Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!
It’s that time of the week again, time for the Addicts Weekly Open Thread! So, 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!
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…..
Don’t forget voting is open in the latest Bracket Battle! Pick your favorite buildings to advance!
Another reminder….Springfield Showoff (Reader’s Choice) is due tonight by 8pm ET. Send your submissions in to TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com or post them on our Showoff annoucement post.
Russian Tigger (who does an AMAZING job on FGA, despite Bunny’s mysterious disappearances) is sharing some thoughts on the new Futurama Game over on Family Guy Addicts. Check it out if you’re playing (or interested in playing) FWOT.
Superheroes round 3 ended today..and Homer’s Cannon ends tomorrow. So looks like we’re setup for another (hopefully big) update to hit on Tuesday! What are your thoughts for what will hit? Anything you’re hoping for? Anything you’re hoping doesn’t hit?
How was the rest of your weekend? Do anything fun and exciting? Almost August…Summer is winding down fast!
So chat about the Simpsons, TSTO, Update fun, or anything else you can think of! (Just no politics, it never ends well) Can’t wait to chat with you all, you know we love hearing from you!
Have Fun! And happy Sunday!
Looking forward to re-watching the 599th episode tonight…The Town which spot lights my state capital – Boston.
Sorry for asking in advance given I’ve mentioned this before but does anyone know whether Homer does a spit take is a permanent task for him or was it only for the secret agent event and winter 2015? Thank you!
I don’t think he has it as a regular task, sorry.
Quick question to anybody wanting to help out. I’m curious if you get more land space when you complete Springfield Heights? Thx.
By collecting Heights currency, you can unlock all the available land in Heights. But you can’t go any further or get any bonus land for reaching $2 billion REV.
I’m at 809 million and change do you get more land after that amount? Thx.
No, the amount of land available is not dependent upon your REV.
Ahh I get it, well poop could use extra land in heights I put all my rich pretty looking buildings there. Thanks buddy, always appreciate you taking the time to help. Thx.
Not in a good mood…insomnia, having to work today, shoulder pain, not getting done the personal stuff I wanted to get done (see “having to work today” plus spending way too much time out shopping with my husband yesterday and sleeping too late because of the insomnia)…bleh. I guess I’m glad there’s nothing going on in the game, but the superheroes stuff disappeared before I thought it would, and I was gonna cave and get the last two things from the mystery box that I had been debating about.
But all minor grumbles compared with what lots of other folks have to deal with, and, while I’m annoyed I have to work today, I’m thankful that I still have my job, with decent pay and at a good company, so I guess I shouldn’t be complaining.
Well, back to work now…hope y’all have a good Sunday (or what’s left of it)!
I recommend Dream Water for the insomnia. It’s a fairly light touch, but it always works for me.
You should listen to him. He has a “Dr” in his user name.
Hah! Yeah, that’s a Doctor Who reference. (I did want to get an advanced degree, once upon a time, but academia was eating my soul.)
Eating your soul is one thing.
Eating your pocketbook is a definitive.
The 2 main reasons I stopped
AA
BA
MBA
Tooo many characters to consider
$$$$PhD$$$$$$
It was also eating money, yeah, but mostly I was miserable.
LOL, ROTF!!!
Thanks – I really needed a good laugh after a yucky day.
If you’ve never tried melatonin, I highly recommend it. One 3mg tab, 30 minutes before bed…something our bodies already produce , but stress can interrupt the cycle. Also, the blue tinted light that all computers and TVs put out can inhibit melatonin production…if your pad has a “change to pm” option in the brightness setting, it can help you get to sleep 😴. The iPad has a timer you can set to change the light color to warmer tones in the pm…hope this helps 😊.
Thanks! I actually did take melatonin last night, but only 1mg….that’s the most I can take without it giving me weird sleep. The thing about taking melatonin (at least for me) is that I have to take it 1-1/2 to 2 hours before I want to go to sleep, because it takes that long to kick in and a full night to wear off. So it’s not helpful once I’m already way past my bedtime…it is helpful when I want to proactively make sure I get a good night’s sleep.
