLE DARKNESS LIKE THIS WITHOUT BEING EXPLICIT AND LEAVING AMBIGUITY TO BE INTERPRETED BY THE PLAYER"
18. [Concerned Ape, the creator of Stardew Valley]: "He's MAGA
And you're all in denial about it
Sims related because you all glaze him like you glaze EA. I would love to see him exposed to see how the Simmers and cozy game followers do backflips to justify this. Without this game and Sims, they would have nothing!"
19. "After I installed the new expansion, I wanted to test whether or not SnOw AcCuMuLaTeS in the new world, just for our special lil anon. (I was guessing that the answer was no, but I wanted to find out for sure.)
I figured the easiest way was to move my main Legacy save family to a lot in the new world, and use their fully-upgraded weather machine to change the season to winter, and then change the weather to blizzard.
So I did this, but. When I opened the save, it was after 1 am in-game. As soon as I evicted them from their lot and loaded into the new lot in the new world, my heir was abducted by aliens.
He came back pregnant.
Now... part of me decidedly Does Not Want this. I've gotten kind of burnt out on infants and toddlers, and I try to keep the number of children per generation to a minimum. He actually already has three children, and one of them was the result of risky woohoo, so I already have one child more than I had wanted/anticipated.
Buuuuuut.... on the other hand, it's been like 5 generations since I had an alien pregnancy, and I DO think it would be fun.....
I loaded the main save, hoping he'd be abducted there, but no. So I have kept the other save as a kind of alternate reality. Not sure what I want to do with it just yet. But I might want to play it some."

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[(Anonymous)]

next week I'm going to submit a picture of my ass as a secret. sims related because simmers have asses. it will have as much value and relevance as this secret

Re: 18

[(Anonymous)]

Ssshh! They're supposed to be secrets!

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[(Anonymous)]

I think they modeled her makeover on her mother Jocasta Bachelor from Sims 3

[(Anonymous)]

10 - This is the worst type of sims Redditor. I remember seeing this post and downvoted it but it already had like 400 upvotes.

15 - I feel sorry for Ravasheen because she's one of my favorite modders but then I remember that she willfully collaborated with EA so yeah, it's kind of funny how embarrassing this is for her.

16 - Please raise your hand if you played Sims 3 bands system more than once in the game. I'll wait. People just complaining about what they don't have at this point, not what they actually want.

17 - Daniel and Mary Sue were too busy fucking other people and hating each other to give a shit about their least favorite daughter's boyfriend's family. But yeah, Mary Sue was probably a racist.

18 - Can we please let this stupid story die? Just because someone doesn't talk about politics doesn't mean they're secretly Maga.

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[(Anonymous)]

Ravasheen probably made the kit before the buyout.

[(Anonymous)]

03. Mortimer and Cass improved with the update, Bella and Alex got downgraded hard. Also why did they make Alexander brown and super ugly as an adult?

[(Anonymous)]

Ugly: I guess they made him as a kid and didn’t even check how he would look as an adult because they don’t care enough to press a button

Darker skin: Idk, I guess they believe mixed people can’t turn out looking more like one parent even though that’s demonstrably false

[(Anonymous)]

Iran is bombing US bases in the middle east, including Saudi Arabia. The Houthis are blocking the red sea and Iran will block the straight of hormuz which will cripple global shipping and prevent 20% of the world's oil from being shipped to over seas markets. 20 million for EA probably doesn't sound like such a good idea now.

[(Anonymous)]

Now that it's saturday, the comments are about anything but secrets and the sims.

[(Anonymous)]

Im not saying either of them are gay but Rihanna and asap rocky marriage is an arranged marriage. He releases a music video in 2013 rapping how their kids are gonna be better dressed than their parents (Rihanna was all over the video) they weren't in a relationship back then. and a decade later they had their first kid together??? Weird fr

[(Anonymous)]

Honestly, all relationships between two famous people are arranged in one way or another. It's not like they met, fell in love, and stayed together organically.

It's also why open marriages are so common among the rich, they stay together for appearances. It is weird though.

1 - the envoy

[(Anonymous)]

She hasn't done anything in my game, it's kind of disappointing tbh. I think it's because I did the quests and got them out of the way so she just left instead of hanging around. Although I haven't played in a week or so, so I guess next time I load the game she'll be back for the next quests. I might ignore her for awhile and see what she does BUT she is apparently an "enhanced" klepto and the normal kleptos piss me off enough, so I'm not sure that I want to find out what an "enhanced" one does.

[(Anonymous)]

Is anybody using Missyhissy hopes and fears mod with 1.121? This a favorite of mine but I don't know if I should install before she updates it.

[(Anonymous)]

yes. it works fine in my game

[(Anonymous)]

people accusing everything they see of being ai now is almost as annoying as ai itself. no, not every drawing you see was made with ai. some people are just talented stfu

[(Anonymous)]

U are a fool. Most ppl are typing into AI "make me this pose" or "make this image" and redrawing it yes. They are dirty af. Trust no hoe