HU: Freebie Cereal Killer Fun Pack for DSA's Scream Contest
mrsparky
Posts: 248
Q. What do you call a cornflake hating teddy bear armed with a chainsaw?
A. A Cereal Killer of course ! :)
Created as an extra fun bonus for all participants of the DSA January Contest: Scream.
http://www.dreamslayerartworks.com/eastwing/index.php?topic=5365.0
This set contains the following items (all in poser prop .PP2 format):
#1: ToonChainsaw, with seriously silly over sized blades.
With one set of 1024x1024 textures suitable for close up artwork.
#2: ToonMask. In the style of a famous Horror movie icon the mask comes with side straps.
The idea being you can hide the side straps under the poser character's hair.
#3: Food Boxes. A basic box with a spoof texture set.
3 variations. 1 Clean, 1 Dirty. 1 Ripped - well he is a cereal killer after all :)
#4: FakeLightFloor. A simple but incredibly useful and time saving prop. A stone style floor that appears to be lit with a spotlight from above. It's designed to be used when you can't get your lighting right, but still want that "classic single spotlight on floor" look.
PS - Apols to admins can't find the freebie forum anymore - feel free to move this one.
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Do you know how long it usually takes before Admin can approve your application and then allow you to login and then get this freebie? I assume the only way to get anything from that site, like most these days, is if you are a member.
Forgot to mention, here is the link to the free section. In the future, to find it, mouse over community up top and the drop down will have it listed.
http://www.daz3d.com/forums/categories/41/
Dunno. But is registering to get a freebie that unfair?
Edited after seeing your post.
BTW - ta for the link.
I'm the one that keeps everyone at another site up to date on everything offered at other sites and I find out mostly through emails sent to me, it's mostly other people who complain about membership. In a way I can understand why that bothers them, if you saw my inbox for emails...lol Fortunately I have a separate email set up just for that purpose so other emails are not hard to find among the sites I hear from.
My membership has been approved and I got the freebie...thank you.
Sure daz won't mind if you post/link your sites name here.
Also IM me your email and I'll directly send you links when I update my freebie site.
BTW - apols if my reply sounded a tad grumpy. Like yourself I find that small small minority a tad tiring at times.
MrSparky, there is no rule that you have to post in the Freepository. That is entirely up to you, whether you would rather have this here or over there.
We often move stuff form over there to over here, but it actually not often that we get asked to move stuff from over here to over there.
chohole - thanks. I wasn't 100% sure what the score is after the summer site switch over.
Here (the commons) would be good if thats OK.
Also in future would posting freebie messages in the commons be OK ?
TIA
Actually, registering to get a freebie is not about fairness or unfairness to me. In the days when few sites required registration it was not a problem, but when just about every website wants me to join to do anything, talk in the forum, get a freebie, or whatever, it becomes problematic.
I can't be part of every website "community" I encounter. Not enough time, energy, or desire. Nor do I want 2500+ emails a day (which is how much I used to get before I stopped giving out my real email address).
It seems more honest (or, to use your word, fair, to that website) for ME to say, "I'm just here for the freebie. Thanks. It's awesome!" than to go through a registration process to get the freebie and never go back. Plus, it is more honest/fair for a website to say how many members participate in their forums, etc than to say they have 200,000 people registered. lol
If someone wants my freebies but doesn't want to register to get them. Fine. Tell me and I'll upload them to a file server where that person can get them independent of this or that community. I made my freebies to give away not to make people jump through hoops.
That said. I registered, but it will probably fail since I used disposable mail. We'll see.
Thanks either way. It looks awesome as most of your stuff does!
Might surprise you, but I actually agree with some of your points here and I think the real issue is context and balance.
My bugbear is when theres complaints about issues like registration or a if site is disliked. For example every time I upload to CP first (usually as CP has helped me) someone will mail me complaining about CP's insurance policy's. Yet those things are outside the creators control. Yet all freebie creators really want do is share their work with others, and hopefully enjoy it as much as the makers do.