But I don’t like to take it too regularly, because, although your body makes it naturally, if you take it too regularly, your body just makes less on its own. (I think that was one of the reasons that I read not to do that, but I could be misremembering the details.) Also, I’ve found that it starts to lose effect if I take it too frequently.
What is it?
https://drinkdreamwater.com/pages/how-it-works
Yeah – I checked that out after I posted my comment. I already have melatonin and 5-HTP, which I sometimes take. I thought it was funny in the article when it somebody talked about waking up in the middle of the night and taking a sip to go back to sleep. That would have me utterly unable to wake up when my alarm went off in the morning! Also, I find a melatonin takes a little while to actually kick in. But thanks for the thought and, fortunately, I got a better nights sleep last night, thanks to some melatonin!
You put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up!
Feel better!
I’ve been having another semi-bad day today, but reading your comment just put a smile on my face. 🙂
Hi everybody! Hi MAB! Enjoying another incredible blue sky,hot weather day in Alberta today! I’ve only been playing my games once daily this week…hopefully new content will motivate me next week! Cheers!☀️
I wonder if they will have a mini game with the Solar Eclipse. Ed Begley Jr, his car, his train, and Amalgamated Sunscreen with people jumping off the roof?
Those Sprinkles are hard to get. I have 87 apart from Daily Task,Finding Maggie and leveling up what other ways are there, I want to be a Sprinkle King but I’m pretty low whereas I see people with hundreds.
look into KEM farming, there is a page and lots of comments on it.
Focus on your bonus % currently I get about 30 a week from everything
Farming KEMs for 🍩🍩🍩 Is the most efficient way. Look up “KEM Farming” in the search area (upper right on the blogsight)…lots of good postings by other tappers. You can buy and sell KEMs to help you level up faster, thereby earning more donuts than you normally would. Also check out the “XP collider” while you are searching.
Search for the post on Kwik-E-Mart farming.
Rail yard
Turn on the XP collider and buy bloodmobiles (quick way) works if you have a large amount of money. Turn on XP collider and buy kwik E marts (slow efficient way) buy KEM that you can afford, build it then sell it. Repeat this to continue a cash flow while earning doughnuts. Play Sideshow You mini game in Krustyland (balloon pop) you have a chance a 5 doughnuts. Complete the weekly monorail to earn 5 doughnuts at the end. If you’re friendship level is at 20 tap neighbors buildings for a chance at doughnuts. Send Homer on a visual task, while he’s doing the visual task tap him to make him giggle and laugh. You’ll get doughnuts and a premium decoration. Don’t forget the daily challenges. You earn doughnuts from that as well. I hope I didn’t offer advice that you were aware of. Best strategy is Kwik E Mart farming.
I don’t have the ‘Sideshow You’ Game yet or havn’t finished the Monorail or Friendship prizes yet but am working my way through it. I can KEM farm though I may try that, Thanks!
Try the Homer thing I wrote as well if you haven’t done it already.
I done that a long time ago! Thanks anyways.
I agree with Curious Mark:
“Turn on the XP collider and buy bloodmobiles (quick way) works if you have a large amount of money.”
KEM farming takes a lot of effort, but is a more efficient than Bloodmobiles. I use Bloodmobiles to save my time…
Get large amounts of money by increasing Bonus % and collecting from a large house farm regularly.
Regards
Why do people keep saying that KEM farming takes a lot of time? If you lay your farm out right (and you’re not trying to farm 100s of them). I farm two plots, for a total of 76 KEM, and I can harvest and replant in around 3 minutes give or take 30 seconds. (Used to takes less time, but, the higher my multiplier gets, the more rounds of bonut boxes I have to go through as I’m collecting.) It’s not even all that inconvenient to do, since they’re on the same 4-hour cycle that event tasks are (and, if it’s not event time, or you can’t tap at work, even if you send your characters on 8-hour tasks during the day, you could still collect your farm in the morning, in the evening, and before bed).
