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« Reply #75 on: 2009 July 27, 12:57:25 »
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So submit secrets so we can post them. Do something instead of just bitching uselessly.

You're not honestly telling me MSTY is getting no submissions at all? Not one since the 18th?

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So submit secrets so we can post them. Do something instead of just bitching uselessly.

You're not honestly telling me MSTY is getting no submissions at all? Not one since the 18th?

We've got nine cooking at the moment.
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« Reply #77 on: 2009 July 28, 09:47:14 »
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Problem is though - MSTY seems to be exclusively MATY secrets, and 99% of those relating to Retardoland, and not really secrets at all.
Are you saying that admitting to like/lust after a MATYian should not be considered a secret?
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« Reply #78 on: 2009 July 28, 20:04:07 »
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Problem is though - MSTY seems to be exclusively MATY secrets, and 99% of those relating to Retardoland, and not really secrets at all.
Are you saying that admitting to like/lust after a MATYian should not be considered a secret?

No, what I'm saying is obvious secret makers are obvious.
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« Reply #79 on: 2009 July 28, 21:21:49 »
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No, what I'm saying is obvious secret makers are obvious.

Does it really matter, as long as they are amusing?
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« Reply #80 on: 2009 July 29, 09:29:34 »
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PEs, provide an scientifical way of reproducing your input, otherwise IŽll have to discard this news as false. I will feel backstabbed, as IŽve trust you many times and now I feel thereŽs no scientifical substance here.
TSR, however, is known to be a nefarious operator: They have acquired and then misused or released to third parties personal information from users in the past. It is reasonable to say that they do so regularly and there is absolutely no physical reason why they would have stopped, and therefore, there is every reason to believe the practice continues. In fact, on PMBD, Johan himself came over to gloat about how undetectable his new system was, because he just couldn't resist the temptation to brag and gloat smugly.
I think the point is that just because one cannot find any message being transmitted in plaintext or an obviously encrypted format does not mean that it definitely is being transmitted as stegotext. True, TSR is a known nefarious site with their ad hell and previous nonsense, but there is no proof of there being any spying activity going on at the moment.
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« Reply #81 on: 2009 July 29, 10:35:27 »
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I think the point is that just because one cannot find any message being transmitted in plaintext or an obviously encrypted format does not mean that it definitely is being transmitted as stegotext. True, TSR is a known nefarious site with their ad hell and previous nonsense, but there is no proof of there being any spying activity going on at the moment.
You look at the history, too: TSR *ALSO* has a known history of using underhanded means to collect user information, including passwords, and then either uses them, or gives them away to people, to break into other sites. Two datapoints is a line: When you have capability + history, you have a profile of someone who habitually performs such acts and will do so at every opportunity. Consider, for example, a thief: You know this person has stolen in the past, and still has the use of his hands. Therefore, it stands to reason that he continues to do so and will do so again the moment you give him an opening to do so.
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« Reply #82 on: 2009 July 29, 21:12:07 »
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« Reply #83 on: 2009 July 30, 23:49:29 »
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Wow.
I'm not here to be the champion of TSR, but SOMEONE needs to break this goofy "omg tsr is so evils Shocked" train.

Users of TSR are not stupid (as so many of the fanboys here seem to think). There IS such a thing as not wanting to spend hours at a time making, obtaining or installing additional content for a videogame. Hence, they're willing to use a Paysite ("Time is Money, Friends"). It has nothing to do with "stupid" so much as "just don't care to spend gross amounts of time".

I have used TSR before (no viruses, spyware, malware or anything else, ever) and I have my doubts that what the original poster found was actually anything malicious at all. Yes, spyware/malware is bad, if it IS malware that would be pretty terrible, but in all likelihood, it's just that weird Install Wizard they have at their website. It was for downloading content right from their site and installing it via the website without the hassle of unpacking anything. That's... I'm almost 100% sure, the reason the program "connects to the internet".

I haven't seen any "Threat Details" here. Yes, the EULA's legalese is ominous, but so is ALL legalese. Find me legalese that isn't ominous.

I'm not trying to invoke anyone, but I do think people are flipping wigs here for no reason other than they have a wig they need to flip over something.
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« Reply #84 on: 2009 July 31, 00:14:34 »
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Dear TSR shill:

FUCK OFF.
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« Reply #85 on: 2009 July 31, 00:38:05 »
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Dear TSR shill:

FUCK OFF.

Wow, aren't we inflammatory.

I'm not a shill, I'm not here to promote one thing or another, all I said was people are probably overreacting. Though it probably doesn't matter, you probably didn't even read my post.
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« Reply #86 on: 2009 July 31, 00:43:06 »
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I read it, it was full of stupid platitudes, about your reductionist life and how you think money is the only important metric. What about ethics? Pride in your work? Not boning some crazy internet hag and then pretending her bad art is fabulous just so she doesn't shop you to your wife?

