I am tired of advocating for fairness in the gallery. I have tried for months to help simmers see what is really going on. @FruUtter it is not a good idea to share information of simmers you don't know simply because there is no possible way you could know if those simmers are "self downloading" or not. I am typically an optimistic person by nature but right now I am sorry, I can't be. I've seen it happening for a year now and with the gallery defaulting to popular now I believe more simmers will use the "self download" trick.
We are all playing in this gallery which we expect to be fair. It is not. I have seen the affects of "self downloading" simmers first hand and I know it is happening more than anyone seems to want to acknowledge here. That bothers me. It bothers me not because I am jealous of their popularity but because I am offended by the act of cheating. Even in a game. It is wrong and should be removed from the gallery system.
I feel I have explained the "self downloading" issue clear and thoroughly here. You all obviously care about downloads & the popular now section being the default however I still don't think I have managed to convince but a few of you how serious this problem is for the gallery. If I can't convince you here how am I ever going to convince EA to fix this problem? I told some close friends recently that I am at this point .. ignore the cheating .. join the cheating .. or leave the gallery. I feel that choice again right now :/