I’m not trying to encourage folks to KEM farm…in fact, its against my personal interest to take away potential money-paying customers from EA. (Of course, that hasn’t stopped me from trying to help many folks who wanted to do it learn how to do it….my point is that I’m not saying all of this because I actively want more people to do it, so I’m misleading them to encourage them.) I’m really asking….why do people keep saying that it’s time-consuming?!?
Re: time consuming. Maybe they are considering the if want 100+ donuts, it will take hours/days to farm KEM and collect. Versus the time to buy, e.g. bloodmobiles, place, collect donuts, sell, repeat.
Oh, that makes sense….I should have thought of that myself (smh). Thanks!
LEGODUDE – Neighbour visits. I get btwn 2-4 every day that way….💜X
And try to get 60 neighbors if you can…that seems to be the golden number for at least 2 donuts/day. One day last week I did 2 sets of 30…split morning and afternoon… and received 4 donuts for my efforts. Usually 2 or 3 per day, but thats a pretty good haul for the time it takes. Good Luck 😊
I’m not sure if this has been brought up before, but has the Daily Challenge Reset timer moved ahead an hour, as well as the timers for items in the store eg the Superhero 3 items? I noticed it is now 9am GMT instead of 8am, strange. 😕
Sort of. The master clock for the game does not adjust with daylight saving time; it’s always on standard time.
Apologies if the answer to this question has already been posted but when will the Vault stop offering discounted items?
september 4.
Sure hope they offer something better before the shop closes up…the offerings in mine have been dismal.☹️
Huh, I’ve been wondering about that too.
Hello from Saudi Arabia. Not sure if somebody from Saudi has ever posted before…if not, then the Addicts span continues to grow!
WELCOME!! Glad to have you here!
Thanks Patric. Actually been following TSTO for about 4 years. Just a new travel location. I’ve now logged in to TSTO Addicts from eight countries.
I just recently found out they will be releasing Simpsons on DVD again! I was extremely disappointed when I found out they stopped.
Does anyone have à suggestion for a program for iPad to autostitch screenshots? Cannot find a good one.
Thanks
I never found a good one either…tried autostitch and 3 others in the app store, none did a very good job.
I got auto stitch pro, I think it was a couple of uk pounds? Only used it a couple of times but works ok.
I gave up on that search (both iOS and Android) and found that using PowerPoint worked best.
Thanks for the suggestions.
I could not find auto stitch for iOS, I ended up with photoshop mix, in which you manually need to stitch the screenshots, not perfect.
I think AutoStitch is only for iPhone and not for iPad.
I use it on my phone and it usually does a good job if I don’t try to stitch too many pics at once. Can usually handle 5 ok but sometimes manages 6.
The free version only allows you to stitch at ‘low’ quality but would allow you to test it before deciding to buy.
If anyone is wondering at 8.00 am EST in the 31st the teaser stunt cannon will finish whichmeans that on the 31st will be yhe update in EST
Has anybody made a clubbing district? Would be nice to see some…
I have my own but it’s a work in progress.
More of a pride district but it’s where all my Springfielders go to club! 😀😀
https://flic.kr/p/Vqpgeh
I surrounded the RNH with my Pride Area….. 🕵️
I hope the summer time sing off will add Mary spuckler
It was a busy week in the tsto game with the availability of the hollow snake trunk, one of the best items in the game with income and high%. Happily bought a number of them. Bought nothing from the Vault. Need to expand the Police station compound with the recent additions of police decorations. Can’t wait for the next event to drop.
Completed Sherlock Season 4, felt that it was a strange season. Probably influenced by Dr. Strange.
Watched The Conjuring 2, Resident Evil Vendetta and The Accountant over in the week.
