Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Due to POPULAR request….we’ve moving up our open thread time so that our friends outside of the US can participate too! Let’s get the conversation going! Oh and remember…just because this is posted here today doesn’t mean you can’t comment on it all week long. This open thread will still be open for comments long after today is over!
Now…enough rambling from me….it IS Sunday and you know what that means, right? Time for another Open Thread!
Here’s where you can talk about anything you want to talk about…TSTO Related, Simpson’s Related or ANYTHING. Just no Add me requests…those should go here. We’ll give you a few suggestions (like most Sunday’s you can talk about the current episode of the Simpsons) but for the most part you’re free to talk about ANYTHING your little Tapping Fingers desire…just keep it PG.
So…here is your Open Thread. No new Simpsons tonight, but level 51 hit our tapping devices this past week. Were you excited for the new items? Bring back memories of early Simpsons episodes? What event do you think we’ll see next? Sunday Night Baseball tonight features the Redsox at Yankees, will you be watching? Do anything fun this weekend? Beautiful weather here on the East Coast.
So chat about the Simpsons, TSTO, Update fun, or anything else you can think of! Can’t wait to chat with you all, you know we love hearing from you!
Have Fun! And happy Sunday!
What i would like to see in level 52.
most of all HERB POWELL
if EA is just messing with us with the Homer. well,….. D’Oh
here is my list
Bleeding gums murphy
Maggie (non NPC)
the box factory
monorail (waves hands in the air singing) MONORAIL
Crazy Vaklovs Place of Automobiles (with crazy Vaklovs)
Blinky (npc)
decorations
Key to the City
Vending machine
Fat Tony’s Armored SUV
Aspirational
Sun Blocker
I think Unky Herb is a good guess for the next character. After all- they recently gave us the chance to buy the Homer car. Foreshadowing perhaps?
non-NPC would just be PC, aka, playable character.
The N in NPC stands for non itself, so non-non-playable character is a double negative, and hence, redundant.
While your analysis of the grammar was essentially correct, I believe that the point that Daniel was trying to make is that Maggie already makes an appearance in the game as a (sort of) NPC, so he’d like to see a version of her that’s not that.
However, as someone who finds it a bit irksome when people say “ATM machine” and “SAT test,” I understand where you’re coming from. But, in this instance, I’m inclined to allow Daniel this form of emphasis (think of it as similar to when someone uses “myself” for emphasis, as in, “I, myself, am inclined to cut Daniel some slack on this.”).
My pet peeve is when someone says RPMs.
PIN number is a common one too. I’m a total pedant but sometimes I think people need something in their lives that they can *really* worry about! 😉
I’m pretty sure Blinky occasionally pops up in any water placed in your Springfield. 🙂
Herb yes! And box factory as that is classic. Make children go on field trip to follow the yellow line around managers office and back out the door.
Blinks already pops up though
uh oh, the ras syndrome police are out on the prowl, look out!
Would really like to see a button or special decoration that allows you to Tap Out all the characters at once. I now have 58 characters (60 once the Ah! Fudge Factory is done building tomorrow evening). It takes about 2-3 minutes to tap them all out once they are done with their tasks and then another 2-3 minutes to give them tasks again. Which brings me to my next great idea…the option to send all free characters on the same timed tasks. During the work day, I put everyone on a 12 task.When I get home, everyone then goes on 60 min. task. About an hour before bed time they go on an 8 hour task. Of course not all characters follow this pattern. It depends on the timing of the level tasks that need to be done. It would be so nice to tap them out and send them on tasks at the same time. Would be a great time saver. I’m on Level 49, but working on Levels 38, 39, and 40. I know more characters are coming as I complete more levels, so I’m hoping EA creates a way to make it easier to tap out and send everyone on tasks.
I can understand that a fully automated button might be tricky, so as a middle ground could we just have it that when you send a character on a task it automatically brings up the task list for the next character. That would halve the number of clicks and keep them all in the same area of the screen, and would be trivial for EA to program.
Hmmm, I don’t agree. I think that would take a lot of the fun out of the game.
Agreed! Been thinking this for awhile now!
I’ll tell you how I know I’m officially an addict now. When watching episodes of the show, I find myself pausing on ensemble/crowd scenes and going through the characters to see which I’ve got in the game. Anyone else do this?
Lol – I do that, but more with buildings, looking to see which ones are in the game. When I see ones that aren’t, I always think “they should add that one!” 🙂
Yup, I do both of those things 😀
I like to see which buildings are next to which others. Mind you, except for keeping King Toots next to Moe’s and Flanders next to Simpsons, I’m not worried about how “canon” my city looks, but I still like to know.
I also find myself looking at buildings in the real-world and comparing them to their Springfield counterparts!
