# 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:** 149
**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:** [April 14, 2014, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2964 "2014-04-14T00:59:54Z")
You get 30 donuts from a mystery box if you “get” Squeaky Voice Teen and you already have him. My xp issue with EA isn’t resolved yet. I have my fingers crossed for tomorrow. I wish they would just manually reset my xp. I have nearly 7 million bucks saved, just itching to be donuts. I was saving up for Bumblebee man (and I only need 2 for him), but with an Easter update that MIGHT be major (otherwise, why change the splash screen?) and/or Whacking Day, I might hold off in case there is a limited time item that’s cooler. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2965 "2014-04-14T01:30:31Z")
> [@D\_Odds](#): > > I’m just the opposite. One less thing to click on and worry about. I wish the TV station had a 90 day task, as I often collect then fail to remember to restart something. Long tasks mean less clicking, and that’s a good thing. I agree with you in principle. However, the difference between the TV station and the farm is that the TV station has never been part of a quest (at least AFAIR), whereas the farm has been. So, letting corn grow 90 days is great, unless you have to use the farm for a quest, in which case you either 1) stop the corn growth and start all over, or 2) let it run its course and fall behind with your task list. But yeah. I have sent Apu on his week long shift and it is a good thing. > [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > You get 30 donuts from a mystery box if you “get” Squeaky Voice Teen and you already have him. > > My xp issue with EA isn’t resolved yet. I have my fingers crossed for tomorrow. I wish they would just manually reset my xp. I have nearly 7 million bucks saved, just itching to be donuts. I was saving up for Bumblebee man (and I only need 2 for him), but with an Easter update that MIGHT be major (otherwise, why change the splash screen?) and/or Whacking Day, I might hold off in case there is a limited time item that’s cooler. Can you explain how 7 million bucks saved can turn into donuts? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2966 "2014-04-14T02:08:08Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > Can you explain how 7 million bucks saved can turn into donuts? > > Thanks If you buy a shit load of weather stations and then sell them back, you get lots of XP. Every time your XP fills up, you get donuts. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2967 "2014-04-14T02:16:03Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > You get 30 donuts from a mystery box if you “get” Squeaky Voice Teen and you already have him. I once got 30, and I’ve yet to get SQT. The only reason I make sure to log in daily is to hopefully get the little punk. > [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > I agree with you in principle. However, the difference between the TV station and the farm is that the TV station has never been part of a quest (at least AFAIR), whereas the farm has been. So, letting corn grow 90 days is great, unless you have to use the farm for a quest, in which case you either 1) stop the corn growth and start all over, or 2) let it run its course and fall behind with your task list. Unless its a storyline quest, it doesn’t matter. Harvesting tomacco or whatever can wait. The 50xp aren’t going to affect anything. I’m not falling behind, I’m ignoring. I still get plenty of pointless character quests. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2968 "2014-04-14T03:56:32Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > If you buy a shit load of weather stations and then sell them back, you get lots of XP. Every time your XP fills up, you get donuts. I see. I take it that the weather stations give you the biggest XP bang for your buck? I always wondered what people were doing when they were buying weather stations. Thanks for filling me in. Do you happen to know how many XP you get per weather station? ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2969 "2014-04-14T04:07:10Z")
> [@jackdavinci](#): > > If you buy a shit load of weather stations and then sell them back, you get lots of XP. Every time your XP fills up, you get donuts. I am sorry for being completely thick, but I don’t understand this. I just sold a weather station back. I got less than a third of what it cost to buy, and no XP. So, what am I not doing correctly? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2014, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2970 "2014-04-14T07:23:02Z")
Never mind. I now get it. Ypu get the XP when you BUY the weather station, nit when you sell.:smack: Yes, it takes me a while, but I do figure it out. Still, for three donuts, that is a pretty expensive way to go about getting XP, unless you are so flush with cash that it doesn’t matter. And the number of XP needed to get from one level to the next is reasonable. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2971 "2014-04-15T01:09:57Z")
