As a Spaniard, I'm glad we have a more Mediterraneanish world. Also, the name of the world sounds quite similar to a Spanish town as well, though it is called Tortosa.
@@matthewboyajian9593 I'm not sure. I guess a refresh of the Vampires game pack, but then it seems to me they would have to do a whole naming of said pack to something dumb like "Twilight Game Pack". It makes more sense to me that they make a separate pack for werewolves.
I don’t know if im the only one who noticed this but I love how the “roads” look more like sidewalks rather than actual roads so there isn’t as much of an illusion of cars
as a southern european i really enjoyed to see our culture represented on the game, as a person from a smal country makes me really happy to see how our culture kinda is being actually represented, the buildings look amazing and super realistic (spanish, italy, portuguese and greek style) look pretty nice
I would also add croatia because waterfalls remind of Krka waterfalls in croatia and Markovic is clearly slavic last name so I think they had some inspiration in croatia to.
@@ellacielo8518 and no, but it's because I do not have Twitter. So I missed it, so I'm glad that she covered it on her channel, where she'll reach a larger portion of her audience.
I'm honestly surprised how many people actually like this world. Do we really have such small standards? This world had such potential however it's just dissapoiting. I live in a mediterranean country and this world is not it. If they wanted to acctualy get the spirite they should have put bars, caffes in the town, sand and rocky beatches, port with ships. Furthermore this is a wedding pack yet we got one wedding location. How about a church, boat, beach wedding etc. Furthermore country wedding with vineyards. They could have made one house/appartment in the centre livable where an old couple could live and furnishe it with older furniture. The only thing worth buying this pack is because of the world yet again it's half made. It's not worth the money.
EA and the Sims team had no intention of not releasing the pack in Russia. They used that as an excuse to push the pack back because weddings don't work. Y'all are so gullible. And the game changers "taking a stand" was only to help ea because if they showed the early access gameplay no one would buy the pack because it is bugged into oblivion
I'm delighted that the pack is being released in Russia now. But as Kayla said there's never been previous issues, the sims 4 is already marked as an 18+ game there, no laws would have been broken and given previous sims 4 content the team knew that. They are fully aware of what the laws are. It's EA for goodness sake, they have a huge legal team to tell them that. I want here to mention that I do not believe that the game changers, in any capacity, were informed of EAs plans and I fully appreciate every game changer that has publicly stood by the Russian community. However, the sequence of events is really odd. The statements made by EA are odd. I don't think we'll ever have proof of this but I do believe this controversy was planned for publicity. I think EA was hoping we'd all delight in them giving Russia the pack after these complications and see them as some sort of ambassador for LGBTQ+ rights. This whole situation seems to be a scummy scheme on EAs behalf. Again, I do not believe Kayla or any other game changer was involved in this. I think they reacted to the news at the same time as us and I'm so happy to see them stand up for what is right and have integrity in the matter. I'm delighted for the Russian players that wanted this pack, but at the same time I'm outraged at EA that the Russian community was targeted.
Might have something to do with the recent war threats regarding Ukraine, some passive aggressive cold war stances, maybe some investors at EA were being fussy and wanted to make a scene.
@@Frenchaboothis war started 8 years ago. its a little bit too late for this, dont u think? like they ignored it for 8 years and now started to "make an impact"? it doesnt look like they care about this war in the first place.
I think it has more to do with the laws against being gay in Russia. The sims has been trying to be as vocal as they can about lgbt+ issues however simmers are not impressed. This was probably a stunt to make more lgbt+ people believe they care more than they do.
@@shannonhensley2942 its not a law against being gay in russia, tho. Its okay as long as its +18, since we have our own films and shows with open lgbt+ couples, relationship. They knew about it since they didnt had any problems with Pets dlc and updates with flags, cloths. They just used Russia as an escape goat for their own goods. they dont care about lgbtq+ and especially lgbtq+ in russia. Just look how they expended russian law on all ex-USSR countries. they thought "its the same thing". they banned it in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. few days later they realized what russian laws do not expend to other countries. and few days later after everyone told them how this law actually works they unbanned it in russia. At first they were trying to blame it on russian gov but they are the one who were banning it. after this shitshow i have no interest to donate my money to them. they are clearly dont care about their own community. They used us to gain more "good company" points.
It has a name, it's called russophobia. It's not a secret that the US uses racial and ethnic hate as war propaganda, just see how they pourtray arabic and chinese people, and since EA is still a big US company, no wonder they want to associate russian people with queerphobia so much.
Im happy to see big simmers like Kayla, James, and Plumbella speak on the Russia situation. The world looks really good and I'm actually excited to play it now
it sounds so ignorant and exaggerated. they wouldn't have to censor anything in order to sell it in Russia🇷🇺 . but they would actually have to either censor or straight up not sell the pack in islamic countries such as saudi arabia.
"the sims team loves mazes for some reason" gave me sudden flashbacks to when everyone would make their home lot a maze with food and essentials in the middle 😂 sims might die trying to get to it... fun times
Reminds me of GrayStillPlays. He hasn't played the Sims in awhile, but when he did, he usually tortured his characters with mazes & other problematic layouts for the pathfinding.
@@rachelcookie321 Porto luminoso means Bright port, and Terra amorosa means Loving land. Then the lots, I can't seem to catch all of them, but there are Baia dell'amore which is Love's bay, Via romanza which idk how to translate but Romance Street sounds like it, then La coppia serena is The serene couple, Felicità sulla sabbia is Happiness on sand, Celebrazioni d'amore is Love celebrations, Piccola luce is The small light and idk what else I've missed lol
This is def gonna be a travel lot for me! It’s beautiful to live in but gives such a vacay vibe since I’m from the US but agreed lol the wedding stuff is gonna go
This is such a good world to build a hotel/resort, there's a place in this world that looks like an island, imagine if that lot was 64x64, it would be amazing to build a resort
As a Southern European, I'm really happy to finally see my culture represented in the Sims. Finally a place where I can put my traditional builds without them looking awkward because of all the North American looking builds in the background 😅😅
Yes, finally!! I live in the south of Italy and I never know where to put my Italian style houses. I often put them in the more lush area of Oasis Spings (where the Calientes live) because the architecture kinda fits but it’s still in the desert so it looks nothing like here.