I know what you mean about real-world buildings…. During the superheroes even, when I was getting the Z City apartments and lofts, I was on my way to a new doctor and passed these buildings that I thought looked like they were of the same style and would fit right I with those! I mentioned it to my husband, but I think he just rolled his eyes lol.
Hey Addicts! I was wondering what your opinion was on the new frank grimes character. Do you like that EA is making you still do SOME work to get a premium character, or do you wish that since you spent real money on it, they should just give it to you. Hope to hear from you soon.
Happy Tapping!
danielrock52
Hey everyone,
I have not gotten frank grimes, yet, but I think it’s fun to have to do a few tasks in order to unlock a character. As long as it doesn’t turn into the family guy game, a game I play but don’t love it like I love TSTO, where you have to unlock characters by collecting items by sending other characters on tasks where you may or may not get the items needed. From what I understand, it’s just 3 twelve hour tasks to get grimey, so that would be fun. Thanx and have fun.
That was my thought as well
I haven’t bought Frank Grimes (and probably won’t, because I’m-mostly-freemium). But I loved the character (and the idea of the character) when he was on the show. He was one of the few characters to call bull s**t on Homer and the Simpsons family. That was definitely a nod to the sensibilities of Matt Groening.
I’m itching for the next big event but I’m guessing it’s not going to come any time really soon.
If they had a big event lined up, surely they’d have held level 51 back. After all, they do seem to like throwing in new levels just after an event has started!
Waddya reckon? When’s the next big thing coming and what will it be? Guesses and speculation please 😀
Well, if they could turn Whacking Day into an event, how about one for that Cycling Day (or whatever they call that day when all the Springfieldians cycle together)? I could see them having some fun with that (and wouldn’t it be really cool off they finally let them use the roads, instead of cycling in the sidewalks?!).
It’s been two years, I missed it the first time it came, hopefully a revival?
It’d be nice if the game treated roads and pavements the same – in terms of characters walking/cycling on them, I mean. It’d also be nice to be able to put certain things on the roads, cars, obviously, but also barriers, cones, etc.
Like you, I missed Whacking Day first time around, so would be very happy to see a re-run but I wonder whether they could bring anything new to it. Would it be too boring for people who’ve done it before? Maybe
Maybe another Stone Cutters? EA gave us some Stone Cutter skins not too long ago.
Game of Thrones — That is all.
hey Kc, cool to see you on the addicts thread, when im not reading posts from alissa and bunny, im watching your videos! keep it up!
Love your YouTube channel, KC!
I finally had time to visit my fantabulous neighbors. I am totally addicted, but life sometimes gets in the way. Hope everyone has a great week 🙂 🙂 🙂
No wakkas RoseB’, we all have those commitments, the balance of life versus the virtually limited 🙂
Great to see the classic Dr. Marvin Monroe in the game. I hope he’s voiceable?
yup
you you have a should you buy on frank grimes yet
Yea it’s been up since last week
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/04/09/should-i-spend-donuts-on-grimey-the-forgotten-grave/
Way too much Dr. Monroe but at least something to do till the next project challenge.
Next Event = Springfield Badlands Expansion (not event but expansion!) featuring the Chili Cook Off!
New Land: Explore the Desert Area that is the Badlands!
New Roads: Dirt and Mud Roads now placeable!
Buildings:
The Beer-N-Brawl (Placeable in Badlands)
Heavenly Hills Mall
Jittery Joes Coffee Shop
The Seething Sisters
Springwood Minimum Security Prison
Gas Station
Springfield Dam
Pyramid
Sabertooth Meadow
Characters/Skins:
Sideshow Bob
Rafael
Captain Lance Murdock
Space Coyote
Col. Hapablap
Chili Cook Off Homer
Rodeo Smithers
Decorations:
Satan’s Anvil (Placeable)
Alkali Flats Sign
Lurleen Lumpkin’s Trailer
Entering Badlands Sign
Cactus
Dust Ball
The Springfield Angel
Chilli Cook Off Sign
Muntz Family Chilli Stand
Professor Frink’s Virtual Chilli Stand
Flanders Five Alarm Chilli Stand
Wiggum’s Chilli Stand
Lenny and Carl’s Pottery Stand
Level 52 made available during the middle of the expansion featuring the Powers family and an exclusive Badlands questline for Ruth Powers and Marge!
Ruth Powers with Shot Kickers for In Game Cash
(Placeable in Badlands)
Laura Powers with Powers House for 120 Donuts
Can an Admin confirm this?
Confirm what? It’s speculation. Not spoiler info. I asked in the Open Thread what you think will be next, this is what Justin thinks.
My bad. I missed your question. It would be nice to see all that.
are you saying you wish this was the next update?
Yes just some fun speculation 🙂
Would be nice to see more road options. Gravel or dirt road options would be a nice addition and add more creative diversity to our towns.
