Monthly Archives: February 2019

Super Safi’s Monday Morning Math Mayhem 08 – Roman Numerals

Morning Mathematical Monsters & Maniacs!

(Today’s post is sponsored by the letter “M”)

 

Hi, I’m Super Safi and you may remember me from such stats and strategy posts as Kwik-E-Mart Farming and the advanced losing-to-win Superheroes battle strategy.

Over the past 600+ episodes, The Simpsons has taken us on an amazing mathematical journey involving fractions, probability, Fermat’s last theorem, and hundreds of other aspects from the wonderful world off mathematics.

And what better way to start your week, then by discussing math Monday morning?

Recently we’ve had a lot of talk about Shelbyville and the Lemon of Troy episode. So this week, we’re going to look at a numeric system that pops up in that episode, Roman numerals.

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Addicts Open Thread

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…..

We’re stuck in a TSTO holding pattern,  no new content yet but what do you think will be next?

If you’re looking for something fun to do,  test your Simpsons knowledge with this Addicts quizthis Addicts quiz.

How’s your designing coming?  What are you doing with all this stuff?  Share some photos in the comments below!  And dont forget to submit your designs for showoff. (If you need a refresher on how to add photos to the comments check out this post)

And finally, how about the rest of your weekend?  Do anything fun and exciting?

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!

TSTO Addicts Downtime Simpsons Trivia: Day 1 Leaderboard

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

Day 1 of our Downtime Simpsons Trivia is in the books, time to see how y’all stacked up with your fellow Addicts! Before we get to the leaderboard, I want to remind you that this is for fun.  There’s no prize, other than bragging rights, for coming in first place with this round of Trivia.  As we finish out the trivia I may use Random.org to give away a couple of (small) prizes, but that’s not what it’s about right now.

Right now this just something fun to keep us all entertained during the downtime and to bring the Addicts Community a little closer together. 🙂

Here’s the leaderboard after Day 1:

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TSTO Addicts Downtime Simpsons Trivia: Season 1 and General Simpsons Knowledge

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

So, we’re sitting here in a bit of a TSTO holding pattern.  Nothing new has hit so we’re all just kind of waiting to see what happens next.  Not much to do but plan some redesigns and work on older questlines you may have avoided.

For those of us who are, relatively, content with our designs and have finished any and all questlines available in the game, this downtime can be a bit boring.  So I thought I’d bring a little excitement to our community with a bunch of Simpsons Trivia!

Over the next few days (excluding tomorrow, Open Thread Day), I’ll be posting a series of Simpsons Trivia questions where you can test your knowledge of our favorite yellow family! So brush up on your Simpsons skills because the trivia starts now!

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Friday Filler – Making More with Less During Downtime

Thank Grog it’s Firday!!

I am now one week away from our Rotary club’s big event. I took this on, because after doing two weddings last year, I figured, “how hard can it be to do a huge event for 200 people and raise $70K?”  Reading that line in print…makes me realize that maybe I should have read that line in print a few months ago, before I agreed to “chair” this thing.  The Southtowne SpeakEasy is going to be epic. If I live long enough to get through it.

Anyway, to say that I am not happy that we have some down time in the game this week, would be a bold-faced lie (And let’s face it…we don’t need any more bold faced lying going on in the world. Our liar cup runneth over). But, even in downtime, when everyone else has a chance to design, catch up, be creative and expand…I find myself having to do more, with less, even though I have more to work with.

That’s right…I’m talking about the idiotic Item Limits that continue to vex me. I hit it again last week. The hard item limit. The real deal, “You need to store…blah…blah….blah…” item limit warning.

And just when I had a ton of donuts to spend! But, I found a solution!

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Simpson’s News Links

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

Well, just because we don’t have any new content in our pocket-sized towns doesn’t mean we can’t still have some Simpsons sized fun!  Here’s the latest roundup of Simpon’s News and a few fun things to check out!

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A Caption This While We Wait…

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

Well guys, the timer ran out on Valentine’s Day 2 days ago and we’re all still waiting. Waiting and waiting to see what’s coming next…some more patiently than others. The truth is only EA knows who or what is coming next or even when it’s coming.

So, while we wait I thought we’d have a little fun with a few funny Caption This submissions…

So hey Addicts, caption this!

Submitted by Matt L

Submitted by Maureen B

 Submitted by ebron

If you’ve got an image you’d like to submit for a “Caption this!” post, email it to us at TSTOAddictsblog@gmail.com o you never know when yours might be next!

Addicts Bracket Challenge: Most Desired Character – A 30 Month Retrospective!

Hey Tappers!

Two and a half years ago yesterday, we saw 73 characters (64 including 8 combos) not yet in our games battle it out in 10 weeks of vigorous head-to-head matchups, we crowned the winner of the very first Bracket Battle on August 19th 2016 in this post here.

However, over the past two and a half years, we have seen many of those 64 characters enter our towns. So let’s take a look back and see just how much the game has changed over the past thirty months.

Let’s start by taking a look back at the final Bracket:

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Springfield Showoff: Love, Springfieldian Style

As we sit here frakkin files, pulling pics, and typing a million words a minute to get our readers the latest updates and information…we sometimes find ourselves forgetting to stop and enjoy our own games. More so our neighboreenos. So we try to make it a point to hop in n out of the towns now and then to see what cool things YOU are up to. So we have decided we want to continue to focus more attention (as if we don’t already 😛 ) on YOU…our readers. Time to time we will be peaking into your towns, checking our Flickr, and also the posts in the comments below to see what cool ideas and designs YOU have come up with to make your towns unique and…well…YOU.

So here is YOUR chance to show off all your hard work, time, donuts & in-game cash spent. Send us your work, no matter how big or small and brag about it to the world. We want you to! Then keep your eyes posted to Addicts to see if YOU end up on our “SPRINGFIELD SHOWOFF”.

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Love, Springfieldian Style: Week 4 Questline All Dogs Go to Jail

Hey Howdy Hey Tappers!

Love is in the air friends!  Yes, Valentine’s Day is back in our pocket-sized towns!  And this time around things are going to be done, Springfieldian Style.

Love, Springfieldian Style follows the same event structure that the Simpsons Christmas Special event followed.  This event consists of 4 parts (or Acts), with each part lasting a week and taking us through a new part of the event!

It’s time for the exciting conclusion of Love, Springfieldian Style!  For Act 4 we’re following Snake’s totally made up story about some dogs, we also see how the story ends and if the Valentine’s Day Cards are spared!  So let’s take a look at Snake’s story…

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