# 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:** 138
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2744 "2014-02-22T18:15:47Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > So the tiles are a one-at-a-time thing, gotcha. Apologies for the bizarre autocorrect in my previous post! Purple horseshoe loves Anicott Steel. Wait. I meant BLUE horseshoe. Never mind. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2014, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2745 "2014-02-22T19:16:22Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > ?..Inspired by the screen shots of amazing art, I started trying to tag some empty land with El Barto. Got as far as El B … And ran out of cheap fencing. 😃 Done. Kinda not-super-impressive, but there it is. I play under jcage710 if you want to see, but really, it’s a first draft. 🙂 Thanks for the additional info, everyone! ---
**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:** [February 23, 2014, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2746 "2014-02-23T02:15:59Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > This is why I constantly tell people not to kill themselves to level up. … > > Does anyone listen to me…nope. I really didn’t want to level up as fast as I did. In the early stages, I would have preferred just cash instead of XP. Grinding for cash generated so much xp it kind of just happened. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > So the tiles are a one-at-a-time thing, gotcha. Apologies for the bizarre autocorrect in my previous post! The tiles right now are one at a time. Before Valentine’s, if you left the tile floating and didn’t click on it, your neighbors could tap it and each tap would give you another tile that you didn’t have to spend money/time on. It was awesome. So cross your fingers that in 3 days they allow this feature to come back because it saves so much time and 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:** [February 25, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2747 "2014-02-25T18:01:34Z")
[Just finished a larger DMV design.](http://i.imgur.com/xEIEDEJ.png) Working on Springfield Park. I have significant free time. Edit : Arg. can’t unsee the missing cone in that vast field. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2014, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2748 "2014-02-25T18:36:44Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > [Just finished a larger DMV design.](http://i.imgur.com/xEIEDEJ.png) Working on Springfield Park. > > I have significant free time. > > Edit : Arg. can’t unsee the missing cone in that vast field. I’ll admit that as soon as I saw your previous DMV course a few days ago I immediately stole your idea and made one in my own Springfield (but on a much smaller scale). Well done. I put lots of Laramie cigarette machines in my park! ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2749 "2014-02-25T18:55:40Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > I’ll admit that as soon as I saw your previous DMV course a few days ago I immediately stole your idea and made one in my own Springfield (but on a much smaller scale). > > Well done. > I put lots of Laramie cigarette machines in my park! Stealing the idea too when I get the chance. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2014, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2750 "2014-02-25T19:00:45Z")
> [@Labtrash](#): > > I’ll admit that as soon as I saw your previous DMV course a few days ago I immediately stole your idea and made one in my own Springfield (but on a much smaller scale). > Well done. Thanks 🙂 I’m trying to think of something interesting to do in my version of Springfield Park. For now, it’s random park-y things. And a hidden skeleton. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2751 "2014-02-26T01:53:06Z")
No word yet on Valentine’s ending. I at least snagged one more pond, which should push me to the 50% bonus I was aiming for this event, but I’m kind of hearted out. If an event goes long, that’s one thing, but I wish they’d change the countdown clock or something so we would know. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2752 "2014-02-26T17:49:13Z")
> [@Yorikke](#): > > Thanks 🙂 I’m trying to think of something interesting to do in my version of Springfield Park. For now, it’s random park-y things. And a hidden skeleton. I have Kang’s Victorian UFO hidden in the trees in mine ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2753 "2014-02-26T18:26:39Z")
New motivation is coming to visit friends. You can earn friendship points to earn prizes. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2754 "2014-02-26T18:46:39Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > New motivation is coming to visit friends. You can earn friendship points to earn prizes. [Here are some detailed spoilers](http://tstonews.com/social-currency-event-spoilers/). I haven’t looked deep, but it seems fun enough. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2755 "2014-02-26T19:11:14Z")
Does that mean you Choo choo choose me? Are they cool prizes? ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2756 "2014-02-26T19:17:08Z")
Wait, is there a Leprechaun running around my town? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2757 "2014-02-27T01:21:43Z")
Friend Points are now active. Permanent part of the game, too. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2758 "2014-02-27T01:44:54Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Friend Points are now active. Permanent part of the game, too. I got up to about 600 points or so, but when it moved to 1 point per action I was done for the day. When I was getting 30 points per city at the beginning it hardly seems worth it when it got down to 3 points per city. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2759 "2014-02-27T01:48:04Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I got up to about 600 points or so, but when it moved to 1 point per action I was done for the day. When I was getting 30 points per city at the beginning it hardly seems worth it when it got down to 3 points per city. I did too. 600 per day is fine by me. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2014, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2760 "2014-02-27T01:50:08Z")
I’ll admit, they needed some reason to ‘need’ friends when there wasn’t something going on. I think most people realized that it was too much work to go from town to town for a few hundred dollars and some XP, but I don’t like the way the amount of points you get goes down each time. I’d rather it stayed the same and they just made the prizes worth more. When the amount of points you get diminishes I think I’m going to be in the majority of people that just goes from town to town until you’re at 1 or 2 points per action and then be done for the day (about 15-20ish towns) unless the next prize is just within reach). OTOH, if every single action was worth 10 points I’d be more likely to go through all my towns every single day AND get more friends (and try to recruit more to play the game). I’m not going to say this backfired, but I think it was sort of a sideways more. Lots of work on their part to program it but probably won’t get the results they want. Luckily they can just adjust how the points work, if they want to. I’d rather they worked on the crashing problem. My game (still) crashes almost constantly sometimes. Even after the update, I’ve had times where it’ll crash 15+ times just trying to reset all my guys. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2761 "2014-02-27T02:09:14Z")
The logic behind diminishing returns is to not punish people who don’t have 100 friends. I would rather we get 3-4 points (or whatever the average is) for everyone. The stackables glitch appears to be gone, but it’s not totally confirmed. Some people are claiming they can still do it on their feeder towns, but most people are saying they can’t. I know that when you tap a tile now, you only get 2xp. If both groups are people aren’t lying, there might be something about if you started a tile/Ch6/etc AFTER the update. We’ll know for sure in the next day or two, but it’s not looking good. Sure, if I can stack Ch6 in my town, that’d be great, but I liked getting all the xp for clicking on friends’ tiles. One thing I really like (and I like the new changes for the most part) is that if someone graffitis your town, you get FP for cleaning it up. It’s a great way to get a few extra points, so I tried to graffiti as much as I could when I visited my friends. ---
**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:** [February 27, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2762 "2014-02-27T02:10:41Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > The stackables glitch appears to be gone, but it’s not totally confirmed. I’m waiting on another handshake on my Channel 6… ---
**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:** [February 27, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2763 "2014-02-27T13:20:06Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I got up to about 600 points or so, but when it moved to 1 point per action I was done for the day. When I was getting 30 points per city at the beginning it hardly seems worth it when it got down to 3 points per city. It goes back up. > [@](#): > > Collecting Friend Points appears to be identical to collecting hearts. > Between 0-30 actions you get 10 Friend Points > Between 30-60 actions you get 5 Friend Points > Between 60-90 actions you get 4 Friend Points > Between 60-120 actions you get 2 Friend Points > Between 120-300 actions you get 1 Friend Points When you are done with the 1 FP clicks it goes back to 10 and starts over. Just like during V-day. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=137) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=139)