Hi, I'm from Russia, and I'm very grateful that you didn't get past this situation. Thank you so much for your support. I really love you and your videos. (You help me a lot in learning English, your videos are wonderful!)
Hi, I really don't mean to be rude or ignorant here, but I'm dying to ask: what do you guys (the citizens of Russia) actually think about what's going on at the moment? Apparently ww3 is about to start 😢
@@MrsJolene- like everywhere else, we have people with different worldviews and views on the situation. I can say for myself that any war and any romanticization of war is a shame, especially in the 21st century. why do young people have to die over old farts who can't stick their ego up their ass and talk?
@Myles Riley listen I don't want to argue with you since you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Just go search up some of the stuff I said
@Myles Riley I think you need to know more about what you're talking about. Russia and America have no reason for war. Russia has a conflict with NATO and an unpleasant situation with Ukraine. But what is happening now is more like an information war. (Similar to the "Cold War" between Russia and America in the 1946-1980-ies) Propaganda and intimidation policy. It's a pity that in the Internet age, people still don't understand this.
@@gtfoffmyproperty Hm, I don't know if you know what you're talking about actually. "America wants to wipe out Russia to become the nr 1 country"? As if Russia is anywhere near being the top five... And if it wanted to improve, it would do better to invest in the future (education and economy) instead of building tanks and nukes. I'm European and what Russia is doing, invading Ukraine, sending troops to that bit of land next to the baltics to bully them, pressuring the NATO, kahooting with China against USA and EU,... That's all very serious. As if Russia isn't big enough already. Why are they so determined to take Ukraine? Listen to Kenya: when elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
i don't think we have to be excited about this gamepack having 9 lots.. because that is still much too little.. considering oasis springs, willow creek, windenburg has around 23 lots!! the free world newcrest has 15 lots!! and since del sol valley which has around 12 lots they give us worlds with less and less lots but we pay the same. So giving us a world with 9 lots doesn't mean we have to be excited since it is only a gamepack.. 9 lots is nothing in comparison with what they used to give us in the beginning! expansion pack worlds now have around 12-15 lots where they used to give us 23 lots!!! Just wanted to say something about it and i hope they listen..
there were already German-French climates, here we have southern Europe now I am waiting for Eastern Europe, I would be delighted if something Slavic appeared
Italian here, I confirm that it's an Italian world, the names are all in Italian :) (not talking about the world being inspired just by Italy, cause it's clearly not, just wanted to confirm that the names are all in Italian)
The lagoon area looks so much like the Praia Fluvial in Mina de Sao Domingos in Southern Portugal hahaha, I go there every year and as someone who is living in the UK and don't always get to go back home this is so nice to play with if I ever miss it!
I think the starter home being a little too expensive to be a starter home is a nod to how this is the DLC for more than one sims to enjoy, so if you create two sims you can afford it
I find it funny that it’s a start home on a private island. You’re just moving into the area, you don’t have a lot of money so you buy your own private island. Surely an expensive house would make more sense there.
The waterfalls remind me soo much of plitvice lakes in croatia and the fact that one family have Slavic last name kind of confirms my theory that they took inspiration from Croatia. I love this world!
@@xlifexwithxlithiumx Exactly they combined many different places.. If you look up pics you'll see that the world also looks alot like old town portion of Nice, France.
@@LightworkerLissa I find it weird they took inspiration of many so different cultures and architectural styles, it seems off and the final result doesn't look good to me 😭
It’s been that way for quite a while now. I don’t think EA has solely built the lots in a world since before Eco Lifestyle. That was 2020. (I think they collaborated for Eco Lifestyle a bit, but I could be wrong).
@@Kate09090 Not they didn’t up until the pack that came out after Eco lifestyle we had the builds that they made up until recently they just started collaborating with simmers. Also Eco lifestyle came out in June of 2020
@@yuhhbiscuit Ok so it wasn’t until Snowy Escape that they did the collabs? I mean I know that’s when it was when it was talked about more. There’s just one lot in Eco lifestyle that always looks too cool to me to have been built by EA. Also, thanks for the correction on the year. I’ll fix my comment. :)
Fun fact: Porto Luminoso in Portuguese means luminous harbour (Luminous means bright and/or shinning if you are unfamiliar with the word) and Terra Amorosa means Loving land. I thought this was a pretty cool detail
Same in Italian! I didn't know our languages were so similar! I'm happy with the fact that at least italians, greeks, spanish and portuguese can relate to the world! For sure the villa that heyharrie built is italian inspired. It's pretty obvious and also she said it in her last video. And the small house is for sure Greek inspired
Both luminoso and amorosa exist in Spanish, but porto doesn't, we say puerto XD I think the world's name Tartosa, is a bit of a butchering if the Spanish city named Tortosa.
Thank you so much for talking about russia situation, it means a world to us! Censorship here is getting more and more ridiculous each and every day, and the fact that it was influencing our precious game, that a lot of us have been playing since childhood and using it is as a better life simulator, was so devastating. Capitalism and poor management makes EA do awful stuff to their games a lot of times, but now we celebrate the one of not so many times that this EA pattern was ruined. Lots of love! русским приветик :) симс 4 далеко не самая любимая моя часть и я часто обращаюсь к прошлым частям, но этот исход все равно меня очень порадовал. надеюсь, новый пак будет очень крутым
apologies if you don't, well, care haha (I know a lot of people don't), but they're spelled censorship and celebrate, not scensorship and selebrate. hopefully this is helpful and not annoying!
@@shannons3419 uh try not to do that next time (the whole correcting thing lmao), it´s kinda rude to some people. Just be glad that they could write in a language that you understand and move on. Thx!
Summers taking a stand for Russian simmers warms my heart, they didn’t cancel cats and dogs, eco lifestyle or island living in Russia because they have a lgbtq+ household, so whys this any different?
Isn’t same sex marriage illegal in Russia tho? That’s probably why the censorship is specific to the wedding pack. Not that I support it lol just saying
@Anime Cupid yea, otherwise I don’t understand why they held back the release for the whole world. And Kayla said in this video there is still bugs they need patch which wouldn’t make sense if it was supposed to be released already,
The fact that they have a new world coming out actually clinched my decision to buy this. Because I'm someone who isn't as much into the gameplay as I am the decor and outfits and stuff and I LOVE the new hair, clothing and decor coming out for this pack. Them adding a new world really was the cherry on top. I spend a lot of my time on Sims dressing up the characters or building and designing houses. Or redesigning if I liked the concept but not the colors, etc. It's also super nice that it's got lots of lots to do things with. That was one major reason I skipped out on buying the Star Wars pack.