That was a multiple? I assumed I never saw it because it was unique and I had one. Darn. 🙁
The incredible deal of 10 donuts was just one item. You can get more at a listed price of 60 donuts each at the premium store. Did you see it?
Oh – so you meant you bought a bunch at the normal price, then? I misunderstood.
Yes. All but one were bought at 60 donuts.
There is a local furniture store commercial here that starts: “Here in Minnesota, we work hard, we play hard.” Then I expect to hear 🎶DUN DUN DUN DUN DUN🎶 Never happens though. 😛
Just sitting here waiting for the next big event… I saved up some donuts, replaced nonplaying neighbors and prepped my recyclables for the monorail donuts next week. Hoping there is a way where you can assist your neighbors in the upcoming event like there was in the past.
Harptree Soonbay 😀
A winner winner chicken dinner to everyone that posts today! ♡
… The Good, The Bad and The Ugly….
Good … it was this time last year I did a guest post for addicts. Brooders guide to to TSTO events. Funnily enough it is still valid! I honestly welcome the new event on August 1st. I can’t wait 🙂
It is also a year tomorrow (Yes a year) since I have owned Tapped-out.co.uk and I have never looked back. The good friends I have made over there are paramount to the community spirit of TSTO Addicts and TOUK. Thank you Alissa and Wookie and Pat for always supporting us.
Bad… it’s been a heck of a year for some of us. I wish you well my friends. For those of you that like to troll me. My house will not burn and I will not burn with it! My house is a safe place for nice players. No trolls allowed.
Ugly…. I nuked my town! After 4 years of play. I am probably the opposite to most in that I have LOVED every minute of redesign. This is the best thing I have ever done! I have truly had the best time redesigning my town. So much space! Only warning is that the inventory will drive you nuts.
Finally …. I want to say thank you addicts for always being here for me and thank you touks for always being there for me too. ♡
Brooders xx0xx
I would like to know if anyone knows if EA will ever offer Zutroy again. I’d really like to add him to my Springfield.
I held back from spending my doughnuts. I wanted to try the mystery box again but now I have a decent reserve of doughnuts for the next event. It should be something to get us into the end of August. How did we get to August so fast, where did you go summer?
My turn?
Hello all. Happy Open Thread Day.
Jessica Lovejoy popped up in my store, without any discount. I’ve been wanting her and I figured this meant she wasn’t gong to be offered with a discount for quite some time. Most likely until Patric has finished paying off wedding #4. Way, way in the future.
So I bought her.
And I still have a bank of sprinkles (and farming more) in anticipation of what potentially awaits us come Tuesday.
I almost have enough saved for #4. But, number 5 will have to go back to our original deal…No more than one a year, with a year’s notice!!
Hello all, hope each has a good Sunday and week ahead.
Spent last week at the beach relaxing with family and enjoyed the downtime in the game.
Looking forward to a new event though and hope it starts this week.
We are very happy with the birth of our second daughter: Tess.
Its very busy here so I am really enjoying the downtime. Trying to make something of Krustyland. To bad the dinosaur and pirate items cannot be placed there.
I hope EA can somehow lock your donut spending with a password or something like that.
My other daughter loves tapping but she cannot read yet. She accidently spend some donuts on rushing buildings and such.
Congratulations on Tess! 🙂
Thank you.
The children of today are the TSTO addicts of tomorrow.
😂😂😂🤳🤳
Congrats on the new baby🐣😀!
About locking your donuts…you may have to log out when you leave the game unattended. It’s a pain to have to log back in each time, but not as painful as losing your sprinklies by accident. I don’t know of any other way to prevent unapproved donut spending.
I know now to be more careful and not leaving my game unattended.
I thought the extra tapping was a bonus.
Now if I could teach my 5 year old to KEM farm that would be great.
Congrats!
👍👍👍😃
MAB have a good week.
