Aah well the big Alpha vs Maxis Match Question.
Really?
There's plenty of CC on boths sites from very good too very bad stuff. Why limiting yourself to just one style when can have both. I'm using both Alpha and Maxis Match in my game and keeping a good mix of both. Some of my sims look more alpha than the other, but never they're having looking out of place in my game.
The only things that I don't like are these ultra realistic skins and clothing with not texture. Because they're looking like cheap photoskinned stuff that everyone can make who uses Photoshop. There's no effort in importing just real-life photos and skinning then over maxis meshes.