# The Simpsons: Tapped Out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** video-games-e-games\ **Created:** [December 6, 2012, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231 "2012-12-06T21:08:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 118
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2344 "2014-01-09T04:56:47Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I don’t know what’s going on, but every time I visit your town, my game crashes. It’s just yours. I thought I’d let you know if you did something strange you could undo it, or at least you’d know why if your friends list shrank overnight. Your town worked yesterday. > [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Just came into this thread to tell **minioncat** the same thing. > > Your town was the one my game was dying in also. > > Took me a few times to figure out what was going on, but your town is impossible to get into. Like **Fair Rarity** , I had no trouble yesterday. Weird. I haven’t changed anything. I am doing an annoying three day build, but that shouldn’t bog you down. I don’t seem to lack for visitors. I will do some digging on the dedicated game forums and see what’s causing that. Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2345 "2014-01-09T07:33:00Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I’ve been whooshed. Explain? Roy was the new character introduced into the show alongside Poochy. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2346 "2014-01-09T11:44:36Z")
I’d eased up on my card-collecting due to frustration at winning nothing but $1000 prizes (and being down with a nasty cold), but last night I logged on and gave it a try. I got Mr Plow out of my one spin. 😃 Plow King is on there now, but since I don’t have Barney, I don’t particularly care. I’ll try my best to visit folks over the next day or two and dump all my gift bags on those who’ve mentioned they still need big prizes off the wheel. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2347 "2014-01-09T15:25:22Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > Weird. I haven’t changed anything. I am doing an annoying three day build, but that shouldn’t bog you down. I don’t seem to lack for visitors. I will do some digging on the dedicated game forums and see what’s causing that. > > Thanks for the heads up! I had the same problem with your town, FWIW. Crashed every time until finally I had to skip you last night. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2348 "2014-01-09T15:56:43Z")
I moved my tree and put “No more tx” in shrubbery near it. That’s supposed to say “No more, thanks” as opposed to “No more Texas.” I was contemplating not picking up presents and just letting the max out but then I wouldn’t have presents to drop off at other towns. I was trying to figure out if I could cage the snowman in by putting him in storage, but taking him out and replacing him puts him in the town randomly. I may try leading him to a caged off street and then trapping him sometime but currently that’s more work than I want to do and I’m not convinced he would stay trapped. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2349 "2014-01-09T16:45:42Z")
I got a Homer Buddha as my weekly mystery box prize. It could have been anything! It decided to be a burning bush. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2350 "2014-01-09T17:53:03Z")
The one thing I’ve wanted all along has been the abominable snowman. I cannot win him. I assume the other thing left on my wheel is the thing people refer to as the ice god. I could give a shit about that - give me the god damned bumble! ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2351 "2014-01-10T02:17:50Z")
> [@minionkat](#): > > Weird. I haven’t changed anything. I am doing an annoying three day build, but that shouldn’t bog you down. I don’t seem to lack for visitors. I will do some digging on the dedicated game forums and see what’s causing that. > > Thanks for the heads up! You were working fine today. Usually if someone keeps crashing on me, they do it the next day too. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2352 "2014-01-10T03:31:09Z")
> [@MOIDALIZE](#): > > I got a Homer Buddha as my weekly mystery box prize. > > It could have been anything! > > It decided to be a burning bush. :rolleyes: I just got the mystery box within the mystery box. Oh, what could it be! Yeah. 5 wooden fence sections. :o > [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > The one thing I’ve wanted all along has been the abominable snowman. I cannot win him. I assume the other thing left on my wheel is the thing people refer to as the ice god. I could give a shit about that - give me the god damned bumble! Well, you and I are on the race for the Bumble. I FINALLY cleared every double, triple, and quadruple item off of my wheel. I’m down to cash, cards, and THE FUCKING BUMBLE. Today’s 5 spins: 1. $1000 2. $1000 3. $1000 4. $1000 5. Santa’s Little Helper snowman. (My fourth!) Now, it’s down to the wire. Me and the bumble. Actually, this is how it should be, after winning all of those ridiculous double and triple prizes that you can only use one of (like the fucking Barney Plow King outfit. I have 2, and no Barney), it is just me, the spins, him, and cards/cash. I can’t win anything else. So if there is a wheel god, it will give me the bumble… Of course there is no wheel god, so it will just be pure luck. > [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > You were working fine today. Usually if someone keeps crashing on me, they do it the next day too. Same here, worked fine today! ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2353 "2014-01-10T13:46:47Z")
I’ve kind of lost enthusiasm for the gift cards, even though I only have about 49k and still have three gifts on the wheel (yeti, claus co, Plow King). I’m only around level 20 so at this point I’d rather send my characters on jobs that will earn me money than the cards so I can keep building. I’ll still do a couple holiday jobs plus my 50ish friends so that’s good for a couple of spins a day but I’ve decided not to get worked up about it. I’ve got to many other things that need building. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2354 "2014-01-10T15:12:33Z")
Baaah… received a small patch this morning and now my wheel is full of things I’ve already won (plus the three I need). Just got my second set of Christmas lights for a building I don’t have. :mad: Guess I can look forward to a lot of extra lights and snowmen now instead of $1000 every time. Grrrrr. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2355 "2014-01-10T15:30:49Z")
Finally finished up with Santa’s Little Helper. That took surprising long, considering how it’s not supposed to be that hard to get. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2356 "2014-01-10T17:54:10Z")
According to reddit, the update today changed the odds of the wheel. A small increase of the chance of getting the rarer items and lower chance of getting money. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2357 "2014-01-10T18:53:31Z")
Well, color me shocked, I just hit ClausCo to clear the wheel! About 88,000 cards. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2358 "2014-01-10T20:30:22Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > According to reddit, the update today changed the odds of the wheel. A small increase of the chance of getting the rarer items and lower chance of getting money. I was wondering about that update. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2359 "2014-01-10T21:21:41Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > According to reddit, the update today changed the odds of the wheel. A small increase of the chance of getting the rarer items and lower chance of getting money. Maybe that is why I FINALLY GOT THE GOD DAMNED ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN!!! it was a little miracle to see the wheel slow down but actually click past the money and stop on the Bumble. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2360 "2014-01-11T01:51:00Z")
I was hoping they’d put in some incentive for those of us who have cleared the wheel. Or tell us we can trade in coins for donuts at the end. I’m super happy for those of you who didn’t clear the wheel that the odds are ever more in your favor, but overall this update kind of sucks once you complete it, unlike the donut-fest Halloween turned out to be. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2361 "2014-01-11T04:00:06Z")
Fuuuuuuck! I still have the fuckin’ bumble! I don’t think I received any update, either. Ok, how do I delete and reinstall this fuckin’ game? If everyone is getting their personal white whale from the wheel, I want my bumble! I can’t do this any longer, i just can’t. I am so sick of these cards. I need the new update. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2362 "2014-01-12T02:40:46Z")
Did you restart your device and check for updates? Most of the times that works. I don’t know about deleting and reinstalling. ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2014, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2363 "2014-01-12T02:56:27Z")
It finally gave in and let me have the yeti. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=117) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=119)