So… it’s a new year and I’m sure I’m not alone in looking forward to what EA has in store for all of us as the months go by. While the future is sure to include episode tie-ins and the obligatory events that drive some of us to madness and/or celebration, I thought it might be fun to resurrect a contest idea we had way back in July 2014. You see, the team here at Addicts decided to give away donuts for creativity and the result was nothing short of amazing. Basically, a lot of people created ideas for the next big thing in the game and boy howdy did the Addicts show up with ideas.
Looking back at that contest, a lot of our ideas became realities in the game. I could toot my own horn and point out my example became Level 48 with Lurleen Lumpkin but just scrolling through the comments, so much made its way into the game.
Here are some highlights:
– Etamni proposed the volunteer fire department
– mippleberry had Cookie Kwan and Red Blazer Realty
– Brodie had Bart the Daredevil stuff incl. Lance Murdock
– melpo2x had Herb Powell and King Size Homer
– Paul mentioned the Shining mansion
– philipstarkes had Ayn Rand’s School for Tots and Burns’ casino fountain
– Paul Di Salvo included Rabbi K and Temple Beth Springfield
– neonninja64 has Mindi Simmons
– Katelyn went with Le Maison Derriere, Belle, and Princess Kashmir
– Katie basically prognosticated a good portion of the Casino event
– Steve Ward covered Radioactive Man, Fallout Boy, and the movie
– Mattmcmxii had Jasper and Molloy
– Ellis had the Helen and Jessics Lovejoy
– ambie14 mentioned Mona Simpson
– Fresco332 had Jacqueline Bouvier and Ling
– Donut13 had a bunch of the Deep Space Homer stuff
– Joseph had a playable Sideshow Bob
I’m sure I missed something in there that was mentioned as I quickly scrolled through the 132 responses on the contest post and I didn’t even cover the amazing ideas we had submitted by e-mail. My point is, we got creative, a few people won donuts, and basically we did a lot of work for EA that may or may not have influenced the game we all love. A lot of content has come into the game over the two and a half years since that contest but I think it’s high time we do it all again. Sure we no longer have level updates but that doesn’t mean we can’t take our ideas to the next level.
Here’s the Deal:
Come up with a mini-event, event, or whatever that you think would be awesome for the game. Put it all together, submit the idea, and then maybe, just maybe, you can be rewarded for your efforts with some sweet digital donuts from the Addicts. There’s so many options for what could come our way.
Here’s What You’ll Need To Do:
The Addicts team wants YOU the readers to come up with the next idea for TSTO. Basically a building/character combo for both freemium and premium, decorations, etc. Think back on previous stuff. Each idea must include:
-Freemium Character/Building Combo with cost/build time
-Premium Character (or skin) with Cost. This can have a decoration or building combo with it (like Lampwick and the Rocket Car) or it can just be the character (like Blue Haired Lawyer)
-At least 1 freemium or premium decoration with pricing. Can have more than one if desired.
-Tasks with description, times and payouts for each task.
-A General Idea of what the questline would include. Actual dialog not needed, but a basic description of what kind of trouble the characters would get into. (If you want to do dialog…Feel free to make a few silly jabs at yourself, the Addicts, your neighboreenos… or even EA… just like they do)
Each idea MUST include each area/point in order to be considered an official entry. So take your time and don’t rush to submit. Make sure your entry is complete before sending it in.
Here’s How You Win:
All entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 pm on Jan 31st, 2017. The TSTO Addicts team will then go through all entries and pick the top 10 that we think are the absolute best. We will post the top 10 on our website the following week (sometime during the week of February 6th) and then open it up to the readers of TSTOAddicts.com to vote on which one they like the best. Voting will open once they are posted and will close by Feb 12 at 11:59pm. The top 5 vote getters will be our big winners. Winners will be announced sometime during the week of February 13th.
Here’s Who Can Enter:
This contest is open to ALL Addicts World Wide (see the official rules below regarding gift cards outside of the US) 18 and over.
Here’s what you can win:
-5th Place- a $10 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-4th Place- a $10 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-3rd Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-2nd Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-1st Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
How to post your entry:
Post your level ideas in the comments below or by emailing us at TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com. Yup it’s really that simple! No screenshots to take, no town designing to do (unless you REALLY want to add some photographic examples with your entries…but it’s NOT required). The official rules are at the end of the post… basically the legal mumbo jumbo worthy of the Springfield Lawyer House.
(Note from Alissa, because some players just want to state their ideas without entering, entries MUST be received via email so we know who’s entering and who’s just saying what they’d like to see. This will help us distinguish from who’s just saying what they’d like to see and who’s entering the contest. Thanks!)
See the end of this post for the official rules…
Just think, not only do you get to use your creative juices but you might also do EA’s work for them and see your very own idea in the Best. Game. Ever. all while spending donuts you didn’t pay for on a silly mobile game you enjoy. Sounds like fun to me and if the previous contest was any indication, this is gonna be great.