Im pretty sure you can set up a thing in the settings that needs you to confirm every donut spend
Congrats!!🍼🍾
It might not be a perfect solution but, there is a box you can check in settings that will make the game ask you to confirm spending donuts. If nothing else, it might at least buy you some time.
Congrats on the new addition!
Congrats & have two daughters also. Girls are great. Enjoy the ride.
Almost finished Dr Crab’s questline, and it was actually quite enjoyable to go through. To be honest, this downtime is kind of dragging on now. Atleast we’ll see a big event soon. 😁 Hope you are all having a great weekend, happy Sunday! 😊 😊
Hi, MAB *waves*
Hi, everyone who’s not MAB *waves more*
🙂
I keep seeing “MAB”… what does that mean? I’m sure it’s obvious and I’ll regret asking…😜
Hi bennyqne
😄
MAB would be me
☺️☺️☺️
Hi Mike. Hi All.
Sorry about the cricket Mike. Sort of.
😟😟😟 but I haven’t given up hope yet… 😃
Firstly, to our fabulous hosts and their families…
Hi Alissa, Mr Alissa & Miss Riley
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Hi Patric (He’s alive! He’s alive!) 😃 & Mrs Patric
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Hi Wookiee, Ms Heather Wookiee (?) and baby Wookiee’s x 3 and Wookieemama
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So a very quiet week/weekend for me – did as little as possible (autocorrect wanted that to be: part swivel???😄) and loved it! Would have loved it even more if the cricket was going better (for us) but since that’s beyond my control I just smile and wave! 😃👋 England currently lead by 440+ runs and a record run chase is probably unlikely given our dismal batting in our first innings – but never give up hope! 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦
Had some more very light rain last night and early this morning – will take whatever comes our way. Going from 14°C today to 28°C tomorrow but pretty sure the heat is not going to bring thunderstorms with it 😟
I’ve built up my cash & donut reserves so I’m ready for another event now! Bring it on EA! Bring it on!
Now, it’s time for my bath…
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Have a good week everyone!
🇿🇦😄🇿🇦😄🇿🇦😄🇿🇦
You COULD be #1 if you didn’t have ~185 names in your list.
True. But at least my typing is getting faster… 😄😄😄
Hi MAB
Have a good week
Hi MAB…have a nice Sunday…
We’ve had over 9 inches of rain ⛈this week..wish I could send some your way. Our lawn guys couldn’t even mow this week cuz the yard is so soggy💦…Just too much of a good thing 😝.
He’s alive…mostly! Thanks for remembering me!
Pat … ♡
Winner winner chicken dinner!
NO!
Hello MAB …..London calling…no shortage of rain here !
Hopefully some of it falls on the cricket!
🙏🙏🙏😃
Hi mab hope you have a good week 🙂
Hi MAB!! Your list has grown a lot. 😄👋
Thanks! Hi to you too!
Hi 🇬🇧😁
My advice, don’t gamble. Even when you ‘win’ you lose.
(If you ain’t first, you ain’t a winner)
Non-TSTO comment:
Beautiful weekend in central Canada. Drove up from Toronto to Montreal for the weekend. Will drive back to T.O. tonight. Hopefully the six hour drive home won’t be longer than seven hours, though I expect a lot of traffic with people returning from cottage country.
TSTO comment:
Nice to have a lull in the game. The vault was another weak week. Though I did pick up the Boardwalk Ferris wheel. I’m really looking forward to posting the updated Bracket Battle contest leaderboard. Spoiler alert, I had a great week!
Winner, winner!
But you didn’t finish it…?
Sheldon (Big Bang Theory) would be tearing his hair out…
😂😂😂
MAB THE GREAT. MAB THE GREAT . MAB THE GREAT .
🎬🎥🔫🐒 . See ya bye . 👽
Hi Hondo! Has Creepy D been bothering you lately? I haven’t seen anything in the papers. 😄👋
Chicken dinner ☆