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…..

ICYMI we had an all-new episode of Addicts Live up yesterday.  We talked about the current state of TSTO.  What’s going on, what may still happen, and why we don’t think it’s the end.  Plus all 4 Addicts were together for this episode, so you don’t want to miss the fun that happens when Wookiee, Patric, Safi, and I are together.  Check it out here if you missed it. (you can also find it as a podcast via Apple and Google Podcasts.  Just search Addicts Live via your Podcast app)

Well…there’s nothing new in Springfield!  Another week of nothingness…what’s going on?  What do you think will hit?  When?

ICYMI we played a new round of Simpsons Trivia yesterday, all about the episode “Homer At Bat”.  Check it out here if you haven’t played yet.

How’s your designing coming?  What are you doing with your town?  Share some photos in the comments below! (If you need a refresher on how to add photos to the comments check out this post)

And finally, Happy April!  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!

117 responses to “Addicts Open Thread”

  1. I have recently started KEM farming and have 100 KEMs. I read that someone said they make 100 donuts every 4 hours. I only get 7 even with the xp collider. I have approximately 200% bonus Xp

    • It seems like you might be below 939. Once you hit that, expect your donuts to go up to like 9-12 per hour if you always choose three and have the $$ to sustain that.

      After that, it’s really all about %. Whoever mentioned those donut numbers probably has an incredibly high percentage and is thus able to reap a lot more per KEM. I recently decided to explore this space and really increased my percent to the point where every four hours, I end up with that 100 donut mark.

      So I ask myself: to what end? If premium items typically cost 150-200 donuts, the rate you’re earning seems like you will be able to afford most things you want (assuming we ever have another event with premium items).

      I think I’ll probably group store my % items and declutter a bit as well as make the bubble popping feeling of KEM farming more fun :). Why did I do it? I guess just to see if I could. I now firmly believe that you can happily farm all you need at percentages like you’re talking about (you might want to try to boost it a little bit if you find you’re not getting enough donuts or $$) and afford all the things you need. No need for the multiple thousand % 🙂

      To each their own though!

  2. krustoferson123

    Thank you tapper friends!!!!!! I saw a comment on this thread about fallout boy and the radstation fortress. So tonight I sent EA a plea for Fallout Boy mentioning that I bought the Radstation fortress (along with over 700 items from the yearbook) and within 10 minutes I got an email from Sanjeev that they have added the character into my account!!!! Thank you thank you. This is the second “freebie” I’ve gotten because I saw a couple weeks ago about Blackbeard and his flying fortress (which I bought the pirate but didn’t know about his quest (I have 300+ quests still I’m slowly going through so I might never have gotten to it) and they added that one too. Thanks guys you guys are awesome. Every email I get that says TSTO I keep hoping it’s from Alissa saying a new event is coming! But I still enjoy all the conversations.

  3. Every time I open the game now it asks me to verify my age and tells me I have to download an update of 1697 MB to continue. I download the update and there’s absolutely nothing new. Is anyone else having this issue? I tried signing out/signing in, turning phone off/on, deleting/reinstalling the app.

    • This has been written about a number of times. But, it means you need to clear some memory on your device. Too many pics…too much music? Hard to say… but it can’t upload the game without enough memory to do so, so it just keeps forcing you to download it again and again.

      • Ah, thank you so much! I tried a search but it didn’t lead anywhere productive. Glad to know there’s a fix!

  4. Cranking up the smoker today…chicken halves, a rack of baby backs, and a small turkey cut in half (I love Publix! 😍). Brined all the poultry for 24 hours, marinated the ribs and now we’re ready to go!
    First time smoking a turkey…low and slow…can’t wait for dinner time.👍😄

    • Yum! What time’s dinner?! 😉

      We smoke turkey a lot (every Thanksgiving), always comes out so good! Love our smoker, one of my favorite ways to cook (as long as the weather is right)

      • I like it a lot more now that I bought a propane smoker and a wi-fi thermometer that has an Ipad app. It alerts me when the cooker temp is getting too low (not so much, now, with propane) so I don’t have to keep checking every half hour. Just add more applewood pellets every 2 hours or so and we’re set.😁

  5. I received the Radstation Air Fortress through the Yearbook Mystery Box, but I was not able to complete the quest associated to it because I did not have Fallout Boy. So I contacted EA help via e-mail on Friday. They replied me back immediately, solved the problem (they gave me the character) and were very helpful. This doesn’t seem to me a behavior of a company that has the plan of shutting down the game.
    However, as I stated in a comment in a previous post, there are hints that can be interpreted as a Doomsday signal.
    So, at the end, I am confused. I think we will receive same answers in the next days. But if there is no update on Tuesday, I’ll start seriously panicking.