Which is why now, I first upload to whatever site I'm working with, then after a while put that on my site. That way if someone really doesn't want to register or use a site they don't have and can get the freebie a little later on.
Fair enough. I guess I'll just have to wait then because it has been hours and still no confirmation in the temp box, just the initial email saying admin approval is pending.
I'd guess it's still New Years Day in the states where they are based.(3.55am here in the UK). So a slight delay wouldn't be unexpected.
Are you implying that they may actually be doing something besides sitting at their computers? That is so 2012. ;)
Just adding my 0.02p about registering or not registering on freebie sites. A lot of the time people choose to ask people to register in order to try and stop those people who will happily strip a site of all content by mass downloading and this can bring a freebie site with limited bandwidth to it's knees, or even lead to a hosting service refusing to support the site any more, because of recurring bandwidth issues.
Having had my own site attacked twice by mass downloaders I can assure you that on the new site, both my host and I watch the bandwidth carefully. If we do find this sort of behaviour occurring again then my host has assured me we will take some sort of action to stop it, whether it be a registration system, or something like sharecg use, when you can only download one file at a time.
Oh my. A cereal killer teddy bear? Gimme!
As for registering for freebie downloads, it's annoying but not the end of the world. It usually prevents me from cluttering my runtime as I'll see the freebie and go 'Ooooh' until I have to register then I go 'Hmmm, do I really need this?'. If I then still register and download it it means you've made something exceptional that I couldn't find anywhere else (read ShareCG) for free. This item will definitely go into my runtime.
As I said, I have a separate email just for registering at sites, keeps all those newsletters in one place and my regular emails are not mixed in with them. I want the newsletters and updates of sites, it's how I know what's out there, other then from posts people make about any news. I have a folder in my lists for acct information for all the name and password information in case I forget any. I also have a folder for purchases I made to keep track of them. So yes it's annoying to have to register at most places these days, and spammers and hackers are a problem, for this reason I decided to stop being angry and just created another acct to meet my needs.
I get it. Hackers, viruses, mass downloaders, spam, spyware, malware, and so forth have made life difficult for most of us. I'm not angry about it, just find it annoying. I also find it annoying to take my shoes off at the airport or leave behind certain items I own because they are not allowed. Doesn't mean I think it is pointless. Though no hijacker has ever taken over a plane with nail clippers as far as I know! ;)
As computers and other devices get "smarter" software developers and webmasters have even had to develop countermeasures to curb automated registration -- the "are you human" task-based confirmations are pervasive now. However, these measures really just seem to be a road bump rather than a serious deterrent. Eventually we are going to need to employ different methods. Hell, I think computers now are better at reading captcha than I am. ;)
EDITED: So here I am at the website for the second time in all my humanness to download one freebie file and can't. Tried to log in but it says I can't until I activate my account. Do I want another activation email sent? Yes. But the email I just got says my approval is still pending. The spammer would already be logged in and gone. The hacker and the mass downloaders would already have the file. I have been deterred because I used tittbit instead of creating yet another gmail account so I look legit. That's what I find annoying.
My apologies to MrSparky. It [the complaint] isn't really about you or your freebie. It's just part of having a connected world. Not a Luddite but sometimes I just have to step back and say it sure has become hard to simply give things away or to take what someone is freely offering! lol
I feel your pain...I've never, ever been able to get 'activated' at this site...and I've tried.
Here's a little hint...about 90% of the spambots/spammers/low life pests I deal with on a daily basis have a gmail or yahoo email address...so in my book, that makes one look less legit. (The rest are very blatant about it and flaunt their 'spam domain'.)
Also, one of the tricks used by the spammers...not the ones doing the posting, ,most of the time those are bots, but ones running the 'company'. Go to third world countries and set up an internet cafe. Then offer free minutes to kids for registering at sites with hard to bypass by electronic means registrations. A group of kids, with that motivation, can do hundreds to thousands of sites a day...and it's a real human, so most measures are WORTHLESS.
hello everyone,
I'm actually the Co-Owner to Shifters Evolution 3D Community at that address we are an Affiliate Site to DSA. Where the Scream Contest is being held. The reason we have a Register forum is because of spammers. Its the only way to keep them out. Granted our site is free to join up at and all we ask is for you to post a few images, enjoy the site and be apart of it. Like any other 3D Community.