Agreed. I’ve kinda made my own by moving 2 sims in getting them to fall in love get married n have a kid lol then I move them out so it would be nice to make it more of a career option w stuff to do and progress. I usually do it w a photographer bc it fits
Seems like it would have been an obvious choice, right? Seamstress/tailor & bakery wouldn't hurt my feelings either. Imagine being able to have sims that bake cakes for a living (cupcake machine monstrosity aside) or sew wedding attire.
SOOOOO PLEASED that there's actually east asian representation!!! i offhandedly said i wanted a tea ceremony and the fact that they actually included it.... i'm so happy. seriously. can't wait to buy this pack.
Thank you from the bottom of my little russian heart, Kayla, your support means SO much to us!! I'm very happy that we went through this disaster as community :')))))
Ugh I love this world! It's so Italy and mediterranean inspired and reminds me of so many of the towns I've visited!! And the names of the lots are in Italian, one of them means "happiness in the sand" another means the "bay of love" and the starter home is "little light"! such cute names, such a beautiful world, honestly might buy the pack for just the world lol
Im sad that it’s not out today but I’m happy to wait if it means that our Russian friends get the game the same time we do 💛 Next week I’ll get this in a bundle with city living and… something else x’D need to choose the stuff pack.
I don’t really understand why they pushed the global release date back though. Now the whole world has to anxiously wait for the pack to be released instead of just Russian simmers. I was sad when I heard it had been pushed back because I was really excited for it.
I love that all the locations have Italian names it makes me so happy, I don't actually care about the gameplay i want to get the pack just for the world
I keep getting so excited for this pack, but then I remember that nearly all npcs that get invited to any weddings will immediately stick out/mess up the beautiful vibes of the lots and whatnot with their randomized formal outfits and of course that damn eyeball ring lmao.
Call me PLEASED. This seriously looks so cool, I genuinely cannot wait to get to this world. The amount of long paths kind of worries me because it's going to like, take forever for sims to get to places, but it's so picturesque that I'm willing to look past it haha. A work of art, this world.
There's also the city hall rabbit hole building where your sims can just elope if they don't want the whole big wedding thing. It's near the indian restaurant i believe.
me, a known aromantic: I am not the target audience for this wedding pack the wedding pack: here, look at this really cool world!! me: ...maybe I am the target audience for this pack after all
I was so sad that we were not going to get the pack and I didn’t see any updates on the situation, but to hear this wonderful news from you 🥺 I thought I would cry actually. The city is sooooo good! Defo going to get it hehe
I do wish they had released it today because I was looking forward to it but I’m really glad that the simmers in Russia get a chance to play this amazing pack as well so it’s worth another week of waiting
This world is stunning! It’s not anything like Sulani, it’s a totally different beach vibe. I also love how EA was sick of us trashing their builds, so they just pay simmers to do the builds now, and they’re all actually good builds 😂
Could also set up almost like a competing flower shop and make some use of that floral arranging skill, lol. But this world is gorgeous and definitely tipped me over to buying this pack. Weddings I'm eh about, but I am always up for new worlds!
As a European I love the fact that we are getting another European world. I build in all the worlds, but European houses are just my comfort zone, and I’d love to build some fancy European beach houses
When you opened the first lot I was like “oh wow that looks AMAZING! The sims team must be stepping up their building game” Kayla: “these lots were built by simmers” Me: “ohhh yes that makes MUCH more sense”
This is possibly one of the best looking worlds in the game. When I eventually get a new PC, I might make a new blank save of this world and create a small Principality out of it.
Thanks for the review! The world is “pretty” for the TS4 standards, but if there’s not much to do outside building and swimming in the waterfall, I don’t think I’m going to play much with it. Also, I hate the wedding event so much that I usually just marry my sims at home with no ceremony (they should add a wedding registration procedure to submit to the city hall via mail or pc though), so I see no use for any wedding hall. Hahaha! XD Also, if they wanted to be Italy inspired, I’m sorry to say it, but I fear they failed a bit (the Italian names for the neighborhoods are ok though).
I was planning to boycott the pack with great sadness. I still believe the initial decision by EA was political. I was amazed and really happy that so many people stood with Russian simmers and campaigned for the pack to be released in Russia. Kayla's support was really key. I was so happy to see that. I don't mind waiting a week. I wasn't going to buy it, but now I will and I can't wait to play it. Simmers are from all over the world, but really we all live in Willow Creek and Oasis Springs etc. We bring each other fruitcake and kick each other's trashcans over. We're neighbours. I'm so glad that we can stick up for one another.
I’m happy it’s being released in Russia but I’m sad that the global release was pushed back. I was really looking forward to it and now I’m sad i have to wait another week.
@@andreamyob9458 yea, it doesn’t seem ready for release which is weird since it was supposed to be released already. Someone said it felt like they did this to try make more time to fix the bugs and that idea doesn’t seem far fetched. It definitely isn’t at the point it should be for release so I’m surprised they were gonna release it.
I like that sims content created help make the buildings. They are nicer than builds made strictly by EA, but the starters be too expensive when they do sometimes. I noticed the issue with cottage living. Barely had any place for my new sim to move to.
I'm not big on the wedding play. But...this world is amazing! I just wish there was at least one fully usable lot in the little downtown section. But other than that...I absolutely love it. I can't wait to play in this world.
I'm curious how are they going to name those places in the Spanish or Portuguese translation of the game ^^' may will they write it in English? "Luminous port" 😅
I do want to put out there that changing their minds and releasing the pack in Russia is not the same as acknowledging the hurt they caused Russian players. At no point in their letter did they ever apologize for the hurt they caused. I personally can't imagine being told that there's a new game pack but I'm not allowed to play it. I think the Sims Team owes the Russian players one of their famous "We see you, we hear you, you are important to us." I'm just saying 🙄
My heart actually grew a few sizes when I saw that those townies have a Croatian surname, also the world is inspired by Croatia, Italy and the Mediterranian. Finally some representation, I can't wait to put my families in this awesome world😍
I'm sure you've already seen the article, but Sims Community just did a review thing about how you can't plan a wedding at the wedding venue and I was wondering if that's just because of early access and it not being finalized yet? But if it was supposed to be out this week, that seems like a terrible glitch/failure on their part. That's the entire point of the pack for some people.
i love the idea that the sims team got so tired of simmers shitting on their lots they were like "FINE, you do it then!"