I’ve wanted this for soooooo long, but within Springfield.
Poor neglected Krusty Land.
It bothers me every single time I click on Milhouse that he has no saying. Come on TSTO, would it be that hard to have him say “Everything’s comin’ up Milhouse!” ??!!?!
Has to do with the voice rights. He’s not voiced by one of the main 5
Is the Fat Tony voice in the game actually Joe Mantegna’s voice? Are there other voices in the game that aren’t from the “big 5”?
Some random grunts..that’s about it. The only voiced ones are the Big 5 characters. Fat Tony is not voiced.
Oh. His voice must be just my subconscious adding its own soundtrack. I could’ve sworn he said stuff! (I’ll keep an eye our for the men in white coats, I’m sure they’ll be here soon)
haha it happens. I often play with no sound, so half the time I just assume they’re saying things 😉
I usually collect and dispatch so quickly that there are multiple characters speaking at the same time (some of them saying 2 things!). Maybe it plays tricks with the mind, or my brain gets easily overloaded 😉
It really bugs me, too. I mean, as far as I’ve heard, the Family Guy game has tons of voiced characters, voiced by many different people including several celebrities. If a small company like Tiny Co. can pull that off (or has the money to do this), why can’t EA?
And apparently even a few characters who are normally voiced by the main 5 (or have been voiced by them at some point) are still quiet in the game – like Roger Myers, Jr. for example… I don’t want to sound conspiratorial, but maybe laziness has something to do with this, too…
Cheetos cheetos cheetos…….
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A thought on the new Mystery Box prizes:
With the vast upgrade in what premium items are now available, is it too far fetched to imagine that somewhere down the road, EA will allow us to trade duplicate premium items that we win for other premium items that we do not yet have? I’m not bragging here, but I now have 3 Lard Lad Donuts in my inventory..is it too crazy to think that I should be able to trade one for, say, Planet Hype? Or for Dr. Nick? What does everyone else think? Who’s with me?!?!
I’d be for that, as long as you actually got to pick what you are swapping it for, so that you dont’ get yet another duplicate of something.
I like the idea, but don’t hold your breath! 🙂 EA makes money selling premium currency, and allowing us to get too many of the premium items for free would not help to encourage such purchases.
If they did it right, it would still favor them:
Step 1: Pay 6 🍩 for a Mystery Box. Get an extra Lard Lad Donuts (LLD).
Step 2: Trade my first extra LLD for Dr. Nick. I just traded an item worth
110 🍩 for one worth 90. Value: -20 🍩
Step 3: Trade my second extra LLD for the Rich Texan. I just traded an item worth 110 🍩 for one worth 85.
Value: -25 🍩
Step 4: Trade my third extra LLD for Bumblebee Man. NOW, I’ve just traded an item worth
110 🍩 for one worth 60. Value: -50 🍩
Step 5: Trade my fourth extra LLD for Planet Hype. I’ve just traded an item worth 110 🍩 for one worth 150.
Value to me: +40 🍩
This is the only sample transaction that doesn’t favor EA.
Note: EA can award donuts randomly whenever they want.
Conclusion: if players are willing to trade duplicate premium items for other, original premium items that they don’t yet have, imagine the run on Mystery Boxes that might happen. They’re finally a way to spend 🍩 to win 🍩. Especially if EA makes it so that we take a loss for trading in items. The bottom line is that I’d happily trade away each of my extra LLDs for a premium item that I don’t have yet.
I’m a mostly freemium player. What’s the biggest bang for my pretend $ to improve my Tree Hugging & Vanity rating. I’m looking for things that are cheap, have a good rating along with a small footprint so I don’t have to buy a lot of land to place them. I have 30 Zenith City phone booths which don’t appear to do much at all. Thanks! Also, is it me or has teh spawn rate of Sideshow Bob increased?
Here’s the tree-hugging break out, this should help the best 🙂
http://tstoaddicts.com/2013/09/23/lisa-the-tree-hugger-breaking-down-the-tree-hugging-rating-on-the-conform-o-meter/
The two best tree-hugging items in terms of points per space are the $385 flowers and the potted boardwalk trees. They both give you 100 points per square.
The best vanity item I’ve ever seen in terms of points per square were done of the ones from the CoC event. But, in terms of what’s available now, I don’t remember what the stats showed. But Vanity is pretty easy to max out… A good strategy is to get tons of freemium event decorations and spread them around. (Remember – you can always hide stiff behind buildings.) I do remember that, early on, I was buying a lot of garbage cans lol!
Personally, I like the Green Peace boats — they give a nice boost (200 pts, according to the post Alissa points at) and they go in the ocean, so they don’t take up any of your land area. (Yes, you still have to buy the ocean, but most people will anyway, so why not put a few boats in it?)
