To Maxis and the Sims Community: A Clarification of Position

[ EDIT 23/07/2025 ]

Since certain people in the Sims community clearly dislike me yet can’t seem to disengage, occasionally resurfacing just to offer irrelevant opinions, I’m going to simplify things for everyone. From now on, all posts will be locked behind a free membership tier as the first step in cutting ties.

Any user who shows up solely to leave ideological comments, moral accusations, or demand that I change my positions will be blocked—instantly, regardless of how much they’ve pledged. It’s a matter of logic: you have two choices.

1. Use the mods and say nothing.

2. Don’t use the mods and say nothing.

Anything outside this binary—complaints, tantrums, virtue signalling, or accusations of bigotry—has no logical place here. I’m not seeking approval, I don’t belong to your moral order, and I have no interest in your universalist values.

If you have complaints, my mods aren’t for you.

I will apply this rule with binary logic—no room for nuance, emotional appeals, or moralistic rhetoric. Terms like “homophobia” or “transphobia” used as tools of narrative coercion will result in an immediate block, no discussion. I have zero tolerance for manipulative framing.

I operate on tribal logic: I care only about those I choose to include.

This space is not a democracy. These are the new terms.

I’m writing this to clarify my stance, not to invite discussion. This is a boundary statement, not a plea for understanding. I do not see my

I’m writing this to clarify my stance, not to invite discussion. This is a boundary statement, not a plea for understanding.

I do not see myself as part of the “Sims community.” I am not interested in being liked, accepted, or included. The people in the "Sims community" are strangers. They have no more impact on my life than strangers I pass on the street. Their moral outrage is irrelevant. Their approval is unnecessary. This is a transaction, not a social contract.

I use The Sims as a platform for modding and writing: nothing more. I have no emotional attachment to the game. It isn’t even mine. I engage with it as a creative tool, and I share some of my output because it brings in money. That’s it. I create. People download, or don’t. I get paid, or not. The rest is noise.

What I do find insulting is the growing reliance on emotional appeals and ideological signalling in a game that is, objectively, technically poor. This is a high-cost product that delivers substandard value:

• The moon texture is low resolution.

• Features are frequently underdeveloped.

• Longstanding bugs persist across updates.

• The interface is bloated with disruptive pop-ups.

Rather than address any of this, Maxis has leaned into symbolic inclusion features, like pronoun options and identity prompts, as if gestures can compensate for a lack of competence. From my perspective, that’s not representation. That’s a deflection tactic.

People say, “If you don’t like it, don’t buy it.” I don’t, the one who owns the game does. I haven’t purchased recent expansions. I use what she owns. But let’s be honest: these ideological features are not released as optional content. They’re patched in after the fact, funded by everyone, and imposed on users who never asked for them. They didn’t pay for your ideology. They paid for a game engine. So I remove what I don’t want and share it. Not for political protest: simply because it degrades the product.

I am not participating in your moral performance. I’m not here to express values or take sides. I’ve already tried engaging ideologically in the past. I saw what that leads to: noise, bad-faith argument, and circular outrage. So now I work in silence. I strip what I find unnecessary, release what I want, and ignore the rest.

You are free to dislike my mods. You are free not to download them. You are free to be offended. What you are not entitled to is my compliance, my approval, or my participation in your narratives.

FAQ: “If all you care about is money, why won’t you make mods that align with our values to make more of it?”

Short answer:
Because I don’t like your community, and I have the right to choose my customer base.

Long answer:
It’s an ironic question coming from a space that routinely moralises about “grifting” when someone profits off values they don’t genuinely share. What you’re really asking is:

“Why won’t you fake alignment with us to extract our money?”

The answer remains the same: because I don’t like you. I’d rather earn less and avoid performative conformity than deal with:

• People demanding I alter my content to match ideological preferences

• Public outrage over language, tone, or opinions

• Constant moral policing and fake acceptance

The cost outweighs the benefit. Stress, scrutiny, and self-censorship aren’t worth a higher income. I prefer a smaller, more compatible audience where I can work on my terms without theatrical apology tours.

Same reason I don’t lock my mods behind paywalls. That means what I do is voluntary. Donations are optional, not transactional. You pay what you want, if you want. That keeps expectations minimal and freedom maximal.

That’s the model. That’s the logic. Take it or leave it.

I NEVER belonged to the LGBT community, or to any community. Not politically, not socially, not ideologically. I’ve never aligned with activist movements, identity collectives, or mainstream society at large.

And for the record:

Stop including me in your “communities.”

I didn’t join anything, and I never asked to be categorised. I don’t need your boxes, your labels, or your solidarity. Calling me part of something I never agreed to is ideological annexation—a rhetorical land grab. I’m not a file in your cabinet. I’m not a demographic. I’m not your ally, your enemy, or your story.

Keep your frameworks. I don’t need them. I’m not here to be sorted.

I renounced voting and civil participation years ago. I don’t believe in governments, political narratives, or cultural consensus. I don’t ask for inclusion, recognition, or affiliation. I live by the code I was raised with in an old hippie commune: mind your own business, do your own thing, don’t impose your worldview on others.

I don’t want politics imposed on me: left wing, right wing, up wing, down wing—any wing. It doesn’t matter. It’s that simple.

I mod what I want, how I want, on my terms. I’m not trying to pivot to anything, I’ve never been “in” to begin with.

You're projecting political drama onto someone who has nothing to do with your system, your tribes, or your expectations. I simply opted out.