  6. Keith1Roon991

    Can’t remember but we’re did The flash costume for comic book guy come from, don’t think I have that?

  7. Used the down time to go through storage. Didn’t realize I had about about 150% hiding in storage. Mostly Springfield Heights buildings. I only had one of each out, now that I have space they’re out and hiding in a corner until inspiration hits me.

    Also I had little piles here and there of items I didn’t know what to do with and moved them all to the same corner. My oh my. I have a lot of undesigned stuff. Found homes for much of it but most is decorations and I don’t have a habit of leaving a lot of open space so might have to incorporate it when new stuff finally gets added.

    Lastly I’m kind of enjoying the down time to play with Homer, Bart avid Lisa. They have so many jobs I never get to see since they’re always working on event currency. Homer between a rock and a hard place. Hangar 18. Lisa and Bart tied to airplane propellers. Lisa, Milhouse and Martin putting on a play. Last week I found the break annoying, now I’m enjoying it which means something will happen this week.

    • Hanger 18 and the plane work well at Rommelwood…the rest of those items are stored in my town. I never did find a good place for Rock and a Hard Place and finally gave up trying, since it payed nothing anyway and had no bonus. 🤷‍♀️

  8. talon8770 // rick

    I believe it took some time for the secret agent event to arrive last year. The break is welcome. I found a hysterical looney toons game Bugs Bunny Mayhem level up your cartoon players to brain each other with anvils dynamite etc. its a scream.

  9. Goonies R Good Enough is a pretty rare one

  10. krustoferson123

    Is it a KFC recipe type secret or can you share how you know beforehand that an update is coming and you even know what is in ti?

  11. wait so is MAB still playing ingame, but not talking to us here?
    I miss MAB

  12. can anyone tell me if the building that offered free land tokens will become a available again. or where i could find it. i don’t know whybor how bit i missed it in January. thanks for any help.

  13. Can someone please post the link to the game redownloading post? Thank you!

  14. Sorry…been here for years….it’s over on Tuesday. Just thought I’d let everyone know.

    • You’re just talking TSTO, right? 🤔
      Of course, if you’re not…well…I guess a new event is the least of our worries. 🤪

    • Please! Step away from the edge!!! There’s too much to live for!

  15. Anyone else find themselves using the police tank as a “transporter”?

  16. I have found and devoured a new guilty pleasure!
    It’s a show called “Letterkenny”
    Originally a Crave TV original series, it is also now on Hulu.
    Be warned it is TV-MA mostly for language and suggestive situations, but it is also addictive and hilarious!
    Centered mainly around a group of Farmers (Hicks) it is set in Letterkenny Ontario, Canada. There are also Sk8ers (Skids) and of course Hockey Players (self-explanatory) it follows their interactions during daily life with a whole host of other townsfolk & countrymen/women.
    It begins:
    “There are 5000 people in Letterkenny.
    These are thier problems.”
    Enjoy!
    ~MIB👤

  17. Infinitely Curious

    At this point, i stopped farming. Was curious to see how high the max donut numbers are, but gave up after 54,400 and decided to see if i could hit max percentage points instead. Down to 24,000 donuts, and over 11,000%, by a lot, and could still go strong.

    If anyone hit max on anything else aside from cash, please let me know what the numbers are. All there is left to do at this point. Lol

    • I take it EA are not making any money out of you then. ?
      Most of us can only dream of the numbers you mention .

    • Hmm, that’s some pretty impressive numbers there. But personally I never felt any necessity to take things THAT far. I’m at about 1.500% right now and stopped deliberately increasing that value quite some time ago because I’m already more than okay with it. Have around 500 mil $ and 3.500 donuts now, even after buying about 150 Yearbook Mystery Boxes until it was empty. Regular store’s empty, vault’s empty, so I don’t see myself needing more anytime in the near future. I already get donuts faster than I can spend them and all those SH buildings, flags, vans, billboards, jet engine bikes, topiarys, nuclear warheads and torches already take up more than enough space, so I see absolutely no need to take that any further… when I started farming I did it in order for being able to afford some (or later all of the 😉 ) game stuff, not to increase my multiplier more and more and more. If I had 20k donuts more now I wouldn’t even know what to do with them 😀

  18. While building my village, a screen popped up, showing that the amount of objects in my town reached a certain level. After placing more object it should have problems loading in future.
    Did anyone here experience a similar situation and if so, what did you do? In other words: should I keep on placing more or should I stop? #luxuryissues

  19. Gloryhornets76

    Had a good afternoon today, won 100 donuts at the Kwik-E-Mart, then picked Cossingtons, Crocy waters, and Gabbo and Arthur from the Yearbook.