And then they did a better job lol
Some of the Sims team builds are so bad it's got to be on purpose. They're just daring players to redo them.
hopefully they paid them
why pay employees when you can get other people to do it for free.
@@katherine7444 they do get paid! Kayla said when she built lots for snowy escape they all got paid for it!
As an Italian, I love how this pack has Italian names for the lot and the neighbourhood…
che emozione ci caga qualcuno
@@serenaluceri5941 si😭
actually, the neighborhood’s name is a real town in Spain (in tarragona) just fyi…
As a Spaniard, I'm glad we have a more Mediterraneanish world. Also, the name of the world sounds quite similar to a Spanish town as well, though it is called Tortosa.
@@carla-tb4sd the name of the world is Tartosa, and the real town is called Tortosa XD It is in Catalonia, so fully Mediterranean, I'm so exited.
No one:
Kayla every single time a new world comes out: omg all my sims are going to get engaged here
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Is for the way you look at me
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@@batteryaciddrinker1697 is for the only one for me
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Kayla: The grandma is ancient, look at this!
Dan: *totally cuts out what Kayla wanted to show*
i'm laughing dflkdsjfkdsj i haven't noticed it while watching
Do you want to see Werewolves in a pack or a refresh?
@@matthewboyajian9593 I'm not sure. I guess a refresh of the Vampires game pack, but then it seems to me they would have to do a whole naming of said pack to something dumb like "Twilight Game Pack". It makes more sense to me that they make a separate pack for werewolves.
I was so confused!!
I noticed that too xD
This is gonna be the world that my sims will live in every save
When I buy this pack I’m using this world all the time I feel you bestie 😂.
lol I love this world but also I would continue to use other worlds
Agreed
YES, I WANTED TO LIVE SOMEWHERE THAT LOOKS LIKE MALTA IN SIMS 4 AND NOW MY DREAMS WILL COME TRUE😭😭😭😭
For me that world is San Myshuno lol
I don’t know if im the only one who noticed this but I love how the “roads” look more like sidewalks rather than actual roads so there isn’t as much of an illusion of cars
Do you want to see Werewolves in a pack or a refresh?
that’s what older streets look like in Spain, Italy etc I love it
@@gina1074 Yep, I live in Germany and the city center doesn't even allow cars, it's so nice and calm and very beautiful
The world is truly the selling point for this pack.
I don't even care that the pack is a buggy mess because I'm really only buying it for the world lol
yup and that's it
this says so much about the sims 4. truly a horrible game (compared to the older games of the franchise ofc)
I’m only buying it for the world… I care nothing about weddings…
Definitely
"Im taking notes for my own builds" she says knowing full well she will never stray from grandma's base game furniture in a blue suburban 😂
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Kayla: “Simmers built all the lots. This means that all the lots are like… nice.
Sims team: you could have at least said sorry!
This could not be any more true 😂
Jesus loves you 🤍 have a awesome day
I have no remorse for the past sims builds 😂 🤣
😂😂😂
as a southern european i really enjoyed to see our culture represented on the game, as a person from a smal country makes me really happy to see how our culture kinda is being actually represented, the buildings look amazing and super realistic (spanish, italy, portuguese and greek style) look pretty nice
I would also add croatia because waterfalls remind of Krka waterfalls in croatia and Markovic is clearly slavic last name so I think they had some inspiration in croatia to.
Do you want to see Werewolves in a pack or a refresh?
im so jealous of u i’d love to live there
@@magdalenahrg I came here to comment exactly this hahaha. The second I saw the waterfall in the Livestream I went "Omg Krka!"
i’m glad she’s talking about the issue and establishing her stance
Did you see her tweets? 💜
Yeah I agree!
@@ellacielo8518 and no, but it's because I do not have Twitter. So I missed it, so I'm glad that she covered it on her channel, where she'll reach a larger portion of her audience.
Jesus loves you 🤍 have a awesome day
would love if she actually tackled all the other issues with EA and the game, instead only speaking up about something so obvious
I'm honestly surprised how many people actually like this world. Do we really have such small standards? This world had such potential however it's just dissapoiting. I live in a mediterranean country and this world is not it. If they wanted to acctualy get the spirite they should have put bars, caffes in the town, sand and rocky beatches, port with ships. Furthermore this is a wedding pack yet we got one wedding location. How about a church, boat, beach wedding etc. Furthermore country wedding with vineyards. They could have made one house/appartment in the centre livable where an old couple could live and furnishe it with older furniture. The only thing worth buying this pack is because of the world yet again it's half made. It's not worth the money.
⬆️ Best comment so far! ⬆️
And the fact it was SO rainy. Idk about you but I don’t associate rainy cloudy days everyday with the mediterranean.
why are you mad that people aren’t miserable like you
I so agree with you.
The Gamechangers were actual gamechangers this time around, thank you for taking a stand ❤️
I'm so proud of all of them
There was no reason to take a stand, EA is just full of shit lol
EA and the Sims team had no intention of not releasing the pack in Russia. They used that as an excuse to push the pack back because weddings don't work. Y'all are so gullible. And the game changers "taking a stand" was only to help ea because if they showed the early access gameplay no one would buy the pack because it is bugged into oblivion
@@maddy2860
And you "know" this how?
@@meltedprincess
Maybe Russia shouldn't have such inhumane laws
I'm delighted that the pack is being released in Russia now. But as Kayla said there's never been previous issues, the sims 4 is already marked as an 18+ game there, no laws would have been broken and given previous sims 4 content the team knew that. They are fully aware of what the laws are. It's EA for goodness sake, they have a huge legal team to tell them that.
I want here to mention that I do not believe that the game changers, in any capacity, were informed of EAs plans and I fully appreciate every game changer that has publicly stood by the Russian community.
However, the sequence of events is really odd. The statements made by EA are odd. I don't think we'll ever have proof of this but I do believe this controversy was planned for publicity. I think EA was hoping we'd all delight in them giving Russia the pack after these complications and see them as some sort of ambassador for LGBTQ+ rights. This whole situation seems to be a scummy scheme on EAs behalf.