Anyway, an important thing to remember when adding things with an eye on the conform-o-meter is that it won’t change the exact moment you add the items that affect it, so add a few and then play for awhile before looking at it again. Best to visit either KL or a friend as well.
I know you asked about pretend $ but I would seriously consider spending any donuts you have on Mystery Boxes.
There are lots of good prizes but the ones that most of us consider a bit rubbish might be very helpful to you.
The Minnow Pond, for example, gives a pretty good boost to your Tree-hugging rating, and the kebab stand is a good way to boost Gluttony (which can be difficult to max, but you didn’t ask about, I know…)
I have bought dozens and dozens of Mystery Boxes cuz I still think the rewards are fantastic, but if you haven’t already got the premium prizes on offer then your chances are even better.
Anyone else experiencing a serious drop in donuts from friend visits lately? I used to get 2-4 a day, but have only gotten 4 total since issue 4 of the superhero event started (20 days, visiting every day). Could EA have changed the odds? Maybe only for long-time freemium players like myself?
Also, anyone else notice what a fantastic job Bunny, Allisa and Wookie do on this site (I know the answer to that one, just can’t leave a comment without mentioning how much they rock 🙂 )
I was getting 3-5 DONUTS a day. For the last week, I have been getting 2 or less.
I’ve only just topped out to where I should get them, and have been seriously underwhelmed compared to the bonanza I was expecting. In about a week of tapping I’ve seen them once, in fact I thought it was broken at first.
1. No – you’re probably just hitting a “rough patch” (happens to most of us, from time to time).
2. Yes, absolutely! Rock on, ABW! 😉
It is a standard algorithm, unchanged and purely randomised. If I may extend, perhaps the interpretation of a metaphorical adjustment implies an underlying distinct connectiveness, however it is contrary to the implication of a chaotically distributed variable.
In other words, you win some, you lose some 🙂
A chaotically distributed variable can, potentially, produce a temporary pattern of negative results, which our order-seeking mind then interprets as a “rough patch.”
In other words, “sometimes it sucks to be me.” 😉
I’ve had at least on two separate days where I didn’t get any donuts. I was also wondering if had changed.
I agree that Alissa, Bunny, and Wookie do an incredible job!
I seem to get only one at most lately, recently I had three days in a row with nothing – it gets frustrating after taking nearly an hour each day to tap all 100 towns :/
Does anyone know if I have to wait for the pop-up window each time to get the exra 25xp?, or can I quickly tap 3 items and move on to the next town straight away while the money and xp are still hovering ? if I can move on without waiting, it would save me about 20mins a day to get through 100 towns!
Nope, you don’t have to wait, so feel free to tap and run! 🙂
Are we sure on this, in the downtime I’ve tried to calculate this… A/B/W, if you don’t mind, your conjecture?
Sure on what? Not having to wait? You don’t have to wait as they pop out when you tap the building….
I usually only get one per day visiting 100 neighbors. Some days none, very rarely 2 or more.
geez, I rarely get donuts from neighbors. ONE time I got 2 in one day. I’m lucky if I get 3 a week. and I play every day!
Kitty – Do you have a full 100 neighbors?
Same here, I’ve never gotten the great drop rates of 3-5 donuts each run. My drop rates are far lower than almost everyone else who posts theirs. I only get a donut for every 2 times that I run through my whole list of friends (I counted yesterday that I had more than a hundred friends, not sure how). You are not alone in that regard.
Maybe someday I should start keeping records of my donut drops, after all, since it is a mathematical algorithm, a larger sample size would surely balance out the odds.
Sandra, no, and that could be why I dont get the donuts. I have as many neighbors as I can handle visiting daily. I love visiting everyone’s towns and sometimes can spend 2 hours just cruising around checking out the designs. If I had a full 100 friends my husband might feel very lonely!
I just got 3 donuts from visiting friends tonight. 🙂
Woah, I’ve never gotten doughnuts from friend visits! I play everyday, level 32, and I visit most of my friends daily. Do you have to do something special?
Have you got all of the Friendship Prizes? Donuts should start to drop occasionally once you’ve collected enough FPs for the top prize.
You have to max out your FP first.
It’s mostly random from day to day, and always has been. You always have (roughly) a one in 200 chance to get a doughnut on friend taps (except in Krustyland-no chance). If you have 100 friends, you will (on average) get one or two doughnuts per day, with up to 6 on any given day at the most, and perhaps zero from time to time. But if you keep track, you will find that you’re getting 1-2 doughnuts every day on average.
I haven’t gotten any in at least a week or so now. I was having better luck during the superhero event.
Maybe I’m getting yours! 🙂 JK but I did have my best day ever right after the event ended. Six donuts made me smile. That said, I’ve also had dead days since the event ended as well. Feels pretty much like normal, from my point of view.