  20. Is there an issue with the magic finger, every so often I tap it and nothing happens, happened tonight and the finger reset to the 24hrs

    • Dinoboywonder

      Yes, I’ve had this happen too. Among other glitches.

    • Carmen (gameid5000)

      You might try flipping to neighbour visits, then immediately back to your town when it does that. Keep an eye on where cash & xp was when you left and see if it increases when you get back.

      I find that the finger tallies up about 1/2 of what’s out there, but I see a 700K XP increase by forcing a sync with the neighbour visit toggle.

      • Thanks all…so I’m not going mad!

      • Keith1Roon991

        Agree that works for me 😁

      • If you do the neighbor thing (which is super convenient) be aware that if you go through multiple levels (e.g., two chances for bonuts), it will only register one level when you switch back. At least that is how it works when collecting a bunch of quest rewards.

  21. Happy Sunday y’all.

    Hope to see yours no skipping.
    Random songs for a Sunday

    1. Heart ” I’ve Got the Music In Me”
    2. Sammy Davis Jr. “In a Persian Market”
    3. Daniel Tosh “I Heart Dave”
    4. Michael Jackson “Heaven Can Wait”
    5. Donna Summer “Bad Reputation”
    6. The Smashing Pumpkins “Tom Tom”
    7. Slaughter “Unknown Destination”
    8. Xzibit “Enjoy the Night”
    9. Melvins (Dale Crover) “Respite”
    10. Weather Report “Jungle Book”
    11. Philip Glass “Einstein On the Beach Scene II – Night Train”
    12. The Orb “Let the Music Set You Free”
    13. Tribes Of Neurot “Unspoken Path”
    14. Slayer “Playing With Dolls”
    15. David Bowie “Rock & Roll Suicide”
    16. Pavement “Range Life”
    17. The Who “The Dirty Jobs”
    18. Bad Religion “The Lie”
    19. Suicidal Tendencies “Suicidal Maniac”
    20. David Bowie ” Let’s Spend the Night Together”
    21. Carpenters “Reason To Believe”
    22. Sia “Big Girls Cry”
    23. Saigon Kick “The Way”
    24. They Might Be Giants “High Five!”
    25. The White Stripes “Little Bird”

    • Morning Sonic, hope your Sunday’s a good one and you have an awesome week ahead.

      1. Ember’s Voice — Gorguts
      2. Complete Control — The Clash
      3. Happy House — Siouxsie & The Banshees
      4. Suum Cuique — Nails
      5. The Call-Up — The Clash
      6. I Can Taste — S.P.U.D.
      7. By Every Hand Betrayed — Thou
      8. Fake Life — Whores
      9. You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby — The Smiths
      10. Sleep! — Big Black
      11. Like Leila Khaled Said — The Teardrop Explodes
      12. Never Join The Fire Brigade — Brian Protheroe
      13. The Beach On 42nd Street (live) — Blam Blam Blam
      14. Happy Death Men — Echo & The Bunnymen
      15. Kooks — David Bowie
      16. All My Colours (live) — Echo & The Bunnymen
      17. Thrillho/Future Bart — Dr Colossus
      18. Copache — Melvins
      19. Ruin/As The Palaces Burn — Lamb Of God
      20. Running On Three — Brand X
      21. Sting In The Air — YLVA
      22. Vigilant — Toe To Toe
      23. The Good Thing — Talking Heads
      24. Return To The Mines/Throbbing Lung Fiber — Full Of Hell
      25. The Adventures Of Jason And JR — Pig Destroyer

