Daily Archives: December 30, 2016

TSTO Anonymous: 2016 Hangover Feelings and How To Recover

Posted on December 30, 2016 by The Wookiee | 40 comments

Bet that title got your attention, huh? Phew… what a year. There’s been celebrations and headaches afterwards sort of like a real New Year’s party. You know… the kind where you stay up to late, kiss a stranger at midnight, and then wake up wondering why you made THAT resolution. With the end of 2016 on the horizon and one heck of an event ending, I figured it was time for another meeting of TSTO Anonymous so welcome! What is TSTO Anonymous? Well, it’s our version of a support meeting (said with my tongue in my cheek) that has turned into a nice thing we do occassionally just to give folks a positive message or a place to commiserate. You can find previous meetings here. While these meetings don’t happen as frequently as a fuzzball would like, I can always plug the the Sunday Open Threads as fill-in sessions when I can’t think of topics or life/game stuff is too busy to hold one. Jebus knows you Addicts like to congregate and chat about all sorts of stuff. Anyhoo… it’s time to fire up the simulated coffee pot, prop the door open with a lucky red hat, and get this meeting started. Pull up a chair, grab a Wookiee cookie, and let’s get this show on the road.

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Tagged 2016 TSTO Christmas Holiday Event, Addicted to The Simpsons Tapped Out, tapaholic, tapped out addicts, The Simpsons Tapped Out, TSTO 12 step program, TSTO Addicts, TSTO Anonymous, TSTO Friends & Community, TSTO Winter 2016, what to expect TSTO, worst TSTO event

Dear EA – P.S.

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Patric | 178 comments

I hesitated to open up this can of worms again, but the final frames of the this update pushed me over the edge. And while I thought it would be funny to do a “fake news” post about angry TSTO players leaving sheep’s heads at the gates of EA headquarters in San Francisco in protest, I thought better of it. After all…if two major countries can get into a recent preemptive twitter showdown over nuclear power over a fake news article, there is no telling what would happen if I fomented the fires of passion over this less-than-holiday update, and the final poke in the heart thrown out by the EA/Gracie programmers.

Instead, I will simply add a P.S. to the previous “venting letters” I wrote, which allowed you to write “I agree” in response, to get your emotions quelled and back to a “happy place” in the update.

Before I start, I want to re-emphasize that I do not have any issue with the basic concept of “trying something different” as it pertains to a “Winter/Holiday” update. And yes, while there are billions of Christians who lay claim to this time of year by nature of annual credit card debt, it doesn’t mean that the “hundreds of thousands of practising Wiccans around the globe” (according to WIKI) should be ignored.

However, as I will point out in the “P.S.” to EA, there are still limitations to how far we are to be pushed outside the realm of good taste and common sense.

See if you agree with me…
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Tagged Tapped Out Tips and Tricks, The Simpsons Tapped Out, TSTO, TSTO Addicts, TSTO Maggie Sacrifice, TSTO Winter 2016

New Year Quest and What’s Next

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Alissa | 133 comments

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

Just popping in real quick with a little info. As some of you noticed this morning, the main questline and ability to earn prizes from the Winter Event has left our games. (not 100% sure if we’ll get an even removal update…my thoughts are likely not until later) However, the Gnome in Your Home game, and Mystery Box, remains. So continue to plug away at that Gnome and earn those tickets, as that will leave our games on the 3rd.

Also, you may have noticed a little questline that started up between Homer and Grampa Simpson. This is NOT Act 3. This is a short 1 part questline for the New Year, with a silly animated task for Grampa. When it’s all over, Grampa will still have the 4hr task to celebrate the New Year…

And if you don’t already have it, you’ll get the New Year’s Eve Ball as a gift from EA. (if you already have it you’ll just get a Happy New Year message)..

And that’s it for now. The next MINI Event (Homer the Heretic, as is already teased in the game), will hit our games on the 3rd (as is indicated in the files). This will also not be Act 3. This is a Mini Event. The Winter Event is over. There will be no mystery/hidden Act 3. This is it guys. It’s onto the next adventure in 2017…

But stay tuned to TSTO Addicts over the next few days as we recap 2016 and prepare for 2017! Including some fun posts coming later today…

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Tagged Homer the Heretic, New Year Event, next event TSTO, spoilers, Tapped Out New Years Eve 2016, Tapped Out Tips and Tricks, The Simpsons Tapped Out, TSTO Addicts, TSTO Tips and Tricks, TSTO Winter Event 2016, Whats next in TSTO?, When Will Homer the Heretic start?

Where Did THAT Come From – The Wiccans & the Dunking Device

Posted on December 30, 2016 by The Wookiee | 4 comments

Christmas is over, the Wookiee’s getting fat… time to put a penny in the fuzzball’s hat… (a penny for my thoughts I guess).

In our silly lil game, we sometimes see things pop in that we have no clue as to their Origin. They seem familiar, but we just can’t pinpoint from where. So that is why we decided to make a fun lil reminder out of it. To let you know just Where Did THAT Come From?

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