We sometimes thinks its unfair that people just join up for just for the freebie.. Though we do have a freebie section and we also have a store. A Place to post images and a place to chit chat. We are always right on top of checking for new members and approving them. Always check your email for an activation request. If you see a Krouser, Countessa Jay or a DocMikeB online trust me we get to you fast. We are the 3 Owners.
So please do enjoy our site, enjoy MrSparky Awesome Item. And Have a Happy New Year. The 5 New Members awaiting approval have been approved.
I do apologize to all of you for waiting almost a day. I'm a stay at home mom with kids, my husband Krouser works, being a merchant and owns and runs 2 sites is a bit hard specially when you have bronchitis, ear infection and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
First of all, thanks to Mr. Sparky for his generosity.
We really appreciate it and we are honored to have him as sponsor for our contest.
Just few words...
Our site / community is one of the few 100% spam free, because we have a strict policy.
Every day we have dozens of spambots trying to log and register, but we block them BEFORE they can post links redirecting to dangerous sites. Registration to Shifters Evolution is very fast. (a captcha and some easy questions)... but approval can take few hours, especially if the new member uses disposable mail addresses, IP addresses belonging to proxies or other potentially suspicious methods.
Anyway... complaining for the registration is pointless.
When I register to a new site I always give a look around... and if there is a welcome/ new members thread I reply and I introduce myself.
I think its polite to say "hello" when visiting someone's place.
And hurry and laziness never pay.
Who "bites and runs"... misses a lot of cool stuff.
For example...
We offer many high-quality freebies in our threads.
A small part (premium) are ONLY for members with a certain number of posts in the forums.
BUT the 90% are immediately available for everyone who registered...
If ALL THIS:
http://www.dreamslayerartworks.com/eastwing/index.php?topic=3870.msg31132#msg31132
isn't worth 5 minutes of your time... we are deeply sorry LOL
Mike Berretta, AKA DocMikeB.
Shifters Evolution Owner.
Well as owner of the site in question, I can address a few concerns.
First is signing up. When people sign up for DSA, they generally sign up and go never thinking there might be problems with the email information they provided or to contact the administrators if there are issues..
Thus, you get frustrated and aren't thinking that we haven't a clue that you have run into problems.
Here at DAZ since the upgrade, you've had a taste of all the bugs which can exist in software, problems logging in and even registering in some cases... if you don't contact the DAZ admin to let them know there is a problem, they can't help you. In fact, I have addressed DAZ issues at my site with complaints from people who have issues here and generally, I'm either able to help them directly or address their concerns telling them of any issues or problems DAZ might be having.
In regard to downloading.
Most sites do this because of mass downloaders and people hitting their site for the freebies but contributing nothing in return including posting where they got the freebie they used in their art in the credits. Many sites not only pay to host freebies and for the bandwidth, they actually spend time making freebies for the members of their site to say thank you for being members.
In other words, the freebies are for their members and aren't always created to get people to join... it's a thank you to their existing members and if you want the freebie, then become one of those existing members as it's not the site which is creating the issue.
Sometimes, freebies are meant to generate traffic as ShareCG proves and you often need something to get noticed or attract people to visit your site... nothing wrong with that. But ultimately, such things are a thank you regardless of how you look at it as you can lead a horse to water... but you can't make them drink. You don't waste your time and resources doing things like this when it's not working, you do it because you love doing it.
As a site owner who pays all costs out of my own pocket to keep the site going, I think it's cool to see someone join the site and participate. Many commercial sites like to overwhelm you with buy this or that which is how they pay their site costs and their employees. But we work very hard behind the scenes to provide contests and other elements for members to participate in and if they don't... we get a little disappointed but we continue on as we're not doing this to get rich, we enjoy doing it. We promote sites like DAZ and the great merchants here when they sponsor in our contests as we truly appreciate their support.