    • 1. Little Mix “Private Show”
      2. Barbarella Blue “Rainy Day”
      3. Lorde “Royals”
      4. Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now”
      5. The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals Cast “You Tied Up My Heart”
      6. TRIPTYQ “Camouflage Me”
      7. Adore Delano “Take Me There”
      8. Queen Latifah & Taye Diggs “When You’re Good to Mama”
      9. Diana Ross “The Boss”
      10. The Kinks “A Well Respected Man”
      11. Jill Haworth “Cabaret”
      12. Halsey “New Americana”
      The B-52’s “Love Shack”
      13. Rita Ora “Poison”
      14. The Eagles “Hotel California”
      15. Elle King “Good Girls”
      16. Aretha Franklin & George Michael “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”
      17. Eve “Let Me Blow Ya Mind”
      18. The Rolling Stones “She’s a Rainbow”
      19. Jennifer Hudson “I Know Where I’ve Been”
      20. Cyndi Lauper “The Goonies ‘R’ Good Enough”
      21. Marina and the Diamonds “Are You Satisfied?”
      22. Farewell, My Love “Crazy”
      23. Quiet Riot “Cum On Feel the Noize”
      24. Tori Kelly “Dear No One”
      25. Avril Lavigne “Sippin’ On Sunshine”

  22. My wish is that this break does mean they are finally trying to fix the game issues. I’m talking about the roll back glitch and not just the zooming issue. My town was too thoughtfully designed and I spent too much time collecting all the characters to accept EA’s previous “fix” of giving you a new town with some random characters. I was one of the first hit, so I’ve lived with it this long and will continue to if I must, but it’s just so frustrating. If they actually fixed it (the character button, my railyard, all the upgraded items, the unnecessary friendship points), I would be so grateful, I would buy a boatload of donuts as thanks.

  23. Good day to all.
    I have a few questions for the addicts who run this site.
    Without getting into all the theories and conspiracies of what is going on with TSTO and EA, do you guys have any insight? I thought you guys had an inside connection with EA? Have they not shared any info with you in regard to if/when/what is next? Although lulls in the game do happen, this one feels different and seems uncharacteristic of the way EA has been pumping out content.
    I apologize if you have already addressed these questions elsewhere. I have not had the time to catch the more recent pod casts nor read through all the blogs.

  24. What other (mobile) games do TSTO players like to play? Anyone have some suggestions?

    • If you like “casual” games, I’m currently playing a couple I can recommend… The first is “Best Fiends,” which I never thought I’d play…the ads I saw for it in another game just had me thinking that it was not my thing and more for tween-age girls or something! But then, I saw a video ad by their main spokesperson…. Her name is Kimberly Grossman and there was something so infectiously, genuinely, energetically enthusiastic about the way she did her pitch (and she’s just incredibly charismatic), that she actually managed to talk me into trying it out! (Honestly, someone needs to make sure that this actress only uses her prodigious powers of persuasion for good, and not evil. 😉 )

      At any rate, it really is a pretty fun time-waster – usually a good balance between challenging and satisfyingly achievable (well, until the current level I’m on….but I digress).

      The other one I recently started playing is Pop-Time’s “Simon’s Cat.” It’s a bubble-popping type game, but it’s had absolutely **gorgeous** illustrations throughout the game so far.

      Hope that helps! 🙂

    • I like word games…my favorites are Red Herring, Monkey Wrench and 7 Little Words. Also a big fan of room escape puzzle games (especially The Room series and The House of DaVinci) and things like Monument Valley, The Trail, and Samorost. I even like Disney’s Where’s My Water, which is for kids, but is really fun.😁

      • haha the where’s my water game is so fun. I also used it a LOT to entertain my young nephew and now just say “Swampy NEEDS his WATER” at random times, especially funny when in florida seeing alligators with the fam 🙂

      • Keith1Roon991

        I like the escape games might try the DaVinci game 😁

        • Ydouneedtoknow

          Playing da Vinci game now. Love it. Also play sim city. Not as enthusiastic about it as tsto. I mean named my town tsto replacement so that should say it all.

    • I’m a huge marvel fan (as you can tell as my profile pic), I Play A TON of Marvel Future Fight. If you enjoy marvel I highly recommend it!!!

  25. Happy Sunday!
    Cubs won yesterday! Sheesh!
    I miss MAB’s. Sunday posts!
    Actually haven’t minded the down time…but ready for SOMETHING new!
    Finally got some spring weather! I have never enjoyed raking this much in my life!
    😊😊😊

  26. Happy tapping all, all good here but would like a big fat 6 week awesome update, cashed in nearly all of my in-game cash for rat truck and have 1200 donuts to spend for the big finale if that’s the case, still got 50 mil left as backup. Have a good week everyone 💥💥💥💥

  27. Tracy-1ltwoody920

    Happy Sunday everyone!

