"ladybreid;c-16255835" wrote:
"IceyJ;c-16255725" wrote:
"ladybreid;c-16255693" wrote:
"IceyJ;c-16255645" wrote:
"surraaaaaa;c-16254825" wrote:
I dont really get it either. I mean i can understand why someone would be upset.... But like..... Not for longer than 5 minutes.
"Awh man! Someone reuploaded my house and only changed the bathroom! What a weirdo." Would be my thought. Then I'd move on because i dont see why it would matter. Its just a game, after all.
Or, "someone reuploaded my house and didnt change anything!?!?.... What a weirdo"
It does not effect your life at all, it is just a game.
There are some really elaborate houses on the gallery! Beautiful ones that I'm sure took a lot of time. But the player is taking their time to build because the enjoy it. They choose to share it on the gallery... For what reason? So others can use it. If someone downloads the house and makes improvements, then reuploads it, why does it matter?
(I'm ignoring the fact that some people maybe are "stealing" just for likes and clicks, for their own satisfaction. Which is probably a mental illness. And really, just ignore it)
What it comes down to, though, is the player doesnt own EA or the gallery. Once its there, its there. The gallery is awesome, lets not turn it into something it doesnt have to be (a popularity contest)
What's weird about changing something you've downloaded and uploading it to have a backup? I do it all the time. I can't think of one single thing I've downloaded from the gallery that I didn't change.
As for reuploading something without changing it, take it as a compliment because it could mean the person loved it so much they didn't want to lose it. There's a simmer on here that lost access to gallery items because the original simmer either left the game or deleted them. Reuploading prevents that from happening.
While it is true that it didn't bother me when I had seen my creation reuploaded as someone else's, saying it is a compliment is a bit of a stretch. It doesn't bother me but I'm certainly not flattered by it. it reflects on that person, not me. I just really don't care one way or the other. What someone else chooses to do doesn't affect my game play. I don't play the sims so I can tally likes, faves, downloads or awesomes. Still, to call it a complement is a stretch. It's one thing to not be bothered by it, something entirely different to talk it up as though it were a positive action.
That said however if a person is doing it so they have them for future games, that is what your library is for. Your library is stored on line, just not for public consumption.
ETA:
fixed for clarity, I'm not wake yet.
Wrong. Our libraries are not stored online, they are stored in a folder on your computer. It's called the 'Tray' folder. The only way to get a backup online is to reupload. That's how the other simmer I mentioned lost access to gallery stuff they'd downloaded; her tray folder got deleted. She would still have them if she had uploaded them herself.
Obviously, the intentions behind reuploading something will vary and some simmers do it to get Favs/Downloads for something they didn't make. But if someone does upload your creation because they like it so much they don't want to lose it and you can't see that as a compliment, then it definitely reflects on you.
Well I wasn't coming back here because like ?I said I really don't care one way or the other however I got the little notice thingy so here I am.
Perhaps you are right about the storage thing, like I said in my post that you quoted I was not awake yet. I'm still not entirely sure though because when I had to reinstall my game I was able to retrieve my creations so I have no idea. In any case that really is neither here nor there. The gallery is there to share your creations and you have the ability to fave and follow on people that make things you want to be able to track down. In the very least if you are uploading things others make in order to easily find them common sense and courtesy to those it bothers would dictate you put a disclaimer in the description that you are only uploading it so you find it later and others should DL it from the creator. That way if people still DL it from you and the other person gets upset at least you did your part. It is the only way that someone that it matters to can't accuse you of "stealing" credit.
Bottom line, my stuff is on the gallery and people can take it and do what they want with it, claim it as their own if it makes them feel better about themselves go for it, have at it, I'm glad its getting used , whatever. I don't care BUT it does bother others and I don't believe telling them it is a complement will do anything but burn their slippers.
Reinstalling your game should not affect your library, so your creations will remain unless they are deleted. Or if you reinstall on a different computer.
Personally, I always put a disclaimer when uploading but my point is that it shouldn't even be necessary. It clearly states who the original creator is if the issue is about getting credit. But because it is a sensitive issue, I like to make it known why I'm doing it.
As for what I said about it being a compliment, my exact words were 'take it as a compliment because it
could mean...' (could, might, possibly, etc.)
Yes, there are legitimate, honest reasons for reuploading something that someone else made. And since you can't always prove that it was done maliciously, take it as a compliment instead of getting all worked up. (Not you, to those that do get upset.)