Again, I do not believe Kayla or any other game changer was involved in this. I think they reacted to the news at the same time as us and I'm so happy to see them stand up for what is right and have integrity in the matter. I'm delighted for the Russian players that wanted this pack, but at the same time I'm outraged at EA that the Russian community was targeted.
Might have something to do with the recent war threats regarding Ukraine, some passive aggressive cold war stances, maybe some investors at EA were being fussy and wanted to make a scene.
@@Frenchaboothis war started 8 years ago. its a little bit too late for this, dont u think? like they ignored it for 8 years and now started to "make an impact"? it doesnt look like they care about this war in the first place.
I think it has more to do with the laws against being gay in Russia. The sims has been trying to be as vocal as they can about lgbt+ issues however simmers are not impressed. This was probably a stunt to make more lgbt+ people believe they care more than they do.
@@shannonhensley2942 its not a law against being gay in russia, tho. Its okay as long as its +18, since we have our own films and shows with open lgbt+ couples, relationship. They knew about it since they didnt had any problems with Pets dlc and updates with flags, cloths. They just used Russia as an escape goat for their own goods. they dont care about lgbtq+ and especially lgbtq+ in russia. Just look how they expended russian law on all ex-USSR countries. they thought "its the same thing". they banned it in Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. few days later they realized what russian laws do not expend to other countries. and few days later after everyone told them how this law actually works they unbanned it in russia. At first they were trying to blame it on russian gov but they are the one who were banning it. after this shitshow i have no interest to donate my money to them. they are clearly dont care about their own community. They used us to gain more "good company" points.
It has a name, it's called russophobia. It's not a secret that the US uses racial and ethnic hate as war propaganda, just see how they pourtray arabic and chinese people, and since EA is still a big US company, no wonder they want to associate russian people with queerphobia so much.
Im happy to see big simmers like Kayla, James, and Plumbella speak on the Russia situation. The world looks really good and I'm actually excited to play it now
Same I was really disappointed about the whole thing but I’m glad it’s resolved.
it sounds so ignorant and exaggerated. they wouldn't have to censor anything in order to sell it in Russia🇷🇺 . but they would actually have to either censor or straight up not sell the pack in islamic countries such as saudi arabia.
Yes !!
@@kiriakos.17 I mean especially as there is barely anything to censor in this pack. That's one of the most empty packs since Batuu.
Should've been banned
The world is insanely cool, yet I remember the time of the sims 2 and 3 when we bought packs for the actual gameplay, not for beautiful screenshots
😳☕️
"the sims team loves mazes for some reason"
gave me sudden flashbacks to when everyone would make their home lot a maze with food and essentials in the middle 😂 sims might die trying to get to it... fun times
In sims 2 all my houses had a maze and graveyard.
Reminds me of GrayStillPlays. He hasn't played the Sims in awhile, but when he did, he usually tortured his characters with mazes & other problematic layouts for the pathfinding.
@@ArbitruaryLemon35 YES i loved those videos! They were so funny
A pool-maze
That’s what I was thinking. It’s a nod to some OG gameplay!
So nice to see Slavic surname, the Markovic family. It is pronounced Markovich and this town is beautifuuuul🥰
Yeah I only wish that in the Livestream they'd pronounced it authentically but I do know that's just me being picky XD
The fact that the lot and neighbourhoods mean romantic things in Italian is so cute
What are the meanings?
@@rachelcookie321 Porto luminoso means Bright port, and Terra amorosa means Loving land. Then the lots, I can't seem to catch all of them, but there are Baia dell'amore which is Love's bay, Via romanza which idk how to translate but Romance Street sounds like it, then La coppia serena is The serene couple, Felicità sulla sabbia is Happiness on sand, Celebrazioni d'amore is Love celebrations, Piccola luce is The small light and idk what else I've missed lol
@@gaiaiori1455 thank you for all the meanings! It’s very interesting.
As an Italian, I can confirm that they inspired to Italy.
All the lots have Italian names, and to me it looks a little like Capri!
Cannot wait to remove every wedding related stuff and make it just a cute little Mediterrarean world 🤩
Same! 😅🥰
for real. Im going to make this propper mediterranean
American over here LMAO! 🤣😂 Go for it! 👍
Yeah, same. Gonna keep one wedding venue (to exchange lots on depending on the occasion) and throw the rest out 💁🏼♂️
This is def gonna be a travel lot for me! It’s beautiful to live in but gives such a vacay vibe since I’m from the US but agreed lol the wedding stuff is gonna go
This is such a good world to build a hotel/resort, there's a place in this world that looks like an island, imagine if that lot was 64x64, it would be amazing to build a resort
14:28 she shows the island 😍
As a Southern European, I'm really happy to finally see my culture represented in the Sims. Finally a place where I can put my traditional builds without them looking awkward because of all the North American looking builds in the background 😅😅
It's so beautiful, right!!!!!
im from greece and i couldnt agree more.
@André Coelho Hey, I'm a fellow Northern Tuga :)
Yes, finally!! I live in the south of Italy and I never know where to put my Italian style houses. I often put them in the more lush area of Oasis Spings (where the Calientes live) because the architecture kinda fits but it’s still in the desert so it looks nothing like here.
yup, im from Portugal and it looks so good :D
I wish they would make a "take a walk" action outside of Snowy Escape for Sims to walk around
There's a self-interaction for Mindful Walk you could use?
Hi, I'm from Russia, and I'm very grateful that you didn't get past this situation. Thank you so much for your support. I really love you and your videos. (You help me a lot in learning English, your videos are wonderful!)
Hi, I really don't mean to be rude or ignorant here, but I'm dying to ask: what do you guys (the citizens of Russia) actually think about what's going on at the moment?
Apparently ww3 is about to start 😢
@@MrsJolene- like everywhere else, we have people with different worldviews and views on the situation. I can say for myself that any war and any romanticization of war is a shame, especially in the 21st century. why do young people have to die over old farts who can't stick their ego up their ass and talk?
@Myles Riley listen I don't want to argue with you since you clearly have no idea what you're talking about. Just go search up some of the stuff I said
@Myles Riley I think you need to know more about what you're talking about. Russia and America have no reason for war. Russia has a conflict with NATO and an unpleasant situation with Ukraine. But what is happening now is more like an information war. (Similar to the "Cold War" between Russia and America in the 1946-1980-ies) Propaganda and intimidation policy. It's a pity that in the Internet age, people still don't understand this.
