People do it just for the attention now, putting thousands of stardollars into broadcasting, or buying LE just for a raffle for if they win. The title of Covergirl is something to be bought now, not something to earn.
Pros:
- You get a day of fame! Honestly, just about everyone would love the spotlight on them, even if its just for a little while.
- Inspiration for your outfit and suite.
- If you feature people on your blog, you can go to the covergirl and go to one of their best friend's page, then one of the best friend's best friend's pages, and go as far back as you'd like or need to find someone that's really talented.
Cons:
- Famewhores galore...
- It's expensive! Even if you don't do a raffle, all of those little broadcasts can really add up. For example, the top broadcaster today, (December 16, 2011) is a user named Kiiing. He broadcasted 1,519 times yesterday. That adds up to 7,595 stardollars spent on broadcasting. I think it's safe to guess that he was running for Coverboy.
- The fame dies fast.
I asked people earlier what they think of the whole covergirl system, and even though I only got one reply, I think it sums the whole post up pretty well:
"I think the Covergirl was a good idea at first - rewarding an SD member who had put effort in her suite and doll and deserved the votes she got by featuring her on the magazine cover. But, like most things on SD, it changed to fame-whoring pretty quickly - and now most of the Covergirls are only Covergirls because they bribed their way into it. For me, the ideal covergirl would be someone who actually EARNED her votes, not someone who bought them with old LE." -JeweI
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