I got 6 today 🙂
@ncrosebud — Nice! 🙂
I’ve noticed that it goes in very patchy cycles. At least, it does for me. I’ll get nothing, or close to nothing, for ages and then I’ll hit a purple patch where I get at least 2 every day for a week or more.
Overall I reckon it averages out at about 1.5 per day.
Seems still normal to me… My donut count for the last five days was Thursday 1, Friday 4 and Saturday, Sunday and this morning 2 each. I had a “rough patch” the days before, only receiving one or no donuts at all for three to four days in a row. You’re probably just a bit unlucky right now, like most of us are every now and then. Remember, there is only a 0,5% chance to get a donut on each friend action and it’s pure chance, so it’s not unlikely that you might be experiencing a drop every now and then.
Far too much chocolate left over from Easter egg hunts in our house …so today we made chocolate rice crispie cakes! Yummy x
Ive never made rice crispy treats😊 but today i tried crawfish for the first time in my life…
Yum! Hmmm – I’d love to have some crawfish now and then some Rice Krispies treats for dessert!
Ozzie yabbies… (Homer-like-drool 😉 Mmnawarghhhhhaaaww!
I’ve been playing since the first week this launched, with only a 3 month break at one point.
But, I’ve got a few questions/comments if anyone knows:
1. Other than Easter items, is there anything you can purchase in Springfield and use in Krustyland?
2. Is there any trick or system in earning doughnuts by popping the balloons in Krustyland?
3. I wish there was a way to send everyone on an X-hour task with just one tap!
4. It’d be cool if the aspirational items came with a % multiplier
5. Is there anyway to see my entire Springfield on one screen?
6. Does tstoaddicts offer an email or text list serve for when new posts go up, or when an update launches?
That’s all, thanks for keeping this blog active, I’m on it 2-3 times/day for updates!
1. Very few items. We’re working on a list of everything that can go in Kland.
2. Not that i’ve found. It’s all luck
6. There’s a Follow the Blog by email in the top right of the site, it’s also on the footer of the site. May not be viewable on the mobile version. If you’re viewing on a phone switch it to desktop view, you’ll see it.
Just a thought on this, for the more enthusiastic tappers, and more importantly contributors to TSTOAddicts, could a team of intrepid Springfieldians mine the data for submission to you, thinking again of ways to alleviate and distrbute your workload 🙂
We always welcome readers to send in info for posts. 🙂
1. The hot air balloon and some of the COC items come to mind. Also the Cherub Topiary and the Green Beer Fountain, the Love Planter, the Rose Arch, and the Valentine’s Tree all show up in my inventory as things that can be planted in KL. All but the fountain explicitly state that they improve your Kitsch Rating in KL. There may be other items I don’t own or don’t have in storage ATM.
5. Only if you screenshot your entire city and then stitch the images together.
6. Don’t forget the Twitter feed!
How is everyone’s Sunday? For the ones that have kids on Spring Break did yall do anything fun or exciting? Are you ready for your kids to go back to school lol? For my family we spent SB moving (bummer) wanted to take them to Disney Land but God had other plans.. Hopefully this summer we can go.. Looking for deals and even though it will scorching hot I don’t care I’m with my family and that’s all that matters!!
I don’t much care about the righteousness or consumerism stuff. I play because it’s FUN. I love this game. I didn’t know much about it till after playing awhile. (About a year)? I just tap, tap, & tap..And thank you to all who put these posts up.. Very informative.
Did anybody else’s Mr. Teeny the monkey disappear? The monkey was there…and now his mission with Krusty, and him, are both gone…
He’s now an NPC. So you won’t find him in the character list, he’s just roaming around your town.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/04/09/random-changes-level-51/
Thanks for the info, Alissa!
I thought so, too, and in my town Mr. Teeny is definitely an NPC now, but during my friend visits yesterday and today I have seen Krusty and Mr. Teeny doing their joint task of going for a walk at least twice. Can’t really be that these players haven’t updated their game yet since the task was removed by an in-game update, wasn’t it? I have no idea why some players still seem to have the task, I was honestly a bit confused by that…
From what I’ve noticed from reading comments in this site, if a player hasn’t won Mr. Teeny yet as a FP prize, they still have that 12-hour task for Krusty. Seems kind of backwards and unfair to me, but oh well…
I can absolutely confirm what Sandra said: Players who haven’t won that friend prize still have the task. My friend is about four or five days away from winning Mr. Teeny as a friendship prize and I will let everyone know on this thread what happens, if EA doesn’t update it first. (That will be a new thread at the top of the open thread so nobody has to scroll all the way back here mid-week!) 🙂
Okay, that might be an explanation, even if the logic is a bit weird… 😉
Thanks! 🙂
Got my multiplier up to 60 percent woot woot. Thank you mystery box lol. On a side note anyone else find it odd that radioactive man can’t ride his own ride in krustyland? That’s like labeling a toddlers lollipop with there name on it an then telling them you can look but dont touch LOL. Happy tapping
Actually it makes perfect sense to me… the ride is for people who want to pretend they can fly like Radioactive Man…. RM himself does not need to pretend he can fly ! Besides- at least in my Springfield- he is perfectly happy shirking his responsibilities… sunning on the roof of his fabulous beach house… he does not want to be bothered by the throngs of fans he would encounter at his ride… clamoring for autographs and selfies…
For 99¢, I just netted a minnow pond, the Tire Fire (yay for the 2% multiplier and the iconic decoration!), and 24 donuts!!