@@gtfoffmyproperty Hm, I don't know if you know what you're talking about actually.
"America wants to wipe out Russia to become the nr 1 country"? As if Russia is anywhere near being the top five...
And if it wanted to improve, it would do better to invest in the future (education and economy) instead of building tanks and nukes.
I'm European and what Russia is doing, invading Ukraine, sending troops to that bit of land next to the baltics to bully them, pressuring the NATO, kahooting with China against USA and EU,...
That's all very serious. As if Russia isn't big enough already.
Why are they so determined to take Ukraine?
Listen to Kenya: when elephants fight, it's the grass that suffers.
i don't think we have to be excited about this gamepack having 9 lots.. because that is still much too little.. considering oasis springs, willow creek, windenburg has around 23 lots!! the free world newcrest has 15 lots!! and since del sol valley which has around 12 lots they give us worlds with less and less lots but we pay the same. So giving us a world with 9 lots doesn't mean we have to be excited since it is only a gamepack.. 9 lots is nothing in comparison with what they used to give us in the beginning! expansion pack worlds now have around 12-15 lots where they used to give us 23 lots!!! Just wanted to say something about it and i hope they listen..
A wedding pack would usually be the last one on my list, but DAMN this new world is beautiful!
Do you want to see Werewolves in a pack or a refresh?
same i would just buy it for the world
I mean i am starting the leaagacy but gurl this world is beautifully designed
there were already German-French climates, here we have southern Europe
now I am waiting for Eastern Europe, I would be delighted if something Slavic appeared
Give 👏 Us👏 The👏 Slavic👏 Representation👏 We👏 Deserve! 👏
it could be really cool. Tracksuits for cas, concrete walls and maybe even old war machinery casually lying around serving as whohoo spots
Italian here, I confirm that it's an Italian world, the names are all in Italian :)
(not talking about the world being inspired just by Italy, cause it's clearly not, just wanted to confirm that the names are all in Italian)
I feel like there was a lot of Croatian inspiration too, considering the townies' names.
@@Frenchaboo yeah, the last name came definitely from our side of the Adriatic :P and the waterfalls kinda look like the ones on the Krka river :)
Yup, it's gonna be fun earing how the places' names are gonna be pronounced 😂
yes!! I loved seeing that
The neighborhood's names are in Portuguese! I think it's a whole Mediterranian mashup :)
The lagoon area looks so much like the Praia Fluvial in Mina de Sao Domingos in Southern Portugal hahaha, I go there every year and as someone who is living in the UK and don't always get to go back home this is so nice to play with if I ever miss it!
I think the starter home being a little too expensive to be a starter home is a nod to how this is the DLC for more than one sims to enjoy, so if you create two sims you can afford it
I find it funny that it’s a start home on a private island. You’re just moving into the area, you don’t have a lot of money so you buy your own private island. Surely an expensive house would make more sense there.
@@rachelcookie321 maybe it's in the flood plane
@@Grant-dx3qt Oh it absolute is. It's like 4 feet above the ocean.
I want to make a sim that lives in this wedding town, and is a non committal wedding crasher.
The waterfalls remind me soo much of plitvice lakes in croatia and the fact that one family have Slavic last name kind of confirms my theory that they took inspiration from Croatia. I love this world!
They said they took inspiration from many Mediterranean places not just one so yeah Croatia might be part of it :)
this waterfall and brige reminded me Krk in Croatia that I visited last summer and this is like reliving those happy memories but in game )
@@xlifexwithxlithiumx Exactly they combined many different places.. If you look up pics you'll see that the world also looks alot like old town portion of Nice, France.
@@LightworkerLissa I find it weird they took inspiration of many so different cultures and architectural styles, it seems off and the final result doesn't look good to me 😭
I almost cried when I saw Markovic 😭 my balkan soul went 💞💓💕
summary of this video: "CAN YOU IMAGINE YOUR SIMS GETTING ENGAGED HERE??"
and that's how you know that the world is PRETTY
I’m glad that the builds were built by simmers instead of the sims team because we all know the history with EA and building.
It’s been that way for quite a while now. I don’t think EA has solely built the lots in a world since before Eco Lifestyle. That was 2020.
(I think they collaborated for Eco Lifestyle a bit, but I could be wrong).
@@Kate09090 Not they didn’t up until the pack that came out after Eco lifestyle we had the builds that they made up until recently they just started collaborating with simmers.
Also Eco lifestyle came out in June of 2020
@@yuhhbiscuit
Ok so it wasn’t until Snowy Escape that they did the collabs? I mean I know that’s when it was when it was talked about more. There’s just one lot in Eco lifestyle that always looks too cool to me to have been built by EA.
Also, thanks for the correction on the year. I’ll fix my comment. :)
@@Kate09090 yeah ea didn’t build in eco lifestyle but I think they hired gamechangers for snowy escape I think.
Lmao
Fun fact: Porto Luminoso in Portuguese means luminous harbour (Luminous means bright and/or shinning if you are unfamiliar with the word) and Terra Amorosa means Loving land. I thought this was a pretty cool detail
Same in Italian! I didn't know our languages were so similar!
I'm happy with the fact that at least italians, greeks, spanish and portuguese can relate to the world!
For sure the villa that heyharrie built is italian inspired. It's pretty obvious and also she said it in her last video. And the small house is for sure Greek inspired
They did say in the livestream there is supposed to be luminous algae or something in the water there. They seem to have really done their research.
I love this fun fact! Thanks for sharing!!
Both luminoso and amorosa exist in Spanish, but porto doesn't, we say puerto XD I think the world's name Tartosa, is a bit of a butchering if the Spanish city named Tortosa.
Thank you so much for talking about russia situation, it means a world to us! Censorship here is getting more and more ridiculous each and every day, and the fact that it was influencing our precious game, that a lot of us have been playing since childhood and using it is as a better life simulator, was so devastating. Capitalism and poor management makes EA do awful stuff to their games a lot of times, but now we celebrate the one of not so many times that this EA pattern was ruined. Lots of love!