In keeping with how we did the last contest, I’ll start off with a quick idea I had for something. In fairness, this was mentioned by HokieHopkins in the first contest (winning 4th place) and I’ve always wanted it since it was mentioned. With EA recently delving into the topic of religion and also giving us prizes in Act One of the 2016 Holiday Event from it… I think we’ll likely see something based on the Movementarians in the future. Maybe this has to do with my theory from Addict Live?
“The Joy of Sect” (S9:E13) is a fun episode and could bring all sorts of things into the game. I picture this as an amazing event in the vein of Stonecutters 2014. I think we can all agree that THAT was one event that rocked the casbah. While not cult-related, the whole episode does start at the Springfield Airport which could be a whole different idea. I’d love to see the Just Crichton and King Bookstore and/or more planes and airporty schtuff.
The tappable characters earning event currency could be Krishnas or Evangelicals or Cult Members.
Buildings for the Movementarians could include the Welcome Center, cult cabins, and the Forbidden Barn.
Decorations could include the indoctrination theater, the circle of judgment, a table for the eating of low-protein gruel, and/or the mass marriage altar.
I think I just want to see a bunch of characters in Movementarian robes and the truck from this image. We could create rows and rows of lima beans for harvesting inside a Movementarian compound.
The defenses to keep people in the compound could be great too.
I also wouldn’t complain about getting the Springfield Lawyer-House and all their SPLT response vehicles.
And of course, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention getting The Leader. I think he’d be the premium of the event.
He could either come with his super sweet Rolls Royce or his flying money contraption aka what’s inside the fake UFO that is the Cult Flying Saucer from the 2016 Halloween Event.
I think we can all agree in a non-cultish sense of consensus that it might be time for “a life of serenity, love, and loving serenity” in our games. “Church, cult, cult, church. So we get bored someplace every Sunday.” I truly think something of this sort is already planned by EA based on the holiday prizes and I hope I’m right. If it does show up, I completely plan on taking full credit lol. Now let’s all sing a song. Na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na…. Fishing! (Leader and Batman are also acceptable)
I know someone may be feeling unoriginal right now but truly, there’s already been a ton of event ideas proposed from the Addicts on the Hey EA post that hit last Friday. I have the utmost faith we’re gonna see so many righteous options that are gonna make picking ten one heck of a task.
And now….
Here are the Official Rules from the Blue-Haired Lawyer:
-Each contestant may only submit ONE entry! (no revisions once submitted. If multiple entries are submitted by the same reader only the FIRST entry submitted will be accepted)
-Valid email address must be provided when submitting an entry, this will be how we will contact you to let you know you’re one of the top 10. All entries must be email to TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com to be counted as official entries.
-Unfortunately, because of the nature of the Gift Cards, Gift Cards can only be awarded to Tappers in the US 18 and older. To our friends outside of the US 18 and older you may enter the contest but an alternate prize may be awarded at Addicts discretion if a gift card for your country cannot be secured.
-Void where prohibited
-No purchase necessary
-Addicts writers, and family members are not eligible to participate.
-You must let us know within 1 week of winning which platform (iOS, Amazon/Kindle or Android) you’d prefer the GC on.
-All entries must be received by 11:59PM on January 31st 2017
-Voting ends at 11:59pm February 12th 2017
-Vote totals will not be seen until after contest is over.
-All entries will be reviewed by TSTO Addicts writers prior to posting.
-Any entry deemed by the Addicts team as not PG or offensive, will not be posted and not be eligible to participate in the contest.
-Prizes are as follows:
-5th Place- a $10 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-4th Place- a $10 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-3rd Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-2nd Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-1st Place- a $25 iTunes/Google Play/Kindle Gift Card
-All gift cards will be awarded to winners electronically.
-Previous contest winners are not eligible to win a prize, unless it’s been more than 6 months since they’ve won.
-Gift cards will be awarded for the amounts indicated above. TSTOAddicts is not responsible for any taxes and fees that may occur outside of the rates indicated in Tapped Out by EA (4th and 5th Place $10 each, 3rd, 2nd and 1st place $25 each).
Contest winner is responsible for all taxes and fees that may occur when purchasing.
-This contest is not affiliated with Google, iTunes, Kindle, Amazon, EA, Fox, Gracie Films or anyone else in association with The Simpsons, The Simpsons Tapped Out, Google, Kindle, Amazon, and iTunes.
-For a copy of the official rules email TSTO Addicts at TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com
(keep in mind if you ask for the official rules we’re just going to resend you this list in a PDF format)
So that’s it Tappers. Your ultimate What the Addicts Want contest creating our very own Top 5 level ideas! We can’t wait to see what you come up with and look forward to your ideas!
TTFN… Wookiee out!