Spent 99¢ to get a Golden Scratch-R, for which I earned 12 donuts. Spent 6 on a Mystery Box, got another minnow pond. 🙁 Spent the other 6 on another Mystery Box….30 donuts, WooHoo! 🙂 Spent 6 of those on another Mystery Box…Tire Fire!
The only premium item I’m missing now from the Mystery Box (besides the 10 donuts one) is Lard Lad, which I’d really like. But I’m afraid of getting more minnow ponds, foods carts, or….(forgot what the other non-premium thing is).
Well, it’s only mid-April, you should at least get two or three more Mystery Boxes for free if you log on daily, so there still is a chance winning it without spending precious donuts. 😉
I’ll be getting my next free box on Wednesday, so – if my calculations are correct – I still have four free ones to go – I’m crossing my fingers for a Channel 6 News Van (finally a 4-hour-task for Channel 6, that would be great!) and, of course, a Lard Lad!
Yes – I actually paid donuts for the van a long time ago because I really wanted that 4-hour show. Good luck! 🙂
Thanks! Good luck to you, too, maybe there’s still a Lard Lad waiting in your next free boxes! 😉
Bomb shelter. I now have 4 of them😈. On the other hand, I did win Lard Lad, Kearny and Blue Haired Lawyer. I really want a tire fire, but I’m afraid of more bomb shelters….
Yup, thanks. I also forgot the ‘Onda.
There’s a little voice reminding me that I could still buy another two Mystery Boxes and end up with as many donuts as I had before I started and maybe one of them would have a Lard Lad. But, since I’m due for my free box tomorrow, I think I’ll wait until at least after then. (Although, so far, my free weekly boxes haven’t had any premium items in them.)
*sigh* My free weekly box was yet another minnow pond. That makes three in my inventory now. At least another food stand or car I maybe could have made use of. But I guess a bomb shelter would have been worse…
Quick Tip: Bomb shelters don’t look bad next to
Burns State Prison.
Hmmmm… the dilemma of spending donuts to speed up tasks… I must admit I have succumbed once or twice in the nearly two years, but I know with patience all sprinkly goodness will come.
I know the feeling I have won everything I think I want except lard lad but I have 3 minnow ponds 2 bomb shelters a lot of food carts
good haul!!
Nooooooooooo! Creeping into Preemium-ville 🙂
That just barely counts. I lost my “freemium-only” claim a while ago; nowadays, I call myself a “primarily freemium” player. I’ve yet to spend any money out of my bank account (any purchases I’ve made have been from a gift card) and I’ve spent less than $20 (maybe less than $15) I all.
But, yes… It can be a slippery slope! 😉
I’ve got loads of everything! I’ve now got 4 Lard Lads, so that should give you an idea of how many of the others I’ve got 🙂 Too many!
And I’ll likely be buying a ton more boxes before the end of April but, it’s true, I *really* don’t need any more minnow ponds or food stands (_ONDAs and bomb shelters I can probably find a place for).
I reckon, even though I’ve got all the unique items (a long time ago now), it’s still the cheapest way to buy bonus multipliers.
I need to think about it though, cos I’m not sure maximising my in-game cash is really what my priority should be.
Hoping to stop tapping long enough to buckle down and do my taxes today! (Gag)
Good luck! We just mailed ours in on Friday…was relieved to get them done and out.
Thanks! Done with federal… taking a break then on to state! Sad but true.. finally filing for my 2011 refund. D’oh!
Loving the new Mystery Box!!!!!
The freebie got me Tire Fire (40 donuts), then for 5 days I got Blue Haired Lawyer (90 donuts), then yesterday for second five days I got 30 donuts. I used those 30 donuts to buy five more Mystery Boxes which yielded the Minnow Pond ($4500), Chalmers car ($9800), Channel 6 News Van (40 donuts), Kearney (60 donuts), and Lard Lad Donuts (110 donuts).
And it’s not just me. My sister got Blue Haired Lawyer (90 donuts) with her freebie, Lard Lad Donuts (110 donuts) 5 days ago, and Itchy & Scratchy Billboard (40 donuts) today.