русским приветик :) симс 4 далеко не самая любимая моя часть и я часто обращаюсь к прошлым частям, но этот исход все равно меня очень порадовал. надеюсь, новый пак будет очень крутым
So glad you guys can have the same experience as the rest of us, lots of love from the US🙏
apologies if you don't, well, care haha (I know a lot of people don't), but they're spelled censorship and celebrate, not scensorship and selebrate. hopefully this is helpful and not annoying!
@@shannons3419 they also wrote unfluencing instead of influencing.
@@shannons3419 English clearly isn’t their first language… they tried their best
@@shannons3419 uh try not to do that next time (the whole correcting thing lmao), it´s kinda rude to some people. Just be glad that they could write in a language that you understand and move on. Thx!
The one thing that baffles me is Why the lighthouse isn't a woohoo spot - would have been perfect!
Summers taking a stand for Russian simmers warms my heart, they didn’t cancel cats and dogs, eco lifestyle or island living in Russia because they have a lgbtq+ household, so whys this any different?
No one will ever really know but it’s probably a mixture of bug fixes and inter political tensions.
@@nickolasortiz3919 bingo
Isn’t same sex marriage illegal in Russia tho? That’s probably why the censorship is specific to the wedding pack. Not that I support it lol just saying
@@marakahl fictional weddings? no, lol
@Anime Cupid yea, otherwise I don’t understand why they held back the release for the whole world. And Kayla said in this video there is still bugs they need patch which wouldn’t make sense if it was supposed to be released already,
The fact that they have a new world coming out actually clinched my decision to buy this. Because I'm someone who isn't as much into the gameplay as I am the decor and outfits and stuff and I LOVE the new hair, clothing and decor coming out for this pack. Them adding a new world really was the cherry on top. I spend a lot of my time on Sims dressing up the characters or building and designing houses. Or redesigning if I liked the concept but not the colors, etc. It's also super nice that it's got lots of lots to do things with. That was one major reason I skipped out on buying the Star Wars pack.
I really, really wish there was a wedding planner career in the pack.
Agreed. I’ve kinda made my own by moving 2 sims in getting them to fall in love get married n have a kid lol then I move them out so it would be nice to make it more of a career option w stuff to do and progress. I usually do it w a photographer bc it fits
Seems like it would have been an obvious choice, right? Seamstress/tailor & bakery wouldn't hurt my feelings either. Imagine being able to have sims that bake cakes for a living (cupcake machine monstrosity aside) or sew wedding attire.
@@ChrisJohnsonCJs-Kitchen well you can already run a bakery in get to work so it seems weird to add that into this pack too.
@@rachelcookie321 true, but maybe a free lance Baker career with the gigs being weddings, birthday cakes, and such? That would be so cute
@@Pinktish My thought exactly. More of a niche baker.
Not me crying at the Mediterranean inspired world and the Italian words, I'm so happy
I'm so, so glad to hear they took criticism and are releasing it for Russia unaltered :))
SOOOOO PLEASED that there's actually east asian representation!!! i offhandedly said i wanted a tea ceremony and the fact that they actually included it.... i'm so happy. seriously. can't wait to buy this pack.
Thank you from the bottom of my little russian heart, Kayla, your support means SO much to us!! I'm very happy that we went through this disaster as community :')))))
Ugh I love this world! It's so Italy and mediterranean inspired and reminds me of so many of the towns I've visited!! And the names of the lots are in Italian, one of them means "happiness in the sand" another means the "bay of love" and the starter home is "little light"! such cute names, such a beautiful world, honestly might buy the pack for just the world lol
Yes! Reminds me of Positiano, so fun.
Im sad that it’s not out today but I’m happy to wait if it means that our Russian friends get the game the same time we do 💛
Next week I’ll get this in a bundle with city living and… something else x’D need to choose the stuff pack.
If you don’t have it already I really enjoy the tiny living pack and vintage glamour really speaks to my vintage loving self
I'd definitely recommend tiny living and paranormal
Tiny living is my personal favorite
Tiny living def
I don’t really understand why they pushed the global release date back though. Now the whole world has to anxiously wait for the pack to be released instead of just Russian simmers. I was sad when I heard it had been pushed back because I was really excited for it.
I love that all the locations have Italian names it makes me so happy, I don't actually care about the gameplay i want to get the pack just for the world
love that the laurent family is supposed to have this huge mansion and have a stronghold on the wedding industry... with only 20k simoleons
I'm italian and the names they used for the lots are in italian, I'm glad we finally got representation in this game
I keep getting so excited for this pack, but then I remember that nearly all npcs that get invited to any weddings will immediately stick out/mess up the beautiful vibes of the lots and whatnot with their randomized formal outfits and of course that damn eyeball ring lmao.
Call me PLEASED. This seriously looks so cool, I genuinely cannot wait to get to this world. The amount of long paths kind of worries me because it's going to like, take forever for sims to get to places, but it's so picturesque that I'm willing to look past it haha. A work of art, this world.
There's also the city hall rabbit hole building where your sims can just elope if they don't want the whole big wedding thing. It's near the indian restaurant i believe.
Oh that's right, she forgot to show it, didn't she. I love that they included that option.
this world looks awesome to build like. encanto builds in! casita is so colorful and would be so fun to see in this world
me, a known aromantic: I am not the target audience for this wedding pack
the wedding pack: here, look at this really cool world!!
me: ...maybe I am the target audience for this pack after all
I was so sad that we were not going to get the pack and I didn’t see any updates on the situation, but to hear this wonderful news from you 🥺 I thought I would cry actually. The city is sooooo good! Defo going to get it hehe
I do wish they had released it today because I was looking forward to it but I’m really glad that the simmers in Russia get a chance to play this amazing pack as well so it’s worth another week of waiting
Idk if it’s because I’m European but I actually find this world kinda tacky. It low key gives me fake Las Vegas Italy vibes
Thank you for the explanation in the beginning! So glad everyone can get the game now so we can all enjoy this new beautiful world
I just realized that you’re channel turns a year old tomorrow.
@@yuhhbiscuit channel twins!
@@Draeyad Happy early anniversary!!!!
Literally the first build i made when we got retail lots was a bridal shop, now here we are.
Who else is excited about the pack? 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉
This world is stunning! It’s not anything like Sulani, it’s a totally different beach vibe.
I also love how EA was sick of us trashing their builds, so they just pay simmers to do the builds now, and they’re all actually good builds 😂
Cool! The area names are Italian!!!
