MelmanDesigns

But thats exactly what MU is doing though? So it mustn't be that hard.

I believe you mean @ineseri and yes, he was a badass. 

Didnt you yourself (a while ago) say how bad the control on this site is?!?

An excellent point. So I suppose as devs, we shouldn't release guys. Just keep everything private and behind a paywall. No more public releases. Glad we've all agreed.

Look, the staff here is biased and we all know it. Look at the rules broken daily, showcases of stuff that will never be released but because you have a big name means you are a-o-k to do so right? We all know you only care about the revenue generated off the members and ads within the site. What you don't realize is the developers here are fed up with nothing being done to protect their work.  They try and get support and the developers get warned. Why do you think so many big names have left? Hmm, maybe because the staff is lazy and doesn't wanna do anything to actually protect people that want to give to the public. Medic is your biggest developer for fire departments fleets, guess what? He's yanked all his mods because people do nothing to protect them. I don't blame any of the developers who left this community, I'm glad people are realizing it. Calling this a "modders strike" and "we are just drama", How would you like it if Sam spent all the time on LSPDFR 0.4 then Timmy Bob came in, ripped it, and released it publicly for everyone to use? Oh yeah, I forgot, he'd just ignore it because that's what we are suppose to do and it shows.  You CAN deal with the issues if you actually take the time to care for you members YOU choose not to do it because all you want is the money.  I hope this gets on videos and shared around. People need to see the reason their favorite developers are leaving the community and stop removing and deleting topics and posts. They want a place that the staff actually looks out for it's members and enforces their own rule, not be biased and let certain people get away with posting whatever they want on the site. 

Good-night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite. Vaccinate your kids too. 

ITS HAPPENING ON YOUR SITE! They are DLing from HERE and ripping the models. What dont yall get!?

SO per your site rules advertising of another community is [100%] punishable but theft [actual THEFT] of a product [via] your website [per] confession... is NOT something you guys are willing to administrate or address; where is the logic in that sir? I am not challenging you, truly genuinely inquiring. @Cyan

LSPDFR Community and Whomever it may Concern,
 
I've been around this site for a hot minute. I like to think I generally know what I'm doing when it comes to skin designing, among other things that have to do with GTA modding. In my time here, I've released exactly 81 files in just over a year of membership. That's more than most members here. I'm not saying I'm better, more qualified, or more talented than anyone else here, but I will say I have worked very hard to bring this community quality work the entire time I've been here. As of November 7th, 2018, the entirety of my file library will no longer be available on LCPDFR.
 
Why I'm no longer sharing my files here:
 
Rude & disrespectful members: 
Since starting this adventure about a year ago, I've met quite a few great people. Helpful people who give constructive feedback on my work. I've also come across people who have no regard for my intense effort to make high quality work. I've had people rip my designs, screenshots and abuse the LCPDFR review system because they didn't like my response to their rude comments, reviews, etc. For example, humans are not perfect, we all miss a few errors. If one of my screenshots has a bit too much saturation, I probably missed it, there's no need to leave a one star paragraph long essay on how much that one picture sucks. Then when I reply with something you don't like, you go and one star all of my other files, which is real mature. This is why we all can't get along, and it's annoying because if we could just learn to give constructive feedback, this wouldn't be an issue.
 
Staff have treated members poorly:
In the instance I heard about, a modeler I know of was treated unreasonably poorly by a member of the LCPDFR staff. I'm not here to stir more stuff up, but come on! I'm not getting into the specifics, because that's between the member and staff, but what I will say, being on the staff of a pretty large website, you should hold yourself to a higher standard. Don't curse people out because they let you know about something of concern on the site, instead, look at it in a professional manner - and deal with it in a professional manner. This isn't all of the staff, by the way. I have had many positive encounters with site staff, and they are great people!
 
Lack of substantial new things:
Yes, I understand that 0.4 is in development, near release and all. That being said, we've had the same general call-outs, scripts and such for a pretty extended amount of time. 0.3 brought many new and exiting things to this community when it was released in July 2016. Since then, we've seen the same tactics, maneuvers, and bugs over and over again. From the players' side, this should be understandable - as we all want new things to put in our game. From the developers' side, the prolonged wait is also understandable, adding many new things to the update that look like big mechanical changes. Adding ambient crimes, additional player/ped customization, menu options, etc. While this is all very cool, I personally don't think it takes 2 years to develop this. I've seen mods like "Stop The Ped" and "Interaction +" come out and be updated in a much shorter amount of time, and those plugins are considerably similar to the previewed content of the LSPDFR 0.4 release. I also understand the developers are making this in their own time, with little to no financial support. I know I'm not the only member who feels this way about the updates, or lack thereof.
 
Stolen & misused content:
I'm a pretty generous person. I don't charge you for me to design a skin going to a public release or to help develop something to better the community. But, when I'm generous enough to make you textures or something of the sort, I expect you to ask me before modifying the file I made you, I also expect credit for my work as well. I've had multiple occasions on this site where I make something for someone else, and they have either posted it without my permission, modified it without my permission, or sold it without my permission. Yeah, yeah - the site admin doesn't condone any form of financial transactions.... All I'm saying is, it's really not that hard to ask to do something with my work. Most of the time I'll let you post it, modify it, whatever, I just want to know you're doing so. But, when you don't credit me, and ignore my requests for credit for my own work - it makes me pretty angry.  
 
Members are just ugly to each other:
I've been involved in, seen and heard of so much "drama" within this community. Why? We all literally make stuff for a $60 video game. What happens is one person gets too confident about their work, then other people get upset with that person, and arguments arise. It happens in intervals, too. It's a different set of people every time. When this happens, people just leave because they get fed up with this crap. It's like a country's revolution. In this case, it keeps happening over and over again. I'm sure i'm not the first one to point these problems out, but seriously, we all need to see that we have a common goal, and drop all of the pre-existing grudges - AND WORK TOGETHER!
 
Finishing, I'm really not going after anybody, I don't want to start any drama. I wrote this and cleared my files because I want to see some positive change here. We're all getting tired of this toxic crap, and quite frankly, I don't think I'll be the only one to leave because of this. I think we would all like to see an improvement in how we treat each other. I'll be honest, there have been a few instances where I was somewhat rude to other members, but from those instances, I learned that it's only counter-productive to act that way. This will 110% be mis-understood, but just to be safe and repeat myself for the third time - I'm not targeting any single person in this post, I'm making this post because I want people to realize we need a positive change here, and hopefully this will help make people realize that.
 
Closing: Thank you to all the people who helped me get where I am today. I'm not going offline, I'm just leaving this site. I'll still be on Discord and such. Again, thanks to the following people for their support, kind words and such, it doesn't go unnoticed.
 
If you want to join my Discord, PM me since it's against guidelines to post it here. My Discord username is T. Jennings#1056
 
Regards,
T. Jennings