Anyone else having such great results?
Do you Addicts have the stats for the new Mystery Box by chance? I went to the Mystery Box page about five days ago, but it was the original post with the original stats.
Mystery Box post was redone this week, if you check it out again more details are on it
My comment is directed to A or B,
I notice on the “friends who won’t vandalise” thread you’re using increasingly stronger threats to pull the thread if people use it to be abusive to others. Please don’t do this, as it’s the only place to find sensible neighbours. If people are not following rules, ban them or delete their comments, but please don’t take away this valuable resource from the rest of us who play nicely. (I used the thread this morning to find new neighbours after deleting a few who seemed to stop playing after the last event, and I only add people who specifically state that they won’t vandalise)
As for the people who the threat is aimed at….. don’t spoil it for the rest of us. if somebody is repeatedly tagging, just delete them and report that in the thread so others are warned not to add them. Just stick to the basic board rules (which some people will think are very strict compared to other boards). I for one think this board is better for that because we don’t need to waste time reading stuff posted by people who just want to cause an argument.
Thank you for reading, carry on tapping. 😁
Honestly lee…that thread is becoming a sore spot of the site. People threatening other people, trash talking others, just not something we want here on Addicts. Should be a fun place…not threatening. That’s why we increased the language on this one. If it continues, we’re going to have to pull it.
I hope everybody heeds the warning, (or at least behaves for a while) because it would be a great shame to lose it 😭
Completely understandable for those reasons Alissa, you know how “they” say, it only takes a few to ruin things for everyone.
Lee, I agree with u. I have found some awesome neighbors from this thread that is being abused, and it would be a shame not to have a place to find people who feel as we do about vandalizing.
Alissa, I feel bad that u have to read some of these comments from people who are not respectful. Not sure why people get so angry, that they have to use bad language. After all, it is just a game. Even if it is the best game ever. 😀 You three do such a great job helping us to enjoy this game and I, for one, am grateful. Mary Jo
I agree with Mary Jo 100%
Since the Mystery Box was revised recently (this older post includes a good update on the newer items – http://tstoaddicts.com/2013/08/23/whats-in-the-mystery-box/), I had been buying the Mystery Box as often as possible, and until yesterday the only item I hadn’t gotten yet was the Lard Lad Donuts. I finally got it last night, so I’m going to start hoarding donuts again, knowing something is bound to come along sooner or later. I figure I bought about 12 to 15 Mystery Boxes, but they were all with free donuts (the 20 for Easter, I got 10 and 30 once each in a mystery box, and twice I got 12 from a free Scratch-R ticket).
I was glad to see one of the Dr. Marvin items was a boost for Consumerism – the only one I’m not quite to 5 stars on.
Would love the opportunity to have a whack at snakes : )
Bring it back please EA there are alot of us who missed it first time…(hope they read)
Same here. And bring back the old items + some new ones.
Agreed. I appreciate how EA is trying to make every event fresh and fun, but if you miss something like Whacking Day, and you spend a whole year playing and looking forward to “next time” but then it either doesn’t come, or like Halloween / Christmas, it’s totally different, it can be really disappointing. I get that prizes need to be refreshed but some good concepts should be an annual thing – now bring on some snakes because I didn’t start playing until just after Christmas that year!! 🙂
The next thread about vandalism, I didn’t realize that people took this game so seriously. I’ve never posted there, my neighbors are pretty good, I have only 2 that like to tag me(they make sure to tag with all 3 taps), sure it sucks losing a star, but it can be quickly regained. And if it becomes constant, leave that building sprayed, catch sideshow Bob a few times, star is back, building is blocked from further vandalism.
Now I’m not saying I want all my neighbors to tag me 🙂 but sometimes during a visit it does happen by accident, I know I’ve done it.
I never realized it was a big deal either. I try to avoid it since people are sensitive but if it’s the only thing readily available when I’m in the neighborhood it’s getting tapped. It’s also a good idea to make sure those buildings aren’t in the center and the first thing people see to tap when they visit. Unless we’re in an event that defaults at a specific building (toy factory and such) don’t stick your city hall and police station at the default starting point. Well…unless you don’t give a rat about being tagged, like me.
I have city hall, police station, and Moe’s all pretty close to the landing area — LOL — not planning on moving them either. Also have a boadload of training walls so not overly worried about being tagged! 🙂
I have enough training walls hidden in my town that vandalism doesn’t affect me. Neighbors can spray away, I don’t care. Even if it did change my bonus percentage, I’m at a point in the game that it wouldn’t really matter much.
I agree that accidents happen, I also agree that the world won’t end if somebody tags my school, and I know from experience that a lot of players don’t realise the consequences of tagging.
Here is the point, players have specifically looked for friends on the “pledge not to vandalise” thread, so they assume they’re safe, that is why they get mega upset. , I’m sure it’s a misunderstanding by people who should have used the general add friends thread.