Still, you've drunk the Kool-Aide and probably even think TSR isn't sharing your paypal info. Move along.
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« Reply #87 on: 2009 July 31, 00:48:51 »
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Faded, do you have any idea of their history?  Don't assume this is the only questionable thing that have ever happened.  Don't assume there is no history that leads people to question them now.
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« Reply #88 on: 2009 July 31, 00:52:43 »
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I read it, it was full of stupid platitudes, about your reductionist life and how you think money is the only important metric. What about ethics? Pride in your work? Not boning some crazy internet hag and then pretending her bad art is fabulous just so she doesn't shop you to your wife?

Still, you've drunk the Kool-Aide and probably even think TSR isn't sharing your paypal info. Move along.

Wow, I never said anything like that. You all are just blowing assumptions.
No, money is not the only important thing. Pride in your work and so forth and so on, fantastic. Did I ever say TSR was marvelous? No. I never said I was even a fan of the site.

But, please do keep on insulting me for no reason at all, even though all I've done was said that people are overreacting. I haven't been insulting anyone (even though I'm being attacked).

Faded, do you have any idea of their history?  Don't assume this is the only questionable thing that have ever happened.  Don't assume there is no history that leads people to question them now.

No, I did not know there was any sort of history, I've never heard anything about that.
All that I know is the time I used TSR, nothing bad happened to me.

Maybe they've changed for the worse (like I said, I've never heard anything about their history, I guess they've changed since I used it, in which case, it saddens me.)
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« Reply #89 on: 2009 July 31, 01:02:25 »
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Users of TSR are not stupid (as so many of the fanboys here seem to think).

I might agree that not all TSRers are stupid, but that also is moderately dependent upon one's definition of stupidity.

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There IS such a thing as not wanting to spend hours at a time making, obtaining or installing additional content for a videogame. Hence, they're willing to use a Paysite ("Time is Money, Friends"). It has nothing to do with "stupid" so much as "just don't care to spend gross amounts of time".

In this case, I'd lean more toward "ignorant" than "stupid," as in, those who have half a brain and haven't discovered alternative sources for these materials are simply ignorant. Those who have, and still prefer to pay for something that the creators and distributors are legally not permitted to profit from, would be classified as stupid.

I happen to agree that the issue with this purported "spyware/malware" was completely exaggerated here, but so what? MATY seems to be all about drama. And I'm not convinced of TSR's innocence as I, too, tend to consider history a good indicator of probable intent. They've done nefarious things with user info before; I have no reason to believe it is beyond them to do it again.

But, please do keep on insulting me for no reason at all, even though all I've done was said that people are overreacting. I haven't been insulting anyone (even though I'm being attacked).

If you find rohina's reaction surprising or offensive, take this advice: Pretend you never found this forum. It is not a place for you.
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« Reply #90 on: 2009 July 31, 01:11:58 »
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Users of TSR are not stupid (as so many of the fanboys here seem to think).

I might agree that not all TSRers are stupid, but that also is moderately dependent upon one's definition of stupidity.

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There IS such a thing as not wanting to spend hours at a time making, obtaining or installing additional content for a videogame. Hence, they're willing to use a Paysite ("Time is Money, Friends"). It has nothing to do with "stupid" so much as "just don't care to spend gross amounts of time".

In this case, I'd lean more toward "ignorant" than "stupid," as in, those who have half a brain and haven't discovered alternative sources for these materials are simply ignorant. Those who have, and still prefer to pay for something that the creators and distributors are legally not permitted to profit from, would be classified as stupid.

I happen to agree that the issue with this purported "spyware/malware" was completely exaggerated here, but so what? MATY seems to be all about drama. And I'm not convinced of TSR's innocence as I, too, tend to consider history a good indicator of probable intent. They've done nefarious things with user info before; I have no reason to believe it is beyond them to do it again.

But, please do keep on insulting me for no reason at all, even though all I've done was said that people are overreacting. I haven't been insulting anyone (even though I'm being attacked).

If you find rohina's reaction surprising or offensive, take this advice: Pretend you never found this forum. It is not a place for you.

Thank you Cherita, I appreciate this. Smiley

Like I said above, I never have heard of TSR doing anything like that before I came here. History is a good indicator, I would have to agree there, for sure. It's just that no one has ever pulled me aside and told me anything. I'll certainly be more wary of ever using that site again, knowing there is a bad history, for sure.

I do realize there are lots of sites out there for content, it's just one of those things though that you find it through a network of other sites. I didn't know that there was a large collection of goodies here though (being this is the first time I've ever been here - directed from the ModTheSims site!) and I do like!  Grin

I'll definitely be filling my hard drive now. Cherita, you simply rock. Smiley
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Faded, do you have any idea of their history?  Don't assume this is the only questionable thing that have ever happened.  Don't assume there is no history that leads people to question them now.

No, I did not know there was any sort of history, I've never heard anything about that.
All that I know is the time I used TSR, nothing bad happened to me.

Maybe they've changed for the worse (like I said, I've never heard anything about their history, I guess they've changed since I used it, in which case, it saddens me.)

