# 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:** 142
**Author:** ![Kalea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b487fb/32.png) [@Kalea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalea)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2824 "2014-03-06T06:18:03Z")
Username: **JSteck13** Username: **Folly312** Username: **tabereins** Username: **tomtildrum00** Username: **jcage710** Username: **goddesskalea** ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2825 "2014-03-06T13:23:59Z")
> [@Hamlet](#): > > With this latest update, there is a quest that requires the using of Cletus’ farm to make a new crop. Unfortunately, I started a new corn growing season a week ago. Is there a way to cancel the current grow, and replant something else so I can do the quest, or do I have to just wait until the corn comes in to complete it? I’ll have the corn pay off in May. I’m ignoring the triffid request (hopefully I won’t be missing something good by not doing it). also: Username: JSteck13 Username: Folly312 Username: tabereins Username: tomtildrum00 Username: jcage710 Username: goddesskalea Username: shuamort ---
**Author:** ![ekweizn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7c8e57/32.png) [@ekweizn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekweizn)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2826 "2014-03-06T14:00:07Z")
Cancelled my corn to grow me some pomatoes. JSteck13 Folly312 tabereins tomtildrum00 jcage710 goddesskalea shuamort ekweizn ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2827 "2014-03-06T14:17:55Z")
I still have lots of friends slots available. **Keeene**. ---
**Author:** ![Folly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folly/32/3219_2.png) [@Folly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folly)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2828 "2014-03-06T14:53:51Z")
My daughter’s playing and needs some friends too. JSteck13 Folly312 tabereins tomtildrum00 jcage710 goddesskalea shuamort ekweizn Keeene ameliaholl13 ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2829 "2014-03-06T16:59:58Z")
I’m still grinding away JSteck13 Folly312 tabereins tomtildrum00 jcage710 goddesskalea shuamort ekweizn Keeene ameliaholl13 **Labtrash** ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2830 "2014-03-06T17:48:52Z")
> [@ekweizn](#): > > Cancelled my corn to grow me some pomatoes. Well, while you’re doing that, I’ll be growing some poh-MAH-toes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2831 "2014-03-06T18:13:10Z")
Just adding my name JSteck13 Folly312 tabereins tomtildrum00 jcage710 goddesskalea shuamort ekweizn Keeene ameliaholl13 68XR7G Also, i’ve noticed something strange. I still cannot see anyone’s name who has sent me a friend request. Has anyone done so recently and received a message saying something about me being maxed out on friends? Because i’m not. ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2832 "2014-03-06T18:37:47Z")
When I’m in my springfield I see a 1 new indicator on my friend icon, but when I go to my friends page it shows no new requests. Sorry to whoever tried to add me. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2833 "2014-03-06T20:30:18Z")
I pulled the last list posted on page 50 and grabbed individual requests in the pages since. I hope I didn’t miss anyone. Here is a list. I know there are some inactive folks on here, but today is not that day (for me). Toejam \> RooshJam MOIDALIZE \> moidalize Loach \> Loach232 Fiendish Astronaut \> benyacobi X HairyCactus friend\> beverbeaver Sterling Archer \> madillma NAF1138 \> NAF1138 djoelie \> djoelie84693 X Trion’s friend \> gritngile181 X Trion’s friend \> reneefraatz LateComer \> donspadeoa Fenris \> Fenris9999 Mahaloth \> Mahaloth Labtrash \> Labtrash Antigen \> antijenic TimeWinder \> TimeWinder Reloy3 \> akareloy237 Wombat99 \> Wombatninetynine Trion \> Atrion66 Intergalactic Gladiator \> jsteck13 notipping (banned) \> resting666 pulykamell \> pulykamell even sven \> kejiaflowers bauble \> baublera Bike Rider \> bikeriderflorida X LateComer’s friend \> Psychout3000 Hokey Monkey \> pimaspi EristicKallistic \> mrdiskord Blisters \> MistyMeow X Blisters’ husband \> redfivestand Steener122 \> Z94WZE60X8 Poysyn \> DDRigs X Poysyn’s husband \> DarbyRigs X Poysyn’s daughter \> Megadarby Tamarin \> JubbleJubble Raza \> razabradley Just1lurk \> just1lurk iftheresaway \> iftheresaway Yearsofstatic \> Yearsofs pancakes3 \> ericcshen jackdavinci \> jonjackturtl Just1Lurk \> sarusim USCDiver \> USCDiver heater2000ca \> heater2000ca jackdavinci \> jackdavinci Happycamper\*5 \> happycamper5 luvrbcs \> Luvrbcs2 Blisters \> thehentzel (I can’t find this name to add it) BulwerLytton \> BulwerLytton D\_Odds \> CSetti Taber \> tabereins Hamlet \> JohnnyQuad asterion \> jmshirley554 Joey P \> JoeyJoeyPP X \> KAZES1LOVE HongKongFooey\>HKF3000 blainer \> donhomer64 minionkat \> minionkat Wile E \> WileESongdog enalzi \> BelowZilch malaka \> dsynadinos ekweizn \> ekweizn EnderW24 \> Enderboy1126 Folly \> Folly312 Hentor the Barbarian \> swat\_yukon795 Stink Fish Pot \> 68XR7G Fair Rarity \> xamovo innerstickler \> innersticker skammer \> keeene pricciar \> MrKwygibo Yorikke \> hrhomer Hentor the Barbarian \> swat\_yukon795 Stink Fish Pot \> 68XR7G Kalea \> goddesskalea August West \> mkebrewer516 BrassyPhrase \> carchcarch669 Wheelz \> Moosenog Superdude \> SuperdudeKev X Superdude’s friend \> demonchild012000 Ludy \> ElleNi09 purplehorseshoe \> jcage710 gus28 \> jameyd28 stpauler \> shuamort Tom Tildrum \> tomtildrum00 X Folly’s daughter \> ameliaholl13 ---
**Author:** ![Raza](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raza/32/213_2.png) [@Raza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raza)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2834 "2014-03-06T20:46:31Z")
Confirming that I am still active; in fact, I’ve played every single day for the past 15 months. Except for this coming week, when I’ll be on a cruise. Hopefully. I don’t go to friends’ towns every day, though, so if that is a deal-breaker, feel free to kick me. ---