However, as Alissa says at the top of that thread, everybody needs to stick to the basic rules and respect each other, or ruin it for others.
There’s no need to get “mega upset” though, is there?
It seems we all play the game differently – many people have ‘strategies’ that I simply do not understand – but there are enough people out there that you can simply drop a neighbour you don’t like (for whatever reason) and pick up any one of countless others.
There is no need whatsoever to get nasty and make personal attacks.
There’s not even any need to ‘name and shame’, in my opinion.
I’ve only ever got friends from that thread, but I was really surprised at how many tags I got when we came out of the super hero event, far more than can be explained with accidents and I always leave a bunch of brown houses available to tap that I’ve never seen all used up. I think people had got out of the habbit while tapping phones. As a result my righteousness rating went overnight from five stars to half a star, which was quite a shock. If that’s a common experience I can understand why tempers might be frayed. I just adopted a zero tolerance approach and de friended a bunch of people, then bought about thirty training walls, which are now hidden everywhere (along with Zenith city phone boxes!)
That’s my view also Lee, if I just add a random person, I risk getting tagged, but to add said random person from a “I pledge not to vandalize” forum, I’d expect them to give the same courtesy I give them, and not tag. Although, as mentioned earlier by others, I do understand the odd slip up does happen, lag and whatnot.
@TPO — Something to keep in mind when an event ends and there is an update that reverts to the standard way of playing: some players get the update before or after others. If your neighbor gets the takedown update after you do, (or starts an event like this before you do) there is a window where they can see a different version of your Springfield than you see. If you don’t have newer content than their version has, they can tap buildings and accidentally tag you, even though it doesn’t appear to them to be tagging anyone.
For those that planted corn in anticipation for the Valentines Day event, how far along are you?
I have been using Witch Marge to speed it up and managed to get it just under six days left.
I think I’m in about the same place as you. It’s funny, too, because I had always thought planting corn was a bad idea and was never planning to do that. Like you, I only did it because I thought it might be a quick win when V-day came, by which time I had enough time invested in out, that I decided to let the corn finish. It is kinda fun watching it grow, even if it is a bad “investment,” and it’s one less thing to have to “tend” for now! 🙂
I want to plant corn as soon as i get the building/character for level 51
I had about 25 days lefts do then had a brain fart and hit the nuke button as I started a town re-design. Only after I placed Cletus farm again did I realize what I had done. 60+ days of patience for nought. 😦
27 days to go here
I have 22 days and 7 hours left for mine. Man, this corn takes forever to grow.
I did the same thing. FINALLY got the corn done growing. Took a screen shot of it, harvested it, and promised myself to never plant corn again!
I have 2 or 3 days left, it would have been done but I’ve slacking off since the hero event finished and only going into the game once a day.
I have about 20 days left! I was thinking the other day about all the other people who will be harvesting corn over the next little while, made me laugh a little. I’m assuming it isnt something a lot of people usually plant, but for all of us who did it in anticipate of Valentines Day, here we all are! I’m excited to finally see those xp points frm it!
I finally completed 90 days of corn. Used Witch Marge the whole time. Lol, I took a pic of it.
I notice Milhouse’s father has a task to tend to crops. Does he have the ability to speed up crops also? Unfortunately I started the game late, so do not have Witch Marge yet.
No ability to speed them up. Just stands by them like a scarecrow
Ha ha you too hua? I planted corn for the first time than. Haven’t sped up but still have a while to go lol. Oh well 5 stars and a 75% rating it will be interesting to see what I make.
22 days, 13 hours. Haven’t sped up at all. I was hoping that either Valentine’s Day or Easter would speed it up but no worries. I’ll get a screenshot when it finishes and then go back to ending humanity with my regular crop!
Have put up the old Whacking Day sign in the hopes we get an event, even a mini one!
Whacking Day 2!
That is all!
Whacking Day 2 : The whackiest!
Let’s club some snakes people.
Whacking Day is the thing I most regret having missed (I started playing shortly before the CoC event). I doubt they’d ever really repeat it, though, because what would the older players do? I’d love to have the snake with the swallowed-up kids inside though! That’s about the only NPC I’ve ever really coveted.
Ditto! I love seeing that snake with kids inside …would defo consider actually spending some real money on it too!!! (shock for the freemium in me)
I played the first whacking day and I would LOVE another! laying eggs all over your neighbors town and chasing snakes was insanely fun!! every year they change up Halloween a little, offer some old prizes and some new- they could totally do that for whacking day. I wouldn’t complain!
Whacking day has been outlawed according a recent episode, so I doubt we’ll see it again in the game.
Yes, but that could be a great plot for #2. Maybe the citizens could vote to start it gain, or do it secretly!