Sorry this post is a little late today. Was up late working on this and wanted to make sure I looked at it again with fresh eyes before posting. This will breakdown a lot of the who, what, where, when & how for you guys, so be sure to read it all…
Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
Well like many of us predicted, EA was too quiet these last few weeks so we all thought something was going to hit! And something sure did hit, a fun little summer sporting event…complete with Homer making up the rules! (is there anything better than a game where Homer makes up the rules as he goes along?)
So for this first Act (kinda funny how they’re still going with Acts, something tells me they didn’t changes the coding from Terwilligers), as always, you’ll be greeted with a questline to walk you through the game basics and help you collect more currency to earn prizes!
Now, let’s take a look at the Turbo Tappin’ walkthrough for Act 1…
Note: There are some additional questlines indicated in the files that have not popped up for me. This is exactly how it played out in my game
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 1
Auto Start by Lisa
Make Lisa Watch Soccer- 45s, Earns $3, 1xp
Make Homer Watch Soccer- 45s, Earns $3, 1xp
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 2
Homer starts
Build the Grass Field- FREE
Build the Stadium Entrance- FREE
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 3
Homer starts
Make Homer Pander to Sponsors- 3m, $6, 2xp
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 4
Lisa starts
Make Homer Invent More Rules- x4. 6s, Earns $35, 1xp
After you complete this part you’ll be awarded the Referee Homer skin and Soccer Lisa skin for FREE
After you trigger the next set of dialogue (from Homer) and run through the dialogue you’ll be awarded Pin Pal Apu for FREE
This will also trigger the event to hi your Springfield, where you’ll see the sport icon in the bottom right (next to friend icon)
At this point Balls of Glory will start, details below
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 5
Homer starts
Tap Fans- x15. Find the fans roaming around Springfield and tap on them to clear them.
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 6
Homer starts
Make Tap Ball Players Practice- x4. 4hrs, Earns 4 
, 45xp
Upgrade Lisa- Costs 26 to upgrade first time
Upgrade Homer- Costs 29 to upgrade first time
Meet My Trophy Life Pt. 7
Homer starts
Complete Daily Training
Balls of Glory Pt. 1
Homer starts
Play Tap Ball- At this point tap Do It, it’ll take you to the Play Tap Ball! Screen. From here go to Single Player (at this point) and hit Pick. You can choose your players and Play. (we’ll break this down in another post)
Balls of Glory Pt. 2
Auto start
Buy Obesotade- 400
Recharge Your Players and Play Tap Ball
After you complete this Football Nelson will become available in the store. You can purchase for 85 Donuts.
Balls of Glory Pt. 3
Auto start
Win Tap Ball Games- x1
Balls of Glory Pt. 4
Lisa starts
Play Tap Ball in Another Springfield- Random Opponent will be selected (like Clash of Clones) Town MUST have a flag over it to compete
At this point you’ll launch more friend actions…
Fickle Fans
Homer starts
Tap Fans in Another Springfield- x3
Balls of Glory Pt. 5
Flanders starts
Rematch Another Springfield- Random Opponent, or a neighbor. MUST have a flag over it to compete
Balls of Glory Pt. 6
Auto start
Win Tap Ball Games in Another Springfield- x10. Win 10 Tap Ball Games over your neighbors.
When playing your neighbors a Flag must appear over their stadium in order to play. It will look like this:
If you don’t see the Flag over their field, you cannot play them. So just move to a different town.
Train Sporting Pt. 1
Upgrade Tap Ball Players- x10. 10 Upgrades
Train Sporting Pt. 2
Upgrade Tap Ball Players- Upgrade 15 total, previous 10 count from Pt. 1
Train Sporting Pt. 3
Upgrade Tap Ball Players- Upgrade 25 Total, previous 15 count towards total
Train Sporting Pt. 4
Upgrade Tap Ball Players- Upgrade 40 Total, previous 25 count towards total
NahasapeemaPinPal Pt. 1
Apu starts
Make Pin Pal Apu Practice- 4hrs, Earns 4 , 45xp
NashasapeemaPinPal Pt. 2
Apu starts
Make Pin Pal Apu Search His Squishy Lab- 12hrs, Earns 12 , 100xp
NashasapeemaPinPal Pt. 3
Apu starts
Make Pin Pal Apu Visit The Simpson House- 8hrs, Earns 8 , 70xp
NashasapeemaPinPal Pt. 4
Apu starts
Make Pin Pal Apu Stare Wistfully Out the Window- 24hrs, Earns 24 , 150xp
And that my friends concludes the walkthrough for Act 1 of the Tap Ball Event! Lots of game play directions, some funny dialogue and a great way to get into the event!
What are your thoughts on the Tap Ball Event? Have you gotten into it yet? What’s your teams record? Are you excited about any prizes? Sound off in the comments below, you know we love hearing from you!
Why are some people tap ball stadium different from other’s. How do I get the upgrade
They’re premium skins for it, each cost 50 donuts
Thanks.
Anyone else find it weird Ned doesn’t get a costume, but he participates?
I Did the part 1 quest to have homer and lisa but they never “appeared” i only have apu and flanders, what’s wrong with it…the game?
Is Homer and Lisa free in your game? Not on any tasks? What Task Names & Part #s do you have open in your task menu bar?
Sorry just saw a similar post on different page….I don’t have character so that’s why he’s not there..thanks anyway
On the daily training portion….I earned the guy-not sure his name- after the pin setting machine-8th prize in the line- but he is not on my tapball roster or in my inventory…..not sure what to do…..any suggestions?