Oh, so you are an ignoramus as well as fucktard. Go get someone to read coconut's blog to you, and then come back when you have educated yourself.
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« Reply #92 on: 2009 July 31, 02:03:37 »
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Users of TSR are not stupid (as so many of the fanboys here seem to think). There IS such a thing as not wanting to spend hours at a time making, obtaining or installing additional content for a videogame. Hence, they're willing to use a Paysite ("Time is Money, Friends"). It has nothing to do with "stupid" so much as "just don't care to spend gross amounts of time".

Why pay for something that is supposed to be free?

There is plenty of good quality FREE CC out there, much of it of better quality than the stuff at TSR.  You do have a choice you know: the choice between spending time browsing TSR for CC that costs you money and spending the same amount of time browsing free sites for CC that will cost you nothing.  One of these options is definitely smarter than the other, and it's not the TSR option.

Go and read Coconut's blog to find out what TSR have done in the past.  Just because nobody pulled you aside personally and made a point of specifically telling you about their past shenanigans doesn't mean those events didn't happen.  Those events include sharing user's paypal information and encouraging other paysite owners to do the same.  Then there's the question of how someone at TSR (or possibly someone hacking TSR's database as was initially claimed by TSR, although they later backed down from that claim) managed to access TSR's member database to acquire the login details of a creator from MTS2 as well as the login details of one of the owners of TSR.

TSR have already demonstrated that they are not to be trusted with user information.  I'm not going to give them a back door into my system, whether they're likely to use it or not, or whether it is currently used or not.  I'm just not naive enough to believe that they've reformed from their bad habits.
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« Reply #93 on: 2009 July 31, 02:08:29 »
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Also, has anyone else heard that Shan0w's photobucket images were replaced with less than family friendly materials within a short amount of time of his TSR tool screenshots surfacing?
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Users of TSR are not stupid (as so many of the fanboys here seem to think). There IS such a thing as not wanting to spend hours at a time making, obtaining or installing additional content for a videogame. Hence, they're willing to use a Paysite ("Time is Money, Friends"). It has nothing to do with "stupid" so much as "just don't care to spend gross amounts of time".

Why pay for something that is supposed to be free?

There is plenty of good quality FREE CC out there, much of it of better quality than the stuff at TSR.  You do have a choice you know: the choice between spending time browsing TSR for CC that costs you money and spending the same amount of time browsing free sites for CC that will cost you nothing.  One of these options is definitely smarter than the other, and it's not the TSR option.

Go and read Coconut's blog to find out what TSR have done in the past.  Just because nobody pulled you aside personally and made a point of specifically telling you about their past shenanigans doesn't mean those events didn't happen.  Those events include sharing user's paypal information and encouraging other paysite owners to do the same.  Then there's the question of how someone at TSR (or possibly someone hacking TSR's database as was initially claimed by TSR, although they later backed down from that claim) managed to access TSR's member database to acquire the login details of a creator from MTS2 as well as the login details of one of the owners of TSR.

TSR have already demonstrated that they are not to be trusted with user information.  I'm not going to give them a back door into my system, whether they're likely to use it or not, or whether it is currently used or not.  I'm just not naive enough to believe that they've reformed from their bad habits.

Thank you, Kyna! I'll definitely be reading that when I get a chance.

I keep my computer locked down pretty good as adware/antivirus goes (as well as a very strong, protected router), it's beginning to look like those measures I've taken for ages now are the reason I didn't see anything bad happen to me by TSR.  Undecided
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« Reply #95 on: 2009 July 31, 06:16:55 »
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It's just that no one has ever pulled me aside and told me anything.
My apologies. I must have missed Pull Faded Aside and Inform About TSR's Nefarious Acts Day. It was right after that festival. You know, the one with the cheap jewelry vendors and the pierogis and the Verizon booth and the beer. I was sleeping it off and forgot to look at the calendar.
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« Reply #96 on: 2009 July 31, 19:00:00 »
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So everything from TSR that has been pulled  to more awesome than you has been "cleaned" of their messiness at TSR?

I personally have not downloaded anything for TS3 at TSR. I read their forums, but I have never been directed to another site from there. Personally I do not care either way since I plan on spending NO MONEY there at all.

Also, I would like to read coconut's blog. Who is coconut? And where is this blog?
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« Reply #97 on: 2009 July 31, 19:06:28 »
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http://tsr.mustbedestroyed.org/

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« Reply #98 on: 2009 July 31, 19:18:25 »
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Thanks. What is SFV site they keep talking about? Also how do they know who is downloading from Paysites Must Be Destroyed?
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« Reply #99 on: 2009 July 31, 19:26:42 »
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SFV was Sims File Vault, a sort of precursor of PMBD. Now that task is covered at Sims Cave, Sharing Area.

Also how do they know who is downloading from Paysites Must Be Destroyed?

They don't, actually.
They could, in the beginning, because they embed a code/stamp (sort of) in their packages. Just like Peggy and Rose. Those files are presently disinfected at PMBD before being put in the booty for download, so they're safe.
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