But if you want to understand this from another point of view, why do sites like DAZ and Renderosity limit the amount of freebies they offer? They have resources but free items only eat resources where as their commercial items pay the bills.
So, regardless of what site it may be, do your part when you try to join as you may not be the only one who ran into the problem you are having and the site owners won't know if you don't contact them because people who join without issues have no problems to report... no need to badmouth them on other sites or voice complaints when the ones you should be reporting problems to are the sites where you experience the problems. DAZ can't help you with registration or login problems at DSA and if you never tell us you have the problem, we can't help you either leaving only one person to fault for you not being able to get a freebie at our site... the person who didn't contact us to let us know there was a problem.
PS: As for those who were told your membership is pending who weren't added as members, spammers get the same message when bots are trying to register at DSA. Bots are automated programs which try to register spammers at sites everywhere in large numbers. We have a lot of these waiting in que and it just reached a point where we stopped trying to verify which are bots and which are real when 99 out of a hundred are bots... just go to the bottom of the page where you will find a Contact Admin link and send us a message or contact us here by pm.
Bots and spammers also clone ip's which is another reason you may be blocked from registering at some sites. But the sites can manually bypass these if you contact them to let them know you're a genuine person even if all you want is to download a freebie.
Hello everyone and Happy New Year to you all.
We all seem to be concerned about sites that want you to register. I have been running a motorcycle website for many years and over that period it was under attack from spammers and pirate bots leaving trails to known sites. So like many other and this includes Daz3D and Renderosity, had to take measures to keep them out and to make everything as safe as possible for the members.
I am sure that DSA and Shifters both have your well being in mind. I sure want my members safe and free from so called spammers and possible hijackers. So it is a small price to pay for your piece of mind.
Another thing we are overlooking at this point is the holidays. I surely would not want to spend all of it sitting at the computer, and a few days without access would not be all that bad. Unless there was a huge sale on and it was only on during that time... :D Well, i am sure it was not that case.
Well, i hope you are all having a good start to this new year and this message finds you all having fun. I can't wait to see what this year will bring, joy i hope and fun for all. Love you all and looking forward to seeing you around the web.
Thank you for approving my registration and allowing me to download MrSparky's freebie. ANd thank you for taking the time to come here and explain your position. I appreciate the gesture.
Just as I am sure you understand why people use disposable mail and want to safeguard their time, personal information, and whatnot, we (complainers) understand about spammers and the need to safeguard your website from them. But that doesn't make the "screening" process less frustrating for either of us. ;)
And it is true, I could have contacted an admin about the registration instead of voicing my frustration here. But why would I? This is my 3D community and, from my POV. all I was doing was talking to MrSparky about the trouble I was having getting HIS freebie. With all due respect, the conversation was not really about you or your website. I wasn't trying to download your freebies (or badmouth SE3D/DSA). I was just trying to get his adorably demented teddy bear. (I have bought many of his commercial items as well btw.) The URL was irrelevant. The freebie could have been at Jumpina3dlake.com for all I cared.
As for the rest of the comments here from your company, I truly wish I had time to join and participate in every Poser/DAZ related community that I visit (or even that I buy from) but I just can't. There isn't enough time in the day. There isn't enough me to go around, even if I got paid to do it.
That said, consider this...I came to DAZ3D.com in the beginning just for the freebies. I swore I would NEVER spend a dime here. In fact, I took freebies for years and never said a word in their forums, never posted a picture, or anything else. Sometimes I had to re-register because I hadn't visited in awhile and could not even remember what information I had given the last time. One day though, DAZ had an amazing PC sale and I joined just to buy the goodies at rock-bottom prices. That was over 5 years ago and since then I have bought thousands of items from them, become a vendor, posted images, and participated as much as I can in the various forums. So perhaps instead of viewing freebie seekers as a bunch of ungrateful, selfish freeloaders, your staff could look at them as potential customers, vendors, admins, friends, and so forth.
My apologies again to the OP. It was not my intention to turn this thread into a debate regarding my little pet peeves.
True enough and thank you for your comments.
Happy New Year to you as well. May it be all that you want it to be for you and yours.