I’m trying to do the math on whether I should upgrade my players to five stars in the hope of winning against other five star players, or just continuing to lose to five star players and save the bucks I would have spent on upgrades.
Have you all had a chance to break down the upgrade costs for each 1/2 star level? I looked around but couldn’t find it anywhere.
Of course, if they change the payouts for winning in the next period (not act, period :)) then I’ll have to re-evaluate I guess…
Thanks!!
It’s on the main rundown post as well as other spots.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2015/06/23/soccer-event-goooooooooooaallll/
I am enjoying this event, but I feel ripped off by EA. I don’t have the Jasper and Drederick Tatum characters, so their outfit prizes were a bust. EA should have given an alternate prize for those who don’t have those characters. Disappointing 🙁
Abby_Oscar
Hi.
I have done everything leading up to where I should have unlocked Pinpal Apu and yet nothing. 3 days later still nothing. Just keep sending Soccer Homer and Soccer Lisa on 1 hour quests, hoping that it somehow triggers but nothing. All the other characters, including Apu are roaming free.
Am I doing something wrong? Am re-installing the game but don’t hold out much hope. Thanks!
Joanne.
When you look at your Task Menu, what are the names and Part #s of all the open tasks there?
Hi Bunny.
Thank you. Sorry for the late reply, I was working a 12 hour shift… and you know, time difference. 😉
So I am on Balls of Glory Part 1, to play tap ball… but I cannot as I only have Lisa and Homer, it won’t let me add any more players. I never had the Pinpal Apu stage, nor the roaming fans. I pandered to the sponsors, I have the entrance, it just seemed to skip a load of stuff.
I have an Android tablet which I have not used for ages, went to the Google store and updated the game, thinking it may trick it… but no, logged into Origin and exactly the same as my Apple handset (I won’t call it my phone as there’s no SIM, heh…. I call it my iPad micro but I digress…) Sadly it doesn’t run on Windows or I would test it out on my actual phone too, just to hope that somewhere it triggers “oops there’s something missing here”.
So I have set Apu to normal and all American, I do not have him as a pinpal. I have set all available characters to both normal and to anything remotely sporty. I have visited all of my neighbours. I have tried 24 hours without giving the characters jobs and sent them all on minimum 4 hour jobs – neither tactic has made the game think that anything is amiss and is still telling me to play tapball – which I cannot seem to do with 2 players (the Play button remains greyed out as there is only Soccer Homer and Lisa there on the team sheet) I have even tried to run the “make Homer invent more rules” job multiple times, as the last job I had to do – in the hope that THAT would trick the game… but no, I remain sadly stuck. 🙁
Any advice at all (other than to give up, get a life and just wait for whatever the next round of special story mode comes next) would be appreciated.
Thanks again!
J.
One thing I see missing that you may not have tried. Store EVERY SINGLE KWIK E MART in your town that you have. It will ensure you store the one Apu is coded to and take him out of the game. Then, restart your device, and relaunch the TSTO app. Once back in, look into your Inventory Storage for Apu and the Kwik E Mart. Place it… see if that helps. You may even need to go BACK to Inventory Storage and double check once again the Characters tab to see if the PinPal Apu Costume is there. (Check there first anyway to see if he got dropped into there by mistake.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/11/17/tappers-101-navigating-the-new-inventory-menu/
If still no luck… reach out to EA as they may be able to trigger it for you.
http://tstoaddicts.com/2014/01/14/troubleshooting-101-contacting-ea/
Hi again Bunny (grrr, work computer won’t let me open this as it filters for Games…)
So I deleted the only Kwik-E-Mart that I have in my Springfield (I had more then restarted it, so the others are in storage) It took Apu away. I brought it back, with Apu… and no, no triggers. I checked the inventory (I checked it twice to see if EA were naughty or nice) and no, tap ball is not coming to (my) town. In seriousness, no, nothing at all was different. So I shall contact EA. Thank you again for your help, it means a lot that you took the trouble. 😀
I had to reinstall the app when Tap Ball 1st hit the updates. From the comments I’ve seen this storyline seems to have caused a lot of tappers to crash. I’d re-install personally (I in fact did as I said before)
Thank you, Rich T. I re-installed on both devices and nothing… I’ll contact EA.
Today’s Daily Training timed task was “Win Tap Ball Games”. I played one game each in my “A” premium game (on iPad) and in my “B” freemium game (on Android), and won both games. Both devices gave me the bonus bucks for having won my first game of the day. My progress under the Daily Training shows “1/2” games won on the “A” game, and “0/2” games won on the “B” game. I’m guessing that I might have pressed the “Do It” button on the “A” game’s Daily Training, but in the “B” game I started the match by going through the ballmitt icon in the lower right of the main screen. If this is correct, you might want to warn people that they only get credit for Daily Training games if they’re initiated through the Daily Training panel….
I didnt go through daily training and got the credit.
Tap Ball Event amusea me enough to play along
(I’m guessing EA is skipping on 4th of July this year?
or Newbs will be offered a chance to spend Donuts
on former Freemium Prizes)
Last year 4th of july was celebrated with new stuff and I’m pretty sure that happened during an event.
I finished meet my trophy life but balls of glory didn’t start after instead homer prompted perfect pitch what didn’t i do right? Help!
Keep moving..it will trigger just give it some time. If it continues contact EA and let them know.