    My multi pliers is at 1530% with about 20% left in the ‘Box’
    (Thank you TSTO for the links and compilations)

    I recall some claiming to have well over 2000%
    (2500%) ?
    I can’t imagine how that level would be achieved.
    I wonder what the greatest level is.

    24 Land Tiles in the bank, awaiting the next Event to spend them.
    I need almost 8 times that amount to fill in EVERYTHING.
    Another three months or so, if I and the Game are still around

    • Happy Sunday! I randomly decided to get my % up as well – and I’m sure I’m not the highest – but I played the mystery box a lot until I hit 4000% (https://i.imgur.com/K1iNMEB.jpg). You can see the news vans peeking over the top of my buildings that I use to hide them a little bit in that screenshot. I think there are people who have gotten a LOT higher but I wonder where they put their stuff so it’s not a distraction to the design.

      Anyway – just a data point for you!!

  28. Hopefully an interesting topic for donut farmers or folks who like optimization:

    We had that really interesting thread about maximizing $/donuts as far as picking 1/2/3 upon leveling.

    Has anyone done any calculations about maximizing time/donut? Is it better to just accept or go to three or any other strategy? I have enjoyed upping my % but wonder what the best use of time is…

    Thanks for any thoughts in advance!

    • I just was wondering since as you raise your %, it becomes more time consuming to KEM farm … also I don’t know how to get notified of new comments via email without posting something new (since I forgot to check the box last time)….. /sheepish

    • They actually have posted about it numerous times. This one is my favorite go to about level up donuts: https://tstoaddicts.com/2018/04/18/the-final-definitive-beginners-guide-to-kem-and-bonus-farming/#more-57409

      Hope this helps

      • Thanks 🙂 I think though that this doesn’t address the idea that money doesn’t matter (meaning income far exceeds KEM + extra tries costs) and wondering if anyone has done the math on what is the most time-efficient choice process. It takes x amount of time to do a new choice if you don’t get three; does it go faster if you just farm more or should you always weather that delay to get three… Thinking about it more, it’s frustrating to choose multiple times but it’s probably more efficient than a new level… maybe?

        • I think that the problem comes when trying to factor in the time values as everyone’s device takes differing amounts of time to respond to a ‘click’. Heck sometimes the amount of time varies with the time of day! Not to mention things like processing power, internet connection speed, how many in game items are waiting to be clicked, what’s running in the background of a device…etc
          ~MIB👤

        • I have not done the time to cash to donate equation but I have done the Kwik-E-Mart to cash ratio. If your bonus percentage allows you to get a pic at Donuts in five or fewer Kwik-E-Mart, I am of the opinion you should take the first attempt. This equation is the cost of one Kwik-E-Mart Mart at 14400 times 4 is roughly $58,000. One attempt to upgrade your Donuts is $50,000. By taking the extra gas you’re guaranteeing yourself at least one additional donut saving $8,000 and the time to place and wait out the time on on for new Kwik-E-Mart.

  29. Heya everyone 🙂

    I watched the podcast yesterday for the first time and enjoyed hearing everyone’s ideas and thoughts!

    I’m just getting over last week’s work and also allergies combining with a stupid cold.

    This week I have enjoyed visiting friends and seeing great ideas – especially the great Cypress Creek (check it out: https://i.redd.it/ctuahf2u0wp21.png) by cavallom – really inspiring… makes my little Shelbyville in progress feel small.

    As with everyone, not sure what the game has in store but I messed around a bunch to get to 4000%+ for no reason at all. I will make a new post about maximizing donuts per time – should interest someone! I’ve said it before that the math/maximization and design aspects almost present two complementary games within one. I love the designing and getting lego bits but also find that manipulating mechanics is pretty fun too and supports the design/sim city part 🙂

    Rambling but anyway, happy sunday everyone!

  30. Really hoping for an update this wednesday just so they could raise the item limit

    • Tracy-1ltwoody920

      Don’t hold me to my numbers, but
      40% occur on Wednesday
      25% occur on Tuesday
      25% occur on Thursday
      And a handful on Monday
      A few on Friday
      As I recall, weekend are almost non existent.

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