The weather station buying/selling is grinding. It’s tedious and boring. But what else am I going to do with my money? I don’t do it every time I have a spare $9500, but I wait for about a million. Then I buy a bunch, sell them, buy some more with the extra money, sell them. It works better at lower xp levels. Because my xp did not reset at level 39, it’s not worth it for me to do it now, as I need to get nearly 2 mil to get the donut boxes. I did finally talk to a competent ea rep today. They said they can’t fix my xp problem but it shouldn’t happen again when it updates “soon” to 4.8. For those who don’t know, there have been rumors about a version update for a week or so, fixing many of the bugs, including the wrong town one. I don’t know if it’ll have content or just be bug fixing, but now I’m super excited. I hope it’s content just so my xp meter fixes. We’ve been getting updates on Wednesday, so I hope that’s true this week. ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2972 "2014-04-15T19:52:35Z")
Easter is now live. Four new characters available! ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2973 "2014-04-15T20:20:46Z")
Pay no attention to the Whacking Day ruse. It’s the Easter Update and starts with 24 hour tasks…I hate those! ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2974 "2014-04-15T23:02:45Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Easter is now live. Four new characters available! A question. How do you get the update so fast? Do you read about it and then download it, or does EA give it to you automatically? My game looks exactly the same as always. I wonder why we all don’t get the new update at the same time? ---
**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:** [April 15, 2014, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2975 "2014-04-15T23:12:58Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > A question. > > How do you get the update so fast? Do you read about it and then download it, or does EA give it to you automatically? > > My game looks exactly the same as always. I wonder why we all don’t get the new update at the same time? It’s a Play Store update. That means you have to go and re-download/update the game. Your phone will probably do it automatically in the next 24 hours or so, but you can do it manually if you want it to happen now. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2976 "2014-04-16T00:23:55Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#): > > A question. > > How do you get the update so fast? Do you read about it and then download it, or does EA give it to you automatically? > > My game looks exactly the same as always. I wonder why we all don’t get the new update at the same time? I read about it, went to the app store, and downloaded the update. That’s it. ---
**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:** [April 16, 2014, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2977 "2014-04-16T00:25:12Z")
Restarting my phone gets it to update automatically. I usually get news of updates from this thread. I don’t bother to go to TSTO sites. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2014, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2978 "2014-04-17T00:33:10Z")
I don’t get the Easter game. I can give away my eggs to other people? How? And how will I receive eggs of a different color back? ---
**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:** [April 17, 2014, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2979 "2014-04-17T01:09:42Z")
Still waiting to start. Just 4 more minutes now… ---
**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:** [April 17, 2014, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2980 "2014-04-17T01:16:31Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > I don’t get the Easter game. > > I can give away my eggs to other people? How? And how will I receive eggs of a different color back? I haven’t figured that out yet either, but I’m not far enough to need to give away eggs. Also, I learned how to swap eggs by accident as well, that was a waste of 50 eggs. I’m really glad when I started going through towns this morning that I stopped myself after a few just in case there did end up being a social aspect. If I made it through everyone this morning I would have been a day behind. And speaking of being a day behind, was there any point to starting us off with those 24 hour jobs? I can only assume they did that knowing that some people would spend donuts to get started sooner. One last thing, I think I’m going to go ahead and delete/re-friend all the people who aren’t working. There’s about 10 of you that I wasn’t getting friend points from which isn’t that big of a deal, but I’m not getting eggs from either. So I might as well give it a try. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2981 "2014-04-17T01:19:56Z")
Ugh. I have 3 hours to go because I started Homer on watching monkey trauma center like 6 hours before I got the update and you can’t store the Simpson home. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2982 "2014-04-17T01:21:58Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > I’m really glad when I started going through towns this morning that I stopped myself after a few just in case there did end up being a social aspect. If I made it through everyone this morning I would have been a day behind. And speaking of being a day behind, was there any point to starting us off with those 24 hour jobs? I can only assume they did that knowing that some people would spend donuts to get started sooner. _looks up with finger poised above Other Springfield_ Say what now? _puts down phone and goes off to amuse himself for another 3 hours._ I guess I’ll visit the towns right before bed tonight. ---
**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:** [April 17, 2014, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/2983 "2014-04-17T01:37:51Z")
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