**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:** [March 6, 2014, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2835 "2014-03-06T22:26:16Z")
If they’ve eliminated the multiple handshakes thing, is corn really that much of a moneymaker any more compared to daily tomacco or whatnot? (I don’t have my game with me to do the math right now). ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2836 "2014-03-06T23:12:57Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > If they’ve eliminated the multiple handshakes thing, is corn really that much of a moneymaker any more compared to daily tomacco or whatnot? (I don’t have my game with me to do the math right now). This is a fine question. HAVE they flushed the multiple handshakes glitch? I was hoping it would come back some time after Valentines, but i haven’t seen it come back for the TV station, the farm, or the squid port tiles. In short, the multiple taps glitch seems to be gone forever. Anyone know if this is gone forever? If so, I may just pull the plug on my corn. I’ll probably let this crop go just so I can always say i grew it once, but i’m already delaying a quest for months. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2837 "2014-03-07T12:57:55Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > … > > There is a new glitch out there. You put Kang and Kodos on the 10-hour “exchange protein strings” task and when you get the thumbs up, you immediate go to your character locator and put Kang on his 8-hour task and click on friends or KL shuttle. That traps Kodos in the UFO and every time you leave your main town and return, the money and XP show up like the first time you got the thumbs up. I don’t know if I explained it well and it didn’t work the first time I tried it, but today I had a day off so I grinded them out while I watched tv. I got a ton of money and xp, but it was tedious. Not quite sure if it was worth it, but it wasn’t like I was doing anything else. Ok, need more info: when I get the thumbs up on the “exchange protein strands” and I tap on them, they’ve wandered (slithered?) off before I can do anything else. If I don’t tap them, they don’t show up in the character locator. Lil’ help plz and thx? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2838 "2014-03-08T06:06:24Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > Ok, need more info: when I get the thumbs up on the “exchange protein strands” and I tap on them, they’ve wandered (slithered?) off before I can do anything else. If I don’t tap them, they don’t show up in the character locator. > > Lil’ help plz and thx? I’ll second this. I’ve tried it a few times and don’t know what I am doing wrong. Or even if I’m close to making this work. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2839 "2014-03-08T13:28:39Z")
Yeah. I totally missed out on the Squidport tile and multiple-handshake\* glitches. ☹ I’d like to at least be able to use this one! - is it totally wrong of me that ZPGZealot’s username popped into my head when I was typing that? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2840 "2014-03-08T17:07:08Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > If they’ve eliminated the multiple handshakes thing, is corn really that much of a moneymaker any more compared to daily tomacco or whatnot? (I don’t have my game with me to do the math right now). Shorter tasks generally carry greater rewards per unit of time, but that depends on one visiting often enough to keep renewing them. In other words, if you’re able to visit twice a day, you’re usually better off with two 12-hour tasks, but if you know you won’t be able to visit again that day, do the 24-hour one. (Of course, as to Actual Corn, presumably anyone who’s actively playing will visit more than once in 90 days). ---
**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:** [March 9, 2014, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2841 "2014-03-09T02:17:34Z")
With Kang and Kodos, when the 10-hour task is complete, you have to be super super super quick. Tap the thumbs up (have your character locator open and clear of all other characters) and IMMEDIATELY send Kang on his 8-hour task, then click your friends button, then home. If you have a pile of cash next to the UFO, it worked. Don’t tap the cash; let it auto collect. Don’t tap the thumbs up when Kang completes his task. It’s kind of tricky to get just right. It took me several times to get it right. I get around $800 and 200 xp each time, so if I click friends/home/friends/home absent mindedly, I rake in the dough. It’s a lot more work than tiles or CH 6, but it does work if you get it just right. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2842 "2014-03-09T04:25:29Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > With Kang and Kodos, when the 10-hour task is complete, you have to be super super super quick. Tap the thumbs up (have your character locator open and clear of all other characters) and IMMEDIATELY send Kang on his 8-hour task, then click your friends button, then home. If you have a pile of cash next to the UFO, it worked. Don’t tap the cash; let it auto collect. Don’t tap the thumbs up when Kang completes his task. > > It’s kind of tricky to get just right. It took me several times to get it right. I get around $800 and 200 xp each time, so if I click friends/home/friends/home absent mindedly, I rake in the dough. It’s a lot more work than tiles or CH 6, but it does work if you get it just right. Thanks for this, I’ll give it another try tomorrow. Does it have to be the friends button? I thought it could also be the krustyland transfer bus too. I put that right next to the saucer, but still wasn’t quick enough. So if you do this right, you can keep doing it over and over as long as you time it properly? How do people figure these glitches out? I think EA leaks these things out to a few of the hundreds of websites out there that focus in this game, because you can’t discover this stuff on your own or by accident. ---
**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:** [March 10, 2014, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2843 "2014-03-10T02:09:00Z")
You can hit the KL bus, but my saucer is not near the bus, so I use the friends button because it’s always in the same spot on the screen. I too think someone either puts this stuff in on purpose or leaks the info out because it’s so obscure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=141) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=143)