And the names of the lot! SO COOL (I'm Italian btw-)
Could also set up almost like a competing flower shop and make some use of that floral arranging skill, lol. But this world is gorgeous and definitely tipped me over to buying this pack. Weddings I'm eh about, but I am always up for new worlds!
one of the best packs i’ve seen as far as the world and builds!! i’m so proud
As a European I love the fact that we are getting another European world. I build in all the worlds, but European houses are just my comfort zone, and I’d love to build some fancy European beach houses
I have 4 modern German houses because they keep being advertised to me 😂
When you opened the first lot I was like “oh wow that looks AMAZING! The sims team must be stepping up their building game”
Kayla: “these lots were built by simmers”
Me: “ohhh yes that makes MUCH more sense”
This is possibly one of the best looking worlds in the game. When I eventually get a new PC, I might make a new blank save of this world and create a small Principality out of it.
Principality?
@@rachelcookie321 It's a Monarchial state in which the ruler is a Prince. Monaco for example is a Principality.
Thanks for the review!
The world is “pretty” for the TS4 standards, but if there’s not much to do outside building and swimming in the waterfall, I don’t think I’m going to play much with it. Also, I hate the wedding event so much that I usually just marry my sims at home with no ceremony (they should add a wedding registration procedure to submit to the city hall via mail or pc though), so I see no use for any wedding hall. Hahaha! XD
Also, if they wanted to be Italy inspired, I’m sorry to say it, but I fear they failed a bit (the Italian names for the neighborhoods are ok though).
Hoping this world fills the void in my heart that Monte Vista left. That was my favorite TS3 world.
Yes! Same here. I still jump into Monte Vista sometimes.
I literally bought The Sims 3 FOR Monte Vista. No joke. I wasn't convinced the game would be worth my money until that world came out.
I was planning to boycott the pack with great sadness. I still believe the initial decision by EA was political. I was amazed and really happy that so many people stood with Russian simmers and campaigned for the pack to be released in Russia. Kayla's support was really key. I was so happy to see that. I don't mind waiting a week. I wasn't going to buy it, but now I will and I can't wait to play it.
Simmers are from all over the world, but really we all live in Willow Creek and Oasis Springs etc. We bring each other fruitcake and kick each other's trashcans over. We're neighbours. I'm so glad that we can stick up for one another.
I’m happy it’s being released in Russia but I’m sad that the global release was pushed back. I was really looking forward to it and now I’m sad i have to wait another week.
@@rachelcookie321 Hopefully they will use that time to fix the really bad bugs that it seems to have
@@andreamyob9458 yea, it doesn’t seem ready for release which is weird since it was supposed to be released already. Someone said it felt like they did this to try make more time to fix the bugs and that idea doesn’t seem far fetched. It definitely isn’t at the point it should be for release so I’m surprised they were gonna release it.
I’ve been excited for this pack. And hope the push back leads to less bugs.
I'm not really one for doing Sims wedding but I think if I did get this pack it would just be for the World. The world is stunning and beautiful 😍
also, thank you, I’m Russian and I appreciate you talking about the situation
I like that sims content created help make the buildings. They are nicer than builds made strictly by EA, but the starters be too expensive when they do sometimes. I noticed the issue with cottage living. Barely had any place for my new sim to move to.
OH MY GOD TARTOSA'S LOTS ALL HAVE ITALIAN NAMES, I'M SO EXCITED
The second home and the town square next to the beach gives me Catalina Island vibes
We got more lots in this pack than we did in Get Famous
Omg yes
right. Del Sol Valley was a huge city but we still got around 5 lots..
Actually get famous had eleven and one hidden lot
this world was still better as del sol valley was very generic and the huge city in the view from the hills is just a backdrop.
This world is making the wedding pack /very/ tempting - so beautiful! Excited to see the game play.
I am SO happy that EA realized they messed up big time. Reading Twitter threads and thoughts from Sims Community really broke my heart.
Tartosa totally reminds me of St.Augustine, Florida!
…can’t really build a wedding dress store when the mannequins from Get to Work are still crashing the game… Interesting they never fixed it
I live the Italian representation with the names of the lots, the landscape and architecture of the houses!!🇮🇹🇮🇹 can’t wait for the release!😍
I'm not big on the wedding play. But...this world is amazing! I just wish there was at least one fully usable lot in the little downtown section. But other than that...I absolutely love it. I can't wait to play in this world.
Yea, even if it was just like a park that you can use for fast travel, seemed a bit weird having that whole area have no lots.
I love new worlds, they’re so fun to explore and play around with!
I can't wait for the video where you find out you can't actually have weddings on wedding venues in the early access
Just wanted to point out that they did that stall/building combo in Realm of Magic already.
Really glad you waited to release content around the pack until the sims agreed to release the pack for everyone.
I'm curious how are they going to name those places in the Spanish or Portuguese translation of the game ^^' may will they write it in English? "Luminous port" 😅
the sims made an italian world omg im italian and finally have a world based off my country im so happy
I do want to put out there that changing their minds and releasing the pack in Russia is not the same as acknowledging the hurt they caused Russian players. At no point in their letter did they ever apologize for the hurt they caused. I personally can't imagine being told that there's a new game pack but I'm not allowed to play it. I think the Sims Team owes the Russian players one of their famous "We see you, we hear you, you are important to us." I'm just saying 🙄
I can see myself using the beach wedding venue and replacing the original wedding venue with another residential lot.
I've never really been hyped for packs but this has got me hyped
Me: reads the statement. Totally supports this decision.
Also me: Immediately forgets and wonders why I couldn't buy it on the 18th 🤣
I can’t wait for this! I love having weddings for my Sims and I’m sooo tired of them always being at Central Park.
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Actually I didn't plan to buy this pack but OMG how beautiful is this world? 😍 I want to live there myself.
My heart actually grew a few sizes when I saw that those townies have a Croatian surname, also the world is inspired by Croatia, Italy and the Mediterranian. Finally some representation, I can't wait to put my families in this awesome world😍
Happy for Russia but I'm right pissed for having to wait 😤
I'm sure you've already seen the article, but Sims Community just did a review thing about how you can't plan a wedding at the wedding venue and I was wondering if that's just because of early access and it not being finalized yet? But if it was supposed to be out this week, that seems like a terrible glitch/failure on their part. That's the entire point of the pack for some people.
*thank you so much for always uploading content for us. we see how hard you work, thank you*