# 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:** 171
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2014, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3404 "2014-07-17T20:15:41Z")
I’ve always wanted the Cool Brown House, but 120 donuts is a lot to spend. ---
**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:** [July 18, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3405 "2014-07-18T01:17:10Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I’ve always wanted the Cool Brown House, but 120 donuts is a lot to spend. My sentiments exactly. If everything were cheaper, I’d buy a few things, but they’re overpriced. And even though I don’t have it all, it bothers me that very little of it is new. Not that I need ANOTHER fence or bench, but something small like that for in-game cash or under 10 donuts would have made me happy. I’m not UNHAPPY, just more meh about it. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3406 "2014-07-18T23:57:32Z")
I’ve just discovered the “nuclear option” and I don’t think I can stop myself… ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3407 "2014-07-19T00:52:03Z")
If it weren’t for my hedge maze, I would go nuclear. But I know how long it took, so no. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2014, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3408 "2014-07-19T15:05:56Z")
Utter annihilation. No regrets. 🙂 (Except I think my ‘piece of crap car’ may be missing.) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3409 "2014-07-22T03:53:18Z")
Other than the extra cash and XP, is there any incentive to visit your friends if you’ve maxed your FP? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3410 "2014-07-22T04:12:08Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Other than the extra cash and XP, is there any incentive to visit your friends if you’ve maxed your FP? Donuts. I average around 2 donuts per day from visiting my friends. I’m still too lazy to actually do it every day, though. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![johnspartan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a183cd/32.png) [@johnspartan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnspartan)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3411 "2014-07-22T21:05:36Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Donuts. I average around 2 donuts per day from visiting my friends. I’m still too lazy to actually do it every day, though. ☹ I didn’t even know you could get to a point where you get doughnuts via visiting friends. How many people do you have to be linked up to for that to be the case? ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3412 "2014-07-22T22:37:28Z")
> [@johnspartan](#): > > I didn’t even know you could get to a point where you get doughnuts via visiting friends. How many people do you have to be linked up to for that to be the case? You have to be maxed out on Friend Points. Once you’ve collected the last Friend Prize, you get something like 1/200 odds of getting a donut per tap in a friend’s town. So, the more friends you have, the better odds. 100 friends + 3 taps per town = 1.5 donuts per day on average. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3413 "2014-07-22T23:42:22Z")
I’ve had about 50 friends for the last 90 days. I’ve been maxed on FP that entire time. Up to about a week ago I visited all friends daily. I’ve not realized any donuts in the friends section of the game. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3414 "2014-07-23T00:21:05Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > I’ve had about 50 friends for the last 90 days. I’ve been maxed on FP that entire time. Up to about a week ago I visited all friends daily. I’ve not realized any donuts in the friends section of the game. Some people are very unlucky. Do you keep close count of your donuts? I know that I don’t and sometimes I can’t tell if the odd donut has been added or not. If you have the sound off, it’s easy to miss the donut when zipping through your friends’ towns. (If the sound is on, Homer’s voice will say, “Mmm, premium currency.” But, like I said, some people are very unlucky and just don’t get any. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3415 "2014-07-23T01:23:13Z")
I got three today. I don’t get them every day, but a 3-donut day is always great. ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3416 "2014-07-23T02:32:36Z")
> [@Fair\_Rarity](#): > > I got three today. > > I don’t get them every day, but a 3-donut day is always great. I don’t get Friend Donuts every day, but when I do, it’s when I’ve been drinking Dos Equis. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3417 "2014-07-23T05:35:07Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > I don’t get Friend Donuts every day, but when I do, it’s when I’ve been drinking Dos Equis. Interesting. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3418 "2014-07-23T14:33:10Z")
New update today. Seems to be all Krustyland. I just converted 30k tickets to cash two days ago. oops! ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3419 "2014-07-23T15:30:39Z")
Anyone know what Cranky Old Guy is cranky about? [http://www.tstofriends.com/notes-from-a-crankyoldguy/6023/](http://www.tstofriends.com/notes-from-a-crankyoldguy/6023/) ---
**Author:** ![Taber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac91a4/32.png) [@Taber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taber)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3420 "2014-07-23T15:50:47Z")
So, it is possible to hack in free items/donuts/etc. Apparently someone got caught offering to do that for money. That’s not who he’s mad at. Someone asked an Internet personality, (Wascally Wabbit?) that Cranky doesn’t like, to go on their game to design their town, and maybe give them free stuff. Wascally said no, thanks to the guy who got caught, it’s too risky. Cranky is calling them out because Wascally is obviously hacking donuts to post walkthroughs the day updates are posted. I think Cranky is more upset that the personality he doesn’t like is popular than he is that they hack, since most of his article is complaining that her fans post a lot, her writing is too cutesy poo, etc ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3421 "2014-07-23T16:01:32Z")
I got that much from reading it but I didn’t know who he was cranky about specifically. In any case, it appears to be the writers of the site [tsoaddicts.com](http://tsoaddicts.com) but I’m not sure because that site is blocked for me at work and I honestly don’t remember going on it at home. Now I’m curious. Cranky guy be cranky. ---
**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:** [July 23, 2014, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3422 "2014-07-23T16:09:36Z")
> [@Erdosain](#): > > Donuts. I average around 2 donuts per day from visiting my friends. I’m still too lazy to actually do it every day, though. ☹ It’s probably been noted here before, but you can also get the odd donut from cleaning up the toxic waste and debris from land expansions. You guys out there with stockpiles of nuclear waste might have a few in there. Clean them up, man! Think of the children ! ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2014, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231/3423 "2014-07-23T16:24:01Z")
Darnit, now I have to re-kajigger my Krustyland. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=170) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-simpsons-tapped-out/643231.md?page=172)